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Wednesday, April 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: With ino. that the ishing was good on the 23rd and a good moon cycle, I headed up to Amador or the Big One. Started about 8pm and ished hard. Finally about midnight, swimming a 10" power worm, I boated my irst Amador 10 pounder. Unortunately, it had whiskers. I guess with a little ront coming through, a bit o cloud cover and water temp dropping, the bass said "not tonight" Fished till about 2:30am, not a bass bite all night. Caught a couple o huge crappie in 25' o water on a rocky point split shottin' 3" shad grub. Long drive home at 3am w/no bass!
    City: Lotus

    Tips: Nope!

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: From 3PM to 8PM I caught several nice ish. Useing a Chart. Duh jig, chart. Basstrix JP shad and a 5" shad colored sinko. My best 5 went 10/4,9/13,8/9,7/2 and 3/6. I lost a big one just beore dark that would have made a much better total but I'm not dissapointed. The ish are busting shad all over the lake.
    City: Sac.

Thursday, April 11th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched my boat at Ladd's about 7 a.m. and headed or Middle River. Started with a Senko and had our little guys in the irst hour. Then switched to a baby brush hog in the weeds and had about the same success. On to a white spinner bait and the quality increased. A 3.2, 3.6, 5.0, 5.1.. The wind was howling and making things miserable so I moved to the protected side o the tules and went right down the line tossing a senko into the gaps. It was hard to keep the senko rom being blown around by the bow in my line caused by the wind, but it didn't seem to bother the ish. In the next couple o hours I boated six more ish, the three best went 6.8, 7.0, and 7.1. That's the heaviest 5 ish I've ever put together, 31 lbs. What a thrill. None o these emales had spawned yet.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: The largest ish were taken right next to deep water, 12 to 15 t.

Saturday, April 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with two clients on Friday morning, and another client at night. The three o us started about 7:30 am on a very cloudy and breezy morning. We started in Mountain Spring arm and I was trying a Weapon jig, while clients were using a Berkley Pulse Worm and the other a Senko. In about 10 minutes I hooked a nice 5 1/2 pounder in a bush. She might have already spawned. So we thought the jig bite would be good - it wasn't! The pulse worm produced three bass or one client up to 2 3/4 lbs. Ater some breakast, we tried to sight ish a bit, but only saw one big ish and she took o. In the aternoon, the sun came out or about an hour, and they were able to sight ish some 2 1/2 lb males. It was un, and we put them right back. Those males were chasing anything that moved!! Fun to watch!! We used chartreuse lizards and Senkos. We wound up with 9 bass, but only one nice size one. The night trip was a dierent story. The water wasn't able to warm up with the threat o rain (it didn't - thank goodness), and I think it hurt the night bite. The ront cleared out about 9 pm and the air temp dropped - a ormula or ailure. It turned out to be a damp, cool night, with heavy air. One nice thing - no east breeze! My client was ishing heavier equipment or the irst time and did well, catching three bass in our irst hour beore dark. Ater dark, as only can happen at Amador, the bite TOTALLY died. Even the spawning males wouldn't hit. Ater some good trips there recently, this was hard on me!! We ending at the dam and he caught another 2 pound bass and then his irst Warmouth bass - and it was a beauty. He was excited to catch something new. I believe he had 8 or 9 total bite during the trip, and I had one. I always have to chuckle when I hear olks say that guides sometimes catch all the ish. Not only is that not true, sometimes they catch none!!! I'm sure he was a pretty happy ella driving home on a tough night saying, "Well, I showed Hemphill how to do it!". And I couldn't be happier - I'm so glad he got the action - he was doing something better than I was. I had him ishing the junebug Dead Ringer 8" worm, and again, it worked well at Amador. I stuck with the jig most o the night - no cigar this time! Last trip, I caught all my quality ish on a jig - go igure!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I think timing is very important in the spring - i you can ish during a string a warm days - ish will move on the beds. The cool weather will move them o sometimes. Try brown or black baits i the water is clear, but use white or chartreuse baits or sight ishing i the water is dingy - and some o it is, especially in Cat Cove. Topwater did now work or us - probably was too cool.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started about 3PM,with the trolling motor on high,took a look around at all the beds. Saw a lot o bass on or near beds, one was huge. The bigger ish were partial to the brush, very wise. Just beore dark I caught an 8 1/2 lb.bass on a purple magic Duh jig w/mad man craw in 25 t. up in Jackson, also had several more hits. I caught several more 4-5lb. bass on the same bait, mostly on steep rock walls, anywhere rom 1 to 20 t. Can't wait to go back and try something dierent, noticed a lot o suspended ish, should have tried a crankbait or spinnerbait.
    City: Sac.

