Fishing Report

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Friday, March 23rd, 2007

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

      Report: My buddy and I fished Friday morning and afternoon in the Rattlesnake arm around docks and Jago Bay points. Caugh 15+ fish to 5 lb 12 oz, best five went 22 lb 9 oz including 3 fives and 2 3+s. Swim baits and River2Sea deep jerk bait caught the better fish. Carolina rig lizards and drop shot Robo worms also produced well but smaller fish.
      City: Clearlake

      Tips: Bounce swim baits on the bottom. Get suspending jerk bait down quick, fish it slow, short jerks with lots of long pauses and a few ticks now and then, and hold on. Don't give up on jerk or swim bait near the boat. Several fish hit jerk right next to the boat when paused and ticked.

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 62 to 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing on 3/22 and 3/23. On 3/22 got a late start but still managed to catch 45 fish between the 2 of us on rip baits and senco's on rocky points. On 3/23 everything changed. Could only catch fish on rocky boulders with shade. Caught about 100 fish between the 2 of us with about 10 to 2 1/2 pounds. Fun day most fish were 1 to 1 1/2 pounds no size but good quantity.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Don't expect what was working one day to work 2 day's in a row.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 55-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took two fellows today for a learning trip - one had never caught a bass before. The morning was quite chilly as we headed to the south fork. The sun was up when we got there and when I realized how clear the water was (15 foot visability) I thought a tough day was ahead. Wrong! The morning bite was absolutely dead with only three or four in the boat. About noon a breeze came up and Bingo - the bass came up too! We caught spot after spot and a bonus smallmouth! Remember the guy who had never caught a bass before? His FIRST bass ever - a 2 lb 9 oz spot! I had to coach him to get her out of a tree and he did! His next one was 2 lbs 2 oz - a natural fisherman! I will put up a photo tomorrow. Was he ever excitied!!!! He caught 6 more and only lost 2. He really has some natural ability - nice to see. We caught over 30 with 5 over the slot. I tried some rippin' but the water was just too clear and bright. The 4" morning dawn Robo worm was THE bait in the afternoon. Aaron' Magic R/B flake was good in the morning. Our 5 fish limit was in the 12 lb range.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The male spots were invading the coves in the afternoon and were chompin'! A few females were there too. I would have loved fishing 'til dark. I did drop-shot the Basstrix flashtrix minnow with good results - 20 to 35 feet deep. Many of our bass were spitting up pond smelt - lots of them all over my carpet, ugh!!! Some of the water in coves had a little color - I think that helped the bite. The main body areas were very clear all day.

  • Washoe County, California
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      Water Temp: 61.4

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i went to pyramid yesterday,,,yellow bar was closed off...anyone know why? did not catch a single striper...
      City: bakersfield

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

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

      Report: Couldn't help but notice 5-7 lb bass charging smaller trout plants up onto the beaches at aldur, coolest thing I seen in a while. Thought I was on the nature channel. Hits on green and gold castmaster/split back rap from larger mobile trout. One or two good hook-ups but fish got off - how they do that on barbed trebles still gets me. . .
      City: El Contendo

      Tips: Pack out your trash or use a can.

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: hey bud me and my frends catch more then dinks for trout. weve caught 1 6.5 2 6 tons of 5s and 1 4 and other dinks.and im not gittin mad im jus sayin. and for bass ya i prolly dont catch as many as u do cuz 1. ur older 2. u no more 3. u prolly no how to work jigs and stuff better then me 4. u prolly been fishin this lake longer then me and 5. ive fished this lake twice for bass and came up wit a 9 pounder

      im better in the delta ne way
      City: cv

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7am til 4pm and did pretty good
      We got 29 fish all around 3lbs and one 6lber. Caught most of them on plastics, texas rigged. We fished the North End and the state park area. It was cold out there and didnt' really warm up until about 2pm.

      Also, I know you can rent aluminum fishing boats in Lakeport..can't remeber the name of the place but they do have boats that have trolling motors in the front ect...it will get you on the water.
      It is right in downtown Lakeport on the main road you can't miss it
      City: Mtn View

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      Water Temp: 56-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took two fellows for an instructional trip yesterday and the fishing was pretty good. I think the cold front slowed the big bass bite from the previous weekend. We could not break 3 1/2 lbs - couldn't believe it, but clients caught a lot of 'em and learned more about bass fishing. We didn't get to start until 8:30 (out of Lucerne) and the bite was already on. We broke two off - one right away. They were fishing different color Robo worms and small brush hogs and I fished a jig with good results. I tried a Shakey head for the first time with a MMIII Robo and it worked great - lots of fun. The bite died about 1 pm bite but picked up again in the later afternoon around Rocky Point. A client broke off a second bass up there. While watching bass boats running all over the place, I guessed the bite might have been slower for everone after the weather change, but I could be wrong. We still had jackets on until noon - cloud cover didn't allow much warmth. The afternoon was beautiful and warmer however.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Fishing the lake this time of the year during a warming trend will always produce the bigger bass - last weekend should forever prove that! I was out of the state last week and missed it all. Ah, timing is everything!! I felt the jig bite is worth the effort - the last few bass on Rodstrainer brown/orange jigs were nailed by the bass. Most bass were in the shade of docks during the afternoon. Couldn't catch much in open water.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hi.

      I have a question about renting bass boat. is there any place i can rent bass boat near clear lake.I will be there by 4,April and need boat 3days. Please tell me any information. thank you.

