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Sunday, September 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I ished my avorite lake Thursday or about 6 hours, and a riend and I ished at night or about 5 hours. I landed 4 bass during the day and we landed 4 at night. Like Rick said, it was good and bad. About 6 pm I careully chose what crankbait I would try - a shad-colored large at-ree shad. The FIRST cast produced a beautiul 6 pounder. Good choice I thought!!!! Didn't catch another ish cranking. About 6:30 I saw some huge marks on my new Lowrance X-15 and threw a Weapon Jig with Madman craw trailer to 'em! Three casts later - thunk!! I thought I set real hard, but I guess not, as a 9 to 11 pounder jumps and spits the jig! So that was the good, bad, and ugly o it!!! Our night ish were 1 1/4 to 2 1/2 lbs, caught on worms. I ished Friday morning or a ew hours, and caught a 4-1 and a 2-12 on the Weapon jig. Both were shallow. I missed another large ish about 11 am, and decided to take my tired body home!! Caught ish all over the lake.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Bite is really slow, but quality can be good i you are lucky. The shad are deep, and so are a lot o the bass. I think deep-diving crankbaits will become increasing eective in the weeks to come.

Thursday, September 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 13 hrs rom 4:30 pm till 5:30 am. Fishing was real bad and real good at the same time. Only got 3 ish, two 2 pounders and an 8.7 at 2:30 am. Missed one good ish. All ish came on jigs in 5'-20' o water. Probably went 5 hours without a bite beore getting the 8.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Use worms in the still prevalent weeds and jigs otherwise. Main lake points seemed better than in the coves.

Sunday, September 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Amador Friday night rom 10pm to 7am. Man was it tough. Hit all my honey holes at all the right times but came up empty. I used blades, big worms, brush hogs, 6" worms, dead ringers, and lizards. Only got bit 5 times. I put 2 in the boat. Fished hal the night in 3 to 15 eet o water and never got bit. So moved out to 20 to 30 and inally got some bites. I should have cranked a little but I did not want to mess with the moss. Fish started eeding on top when the sun came up but they were mostly dinks. Didn't bother even tying on a popper. The lake has dropped about 10 eet since last month. Had an excellent breakast at the lodge.
    City: turlock

    Tips: Can't wait til October

Saturday, September 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Just a quick report about a trip to Amador last Thurs late aternoon till about 1 am. Fishing was slow overall, but the ellow I was with caught a nice 7 pounder on a black/chartreuse worm just ater dark in the main body. The ish was only about 15 eet deep. He also caught a 5 1/2 on a blade about midnight in 25 eet o water. He got a small bass on a worm. I cranked one about 1 3/4 lbs beore dark, and caught another small one one a worm. The night bite is kind o slow overall.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Blades are working some - he lost a nice 3 1/2 beore dark. The worm bite seems to be best at night, though jigs are working o and on.

