Fishing Report
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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Emigrant Lake
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Water Temp: 61-64
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Fished emigrant alone tuesday evening 5:30 - 8:15 bite was on fire. Caught 25-30 fish with best 5 @ 17.5 pounds with 5.80 smallie. most the bigger fish were smallmouth and 1 3 pound large mouth. the fish are aggressive and shallow 5-15ft.
City: medford
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Indian Valley Lake
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Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Thanks for the info Bassin Homer... I guess I won't be trying to launch from the North end of the lake. I hope to give the lake a try in a couple of weeks.
City: Vallejo
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Sonoma Lake
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Water Temp: 70 TO72
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: FISHED SONOMA TODAY FOR BEST RESULTS IN YEARS.MOST FISH WERE IN THE 4 TO 6 POUND RANGE.THEY WERE IN 10 FEET OF WATER OFF WEED LINES. I STAYED ABOUT 50 FEET OFF SHORE AND FLIPPED SENKOS INTO TREES BUSHES AND OPEN BANKS..I WACKY RIGGED WITH OWNER SIZE 2 CICLE HOOKS.FEEL WEIGHT AND REEL SLOWLY THEY HOOK THEMSELVES.MOST FISH ARE LIPPED HOOKED.ALL COLORS WORKED.REDFLAKE IS THE KEY, HOWEVER I FOUND A NEW COLOR THAT THE FISH WERE ON AS SOON AS HIT THE WATER. WORMING RED FLAKE..
City: SANTA ROSATips: FISH SLOW STAY BACK FROM THE BANK AND USE 6 OR 8 POUND TEST ON LIGHT SPINNING GEAR..HOLD ON .
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Water Temp: 70 TO72
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: FISHED SONOMA TODAY FOR BEST RESULTS IN YEARS.MOST FISH WERE IN THE 4 TO 6 POUND RANGE.THEY WERE IN 10 FEET OF WATER OFF WEED LINES. I STAYED ABOUT 50 FEET OFF SHORE AND FLIPPED SENKOS INTO TREES BUSHES AND OPEN BANKS..I WACKY RIGGED WITH OWNER SIZE 2 CICLE HOOKS.FEEL WEIGHT AND REEL SLOWLY THEY HOOK THEMSELVES.MOST FISH ARE LIPPED HOOKED.ALL COLORS WORKED.REDFLAKE IS THE KEY, HOWEVER I FOUND A NEW COLOR THAT THE FISH WERE ON AS SOON AS HIT THE WATER. WORMING RED FLAKE..
City: SANTA ROSATips: FISH SLOW STAY BACK FROM THE BANK AND USE 6 OR 8 POUND TEST ON LIGHT SPINNING GEAR..HOLD ON .
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Tenmile Lake
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Water Temp: 60 plus in spot
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Told my 5 year old daughter we would go to Cottage Grove in the boat Monday afternoon if the weather was nice. Tried to talk her out of it 'cause it was fairly windy and she's not a huge fan of rough water. She'd have none of it! Loaded the boat with a few rods and a ton of her "STUFF". She had mommy help her pack a cooler full of goodies. And away we went.
Launched up the creek with not another boat on the whole lake. It was pretty windy and it was blowing down the lake into the creek. I had a t shirt on almost all afternoon. She wore every piece of clothing she had with us and of course her life jacket. We idled across the creek and started fishing. As usual she got bored after about 15 minutes. She sat down to try some beef jerky. I had her turn on the fishfinder on the dash and had her watch it closely for fish. As we crossed from a flat into the creek channel (Dropped from 3-4' down to 10-12') she saw a couple fish on the meter. I had a 5" trout swimbait tied on so I tossed it ahead of us at what I hoped was the edge of the channel. Three casts later I got a hard bite and yelled come here girl. She grabbed the rod and I kept one hand on it too. Then we started winching the bass in. From the bite and the bobbing of the rod it seemed like it should have been bigger. To my 5 year old it was a giant! When we saw the bait doubled over in its mouth we decided to swing it aboard. While I tried to get the bait out I had her get out and fire up the camera. She took a half dozen photos and even one of the release. I usually weigh and measure every fish but since we took the pictures and the boat was blowing up the creek into 3' of water......I'll guess that this bass was 2 3/4 to 3 pounds and about 17 to 17 1/2" long. While we celebrated and high fived I got the boat back to roughly the same spot. She had noticed one little piece of wood sticking up so we used it as a marker bouy. Within 2-3 casts we got another one! She had the camera ready to go by the time I landed it. This was an absolute clone of the other fish and had the bait sideways also. Tossed the spot 50' up and down the channel and couldn't draw another swimbait bite.
