Fishing Report

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Friday, October 1st, 2004

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The big fish seem to be shallow. Shad is thick on the shore in certain areas. Find the shad and the Bass are there. Also, fish the grass. It seemed to be a tough day. I didn't see too many guys getting hooked up. Most I saw were fishing worms in deeper water. I caught some solid keepers on the shallow pattern.
      City: Castaic

      Tips: Spinnerbaits in Wht./ Chart. with dbl. chrome willow leaf. Also white Senkos worked almost like a Spook through the grass. They seemed to want it faster than a normal retrieve. Good luck...

  • California
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      Water Temp: dont know

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished island pon for first time in my tube, very frustrating to manuver in it, maybe cause my finds are pretty ghetto. only 2 small fish in about 2 hour, saw another uber on the main lake, probually doing better than me.
      City: livermore

      Tips: catch and relaese

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

      Report: Fished at the dock using frozen anchovies doused with fish attractant. Let it drop to the bottom then brought up about 6 inches. Got bites all day and ended up with 9 fish. All in all a fun day, with the wind not getting too bad.
      City: Alta Loma

      Tips: Anchovies are the hot ticket item

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 72-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6 pm till 3:00 am. Got about 10 fish with biggest going 3.2 best five fish were about 12 - 13 pounds all but one on the Senko and most after 1 am. Bite was very slow all evening and we were lucky to find any fish that were biting at all.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Be careful where you park - don't park down hill of any fork lifts! One apparently decided to roll loose all on its own last night about 2:45 am and slammed into the back end of a pickup-trailer rig right in the main launch ramp parking area! There was a guy sleeping in the pickup and it scared the hell out of him. It knocked the pickup about 4 feet sideways. It must have belonged to some contractor doing work up there. Anyway, as far as fishing goes, with the 5" Senkos, the Gamakatsu 3/0 hook (EWG) seems to be a good match giving the drop rate the fish want and this seemed to be important. Unfortunately, this same hook isn't very strong and can bend out of shape if you pull too hard on even a 2 pounder, so beware. I ended up making my drag pretty loose after the hooksets to avoid bending my hooks even though I was using 20 pound test line.

  • San Francisco County, California
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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I've been fishing far out from where I lived I decided why not try some close one so first time lake merced I heard it was a good fishing lake years back so, I said maybe it still hold some fish but I would never know that unless of course I tried it myself, got off at work 3:00 pm took my float tube on my garage got by 3:15 set up pump float everything got in the water by 3:50 first cast none but once I got close to tullies wooohh you can see some action in there decided to throw jig football head bamm 3lbs 02oz then move another spot bam another 4lbs 12oz got out in the water 5:15 why? my wader got hole I was getting cold.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: slowwwwwww fishing a lot of them just I got secret spot though LOL

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: every once in a while someone comes up with something that really works. that new dropshot the kid came up with is amazing. the two antennaes actually pulsate between the line it is a fish calling son of a gun not only did i get double hookups i also saw whole schools of spots come up with them while i was reeling them in. i cannot even amagin what will happen in another month. the shasta shad is the one.
      City: redding

      Tips: use 2-3lb. test heavier line than you normally use as you will have double hookups.