Wednesday, August 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I ished Amador twice this past week with my good riend Rick Tietz - in his boat - since I am boatless until my new Ranger 520 is ready next week. I was going to post about our trip last Wed, but had no time. We did airly well, landing eight to 6 1/4 lbs. The jig bite was good at night - we started at 11 pm. We didn't do as well as some o the tournament olks did the previous Sat night, and it wasn't my ault, 'cause I was in the boat o the guy who inished ourth!!!! He said it was amazing how the night bite slowed each night as we got away rom the ull moon. The ish started eeding more during the day. That was most evident when we ished last night, starting about 7 pm. Small bass were working shad and big bass were working small bass! They were not interested in anything we threw at them.! We missed about our beore dark and ound little or no activity ater dark. Rick landed one about 2 3/4 lbs on an 11 inch worm. We missed several and then quit about 1 am or a nap. By the way, no jig bite at all, and they had been hot the previous trip! Though Rick said ishing had been better the night beore, it was DEAD last night. We even thought about not bothering about the morning bite. Glad we didn't get past the thought process!!! We were on the lake again at 5 am - I was throwing 10" black Power Worms, and Rick was using some ugly 11" black worm. About 6:02 am he grunts on the hookset and we soon have a 9-2 in the boat rom a lat near Big Bay. We were only going to ish awhile longer, so I suggested we try a point in the main body. The sun was already on the water and I thought my chance or a big 'un might be over. But the Power Worm didn't let me down - elt a SLIGHT tick-tick - bluegill-like hit, but set anyway. No bluegill - just an 8-9 largemouth - WOW! That was about 6:55 am. We started dragging our worms in 25-30 eet o water near the point, and at 7:10 Rick sets - and SNAPS his lippin' stik - AT THE REEL. He had about 4 inches o rod let. What a sight - he's reeling like mad - holding just a reel, as his lippin' stik disappears under the water. I tried not to laugh - but it really looked unny!!! We had a happy ending as I netted a shortened lippin' stick with a 9 lb 11 oz toad trying to eat the tip o the rod! What an hour - three bites in the boat or around 27 1/2 lbs. Is Amador back???
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: As I have said many time on my posts, timing is everything. When ishing or big bass, you simply have to try to igure out when they might eed, and oer them a healthy meal (lure)! At Clear Lake, Amador, and the delta, the 10" Berkley Power Worm is a proven winner. Several colors work good, but black is basic - day and night!!!! Obviously, other black worms work too. We were working the worms ultra slow - deadsticking much o the time. We also use Smelly Jelly (crawish) smeared all over the baits. We love to ish lats (i you can ind them without weeds) in about 20-30 eet o water near walls or points. Those are prime summer and all eeding areas at Amador. Try to ine the hard, or rocky bottoms - big bass love those areas.

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I ished Amador twice this past week with my good riend Rick Tietz - in his boat - since I am boatless until my new Ranger 520 is ready next week. I was going to post about our trip last Wed, but had no time. We did airly well, landing eight to 6 1/4 lbs. The jig bite was good at night - we started at 11 pm. We didn't do as well as some o the tournament olks did the previous Sat night, and it wasn't my ault, 'cause I was in the boat o the guy who inished ourth!!!! He said it was amazing how the night bite slowed each night as we got away rom the ull moon. The ish started eeding more during the day. That was most evident when we ished last night, starting about 7 pm. Small bass were working shad and big bass were working small bass! They were not interested in anything we threw at them.! We missed about our beore dark and ound little or no activity ater dark. Rick landed one about 2 3/4 lbs on an 11 inch worm. We missed several and then quit about 1 am or a nap. By the way, no jig bite at all, and they had been hot the previous trip! Though Rick said ishing had been better the night beore, it was DEAD last night. We even thought about not bothering about the morning bite. Glad we didn't get past the thought process!!! We were on the lake again at 5 am - I was throwing 10" black Power Worms, and Rick was using some ugly 11" black worm. About 6:02 am he grunts on the hookset and we soon have a 9-2 in the boat rom a lat near Big Bay. We were only going to ish awhile longer, so I suggested we try a point in the main body. The sun was already on the water and I thought my chance or a big 'un might be over. But the Power Worm didn't let me down - elt a SLIGHT tick-tick - bluegill-like hit, but set anyway. No bluegill - just an 8-9 largemouth - WOW! That was about 6:55 am. We started dragging our worms in 25-30 eet o water near the point, and at 7:10 Rick sets - and SNAPS his lippin' stik - AT THE REEL. He had about 4 inches o rod let. What a sight - he's reeling like mad - holding just a reel, as his lippin' stik disappears under the water. I tried not to laugh - but it really looked unny!!! We had a happy ending as I netted a shortened lippin' stick with a 9 lb 11 oz toad trying to eat the tip o the rod! What an hour - three bites in the boat or around 27 1/2 lbs. Is Amador back???
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: As I have said many time on my posts, timing is everything. When ishing or big bass, you simply have to try to igure out when they might eed, and oer them a healthy meal (lure)! At Clear Lake, Amador, and the delta, the 10" Berkley Power Worm is a proven winner. Several colors work good, but black is basic - day and night!!!! Obviously, other black worms work too. We were working the worms ultra slow - deadsticking much o the time. We also use Smelly Jelly (crawish) smeared all over the baits. We love to ish lats (i you can ind them without weeds) in about 20-30 eet o water near walls or points. Those are prime summer and all eeding areas at Amador. Try to ine the hard, or rocky bottoms - big bass love those areas.

