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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 2 on top water popper, 2 on texas rigged greenie weenie. Lots of miss hits and thrown hooks. 1 on top water around 5pm before a fast, incoming storm forced everyone off the water. All were healthy 2-3 pounders barely hooked on the lip.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Let them bite a millisecond longer before setting the hook. Wear your life vest. Afternoon was sunny/hot. Sunset storm caught everyone by surprise. Even the camp host wasn't expecting a sudden wind/rain storm.

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Carl an I had a fun day at Cottage Grove today. We launched at barely safe light and had the lake all to ourselves for a while. We tried several spots with no bites. I was kind of shocked we couldn't find a jig fish or 2 and Carl was tossing a rattle trap the first couple hours and getting the same thing I was- SQUAT! So we kept moving and tried an area with some steeper banks and a few little pockets. By now Carl had switched up and put on a crankbait. As a matter of fact it was his first time tossing a crankbait. We worked down the bank and finally Carl gets a bite. And another, and another and another. How about 4 fish in 4 casts! None were 12" long but most were 9-10" with big fat bellies. So by the time I found a similar lure, tied it on and casted out Carl already had 6 fish. Nothing like a little friendly competition when it comes to fishin'. He seemed to have a lure the fish liked just a bit better- mine had a red Gamakatsu treble on the belly. Supposed to make it more attractive to the bass- not to these little guys. We kept fishing the area for at least an hour. I finally got one to make it 6-1. Carl had 2 on back to back casts and the score was 10-4. Then the bite slowed a bit and we got stuck at 12-4 for a little while. Oh almost forgot- Carl's 7th fish was a very nice looking rainbow! He asked for the net but we both agreed later it was best we didn't net it. We were letting them all go anyway and they roll in the net like a darn catfish. That is a mess with 2 treble hooks. So of course what happens- my next fish is also a trout- only about 15" or so- Carl's was about 18". I ask for the net and Carl obliges. And the trout proceeds to tangle itself and both trebles up so bad I knew it would involve scissors to get my lure back. So now I'm busy trying to keep the boat headed into the wind, not run aground and untangling a 2 treble hook nylon nightmare while Carl keeps on casting and catching. Took about 12 minutes but strangely enough Carl only got 2 during that time. So I toss back in and get number 5. The score is now 14-5. I'm getting my butt kicked! And man are we having fun. At this point I tell him sure wish one of my kids were here to get in on this action- they would love it. One more fish and Carl's got me tripled up. I got another couple to put it at 14-7. Carl gets another next cast and it's 15-7. But the bite has slowed somewhat and eventually it dies. So we move down the bank a couple hundred yards casting all the way 'till we hit another active batch of fish. Carl's catching them every cast but then his line gets tangled in a treble and he's busy cutting it out and retying his lure. While he's doing that I keep on casting and soon the score is at 19-14. We decide to hit one more spot on the way back to the ramp- a deep cut with a boulder strewn steep bank next door. I toss my 6" trout swimbait and he starts tossing his rattletrap. About 5 minutes in Carl hears a fish jump off to our left about a cast away. He has just pulled the lure out of the water from his previous cast so he lets it fly. It lands right in the middle of the ring and 2 seconds later BAM! Fish on! He gets it to the side of the boat and it's another nice trout- 17-18" or so. He let it shake off and that's how we ended our day. Carl got 20 fish- 19 on the crankbait and 1 on the rattletrap. I got 14 for the day and had a blast- except for that darn net thing. It was totally avoidable too. I have a new long handled rubber net that I keep in my trunk so it's ready when I shore fish. And besides forgetting to load it I left my fishing glasses and the weigh stick in the trunk too. And of course the camera! Unloading and loading the boat was pretty easy with 2 adults- one who didn't mind wading a bit. I'm hoping we can go out again next week and try to solve the puzzle of where are the big ones hiding. We tried deeper and we tossed up real shallow too but only one bass out of 31 was over 12". I tossed the jig some when the bite slowed down and got no takers. Tried a couple different styles and colors too.
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: The weather was perfect- misty at first and it stayed overcast and cloudy the whole time we were there. Normally this is custom made for my jig bite. Water temps were 63 to 65 degrees- perfect for the fish to be eating up for winter. With the shorter hours of daylight they gotta know winters coming and I'm sure the big ones if we could have located them would have been feeding too. We'll keep searching next trip and hopefully have an even better "Day to Remember"!!