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      Water Temp: 69.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Packers at 0635, air temp 54 and this ramp has just about had it. The mud and gravel buildup is now covering both lanes with just enough room today to get a boat in and getting out was tough. Mine is 19 ft and a 21 ft boat will be real tough, especially getting out so beware. wind out of the NNW at 3 ran over into the middle Sac looking for a rip bite and found it but not until 0830, nothing worked prior to that on flats, humps or rock walls, at 0830 I got a good bite which turned out to be a 4 lber followed by 2 two pounders, only one problem, they were trout. Moved about a 1/4 mile and caught my frist bass on the staysee in Tennessee shad and another about 50 ft away that went 1.79. Moved to some steep stuff and got bit but dumped a good fish on the Hoo-dun-it and then no bites till 10 am where after trying a lot of stuff started dropshotting some old MGM stuff in #158 and boated six small fish off of one point in 38ft, the biggest went 1.4. Wind stopped at 1030 or so and the lake was flat as a pancake. Only saw 4 other boats and all were trolling for trout. Went on back and had a heck of a time getting out and trying to keep the prop out of the gravel. Forget about Packers and please watch for stuff coming up, there are all kinds of humps all over that most haven't ever seen before even out in what you would call the middle of the lake.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 69.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 7:30 am in dry creek arm, off a flat that bass were busting shad. Caught 6 bass to 3lbs. Then the bite slowed down and we tried other areas. Around 2:30pm using a white 1/4oz buzz bait I landed my biggest bass at Lake Sonoma 7lbs. One other fish about 5 lbs ended our day with the same lure. Great day to be out on the water. Little wind with overcast morning and blue warm skies in the afternoon.
      Fire Jon
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Look for bait busting shad and throw top water. Have fun

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started early with top water, Z/spook puppy. All kinds of action. Few good ones, but a lot of little ones. Fun day but, to many small. 32 fish for the day. Some dragging lizard 4" green color.
      City: Antelope Ca

      Tips: Wait for some water to fill the lake and trout planting. Or fish for the little bass with the kids and family.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Denny Howard, Jim Ryan, vic and myself went salmon fishing guided by Steelie Dan's guide service north of discover park. (i did not know were to write this, so sence the Sac river is part of the Delta i'm writing it here). Rena was our guide, he knows his salmon fishing, for us bass fisherman it's good to get one of those 25 + fish. We landed a 20 lb first , then a 24 lb, 25 lb and our last was a 6 lb and all were fresh. Using flat fish w/ 2ozs. weight back trolling. We missed three good hits, staying in 1/4 mile area back and forth until 2pm, leaving the docks at 7am. Maybe back to bass fishing this weekend.
      City: rocklin

  • San Francisco County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Worked the lake on the evening bite coming off the full moon phase on the 28th with my partner. We ended up with about 8 fish in the 1/2lb. to 1lb. range. My partner took big fish honors and stuck a solid fish weighing in at about 6lbs. All in all it was a good night of fishing with spending a couple hours out there. Also all fish were released to go and fight another day for someone else or maybe us again!
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Worked it slow and cranked slow.

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 71.3 Morning -

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We were launched and fishing by 8, and were pinned in the lanch area due to heavy fog. Fished that area for a couple of fish, drop shotting. About 9 the fog lifted and we made our way over to Rock Climbers Cove. Spent the next 3 hours drop shotting 3" plactics in Browns, Salt and Pepper, and Purple. The fish seem to be in water between 15 and 19 feet, with the point holding the best numbers. We ended the day with 14 fish, with nothing over 2 lbs. Nice day and some fun fishing. We'll be back on friday.
      City: Westminster

  • Westchester County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anybody fished the lake recently? Looking for a LMB/SMALLIE report?
      City: SF

      Tips: Down size / Slow

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

      Report: FIND THE ROCKS AND SUBMERGED STRUCTURE JUST OFF SHORE AND YOU'LL FIND LOTS OF SMALLMOUTH BASS.USE CRAWLER HALVES ON JIGS AND SOFT PLASTIC TUBE BAITS IN 20 FEET OF WATER AND YOU'LL NAIL THEM ALL DAY LONG.
      City: TACOMA

