Fishing Report
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
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Tenmile Lake
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Water Temp: perfect
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished the 7th,8th,9th and 10th at Cottage Grove. Couldn't get a bite on the 7th and the 9th. Got a 2.8, 17" bass on a jig and beaver on the 8th and then moved to a different part of the lake and got a 3.4, 19" bass on a senko. I used a belly weighted hook with the senko. A couple things I like about it are: Casts further, sinks faster and with a med. action spinning rod you can see the tip vibrate. And they really hit it hard too. On the 10th I went to one of my favorite spots. On the first cast at about 5:45 AM I felt something bump my jig so I set the hook and my flippin' stick really loaded up! Felt like all of 6 or 7 pounds. I finally was able to move it towards me and when it got close I could see it was a nice bass. When it got a little closer I noticed it was hooked in the top of the back- right by the dorsal fin. That explained why it felt so big and also explained the lack of headshake during the fight. I had a heck of a time trying to net it- try leading the fish into the net. Every time it saw the net it pivoted and swam away from it. Finally had to swing the rod from right to left and swat the net at it like a tennis racket. Got it in and it went 21", 4 pounds, 12 ounces. Got the hook out and gently put her back in the rubber net and lowered her back into the lake. She swam away fine- I just hope she'll be able to live out her life and make lots more babies for my kids to catch. Last month at Tenmile lake my daughter and I caught a 2 and a half pound bass that had a chunk out of his back and now I think I know how he got like that. Didn't take a picture of the 2.8 from Tenmile and "story of my life" couldn't remember to grab my camera on the way out the door (Four mornings in a row- dough!!) headed to Cottage Grove. I am loading the boat in 15 minutes and heading for the lake with Carl. Hope to catch a few in the 3 or 4 hours we have to fish. I'll try to post again tomorrow if anything cool happens.
City: yoncallaTips: Grabthecamera,grab the camera, GRAB THE CAMERA!!!! Actually I put it in the boat last night so my feeble 4AM mind couldn't forget again. It is time to get your license, get your pole, and head for the lake. Should be a great summer and I hope to fill up a whole logbook between now and October. And thank you Brady for posting a nice report- one of the areas you mentioned payed off and jigs and senkos are hard to beat pretty much any time of year. See ya out there.
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
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Berryessa Lake
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Water Temp: 77
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Launched from Markley Cove at 6:30 AM, hit a few points with topwater followed by drop shot before leaving the Narrows. Nothing. Ran up to Big Island and landed two nice largemouth and a beautiful small mouth in about 20 minutes with drop shot around 9AM. Ran up to Putah Creek and hit rocky walls and points. Nothing. Ran back to the Narrows and pulled in a nice spot. Ended the day at 2PM with a total of 4 fish in the boat. Only saw three other boats fishing for bass. Dozens of Kokanee trollers.
City: Sacramento
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Bullards Bar Lake
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Water Temp: 74
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Had a great day on the water, but fish had a little lock jaw. I went out for four hours in the morning and only boated 7 fish. Fish were caught on tubes in 30' of water off main body points. Last week I was up at the lake and the bite was awesome cathing a 18lb bag. That day I was jigging a spoon on bait fish around 25-35' water. The boat traffic is crazy and no getting away from it. Mud lines where producing as well
City: Yuba CityTips: Deep main body points, natural color tubes, jigging spoons, mud lines all produced fish. Don't be afraid to hit main body points with lots of boat traffic as the fish still would bite.
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 66 to 72
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: June 5-8th.
On Saturday I fished the Rattlesnake arm to State Park and caught around 20 fish using worms, Jigs and swimbaits. The bite was much better for me in the morning.
Monday and Tuesday I fished Rattlesnake and the Red Bud arm and had a slower bite and still got a lot of fish but it was a bit harder work.
I was flippin the heavy cover, thules, weeds, and fishing the deep breaks with Jigs and soft plastics, also I fished with swimbaits and some reaction baits around ambush points.
Most of the fish were only 3 1/2 pounders, kinda small but its still lots of fun to go out and catch a bunch of them.
City: Lower LakeTips: Fish the heavy cover or flip thules. Fish the deeper breaks.
