Fishing Report

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Saturday, September 18th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rattletraps (red) were the ticket for us, just inside the Mokulumne and in Potato Slough. Couldn't get anything else to go. Just keep chucking and cranking the rattlebaits with a mixed cadence until you're sore, and they'll produce (well, at least 2 weeks ago and during our club tourney yesterday). Most of what you get might be small, but the keepers are there as well. Just keep chuckin and crankin (outside weed lines on outgoing tide was best for me on both dates). Yes, you'll probably be pulling weeds off just about every cast, but keep the bait above or adjacent to any weedbeds you see and the fish will hit, here and there---not saying it's wide open by any stretch, but it's 'fair to good'.
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Red red red red red / crank crank crank crank crank... If trying to get into the topwater stuff, try to get out super early and time it so your early outing coincides with the high tide (use charts at http://www.deltaboating.com/tides/tidesj.html to plan... looks like next Friday/Sat will put the high tide around 6am so go get 'em with topwater first thing, then switch over to the rattlebaits and see if those are still workin!)

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      Water Temp: 65'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Early am, found shad poping and caught them on top water and one on jig. No size, just one 2 lb and the rest dinks. Fished main river, rocks. As wind picked up, fished inside pockets along tules with spinner and cranks. Plenty of dinks - 11".
      City: ssf

      Tips: Tough fishing to catch keepers. Didn't matter what color but as wind picked up, fish were chasing cranks and spiiners. When wind died, top water was good.

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

  • Mason County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on water at 5 off at 6:30 boated two fish to 2.5# both on 5" sencos on wind blown points. lots of baitfish. first time on lake in 5 years. dont usually get the boat dry enough for the inspections down this way. lot of fun for an evening
      City: san jose

  • California
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      Water Temp: 71-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off around 9:30 on the main basin near the dam. Started there because there are always fish there and I was looking just to get bit. Caught a 2.37 and 2.07 there, one on a dropshot and the other on a wacky senko. Lake slicked off, so made a run up the river. Keeper #3 on a Rico in a shade pocket at 2.15. Back down the lake a bit and caught keepers #4 & #5 in a cut with some trees. One on a darthead (2.20) and the other on a jig (2.66). Ended the day cranking shallow points in the main basin for alot of keepers, but nothing that would cull what was in the box. Ended up with 11.20'ish on the cull'em rite. Good day, off at 2 PM.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Keep moving, lots of bait and the fish keep moving to follow the bait. Crank bite will be on fire if there is a good wind blowing.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water Temp 72-76
      Water Clarity 2-4 ft.

      I had some great days in this last week fun fishing in the south end, one day I had a 24lb limit and lost a couple nice ones, the rest of the week all I caught was a bunch of 3 1/2 pounders but still managed to hook a big one that came off.. Some days they are eating the bait well then some days they just bump it or dont commit to it as well.

      I caught fish on Swim Baits, Jigs and Frogs.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Tips: Try the frog later in the day, fish the swim baits around ambush points and fish the jig in or around heavy cover.

      Have Fun.........StevePerkinsFishing.com

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

  • California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: heading down to coyote next two weeks with the family. wondering what the bite is like? you know no specifics, just lookin for some info on whats workin
      City: san jose

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite is very tough!!! I fished for 6hrs today and only boated three fish and nothing over 15" and two I caught were the same sixe as my crank bait and one about 12". Fished Middle fork, south fork, and main body. The only three fish I caught where suspended fish that took a crank bait over 30' of water. I tried darter heads, tubes, drop shot, you name it. I have had some rough days out on this lake, but I thought I was gonna get the skunk. Lucky for me I got the smell off my back about 15min before I left.

      Tips: Find another lake to fish until the bite gets better.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out today and a couple other times that i was to lazy to post.started off on the south side cranking rapalas and jensens for a while and grabbin the jig here and there for the thicker brush dwellers didnt get bit.switched up to deeper water 8' to 15' draggin beavers with occasional lift and drops subtle tick couple pounds.buddy got couple on split shot rig with blk blue maveriks and blk blue beaver.(hemotoma)for me.other anglers have had success with fish up to 9.375 pounds with quite a few 6 and 7 pounders..
      City: rosa

      Tips: ive had tougher days lately.try to stick with reaction type baits for the nicer fish.anglers have been catching fish on a wide variety of techniques and baits.some guys have been doing decent on tules,for me its been wood.this fall and winter should be great. seems its getting healthy lots of craws an bait this year.any one going ill see ya there on monday.good luck @ catch and release. p.s fountain grove can be thinned a tad of throw in a truckload of vitamin t.maybe the trout might eat the bass instead?lol.fishing is a contradiction.