      Tips: BRING LOTS OF CRAWLERS

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I`ve been fishing Delta all summer long.
      I have had good results,mostly with my Buzz-Baits.
      Since I make my own,I can make any combo I like.
      They are really working great.Skirt color
      does`nt seem to matter, but they sure like those
      Gold blades.Maybe it`s those clackers.I don`t
      know.I`ve caught a 71/2 lb my biggest this year.
      Caught it midday.Caught most of my fish early.
      But I have been fishing all day,so early does`nt
      matter.I just keep with the tide and try to find
      moving water.I`ve been fishing the Delta about
      30 years now and it just gets better.As most
      of you know it`s tough to fish the tides.So I
      don`t even try any more.I live 60 miles from
      there, and it`s high gas prices.Best to stay
      all day,unless heat gets to me.Anyway back to
      fishing.I have caught some really good fish
      on my Double-Buzz Baits.These are the only
      baits I throw other than a frog.My son throws
      mostly a frog on Delta but he`s coming around.
      I make him custom Buzz-Baits like no others.
      He`s had great sucess.He now moves a lot faster
      covers more water and catches more and better
      fish.We have caught numerous 20lb limits.
      One he caught was right at 9lbs.Caught it on
      a frog.If any one out there needs a custom
      Buzz-Bait.I make the best.If my baits don`t
      catch you bigger bass,send it back for a full
      refund.
      My Double-Buzz Baits comes in 5-inch
      and 7-inch models.With or with-out clackers.
      Any color you desire.(Powder Coat Paint).
      Any size also,1/4 3/8 1/2 5/8&3/4oz.
      For more information contact me at
      530-669-3618.Or E-Mail dalemeddock@aol.com


      Thank You
      And Good Fishing
      Dale Meddock
      City: Woodland Calif.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 69 to 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took two buddies out for a full day of fishing. Fished 6:45am to 7:00pm. Hit Buckingham 1st and boated a 4.6 right away on a spinnerbait. Picked a up few more keepers in the area. Went down to Konocti and boated some good fish drop shotting and cranking. Zoomed across from Konocti and boated a bunch of smaller fish 2 lbs and under. Went down to rattlesnake and boated some better fish, 2 to 3 lb range. Worked up the Highway 20 side throwing blades, drop shot, crankbaits and boated a lot of quality fish with a 9.7 kicker to go with plenty of 3's and 3.5's. Finished up the day around Buckingham with spinnerbaits and drop shot. The early evening bite was very good once again. It was a fish every other cast or a hard hit and miss with the spinnerbait. One buddy lost a good fish at the boat, saw a flash of it but would not come up and broke him off. We boated over a hundred fish for the day and the five best going a touch over 25 lbs. A lot of boats on the lake today, everybody was pre-fishing for the Anglers Choice South Division TOC.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Chart. Spinnerbaits, 6 inch M.M., Chart/Purple Crankbait. Congrats to ROME for boating his biggest bass yet, 9.7 beaut.

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

      Report: Fish are active, caught 20+ keepers on brown/black binky bug. Shake it like crazy.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: shake shake shake

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 70.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 0530 and way to early but I couldn't sleep, fiddled around the docks for awhile and no bites, Moved over into cowpasture, same problem, nothing would touch the jig, went upstream at 0630 when I could see and found some fish busting shad back in a cove, got 8 topwater fish in 40 minutes from 1.5 to 2.38 from 0640 to 0720 when it shut down, got the jig rod back out and caught three more in the same area and the best went 2.41 on the MGM hoo-dun-it. ran back down to the ramp and out at 0930 and still seeing shad getting busted here and there. Lake down nearly 99ft, lots of trout on top busting shad particularly in 70-100ft of water around wood. couldn't get any bass to go, the early fish were right on the bank.
      City: Redding

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 8 AM - NOON. Caught 4 keepers with the largest a 1.8 spot and many dinks. 1/4 oz. darter and Kalin worm did the trick.Pumpkin/green flake was best. A nice day-nobody there. Just trying out a new boat. Water 20' visibility at least.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Long casts, fish hit on the fall.

Monday, September 27th, 2004

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out there with my dad for the first time on Sunday afternoon. We caught 5 fish and missed a lot of good bites. We only fished for about an hour or so. We were splitshotting bold bluegill and oxblood light red flake robo worms. The fish were small, but I saw a bunch of 5-6 pounders jumping. Missed 1 huge fish. We were fishing from the bank on the other side of the dam. Getting hit every cast. It was well worth it.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Move worm fast. fish the rocky banks. No fish in muddy banks.