Fishing Report March 23, 2008

Easter weekend was just perfect at the lake. The weather was great, the water was clear and the fish were biting. Friday I headed out to the vineyards at 11:30 with my wife. We had a limit by 1:00. We were both using brass and glass with a 5' senko (I keep telling you it works!!!). After she brought in her second fish, I figured why should I be stubborn I switched to her color senko and sure enough I started to catch fish. The conditions were perfect and I followed my own advice. On Saturday I took Tom and Tony out for the day. We trolled from the ranch house to the vineyards with no success. We fished the vineyards for over two hours with no bites. No matter what bait we tried..........zilch!! What a difference a day makes. I decided to try my favorite cove. I had Tom and Tony start by bouncing a split-shot and minnow on the bottom. The first two fish that were caught were under size. You should have seen their faces when I let those two fish go. The bite picked up and we began to enjoy ourselves. They landed two good size crappies and a limit of bass (see photos). At about 1:30 I threw a brass and glass with my wife's favorite color senko into a recess in the rocks and was hit immediately by this five pound four ounce bass (see photo). After taking two pictures, I released the fish and I thought Tom and Tony were going to jump over board to grab it. They were happy with all the fish that they were going to take home. Sunday my wife and I went to my favorite cove for a couple of hours. We both used the brass and glass with the senko and landed a few nice fish no size to speak of. All in all it was a good fishing weekend and I hope it continues to get better and better. 'ti next week......................................good fishing!!!!!!!! www.fishingconnection.net

If you have any fishing stories you would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call me at 650-583-3333. One of my friends from the Highlands caught a 12 pound bass fishing from shore this past week (photos at Steele Park Marina).

Fishing Report for March 16, 2008

As we head into this coming weekend there will be a full moon and all the water conditions are conducive for the spawning of the smallmouth bass. I plan on fishing Friday the 21st. My first stop will be the vineyards and I feel the fishing will be great. I have received many calls asking me what I would use at this time. For those who are in Tournaments, I would throw swim baits all day only. Since I am not in tournaments, my arsenal would consist of a carolina rig with a 5" french fries. My second choice would be brass and glass with a dark senko 5" worm texas style. Thirdly, would be my favorite confidence bait, a R2S crawdad with Procure crawdad scent. If I see any top water activity at all, I'll be throwing a chugger or a pop'r. My boat will probably be in seven feet of water throwing to the shore. Of course these are only my intentions for the coming weekend which can change due to the weather and fishing conditions. Please read my next report to find out what I ended up doing. 'til next week...................................good fishing!!!!!
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Fishing with Sid 11 6 07

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Friday I took out Jon and his dad Kent.Our goal was to head to the vineyards but that was shot as soon as we saw thewhitecaps in the main lake. We trolled near my favorite cove but the wind madeit to hard to control with my electric motor. I decided to head into Capell covewhere I hoped the water would be calmer. Caught a trout on the surface headinginto the cove and the conditions were better. Jon was throwing a R2S suspendingminnow and have some luck catching small bass. I set up the same lure for his dad and he was bringing in some bass too. We fished the rest of the daylight inthe back of Capell cove and as it began to get dark and colder we opted to comein. On Saturday I took Jonathan out to my favorite cove (hey this cove works forme). We started off shallow with no luck. Could not see any fish activity at all.My friend Albert was fishing from shore and he told me he had no luck at all so far.I decided to go to the beginning of the cove where it was deeper. I located a treeunder the water and Jonathan started drop-shoting and the fish began hitting. Weended up with limits in less than an hour (see photos). On Sunday I headed outreally early and went straight to that spot with the tree. I spent three hoursthere not moving at all and caught nineteen bass none bigger than two pounds.I also caught fourteen crappie. All crappies were caught on the R2S suspendingminnow with ProCure scents on six pound Pline. 'til next week..........................good fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.fishingconnection.net If you have any storiesyou would like to share please email me at bestguide@hotmail.com or call meat 650-583-3333.

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