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Monday, March 19th, 2007

  • California
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      Water Temp: 62 to 64.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Will over the weekend the reports i got this morning were bass on black/blue jigs and wacky worm senko's. Two bass a 7 pounder was taken on a senko watermelon red/blk flake in 6 feet of water the other bass was 8 pounds caught on a lizard carolina rigged in 12 feet of water. Theirs also reports of a good bite on bass in the 3 to 4 pound range. In the 5mph there are small bass all over the spawning area. The main body of the lake had the better fish. Traffic was heavier but still lots of room to fish. Flats islands coves isolated rock piles brush piles you cant miss here now fishing any of these areas. a small cold front coming through but the bass wont move now midweek should be good time too hit the lake again
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: senko,s jigs lizards cranks spinnerbaits there all catching fish right now. Hit the banks in 5 to 15 feet of water you cant go worng here now.

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

      Report: Well well well, Jim sure does get alot of unwanted BS from people who refuse to identify themselves. I just "met" Jim myself and with my partner watched him haul in a 4 2+ pounders in about 20 minutes right in front of us, all the while he was gratious enough to give us a few tips. The man fishes a bunch, therefore he catches a bunch, very easy to comprehend. And for the rude naysayers...grow up.
      City: Carmichale

      Tips: Hey Jim, thanks for all your advise, some of it paid off in prefishing but could not put it together on game day.....Joe, Blue Ranger 492, EGBass President

  • California
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      Water Temp: 62.0 to 64.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bass fishing here has really improved with bass up to 3 pounds. Jigs and senko's are working here alsO. I would throw a carolina rigged lizard here also bass here like that lure combo. brown jigs watermelon red/blk flake senko's junebug lizards are all good colors right now. traffic is light. 5 mph has nice bass in this area
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Hit all shallow areas bass are in 5 to 15 feet of water lotsof 13 to 15 inch bass all over this lake.

  • Clinton County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just testing this page to see if it actually works yet..Heard some spots have been reported hear? Any comments? This lake needs something to make it worth while..
      City: medford

  • Oregon
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      Water Temp: 45-48*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very windy and fish were holding tight to the bottom in about 30-40' of water. Found fish holding off main lake points and close to large rock outcroppings. Fished for about 3 hours had maybe 4 light bites on shakey worms fished real slow right on the bottom. Bites were soooo light didnt stick a single fish. Acouple more weeks of good warm weather and they will probably start to move in and become a little more agressive. Not a bad day on the water for the first trip of the year, a few bites, boat ran great. Im going to go to Tenmile lake this weekend and will post a report there next week. Good luck this year everyone and lets post lots of reports to help each other!! Fish On!!
      City: La Pine

      Tips: Only bait I got a bite on was Tiki Worm

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

      Report: Is anybody fishing here this year?
      City: San Jose

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: John,

      Can you give us some information on the water level? With the lack of rain down south here I am a little nervous on how the lake level will be this summer? I will be up there in June for a small tournament.(I am sure we will meet then)
      and again in September for a family vacation. It is
      my hope that the Trinity Alps ramp will still be wet for both events. Speaking of Trinity Alps.
      Have they re opened the ramp yet? Last September
      they closed it to refurbish it and add docks.

      Hope all is well,

      Thanks,
      Mike
      City: San Jose

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

  • Mason County, California
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great Day, Had a total of 23 fish between me and my buddy Jared. Most came on drop shot, jigs, senko's and darthead. Most were close to the shore and in the south end of the lake. Threw my spinner bait but nada.
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: shake shake shake........pause......fish on!

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The fishing was great. I took a couple of buddies with me and we caught over 100 fish. Most of them in the 1lb and 2lb range. A few of them hit the 3lb mark. Most fish came on a worm but i did manage a few from a rip bait and a crank bait. We fished with all colors and they all worked.

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 61.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I got to the lake Saturday night and you could feel the wind howling. I hoped that Sunday would be calmer. My buddy and I left the dock at about 9:00 AM. We headed out towards Monticello Ski School fishing along with no results to speak of. The water was crystal clear where you could see down at least sixteen feet. Saw some crappies and small bass in the trees. We fished by the Ranch house with only a little luck and small fish. The water temperature was over sixty degrees so I thought the vineyards would be a good spot. There was a slight wind and a slight chop on the water which made it ideal to drift along and work the bottom. I landed a nice bass that was over three pounds on a weightless worm that was just tipping the top of the grass. We were in seven feet of water. The other fish we caught were on brass and glass with a senco worm. They were all nice size. Did not notice any top water activity. The lake looks like it has turned or is in the process of turning. Fishing should only be getting better and better as we head into Spring. 'til nex week.................good fishing!!! www.fishingconnection.net If you have any fishing stories to share, please email me at bestguide@hotmailcom or call me at 650-583-3333



      San Pablo Reservoir - March 12, 2007

      COMMENTS: Sunny skies, beautiful surroundings, and hot fishing. Did somebody say San Pablo Reservoir? The fishing continues to provide an eventful day out on the water. The water clarity is great and warm weather continues to slowly increase water temperatures. Get ready for the Bass!

