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Monday, August 17th, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water has been shut off and the lake is holding at 13,000 arce feet for now. BIG BASS of the week was 10 pounds caught by richard meza of madera. Most bass fisherman are reporting bass being caught are from 1 to 2 pounds with and occasional 3 pounder being caught.Bass are being caught from depths of 8 to 25 feet of water. Jigs, senko's, brushogs, and crankbaits are all working here right now. FOR MORE INFO 559-689-3255
      City: madera ca

      Tips: For me ill stay with swimming a jig 1/4 oz bullet head jig /light watermelon skirt w/(208)yamamoto 5"single tail grub as my trailer.
      AREAS TO HIT
      Dam area ( crankbaits & jigs )
      Rock pile areas ( jigs,senko's,crankbaits )
      Brush piles areas ( jigs,brushogs,senko,s )
      Dropoffs ( jigs )
      Hump and flats ( jigs & crankbaits )

      Best time to hit the lake early morning or late afternoon til dark.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out early decided to fish a jig allday caught 7 fish to 5 pounds.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: The bigger fish are deep 20-30 feet rock piles and flats were the key fish slow the fall bite should turn on soon

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      Water Temp: MARINA SHOW 68-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was awesome...topwater popper bite in early morning across the marina in about 5 feet of water...fish are coming off of 5-10 feet breaks....look for 5-10 feet drops from the shallows...all dead sticking for 3 plus seconds...be patient...caught a total of 4 fish on poppers, biggest 7.5 pound blackie...couple more missed blow ups...Fish are grouped up...
      Once the sun comes up, drop shot shad type worms...we were catching fish on prizm shad and morning dawn 4.5 inch worms...
      City: Fremont

      Tips: slow down...fish are in fall mode already!!! fish are shallow...

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68 deg

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of B&W resort and what a mess Caught a few dinks . Heavy heavy fishing going on in the upper delta Bouldin was packed bass boats everywhere must of been a tourney going on. Launching ramp was full . Anyhow got my lines wet havent been out in a while . Been buisy working . Going to lapaz mexico for 7 days fishing for Tuna in sept Going to try to get back out before i go Hope fishing pressure backs off a little, Might have to go to some ol school spots
      City: Elmira

      Tips: none

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

      Report: Water levels here are way down. Came in about 6am and got nothing. I tried rubber worms and some crank baits. Beautiful day for fishin, saw them jumpin! Just not on my hook :(
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Are there any good places to fish in the Bay Area?

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out early,went up north fork with a couple friends.Topwater was getting punished by dinks,but there was some big ones in between the babies.Fish are fat and healthy for sure.Reaction bite was good.Saw some other bassers catchin' some good fish right on other side of us.Was also on "Bikini Watch" wich was also good.Fishing is fun !!!
      City: Norcal

      Tips: Topwater,ripping,twitching..say no to wormin! LAF

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 77-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished with five guys that were on a house boat for the three days of food and fun. I took them out to the main body on long banks with a Brown/purple spider jig in 12-20 ft. Most of the bass were sport and a few Largemouth. The bass were mostly in the slot but a few over. Also fished the Middle Fork on small rock banks with a slop and a drop shot with a leach in any color. Just shake and sit and wait for the bite. Early in the morning and most of the day, best bite before dark.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: bring plenty of leaches and jigs, the rocks eat them up.

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 74-79

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught some nice 3 lb. 17" spots fishing tubes in about 15-20 feet. Fish were just off bottom hanging under schools of baitfish. Their bellies were gorged. Hadn't fished this lake in 2-3 years. There are definately some better quality fish in here now.
      City: Reno

      Tips: Downsizing for this lake always seems to work better.

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Don't go to the lake it's closed unitl further notice. I tried today but was turned away from the kiosk
      City: Lompoc

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I can give you a couple of leads on bluegill
      On Folsom (depending on the water level) In the south fork where the lake makes the left turn are two structures. One is the cove that is loaded with trees, also loaded with Bluegill. In the North fork, run up river past rattlesnake to where the creek comes in and fish the rockbeds on the northside of the lake. Enjoy the time with your son, you will treasure it.
      City: Sac

      Tips: USE live crickets on 4lb test with size 10-12 hooks. The trout are also in the area and you may catch the trout too.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried Old Salmon Falls Bridge with a few little ones, then I moved to main body. Noticed suspending bass with bottom in twenty. Threw V3s in Ghost and that was the ticket. Nice bunch of fish.
      City: sac

      Tips: Watch out for the big numbers of boaters and skiers.

  • Nevada County
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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we caught more than a dozen fish in the early moring hours. Some on jigs, some on crankbaits, and some on a strike king red eye in shad colors. they kill that bait all year long.
      City: auburn

      Tips: We caught some deep but whenever we hit the 13 ft. depth the fish alarm would beep continuously.
      The big fish came next to the shoreline though.
      The fishing died at 10:00 a.m.

