Fishing Report

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2004

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-74 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Boy, was it blowing yesterday (winds 30+ mph). The 3 of us was hesitate about going out, but decided to do it since we were there. Launched out of paradise point at 6:00A and fished where the wind took us (disappointment, 14 mile slough, and 5 mile slough). Off the water by 1:00P. For the conditions, was amazed that we caught 13 keepers (largest - 1.5 lbs).
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Stayed close to the levees to get some protection from the wind. Used white/char or white spinnerbaits and shad Rat L Traps. Had to ride the trolling motor most of the day.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: seems I forgot to give the water level in the last report, got a few inquiries concerning that. The level stands at 88 ft down and releases have slowed considerably. Didn't go out this AM as the north wind kicked in at 25 knots with gusts to 30. ramp conditions as follows: Centimudi-2 lanes, Jones Valley- on secondary ramp(asphalt) lane and a half, Bailey Cove out of the water, Hirz bay in-2 lanes but very muddy. Antlers is out, Sugarloaf is in with 2 lanes. Packers- 2 lanes, All open ramps have floats in place.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72*

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fish deep around drop offs
      City: s.j

      Tips: throw white spinners

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

      Report: Larry stafford-i read your post and i know how to tell if its a carp or a bass trust me!It was not a carp it was a huge LM bass.Ihave some nice pics but cant figure out how to post em here.And yes i caught the monster on catfish stinkbait i thought it was wierd too.Ive caught crappie on trout power bait too.I gave one of my pictures to one the bait shops near m and m campsite.
      City: red bluff

      Tips: Its TRue no joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: just got back today. Here it is. Find a rock pile, toss out a float so you don't drift off and start tossin' a 1/2 oz white spinnerbait. Important to slow roll and bump the rocks. Fish on top in the am, around the edges after sun up. 50+ fish in two days, biggest 5lbs, but lots of solid fish 2-3lb. Black/blue zippers texas rigged produced well, better fish on the blade. Clear Lake is on, but not the toads we might expect. PS, try out the new Konocti Vista Resort. You get your own berth, with power, with your room. The place is awesome. Right next to the County Park.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Them rock piles are the ticket.

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      Water Temp: Not Tested

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To all those guys whom took my posting seriously and e-mailed me and post their suggestion there's only one thing I can say you guys "ROCKS" Thank you very very very much I will be forever in debt with all you kindness I'll let you know how I did on my trip
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Coming soon

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 75-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED ABOUT 6:30AM WENT INTO THE NORTH FORK ,TRIED TOP WATER WITH A SAMMY NO TAKERS IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PRIME SPOT ROCK PILES 8-10 FEET OF WATER TOOK OUT THE CRANK BAIT FIRST CAST CUAGHT A LARGEMOUTH ALMOST 4LBS. ONLY GOOD FISH ON THE SAME STYLE CRANKBAIT JUST A DIFFERENT COLOR ,CAUGHT TWO OTHER FISH IN THE 1 LBS RANGE SAME COLOR .NOT BAD FOR TWO HOURS .
      City: ROSEVILLE

      Tips: AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE ONLY TIP IS THOSE LUCKY
      CRAFT BAITS ,WON'T USE ANY OTHER HARD BAIT TIGHT LINES KEEP THEM WET WHILE YOU CAN .

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've been fishing the lake consistently 2-3 times during the week. Each time I usually catch 15-25 bass which are fairly small. I've been catching the bigger ones on the west side of the lake in 10 feet of water or less. 3/8 oz. spinnerbait, 4inch Yozuri minnow, and shad rap have been working very well. It's been really hot and the bigger ones aren't really biting, however I did manage to catch a 7 1/2 lb bass on the west side of the lake over a rocky point.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: Fish early in the morning or the last couple of hours before the sun goes down. During the hours of 5-7 PM they really start hitting. If you want to fish during the day when it's hot, you could always break out the plastic worms. --
      --Catch and Release (So they get bigger!)

  • California
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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Did a quick afternoon fishing session. Got out around 515. Second cast with dropshot picked up one just under 3 pounds. Later on while flippin some bushes, missed a good fish, maybe around 5. Then i started cranking the deeper weeds to get nothing. Crank some more coming back to the launch are, and picked up one around 11", and that was it.
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: Fish your confidence baits and the fish will come

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

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

      Report: Did anybody fish this lake for bass during the summer? Would like to go next Spring for the first time. Any suggestions?

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: don't know

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well I guess there is no boat rentals here then boy I was looking forward to go this long weekend and rent a boat for a whole day but none have responded my posting I guess all this nice report is just gonna be part of my fantasy catching some of those anyway thank's guys keep posting at least I'll be updated on action
      City: san francisco

      Tips: Sorry can't help I haven't been there actually

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

      Report: Started out early. Topwater was slow until my Girlfriend had a close to 3lb blow up on a chug bug. I had a few nice blow ups but no connections on a buzzbait. All right up tight to the bank. Fished the southend with chrome rattletraps and nailed them as usual. Nothing big. I love this lake. Still can't catch one over five.
      City: Boraga

      Tips: Fish early. Rattletraps along weedline in certain spots. Good Luck!