  • California
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      Water Temp: warmin' up

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 8 bass today all in tulieson south side. Pulled all of these fish from beds...mostly males 2-4lbs. and 1 female 8 lbs. All of these fish came on 7" yum lizzards. Lot of fish makin' beds but still a little ways to go for full blown spawn. Met a good bass fisherman today who also pulled a really good fish from swimming pool area on a rip bait and a couple good ones flippin'.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: fish between shore and tulie patches in skinny water 3' or less. Green with black flake and watrmelon w/red flake lizzards and sweet beavers dropped and dragged across beds.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 63 to 65.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two more reports on big bass over the weekend on live bait ( large minnows ) a 10 pounder and a 11 pounder were both caught on live bait in shallow water. Should be good fishing over the weekend as another front moves in on monday. 559-689-3255
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: JIGS SENKO'S BRUSHOGS SPINNERBAIT'S LIZARDS AND DROP SHOT ARE ALL WORKING RIGHT NOW THROW IN LIVE BAIT AND IT COULD MAKE FOR A VERY GOOD WEEKEND COMING UP.

  • Oregon
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 1:30 to 4:00, caught 3 smallies and one largemouth, lost one very nice fish on a nice windblown bank, all fish were on crank baits cause thats all I threw.
      City: Medford

      Tips: Look for the debris blown into shore cause thats where bait gets blown to shore as well

  • California
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      Water Temp: 63 to 64 .9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Getting reports this week that the bass are in the 1 1/2 to 3 pound class. senko's wacky worm are taking alot of these fish in shallow water. lizards senko's jigs are all working here. another front moving in on monday should be good fishing over the weekend. 559-673-5151
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Hit the shallows 5 mph areas are a good place to start.

  • Coconino County, Washington
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing the Western Divisionals May 7-11th. Any help would be much app. Please e-mail me any info. It should be spawning time !! Serious inq. only !!!!
      City: Mesa, AZ

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 58 -60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: saw a lot of fish crusin the shore today in the sugar loff area real clear water .found water with some color past arbuckle flats made the fish a lot easyer to catch,main arm of the lake steep shore and the fish aer almst on shore up there real close ,with in a 2foot range .,the two of us caught 70 up to 3.5 ,small minnow bait work the best when the water wormd up
      City: redding

      Tips: let it stay still a long time,it seem that when you cast it would spook them and then they would come back .just like when you through a rock in the water had a great time take your kids and put on a bobber and throw a real minnow out and enjoy the fun they have setting the hook almost like top water ,seeing that bobber going under

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 50+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The current lake level is 30' from the top. There is still some snow up there but it is dissappearing fast with these warm days. I doubt there is enough to fill the lake, unless we get late storms like we did last year. I just got off the phone with the folks at Alps View and apparently the Forest Service is once again proving it's ineptitude. The new dock is supposed to be delivered today and as soon as it is in place the launch ramp will be better than ever and ready to go. The only problem is that the Parking lot is torn up. It seems the Forest Service signed contracts with asphalt and concrete companies, and then proceded to redesign the project several times over the winter. It appears they studied the project to the point where they ran out of money to build it. Best guesses for when it might open range from Memorial Weekend to 4th of July. At this point if anyone at the Forest Service had any common sense, they'd grade the gravel and open it. You will seldom see "common sense" and "Forest Service" in the same sentence. Maybe a few dozen calls to the Weaverville Forest Service Station (530-623-2121) will light a fire.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: By the way, the fishing has been good. The warm weather has brought the fish shallow and the reaction bite is on....

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

      Report: This report was in the San Francisco Chronicle on 3/22/07.

      More bass: You know it's good when a trout guide calls down to inform about the bass fishing. Danny Layne is doing great with the trout and salmon, but to him, the news is the bucketmouth fishing at his Sierra foothill lakes. Don Pedro, McClure, New Melones, all are excellent, and Tulluch might be the best of the bunch, with a fish close to 15 pounds landed last week.
      City: Modesto

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

  • California
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It did not look pretty when we first got there! There was 4-5 foot waves and my little ranger was rockin and rollin! We got some cover up in the north arm and found a couple wind blow banks that were gettin pounded with waves but that was part of the fun! We had a couple quick hook ups nothin fancy bank runners on rip baits but it was a start! The sun was high and we found a couple really good beds and caught seven bass from 1-2 Lbs. Threw tubes and rip baits but the better bites were on the plastic! Just find some cover cause the bass are up and its a fun time of year! Good luck and God bless!
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Just use your imagination cause camp far is all about lots of little one's and fish slower and deeper for the better quality fish! Stick baits and top water early in the morning!

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Lucern at 0700 and fished till 1830 hrs. We caught fish all day. We adveraged 2 fish per rod per hour. We could have caught a lot more fish but we threw swim baits most of the day which the fish were not biting. I had about 18 lbs on senkos,LV 500 and spinnerbaits.
      City: Redwood Valley

      Tips: Ghost minnow LV 500 in the super clear water for fish up to 4 lbs.

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

      Report: I've said what I had to say and have since asked the webmaster to remove all of my postings form this site...Good luck to all the fishermen and all the gentlemen, ladies and children that visit this site...To Mr BassBuster --You don't own the site and in case you have forgotten this America and we have freedom of speak in this Country. I hope the fishing Gods look fovorably down on you...Later Dude!
      City: EDH