Fishing Report

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

  • California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have been catching fish on crankbaits out of the dam and a jig bite .For the guy who said bass our done doing there thing you are wrong The bass on this lake will spawn until july I have seen it catch these great fish and let them go saw a bank angler take a 6 plus punder to his car fish on
      City: Pittsburg

      Tips: catch fish who cares how big our small i will out fish anyone at this lake anytime

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass fishing was slow, wind was tough, got 2 dinks. Nothing much seemed to work. A couple of other boats weren't doing anything either. Water level is back to normal.
      City: Concord

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: about 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went out to Lake Sonoma for the first time in about 3 years. I had an AWSOME day! It was one of if not my biggest 5 fish sack! Caught about 10 fish in all and all on the same technique. We couldnt get them to eat anything else! We tried senko's drop shots shad colored crank baits red tail spinners and wasnt able to get any on anything else but the one technique

      Tips: Watch my video on westernbass.tv!! Its just got put up also look for the anouncement in the northern forums! I hope you like it!!

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

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

      Report: 1st time to this lake went with my friend alejandro. on st on saturday i caught 4 bass 12 inaches to 13 inches. i was surprised they bite in cld water. my lake is alot warmer than this. my friend alejandro caught his first bass today on a roboworm 12.5 inches.i also caught a small trout all on wacky worm senkos. then on monday we went againg i got skunked but my friend alejandro caught 2 bass 1 pound and 2 pound he was bragging about it all day until his little brother caught a 12 in bass and a 3.2 pound bass. they are both just starting to bass fish and they already got some nice LUCKY fish.
      City: THA P

      Tips: senkos on bottom of the lake.

Monday, May 26th, 2008

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64 to 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with my brother to find new areas. Early in the morning near Franks we got a 7.4 on a red Speed Trap. Then a 3.5 on a crank bait. We bounced around different areas heading up towards Beaver. A total of 12 fish with our best going almost i8# for five.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: If you are going by an area that you like, stop and give it a couple casts. If you find fish great, if not keep going.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: best five 34+ my partner caught two 7+ and I caught two 7+ and a 5+. one on senko two on crank two on frog central delta.can't beat the delta.
      City: galt

  • California
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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water about 6:30 off about 2:00. Fished the flats early and the deeper rocks later in the day. The cold front must have knocked the bite a bit as we only had about 10 fish total.
      Slow bite on Jigs,dropshot and sinkos. My Bro had a few chase a top water spook. Most where dropshot green punk/red the bigger fish where about 6" off the bottom in 12 to 15 feet of water. They thru jigs and dropshot Me I thru every crank bait and blade in the boat. I just had a great day to wash them all off. Laugh!
      The weather should settle back down in a few days and the bite will pick back up. First time back on the lake in about 3 months. I see that there are others that have found my big fish as well. Yes there are at least 3 over 15# and one 19#. I also had one on the bent my Heavy swimbait rod in half. I have put some big fish in the boat off this lake. Remember PLEASE weigh them get the length girth and put them back so someone can have the thrill next time. "IF" you think you have a record the rangers will be more than glad to certify it for you. If they are not there have pictures showing the scale with the fish and 4 people to witness the fish. Most of all keep it alive. No need to kill a wonderful fish when you can have a fake one made to the same size for 1/3 the price.
      Have fun and be safe.....
      City: Fresno

      Tips: The wind and Rain pushed the fish deeper so give it a day or so to settle down. Guessing would be Blades and spooks early. Cranks in craw or shad paterns shallow to 15 feet. Deep swimbaits around the dam and on humps always work.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried everything in the box. Only caught 3 small ones on a Rapala DT6 in shad.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Probably not the best time to go fishing -- the afternoon of the end of a 3 day weekend the day after a cold front.

  • California
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      Water Temp: ? shore fished

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We went in from the brentwood side, My first trip to the lake. Started at the peir and worked our way west along the shore line. Fishing for bass the lake was down about 10' from full and there wasnt much stucture to speak of.We walked about three miles in and caught three fish total as wind made it difficult to make long casts. First lm was approx 1.5lbs on a football head and smoke hula grub second and third were caught on a six robo warmouth on a darthead. fished for all of six hours. 2nd fish went approx 4.5 and third went approx 5lbs.
      City: knightsen

      Tips: Go early n get out before it warms up in the afternoon. we saw four rattlers coming back through the rocky areas on the shoreline and wear bug repellent! total 5 ticks found crawling on pant legs. Im guessing fishing is a lot less risky in a boat but then again I hear the prices are pretty high!

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here it is several spots on different plastics biggest 3lbs. conditions were light rain. Somebody post what is up it's not like it's a best kept secret or something. Delta has way bigger fish (double digits) and consistently. Had to take a break and fish a lake.
      City: tracy

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 62-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I had another father/son team out Monday. The weather was still cloudy and windy but no rain while we were out. I had them throw baby bass spooks fisrt thing on points on the West Branch in the morning with mixed results. Only 4 blow-ups and one to the boat. It was the first time they had thrown top water but they really liked seeing the bass jump all over their lures. We then moved up the North Fork and found lots of feeding bass, all post spawn. The useual tubes and senko's provided them with around 25 bass but only one over. The bite was soft and they missed a lot of bites. All and all it was a great day on the lake. It was hard to believe that it was Memorial Day, there was so few pleasure boats and skiers out there.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Colors on the tubes were watermelon and clear sparkle and the senko's were smoke/purple and pumkpkin and laverder shad. Dart head worms and beavers were also working. The reaction bite is getting better as the water warms up. Some of the bites were right on the bank and others came from 20+feet.