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

      Report: Took the kids to Lafayette. Caught lots of bluegill. Tried to catch bass, but I got skunked. I tried everything, but nothing. They looked at the rapalas, but didn't bite.

      Any suggestions. I am new to bass fishing.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took a friend out for his birthday. What a day, boils everywhere. Made a few very long runs and still made the boil. Caught 4 total, and dropped 5. All 4 between 3-6lbs. Most action in the main and south end of the lake. A few boils in deer flat area.
      City: Concord

      Tips: The shad are about 2-3" right now. Downsize your bait to match the hatch. Don't daydream, keep them eyes a peeled!

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      Water Temp: 77*

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6Pm to about 11:30 Few Boils- No Fish-I think Boat traffic pushes them back down from the weekend- will try later in the week to see if there is a change-
      City: Stockton

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

      Report: would like to start fishing pyramid now that school has started...how about a stripper report,,thanks
      City: BAKERSFIELD

Monday, August 30th, 2004

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 78-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Roland, no the Tracker wasn't me - I'm the white Triton. Plus your report was for the 29th and mine was for Monday Aug. 30th and started that evening ending up on Aug. 31st at 8 am. My advice is to use the Senko for the most part and once an hour check the jig/worm bite to see if they are again working because they aren't right now - at least in the lake areas I fished. I was only having success on one particular Senko color and I was Texas hooking them (not wacky) and fishing them weightless. Cast it out, let it sink, twitch it once or twice every 5 - 10 seconds. After the first "thunk", wait about 5 seconds and then set the hook IF you can feel some weight on the line. Watch out for deep hooking the fish. I think the delay is only needed for the little fish, but that's mostly what's biting! I used 5" Senkos with 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG hooks. Only one color worked at night and a different color worked during the early daylight period. Before dawn, try reaction baits.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Cover a lot of ground. The great early morning bite I experienced was in an arm I had not fished during the previous night (12 hours) so it could have been that this area may have been great at night as well with better quality fish. Those points near the spillway have been good in the past in early to mid fall, but this lake is changing and the areas and methods that used to be good ain't so hot now. Most of my "milk runs" no longer produce like they used to. If you're fishing from the bank, you can cover a lot of water on foot now because the lake is low and the bank is walkable.

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      Water Temp: 78-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6 pm till 8 am. Day after full moon. Senkos and crankbaits were the ticket during the remaining afternoon daylight. Then the bite died for 3 hours. Then the Senko bite turned back on and stayed on all night and continued into morning. Morning crankbait bite was pretty good. Saw a 10+ jump near the boat about 7 am. Probably caught about 20 all told. Maybe 7 of these were morning crankbait bite fish. All Senko fish were sub-2 pounds including many dinks, the crankbait fish went as high as 3.5 with many 2's. Btw, two days ago the Amador moonlight tournament was held and first place was about 21 pounds with big fish just under 4 pounds. Pretty sure the 21 pounds was for 10 fish.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Fish rocky/shale banks. All fish were shallow though tried deep. Fish first light - night fishing nothing to write home about right now. Main body and the arms both produced fish.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 77.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went up north for a change, in at Sugarloaf Low Water ramp at 1845, air temp 95, wind out of the south at 10, dropped the trolling motor and went staight across to the rock walls ad headed upstream throwing some topwater and rip baits. Got 2 blowups and one in the boat on a rip bait, continued north till about 2015 with no more hits, turned around and came back down the same wall as I saw a lot of fish stacked up, put a MGM #23 twintail on a darter head and fished up against the wall and tight to it throwing in front of the boat and picked up 11 dinks real quick, at 2040 got bit good and the fish ran off out into the main channel and headed down and I am figuring a large catfish as it stayed down and was pumping the rod. Went around the boat once dodging the big motor and troll motor and finally get it up and in the net. a nice fat 4.02 largemouth tossing 1 inch shad with every head shake. Got him back in the water and continue down stream catching 2 more and another good one at 1.96(spot). The bite shut down around 2115 so i motored back to the ramp and got out at 75 degrees. The ticket tonight was using the darter head and allowing the bait to fall slowly while standing in some 70ft of water 10 ft out from the rock walls and trying to hit the wall where it went in the water. If i missed it by a foot or two then no hits. Fish not shy tonight, they hit those twintails with reckles abandon.
      City: Redding

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

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

      Report: Rick, was that you fishing in the Tracker? I was out there bank fishing the points above the spillway. I tossed jigs and brush hogs all night for nothing. I got a few hits on the brush hog but no takers; every hookset was a strike out. I did horribly out there. I should have explored a different pattern.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Read Rick's report.