Fishing Report

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went South this morning and started throwing topwater at Indian Island with only one taker. The carp were everywhere so we headed back north. We stopped in Pirates Cove and caught about ten all around 2 lbs. We then headed all the way back up to the Nice area and fished the outside weed line with great success. All in all we caught about 45 fish from 2-4 pounds.

      Tips: Frogs, Senkos and Texas rig MM III.

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got Early Start, On Water At 5:20am. Fished Points, and Banks Off Main River.
      Caught First One On 6' Diving Plug. Switched Over To Split Shot'in 4" Plastics For Rest Of Day. Best 5 total 11Lbs. Most Were Spots.
      City: folsom

      Tips: None

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

      Report: I have been fishing the back ponds for years and it amazes me that you have frequently been pulling out fish over 5 pounds. Are you using a scale or estimating those weights? I find that hard to belive that despite the fishing conditions sucking more and more every year you can still pull out fish that size. Why dont you take a camera out and put some of those big fish on the site for us to see. I don't doubt that there are fish that size back there(I have seen several fish over 10#) I have caught several fish weighing 4# and one around 6 but come on man 5-7# range? I will belive it when I see it. Make sure that the the lake can be identified in the background too.

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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

      Report: Fished from 6:00am to 1:00pm caught sixteen fish. could not get any top water bite. fish came on dart-head and drop shot in about 17-25 feet. green and purple colored worms seemed to work best. caught one nice 4lb. spot on a six inch senko off a steep rock wall.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: best results came near deep water.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went back out today to get a full days worth of fishing. We started out in Kelsey Creek throwing a variety of topwater baits with no takers. We workd our way down toward and just past State Park. Caught 4 on frogs which included a 5.5 lb, two 3 lbs and one 2 lb. From there we went to Henderson and caught a 7.5 lb and a few more in the 1-2 pound range all on texas rig and jigs. We decided to run farther up north and fished the Nice and Lucerne areas. We caught several more fish between 2-4 lbs all around isolated weed clumps. We called it quits at noon with about 30 fish.

      Tips: Fish topwater early, then go to texas rigged worms, jigs and wacky rigged Senkos.

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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished about 1/4 mile stretch on both sides of konocti picked up 12 all on senkos mostly all on the west side of konocti under or around docks- nothing big - best slightly over 3lbs. caught all in the afternoon the evening bite was suprisingly slow
      City: Diamond Springs

      Tips: dark colors seem to work best -almost all were in shade or under docks

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water was stained...Had better clarity 2 weeks ago I guess the recreational boaters have helped that out. Anyway fishing was good, put in around 5:45 am and the top water bite was good, had 2 fish hit spooks just as they hit the water, also buzz baits were effective, nothing big in the morning but a fun way to start the day. Soon as it warmed up had some success with crank baits, but most bites were on soft plastics. The reaction bite was great, the day was great except the $19.00 it cost to fish there. Top 5 went close to 15 biggest being right around 5.
      City: Grass Valley

      Tips: Find some offshore structure, with these warm days the fish are moving down, not too deep but down none the less. Bring the bait to the fish.

  • Nevada County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished 4 hours in the early morning. It was about the slowest day Ive had this year.
      I got 6 in the boat. 4 on buzzbaits, (the biggest about 5), 1 on a chatterbait, and 1 on a fluke.
      I broke one off at the boat that would have went 6, got him on a brushhog in deep water.
      Seems like the fish are holding anywhere you can find shallow water near deeper water, but the problem with that is the ache boarders are out like rats in an aquaduct.
      My trolling motor prop was outta the water more than it was in because of the big waves.
      City: auburn

      Tips: go way early or night fish.

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Basin Bassmasters from Loomis fished a tournament with 12 boats. The winning weight was 22.20 for the best five and second place 21.70. Most of the bass were cought in the back of the coves using frogs, popers and spooks. The bass are pushing the bait into the backs and having a big dinner. The moring bite is better than the late day.
      The launch fees will change on July 7 to $22.00 for launch, boat and two people.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: fish way in the backs of the coves

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      Water Temp: 79-83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a quick word to Danny, the previous poster. Amador is known for slow periods and fantastic periods of bass fishing. Don't give up - about a month or two ago I fished it for about 5 hours and got one bite. That's Amador!! My fishing buddy Rick Tietz (owner of Blade Runner Tackle and Duh spoons) hit the lake yesterday afternoon and fished 'til about 1 am. It was an interesting trip - we decided that the fishing wasn't great, but pretty steady. When we started about 3 pm, the bite was pretty good with Senkos and Sammy's (topwater). I couldn't get a frog bite at all and Rick missed all three of his - one a good bass! I lost one on the Sammy over 4 lbs but landed one almost 4 along with several others. Mid-day topwater is usually good in June and yesterday was no exception. It was interesting that the bite really slowed for us before dark - last time I was there it was great! I did get another nice 3 1/2 pounder on the Sammy by the dam and missed one more. Rick got a nice 3 pounder on a Gator Tail worm. After dark the bite was fair for bass up to 3 1/4 lbs. I did hook the "monster" of the night" around midnight in Donney Bay - got her next to the boat - we guessed how big it was - and lost it as Rick was ready to net her! Really not a monster but at least 5 or 6 lbs. She nailed a brush hog! Speaking of monsters, I was able to take photos of a young man and his grandpa with their two bass caught before dark - an 8 lb 13 oz beauty and another over 5 lbs. Photo should be on wb.com as soon as I get it to them. So, we ended up with about 20 bass in the boat and about as many "out" of the boat (ones we lost!). Maybe 17 lbs for our best 5.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I got the feeling that the fishing was better during the daytime because of the smoky skies, especially with the unusually clear water. That was probably true for several days. Weeds, of course, are everywhere except on walls. The lake has begun to drop this week and that will move the the bass offshore. They probably will suspend a lot for the rest of the summer. The traditional Texas rigged weightless Senko is a good was to fish the heavy weeds. Wacky style will be tough.