      HOURS: 6:00 am to 5:30 pm. All boats are required to be off the water by 4:00 pm. April hours will be 6:00 am - 7:00 pm.

      SURFACE WATER: 52 degrees. Water clarity is good with small particulate matter.

      PLANTS: San Pablo Reservoir is following a strong plant schedule this season. Over 10,000 pounds of rainbow trout have been planted at San Pablo Reservoir since opening day, February 16th, 2007. Another 2,400 lbs are scheduled to be planted this Friday March 16th.

      TROUT: Trout, trout, trout. Need I say more. I saw an eight year old girl pull out a 5 1/2 pound trout this weekend. The trout fishing is hot. Both bait fishing and trolling have proved to be able to pull in both limits and whoppers. Hot spots for shore fishing include the bank off of the main rec and down by the launch area. What's working? Power Bait, in chartrause, rainbow glitter and lime twist is working good as well. Also, nightcrawlers with a Power Egg combo, yellow or white has showed well. Trolling, needlefish and broke back Rapalas are a personal favorite. Go shallow; I recommend no more then ten feet. The real hot spots are on the east shore. Scow Canyon, the rock wall, and Sandy Point, are a few of the hotspots.

      Scow Canyon, the rock wall, and Sandy Point, are a few of the hotspots. Try fishing shallow; 8-10 feet deep is as about as deep as you want to be. Same goes for trolling. The trolling has been hot for those who have stayed at similar depths. Bait fishing is recommended with Power Bait, both chartrause and rainbow glitter are hot, lime twist and greens are working as well. Nightcrawlers have been a sure way to grab those limits and whoppers. Try blowing them, throwing on a Power Egg, or the old fashioned marshmallow technique. Trolling has been hot with broke back Rapalas - fire tiger and needlefish, clown, silver/ blue. Feel free let our staff know whats been working best for you.

      BASS: The water temperature is warming up and so are the bass. Look for bass fishing to really pick up in the next week or two if this warm weather continues. With DFG planting smaller trout at the launch, bass have been making their way over to feed. It is going to be a great spring.

      CATFISH: Catfish are hitting also. Even a few shore fishermen are landing them by accident. Sounds like the catfish are ready for a hot season as well. Chicken liver and sardines are showing great catches. As with the bass, look for an increase in action over the next several weeks.

      CRAPPIE: Crappie are showing well. On average at least two or three crappie in the two pound range are brought up every weekend to get their time on the scale.

      BLUEGILL: No reports yet.

      WHOPPERS: San Pablo Reservoir needs to develop a whole new website just for the display of our whopper club. To be considered a whopper, the fish is any trout or bass officially weighing in over 5 pounds. There is over 125 whoppers at San Pablo Reservoir since opening day this year. Keep in mind these are only the fish that have been brought up to the main rec, weighed, photographed, and recorded. There have been countless other whoppers that have been caught over at the launch (or, as I did just the other day) caught and then released so the large fish are out there for the enjoyment of someone else.
      City: Napa

      Tips: the lake is turning today,call for info or guiding trips booked till april 7 book early,the lake is down 6 feet.VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MAY 19th BBQ at Steele Park you would take on a project to Shows kid how to fish from the banks and provide the bait and gear for the kids. We intend to use the large pavillion below the SP Park Office. I will call you and discuss this with you.

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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took the boat for a few hours todya Didn't get on the water till 10:30 and fished till 2:30
      Checked a fcouple of the my usual spots with someone either on them or no fish to be found. Decided to look for new water nd ended up on School house ISland with a bevy of spots and large mouths hitting anything plastic. Double tail Yamamoto Grubs on brass 'n' glass were most effective, but also caught one on a senko and one on a single tail grub on a drop shot. Put six in the boat and had numerous others hit and I, being out of practice, just plain missed them. Had one nice fish break off. Never saw it but it felt big! Best five went probably 9-10 pounds. All-in-all, a nice few hours. Wish I could get out more often.
      City: Sonoma

      Tips: Check what's going on before you leave the house. Some sort of tournament must have been out of Capell, so ended up paying way too much ($25) to launch out of Spanish Flat. But who wants to turn around when you drove over an hour to get there.

