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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

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    Water Temp: 65-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I checked out beautiful Bullards Bar this morning - and found it to be quite lonely!! I only saw one other boat today - and they wern't even fishing! Started with one or two on topwater but that was pretty slow. I started drop-shotting a grape Robo worm and the spots were all over it!! I mean at least 40 in the boat in my half day there. Most were small but a few hit the 2 lb mark. I threw swimbaits a lot with no takers. Around noon I started fishing a #301 Senko with some side weights and caught slightly better quality fish. I worked water from 10 to 70 feet with different baits and decided that the big fish haven't tuned in the fall feed yet. It is raining hard in Yuba City tonight (.82 inches so far). That should get the bite going - I hope!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I drop-shotted a Basstrix Flashtrix minnow also and only caught a few even thought bass were spitting up baitfish. They really wanted the worm. Morning Dawn w/chartreuse tail 6 inch Robo worm also worked too! I decided not to loose any crankbaits today on those great stumps!!!

Saturday, August 18th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 75-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Spent three days on the water, August 17-19, fishing a two day club tournament and one practice day. Fishing was great for numbers. Spent most of our time up the North Yuba River arm, pretty much as far back as we could go. The lake is LOADED with bait fish right now, with bluegill and bass fry everywhere and balled up like crazy! We caught well over 200 fish in three days, but finding anything over 12 inches was difficult. Managed to squeak out a limit on my practice day. 4 small keepers on Day 1 and only 2 keepers on Day 2, but with a 3 pound kicker. Nobody could find anything over 12 inches, so my 3 pounder managed to take big fish and the tournament for me. I had good luck throwing a Spook in baby bass color when the clouds were present and you could see bass busting the surface. Switched to drop-shot pretty much exclusively after that. 4 and 6 inch Atomic Custom Baits in Autumn Rose, Bluegill and Desert Rose. Also roboworms in Margarita Mutilator and Morning Dawn were productive as well.
    City: Reno, NV

    Tips: Fish the walls after the no-wake zone in the north arm, find the shady pockets. I think the big fish will be moving up as soon as there is a little fall in the air. The bait fish are definitely there! Check out my blog at andrewmartinbass.blogspot.com

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took wifey to the Bar. Started out with reaction lures. Foul hooked a 1 pounder on a Rip Bait. Could not find the big ones. We fished the dam and the water falls. We eneded up downsizing to Grubs. We caught 7 between the two of us. Nothing over a pound and a half. Nice day all in all we traveled far up the river arm. We went so far that my temp gauge read as low as 54 degrees!! e considered trout fishing naaaaah.
    City: W. Sac

    Tips: Met an angler with a $60,000 Ranger Boat and House boat at the docks. He stated that the big Hens are nesting in the Main Lake at 15 to 20 feet deep. He caught some on Senkos.

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 58-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing by myself today. In the water around 8 am. Bluebird day, hardly a breath of wind with the occasional gusty breeze. Lake like glass most of day. Caught a few on tubes, a couple on Texas rigged worms. Wacky senko was the way to go. Lost count but caught between 30-40 fish. Most in the 11-13 inch range with a few bigguns thrown in.
    City: Reno

    Tips: Watch your line or you'll miss a lot of fish.

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 60-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Nobody at the lake today. It's time to be out. 50 fish today with a nice 5+ pounder as big fish. Mostly on wacky rig.
    City: Reno

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 57-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Nice couple days of fishing with son. No wind and water warming. Over 50 fish between us with a nice 5.5 pounder as big fish caught on wacky o-ring senko.
    City: Reno

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished from 7am to 1pm. water is up pretty high and waterfalls are flowing strong after the rainstorms. caught about a dozen spots. the largest was a 6.5 lb monster.

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: lucky day darthead about 45 feet down landed mondo 6.5 spot "oh ya" couple dinky 3 pounders lol. best day in a while

