Fishing Report

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Saturday, May 10th, 2008

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 62 DEG

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well me and dave went out at 5:30 am did some good fishing. biggest went just under 4-1/2 pnds dave caught and released all his fish, good job Dave at the helm today. we caught fish on senkos blades , speed trap no takers on swim bait or pig and jigs close to maybe 15 fish at end of day covered alot of water, Dave broke one off early in the am most likly it was a nice fish . my last week off going to try to get it in next week every day if possible . will keep report flowing in took some nice pics going to post them up. Saw some stripers schooling some shad almost did some killer sight fishing ,a little out of our reach
      City: Elmira Ca

      Tips: fish are stacking up, move alot and find where they are .look for perfect formula for bass! "good structure" "deep water with shallow bench" , "scattered tulies and good current" with rip rap , and most of all.."moss beds" Tight lines to all, cya on the water

  • California
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Couldnt get a top water bite going. Lake was PACKED! Worse then Folsom! First time fishing this lake in a year and a half. All in all caught 23 spots. ALL dinks! Does this lake have any big fish in it? I was throwin a six inch senko. Fish were sooo small could only get about 50% hooked up. Colors were green pumkin and smoke. Whats the point in going to Oroville. This lake has just as many dinks. If I go again it will be during a week day.

      Tips: Watch your line!

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 64 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Redbud at approximately 7 AM. Fished only in the southwest arm region. It was a little windy early but died down as things heated up. Because of recent success with this pattern, I target shade, rocks, and vegetation. Boated eight fish before 1 PM. A seven, two sixes, a five, a three, and some twos. Lost three giants near the boat. I will never drop shot with weedless hooks that are almost barbless again. Wacky rigged senkos worked all day. Green pumpkin or watermelon seem good. Most fish came in fairly shallow water, 3-10 feet. Rocks nearby help as does vegetation. Distant casting can be key. They scare real easy. A fast rod tip is a must. With an extremely slow retrieve, anything that feels unusual is probably a fish chewing on your worm. Set the hook big time. On the big ones, you'd better get serious with the hook set or you'll be whining.
      City: Esparto

      Tips: I keep seeing guys fishing out in open water with the sun beating down. Unless you plan to fish deep because you've located fish, forget that. When that sun starts beating on the water, you have a great hint by just finding those hidden shady hiding spots. With the 90 to 100 degree temps coming, I'll be the guy throwing spooks in until right after sunrise; then it'll be frog time! Top water and shade patterns should score this weekend. I'll still keep the drop shot rig handy!

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 69-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake was pretty busy with people playing on the water so watch out for that. Caught one right off on lipless and missed a couple on senko's. Both in se corner of lake. Moved around stayed mostly on the east with no luck, went back to se corner and caught 4 more on senkos no fish was over 2lbs.
      City: Grass Valley

      Tips: If you find the fish stick with them till they all out stop, seems as if they are schooling up a bit.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched the boat at 7:00. Fished the southside of the lake with great fishing early on. Started off with a rat-l-trap(rainbow trout color) and fished it with a quick retrieve. Wind picked up at about 11 and i was off the lake by 12. Finished with a total of 6 fish with the biggest going 5.6
      City: Carmel Valley

      Tips: no luck with senkos, jigs, or spinnerbaits. lipless crainkbaits seemed like the trick.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: water has really cleared up since last time i went. we had a great day. i got over twenty. my brother got a few less but hooked into a twenty plus pound cat that took a tru tungsten blugill swimbait. keep ur eyes out.
      City: merced

      Tips: trigger reaction bites. the fish are active, stick to your guns they are not that picky. if you need more info email me./

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

      Report: Cast for kids tournament out of granite bay put on by Folsom Bass Team. Very organized and lots of fun. I had 2 kids and a mom in my 21 foot Triton. I think there were over 20 boats in the event. Jeff our president and committed did a wonderful job. It was nice to see the kids smile as they reeled in 11 spots in 2 hours. I even got them to kiss the fish goodby.We got our boat pulled out by club members and went to a nice barbaque. The kids all got a rod and nice tackle box with various tackle inside. The dart headed fish we caught hit pirzm shad worms.
      I am looking forward to next years event and hope we get more people involved.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: The fish wouldn't eat live night crawles below a bobber???? So we dart headed them. 10 to 15 feet in the rocks. Take a kid fishing

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

      Report: Sorry, we had 26 anglers on 13 boats, not 26 boats.
      City: Fresno

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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sierra Bass club launched 26 boats saturday. There were approx 10 limits turned in. The winner had 10+ lbs with a 5.85 kicker. Second place had 10+ lbs with a 6 lb kicker. 3'd place had 9+ lbs. 4th place had 7.90. There was some reaction bite early on cranks, rips and topwater. Quality fish were caught on senkos and worms. Lots of little fish caught, keepers were hard to come by.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish cranks 5-10 feet early. Fish slow slow slow later in the day. Brass and glass w/ small worms. Shake it near the wood.

  • Nevada County, California
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 113

      Tips: purple

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 7:30AM fished the first cove to the left of Tuttletown launch, caught 1smallie,2 large. Went up by the dam nothing, so we went all the way up into Morman's creek and fished it all the way out caught the cycle. All in all we caught a dozen. Left around 1:00pm.
      City: La Grange

      Tips: green weiney, Lizzards, 1001p

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 56.3 to 60.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took the kayak to Cottage Grove this morning and launched up the creek. Fished mostly around the east (campground area) shore. Chased a 2 pounder out of a small woody shallow cove but didn't see any other bed fish or cruisers. Kinda surprising considering the 60 degree temps in a couple spots. Used a jig with a twin tail grub in shades of brown, a dark green chatterbait, a 6-8' deep suspending fat free shad crankbait with no takers. There was another 12-13 boat club tourney and this one launched out of the creek ramp. Got there as they launched the last 2 boats. Didn't see (or hear) anyone land a fish even though there were 6-7 boats fishing that area.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: I'm a little discouraged right now with the fish in this lake. But I'll still be out there trying. See ya out there!

