Fishing Report
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: fished montezuma slough by the lock at the day use area. went out 3 times in the past few weeks and nothin no stripers yet ithink the water is a little warm still there. used fresh shad ,live bullheads i caught myself right there where i was fishing and anchovies still only a couple bites. usealy by this time of the year i get acouple at least some shakers but nothin. I guess i will keep on fishing!!!
City: collinsvilleTips: find cooler water i think!! I think i need tipis anyone!!
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
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Lexington Lake
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Saw a blonde guy keeping lots of bass. Most of them barely 12 inches. He said he is going to eat them.
Please help save those bass. Here is a way, help transport any keeper bass from lexington to stevens creek lake where "don't eat fish" sign is posted.Tips: Practice catch and release. Help save our fun sport.
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Stevens Creek Lake
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Please help save bass. The "don't eat fish" sign on this lake have kept those meat fishmen away from the lake.
If you are fishing other lakes where signs are not posted, please transport your fish from those lakes to the stevens creek lake.Tips: Practice catch and release!
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
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Berryessa Lake
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished from 8a to 4p. Saw the baitfish getting busted off Putah and creek just south at bridge. Caught a few (most largemouth, best 2lbs off mouth of Putah; rattletraps near ledges) and one nice smallmouth dropshotting along rockier points just south of there).
City: San Rafael
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Casitas Lake
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Water Temp: not sure
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: I have been fishing lake Casitas the last the week and have had some luck on the shore lines. I been getting hit on topwater in the morning and getting some senko fish in the later part of the morning.I have seen a boat or two, so not much else going on. They moved a couple of boat docks. Biggest bass was a 6 pounder and got 4.5 pounder on Friday both on the IMA Skimmer.
City: CamarilloTips: It has been slow so fish slower.
mark chief torrez
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Coyote Lake
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Water Temp: ?
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Great day out on the lake with very little traffic. Managed to pull in 6 largemouth using crankbaits and senkos. The boat inspection was brutal but it was worth it.
City: GilroyTips: Before going check out sanjosebass.com for more reports.
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Don Pedro Lake
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Picked up quite a few 2+ lb bass dragging carolina rigged lizards. Fish are surprisingly shallow, all were in less than 15 feet.
City: SonoraTips: Fish are really shallow for late summaer. Expected them to be in the 30 to 35 range but all were is less than 15.
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Folsom Lake
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Water Temp: 72
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fish from 1-5pm, first 3 cast n got a hit on a Sammy. Didn't get another hit til an hr later. Water has drop since the last time I was here so wat was hot for me then is hot for me now. Junk fish til I figure a pattern. Saw a few cloud of bait ball on graph but no bass under or around it. Found bass hidding on submerge rock pile on main lake. Feel like I was in cold water. U think u fish slow....fish slower. Pull up 4-5 bass in some spots. U just gotta get the crowd to commit. Once that happens, u just gotta work the heck outta them. Once they stop give them some thing new. Finesse was the key n then crankbait to reignite them again
City: Elk groveTips: Still a lot of water craft out there. Can't wait til weather get a bit colder n they stop coming out. That should help us basser out a lot. Spotted n LMB share the same spot.
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Sonoma Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: went fished Dry Crk and Cherry Crk. areas . The fishing was great!
WHY ISN'T ANYBODY GIVING ANY REPORTS ? ? ??? ? ????? Could it be that it is so good that you-all want it to be a secret ?
OK Somona County Anglers, You are being called out! SHOW US YOUR REPORTS.. it's all in good fun, don't get bent!
City: Ukiah, CA.Tips: In the morning, start mid way up and then work your way out to the deeper water. Caught all my fish slow draggin' a brush hog and lizard. THE FALL BITE IS ON ! cool.
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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 70s
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Good day, and the fall reaction bite seems to be turning on. Buddy caught a 3#11oz LM bass on a brown jig and he lost a good size striper in the 4# category. Fished mostly Italian slough and caught numerous undersized stripers 10-12" range. These stripers were aggressive, relating to the incoming tide.We also caught a few LM black bass. These seem to be more aggressive when there was current.
City: San RamonTips: gotta love reaction baits - Staysees and bassdays sugar deep. majority of stripers were undersized but they were fun to catch.
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Casitas Lake
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Water Temp: 76-78
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Hit the lake at 6:30am - off the water by 2:00pm. Caught a few on cranks fan casting the rocky points. Good bite near the bank around the greenery on green pumpkin creature baits. Caught around 10 fish up to 3.5lbs.
Tips: Hit the shore with your plastics - if your not bit within 5 or 6 feet try again.
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 55+
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Woke up at 5 am have been catching decent size catfish all morning biggest thus far is 15lbs off shad.
City: clear lakTips: they are biting really low right now
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Coyote Lake
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Water Temp: 73
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Very slow day for us and the few other boats we saw. Caught a dink on a split shot worm then got a nice 5.12 on a T-rigged worm. Thanks to the Red Ranger who had a working scale and helped me fizz it so it could go back down. Got too hot so left at 1300.
Lake will close to boaters 14 Oct.
City: MontereyTips: Please practice, Catch-Photo-Release there won't be anything left if you don't.
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Del Valle Lake
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Water Temp: 71
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Fished from 2:30 to 6:30. Caught 7 bass largest 4 lbs with one 3 lbs and the rest smaller. Bite was slow but a consitent pattern of shallow 1-4ft on the weed edges. Caught 5 on drop shot and 2 on top water PopR. Not bad for getting on the wate so late in the day.
City: Foster CityTips: Soft plastics shallow along the weed edges. Switch to top water when the sun starts to go behind the hills.
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New Melones Lake
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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 JoseTips: 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.
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Tenmile Lake
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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: yoncallaTips: 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"!!
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Tulloch Lake
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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.
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
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Casitas Lake
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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 ViewTips: find another lake
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Clear Lake
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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: LakeportTips: move around till you find fish willing to bite
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Eastman Lake
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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 GroveTips: 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.
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