Friday, January 27th, 2012

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    Water Temp: 47-49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, someone needs to post a report - and it takes a real man to do this one!!! My buddy Mike Sperbeck had been there recently with his grandchildren, using minnows hoping for a better bite and it worked. He suggested we go yesterday and bring along some minnows. I said "you want to bring...WHAT???? I have only used those three times in the last 25 or so years, all at Clear Lake with clients that insisted. Hey - one of them got an "8" and a "10"! So, off to Bullards with minnows and "normal" lures. At least - no umbrella rigs in the boat! And it even rained a bit. Well, what can I say. The minnows produced Mike's first ever 7 lb spotted bass (7 lbs 2 oz), a 6-1, and a 3-13, I caught some of the "dinks" of course - a 4-5 and a 4 even. That made a 25+ lb limit - the best limit of spots I have ever seen. We caught about 6 or 7 smaller ones. Spots were on spots from 20 to 60 feet deep in about 4 different areas. Lake is up a few feet - looks good.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Well, there it is. We never saw the sun all day and water was flat most of the time. I would have thought the artificials bite would have been ok. I threw swimbaits some with no takers. We talked to some nice guys in a Ranger and they had one good fish early - I think on a jig - but struggled after. Saw 3 or 4 other boats and that was it.

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Since no one is posting any reports I thought I would. The fishing was tough. Crystal clear skies and dead calm water didnt help. We saw lot of fish shallow but they were very skiddish and spooky. We caught 5 small ones in about 3 hrs. A few on topwater and a few on darthead. Only saw a handful of boats on a Sat afternoon and now I know why. Beautiful day but fishing was tough due to the perfect weather.
    City: marysville

Friday, August 12th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the north fork. On the water around 8:30. we fished mostly crank and drop shot. Between us we caught 14 fish mostly dinks. 4 fish were over 12 inches. The smaller fish put up more fight then the larger ones we caught that were 14 in. It was a fun day.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Fish close to the banks. If you want the large fish, who knows where

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 61-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the lake early, launched out of Dark Day, still no boat dock there...fished topwater for a solid 1.5hrs, Rio Ricos, Don Ivino Splash It, Vixens, Went to Spinner Baits, still no luck, my buddy got into a crank bait bite on a little Norman wobbler...all dinks, switch over to wacky rigged 4" Senkos. Started catching lots of fish, all dinks. The 2 biggest fish went 3 lbs and 5.2 lbs. Wind picked up around 9am, stayed in coves. Ended up with about 25 fish, all Spots. Only 2 keepers!
    City: Roseville

    Tips: All the fish were around chunk rock, with submerged trees, 10-20 feet water depth. The big fish was caught on a Jig.

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 52-52 main lake

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 22lbs for 5. Broke my spot record three times over today in a club tourney. Two 5s and a solid brace of 3-4s. Fishing was slow, only got a dozen bites today, but the best four went 18lbs together.
    City: Santa Cruz

    Tips: Extended, flooded points and island tops. Not wind = no reaction bite. Got most on a darterhead, and one of the 5s ate a slow rolled blade when the wind came up around 2. 20-40 feet deep for the bigguns

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Bite was tough. Scraped out a handful with one around 3.5 #s but it was slow overall. Fished points and dropoffs in 35-5 ft. Most bites came deep. Dropshot and dartheads caught all fish. Couldnt get any reaction bites. Slow rolled spinnerbaits-swimbaits-and ripbaits for nada.
    City: Grass Valley

Friday, April 1st, 2011

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 9:30am to 4pm and no bites. We fished points and bays. The lake was beautiful with all the water falls, just could not find fish. We tried drop shot, texes, jigs, crank bait, spinner bait even top water in first thing in the morning.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Even if you can not find fish the trip was worth it for just for the beauty of the lake

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tried to get on the lake today but could only stay out for 45 minutes due to weather. May try again tomorrow as the rain is supposed to let up then get ugly again for another few days.

    Tips: Fished Bullards several times but never saw it this rough. Ready for the rain to stop but it looks like it is going to get worse over the weekend. Didn't catch Sh!t today

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Drove to the lake this morning to find that both ramps (Emerald Bay and Dark Day) are closed due to snow and ice.

    Tips: Call the Emerald Bay Marina before you go to make sure the ramps are open!

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 48-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Another tough day...fished with my friend Wayne Hodge. Wayne picked up one small one in about twenty feet on a jig. At least I can see fish on my graph. Last trip couldn't find a fish...now they are all over...just not eating...fish and game was at the ramp and shared with us it has been real slow as of late.
    City: Roseville

Friday, January 28th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 40-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished all day, points, coves, shallow, deep. You name it we fish it. No takers. Although we did see fish in the 20-40ft range, can not tell what type they were but it was frustrating to see them and not catch them.
    City: Sacramento

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day and only hooked two shakers. Talked to another boat and they had caught only 3. Must be the incoming storm. Caught both fish on drop shot.
    City: Sacramento