Fishing Report

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Wednesday, December 29th, 2004

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

      Report: Fished from 2pm to 4:30pm in South Fork. I hit rocky points and steep drop-offs with drop-shot, spoons and jigs. One good strike with a spoon. Otherwise, 'twas about as slow as I suspected. Did stay dry, though.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: I wish I had a good tip, I NEVER have any luck on Folsom.

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

      Report: Yep, fishing is good goood gooood! Go slow. Start at the dam. Drop shot. Minnows, big ones!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Does anyone fish on This Lake anymore????
      City: Porterville

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

      Report: MATT, you should try swim bait or drop shooting the dock with yamamoto cut tails
      City: elk grove

      Tips: i never get skunk there

  • Westchester County, California
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      Water Temp: cold... maybe m

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: wow... it got cold before the storm. walked the horseshoe shore from 3pm to 5pm throwing a rapala minnow stickbait.

      3 hits. landed one 11 inch smallmouth. i think two of the hits were trout.

      saw 3 trout fishermen. two of them had a 4 lbs trout and one had a 6 lbs trout.

      hey dudeman... if really want some tips on fishing quarry lakes. don't be afraid to post ur email address.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: it's all timing. there is no one hotspot on the lake. use ur favorite lure and walk the lake.

Tuesday, December 28th, 2004

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 51.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to get into some stripers. Super windy saturday after the rain stopped...went out alone and did not feel safe making any long runs from B&W so I stayed in the general area. Started throwing a white bucktail jig with a fluke as a trailer...no takers or followers. Switched to a chrome/black 1oz rattle trap....nada. Picked up a red speed trap and hooked a 5-7lb salmon on the 2nd cast. Worked my way to tower park and found some stripers working bait on the surface. First cast with the rattle trap produced a 19in striper. I stayed in the area for the next 2 hours and caught 4 stripers with the largest going about 8lbs.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: If you catch one keep working the area as I found them to travel only about 25-50 yards up and down one bank. The bank was an inside bend and they had bait pinned up near the bank.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: high 40's- low

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: present ramp and road conditions: I-5 has re-opened at Fawndale, carry chains, Jones Valley road work slowed by heavy weather and it is not likely to be opened by Jan 1st as predicted, contact the Hidden Valley Market for up to the minute info after New Years day(530-275-1102)When it is opened watch out for slick spots where there is no pavement, that work won't be completed for some time, the Redding Bassers turkey shoot scheduled out of Jones Valley for 1-8-05 may be changed to a different location. You are welcome to use the Silverthorn ramp now and I have heard that they are not charging a ramp/parking fee(530)275-1571 or 800-332-3044.
      the lake is 91.86 ft down, a bit murky and you can expect some debris especially over in the lower and mid Pit Arm. Centmudi, Packers and Sugarloaf are all 2 lanes With floats in place, The best access with the shortest walk up and down is Sugarloaf at the north end of the Sac arm, All other Shasta Rec ramps are high and dry. With I-5 closures only Centimudi is open unless you want to chain up your rig and boat trailer.(depending on conditions, The CHP will sometimes let you through to Bridge Bay but don't count on it) 7 inches of rain so far at my house(600 ft )elevation and at least double that on the lake with another major blast scheduled late Wednesday through Thursday.
      City: Redding

Monday, December 27th, 2004

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

      Report: Went out throwing jigs and sencos around raccoon pt. Dang the bass here are just non existant. I didnt see any get any bites or nothing for the first 2 hours. Took off and went into a cove around the corner and saw a toad sunning herself on the top part of the water. I brought out a 6 inch senco and threw it about 15 feet to the left of her softly so it wouldnt make a big splash. as soon as the worm hit the water this fish just slowly sunk out of site. I was patient not to move the bait or my self for what I thought was the longest time. Then I looked and saw 3 more monsters in the same place the first one was. These huge fish were schooling together like it was a prespawn march day. No luck on the senco and never caught a fish but I sure saw some nice ones.
      City: San leandro

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 17 today. 15 on a crankbait. 1 on a jig and 1 on a drop shot. Biggest 3 1/2 lbs. If you are looking for just numbers go shallow with a stick bait and go slow in the grass.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We got out there first thing. It was raining all day. We fished deep and shallow. I caught 1 fish right at 2lbs on a 3/8 skinny bear bass jig in about 7ft of water. Most of the fish were suspended. Tough tough fishing. We threw eveything, not much luck.
      City: chowchilla

      Tips: Slow down, we found most fish on the bottom of big drop offs.

Sunday, December 26th, 2004

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: freezing

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I caught a coulple nice 2-3 pounders float tubing. Fish slow and dress warm, the water will freeze the family jewels.
      City: san jose

      Tips: slow rolling a 3/4 ounce white strike king spinner bait.

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide trip today with Nick Gorman and Alex Rosales both of Redwood City..Alex had never bass fished before and did a good job with a dozen or so fish..We had a front moving in that had the fish spread out but these guys hung in there and caught there share. They boated 33 bass with a nice nice 5lber for Nick and another 20 or so being nice solid keepers with Smallies mixed in. A lot more short fish on this day than normal. Drop shotting and dartheads caught fish. 082 Keeper on a dart head will get bit as will 4 and 6" strait tail robo baits on a the dropshot..We stayed in the 40ft range and did catch one in 60. If you want to go and learn some deep water fishing that you can apply to any of the motherload lakes now is the time.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Bait is schooled up and bass are near in most cases..

