Fishing Report

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Monday, August 2nd, 2010

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught the "trifecta" of bass (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bass) from the bank on Monday. First fish came on a spook around 5:40am in Markley Cove. Many hours later and no success around Oak Shores, I finally caught my other 3 bass under the Putah Creek bridge. Only one was caught in the sun. I got many more bites and landed two fish in the shade of the bridge. All my afternoon fish were caught on crawdad imitating plastics drug slowly along the bottom.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Find the shade, especially with deep water or cooler current nearby and you will find more active fish. That's all I could figure out.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Today the California BASS Federation Nation had the honors in taking out the "Stockton Ports" Baseball Team on the Delta with one fan per team member. Three fish limit for six hours, lauching out of the Webber Point and fishing the low Delta. Most of the bass were caught on Craw Speed Traps, Flipin a Brush Hog, Senko Blue/Black,Horny Toods and a LV500. Big fish was 5.26lbs and winning weight 10.50 lbs.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Have fun and becareful... ware you Life Jackets.

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

      Report: Fished the State Park area from the swim beach to Cole Creek with a float tube from noon to sunset. Not much action at all. Caught two 3.5 lbers with topwater frogs, one at the weeds outside the swim beach buoy line, and one at by the tules at the mouth of Cole Creek. Missed two as well. Otherwise, it was completely dead.
      City: Livermore, CA

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: niiiice

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Finally had a chance to sit down and catch up on my logbooks. Other than 2 trips to Tenmile Lake all these bass came from Cottage Grove. So far this year I've got 36 bass for 116 pounds and 13 ounces. It's about a 3 pound,4 oz. average. I'm pretty sure the biggest was a 4.12 and I think the smallest was just under 2 pounds. Lots of them were in the 2.12 to 3.6 range and while most came on a jig and beaver combo some were fooled by the 5" trout swimbait. Even got a few on crankbaits, senkos and spinnerbaits! I looked and last year I only had 80.7 in 26 fish by August 18th. Maybe I'll actually be able to get to last years prediction of 150 pounds by the end of the season! So far the weather looks great for August- overcast mornings are prime for the jig bite. I've just got to be sure and get the boat out often and get my kids up early and to the lake so they can get in on the bite. I love the photos of my boy with his first bass ever from last September. Now we need to get his sister and him their first 3 plus pound bass. Just hope I can get them to lip them for a quick photo. More reports to come soon so stay tuned!!
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: I'd say tie on a jig and beaver, a med. sized swimbait and a crankbait and head for the lake. I kinda like weed edges and creek channels and when you find them both together you're probably gonna catch a few nice bass. A hard or rocky spot that's on a weedy channel drop can be consistant all summer long. I've only found a few spots so far like that. Be safe and have fun.

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to calero on sunday the 1st and monday and tuesday the 3rd. walked the shore each day. had three blowups on my buzzbait. missed two cause i got too excited. the third came off right at the shore. my drag wasnt set so i didnt get a good hookset.. rookie mistake.looked like a 2.5-3 lber. went back the next day(monday) to reedeem myself. caught three fish and missed two blowups where the fish really didnt commit. caught two on a buzzbait(1.5 & 2.5).and caught a 3.2 lber on a super spook jr. i saw some fish chasing bait on the surface threw the spook out,twitched it twice and bam a fish hit it but jumped over my bait twitched it acouple more times and he came back and gobbled it. when i got him close i noticed there was three other fish swimmimg alongside of him all about the same size. came back the next day on tuesday and caught two. one on the spook again and one on the buzzbait. got there around eight and left by noon each day. every morning it was foggy until 930-10..but the funny thing is i never got a bite until that sun popped out thru the fog.
      City: santa clara

      Tips: throw buzzbaits right along the weed patches scattered along shore.

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

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

      Report: Got out early sat morning. I threw a black buzzbait and my partner threw a baby bass spook. Partner caught a few up to 2 1/2 lbs while the buzzbait didn't produce. Topwater bite died so we went straight to punching mats. Fish were biting but not near as aggressively as last week. Did not get the numbers or quality as last week but we were definitely still catching them. Missed a lot of fish because they weren't very aggressive... and also broke one of on 65 lb braid...
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Throw a spook or similar lure in the mornings and punch mats when the sun gets higher. When punching let your bait hop a few more times and work it a little slower than you're used to. Pay attention cuz they aren't slamming it like they were a week ago. Also check your line even when fishing braid cuz its very strong but not very abrasion resistant. It will break your heart real quick.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very late start, on the water about 2 and off by 730.. Drop shot and texas pulled no fish. Lots of fish in 25+ feet rocky areas but to much sun on the water. Tried for reaction bite early evening still not producing..

      Note: Novice Fisher, could use some tips.. Thanks
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Fish early!!