Sunday, March 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I WAS TO SMART TO GO OVER THE SERRIAS. MY DIE HARD FISHING BUDDY MADE IT. WHILE I WATCHED GOLF HE KICKED BUTT. FISH ARE HOLDING ON MOST OF THE NESTS. LADIES ARE ABOUT 10 MONTHS PG. LOOK FOR GREAT ACTION FOR BED FISHERMEN BY THIS WEEKEND. LAST WEEK WATER LEVEL HAD DROPPED CAUSING MANY BUCKS TO LEAVE WHAT NESTS THEY HAD STARTED. BUT THEY ARE REALLY FLAPPING THEIR TAILS TO GET THE PRETTY LADIES INTO THEIR BEDS. SOME MACHO MEAT GUYS ARE HOLDING FEMALES. WISH SOMEONE WOULD EDUCATE THEM AND INTRODUCE THE TO TROUT.
    City: WELLINGTON,NV

    Tips: BENT THEM OUT OF SHAPE, GET THEM TO JUMP YOUR JIG, FIGHT 'EM, TOSS THEM BACK, COLLASPE AS YOUR HANDS SHAKE AND THANK THE BASS GOD FOR SUCH AN EXPERIENCE.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake about 11a.m. and threw everything in my box or an hour or so. (waste o time) Decided to go in close and hunt or beds. Pleanty o beds but ew with ish "Locked On" Worked the biggest ones I could ind (couldn't ind the big-uns) cought 5 in the 31/2 to 5 lb. range. Averaged about 20 mins. per ish. A couple o trouters in 28 t. Runabouts decided to race in and out o all the coves about 3pm and pretty much blew the lake out or sight ishin' and my luck.
    City: Lotus

    Tips: Piss em o, Beat em up, Catch em, PUT THEM BACK!

Tuesday, March 19th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish the 21st Annual Fairield/Suisun Bass Reapers Open.On Beryessa April 13, 2002Entry ee $100 includes $20 Big Fish Pool per team. 80% pay back, yes 80% pay back to 20% o ield.Great rael and un. For more ino go to our main web page http://www.geocities.com/bassreapers, Once on the site click on "The Bass Reapers 21st Annual Open Team Tournament" . This will take you to a print orm or the open tournament.
    City: Fairield

Sunday, March 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to Amador at about 7am. Figures I'd go ishing on the coldest day o the week! Rained hal the day. Cold, cold wind. (ouch!) I threw everything I had. Nuthin! I had been there 2 weeks prior and caught a ew pre-spawners in about 10t o water adjacent to beds using Senkos, Baby brush Hogs, and Flukes. That deinitley was not working this day. According to the pictures they have at the lodge, there had been SEVERAL big hogs caught ranging rom 8-11 lbs caught the irst 2 weeks o Feb. I'll try again next weekend.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: All Amador needs is a couple o warm days to set it o. It's just too bad you have to pay $24 or the CHANCE to be there when it does!

Friday, March 15th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake around noon, with a good wind gust and air temps being a little cold. But that wasnt the story with the bass ishing. Tubed the carson arm all the way back to the launch ramp, and caught all o my ish in exactly the majical ten eet o water with an orange viper jig and a yamamto twin tail grub trailer. Got a total o 6 three pounders, 3 under two pounds, and the kicker a ten pounder right by those trees to the let o the launch ramp(got pictures to prove it & ive trout ishermens witnessed it.) She put up a good ight and had a belly ull o eggs, and was released to do her thing. Get out there and get em.
    City: san jose

    Tips: Viper Jig was working in ten eet o water, with the 10lber in less than 5t.

