Yuba Dooba Doo 12-11-08

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[cool][#0000ff]The fish were definitely bottom huggers. In fact, several were caught while the jig was resting on the bottom and the fish picked it up. I caught several on my "dropshot" rig by dragging a perchmeat/jig combo on the bottom with a worm baited dropper a foot above...but out a ways behind the tube so that both were probably dragging the bottom. It is a very clean bottom...no snags all day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The key seemed to be watching the sonar and moving back and forth between 42 and 47 feet. Rarely did we get bit any shallower or deeper. The fish we caught shallower were all dinks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will see a ton of fish on sonar, but most of them are probably carp (see attached pic). It was interesting that most of my biggest fish came while I was seeing nothing on sonar...and a couple of times I was commenting to W on the walkie talkie when BAM. I think the larger fish are more solitary and cruise around by themselves. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We found fish all the way between the ramp and the bridge. But, the area straight out from the buoy by the fence produced several nice fish for each of us.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good luck. Say hi to the fambly.[/#0000ff]
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