We moved over to the other side of the creek channel and I tried to get her to toss a crankbait. She said you go ahead Daddy and started working on a cheese stick. Five casts later I got a nice bite, set the hook, light action rod loads up, fish surfaces and tosses my lure on the first headshake! That was it for catching.
We piled on all her clothes and even gloves and headed slowly out to the stick up tree on the main body. Tossed a jig and the crankbait for about 30 minutes with no bass. She was tired of drifting around and wanted to sit in one spot so we tied off to a branch and fished all around.
City: yoncalla, oregonTips: Bring lots of snacks 'cause you can lead a kid to water......but you can't make 'em fish. She learned today though. She learned how to watch the meter and notice a good drop off, learned how to get the camera fired up and ready so the bass doesn't stay out too long, she learned how to keep the nose into the wind so you don't blow onto shore, learned you can't have too many clothes in the boat even on a sunny day, she learned bass really like swimbaits and she taught Daddy it's true- you just gotta relax and let kids be kids! See ya.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 68
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Hats off to you Plastic Man. I too launched out of B&W that day. The highlight of the trip was runing into Kent Brown and Gary Dobyns who were also launching from B&W. Those guys are class acts. Kent gave my partner and I two Triton hats.
We Fished from Francs Tract to Sycamore Slough. Boy it was windy!! I thought I was going to capsize my 17.5 boat!! Ended up with six dincs between my partner and me. Threw everything at them Senkos, Swim Baits, Sweetbeavers, speed traps, D shots, Split shots, Darter heads etc. I'll get them next time!!Tips: Next time I'll follow Brown and Dobyns to their secret spots Lol.
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Water Temp: 65 deg
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: well dont know where to start. went out of B&W resort the north wind was just a howling it looked like sand storms on my way to ramp dust every where . my wife was with me and we talked about just going home but didn't happen! we launched and that was the best thing i did all day! the fish were hot today 15 fish today never went further than 2 miles from ramp caught some really nice fish today . stayed around marina and tyler island east side to try to get out of wind speed traps were a hit today senko was the killer though. watermelon red green flake 5" took some really nice pics going to post up biggest went 5 lbs lots of 3 lbers i think my digital scale is on the blink cause it only read 3 but i know it was bigger. Anyhow had a great day thanks to my wife who took all the pics and getting to be quiet the boat operator ,Noticed fish are getting more aggressive with the warmer water fish are swallowing plastics deep! Saw some bass schooling some shade grabbed crank bait and hooked up with a couple of dinks. it was great.Same place we saw them Dave this time I was on top of it.. going to try to get out again before i go back to work wind or not, get out and JUST DO IT...tight lines to all Cya on the water "PLASTICMAN1"
City: Elmira CaTips: 5" senko red green flake texas stle, shad speed trap. Look for the perfect formula and you will find them stacked up
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Mendocino Lake
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Water Temp: 66-70
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: First time to the lake in two years. Camped at Kyen which is great since you can launch your boat right there and park it on the beach for the duration of your stay. Fished Saturday and Sunday Morning and Saturday Afternoon. Saturday afternoon was a bust with only a 12 volt trolling motor, it was next to impossible to hold a position to fish. Saturday morning was okay. Found a creek channel with a nice population of small males that liked senko type baits. Caught three keepers and missed a couple more. All three fish were in the 1 lb range. Had some shaker striper bashing bait all around , but couldn't find anything they were interested in. Sunday morning was better. pulled up on a secondary point and on the second cast with a swim bait nailed a nice 24 inch striper. That was it for the striper, but the largemoth would not leave me alone. Caught four on the swim bait, three on a drop in the submerged bushes off this point, another 2 on the senko and two more on a fluke.
Best five went 9 pounds. Not huge but not a bad three hours of fishing. Would have stayed longer, but we had to break camp and head home.
