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Sunday, May 23rd, 2004

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    Water Temp: warm, dunno fe

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: dead sea. fished all day, got 5 for two of us. best at 3, 2, and 1 with a few even dinkier. no topwater yet. down 20-45 ft.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: long casts, slow down. then slow down some more. blue/purp jigs. did i say slow down?

Tuesday, April 20th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished all day a few bites but to spooked.i tryed a couple of little coves but nothing was biteing some guys catched like one then nouthing i try around a few logs nouthing.
    City: Ione

    Tips: Go to lake amador mayby in june or july.

Friday, April 9th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out and sight fished all day. I spotted a ton of fry all over the lake. Spawn could be almost done because I did not see any mamas on beds and I checked the entire lake. Water was a little muddy. There was still some males hanging around the fry. Fish were spooky and darted off anytime a bait landed within 5 ft of them. I fished pretty hard and only managed 2 in the 3 lb range. Got both dragging weedless senkos but missed a couple splitting large power gulps. a lot of bassers out there today so the pressure was on.
    City: el dorado hills

Wednesday, April 7th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 63-68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had 3 trips sat/mon/tues,all three wanted (just to catch bass)size was not important so we splitshot,dropshot,brass&glass and pitched senkos from 0-18ft.Used roboworms,flash-trix,3.5 happy-hogs and 5in senkos.Most fish caught were in the 1.5-2.0 lb class with a couple that went 2.75 they came out of deeper water.If you want to go for BIG fish trow swimbaits basstrix,stocker trout,castaic the bigger the better 12in plus,until youre arm falls off!!!
    City: RV park at lake amador

    Tips: (Blue sky)tough bite,overcast days bass bite really turns on also when clouds cover the sun,pitch senkos right on shore and shallow stick ups next to deep water.

Friday, April 2nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 62-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The first day of the Anglers Choice Pro-Am was blown out by high winds so a few of us ran up to Amador for a turkey shoot from 9 to 3. WOW!! That little pond is flat out on fire! Several guys caught bass over 7 pounds and Bill Siemantel put on a swim bait clinic with 5 fish for over 30 pounds.

    My best fish went 3+ and came on a Senko pitched up next to a laydown tree. But I saw dozens of bucks on beds with 5 to 8 pound females cruising nearby. They will all be up on beds this week with the full moon. If you choose to fish those beds, please practice catch and release. As long as you release the fish quickly, they should just go right back to the bed.
    City: Fair Oaks

    Tips: Trout colored swimbaits fished slowly on prespawn/post spawn migration routes can deliver some great fun.

Wednesday, March 17th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 68-66-64 (4 pm

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good weather, lousy fishing. Fished from 4:30 pm - 11:30 pm. My friend and I each got one fish, biggest was 3+ pounds. We got very few bites - tried jigs, worms/lizards, soft jerkbaits, crankbaits, hard jerkbaits, topwater, swimbaits, and spinnerbaits. The crankbait bite was surprisingly dead. The spinnerbait produced the largest fish around 10 pm with the fish coming out of over 10 feet of water keeping spinnerbait in touch with the bottom.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: I think we were there (at night) on a bad moon phase. Until the 1st quarter - full moon, fish during the day, then try night fishing.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 60-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great day. Caught 16 bass, all shallow. Used white tubes, lizards and plastic worms. Some fish on the beds and others crusing the shore. Nothing big yet.
    City: Rancho Cordova

    Tips: Fish shallow and keep moving.

Saturday, March 13th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 62-67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Weather was beautiful. Sunny and in the 80's. Fished all over the lake. Should of been prime time bassin but all I got was one "bite" on my Husky Jerk, a follower to the boat on a modified brown/char. senko, and one 3 pounder on a witches-t in Donay Bay.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Not sure where they're at. Used Senkos, char. spinnerbait, brown/orange jig w/trailer, husky jerk, and a shad swim bait. Fished at night w/big ass black worms but no takers at night. Bring cash, Amador is up to $28 for two people to fish from a boat, day use only. Camping is an additional $20 a night.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, one hell of a slow day at Amador. For a lake constantly stocked with trout i couldnt believe how dead the lake was. I prefer bass fishing over trout anyday, but was taking some inexperienced guys from my church for a day of shore fishing for trout. Nobody caught anything, except for very few shore fisherman. Ended up catching one and finally got tired of trying for trout half way through the day and noticed a bunch of small bass sitting on the shoreline, so i gave up and whipped out the Spider Jig. Walked the shoreline around the small cove by the diner, caught 6 small bass, only a few keepers, but all my friends ended up catching one each themselves. Big waste of money fishing today and it was the busiest ive ever seen this lake. If you have a boat, i suggest go further up the lake and check out some of the bass holes. The bass are coming really shallow i caught all of mine in 3 foot of water or less. I was actually sight fishing for most of the fish i caught. I was thinking about taking a guided bass fishing trip on the lake, does anyone know a really good guide, if you do please let me know, and let me know what success you had with them.
    City: Rancho Cordova

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 51-54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Was out for a few hours in the late morning/early afternoon with Jon Vadney of San Jose. We were expecting nice weather, but was surprised to see clouds, wind and muddy water conditons. We graphed suspending fish in 45'-60' of water, but was not able to coax any of them to bite.
    City: Ione

    Tips: Wait for a few good days of weather, and the bass should really start to bite full speed in the shallows.