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    Water Temp: 56-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on Friday with my buddy Ryen Goering to see i Amador was starting to turn on. We knew the bite would be somewhat tough, but were hoping a ew would be up and willing to bite. I hit a nice 2 1/2 pounder irst thing on a brush hog in about 10 eet o water. We trucked around the shoreline or a while looking or early bed ish and did see a couple, but they weren't really locked on yet. While Ryen was looking up shallow I was throwing plastics ahead o the boat and hit one close to 3 pounds on a Yama-grub. About 2 casts later I set the hook on another nice ish in 3 or 4 eet o water and it started ripping out to deep water. When I inally got it to the boat I saw that I had hooked one o those super charged cutbows. She went just under 5#'s and right into the ice box. Around 10 am we were surprised to see a couple bed ish that were locked on and willing to play along. We had to work em a little bit, but inally got both o them to strike. They both went 2 1/2 pounds or so and went right back to their beds when we put them back. What a pretty sight. By 1 o'clock we had landed 10 bass to 3 pounds, with 5 o them coming o beds. Pretty shocked to see them locked on in the cold weather, but I guess they have to get busy some time. We ound 7 ish on beds and hooked 5 o them. Not bad. Around 1:30, Ryen's boat decided to go south on us and we ended up having to use the trolling motor to get back to the launch. Made the most o it by trolling and hit 2 more nice cutbows (2 1/2 and 3 1/2 pounds) and 1 nice crappie. Wound up with 10 bass. Not a bad bass day considering we only got to ish until 1:30.
    City: roseville

    Tips: Amador is just looking or a reason to bust loose. All we need is a typical week o March weather and she should really turn on. This is the one time o year when it's worth the $24 to launch. All bass were caught on light colored plastics and jigs. The non-bed ish were hooked in 8-10 eet o water.

Wednesday, March 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished Amador Wednesday rom noon 'til about 9 pm, with a one hour dinner break. I caught 11 bass total, with only 3 beore the last hal hour o dark. They ell or the same jig combo that Rick Tietz was using in the previous report. Since it clouded up in the aternoon, I think it might have shut down the larger bass and those three only weighed 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 lbs. I didn't get into the good ish he and Janet did. Near dark I switched to a 1/2 oz brown/orange Rodstainer jig with a 6" double tail #180 Yamamoto grub. Bingo!! Within 10 minutes I landed a 3 3/4, a 4, and a 4 1/4 - about 25 eet deep. They had moved deeper without the sun - just as I had thought!! These were caught in Jackson Creek. Ater dark, I switched to my 3/8 oz Rattlin' Weapon Jig and tried a "honey hole". The "honeys" were home!! Started out with a 4 1/2, ollowed two minutes by my biggest o the trip - a 6-7! Ended up there with a 3 1/2. There was a warm, light rain alling with no wind at the time - perect. I caught a ew more on main lake points about 20 eet deep - all in the 3 1/4 to 4 1/4 pound class. I think this is the most 4 pound class bass I have ever caught in a row at Amador. Nothing smaller or bigger except the 6-7. No complaints rom me. My limit was 22 1/4 lbs, a little better than the 20 1/2 lb limit on the previous trip. These bass were eeding - the jig hits were just like the all, and I had to dig the jigs out o the back o their mouths. Around 8:30 the rain stoped or the time and the wind started rom the east and the temp dropped immediately and the bite stopped just as quick. Never got another bite - are these bass "in tune", or what!! There were about 60 rigs when I got there, and o course, I was the last one to leave. Two o my riends couldn't joint me, so I had a great time landing all these nice bass by mysel. I wasn't even lonely!!!!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I agree that purple, or purple/blue/black jigs are working well during the daylight hours. Brown/orange will work too, as will black/red. Jigs needed to be worked slow. I tried Senkos, but I think the ish were a bit deep on Wed. Look or the warmest water you can ind.

Monday, March 4th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Im sorry i i oend any hardcore bass isherman on this site but im looking or some trout and have never ished Amador beore. Ive heard troll close to shore and all that but am looking more or tips on types o lures, colors and stu like that. As or the bassin' im looking orward to a summer night ishing expidition since ive never done that but hear its intense! Now im not askin or someones hot spot or anything, just a start is all. Feel ree to e-mail me with tips to keep things conidential i you'd like.....thanks in advance! Jason
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Take a kid ishing, at least you know where they are at and what they are doing and who they are with!

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started about 2pm, ished till sundown. Fishing backs o creek channels in 6-12t. My best 5 were 4-6 lbs. all on a 1/4oz.Purple Magic Duh jig w/4" Junebug Mad Man trailer.Janet caught 3 nice ish 1 1/2 to 3 lbs on a sour grape Brush Hog. We both missed several bites.
    City: Sac.

    Tips: Purple, Purple, Purple !!!

