Fishing Report

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Saturday, October 16th, 2010

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mark Fong invited me to join him today, to find some spoon fish. We started in an area that I had done well in a couple days ago with Ron Makashima. The fish had moved out of the creek channel and were stageing in 50ft. We caught 8 bass there and desided to head up to the mouth of Pope creek and Putah creek. The schools of bass there is hard to descibe. We must have caught and released 50 to 60 bassand missed dozens of hits. A lot of them 2 to 3lbs.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Spend some serious time looking in 45 to 50ft. out side the creek channels. These fish are not on structure. They are in massive schools waiting to intercept shad that are migrating into the creeks to spawn. We used 1-3/4oz. Duh spoons in morning dawn and key lime.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My neighbor took me fishing this morning. We fished his water Hog Slough and Mildred Island. We caught 6 to 3LBS from 7A.M.-12P.M.
      City: W. Sac

      Tips: Fished with the usual tools: Speed Traps, blades and Senkos.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launch is still in water but if you plan on fishing CFW, get there soon if you want to use the ramp as it should be out of the water in a week or so. Water was crystal clear in the main body but the fish were active although not as much as I had hoped for. Plenty of action on the tube but just couldn't get anything generated on reaction bite yet. Talked to some guys on the lake who were getting hit on swimbait but nothing landed. Weather was quite breezy and thought a blade would have worked better. Numbers for the day were probably 20-25 bass between the 2 of us and biggest a nice 3 lb spot. The fish are feeding as belly is bulging and spitting out shad when coming on board.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: A tube presentation on 1/4 darthead fished around rock up to 10-15' depth. Worked main body walls as the further we went up river, the less they bit. Good bite right now so enjoy it while you can.

  • California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the water at 6:30 AM and started throwing jigs in shallow water and then moved over too crankbaits and we landed 10 bass from 2 to 2 1/2 pounds in depth of 4 to about 15 feet of water most bass were holding on small rock piles and shallow dropoffs out off the same rock piles the bigger fish came on jigs. The cloud cover made the difference on the bite. We were off the water by 11:15 am

      Tips: arkie head or football head jigs work the best and crankbaits that run in the 12 to 15 foot range also workrd well.

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 56-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Cottage Grove with Carl and his brother Wayne. We launched at about 7:45 and headed up the lake. It has dropped quite a bit since our trip 2 weeks ago. When we hit water about 6' deep we put down the troller and started casting crankbaits. Got nothing for an hour and then Carl got a 16" trout on his shallow running squarebill crank. We were hoping he was bunched up with a group of bass but he was not. We worked our way up the mouth of the creek but the water just got colder and colder and it was pretty murky too. We idled out into the main body and when we were clear of the shallows we high tailed it over to Shortridge Cove. Still tossing cranks mostly and a rattle trap for Carl. I tossed my DD-14 up pretty shallow and felt it grinding bottom and as soon as it hit deeper water a 3.3, 17 1/2" bass nailed it. Wayne netted it for me and again we hoped for a few more like it to make it to the boat. We worked down the big rock wall to the dam and saw a ton of bass fry but didn't get bit. Wayne threw his crankbait out between the 2 barriers at the dam and got a nice chunky 12" bass. And a few minutes later got a 6"er on a castmaster he'd tied on! I feel like it was mostly my fault we didn't have a more productive day. We wasted a lot of time heading up the creek just to find cooler temps. We saw 56 degree water while the main body had some 61.9! Should have been tossing our cranks and maybe a few rip baits along the wall and around Shortridge especially first thing in the morning. But we did have fun shooting the breeze and got to hear lots of cool stories from Carl and his 10 year older brother. Hopefully we can all do a swimbait/jig trip next June/July at my favorite bass lake- Cottage Grove Lake!!
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: The lake was fairly murky up the creek but it was fairly clear near the dam. Next trip will probably be in the kayak if I can get a decent weather day a couple weeks from now. Long as the wind isn't blowing much and it's not pouring I'll be there. It was pretty cool the day I got my biggest bass out of this lake- October 30th!!

Friday, October 15th, 2010

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rocky points (worms) and submerged humps (topwater) early with no results. Fished shallows around Big Island with no results. Fished West of Goat Island and got bit on topwater and landed a spot on reaction bait. Fished creak channel at vineyard and landed one LM on jig. Very thin!? Mid-afternoon and wanted more fish in the boat so I fished rock walls for spots and landed seven more. Small
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Take your kids or grandchildren, they will love it!

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing Black bass. Launched out of Tracy Oasis Marina for the first time. Very nice. Nice folks. Got to Old river by first light and fished the point at Old river and Grant Line canal. NOTHING. Went to Old River at Italian Slough and picked up the normal dinks. Left for The point at Cruiser Haven and picked up some "better"fish. Then south points at Mildred Island. The catching was scattered but we had a good stringer. Big fish was not that big. Didn't weigh him but maybe 3#'s. Carolina rig with plastics worms most of the day. Had a hot streak with a Shad Rap.

