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Saturday, April 3rd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water @6am. The wind was howling ished Carson Cove had six ish by 8am. 2 on crankbaits 3 on worms and 1 on blades. all the ish were in the 13-15inch rangegot caught in the hailstorm and was o the water by noon.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: Chartruse crankbaits and 4" berkley powerworms.

Friday, March 26th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: put in at tuttle twn today. got kind o a late start, arrived about 8:30-9:00am. headed outto angle arm hit the irs point entering onthe let. brother pulled in a emale gorged with eggs. imeanwhile had to pull out a rats nest rom my baitcaster. pissed me o something terrible. nextish was across the channel boyh ish came o rocky points both were my brothers. he used asuspending shad pattrn huski,both ish while bait suspended 3t, they may have come up rom deeperwater.next we hit morman creek where my luck changed,i landed a nice ish useing a red lake motoroil super grub, moments later i landed another.3 o the 4 ish caught today were 2lbs give or take aew ounces. all in all not a bad day. i believe this weekend is going to produce alot o ish.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: ish r active. crankbait bite is greatly improving.water is stained in some areas.

Thursday, March 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ished the stick ups with chart.spinnerbait double willowlea. most ish came ater running into the stick up withbait. all 4 ish were males.alot o ish in 25-30 t,still in pre spawn mode.just wait a ew more days
    City: Valley Springs

    Tips: n/a

Monday, March 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: IN THE WATER BY 730 AM @ TUTTLE TOWN AND WENT TO THE ANGEL CREEK AREA. FISHED COVES ANDPOINTS TELL 1100AM STARTED OUT WITH SPINNERBAITS WHITE SHAD PATTERN HAD ONE SMALL FISH FOLLOW ABLADE AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE DAY. ROTATED PLASTICS AND JIGS THROUGH OUT THE DAY FISHING IN 20-10FEET OF WATER. ENDED THE DAY @ 100 PM IN MORMMON CREEK.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: n/a

Friday, March 19th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well here i am again. My brother and i put in at tuttle town thismorning and headed out to ish main body points with structure. i managed to land the 1st ish weighing in at 2lbs,i was throwing a weighted shad colored luke. the ish was a emale loaded with eggs.i hooked into the ish in about 15 t o water on top o the point,she took it on the all. on the same point my brother was throwing rip bait (huskie) shad color pattern letting the bait suspend at a depth o 3-4 t o water,he landed a 6lb bass. Unortunately the wind became to much to handle so we called it a day ater another hour o ishing with no results.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: n/a

Wednesday, March 17th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I put in at tuttle town this morning and headed in to mrman creek.ished the area 4 approx 45min to an hour.the results were dismal. Fished thelake all day with no results. On the upside the weather was terriic!!!!
    City: Modesto

    Tips: n/a

Sunday, March 14th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 54-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: me my wie and my brother put in at the tuttle town ramp. we arived at approx. 12:30pm. We started out ishing the main body o water hitting the points in deep water, throughing jigs, salt and pepper grubs and crank baits. these areas produced nothing. we decided to roll into morman creek. we hit the bank on the right that has an obvious structure change. the structure went rom allen brush to a big rock wall. my brother tossed in a brown jig with a yamamoto 180 blugill super grub trailer, he landed a nice 2lb bass. that day he managed to hit 3 o these ish all about two lbs. as or my wie and i we never got touched.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: ish in about 15-20 t o water. dont be araid to try the creek chanelsthe weather was severly over cast and chilly but not real cold.

Saturday, March 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished WON Bass Mother Lode Teams on Sat.Cold ronts pushed ish back into their deeper haunts. First Place team had 13.45 or 5 ish with a 6lb kicker.Fish were caught on jigs,plastics, and a ew blades but overall a slow day. Partner and I worked hard and only caught 3 all day. I think we stayed with our shallow pre-ish water too long. Oh well maybe next time.
    City: Sonnora

    Tips: 1/4 oz jigs brown and brown, baby hogs mojo rigged at 20-30 eet on steepwalls and main lake points.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main lake points with not much happening, moved to secondary points in coves throwing black and blue jig with Zoom trailer and caught one ish in the 7#class and one 3# with 3 more in the 2# class, this was ishing behind two boats that I igured were in a tourney with Won Bass going on at the same time. The ish all were caught in about 15' o o the points
    City: Sonora