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    Water Temp: 55' - 61'F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well Ladies and Catchermen. The time is near. The Catchermen Trio Kevin, Chris and mysel, hit the water at about 7:45 am. Headed over to the Mountain Spring arm and started throwing jigs and worms and bass assassins. I picked up a nice 4 lb trout on a ox blood plastic worm. Ya a plastic worm. Three casts later a nice 2.5 lb spot. I thought it was gonna be on. Over the next 5 hours we caught only 3 more ish. Chris got on the board witha 2lb Lg mouth and a smaller lg mouth. I caught one more dink. Kevin had the big O. He was gettin a little rustrated. Then at about 3:30 the bite just went crazy. We caught 20 more ish between 3:30 and 6:00. We couldn't miss. All the ish seemed to be in the range o 3-10 o water. Kevin ended up with 12 ish. Not bad or getting skunked or 10 hours o the 12 hour day. It was a great day or all. A lot o boats but didn't see any other boats pulling anything in. Just trouters. I know we had a blast. Just want to shout out a " ish on " to my pops in Montana. Wish you were here.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Work the shorelines rom 3-10 t o water. The late bite was the best bite o the day. Using Jigs and worms, bouncing o the rocky point and in the channels. Good Luck

Friday, March 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went loat tubing saturday on water at 3:30 o at 8:30 ish were very active.Caught 9 ish in the 1 1/2 lb to 4 1/2 lb range best 5 would go 16 lbs no monsters but alot o action as we missed as many as we caught. Fish were caught on 7 1/2 inch worms beore dark and 10 inch ater dark.nothing on jigs.We would have caught more but did not want to stay during that ater dark lull till they start bitting again. Any suggestions (would be greatly apreciated) on that ater dark lull, ishing usually dies until 11 pm them turns on again,I've haven't yet developed a good pattern or that time period except to ish very deep.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: worms small and dark. they are very lite biting just a slight weight dierence when you move your worm.smaller ish at 10tor less lager ish caught in 15-20 t. Ater the sun goes down dam it was cold (could have something to do with the ish shutting o though )

Sunday, February 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53&warming

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The Bass are starting to move into the creek channels and they are hungry. Jigs are working well in 10-40 t. Nothing really big yet, but several 3-7lb. are common.Now is the best time or a Trophy so don't just sit around watching TV,the Olimpics are over.
    City: Sacramento

Wednesday, February 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good ishing on the northern side or trout. Excellent on the eastern side o the lake with very little snags. Don't go there during october, november, and december, it is very slow, extremely slow.The southern side has some hot spots but be careul where you cast,as you might catch some weeds. Trolling is excellent ollowing a northeast to southwest direction, at a very slow pace.Bass begin to come out in ebruary and ive-pounders are not uncommon.Be sure to bring a good dependable baitcasting rod and reel,and a dependable spinnerbait rod and reel.
    City: Galt

    Tips: Kastmasters seem to be working pretty good, especially roostertails or trout.Rapalas,SPROs, yo-zuri's,and megabaits seem to be eective and deadly or bass. PINNACLE is tha' bomb. CHELSHAM AVE.

Friday, February 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED FROM ABOUT 0900 UNTIL 1500. ZEROED ON BASS. TRIED SPINNER BAITS REAL SLOW. SMALL WORMS/LIZARDS DOWN TO 35 FEET. WENT BACK INTO BACK AND TRIED THE WALL. STARTED CATCHING LARGE TROUT ON REPALAS. OF COURSE NO NET SO HOOK UPS WERE MANY AND "IN THE BOAT" FEW.

    Tips: WAIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS

Tuesday, January 29th, 2002

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    Water Temp: cool

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I went on a rare rom the bank type ishing trip.The only reason I did not take out the nitro was a small radiator leak on my truck can ruin a good day.Once a year I get my nephew and take him to boat show, so I decided it was time to take him to the meator capitol once nown anbasstic now called slammador or trout.I was shocked at $$$22.00 or two people rom the muddy bank'sheck he is 9 years old ull price or kids too!!!! any way the lake was slow all over the one day we go the most any one caught was 3 ish that we saw and we moved around..caught 2 ish rom 6 am to noon no bites on power bait????? where was I did not eel like amador that day maybee og held ish down.. but what is it to launch now?? 45$$$$22.00 rom the bank pete sake cant take a kid there to oten.. So beware to ill your wallet ater 21 years o ishing there it is getting to be a bit much or a little crowded lake..Send them back to pardee or where ever these people came rom..Give us our bass lake back or maybee cut us a brake in the summer months on price we only catch and release...
    City: sacto

    Tips: love this lake but not sure o its aordabillity..see ya when the water warms