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

      Report: Well, I see that Sean has been here too, and I whole heartedly agree with him that I wish more Oregon bass fishermen would submit reports on these pages.... I live near Medford, and fish the coatal lakes, northren and central California (Trinity, Shasta, and Clearlake) as well as drift the Umpqua for smallies when I get the chance..... The northern California guys submit a lot of reports, and that sometimes decides me on where I want to spend my gasoline money.... I wish more Oregon bassers would do the same ! ! ! Tight lines, and let's share our info ! ! !

  • California
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      Water Temp: 50 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the morning again with son, John. Tough bite today. Cloudy, overcast conditions with some wind from south (about 10 mph), but not enough to disrupt fishing.
      Caught one 1 1/2 lb bass on a black-with-red craw trailer twin-spin with black blades (chosen to imitate the large black/red crawfish in this lake.) Also, had some hits but no hook-ups on a brown jig with green-pumpkin Yum craw trailer (chosen to imitate the smaller brown/green craws also in this lake.)
      Kudos and thanks to guide Doug Clarke for his unselfish efforts in planting Christmas tree bundles to provide more structure for this otherwise mostly flat-bottomed lake. Doug continued his efforts with two more boatloads of trees today. It's a time-consuming process and Doug gvies up fishing time to make these additions to the lake which have already started producing larger bass.
      Again, thanks, Doug, we appreciate your efforts.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: The lake has risen some very recently, apparently due to water being pumped into it from San Luis Reservoir. We thought that might bring the fish shallow, but we couldn't get them to bite in the shallow zone, even on windy, rocky banks. The fish caught, and hits received, came from 8-10 foot depths along rocky banks. It appears almost all the weeds are dying...all you bring up are brown stalks. I'd continue to avoid the former submerged weed locations just off-shore. I'd look for the fish out deeper, maybe even suspended out in the main lake basin where there should be plentiful oxygen.

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

      Report: does anyone know of any articles on lake sonoma? havn't been able to find anything on this lake.
      City: windsor

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

      Report: Hi there..... I'm responding to Sean's comment on these pages..... We Oregon fishermen need to take a few minutes and submit reports on our fishing experiences so that info gets shared and possibly keeps us from using up valuable fishing time going to a lake that for whatever reason just isn't kicking out fish..... I travel to the coastal lakes as well as northern and central California lakes (Shasta, Trinity, and Clear Lake)as well as drifting the Umpqua for smallies, and would be glad to share any information that I pick up along the way..... If you want to share info on a more personal basis, my Email address is included in this report.... Let's get together and share experiences ! ! !
      City: Williams, OR

      Tips: The only tip I have right now is let's let each other know what's going on, and where ! !

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Glad to see a few current reports on this lake.... I guess maybe Oregon fishermen are starting to find these pages..... I fish the costal lakes as well as northern and central California lakes (Shasta, Trinity, Clear Lake) and also drift the Umpqua for smallies when I get the chance... The northern California guys post reports on their lakes frequently, and it sure helps me decide where to spend my gasoline money.... Really would like to see more reports on out Oregon lakes as well ! ! ! Let's do more to help each other out by submitting reports here on these pages...........
      City: Williams, OR

Friday, December 24th, 2004

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: cold...........

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hello boy's & girl's, just wanted to wish everone a verry safe and joyfull xmass. And to not forget the true meaning of it all,like familey helth and the nice boat's we are gifted to be able to fish out of. Be safe and god bless.

      ps. happy b-day Jesus.....................
      City: Turlock

      Tips: TIGHT LINES.........

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 52.6-53.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a nice early Xmas present! got in at Packers at 0654, air temp 46, lake at 93.4 ft down, 12 knot wind out of the north, 5 in ahead of me, ran up the McCloud for a change to fish some stuff that just went under the past week, armed myself with the hoo dun it in #22, haven';t used it much so i figured I would give it a whirl. Went up past keluche creek, found some fish fairly shallow, third cast got me a fat 3.61. What a way to start the day. Had 10 more and only one dink, between 1.83 and the 3.61 with my best five going 12.29 and all on the #22(brown with gold flake) Didn't miss a single bite so it was a great day for me. For once remembered my camera and got a photo of the biggest one. got out at noon, 17 rigs on the beach and air temp 59 degrees with the wind swinging in around from the south. Got a presure drop starting this am and some foul stuff heading our way by Sunday, we can sure use the rain. Only saw one other boat go past me, most everybody else went south and up the Sac. My first was only 12 ft deep, the deepest was at 41 ft with the average near 29ft. The bright sun seemed best for this bait so I stuck to the sunny side of the McCloud arm. Have a good Christmas!!
      City: Redding

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on the 23rd. It was windy and a little chilly. Fished for 7 friggin hours and didnt even get a bite!!! Next time im trying in the spring when there spawning then ill knock em dead!
      City: san bruno

      Tips: SLOW!!!