Fishing Report

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Saturday, June 14th, 2008

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

      Report: hey guys i just got a float tube and im wondering what most guys wear as far as waders... just normal waders that have feet? or no beacause they will fill with water and then ure screwed?
      City: pleasanton

  • Lane County, Oregon
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA tournament. Caught 2 right away, then caught another about noon. One other strike for the entire day. Biggest fish 3.8 total for 3 fish 7.4 pounds. Took second place with that. Tough day on a tough lake. Fish caught on spinnerbaits.
      City: Bend

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA yesterday this lake sucks 2 fish won it 7.95 lbs we took 8th with 1 fish 1.75 lbs most fish were caught on blades hope takinitch is better next month.
      City: Yoncalla Or

      Tips: fish some where other than siltcoos next year.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club held its annual tournament/family picnic-BBQ at Lake Sonoma on June 14th 2008. We had 7 teams in the event and nearly 50 folks at the picnic. First place was won by Steve Adams & John Hatfield with 15.31 lbs and 6.59lb big fish. 2nd was Craig Stewart & Josh Peterson with 15.20lbs and 6.10 2nb big fish. 3rd place was Jon & Jerod Adams with 12.67lbs. A lot of fish were caught on senkos around wood and cranking mud lines but the bigger fish were caught early on top water. 1st and 2nd big fish were caught on opposite arms of the lake so you should be able to do well wherever you go.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The next tournament for the Redwood Empire Bass Club will be at Clear Lake July 19th & 20th and that

  • Nassau County, California
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Results from our Visalia Bass tournament. Had 35 teams 13 limits. total of 113 fish weight in Winning weight 12.55lbs. Big fish was 6.98lbs. Weather was hot with a light breeze that made it confertable for the day. Fish was good in morning but slowed down after 9am. Fish were caught on almost everything from reaction baits to plastics.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Fish early in the am and after 9-10 call it a day.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the wife out for a few hours this evening till dark. Caught topwater fish, fluke fish and senko fish. Nothing over 3lbs. All in all was a good 3 hours. Topwater bite is on early morning and late evening. Throw spooks, sammys, and of course frogs. On windy days the blade bite has been consistent bluegill pattern baits. Finally was able to get out and fish.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Success to All!

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started the morning out of Beacon throwing topwater and spinnerbait, stuck a few fish between 3-4 lbs before the sun came out. Once the reaction bite slowed, decided to switch it up to what everyones talking about. Proceeding to catch two 5's and an 8 to fill my limit. Who thought a bed bait could get'em in deeper weedlines. Ended up with around 24.5lbs for best 5.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Get em on topwater early, start working slower big baits in deeper channels later on.

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

      Report: Joe,
      That was a $50.00 FISH.. WOW
      City: Newark

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I left the Oaks ramp with 3 clients this morning at 6:15 am - on Friday the 13th! One strike. After getting them going, I tried to fish a different color Senko to see if that would work for them. Strike two - I caught a 5 1/4 on the first cast - a no no. Luckily, there was no third strike as my clients all caught several bass in the first hour including one at 4 1/2 lbs. They absolutely rocked for the rest of the day, boating nearly 40 bass! And yes, the guy in the back of my Ranger caught the most! He was insane in the afternoon, catching nothing under 3 lbs - amazing! He had the earlier 4 1/2 also. And let me tell you what he was using - I told him I would report this, har!! He had a vintage 2 piece Ugly Stik with an ancient Mitchell 300 reel and who knows what kind of line! The bass loved him, or maybe felt sorry for him!!! I got a good workout running to the back of the boat all day netting his fish while bumping into the others! He used a green pumpkin baby Brush hog most of the day. Bass were all over it. One of the other fellows was Senkoing (#301,330,912,921) all day and the other fishing green pumpkin worms. They all did an excellent job of setting the hook (they lost very few) and working their baits thru the heavy weeds that are now everywhere. I really didn't pay attention to our best five limit, but it was in the 20 lb range for sure. I never thought I would ever say this again, but about 1 pm I was saying "where is the wind to cool us off?!!" "Where are the 3 foot swells?!" Great day at Clear lake except for hot seats and rod locker handles!
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: I had them fishing shadows along Hwy 20 as long as they would last - bass were very active and shallow. We worked our way up to Sea Breeze which was absolutely dead for us. Maybe that was during the dead period. I told them that the morning bite would probably slow for an hour or two and then resume. That is exactly what it did for us. We then moved to the lower lake arm and proceeded to fish heavy weed areas. We didn't have much success in areas that didn't have a lot of weeds. We didn't see many bass - they must have been deep in the weeds. We did see one - had to be a carp. Nope, a 8+ lb cruising bass! Light penetration is amazing now since the water is so clear. If we get a heat spell, the lake may get some color. The guys were just casting their baits (with Smelly Jelly) into the weeds (underwater, not floating), dragging them slowly, and catching one after another. Fun to watch! I am a little concerned that I am not seeing any small bass. I have heard that from others too. Hmmmm. I think all of our bass were caught from 2 to 10 feet. While my clients were doing their thing in the early morning I threw a crankbait for awhile - nothing! The bass wanted plastic.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lakes turning on good. Shad and craw cranks working well dropshoting purp and shad. Hitting well in the Am and after 3 Pm. Swim bait in money fish white and shad also working well. Slow rolling blades along the bottom works great.
      Talked to the rangers and the lake will be dropping a bit but,they hope to slow down the out take. It's nice to have some time to be back on this lake as I love it for it's big fish. Looking forward to being back on Tuesday.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Just about anything goes right now as long as it's slow.