      Tips: I hope Most of the launch ramps can keep their launch fees DOWN in the $10 range. It's the cheapest part of what I spend for a day fishing.

  • Merced County, California
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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is getting better here for the Linesides! We fished in the morning and caught a 22incher on a Trap! After that they were mostly shakers.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Wait until it cools down a little bit and you'll see an upgrade in the size of the fish.

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 67-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished North on Tuesday We had 10-12 blowups on spooks and around 20 #for the best 5. Lasted till about10:30 If it gets cloudy it lasts longer. There is also a good lv500 bite right now.I know of a 9 pounder caught on one on Monday.
      City: Lakeport

      Tips: Stick with it.You cant throw topwater for 10 min then quit.Yo-Yo the rattle baits slow!!

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start on the water at about 9:30am. Got stunked. Tried using a veriety of plastic worms on a dropshot, but no luck. Also used several swim baits but nothing. I did see a couple of fish jumping in the area. Better luck next time.
      City: Granite Bay

  • California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: cooler nights bring bass to rocks and so does the crappie..

      no winds..water calm..
      City: Fresno, Ca

      Tips: Was suppose to go out before sunset to get the late day bite..missed it by 2 hours due to friends..decided to just do the night bite..crappies are back..got them on jigs!..not minnows..crappies = bass..water was calm..no wind..topwater was no good..lipless crank failed..slowed it down with a wave worm bamboo stick..got two hits right away..missed them..switched up to 5/0..got them!!..bass for 2 pounds..still aggressive

  • Jackson County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have also caught a spot from lost creek also right at the marina...I love spots but would hope that they wont take over and have tons of dinks. I have also caught around 10 smallmouth out of Kellys Slough and im sure thats not all of them, I never knew there were smallmouth in there but several of them were right at 2lbs..They are talking about taking out Gold Ray Dam, I wonder if the smallmouth will take over the Rogue like they did the Umpqua
      City: medford

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-66

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Mossdale and went way south, to my favorite spot. On the way to my spot I passed the beaver dam's, for those who know where that is I wish everyday that I'll be able to experience fishing in there all I hear are great stories the beaver dam needs like 4 more feet of water to be accessible , once at my spot had some luck on Ocho's and Frogs nothing to brag about but spending time away from school to fish was self-rewarding in itself. Water is muddy in the south end of the delta. I will be back there tomorrow.

      Tips: Quit school, work and fish more often.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We were just looking for a good evening top water bite. We launched out of Disco Bay around 2pm. Hit up a few sloughs we been on for a minute now. Got a blo up right off top throwin Kermys so I thought for sure its on tonight. But after that hit we were all skunked for the next hour in half. Ended up throwin Senkos and snatchin a 2 pounder up. Then right at sun fall I got a 2 pounder to blo up on my GunFish set the hook and swung him in the boat and called it a night. All togther it was not the greatest bite but a great time out!
      City: Disco Bay

      Tips: BassAddixx- If you wanna fish the south end of the Delta we all use braid with flouro or mono leaders. 3-4ft leaders to be a lil stealthier. The braid is to visible.

  • California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: this is only a note to Victor - IT IS ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT LIVE BLACK BASS AND RELEASE THEM IN ANOTHER BODY OF WATER

Monday, October 11th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the day in Beaver Slough. Water was very clear, focused on windblown Rip Rap. Caught 6 Bass on Blades and Speed Traps to 1.5 LBS. Zero on plastics. Tried to be like my hero and catch them on white Flukes LOL!!
      City: Sac

      Tips: Have fun!!! Never take you or your fishing prowess or lack there of too (TueKid) seriously!!

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from the shore in Lakeport. Throwing Senkos and came up with a 5.10. Fished about an hour. Presentation was slow. Good luck everyone.
      City: K-ville

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day! Caught fifteen total with nothing to brag about, all small fish. We threw everything; top water, drop shot; shallow to 40', cranks, blades and senko's..Just plain tough.
      We watched as the middle of the lake blew up with schools of stripers chasing bait fish, it was probably a fifty yard circle that was exploding with fish. Talked to a couple of guys in different boats and they said that bite was slow for them also.
      City: Desert Hot Springs

      Tips: Get to lake early to beat the traffic, we did not get on the water due to all of the boats ahead of us until close to eight. The gates dont open until 6:45am so that makes it even tougher for the early morning bite.

  • Idaho
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Fall bite has started. Lots of 1-3 pound fish with a larger ones mixed in. Fished the upper end with Carolina rigs and plastics on jigs, i.e Sweet Beavers. This lake should fish good thru the end of the month.
      City: Kamiah

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My son and I fished all day with 20+ caught by him and 7 by me. I have to say he is the better fisherman. Drop shotting a variety of worms and some top water. did the trick.I love this lake and would fish it even with my low count of 7. It does get tiring watching someone pull in fish after fish ,but it keeps you trying different methods.
      City: San Jose