    Tips: n/a

Wednesday, March 10th, 1999

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    Water Temp: low 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today at Margarita it was cold and windy with a storm on it's way down.I spent most o my time at the lake utzing with my new trolling motor, so thisisn't much o a ish report but Dean Ericson at Angler's Outpost was out ishingand did ok getting three bass on a crankbait with two small ones and one niceone at 4lb 13oz. Other people I talked to picked a couple o 3 pounders oncrankbaits as well. The county trout plant got postponed until the 23rd or 24thI can't remember which, and DFG planted last week so don't expect anything untilnext week around Thursday.
    City: Santa Margarita

    Tips: go or a deep diving shad colored rapala.

Monday, March 8th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 55+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We went ishing rom the shore at tuttle town, to the right side o theramp.At irst I tried some plastic worms, but nothing. then I tried the cranckbaitsand WOW! irst I landed a 2+lbs, then I landed a nice 8.1 Lbs. on a bright green deep diver. I was retrieving veryslow and stoping or a second, the ish just took o about 40 yards and startedto jump. ater about 15 minutes I got it close to shore and a guy who waswatching everything rom the begining helped me to get it out o the water.
    City: lathrop

    Tips: I was using bright colors, and retrieving slow.

Sunday, February 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished ro 1100 hrs. to 1600 hrs. and caught 6 ish averaging 2 lbs. Caught them on main lake points in20 to 30 t..
    City: Sonora

    Tips: 4" green/red laked worms splitshotting.

Saturday, February 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 10 ish or a total o 24 pounds. Beautiul ish! Four spots, six blacks ish came early morning 7' deep, just above hwy 49 bridge to 25-45 depp throughout remainder o day. Pre-spawn ish holding o spawning areas just inside coves o main lake.
    City: Escalon

    Tips: n/a

Friday, February 12th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Great day! Fished until noon, 5 largemouth, 1 smallmouth, 1 trout. All came o deep main lake points with deep cover. (30-50t). Big bass was 4lb 6oz.
    City: Pine Grove

    Tips: Use small plastics and ish SLOW.

Thursday, January 21st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I caught ive keepers up in anglers cove. I was useing a Carolnia rig with a chartruse hook. Good luck.
    City: Sonora

    Tips: n/a

Friday, January 1st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Cold, gray, windy, oggy. Great or ishing! As soon as it burned o at about 10:00am, our bite turned o. Beore then, I caught 3 bass (spots & large, 3lbs 10oz total weight) and two trout. All ish came o o submerged islands, or steep main lake points (30-50 t deep) with cover.Trout anglers seemed to be tearing it up that day....
    City: Pine Grove

    Tips: n/a

Saturday, November 14th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 57-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Don't waste your time ishing or bass. Results or the day = 6 boats, 1 bass at 1.65lbs. I knew we were in or a tough day when even the local bass boaters were trolling or trout. Noticed several injured shad on the surace. Bass must be so ull o shad they have little interest in anything else.
    City: n/a

    Tips: n/a

Sunday, August 23rd, 1998

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    Water Temp: 82

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Second trip in 3 days. The tougher it gets the more we go.Friday night caught 5 ish between two o us. Largest a 3.3 on a white buzz. Others came on 7" worms. Sunday night ished rom 4pm until 8:30 and only managed 3 ish. All on carolina rigs at 25-30eet on main lake points. Anybody nailing em out here ? Need help ! Is spooning in vogue?
    City: Sonora

Monday, August 17th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I may be learning something. Caught my irst ish at new Melones. Started ishing at 7:30 in one o the small coves at the southeastern end o the lake. Tryed crank, spinners and plastic worms at various times.Caught small bass 9in. or so with crank in about 10 eet o water by casting toward bank and then retreiving away rom bank. I was impressed that such a small ish attacked such a large lure.
    City: Sonora

Friday, August 7th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched boat at 6:00am just as the sun started up behind the mountains.Crossed the lake and trolled south end rom cove above damdown to Long gulch cove. Used plastic worm and trolled with leaded lineand electric trolling motor.Quit at 10:00am when temperature reached 85 degrees and called it a daywith no ish.Didn't see anyone with catching ish.
    City: Sonora