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

      Report: Put in around 6:30pm and braved the unanticipated 25mph gusts and an incoming tide. very challenging conditions -- 3/4 oz. rattle traps were all we could throw into the punishing wind and there was zero bite. refusing to surrender, we pushed on and tossed all common sense and self-preservation instincts aside and finally found some protected water in a slough just outside of big break. enter roboworm. one 5 lb. 1 oz large mouth bass later, we began our trek back to our put-in spot at antioch bridge and the real "adventure" began. massive swells, white caps, 35+ gusts and quickly fading light threw all in our 14' boat into quiet, existential reflection. in the end, our captain held his own and, after 5+ hail marys and some very dicey moments, we finally made it back to the safety of the marina. one for the books.

      Tips: respect the water and be prepared for a swift change in conditions (especially in the evening.)

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched at Redbud late-morning. Ran across to back-side of the island and started throwing an R2Sea frog into the folliage. 3rd cast hooked and ultimately lost the biggest bass I've seen this year. Drat!
      City: Clearlake

      Tips: Have the net on deck...

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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I finally got my boat back after being in the shop for over a month getting gel coat repair. First destination, Clear Lake, being that it rarely ever lets me down. Today was no exception. I launched at the state part and headed north to long tule pt. As the sun was coming up, I caught a 7.5 pounder on a 7

      Tips: <a href="http://www.russnyders.com/">Rus Snyders Guide Service</a>

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      Water Temp: 74 to 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well we got on the water at 5am out of the oaks area and got one on my first cast on a frog patern hula popper my brother was using a bass colored pop R and was also picking up fish we caught 10 on top water about 9am it slowed down and we started throwing plastics I caught several on green pumpkin senkos, then i ran out of that color and started with a green with purple flake yamamoto hula grub, ran out of those and started with margarita mutilator , arons magic and hologram shad ,we fished gleanhaven paradise cove and pirates cove we ended up with a total of 70 fish for the day with the biggest at 5 lbs but most were 2 to 3 lbs range
      City: carmichael

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      Water Temp: 73-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got here on the afternoon of the 28th, after boat inspection and stop at the tackle shop we finally got on the water at about 4:30 pm. We shot down south to Jago Bay and the bite was surprisingly slow. My father caught two on brown and purple jigs shallow against rock walls. Just before dark I had three on a frog and that was it. All fish were about 2 lbs.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 73-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Only 1 dink on a Rapala DT10 in parrot off a steep rock bank. Fished the North end unsuccessfully tried: white spinner, green/blk, crawdad cranks, shakey heads, senkos, purple worms, salt & pepper grub,
      C-rigged Baby Brush Hog in watermelon and red flake, Senkos, Only got the one.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Fish Anderson.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 71-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water about 11. started at the dam face. got one on brushhog. moved to camp side tried cranks in blue gill and sinko watermelon. also threw a swimbait all day for two in the three lb range. bite was slow but did start to pick up. we caught 50 fish between two of us. had a blast. the sun will kick ur butt so take what u need.
      City: merced

      Tips: stick to ur guns . they are still makin u work for bites. they arent gonna roll over on it. gook luck.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Junior Bass Club fished the lake in the morning. I stayed out in the main body left of the dam. My junior and I droped shot on the humps in 10-25 ft. Using a perl/blue shad 4" worm we got 12-15 spots, smallmouth and largemouth ranging from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lbs. Get out early and be off by noon.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: shake the worm and stay on the bottom

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 6:30- fished in the south fork and caught about 8. Went to the main body and caught another 8 or so. Biggest five would have gone about 17lbs with our biggest fish going about 4 1/2lbs. We were off the water at 10:30am.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Windblown areas with 6" worms

  • San Diego County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-70?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the last three weekends. Used Texas rigged with 6"-8" worms. Buzz baits yellow and green. Crank baits 6-10 foot divers, green and silver in color. Caught one 13" crappie. Not having much luck. Asking for any advice. I have been fishing 4-12 feet in depth.
      City: Carlsbad

      Tips: Have none at this time. Looking for some tips!!