Friday, August 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went tubing with my wie riday night.not as good as last trip but still ok caught 15 ish no toads but around a 3lb average. when moon lite up the lake we ished the shadows,ish were tight on the bank, but in the moonlight all ish came at10 to 25 eet.no bait preerance, worms or lizards
    City: tracy

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    Water Temp: 76-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What a trip! Got to the lake about 6:00pm and started out up the lake. Fished drop shot, cranks, rip baits with no luck. Threw a senko in the weeds--no luck. Finally got one about 8:45pm on a topwater on a gentle sloping point. Good ish, about 2 1/2 lbs. Nothing ater that ish on the topwater bite. Started wormin about 9:15 or so. Then BAM! nailed a 10+ on a 6" worm. Had another 4 bites--brought 3 in the boat. Nada ater 12am. The weeeds sucked, but we ound a little secret. I still love this place!!!
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: I have to thank Mr. Jon Walton or his tips and strategy. Without his help, we probably would have been skunked! Jon, my hat is o to you!!! Thanks again!!!

Monday, July 23rd, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I agree totally, Don. Maybe I everybody who leaves reports here complains, something could get done. I dont think that it will just take one call. I am willing to call.
    City: turlock

Saturday, July 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My wie and I loat tube here regularly, and yes the wweds are very bad this year but you just need to adjust your style o ishing. For years we would alwys use 10-12" worms and do very well.but with these conditions we have ound that by gioing snall we are able to ish through the weeds very well and have had some terriic nights on the lake,the night o those 2 turneys we had 7ish or 15lbs last -night we had a7,6.5,5,4.5,3,3,3,and aboutsix others so just adjust there are still there.ps I get charged 2bucks or each loat tube to launch ?????
    City: tracy

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    Water Temp: 79-82

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was the guy that talked to a couple o the night tourney isherman rom the Friday nite "un est" and they were so right on the act that there was no reaction bite at all. I also agree that the weeds are completely out o control and ater trying every area and getting only a ew line stretchers on throwing a wacky rigged Senko, we inally called it a day around 2PM. I'm still waiting to see i the second mortgage on the homestead has been approved so I can pay to launch there again in the uture. They charge way too much and should consider adjusting the rates when the water gets as low and weeded as it is now. No good news to report or day trips but it appears the real bite is being reserved or night ishing.
    City: Wheatland

Friday, July 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Basin Bassmaster Club tourney on Fri. night-Sat morning. I would like to say we killed em, but it was pretty much a tough night. I know the ish are there, but the weeds in Amador are so thick. I'm not talking about the usual weed build up on the rocks in the coves, but thick weeds extending o the shoreline. These weeds are now covering at least 85% o the shoreline. This took away the spinnerbait and crankbait bite. I can usually get a limit in less than 2 hours by throwing worms, blades or crankbaits up in about 6 inches o water and then either crawling the plastic out or slow rolling the blade and crankbait. All the ish we did get were up in the irst 5 eet o water, so I know they were shallow. The problem was the weeds extended out into 15 eet o water and the ish were not in the deep water. My partner and I ended up with 10 pounds or so and the winning weight was just over 20 pounds. The winners said they got there ish by inding the ew places where you could get a worm in behind the weeds. While nobody got into goo numbers o ish, there were 4 5+ pounders weighed in.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: I am tempted to call the lake owner (Bob Lockhart) and putting in a complaint about the extreme weed growth. I think it's time to do a little spraying and clear out some o that crap. Believe me, I don't like the idea putting any chemicals in the water, but the weeds are out o control. They charge way too much money to sit out there and struggle to even ind a good place to get some decent bassin' in. I mean, isn't one o the main reasons or night basin' so you don't have to ish in 25 eet o water.