      Bassman I said the first time in three months because I spend a LOT of time out of town in tournaments. I have about a million hours on this lake and a BUNCH of big fish I to do my homework. Get over yourself.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Suprisingly, water only 73 degrees for June! Hot few days, but decent fishing. We caught a total of 12 fish. 1-12", many 2-3 pounders and 1-5 pounder. Couple on crankbaits in shad or baby bass patterns and everything else on worms. Clear, Purple and greenish colors. No spinnerbait action and no topwater action. On 3rd launch ramp, water level slowly going down.
      City: Pacific Grove

      Tips: Early and Late bite... daytime is SLOW in the heat. Bring plenty of ice.

  • California
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Talked with Susan Thompson (831-636-4000) at San Benito County re closure of San Justo. Susan was very helpful and provided the following update.

      There is a multi-agency task force working on the San Justo mussel infestation. Its report is not yet finalized, but hopefully will be presented at San Benito County board meeting on 1 July. One complication is the water rationing that has disrupted the plan for lowering the lake and attacking the mussels. There is probably nothing that can be done to open the lake this season but, maybe, next season.
      The Board agrees with staff that the lake should be opened for recreational use if at all possible.
      They are not considering the New York state developed biocide because of organic growers served by the reservoir who would not want such a biocide introduced into their water supply.
      An alternative is potash, in liquid form, which eradicates the mussels, but potash is not approved by the state for that application although it is for use as a fertilizer.
      Son, John, and I, along with a lot of you San Justo devotees, are keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that our lake can be re-opened to recreational fishing as soon as possible.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Keep informed and, at every opportunity, let the authorities know that you want the mussels controlled in a reasonable way and the lake re-opened.

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

  • Mason County, California
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got about 25 drop shot fish from 5'-20', one crank bait fish but no other takers this week on reaction baits. Carp were digging up the weeds and creating muddy water. People should start bow hunting these things, Calero and Anderson are overloaded with them and I am sure they are effecting the bass..
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Stay in clear water

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished from 1300-1900. Nothing till 1700, then we caught 7. Largest 2.8# on a chartruese spinner, 4 on chartruese grubs, 1 on shakey head with brown smoke cut-tail, 1 on black worm.
      Majority off of a single point.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Bright chartruese seemed to be the ticket although they ignored all our crankbait offerings.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I also had a very tough day early. I was trying topwater going big (Lunker Punker) with not even a blowup, one on chatter bate, one on sweet beaver, none on senko(wow). I stayed close to Franks all day with a trip into Dutch. I found a bite later in the afternoon, don't know if it would have been there early. Flipping really, really tight to cover. Smallest pockets, smallest bits of shade. I think it would have worked other places as well, but I only get one day ever so often.
      City: SJ

      Tips: Flip ever hole possible, heck it save gas because you just don't go anywhere fast. :-)

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was tough today and windy until noon. Also, fought the ski boats who had no class whats so ever. I threw top water for a hour or so in the morning with no luck. Some fish swirled around it but no bites. About 11am caught my three fish of the day on incoming. All small on wacky rigged worms (black). During the day I tried everything but could'nt find the answer. Talked to other fisherman and they had less luck or no luck at all. Area fished was near Tiki/ Whisky.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Now that the spawn is pretty much over the fish have moved so change your tactics. Stay on the move until you find the answer.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Low end of the lake was dead...nothing around the dam, rock walls, Ski Cove....then we went up to horseshoe bend in the timber and around that cove....caught 12 Bass...10-14" all on Ripbait (Chartreuse Lucky Craft)...lost a nice one on Top Water. Saw alot of boats up river...I think once the water settles, we'll see better action on the lower end....
      City: Merced, CA

      Tips: Stay Upriver for now. Watch your tail at Horshoe...it's still very shallow on the edges, and right behind the floating bathroom...also Sheriffs are ticketing people for speeding around the bend past the house boats, even though it's the main area, unless your >150 Feet away...Bite seems to improve after 5:00 P.M....

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: low 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Andrew, I too would like to know where the big ones are? Gotta feeling you need to be deep as we too caught so many small ones it got boring... 80+ on roboworms, t-rigged, in any thing with purple or the oxblood/red flake. Biggest was 2.4, but my son also caught a real nice rainbow on a robo with scent? We stayed near Angels arm.

      I'm not the best teacher/fisherman, but this trip really helped my son build confidence in fishing with plastic worms...

      For us, the top water was hot until the sun was up. Throwing anywhere with shade usually produced a strike, but we were using rapala's. I even hooked into a fun 8.14# squaw-fish that was a blast on 8 pound test. Oh, and our best catch was a really nice 6" Huddleston trout...

      My 12 year old and I had a blast!!! the camping was great too... Go during the week, no crowds.
      City: Somerset

      Tips: Downsize your tackle and the purple robo's like the MM & MM III's worked best(Glory Hole Sports has a great selection if you need them like we did). Also, stay in the shade as long as possible with either the robo's or top water(we used the rapala #13).

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

      Report: Hey thanks for that report i will stay with you.
      City: Taft

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Late report. I spent Wednesday thru Sunday there last week. We were thinking about entering the F.P.T. EVENT but deceided not to at the last minute due to just so-so results the previous few days. My big fish for the week was just 4.4. lots of dinks for me.
      City: antelope

      Tips: Talk to the guys that finished in the top 10!