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

      Report: Went in a buddies boat at first light. Stuck one over 4 pounds on a chartruse buzzbait on my second cast. Moved along. We caught 4 on senkos...Faded watermelon purple flake. Around noon my partner gets a 3 pounder on a lavender shad BBZ-1 and three casts after that I caught it's sister on the same weedline break on an all white buzzbait. Around 2:00 I hooked another buzzbait fish but my hand sliped off the rod and I wound my finger into the levelwind gearing....By the time I got myself un clustered It was gone....Same size fish as the previous...about 3 pounds. We moved in behind all of the anchored boats and caught one more on a senko before I had my frog blown sky high with a spectacular miss. Off the water at 3:00
      City: Ojai

      Tips: Mainlake points are best.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 70ish

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: spring lake has been one to five fish per outing.quality fish three to nine pounds between avid anglers,based on seeing the fish or hearing about them while chattin with other anglers.really nice toads being caught by someone daily!!!
      City: rosa

      Tips: try using baits that you normally cant.have been seeing very vicious topwater feeding explosions.cant get bit yet.take advantage of the foggy mornins get there at 6 am. midday shaded pockets and skipping holes can be good.tules hit and miss (flip deep)good luck and tight lines!

Friday, July 30th, 2010

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 81-84

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mike Sperbeck and I fished the lake Thurs late afternoon and up to midnight. The previous algae bloom was gone and the water was pretty clear. bite was real slow in the evening as the delta breeze was very strong and cool. That killed any topwater bite. Mike caught a few 1 to 2 lbers and I had a good moment as I hooked a 4 to 5 pounder on a Power worm but lost her when she jumped. When the moon came up about 10:30 the bite was fair and we caught several up to 2 1/2 lbs. The bite died shortly after. I was using the 10" Power worm all the time - hoping for the big bite. Mike was using a small beaver and was catching the most. I think we boated 11 bass and missed a bunch.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Bass and bait are still in the top 30-35 feet of water. Lake level is holding very well - only down a few feet. The might have dumped in some water from Pardee - I don't know. Weeds are not real bad except in very shallow water.

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a friend and his son out Saturday. Tried a variety of techniques but had the best luck with roboworm and Baby Brushhogs in green pumpkin on shakey head and Carolina Rigs. Ended up with just 4 all around 1#. His son caught 2 and so it was a great day!
      City: Monterey, CA

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough bite, ended up with a 3+ lM, pushing 3 spot, several little spots and 1 5-7 lb catfish.
      All fish on jigs..swimming the jig produce most of fish.
      City: Lincoln

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: No ones posted for awhile so here is an update of what I found today. My daughter and I hit the water around 7am and managed to get 10 bites and 6 keepers to 2lbs. on various baits. Cranked deep diving fat free shad(blue/chart)on flats 15 ft. of water. Baby brushhog mojo-rig(watermellon/candy),shakey head and flippin' weedmats and steep rock banks with superhogs(green/pumpkin)Stayed around the southend area most of the time,off the water at 12 noon.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Take a kid fishing... some goodtimes to be had on the water right now.

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

      Report: The official lake record for smallmouth is right around 3 lbs. I believe. I have personally caught a half dozen bigger, probably up to about 4 lbs, and have seen several that I'm sure were over 5. for whatever reason, nobody ever submits them.
      City: Hollister

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 6:30. Headed for the narrows. Tried everything I had but no action. Warmed up to about 85 so I headed back toward the damn. A couple small dunky bass tards.lol Switched to drifting weightless night crawlers. Got about 6 more small bass and loaded out about 5 and headed back to my stabbin cabin. Tried Zarra Spooks for two hours in A.M. with not even a roll.
      City: Maricopa

      Tips: Best tip I have is don't fish near me. There will be no fish within 5 miles.

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished friday night 8pm to about 4am, did pretty well with zara and xrap, after dark spinnerbait bite was excellent also brush hog was decent.. no real big fish, best was a 3lb largemouth and a 3lb smallmouth. Saturday fished from 10am til after dark, zara did well as well as drop shot, not as good as two weeks ago but still fun.

      Tips: spinnerbaits at night

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

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

      Report: Fished the Konocti area, water is pretty nasty, but fishing was good. I only had a few hours to fish but had 3 big blow ups on a tournament frog... but couldn't hook up. Downsized to a swamp frog and bingo. Almost every dock or cove with weeds had fish blowing up. Fish were up to 4 pounds.
      City: K-ville

      Tips: Top water was the ticket. Water is so thick with weeds could really only throw a frog. You boat guys probably want to flush out your rigs when you're done!

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

      Report: Hey Don thanks for posting something on the lake. I havnt been able to get over there yet this summer but im looking to hook into some stripers.
      City: K-ville

      Tips: if you want to share any please do!

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

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

      Report: OG, eat me!!!

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

      Report: Correction on the emails for Lexington. I sent one to the address Kenny provided and a nice person from the city wrote back and said we should use the following sites:

      https://clients.comcate.com/newrequest.php?id=80

      http://www.valleywater.org/
      City: Monterey