Friday, July 6th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My 13 year old son and I ished Amador Friday nite started about 7:30 pmWe started with crank baits or about 45 minutes and nothing, he switched to a top water and still nothing. I tried a senko and about the 4th cast had a bass hit the senko as soon as it hit the water and almost pulled rod out o my hands as I wasn't paying real close attention! I caught another shortly and my son swithced to senkos. We ished to about 1:00a and caught about 20, he caught the biggest slightly over 3 lbs! We had a great time and my son wants to go again this week! It was a great nite even i the moon did not come out rom the clouds!
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Fish were in the weeds shallow, just toss the senko in there and have un.

Sunday, July 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My pal steve and i are out on a 2 week ishing spree and i cant tell you how many ish weve caught. We dont even have a boat! weve been to camanche pardee mclure don pedro and new hogans they were all pretty good ishin but amador took the cake. we caught almost 41 ish altogether in 2 days at amador. weve been using crank baits. I was using a number o varietys o the colors my personal avorites been the typical shad and a darker orange and brown. My buddy steve was using a chartruese broken back. we were using some sumo rogs caught a ew 1-2 lbers. All together biggest ish has been a 10 lber out o pardee 2nd was an 8 pounder out o amador 3rd 4th and 5th largest all out o camanche.
    City: stockton

    Tips: I recomend crank baits shad immitations broken back have BEEN THE BEST caught all the big ones o o a broken back

Wednesday, June 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 77cloudy

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I had to laugh at the report about inally eeling like you got your moneys worth. The ew times i ished out here this year it has not been to good or me. I also ish at the wrong time o the day alot because o amily stu, but still not very good. Today was dierent and i got my moneys worth. At least my girlriend did. I igured with the weather the ishing would be good. We started o with 12" black and junebug worms in 10 minutes she hooks a 3lber. I presided to lose a couple o good ish on the black worms somehow i ended up with scales on my hook on one o them. Felt like a heavy ish too. Started to ish senkos and i caught a dink. My signiicant other landed three others two were 3lbers and one was a 4lber. That was all, but all were quality ish. Except mine anyway. No topwater. That suprised me a little with the cloud cover. We saw some ish busting shad, but they weren't very big. The worms worked coming out o the weedline. The senkos worked on the inside o the weedline. The ish were all airly shallow nothing outside o 15 eet. I tried deeper but no luck.
    City: El Dorado Hills

    Tips: The senkos worked better than the worms at least in the aternoon. Smoke was the color. good luck.

Tuesday, June 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78 Cloudy

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Whoa son, the ishin was great. Caught atleast thirty bass biggest just a little over 4lbs. Just about everything was working as the bass were ound schooling working the shad up and down the bank.

    Tips: Focus on the main points and matching the hatch as the local boys say to do.

Friday, June 22nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 80-82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My son Austin and I started ishing points and small pockets in the jackson creek area.had acouple o blow ups on a sumo rog.then ished the mud line and caught a 3lber on a berkely 12" worm in blue leck.moved to the south side o the creek caught a 4lber on that worm.ished all the main lake point that night without much action .caught three bass on a black compeditive edge spinnerbait on only one certain point by the spillway.all those were rom a 1.6lbs to 2.8lb At irst light had a couple o blow ups on a persader buzzbait in white and caught two by the bout ramp they where 2lbers. Good ishing Paul and his boys!
    City: Elk Grove C A

