Fishing Report

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Saturday, June 28th, 2008

  • 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!!

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to go fishing today with my friend Colby and got started at 5am from Lime Saddle. This ramp will probably be out of action within the next 2 weeks so if you plan on launching from there it would be wise to call ahead. We had a top water bite on the smaller spook and prop baits on one of the walls heading out of the marina. Very smoky as you would expect but it kept the sun at bay till around 11. We caught fish on every stop using senkos, tubes and jigs in various colors, the best being green pumpkin. Big fish was just 2.5 with most in the slot and the best 5 right at 9 pounds. If you tolerate the smoke and can get out early the fishing is pretty easy.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Green pumpkin tubes and senkos dart headed in stained water and shad colored tubes dart headed in clearer water. Fish in the lower North Fork and in the main body on points. We were off the water by noon with about 60 fish.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: June 28 (4pm-8pm)North Fork: Partner and I managed about 15 fish, 4 over. Couldn't see the dam from the bridge! Caught mostly on senkos and worms dragged out from the bank into 25'of water.

      June 29 (8am-2pm) North Fork. Action slowed from the evening before. Only able to find fish on long tapered points and flats near by. Boated 8-10 fish including 4 large mouth. The quality of fish was noteworthy. 4 over the slot! Best fish caught on topwater (spooks). Senkos and worms worked on same type of structure.
      City: Oroville

      Tips: Steep banks and coves not productive for us. Find the tapered banks with chunk rock and work slowly. Sounds like early morning and later in the evening are best bet for numbers. Both Bidwell and the dam have two lanes open. Not bad yet. Don't get lost in the smoke!!!!

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

      Report: Your aloud to use any fish as live bait that you catch out of the same body of water. No transporting fish from different bodies of water. DUH!!!
      City: NorCal

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

      Report: Houseboating with a put-put fishing boat tied to the back and got only 13 hours of fishing time during the week of 6/20 to 6/26. Took 27 spots and 2 smallies. Every trip out in the small boat no matter the time of day resulted in fish and everyone that went caught something. Most trips an hour - give or take. Great time on/in the water even with the smoke from wildfires all around and socked in like fog.
      City: Medford, OR

      Tips: Drifted over main and secondary points almost 100% in every arm of the lake. Lake was way down at about -80 feet. Used combination of bleeding shad Rattle Traps, shad pattern medium-deep Rapalas, a gold/purple popper, darter heads w/ rainbow or green/blue Robo Worms, and BG Spider Jigs in smoke, blue flake smoke, and white. Photo available. Biggest fish went to a 2.5 spot, several 2.0's and the rest dinks. Size didn't matter this week, just fish on the line and happy kids!

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake at 3:30 pm with my son and fished to 11:30 pm. Hit Dry Creek area first and caught 1 fish on a drop shot. Moved into Cherry Creek past Skunk Camp and caught a couple more, one on a senko, 1 on drop shot and my son caught another on a small swimbait. After 8:00 the topwater bite started to kick in and caught 3 more on a spook. My son caught another 3 pounder on the swimbait before dark. Didn't catch any fish after dark and called it a night at 11:30. Best 5 went about 13 lbs.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Drop shot during the day around the trees and try senkos. Try different retrieves with topwater. Several bites came after a long pause.

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water 2/ friend around 6:30. Overcast morning, cool, very few boats. Went straight up to Yorty Creek and chucked spooks for the first hour or so, and had some blowups, but only 2 fish. Then by mid-morning we threw just about everything else at 'em (Senkos, roboworms, spinnerbaits, hogs) but nothing doing; not even a bite on those. Friend was persistent with a frog in some of the thicker shoreline cover and had a few fish whack at it, but none stayed on. Moved to point that splits Yorty and Cherry creek arms and got a couple hits on crankbaits but lost em. Finished in Cherry around 2pm with a couple on Strike King Red Eye shad (Chrome/Bluegill pattern).
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Try spooks and other topwaters first thing, pretty much anywhere, then if Senkos/soft plastics not producing, try cranking (lipless or whatever else) along the points and breezy shorelines where you figure baitfish might be getting blown into.

