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Sunday, March 18th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52 am 57pm deg

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out of Markleys cove today at 6:00 am fish everything i could cought a couple of dinks on jigs . tried plastics 4 " nothing water teemp still is a little low 52 deg in the am fish are very slow . warmed up to 57 Deg still alittle cool. Ripped some today nada . looked really good . and of course them dam ski boats showed up and it was realy hard to get a bite . Need to go to north end to try to find some warmer water . can some one e mail me and give me a water temp at the north end please.. going to go to the delta and rack on them . goood luck tight lines all fish till your arms are tired. water is low at the lake this year lower than normal . lots of brush out of the water not much rain this year .
    City: elmira

    Tips: try fishing the weekdays if possible. go to north end or putah dont waste time at the dam side still to cold . jigs , brush hogs , 4" plastics texas stle , split shoting ,every tom dick and harry is out with there ski boats on the weekends.. GO TO THE DELTA SPINNER BAIT IN THE ROCKS

Tuesday, March 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launch out of Berryessa marina and my partner and I made our way up to the north end Putah creek. Soon as we got to our spot I made the first hook up on my own rendition of the whiches T copy and the second and the third all the bass were solid 2.0lbers. My partner and friend switched his worm and started using the W.T. and he started catching nice smallmouth and largemouth bass. I then swithed to a spinnerbait homemade and blasted a nice 4.0 largemouth then hooked into a 3-1/2pounder switched one more time to a lucky craft pointer minnow and stuck 3 nice bass. We had a good day and had we started eariler we may had caught 30 or even 40 bass that day instead we only caught 25.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: Try witches T's, Salt&pepper with chartruse tail 4'' worms spinnerbaits and anything else.

Sunday, March 11th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Capell Cove and started fishing with 9 year old Son. Rigged up a Carolina Rig Plastic worm with a bullet sinker 3 ft. from the worm. Proceeded to cast about 30 ft off shore. Within a minute of launching hooked into a 2 pound Small mouth. Handed the ploe over to my Son and the fight was on. My Son had a blast reeling it in. The Bass broke the surface and everyone by the launch ramp was watching. My Son was sooooo proud of the fight. Released the Bass right after he reeled it in. About 2 minutes later hooked into another 2 pounder. 20 minutes later my Son hooked a 1.5 pound Large Mouth. Great day for 2 hours fishing.
    City: Suisun

    Tips: Carolina Riggin Plastic 4" worms in 20 feet of water.

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: You can find clear water and muddy water. I chosed muddy water and fished from 9AM - 3PM with only 3 bites. Spent most of the PM looking for shelter ... wind was bad and the wind chop was worst. 3'ers all over the main lake. Well, there's a bite of a crank bite. I crank only 2 fish but both were shallow (<5'), both were smallies. Saw the Walton's Pond weigh-in and the winners had almost 15#'s for 7. Think they were cranking too. Walton himself (an avid jig fisherman) said he cranked up a small limit of 12+#'s. There was rumored to be a bite in clear water on a carolyna rigged lizard as well.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: say in the bay's and avoid them 3' rollers. Tried that and almost got thrown out of my boat. Try chartrues for muddy water.

Thursday, March 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 49-53.1

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was tough for me .I caught 4 fish 1 on a 1/4 oz dart head / 6 in weenie worm .The other 3 were on rip baits up to 3.5lbs. The key for me was to find clear water,but the warmest clear water you could find .The creeks are real muddy.A lot of submerged islands are not marked so be careful where you go blasting through.
    City: Livermore

Tuesday, March 6th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: did any body fish it this weekend.......why no reports?

Saturday, March 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Partner got 6 (5) after one shook off on the liquid side of the boat. I was tired of netting his fish so he tried to swing a two pounder. Didn't matter- the weigh-in was at 3:10 not 3:30 like he thought. Shakin 6" green weanies 3/16 darter head on a point in skier's cove in 30ft. Reaction bite was there- two lb smallie on a blade over the weedline. Partner didn't give reaction bite time to work.
    City: El Dorado Hills

    Tips: Plastics deep off points for numbers, slow roll spinnerbaits for big fish off weedline. Water will warm to 55 by July if we're lucky.