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
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Amador Lake
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Water Temp: 80-84
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: After picking up my boat from Capitol City Marine (little odds and ends to be fixed), I decided to hit Amador for the evening bite. I knew it would be tough because of all the Sierra thunderstorms (they always shut off the bite)and the 4th of July weekend. However, the trip was worthwhile about 20 minutes after launch (5 pm) when I got a great blowup on my green Snagproof frog. I love it when I am so stunned by a blowup that I don't set the hook immediately. Maybe that's why I land most of my frog fish. This one stayed on the hook and she went 4 lbs 5 oz. Not a monster, but fun! I missed another blowup and that was it. I was reading the water as the Sierra clouds drifted over the lake - it became the dead sea. Not a single rise of anything and only saw a few shad dimpling. I decided to throw my B&M Piranha swim jig and landed a 3 pounder and missed another after dark. Just as it turned dark, I fished a Junebug 10" Power worm and hooked a big one but lost her after 10 seconds or so. Missed another Power worm fish and that was my action. I left about 11 pm.
City: Yuba CityTips: The water has seen quite an algae bloom in the past few days and visibility is limited. There arn't too many fish below 30 feet right now. The lake looks great - only down a few feet.
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California Delta
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: launched out of B&W today and headed out to franks with no luck, then headed back and worked my way around stanten island, only caught one for the day...cant believe it!
early morning i was throwin a dirty white bully wa 65 into slop and got nothin, then senko's at the weed edges and still nothin
finnaly i picked up the delta craw jig and landed a nice little 2 1/2 lb. largemouth
City: dixonTips: i need some help on finding these fish
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: Mid 70s to Mid
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: The fishing has been much better in the last week, and we are now catching an average of 15 to 20 fish a day. Still not to many big ones, lots of 2 1/2 to 3 pounders a few 4 pounders and a nice small mouth.
I am fishing plastic worms 4" to 7" Texas ridged and Dropshot. Jigs, and some Reaction Baits. In the weeds try Frogs, 5" Swimbaits, Sinkos and Swim Jigs. The best action for me has been in the weeds and thules. For reaction baits try Deep Cranks, Swimbaits, and Buzzbaits.
I have been fishing both the south and north parts of the lake and both are fishing well.
Have fun !
City: CLera LakeTips: Try the Swim Jig in the weeds and Deep cranks around rocky areas.
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StevePerkinsFishing.com
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
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Almaden Reservoir
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished for a couple of hours and hooked one. Nice size, about 4 lbs. i think the evening bite is the best time to go. Fished with Jerk baits and varied the speeds.
City: san jose
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 75-80
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: I too have to agree with David!
This is a late report as I did a family camping trip from July 7-11. The water quality is really bad at Clear Lake. The keys were completely choked off in some parts with nasty green/blue scum/foam and there are areas where this stuff has made the keys completely unfishable. The lake is already getting green and getting choked off with algae in many areas. Yes, there are some spots that have clear water and this is where I caught all my fish but these areas are small and few and far between. I could barely make it into Rodmen slough because my motor kept getting fouled up with all the algae already. I have never seen the lake like this so early in the year. In late August through September, yes, but not in early July. Especially since the hot weather really just started getting going a few week before I was there.
Just to keep this a report, I got 9 fish over the three and a half days I was there, fishing a few hours each evening and each morning. All on Texas rigged plastics and all were cookie cutter 2.5-3 pounders.
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Water Temp: 78*
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Yet another late report-stayed with the family for 4th weekend, 1st-7th. Did great, lots of cookie cutter 2lbers with an occasional 3 in the mix, best fish going 4.3. Had best luck again on Yami Creatures in cinnamon and pumpkin t-rigged with an 1/8th tru-tungsten weight. Picked apart pockets in the tules and structure around docks, fished Windflower Peninsula, Rattlesnake and Anderson Islands. Hit Hwy 20 side up past the narrows, action wasn't quite as good, bumped t-rigged worms off of Shag and narrows ledges for a few. Didn't do as well as Mr. Perkins on the swimbaits, had some short strikes and bumps with a couple of hookups (maybe presentation?) on Osprey's. Threw the kitchen sink first couple of days, patterned it out and enjoyed a great time fishing. Weather has been beautiful, and have to disagree with previous poster about the water conditions. It rained all winter, the water is way up (not sure of Rumsey right now, but almost at 8 in May) and just perfect. 14 of us swam, fished, went water skiing, kayaked and no algae, the water was refreshing and great. Very few weeds this year too, due to cold winter and high water. It was AWESOME, and the fishing is breaking wide open, good numbers but not a lotta hawgs.