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

      Report: Slow day fishin, 5 bass 3 hours, biggest goin 4.18 on a black jig. Couple 2's on carolina rigged senkos, and rest dinks on dropshot.

      Tips: Not much structure here on or around the shoreline. Finding bass as off main lake points, and deeper submerged trees/stumps. Get a decent fishfinder, its helped me tons.

Friday, June 27th, 2008

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with my wife in our float tubes from 5pm-1am, caught 19, nothing bigger than 3lbs.Steady action.Fished top water (knucklehead) bigger fish and of course had massive blowup when I was not paying attention (wathing the deer swim by to the other side of the lake). Weedless drop shot rig was the best bet . MMIII worms and Black 6" power worms.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: My best tip is check your gear in this case the velcro straps that secure your fishing rods to the tube.I haven't been float tubing in over a year, so as I was watching my topwater sit I noticed something below me in the water, it was my other rod that had come loose from the side of the tube and sinking quickly to the bottom. So if anyone snags a BPS Bionic Blade with a Team Diawa TD2hi with 30lb power pro line a 3/8oz brass weight and a 5/0 hook attached I would love to have it back. I have had that set up for about 10 yrs and they don't make the reels anymore. I would be very greatful to get it back. If I only could scuba dive........

  • Mason County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south end banks from 8:00-1:30. Caught 26 total fish on 10-12ft crankbaits. All in the 1-2lb range, with one going 3.4lb.
      City: carmel valley

      Tips: Work the shoreline thoroughly!

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The best day on the water in a long time.
      best of five went 4.5,6,6.5,7,8.5 and lots of 2 to 3bs we boated over 30 fishs in 4 hours
      It was like somone turn on the dinner bell.
      Me and son had a blast. most fish came on old school technits
      This lake is on fire. (ITs about time.)
      City: san jose

      Tips: Think out side the box and have fun

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Sugar Barge around 2:30pm after my last summer school class at DVC. Fished with drop shots and senkos and caught a lot of little keepers and a few two pounders here and there. THEN around 7pm my bud taylor landed a 6lber! We thought it was way bigger when we brought it in, but we weren't complainging. Good day!
      City: Pleasant Hill, CA

      Tips: Be patient. Fish the tules.

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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My cousin Gene and I launched out of Paradise at 5:30A. By 7:00A, he had caught 6 keeper size bass while I was still waiting for my first hit. I finally caught a bass around 7:30A - about 6 inches long - at least I got some action (the funny thing was that both of us were throwing the same lure - a 1/2 oz white chatterbait). For the day, we caught over 15 keeper size bass. Personally, I didn't catch a lot of keeper size fish, but I did catch a 6 lb bass on a chatterbait. Best 5: 16+ lbs.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: White chatterbait or spinnerbait. All fish were caught inside weedline or areas that had scattered weeds/tules.

  • Oregon
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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 3-8pm. The bigger smallmouth are out in force. Landed 3, one 4.8, 3.2, and one largemouth at around 9lbs. Swimbaits get the big bites even with all the pleasure boaters. Threw a jig and caught some smaller fish. Did not try much else but there are plenty of smallmouth willing to hit. With the water falling the points are the best bet. Good luck and go big.
      City: Medford

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well what can i say good about this place the fishing has been going down hill for the last 5 years after the 30+ bucks to get in i decided to quit going, then i read the last few post so thought id go again, fished from 5pm till 10
      tried everything got 1 on top water and 3 on senkos nothing over 2lbs
      City: diamond springs

      Tips: save your money it cost to get in and use it for gas to go somewhere like clearlake or the delta

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

      Report: Never been to Anderson and was wondering if you guys have any advice as far as location wise. Don't have to give away your secret spots, just looking for general info. More cover in North end or South end? I've got a pontoon float so covering the entire lake is not an option for me. Any help would be awesome, thanks!