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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished today in Berry and had some success drop-shotting 4 and 6 inch roboworms in Aaron's magic. We fished from the mouth of the Narrows South and just hopped from point to point. We caught a solid limit of 12.4 lbs for 5. We went through a lot of small fish but we were able to get some solid fish with the biggest at 3.3lbs. We had to be very patient but we did get our limit by ll:30. We saw a lot of smaller fish up shallow on beds but no big girls to be found. The bed fish were impossible for us to catch but just go out deeper in those areas and there are plenty staging. Visibility is great when the wind is calm.
      City: san jose

      Tips: If you want to get a solid limit don't forget your drop shot rod. We also caught a few on jigs w/ brown/purple twin tails but none of our best fish. Fish very slow and move the worm only slightly. The more shaking seemed to get the smaller fish.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday and Monday day all day and only caught two fish over 2lbs. First was 7lb 13oz fish caught on a Boogie Bait. Second was a 4lb 7oz off of a 7" Black senko by some docks. All other fish were caught on tubes, worms and spinners. They were all under 3lbs and few and far between.

      Night fishing is another story. Caught a 7lb 6oz, 7lb 14oz, 8lb 13oz and lots and lots of smaller after the sun went down. All the big ones were caught on a 7" senko.
      City: Delta

      Tips: Fish night.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day, caught 16 fish in 4 hours 1-8.3#, 1-3.5#, the rest where 2# clones. Fishing picked up in a big way quick. Cought useing spinner bait and brush hogs
      City: disco bay

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 62-64 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great day despite the thick crowd. Bass are definately in early spawn mode with plenty of small males (1-2 lbs) peppering the shallows. Caught and immidiately released 11 nice sized bass from 3-6 lbs, lost numerous the same size, and a couple of small males all by lunch. Lots of action. Made it a point to fish a little deeper to try and not disturb the bedding bass. Found the better ones in 10+ feet. Used a drop shot 4 1/2" Preferred Plastic "Anytime Anywhere" worm and texas rigged 6" "Copper and Coal". A real fun day but really foggy and cold. Sun never broke out of the damp overcast.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: I really have mixed feelings with guys fishing bedding bass. I am not sure how I feel about it but please release your fish immidiately after catching them. If you must keep bass, please only keep enough for one meal. This is a real vuneranble time for the Bass and they really get taken advantage of. Thanks, just my humble opinion.

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 63.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Now now little guy - don't get too mad at these other guys that can't catch as many fish as you. Maybe they're fishing for real 9 pounders instead of dinks and ones "almost" 9 lbs. You'll see after years of fishing that it never pays to brag - bad fishing karma.

      I was just up there at Chabot the other day. Fishing was improving. I would recommend working drop-shot exclusively.
      City: Berkeley

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 60 early

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hi Neil, sorry man, I didn't get your name Saturday but, glad to help. Started out in main body early, no bites, moved up south fork to Jack's, no bites (swimbaits), moved down to old salmon falls bridge area(brown jigs, 1/4), no bites, went up farther to water temp change on a favorite break, no bites. Decides to go back down stream past bridge and hit some breaks and pockets, no bites. Headed out past New york hit a favorite windy bank, got a 5 pound black and a one pond spot. (brown 1/4 oz jigs). No more bites, left and went home.
      City: Sac

      Tips: Water was like glass at first, did not adapt to conditon or maybe they refused to bite, I don't know. I did find fish on the windy banks. Recommend this coming weekend to fish all of the north fork from the dam to the headwaters. Baits to have on deck are, darthead, wacky-drop shot, crank, spinner bait, 6" swimbait, and of course, jig. Use swim bait on structure, early and midday. Cranks early(slow) and as water warms and mudlines are seen go spinner baits. If no reaction bites go promptly to darts, jigs, drop-shots. Brown and green shades seem to be the ticket. Don't be afraid to pitch a Texas worm into brush if there is any available.

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      Water Temp: Too many boats

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Question for Jim Scarlett. What exactly are these white 1/4 oz jigs you are doing so well in Folsom Lake with? Who makes them? Got a link to a pick and info on these magic white jigs? Thanks
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I have to say I have seen him catch at least 10 in front of me about a week and a half ago he gave me his spot and a jig that he was using I am in for a little bragging rights my self
      City: Roseville

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

      Report: Fished Impoundment with my son today. Got a couple of strikes on light tackle(4lb line) and small floating Rapalas and Senkos. No fish though... When and if we get a couple of warm days,the fishing will pick up. time to get out the tube...
      City: Daly City