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Partner got 6 (5) after one shook off on the liquid side of the boat. I was tired of netting his fish so he tried to swing a two pounder. Didn't matter- the weigh-in was at 3:10 not 3:30 like he thought. Shakin 6" green weanies 3/16 darter head on a point in skier's cove in 30ft. Reaction bite was there- two lb smallie on a blade over the weedline. Partner didn't give reaction bite time to work.
    City: El Dorado Hills

    Tips: Plastics deep off points for numbers, slow roll spinnerbaits for big fish off weedline. Water will warm to 55 by July if we're lucky.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the NewBass Tourney out of Markley Cove. Caught 6 fish over 13" and a handful just shy of that. All the fish came split-shotting in the narrows. Fish were between 20 and 35 feet deep
    City: Suisun City

    Tips: SLOW

Monday, February 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 46-48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched from Markley cove about 1:30PM and shot across the lake to pope creek fished around with only a few bites here and there. Cold and lots of rain thank God for Gore-Tex. Did manage to boat two nice 2 1/2lb largemouth bass on VPR rootbeer colored jigs with zoom fat albert twin tail trailer.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: Slow and shaking the jig in one spot for a few minutes before moving it. fishing in 5 to 30 feet around chunk rocks.

Saturday, February 10th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: City: concord

Sunday, February 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50 DEGREES

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED PLEASURE COVE AND THE NARROWS, CAUGHT 14 FISH BEST SEVEN WENT 12.16 LBS. SPLITSHOTTING 4-1/2" WORMS IN ORIGINAL #2, SMOKE W/ GOLD FLAKE, MORNING DAWN. FISH WERE IN 10' - 15'.
    City: SACRAMENTO

    Tips: FISH VERY SLOW , LIGHT PRESURE BITE

Tuesday, January 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was fishing at the Steel Park resort and I was walking along the bank to look for a spot to fish for when walked apon a lunker bass. I was using a spinner bait becuase it was sunny out and I knew that bass are atrackted to shinny obgects so thats what I used. On my other fishing pole I had a light greenish colored lure on. Then I casted out about thirty feet in front of it and it took off right at it and befor I knew it I caught the lunker bass. Then I went to the Marina and got it weighed in and the guy said,"You got your self a 11 pound lunker bass.
    City: Napa

    Tips: Use a spinner bait when it is really bright out or when ever. You can use worms when ever you want to. ever thing else you can basiclly use when ever you want.

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was fishing at the Steel Park resort and I was walking along the bank to look for a spot to fish for when walked apon a lunker bass. I was using a spinner bait becuase it was sunny out and I knew that bass are atrackted to shinny obgects so thats what I used. On my other fishing pole I had a light greenish colored lure on. Then I casted out about thirty feet in front of it and it took off right at it and befor I knew it I caught the lunker bass. Then I went to the Marina and got it weighed in and the guy said,"You got your self a 11 pound lunker bass.
    City: Napa

Sunday, January 28th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: THE FAIRFIELD/SUISUN BASS REAPERS CLUB WAS AT THE LAKE TODAY PLANTING XMAS TREES. WEATHER WAS OUTSTANDING IN THE NARROWS. PLATED APPROXIMATELY 350 TREES ON POINTS IN THE PLEASURE COVE CANYON DOWN INTO THE NARROWS. THE CLUB WILL BE UP THERE NEXT WEEKEND PLANING ANOTHER 300 TREES.
    City: SUISUN

Saturday, January 27th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake at about 7:00am, went to the main part of the lake and it was windy and really choppy. Never seen it like this. Turned around and came back to the south end, Putah Creek I believe. Within an 1 1/2 hours most other boats came back in for some fishing. I'll just wait for the spring spawn.
    City: San Francisco

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    Water Temp: 48*

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: American Bass Anglers Club launched 6 boat from Capell cove, the weather was calm in this cove but once out on the main lake the rollers were awful, me and my N/B ran to skiers cove and fished all morning without a bite, we decided to head back to the launch area and my N/B and I took a roller over the bow, 5 anglers returned without fish, firt place had three fish for over 5 lbs which included big fish for the tournament. For the rest it was tough. The winning fish were caught on jigs. P.P.
    City: Martinez

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Cold and Windy. Stay off the main body, 3-4' Swells. Better to launch and stay from the narrows south. Fishing kind of slow. Shaking 4" morning dawn worms. Fished primary rocky points from the narrows south. Caught 5 keepers to 3 lbs. Pressure bite.
    City: San Jose

Saturday, January 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 47 to 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHING WAS SLOW BUT WE DID GOOD WE CAUGHT ALOT OF FISH ALL ON CRANKS AND BLADES THE DAY WENT VERY WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAD ABOUT 9.26 LBS FISH STARTED TO BITE AFTER 10:00.
    City: gridley

    Tips: FISH SLOW AND ALOT OF STOP AND GO ACTION

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to all the spots for the bass. Not a crank bite workin All plastics in 40-65 feet of water. Caught all fish on majic worms. All 5 of them. The lake is slow right now should pick up soon
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: wear lots of warm clothes. it was 26 at 7 am Burrrrrr