  • Calaveras County, California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good Job ART !!! Nice to hear you had a great day.Put a smile on my face....I like to use a norman suspending crank in craw pattern.Went out for a day of fun myself,NAILED EM....I just love the Red Eyed Meanies hitting my bait like a freight train ! Got a good number on top too.
      Gotta go early for good topwater..

      Tips: Snatch a kid off the street....and take em'fishing.

Friday, October 1st, 2010

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is still brutal, I talked to an employee that said they did not bluestone it but rather used peroxide. I had never heard of that before but he said that it was cheaper than bluestoneing. I guess they thought they needed they're new $60.000 patrol boat that never leaves the dock with the other 2 patrol boats and forgot they might need to bluestone. Sorry if it seems like a negative post but the fishing has been terrible and I call em like I see em.

      Rich
      City: Oak View

      Tips: find another lake

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 67-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Topwater has picked up for me and have been catching them on spooks,frogs and DDT buzzbaits.Jigs and the lv500 are also working Spinnerbaits around the silversides. Caught fish to 6 pounds on 9/30/2010
      City: Lakeport

      Tips: move around till you find fish willing to bite

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It's about to bust. Heat had the fish down a little deeper - magic depth was 20 to 30 feet. Deeper water near shallower water was ticket. Plastic bite was decent, topwater was great early and late for bigger fish. Brush hogs, worms, senkos all worked well. Weightless was better. Fish were so agressive after they were hooked, but the bites were gentle.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Watch your line. I missed a few not paying attention. OFten, you would see 'tick' in line but not feel anything. Catch - photo - release. Caught many 2-3 lb fish, one nice 5-1/2lb fish. Quality over quantity now unless you fish shallow...you'll catch dinks all day. Should bust wide open in another few weeks till early November or super cold nights.

  • Nevada County, California
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We got out late about 6:00 pm. Dan caught one early on and then it died for about 3 hours. About 9:00 it opened up and we caught about 15 fish mostly on cb's. a couple on shaky heads one on a spook. Only 1 small fish (2#).
      Three fish were right at #6 each, and we had a few #5 fish. Close to a 28 pound limit for the evening.
      City: auburn

      Tips: slow rolling a dark CB in skinny water seemed to work best tonight. Only 2 fish hit topwater tonight and one of those was a bluegill about 2 inches that hit a spook.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 73/74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tons of Bait in the water we did manage a few to 3lbs and several large cats to 15lbs.Fished the rocky areas if you dragged mud ,you weren't catching them we worked depths of 10 to 25ft using wacky wt'd senkos drop shot and 1/2oz football jigs..but no frog or any topwater action
      good luck be safe
      City: Woodpile

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

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

      Report: EPIC bass boiling on shad everywhere. Easy limits on small flukes. Lots of stripers to 15 pounds on the spoons or towater. Smallies mixed in. It is sic right now get out there NOW!!!

      Tips: Look for the fish flying out of the water all over the lake. Find shad find thousands of bass and stripers.

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

      Report: sounds like someone is jealous or just has no fishing skills-i too have been catching and RELEASING some hawgs.hit me up fat girls if you want to fish sometime.
      City: p-town

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 70 -71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I LOVE Blue Lakes ! NO-BUTT-HEADS! Relaxation!!!
      anywho, Fished hard for 3 bass HOT WEATHER has slowed the bite. THE LAKE IS TURNING OVER. The fishing is going to be really,really good. Soon. PLUS, ----> News is, Fish and Game is going stock trout one more time during the last week of October... Go get on the water !
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: Bass fishing in the Narrows area is best.. Slow draggin' a worm, brush hog or lizard will work fine. watch your line , sometimes you don't feel the bite. Also have caught fish crankin' and a white spinnerbait. GOOD LUCK

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

      Report: Funny fishing day landed 3 stripers all in sherman lake fishing shad during slack tide. Anchored in abour 6-8 feet. Got a 6 lb, 8lb, and 15lb released back for you to catch also. Just trying to figure out were they are going to be for the Rio Vista bass derby. Would love to see some posts of anybody regarding Stripers.
      City: antioch

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tule Kid. You are disrespectful. It is not all about putting in money or being the best. It is about putting in effort or just having a good time out on the water no matter who you are or your skill level. BTW I dont have anywhere near top of the line gear but i appreciate the sport of fishing just as much as the next guy.