City: SonomaTips: Keep trying different lures and colors until something works. They loved the water melon black flake senko and the ghost color Maverick swimbait. Unfortunately I only had one left and it got trashed by the Striper. So I threw it a few more times and caught two more before it was history Put the hitch pattern on instead and caught a couple more, but no where near as consistent as it looked like the ghost pattern was going to produce.
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New Melones Lake
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Water Temp: 65
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: What a great day on the lake . Took a client out on FRiday and had one of them days that you never forget. We launched at Angles arm and didn't start the big motor. On the
First cast my client had a 3lber on a topwater and I had a dink on a worm. The action was non stop all day long.We caught uncountable amounts of fish on mostly topwater ,what a blast. My client (Lynn) was so happy he gave me a $200 tip. That even covered the gas and everthing, lol. We did get a few fish sight fishing ,which he had never done. Book a trip and lets go get them. wwwmarkmcgowanguideservice.com
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City: LivermoreTips: Put a bait in the water and they will eat it. Topwater, worms , senkos
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Pinto Lake
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Water Temp: dirty
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Fished for 7 hrs, swimbait, crank, spinner, worms creatures.One little dink talked to others and nothing. This lake sucks and don't waste your time and you have to be off the lake early. Saw some nice dead carp
City: WatsonvilTips: dont fish there
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Shasta Lake
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Water Temp: 60-64
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Just got back from Houseboat trip . On the lake 7-11 and fished the Sac and McCloud Arms. The bite was good and improved later in the day as the water temp would rise 3-4 degrees. Most fish were caught off points but some were back in shallow coves starting to nest. Our best were 2-2.5 lbs but most were 10- 12 inches. We threw gitizs, robos and senkos. I threw swimbaits early and late with no takers. The lake level is already at mid summer level and appeared to drop several inches daily. Good Luck
City: Eureka
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
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Berryessa Lake
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Water Temp: 70
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Clear (4-6 feet visibility)
Report: Got out around 8:00am Markley cove great weather. Fish some of the narrows got a few little spots dart heading. After boat traffic goy big went to the main body picked up some large mouth on top water and some good smallies 2 that were over 3lbs draging a worm. Ended up with 22 fish then the wind kicked in.Tips: Tips: Berryessa is hot when the wind not blowing.
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Water Temp: warmer
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Early Saturday morning I took the Taylor clan out. The head of the clan had just
celebrated his 84th birthday and his two sons and son-in-law were taking him out
fishing. I decided to head towards the vineyards with a few stops along the way.
Col. Robert (Dad) had brought a collapsible rod that he has owned forever which
he wanted to show me. I asked him if he would like to catch fish with that rod and
he said sure if it was possible. I checked the line on the rod and I tied some mono-
filament to the dacron. We trolled towards the Ranch house and sure enough he
caught the first bass!!!! He was so excited after landing the fish he had a smile from
ear to ear. He continued to land a few more and said to his sons 'I told you I would
catch the first fish and that's how you do it!' When we stopped at the Ranch house
I showed Robert how to use a top water bait. After throwing the 'chugger' many
times, he was rewarded when a nice size bass exploded on the bait and he landed it.
This went on for awhile where he caught a few and lost a few. The water was
crystal clear no problem seeing down 12 feet. When we got to the vineyards the water
was stained and we had a problem seeing down 1 to 2 feet. Matt was using brass and
glass and a senko and Robert was using a weightless senko and we were aiming at the
tree stumps in the water and got a few good fish in about 2 feet of water. After awhile
we starting heading back and I told them we would stop at my favorite cove before
calling it a day. All the Taylors had landed fish but poor Bob didn't have any luck and
they were giving him a bad time. Col. Robert asked me to help him catch a fish. I said
I would do my best. I had him throw out a weightless senko (watermelon with black
flake) and on the way down he hooked a spotted bass which he landed. Everyone was
quiet now. We went to another spot and I showed him where to throw the bait to the
shore. He was using brass and glass this time and remarked that he would catch a
big fish this time. He slowly reeled the bait through the grass and he thought he was
stuck but I told him to set the hook and sure enough he brought in the largest bass of
the day a 5.5 pound large mouth (see photo). Needless to say no one teased him for
the rest of the trip. On Sunday I stayed at the dock all day cleaning up my boat and
fishing for carp. Using 2 pound test line, I lost about 5 and landed about 5. Great
fight on very light tackle. Egan (8 years old) and his friends brought in a 4 pound
carp on their own. 'til next week.............................................good fishing!!!!!!