    Tips: Fishing the mud line or the outside weed line with the big worms worked best.Also the weedy pockets with a rog or rat,provided some strikes.In the morning all my blow ups on a buzzbait where on the inside weedline Also Iwish the olks at lakr amador would rethink their priceing My boys are 5,7,and 8 and I don`t think I should have too pay a extra FISHING PER DAY PERSON at their age,maybe a discount rate or kids lets keep them ishing and not dad broke! But I guess i i don`t like it i can go elsewhere i i

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    Water Temp: 80-82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My son Austin and I started ishing points and small pockets in the jackson creek area.had acouple o blow ups on a sumo rog.then ished the mud line and caught a 3lber on a berkely 12" worm in blue leck.moved to the south side o the creek caught a 4lber on that worm.ished all the main lake point that night without much action .caught three bass on a black compeditive edge spinnerbait on only one certain point by the spillway.all those were rom a 1.6lbs to 2.8lb At irst light had a couple o blow ups on a persader buzzbait in white and caught two by the bout ramp they where 2lbers. Good ishing Paul and his boys!
    City: Elk Grove C A

    Tips: Fishing the mud line or the outside weed line with the big worms worked best.Also the weedy pockets with a rog or rat,provided some strikes.In the morning all my blow ups on a buzzbait where on the inside weedline Also Iwish the olks at lakr amador would rethink their priceing My boys are 5,7,and 8 and I don`t think I should have too pay a extra FISHING PER DAY PERSON at their age,maybe a discount rate or kids lets keep them ishing and not dad broke! But I guess i i don`t like it i can go elsewhere i i

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    Water Temp: 80-82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My son Austin and I started ishing points and small pockets in the jackson creek area.had acouple o blow ups on a sumo rog.then ished the mud line and caught a 3lber on a berkely 12" worm in blue leck.moved to the south side o the creek caught a 4lber on that worm.ished all the main lake point that night without much action .caught three bass on a black compeditive edge spinnerbait on only one certain point by the spillway.all those were rom a 1.6lbs to 2.8lb At irst light had a couple o blow ups on a persader buzzbait in white and caught two by the bout ramp they where 2lbers. Good ishing Paul and his boys!
    City: Elk Grove C A

    Tips: Fishing the mud line or the outside weed line with the big worms worked best.Also the weedy pockets with a rog or rat,provided some strikes.In the morning all my blow ups on a buzzbait where on the inside weedline Also Iwish the olks at lakr amador would rethink their priceing My boys are 5,7,and 8 and I don`t think I should have too pay a extra FISHING PER DAY PERSON at their age,maybe a discount rate or kids lets keep them ishing and not dad broke! But I guess i i don`t like it i can go elsewhere i i

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    Water Temp: 78-83

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the lake at 8PM and evening bite was tough . Fished mainly topwater and senkos but nothing .Never saw anyone else catch a ish o any kind the whole time either. I didn't even bring any splitshot gear this trip but I think it was probably needed. Saw massive schools o shad swimming up and down the shorelines eeding un-molested by the bass. First ish around midnight (3 lbs) on black brushhog. Did not get that many bites but they were consistantly spread out thru the night . In the morning when the sky started to lighten started throwing topwater again and only hooked one ish (2.5 lbs) out o ive blow ups on buzz bait. Small bass and trout were now working the shad on surace. Trailered boat at 7AM . Five bass or around 13 lbs. all released alive.
    City: Pioneer

    Tips: The bass ater dark seemed to be coming rom around the shoeline weed beds. Some bites came as the lure was sinking (these were easy) and others as lure was crawling thru weeds. These ish would just sit there with the lure in their mouth and it was hard to discern the weeds rom the ish. Gently liting the rod would cause the ish on the end to A: start to swim o or , B: nearly rip the rod out o your hands but when you set the hook nothing. I you gave the ish too much time trying to decide i it was or wasn't a bite they would swallow the bait so I started setting the hook on almost everything. Good luck,Hydro