City: Clear Lake ParkTips: Fish every pocket, point and indentation in the tulies, go slow and let it sit after it drops. If you graph fish on offshore structure, drop a worm or a jig on 'em and LET IT SIT awhile before you move it.
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Folsom Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Plastics
City: sacTips: River
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Fresno Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Another day off to explore Folsom. Plastics in feeding areas early and then to deeper haunts and trees. Some current up river as well as an abundance of fish.
City: sacTips: Shallow fish took senkos, darts, drop, etc. Deeper fish the same and also 1/4 oz jigs got the larger fish.cynics Pa, cynics Pa
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Folsom Lake
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Water Temp: 74 a.m.
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: on water 6 finished 2.5 hrs later. Came with my big guns and nerry a strike.
City: sacTips: Big guns sometimes good, sometimes not so good. Go figure!sahst on
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Oroville Lake
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Water Temp: 82
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Took the family out tuesday evening. Was fun for everyone. The fish were in the flooded brush in 7 to 15ft most were 13 and 14" some were smaller. My daughter had 5 in about 5 minuets. we fished from 7 to about 8:30. All fish were caught on bluegill grubs on 1/8th and 1/16th dart heads. The best places for us were sloping mud banks on the main lake. Fun stuff.
City: San JoseTips: 1/8 and 1/16th oz dart heads bluegill 4" grubs worked for us.
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
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Lopez Lake
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Water Temp: 71.2
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: A great day spent on the water with my son. Vasquez offered up some weight today and my son scored on dropshot in 30 foot. Landed three nice heavies in the 4-5 pound range off the East wall. A great day spent with my best buddy!
City: SM
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: fished the very lowtide moving of 1.5 ft all day. The bite was good on Senkos, crankin, and just draging a worm on the botom.
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Camanche Lake
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Water Temp: 76
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Had a really good day even with holiday activity on the lake. I just had a so so day. My partner put 18lbs in boat and culled my only 2 keepers. Only caught about 10 fish total, but the quality was there. Main body and up the river were good. My partner was dialed in with a hula grub and could do no wrong. I eventually switched over to it, but still nothing. He was using 6lb floro and I was using 8lb mono. It must have been the difference. No topwater, crank or drop shot bite. Draggin was the only producer.
City: Sacramento
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Folsom Lake
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Water Temp: 74
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Launched Dike8, worked island tops just outside Brown's Ravine-0; went into Brown's to work the willows-2missed hits on senko. Ran up S.Fork to NewYorkCove, worked left side willows...couldn't work them too close, overnighter boats parked in all the coves. Big Zip. Ran out to main lake peninsula willows; 1 ea for brother and me on darthead senko(junebug) and aaron's magic 6" worm. They were there with lots of carp. held tight in the trees.
City: folsomTips: if you have the patience, work the trees; if not, we're thinkin' they may have gone deep, but have nothing but sonar to back that up only as a theory. Think we'll go to the Delta.
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Los Banos Lake
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Water Temp: 73
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: i fished thursday and sat. on thursday i flipped, fluked and frogged for 6 bites, and caught 2 off of beds. long time in between bites though. the fish are super fat and healthy, and my best 5 went around 18 lbs. went up again saturday and didnt get bit once. there is a ton of bait everywhere. I was flushing bait along tule clumps and watching bass come out and eat the bait, but they wouldn't eat the fluke. I fished tight both days. never tried and finesse stuff in deeper water.
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Caught fish to almost 4 lbs. most 1 1/2 to 2. All on wacky rig shakey head. Most fish were caught before 9AM.
After 9 all small fish bites.
City: FresnoTips: Fish are in tight to reeds.
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