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City: NapaTips: better fishing days and nights to come
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Contra Loma Lake
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Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: trout are still winning. cauught a 10 pound 7 ounce trout on a bed with a big 8 pound bass on it then the bass swam away and never came back. bass are starting to come back to bed now.
City: THA P
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Lopez Lake
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Water Temp: 61
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: A day to practice at the Lopes -- Early start at 6AM and NO ONE was checking boats! I asked the Ranger as I was alreay tagged, but he said there would be someone at the dock. Nada! No one around at the dock launch so I hesitated a little and waited. Two other boats arrived and did the same. After about 25 minutes, we all put in the water and parked our tow rigs.
Wind came up by maybe 6:50 or 7 not real bad but as the Lopes goes, be prepared. Lots of green top layer in the back past Vasquez almost like the back end 'turned over'. Nada on anything on the screen in the back and I worked the stickups with tops and cranks and chatter jigs with no takers. Headed towards Vasquez and hit the east side of the walls with spinners, cranks, jigs, senkos and creature baits with absolutly no hits on any of my fav bait combos. Wind increasing by 8:30 and I started tossing rip baits. By 10:15, I headed back to the marina and hit the south end with still no takers or hits. Frustrated as the wind picked up and I was having fits holdibng the boat so I trailered it and headed to the decon station for a new tag.
NOTE!! No more releasing bilge water on the ramp! Read the SIGNS.
City: SMTips: Terrible day!
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Oroville Lake
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Water Temp: ?
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: went back to same fishing spot with the jitterbug. 1st time ive went fishing since last post (i know). still had my 4" inch pink magic worm. its now caught 9 fish, 4 today. running water was just a trickle but two spottys were guarding it, they wouldn't bite. i walked towards the point. caught one largie on the drop. skinny beat up 141/2 incher red tail. then 3 spots on the pt. with all due respect to the jitterbug he saw a " 18"er 21/2 pounder ". had shakeys gd day.
City: palermo,wat caTips: get r mojo working
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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Anderson Lake
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Water Temp: 63
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Went out this morning and found the fishing slow and tough. No reaction bites thus had to SLOW down using small finesse worms. Caught 10 dinks all less than 12" in 10'-15' of water.
City: San JoseTips: Color - watermelon and 4# test line.
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Berryessa Lake
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Water Temp: 67
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Launched at 6a.m. out of markley, fished all the way out to the 5mph bouys and caught 10 or so, 3 on a baby spook clear blue color. Moved to steep points with chunk rock and shade with a little wood and caught 10 more on dartheads,6" fat body robos warmouth on 4lb test. about midday when most of shade was gone started fishing mudlines as the boat traffic picked up.Off the water at 1p.m. with a 40 plus fish day and off to little league.
City: knightsen,caTips: Dartheads in 5-25ft of water depending on the sun, move extremely shallow as boat traffic picks up and fish the darkest mud line you can find on steep chunk rock points main lake and dead stick a dart-headed worm for fish up to 2.5lbs and numbers. Had a BLAST!!!! Thanks to my buddy james for being patient and making a great day of it. Back to the delta next week(three miles from holland) ticht lines scott h.
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 65
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: Muddy (0-2 feet visibility)
Report: Got out around 11:00 Brannan Island lots of tournaments boats on the water whatTips: Tips: Find cleaner water and have fun.
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Water Temp: 64 to 67
Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)
Report: We caught over 20# in the Future Pro on Saturday.
At our first spot we caught a 5.3 on the third cast, ten minutes later a 6.4. Both came on a red Speed Trap. Same spot twenty minutes later we caught a 6.5 on a weighted Senko. We ended the day with over 20#.
If you hear any info from Cooch, add it to your plan. Dee and Cooch were the speakers at the pre tournament seminar on Friday. Cooch talked about using red Speed Traps and weighted Senkos.
Thank You Cooch for the all the honest info that you give to all who ask.
City: AntiochTips: If you are catching good fish in an area and it slows down, leave it for awhile. Go to another area and then go back.
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