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

      Report: Got on the water around 8. Started off trying topwater for nothing. Threw dropshot right up on a point and caught 4 fish in 5 casts. One went 5pounds. Caught 2 more on the dropshot, and one around 3 on a flickshake.

      Also, while throwing the huddleston pulled in some ld fishing line,. Pulled it out of the water and a huddleston was on it too!
      City: fair oaks

      Tips: Fish around 10ft off main lake points. Saw some more fish cruising. All fish caught on the fall, just as the bait hit the bottom

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 64-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: camping for two days at sonoma, caught some nice bass from shallow to deep, lots three ponders around, I brought my C-Dory with me so its kind of hard to fish without electric motor. I can see lots of bass still spawning, or staging.
      City: El Cerrito

      Tips: worms ,swim baits, jig

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

  • Grant County, Washington
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      Water Temp: 50-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: banks lake jamboree update
      Body:
      hi i just got home from the 37 annual banks lake jamboree i caught a lot of under size smallmouth and a my first ever walleye on day 1 on day 2 i caught 2 keepers that weighed 2.47 i fished out of the devils punch bowl on day 1 on day 1 i caught all of my fish on a gary yam 3 in. grub tail in the green pumpkin color

      on day 2 i caught 2 keepers that weighed 2.47 on day 2 i caught all of my fish on a iorn giant wiggler 5in. green pumpkin w/ red flake on a jighead wackey style
      barkers flats on day 2

      day 3 i did not fish

      my club i finished in 149 place and my club sound family bass anglers finished in 14 place

      day 2 i caught all of my fish on a iorn giant wiggler 5in.
      green pumpkin on a jighead wackey style
      City: ELectric city

      Tips: buy iorn giant baits wigglers and fish them wacky style

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 67-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me,my buddy,and our kids went up for about 6 hours. We got on the lake at about 7am. We were trolling along the shore and near rocks. Around 8:30 my daughter had a bite, but it jumped off the hook. At about 10am my dauter had another bite when we were trolling along the tule using a yellow spinner about 3feet deep, and this time she had it. It was about 13inches and about 1.6 pounds. We let it go and moved on.For her thats a pretty big fish. Later at 11:15 my buddies daughter caught a small hatcher trout in a cove. As my buddy was helping his daughter his pole began bending. Found out he had a 2pound, female, trout on his line in the same excact spot, must have been related. At 1 we left to BBQ some trout. Was an OK day over all.
      City: Rohnert Pak

      Tips: troll slow in coves and along the shore. If fishing off the shore worms seemed to be working.

      GOOD LUCK!

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

      Report: Went out saturday morning and sunday evenig. 8 fish total sat morning. We fished 7 to 11. 2 on top water the rest on senko. Best fish was 3+. Went out again sun and wind was killing us. missed one fish at the dam and picked up a 6+ trout on a senko in the tullies.

      Tips: Fish are everywhere. Just need the wind ti let you fish.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished channel point and the island.Missed a swimbait fish yesterday, it was about 7.5lb-8lb. Today I caught dink and missed 3.Had a lot of fish follow my trout swimbait but no takers. Missed all 3 fish on drop shot.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Looks like bass are begining to spawn again. Lots of big fish crusing looking for mates so look in shallows. Missed the 3 fish with shad color worm

  • California
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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: water is starting to clear up considering what its been. we went for the afernoon bite. got on water at one. fished till nine thirty. my brother got about fifteen most just dinks but few 3s and max 6 i got ten . we fished worms all day an in the evening busted top water on buzz bait an zara spook. awesome day fishin one of the best this yr considering how slow its been.
      City: merced

      Tips: stay persistant. fish are picky dial in on a pattern a stick with it. there were lots of boats on the water for a fri. also saw blugill spawing!!!

  • Oregon
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      Water Temp: 60 -65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished for a few hrs on Sun and Mon fishing was good,caught 20 - 30 fish both days lots of dinks and a few good fish. biggest fish a 3 lb LM a few 2.5 sm and Lm .

      bigger fish were 2 ft 4 ft water

      fished crankbaits,purple worms and tubes.
      City: Central Point

      Tips: please put back the big females so they can keep our lakes stocked up.
      keep the dinks.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: did'nt look

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have been reading reports from this web site for a few years now, and have decided I am going to start posting reports. I fish every weekend and feel I have some info that can be usefull. I was on the water by 6 a.m., little to no wind. Threw reaction to no avail. First 2 casts with a swim bait (small blue huddleston shad) landed a 8 lb, and a 5 lb. On a major body point, did'nt hardly feel the take, but it was taken on the fall, both times. After that it shut down, a few 1-2 lbers on a drop shot in 10-15 ft of water. My best day on Folsom yet, 19 lbs. Check out the pic on the photos!
      City: El Dorado hills, Ca

      Tips: fish slow after the front, check your line OFTEN on the drop shot. Best bites were before the sun came up in the shallow on points. Good luck.