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      Water Temp: right there

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks for the reports/comments Brady and Fender Bender. It's good to know someone is using this website besides me!
      Had another 3 fishless days in one week- the good news is the lull should be over real soon. It never seems to last more than 2 or 3 weeks. I'm taking the kayak out as soon as I'm done with this post. I'm heading for 3 or 4 spots I can't get to from shore anymore now that the lake is full. Thanks for the early B-day present Lee! Should be a great summer of lots of big old swimbait eaters. I can't wait!
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: Keep moving 'till you find the size fish you're looking for. Look for staging areas the big fish use before moving shallow to spawn. Deeper water right outside a spawning (big) flat with a few stumps and you've found a honey hole you can visit year after year. GO-GO-GO-GO....GONE!!!!

Friday, May 9th, 2008

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 70 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Vacationed on the Delta May 9-16. Stayed at B&W. Had warm weather with a couple windy days. Fished most of the popular spots from Whites Disappointment Middle River Mandeville and areas south. Pretty good spinnerbait action most days with a few 3 lbers mixed in with the 1-3 lbers. Most fun was fishing a jig and DW Beaver rig in black/blue or junebug. Caught numerous 3-5 lbers and several 8,9 & 10 lbers. Cooch was right when he said the river was fishing like February and I know he fishes jigs a lot. I caught 10-15 quality fish each day. Lot of boats around with the Future Pro and Stren events but lots of room for everyone.
      City: Oak Park

      Tips: Had better jig action on rising tide. Caught some senko fish but they were smaller. Chart spinnerbaits, black/blue jigs dw beavers, senkos. One of the best fishing vacations to date for me. Have fun !! Dan Curtis

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      Water Temp: 66 to 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried dock fishing for the first time in DB with my fishing buddy. GREAT morning bite. About 10 bass between 1 1/2 to 4 pounds. All on senkos. My buddy lost a big fish on a dock. Dont know how big it was. She couldn't even get him to the surface because it was so big! I also lost 2 good size fish. Around noon, the bite died. Tried fishing a channel with some flooded islands. Third cast, I hooked a MONSTER bass on a spinnerbait. Got her half way to the boat and she spit my bait. I was hurt. That bass would've weighed in at least 8 pounds or more. Overall GREAT day of fishing.
      City: El Sobrante

      Tips: Senkos all the way. If your bait isn't right on cover, you're not going to get bit.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A fishing buddy of mine and I decided to check out the night bite last night. I was prepared for more wind, but what happened about 1 AM was a little scary. Heavy wind doesn't usually start in the middle of the night at Clear Lake - and so quickly! We got out of Konocti Bay as fast as we could and it was an adventure all the way back to the Oaks. I don't think I have ever loved my Range 520 better than last night! What a boat!! We were even mostly dry. As for the fishing, it was excellent except for the size. Again, most bass 2 1/2 to 3 1/4 lbs. I took Mike to a special spot of mine and he did land a 5 lb 7 oz bass for big fish. We did have several 4's and a decent limit of 21+ lbs. We both noticed the bass seemed to be schooled up more than usual. We had 2 double hookups - one about a second apart! Then no bites for awhile. We were very happy with 32 bass for the 7 hour trip but unhappy with how many we missed. Maybe that is a result of all the wind, I don't know. We lost as many as we landed, especially on the wacky-rigged senko, but no complaints. Great trip and a safe return!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Another interesting observation of last night was the position of the fish. Once the night bite started - about 11 PM, we would catch some bass in a foot or two of water while others were deeper than the daytime - about 15 to 20 feet. We had to work the whole water column. The brush hog was the top bait - with lots of Smelly Jelly! We targeted bass on rock walls, private launching ramps with deep edges (excellent areas in the spring), docks, tulles and rock flats.

  • Idaho
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      Water Temp: N/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: just to let you guys know he was useing a 4 1/2 inch margarita mutilator curly tail good luck
      City: carmichael

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 69 degree

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 1 fish 14.5" on live bait. Saw 1 other boater catch 2 small fish. Looks like they were using white jigs or grubs. Talked to one other guy and he didn't catch anything. He had an expensive boat though. Fished from 8am-2:00pm.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: None. Maybe these fish get hungry at night.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 61 DEGREES

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: MY DAD AND I FISHED THURSDAY NIGHT TOURNMENT OUT OF LIME SADDLE AND WE WON IT WITH A 18.25 SPOTTED BASS AND IT WAS ALMOST 4 LBS. WE CAUGHT 25 BASS. WE CAUGHT THEM ON RUBBER WORMS.
      City: OROVILLE

      Tips: FISH MUD LINES AND USE DARK WORMS.

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      Water Temp: 62+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished South Fork. Hard to get out of the wind till later in the afternoon. Partner and I caught 15-20 fish, 3 over the slot.
      Senkos, tubes and the first Fluke fish of the year. Very agressive! Fluke fish up against the bank off and/or near tapered points. Senko and tubes mostly in 20ft.
      City: East Foothills Oroville

      Tips: Fish points and stump banks slowly. Sandy banks also held fish at mud line.
      Notice: Bidwell Ramp closed tomorrow (Saturday May 10th). Be safe, warm weather has arrived!!!