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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

  • California
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      Water Temp: 71.3

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Reports have that DFG was out looking at the Scum on the lake as it was different from before and they were showing concern. Dont know where it went from there...

      Most of the algae was pretty heavy across from Vasquez today, and fairly thick in some areas. Don't know what 'type' it is but it is sure hard to wash off the boat at days end. Spent a lot of extra time getting clear water on my rag at the fish clean station to wipe off the scum and wash off my reels and line.. Nasty stuff!
      City: SM

  • Mendocino County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Lake Mendo. after work, Launched the boat @ 6:30pm.THE LAKE IS BEAUTIFUL! Water quality excellent. There was a group circled around a school of stripers that were boiling on the West side. Had several small dinks interested in crank baits. The fun really did'nt start until 8:00pm when the top water action came on. TWO NICE ONES!
      City: u

      Tips: Remember we are blessed to have such a great lake in our own backyard ! HAVE FUN -
      Try cranking, the fish are active. Cover alot of water. White spinnerbaits works too!
      KEEP IT REEL! Don

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 83-87

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 7:00PM LAUNCHED @ FOSTERS FREEZE RAMP. MUCH , MUCH LESS ALGAE SCUM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE,. FISHED A FEW SPOT ALONG HWY 20. WATER WAS VERY ROUGH. TOOK 4 WAVES OVER THE FRONT OF THE BOAT. CHARTED MANY FISH @ 12-16 FT. OF WATER. TOO ROUGH WENT IN @ 8:30PM.
      City: UKIAH

      Tips: FISH THE NORTH SIDE IN THE MORNING, ALONG HWY 20. THERE ARE FISH IN THIS AREA OF THE LAKE.

      FOUND A REALLY GOOD CAR WASH ACROSS FROM THE SENTRY MARKET. CLEANED BOAT GOOD ! WELL WORTH $2.00

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well finally got out for a night trip on the infamous Oroville lake last night. Got on the water around 745-8ish. Began throwing topwater on submerged island tops in the main body with no luck at all. Started scoping fish on the humminbird all in about 15-25 feet of water, then began pitching dropshots and picked up around 5 fish all in the 2 pound range with a few under. The moon decided to come out about 10:30 or so, and really lit up the entire lake! I believe the night before was the actual full moon, which dwindled my hopes of haveing an amazing night due to them gorging the night prior. Once the moon came up we shot up the north arm to find big boulder type rocks which offered shade due to the moon light. Right around 12:30 or so after being in the north arm with not much luck at all, I pick up my 1/2 ounce football head jig equiped with a black and blue hoola grub and casted it about 5 feet from the bank, hopped it twice and BANG! Textbook jig bite, I set the hook and knew if was heavy right off the bat! It came immedietly to the surface and wehn it rolled myself and the 2 others on the boat KNEW it was big! We scrambled for the net, and it came up one more time just to spit my jig out of its mouth! The bottom line was it acted just like a big largemouth that you hook somewhere like the delta, clearlake,etc. You know on this lake in general you dont here to many fish(Spotted, or largemouth) being caught over 5 or 6 pounds here, but this fish was every bit of 7 plus at least! Overall, not the best trip ive had there fishing at night, i believe we boated 9 or 10 fish with a few under on dropshots. We also missed WAY to many bites! All out bites and fish came on spider grubs, beavers, and dropshot.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The fish were very aggressive when hitting the baits, only 1 or 2 fish were dead weight, everything else was wam! You knew they hit it. We used all dark colors which is a must when fishing night time. Fish came between 15-30 feet all night! Go fish that full moon and you will have an oppurtunity to catch a fish of a liftime on any lake. I just missed mine last night on Oroville! BUMMER

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 11:30am until 5:30pm.I caught about 20 bass.Best 5 just under 13lbs.Lots of small fish shallow, better fish were around 25-30 feet deep.

      Tips: drop shot natural colored worms. senkos on a flick shake head.I missed the top-water bite.I did catch one about 4lbs the day before on a wake bait.

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: perfect

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Last report was off a day- it was actually the 26th not the 27th. However I did go to Cottage Grove again this morning and had some success. Got there at 5:30AM andstarted casting with the jig first. Hooked a bass that was about 2.8 or so but he ran straight towards me and I never really caught up with him. Before I could dip my net he shook off. A couple casts later hooked and landed a 3.5- 18" on the jig. Then 8-10 mins. of no bites. Stop and tie on a 6' leader and a 5" swimbait in a kind of hitch pattern on my heavy Loomis/ Stradic spinning rod. A cast or 2 later I get another decent one- 3.6- 18". A few casts later I feel a bite, set hard and snap off the new leader and the bait! I keep the drag dialed down so I don't do this but sometimes it happens anyway. It's always annoying and usually happens right in the middle of a good bite. I grab another different type 6" trout swimbait and tie it directly to the braided mainline. Two casts in a 3.8- 19" grabs it and makes it into the net! Ten pounds, 3 ounces in 3 fish is a good way to start your day. Left at 6:30 to go wash the wifeys van- gotta keep her happy!!
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: Only tie uni to uni knots at home with good light and reading glasses on so you can make sure they're perfect BEFORE you snap off a good bass!!!!! And lose a sorta cheap swimbait!!