      Tips: Rattletrap, and senkos are what caught me some medium size bass and stripers. Also the spook caught me a little one. Top Water is always fun. Good Luck!

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      Water Temp: warmer

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry I spelled my thread name wrong and I just gave ole Bassbully a slight jester to wind him up a bit. I know he tries hard and someday will make it. Sorry BB. Went to Beaver today and did pretty good with white flukes and frogs. As water lowered I punched the outer grass edges for some more.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Ten pound test for reaction flukes, 65 braid for frogs and punch.

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

      Report: Just so you know, I'm not hatin on anyone. I have fished here for a long time and know you don't just show up, make a few casts and land 5-10 pounders every day no matter how avid you are. Sounds a little fishy to me. Seems like you guys should be fishing tournaments not Spring Lake.

Monday, September 27th, 2010

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

      Report: Fished inside Big Break from 9 am til 11 for nothing. The water was skinny, but I wanted to try to get something on top. Frog-0 Popper-0, then went to Sherman Lake and tried the same, for same results. Guess I need to get up earlier, oh well always fun to be on the water

      Tips: Don't ask me I got stinky

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Delta was tough over the weekend but we were able to get a few using spinnerbaits shallow.

      Tips: Keep moving and be persistent. TueKid - Go back to school so you can learn how to write and spell!

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: Water Temp. 70-

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bite has been much better this last week, over the weekend on a 1/2 day guide trip we had close to 20 fish and the best 5 went around 20 pounds. Fun fishing I had some good limits without having to run around much work to hard. With warm weather cool nights and not much wind the fishing has been great.

      With the bait fish everywhere it takes some time to find the fish that are willing to bite but when you find them they are easy to catch.

      We fished mostly swim baits and worms. Hippo Swimbaits, Frogs, Persuader Football Head Jigs, and Worms will all catch fish now.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Tips: Try the rocky areas close to deeper water and docks, some docks were better than others. Fish the swim baits around cover and throw the frog in the heat of the day.
      Best colors for the Jig, brown/purple, swim bait colors, Hitch/Shad, and the best worm color was green pumpkin.

      Have fun ! .........StevePerkinsFishing.com

  • California
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      Water Temp: boiling (heat &

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: spring lake was on today.caught 14+ fish.lost a giant!!!!!! topwater,flukes,buzzin and sencos.fucking enourmous blowups for 8 hours.seen something try to take down a mallard,thats the third time ive seen that in a week!!! GIANT BASS!!
      City: rosa

      Tips: get ready set your drag! insane feeding frenzys for a few days in a row.try topwater its been good. oh yeah mfb - some of us do fish tournaments and some of us grew up on our local lake,some of us come to visit the lake,some come to rape the waters of the fish,some of us do well and some others sit on there couch complaing disbeleif all day about people that are catching toads!! i could give two shits less then what anybody believes.i just wish more people would hate fishing here.disregard my report above i actually got skunked today. tip -try different lake!!! LOL. i hate this lake.

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at New Hope and went straight to Mokulemne by B&W; incoming tide. Worked tules and outside weedbeds with red lipless cranks and speed trap. picked up numerous dinks and a few 1.5 - 2lbers. Brother picked up a few on senko, beaver, and rattletraps. went back to sycamore and beaver slough...zip on low-tide. passed up hog slough and saw report that it was good.
      City: folsom, ca

      Tips: not much to offer...just tried different things and as tide went back out, worked outside edges of weedlines to pick up a few more. used stop/pause/go retrieve with the speedtrap to pick up the 1&2-lbers.
      ... just my report. good fishin' everyone!