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: One bite on a 6inch sxe shad robo! Fished around capell cove from 6 to 9 pm. My daughter had a huge hit on a hollow belly swim bait right at the 5mph floats didn't hook it tho! My daughter wanted to go fishing for her 5th birthday that is the best to be able to go fishing with your kids and have a great time teaching them all you know!
      City: 707

      Tips: Wait til all the ski boats go home or get there early!

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I had the oppurtunity to guide a couple of great guys Tuesday evening. I thought I would pre-fish it during the day but ended up with motor problems to end the pre-fish. Good thing for Clear Lake you can fish almost any where and catch some nice bass. I pick the guys up at the dock at the north end of the lake at 6;30pm, put the trolling motor down, took out some spooks and senkos and focused on open holes in the matts. Didn't have to go very far befor the guys were nailing 3.5lb to 5 lb.ers. Nothing really big, but and evening full of bass that size for a couple a guys that just got off work was a great evening. All of the bass came on spooks, the senkos were to follow up on a missed strike.
      City: Paradise

  • California
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      Water Temp: Cool

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the panhandle for trout since they had their first plant about 5 days ago. Friend ended up catching a 15'' trout towards sunset and a small panfish mixed in with some little bass on a nightcrawler. Good sign for future plants if trout are already biting.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Rainbow Powerbait

Monday, September 13th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched out of Holland Tract about 8am. Weather was overcast and calm My son Evan and I headed out to the main channel to the tules. Evan used a single colorado blade chartreuse spinnerbait while I tossed a ribbit frog in the tules and switched to a crankbait outside the weed line. I caught 1 while Evan caught 3 or 4, all small. Wind picked up and we fished the surface weeds Evan caught a few more dinks on a chartreuse buzzbait with one giant blowup that he missed. Ended the day about 1pm. Total, me 1, Evan 9 or 10. As usual it ended up the student teaching the teacher.
      Good Luck, Have Fun And Be Safe

      Tips: Boating safety tip.I have a plastic wire tie attached to the end of my kill switch line. When moving I loop the wire tie over my wrist. It won't interfere with your steering and it may just save your life.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: to cjb- been getting fish cranking speed traps,rapala dt6's,strike king series 4,s,rapala jsr 05,s from 10 days ago ive been using a finese jig alot on the wood black and brown also pure black and avocado,also been throwin the spro aruka shad in magic shad color lately cranking should get better each day.good luck.
      City: rosa

      Tips: cranking has been spotty.ive been consistent with a jig got me 21.1 lbs for five fish week ago.no tule love deep water and wood. to mfb- which photo album would u like to see??oh yeah and my scale actually weighs a 10 lb weight a little under.plus i only lie about the ones that got away.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i have been there 2 times the past 2 months and i cought a 7 lber the 1st trip and a 5 the 2nd. there are definately been big fish caught out of there lately.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I think I LOVE FAT GIRLS needs new batteries in his scale. Lets see some of your photos!!

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing on the Delta the other day. It was probably one of the best days I ever fished on the Delta. Not a lot of big fish, just a lot of fun. It seemed like every bait I threw worked. Presented my bait at all levels and it didn't seem to matter, not sure where the fish were sitting, but they didn't care. Wind did kick up a bit towards the end of the day and it just helped me get back quicker. Thought it was kind of interesting while I was fishing one area that about 10 boats pulled up to this one spot, then fished a while and took off. Hmmm.....must be something going on there.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Stay focused, fish as many areas as you can and don't leave one fish behind. Fish deep, but don't rule out the top water.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 70.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Whats with the Pez??? Lake has been like OFF for the past three weeks. NADA ????
      Any offerings?
      City: SM

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

      Report: question for i love fat girls. what is it you have been using i have been coming here flipping the reeds and catch one big one every once in a while. i am looking for something new. i have been using sencos, brush hawgs, and rage claws. let me know and happy fishin'.
      City: sebastopol