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      Water Temp: perfect!

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 21st, 22nd and the 27th at Cottage Grove. Got 2 fish on the 21st- both on the jig. The 1st cast of the day was a 4.6- 20", the 2nd cast was a 3.4- 18" and then not another bite after that. The bite just shuts off like a water faucet- or so it seems! On the 22nd I got there about 20-25 minutes later than I had been and I didn't get a bite. By far the day of the week- no make that day of the month for me was the 27th. I got there fairly early and on my first cast with the jig got a 2.11- 17" bass. A few casts later I got a 3.11- 19" bass. Then the jig bite died- kept casting but didn't get another bite. Grabbed another rod that had a beat up old trout swimbait on it- I almost swapped it out for a different lure before leaving the house. Good thing I did NOT. I tossed it out and got a bite about every other cast for the next 25 minutes. The 3rd fish of the day was a 3.5- 18" but the 4th fish was my favorite. It went 3.7-18" and had a fat bulging belly. When I pulled the swimbait from its mouth I could see why it had that belly. It had the tail of some real baitfish hanging out about an inch and a quarter. Thought it was a trout but from looking at the photos up close on the computer the coloring makes me think bluegill. Tossed her back and checked my leader. Somehow the fish had made a knot as well as nicking up my 5' leader. Chopped out the knot and retied as fast as I could. By the time I finished the leader was about a foot long. I thought I'll never get a bite with that short of a leader. My main line is 20 or 30 poung braid. The next 2 fish proved my theory wrong. They were a 2.12- 17" and a 3.0, 17 1/2" and they both had it so far down the throat you could barely see the head of the bait. Then as suddenly as it started the sun hit the water and the bite up and died (Again)! Fun morning- felt great at work all day.
      City: yoncalla

      Tips: By the time I got 4 fish and at least 5 or 6 other bites on it that poor old swimbait was toast. It was a pretty used up piece of junk to start with- it had been glued together at least once. I actually took a couple toothpicks and stuck them in at different angles to keep it going for another dozen casts. I had some glue in the car but didn't want to walk back and miss the good bite. Now I'll make it a point to carry glue and a back up swimbait or 2 in the old fannypack. Also tried a spinnerbait and a crawdad crankbait just in case but all they wanted this day was the jig as the appetizer and the trout as the main course. Be there early or you won't see me!

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was windy at my house and debated to go fishing . Said what the hell told the wife pack up lets go Started fishing out the gate at B&W resort fished tules with sweet beaver black with red flake with no takers threw a few crank baits . with no takers picked up and went North finding a few 2-lbers . lots of boats out skiing headed toward Tower Park stoped at a couple places to try to get out of wind. by the way I got out late @ 11:30 so I can fish the flood. fished bouldin Island north side with 7 total in the 2-3 lb class So Picked up again and was heading to tower park my wife noticed some one waving a flag at us . I did not want to look, but figured it might be a emergency. I know whats going to happen. yep ,,ran out of gas!!thery ran out of gas in there wake board boat being the bass fisherman I am .I wanted to say, stick where the sun don't shine but did not.I towed them to Tower park.Did continue to beat the water to a froth with minimum results fishing is tough right now . I did get on a good pattern with Pumpkin /blake flake ZOOM worm 6" with twist tail texas style .They loved it and were all over it . Think I would of caught some quality fish if I had more time to fish and the wind started blowing really hard later in the evening. Going to go out next weekend and give it a go . tight lines to all c ya on the water
      City: Elmira

      Tips: Carry a Phone # for vessel assist on you to give to water skiers running out of gas....Try to get on a pattern and stick with it .. try to plan to fish the tides at the right time. I personaly like the flood coming in from a really low tide, fish seem to be more active the last 3 hrs of flood. On really low tides try to find deeper edges fish really slow during low tides . I use bass pro shop "bass attractent" on my worms .