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched about 8:30 and went back to the river arm to ind alot o muddy water so came back to the main body and started ishing points like everybody else. Looked like everyone else was drop shotting so I thought I'd start working a darter with a minnow and got nailed by a 5.1# trout. Worked on around the bank and pulled out the spinner to hit another large trout. No bass today. Guess I need more practice on Amador, but @ $30 or 2 people to ish rom a boat(+ gas rom Stockton)...I'll have to stretch out my practice sessions.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: No tips here, I need some mysel

Sunday, February 22nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ished the bank today and ound 15 nice bass bustin on shad out by the dock...most were 2 1/2-4lbs but Justina did manage a nice solid 6lber on a green mini jig.used silver and white 1'' tubes and the amous ol white mini jig.Good day o ishing over all.well be on the boat soon just gotta inish the loors and some small stu, but at this rate were doing better then most on boats.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: ish seem to be gettin very active early this year, were ready or the pre spawn!

Saturday, February 21st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I ished Thur., starting about 9am. Went up Jackson to try the wall but it was very muddy as was Mountain Spings and Rock creek. Being a bright sunny day, I started looking deep on the main body and ound large schools o bass eeding on shad in 40 to 60 t. I caught about 40 ish with a proto type tail spinner,spooning(Duh spoon/key lime & morning dawn) and a ew on jigs bettween 11am and 2pm. Most were 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 lbs and a ew 3-4 lbs. I went back on Friday joined by my buddy Larry Hemphill and ound conditions very dierent, cloudy and light sprinkles. We had a ew hits on jig but they wouldn't pick it up. then we tried spooning but the bass were not chasing shad and very inactive. Larry had to leave about 2pm and I decided to ish more. About 4pm the wind changed and I noticed on my X15 that shad schools were starting to come up rom 60t and the bass were right behind them. I caught a dozen ish spooning in about an hour. Guess they igured they'd better eat beore dark.
    City: Sacramento

Monday, February 9th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, its sure changed rom last week. Caught a ew trout but really had to work or them. It was tough and nobody was doing very good. Also, threw the swimbaits or an hour or two with not as much as a ollow.
    City: Vacaville

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in the river arm. drop shotting a 4 1/2 robo worm caught a couple o decent ish. We were ishing in 30-45 t o water.overall ended up with 12 ish altogether.we also caught about a 4 pound trout as well.
    City: Discovery Bay

    Tips: stay in 45+ and ish slow. we were the only bass isherman on the lake. i you can avoid the trout isherman it makes or a good day.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 51.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We got to the lake at around 10:30 and went into Carson Arm and started dropshotting Roboworms in 15-25', the 3rd cast I elt a couple taps and set the hook on a 3lb Trout. About an hour later I elt another tap and up came another small Trout. DAAAAANG...is there any Bass in this lake! I started throwing a sinking Castaic swimbait and ater 20 minutes I got absolutely slammed in Mtn Springs but no hook up...my swimbait was mangled ater that. We dragged some jigs around or a while and had no luck. Went back to drop shot rigs and my partner and I ended up with 3 bass each up to 3 lbs. The bite seemed to pick up ater 3:30. A very slow day but still un to be out there. Watch out or the Trout isherman there! We had 3 boats trolling come right in between the points we were ishing and us. Absolutely no common sense or no respect...one o the two! Oh well, what are you going to do???
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Fish slow and be patient...bring a big swimbait to throw at the Trout isherman when the cut you o!

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, went up to the lake to do some bass ishing and never really got around to it. I only spent an hour or so chasing the bass rom shore. I ended my day with a 2 lb. bass, 6 trout in the 5 pound class, and countless smaller trout. I'm sure the bass are there but the trout were just too much un!
    City: Vacaville

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Make that 2/4/04 or that last report:)

Wednesday, January 21st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We got to the lake at about noon and ater dodging all the Trout isherman we made it to our irst point and I started throwing a hula grub, 2 casts into it I hooked into something real nice and I knew it was to good to be true. Up came a 3.8 lb. Trout! Move to the next point and started throwing a Rodstrainer jig and picked up a couple dinks. Started puttin along the bank while the guy who came with me soaked powerbait behind the boat...(thats the last time I ever let powerbait into my boat!) I was throwing a Lucky crat pointer in the Trout color and hooked into another toad or so I thought...up came another damn Trout. This one went 4.7 pounds and was 25" long, unbelivably skinny ish but put up a good ight. My buddy got 3 Trout just draggin power bait behind us and his biggest was a male that went 4.2. Well, I picked up a 4 more bass dropshottin in 45+ t o water and the bite turned o as the sun went down which surprized me. Not much o a bass report but they're out there i you wanna try hard enough and in the meantime hook into Trout while bass ishin!
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Slow Slow Slow Slow. These ish aren't very active at all and with the lake coming up as ast as it is, seems like they moved down to deeper water.

Sunday, January 4th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Not really bass ino, but news. Arrived around 9:30am. Trout were lively today but not really hungry. Took a while to convince them to get the hint and hit my jig:) I ended up leaving about 4:30 with a stringer totalling 23 lbs including two 8 lbers, and Sean had a total o 25 lbs including an 8 lber and a 6 lber.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Hitting white plastic and worms. No luck rom my end on the lures/spinners.