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: cooling/droppin

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This week was kinda different!On the 7th I took my 4 yr. old boy to the Umpqua River. There were a ton of fish jumping and we saw a bunch of nice 14-16" smallies swimming around. The weather was not good for us. It started sprinkling as we got there and rained hard about 20 minutes later. We headed home and had a fun time slippin' and slidin' across the rocks. On the 9th I fished Cottage Grove for about an hour and a half before work. Tried my ledge by Lakeside with a jig and a spinnerbait- no fish. Drove around to Shortridge Cove and tried there but again- no fish. On the 11th I only had a little time to fish before work so I tried the Delta Ponds. I spent a good 15 minutes just trying to figure out where to park. Tried the little parking area spot but all I did was annoy a nutria dragging a big leafy branch around. Water looks too shallow to even hold any decent fish. Parked down by the retirement place and walked across. A little more room to fish down there. Saw a fish break the surface- looked small. I spooked a decent fish as I walked down the bank. It was in about a foot of water and stirred up the bootom pretty good. A watermelon senko was all I tossed. Should have had a frog or buzzbait tied on too. And my 7 yr. old girl and I went to the Umpqua on the 12th. We were there about 3 hours (3:30-6:30PM). I had forgotten that a friend of mine told me to use 4" purple worms and fish them as close to the rocks as possible. It works! I took 2 rods this time so she could fish the whole time and so could I. We had a blast. She only wanted to use her little handline with the homemade lure to attract the fish and then my job was to catch them. I respooled her rod with some more supple 8 lb. line like the rod I was using. We saw at least 50 fish jump and crash back down within casting distance while we were there. Three or four were for sure salmon- we were looking right at 'em! Some were smallies and not all were real big. We ended up catching 4 on the worms with lots of bites. The biggest was about 10" and had a big fat belly- they're stocking up for winter. The other 3 were about 5-6". My girl actually lipped the 10" one so she could release it herself. She wanted to catch 5 fish before we left so I tied a firetiger baby Zara Spook on her Ugly Stick and started casting. Tried casting upstream first then as far across the river as I could sling it. No bites. I told her last cast and let it fly downstream right next to the rocks. About 5 seconds later a fish tugged the lure under. After a epic battle......just kidding. A 5 INCH smally bit the 3 1/2" dual trebled baby spook and stayed on long enough to be our fifth fish. Another fun day at the river!! Almost forgot the best part. Half hour after we got there a nice gal and her 3-4 year old boy walked up with their 4 dogs. My girl loves dogs and asked if she could go down and say Hi. I told her ask if it's okay before you get too close. She did and the gal said come on over. The dogs were 2 chocolate labs (Both so jacked up you could hardly pet 'em!), a big older black lab and a cute little black and white mutt that was the explorer of the group. He walked all the way down to where I was casting and then another 100 yards beyond me. The lady was tossing 2 orange foot long tubes for the labs to jump in and retrieve. The dogs were very competitive and would fight over who got the 2 tubes. Her boy would yell and point every time a fish would jump. It seemed like about every 30-45 seconds! I took a few pictures from where I was but it was looking upriver towards the sun and I doubt they turned out. My girl got to throw the floaties once and said she liked it. She stayed down there with them the whole 30-40 minutes they were there. Thank you nice lady and hope we will see you again. We'll pack a few puppy treats next trip just in case.
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: All in all a really fun week that demonstrates some of the great fishing opportunities we have living here in beautiful Oregon. It may sound greedy but I'd love to go spend a whole morning fishing that stretch of river with my buddy Carl or Jim or for that matter both. I'm sure we'd have some fun. And perhaps catch a few!

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 74-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took myself to Berryessa yesterday for the late morning and afternoon bite - if there was one! I also did a lot of looking around to check out off-shore structure at the current lake level. Always be cautious when boating at high speed on the west side of the lake. Some of those long bars come out a long way!! The bite was horrible during the mid-day hours - hardly any shadows available during the day. A few small ones were biting. But not all was lost! At 3:30 in the afternoon, while drop-shotting a Basstrix flashtrix 4" "smelt" minnow, I hooked a fish that really gave me a tussle! She turned out to be a beautiful 4 lb Largemouth with some actual girth! What a surprise!! Also with that bait I landed a nice 16 inch+ spot. The Basstrix bait out-did itself when it lured a 7 lb fish to the hook - whiskers and all! That smelt minnow will attract anything! By about 4:30 pm the breeze completely died and what little bite there was died too. I left about 6 pm.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Bait balls with bass around them were hard to find. I thought the bait was widely scattered too. Still a bit early for the bass to round them up. The worm bite did not happen for me! Most action was about 30 to 50 feet.