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      Water Temp: 75-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went from noon to 6:30. Boils started at 4pm. Never got close enough to cast. All boils were short. There were alot of boats on saturday.
      City: sonora

      Tips: none.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for 6 days, best bite was 5-7 am and 5-10 pm. Fished just about everywhere in the Sacramento arm, water is low Antlers Marina has been moved down to Sugarloaf. Main lake points and coves with running springs fished the best, good topwater action on sammy and spooks in shadows. Drop shot and crankin worked best during the hot part of the day. Lots of bait fish and easy to graph, the bonus on crankin is an occasional brown or rainbow, landed 1 of each over 5 lbs and numerous smaller trout mostly in the evenings. Robo worms in smoke 4 inch strait tails worked best, but morning dawn and oxblood fooled numbers of spots. Best bass was a 3.2 lb smallie. Most of the bass were around 1 lb so nothing exciting size wise, numbers however were another thing. Bees are on a rampage and had numerous yellow jacket stings, do yourself a favor and bring something to treat them with because if you go out you will get stung. Only ramp open in Lakehead is the low water ramp about a mile north of Sugarloaf, its in good shape and a dock is in place they scraped out a parking area close by. The lake dropped about 8-9 ft over the 6 days, they're letting water out at a good clip, my guess is fall fishing will be real tough for most boaters with these low water conditions (I've seen more water in October) sherrifs are out all the time writing lots of tickets make sure all safety gear is in working order and that fire extinguisher and throw cushion better be close at hand and nothing blocking access to them.

Friday, August 14th, 2009

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: No moon... No wind... No warm summer air... no baitfish.. These were the conditions friday night at our short two fish trip to amador! Temperature had dropped of into the 70's by midnight and the bass just did not want to bite nothing! Threw big baits the whole time with no success very frustrating but hey that is bass fishing i guess i just have to get better! No excuses! Same spots in the lake hold fish year around you just have to find what they are eating and take your time and grind grind grind till you get that limit!!
      City: CH

      Tips: Bring a Warm cup of coffee. Maybe some cold beer and just hit the spots that hold bass and just keep your line tight!!! Fish crawdad color patters and top water before dark and all through the night but pray for the Moon!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Columbia Cut, Empire Cut, then north to White Slough. On the water at 8:00, off at noon. Caught 6 black bass to 2.5 and 1 small striper plus a large fish that broke off. All but one on a speed trap, the other on a chatterbait. The fish were small but numbers seemed possible - had to leave early due to mechanical issue.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Don't overlook active discharge pipes. Smaller fish fun on light tackle but then you risk the break off like I had.

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      Water Temp: Forgot to look

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the float tube out on Thursday and hooked four. Biggest going about 2.5 right at nightfall. Used cranks, senkos, frogs and robo worms. Best luck on robo tossing to edge of weed lines.

      Friday I launched out of Holland Marina. Fished Connection Slough and Mandy. Caught 8-10 Black Bass and three small stripers. Had a few blowups in the morning on Zara Spooks but no hookups. All Black Bass came on robo worms or senkos.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Happy to see stripers making their way back in. Can't wait for the weather to cool down so I don't have to listen to rap music from wakeboarders while I am fishing.

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 2:30 pm at Russos, it was too windy I was not being able to fish at franks, headed to disappointment slough. Fished with senkos but just small fish. Put some topwater and Blue gill started to hit on it. I tried to punch some grass but only one action.
      Well headed back to franks in the end of the day, got a stripped 10 lbs on a spook, lost more 2.

      Tips: I am going after strippers, hehehe because I am not finding big bass, lately.
      Top water at sunrise and sunset seems to be getting stripers!

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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched outta Ladds about 10:00am headed for a drop off right off a tulie island point, threw a 1oz spinnerbait and suspending crankbait on it for about 45 mins and didnt get touched. We headed into whiskey and we fished there for the better part of the day losing one frog fish so we headed further back and started throwing the 1oz spinnerbait and crankbait again right down the middle of the slough, fishing the deeper grass and got nothing.We headed to the mouth of the calavaros throwing frogs and nothing there. Headed back to the ramp and on the way in decided to fish the boat slips and my buddy nailed two 4lbs and lost another about the same size on the frog.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Fished all day out in the wind and didnt get touched, we hit the boat slips where its nice and calm and hit a couple decent fish....go figure.

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

      Report: Last time on Folsom for bass I got skunked. A question please. Could anyone share where on Folsom (or any other body of water nearby) where I could get into some bluegill action with my son? It would sure be appreciated. He would be in hog heaven catching and throwing back little bluegill for an afternoon. Nothing like watching that bobber dance to get a 3 yr old excited. (I still do). Thank you for your time.
      City: Sac