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I got started 11am from B&W and all the skier were out mucking up my spots. I knew I had to fish deeper. As I riged up by an island a friend stoped by and said the bite was off a bit.I gave him one of my best crankbaits wished him well. I found some nice spottedbass drop shoting in 12ft at Tower Park. The south mokelumne sloughs were pack with bass boats so I fished the only the major points. the fish were NOT right at the points today(it took me a while to figure them out),I found most of the fish on the upstream side of the sloughs (in comming tide). It took about 25 cast to get then fired up. I cranked for most of them and when grass got to sticky I use my spinner bait. most of them were 1 to 2 lb but real fun, a nice red eye almost took me to school. I started looking for bigger bites, I started tossing a big dbl wide beaver. caught two pigs by wimpys, one was a good 7Lb+. I started yelling never give up like Ike, but only ducks were watching.
      City: rio vista

      Tips: I know there is fish all over the delta, for numbers use moving baits, for size beef it up. the two pigs i landed were 2 hours apart with no other bite and in 7ft eddys. now I just need to do this when it counts. my colors are orange craw and shad for moving and black/bue,punkin for plastic. dont fight the skier just move, when IM angry I dont fish right. well be safe and my back seat is always open God Bless.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 80's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hi James-- I too just fished there on Saturday and the South side is pretty slimy with all the green alge growth and it does smell pretty bad but the North is a lot cleaner and you should still be able to swim and do the family water thing in the North. Just make sure that the kids/adults bathe real well after water outings on the lake. Have fun in Clearlake. Bring along a water hose so that you can wash down your boat and trailer when you're all done. Don't forget your boat/trailer sticker and boat inspection for the dreaded quagga muscle.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Just have fun!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: is the north side of lake really bad. i have a trip booked with my family for a week and was wondering if you can swim.
      City: livermore

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72.4

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Still alot of algea on the top until the wind blows it off. Scummy stuff - Gets all over the hull and your lie.

      Headed to a cove across from Strawberry to plop a new top water. Bang! 2nd cast and hit a really nice smallie in the 2-1/3 pound range. Tossed it around some more with one small large taking it so moved off. To the back by the old dock and tossed it again. Picked up three more small larges so pulled out a crank. One keeper near vasquez but that was it. Moved to the walls North West of Vasquez and worked my favorite jig. Three nice lagre keepers and two smallie keepers. Time to head out. Good day.
      City: SM

      Tips: Kralens Rock Hopper and CLU's ZG Watermelon scores again. Love these jigs.

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

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

      Report: Started off throwing topwater in the morning at high tide and only got dinks. Tried cranking riprap and only got one decent bass.... and about a 6 lb salmon on a speed trap right against the tules! Weirdest thing I've ever seen. Got pics to prove it. Tide started going out and we started punching. Didn't do very well until tide got fairly low then we started catching some quality fish including one over 5 lbs. Got off the water around noon. Got hot and the "bros" and blaring rap music got outta control.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Punch rig on outgoing low tide. Don't know about high tide...

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 80-83

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished AC/WRL tourney. Caught all in the south end near Wheeler. Fished deep, in clearer water. The water smells and looks like baby puke but the fishing was off the hook. No swimbait bite or cranks, bottom bouncing was the ticket for us.

      Tips: I would still fish here! The fishing is still good, but you MUST flush your motor after you get off the water.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived 1300, went North. Caught about 6 dinks on worms, hulagrubs and cranks then around 1630 got a 5.14 on a shakey head with a 6" roboworm oxblood red flake in 10ft of water. Weighed, took some pics then released.
      City: Monterey

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

      Report: Visalia Bass Club at Kaweah on July 24:
      1, Steve Babb/Chuck Stricklin, 16.78;
      2, Matt Davidian/Matt Chase, 13.23;
      3, Mike Chavarria/Noe Sanchez, 10.78;
      Big fish, Erick and Becky Schott, 8.10.

      Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/07/28/2021624_p4/fishing-report-week-of-july-28.html#ixzz0xfTNdu00
      City: Fresno

  • Jackson County, Oregon
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Can any one tell me how the fishing is at los banos crk.res. Iand my buddy are planing to go there sat. thanks
      City: Redwood city

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had a great day on the delta with two fun clients. The top water bite was off the hook in the a.m. as it slowed crank baits and chatter bait produced nice fish for us. We caught 20+ fish up to 5lbs with some real nice 3 lbs fish mixed in the bag. Not too hot, not too windy, not too cold. Awesome day! Click like on my facebook page for up to date reports. www.toadsonly.com
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Get out early in the summer months for top water actions. More tips and reports @ www.toadsonly.com

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-86

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The water was pee soap in the lower , south end. Basin Bassmasters fished their all nighter on friday and saturday morning. Winning weight was 32.06 for 10 bass. Using jigs, worms, frogs and chatter baits. Stay in the north or cleaner water.
      City: rocklin

      Tips: Senkos, jigs working them slow.

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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 5 bass (biggest 4 lbs) took 1 hour to clean boat afterwards. Lake looks and smells like crap (not kiddin) after I got back home to report and now reading reports of lake conditions) stupid me for not doing so. what the hell happened to this lake?

      Tips: try elswhere. even if you catch a few fish, not worth the smell and cleaning of boat afterwards. previous post before me, you must be desperate.