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Saturday, March 14th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 55-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 7am - 3pm on this beautiful spring day. Caught 7 bass 1- 2&1/2#. 6 of the 7 were caught shallow 4-6ft, which really surprised me. Yellow jig w/ yellow bow-haug frog trailer(execellent bait in stained water) took 5 largemouths. Most came from w ood. Water warmed to 66 in afternoon,caught 2 on fat raps...again shallow. Nothing on plastics. Had three good hits on the same main lake point about 2:30 on a Big lime green Shad Rap,no hook ups though. This warm weather should really get them moving...C n't carry those eggs much longer! tips: Jigs & Plastics in surmerged brush early, crankbaits after water starts to warm up.
    City: Vacaville

Monday, March 9th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW....slow Muddy and stained water and the recent storm kept the fish quiet. Fished all over and caught 3 fish total....biggest was 1.5 pounds. Used worms, spinners and cranks.
    City: Sacramento

Sunday, March 8th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 49-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the large bay around Steel Park and Spanish Flat. We caught 4 largemouth and 1 smallmouth,all 1#ers., in 10' to 20' of water. Caught them on everything; brown jig/pork, 4 1/2in red Berkley worm, 6in black ringworm and splitshot 4 1/2in greenweeni e worm. 2 fish were on a point, 3 were in small coves.
    City: Concord

Friday, March 6th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 10:00 to 4 with clear blue bird skies in the southern to mid part of the lake. The fish I caught were at 30 feet and lathargic and white.The bite was as if they werent even thinking about eating!
    City: Windsor

Sunday, March 1st, 1998

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    Water Temp: 51-56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the West Coast Bass Tournament in the Putah Creek arm. Blast off was delayed due to fog. We found fish in the 25 to 30 foot range in the morning. In the early afternoon the water had warmed & the fish had moved up to 10 feet or so. Tough bite unle ss you found fish. We got ours split shotting and using brass & glass with worms and lizards for a sixth place finish. Winning pattern was crank baits & worms.
    City: Half Moon Bay

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    Water Temp: 51-56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the West Coast Bass Tournament in the Putah Creek arm. Blast off was delayed due to fog. We found fish in the 25 to 30 foot range in the morning. In the early afternoon the water had warmed & the fish had moved up to 10 feet or so. Tough bite unle ss you found fish. We got ours split shotting and using brass & glass with worms and lizards for a sixth place finish. Winning pattern was crank baits & worms.
    City: Half Moon Bay

Saturday, February 28th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: dirk tenbrook and i fished the island area and spanish flat.we caught we caught 6 keepers cranking and plastics.we confirmed similar reports with other boats. pray for clear weather!
    City: Santa Rosa

Sunday, January 18th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Folsom Bass Team on Sunday. The weather was at blast off was foggy. Weather front moved in around 11:00 and rain, rain and rain. Fish were spotty. Most caught fish but were small. Fish that were caught were in coves, and along weed beds, and submer ge structure. I brought 3 fish in for a total weight of 4.10. It was a hard bit. Had not even a bite till 1:30 P.M. Winning weight was 8.53. tips: Jig and Pig Salt and Pepper Grubs on 1/8oz darter heads Crank Bait Lite color worms or grubs, and reaper S ad or Trout imatation
    City: Pollock Pines

Saturday, January 17th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My partner and I fished on Saturday & Sunday. On Saturday we caught about 20 keepers between 7:00AM and 1:00PM. Fish were hitting plastic worms in about 5 feet of water. Color did not seem to matter nor did the presentation type. They were also on pla in old do nothing banks. They seemed to just be laying there enjoying the sun. We went back on Sunday and could not hardly get bit. Saturday was clear and warm. About 64 degrees. Sunday was windy and rain came in. The tenperature dropped considerably
    City: Sacramento

Friday, December 19th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with old friend caught 5 keepers and had a good time. To windy to go out in main lake but worked out some pattern in narrows. Fish rocky points with whatever you like to throw except reaction baits.
    City: Marysville

Sunday, November 9th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 62.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished ABA team Tourney found fish during pre fish on saturday holding at 15 to 30 feet caught two spots 4 smallies and one largemouth to two pounds. Fished putah creek on sunday and had a tough tournament, caught 11 keepers to 1.5 pounds dragging footbal l head jig with yamamoto spider jigs. The tournament was reportedly won with 17 lbs for five fish throwing blades.
    City: Windsor

Sunday, October 26th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main lake around big island down from Pope Creek. Stayed near rocks and picked up fish on cranks, spoons worms etc. Just didn't seem to matter much. Find some bait fish and print some fish and bam. Great day on the water. Fished rom dawn to du sk caught fish all day. Nothin you could put on the wall but numerous double hook-ups.
    City: Suisun City

Monday, October 20th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 14 bass, range 1#4oz to 2#9oz. Morning bite 3 bass on Fenwick, crawdad crank, 5 bass on greenie weenies, outside weed or grass line for crank and 21-30', split shot weenies. Afternoon bite all on weenies in 15-31', split shot. Area Pope Bridge and Put ah Creek.
    City: Hayward

Monday, September 15th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 75-77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We fished the morning of the full moon and the bite was tough. I have a tournament coming up and could sure use some hints for whats going on. We caught a few fish on flukes early and then the bite died for us. We decided the bite was slow due to the ni ghtime feeding that occured with the full moon.
    City: Fremont

Wednesday, June 25th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6p -9pm off the Big island,most fish came on a blue chrome rip bait. Started w/ topwater but not much happening there. Points held most of the fish. Caught 11 & missed 4 others. Biggest was 3lbs, mostly largemouth. tips: Rapala's work well whe n ripped. Give them lots of stop & go.Some of the strikes almost rip the rod out of your hands.
    City: Vacaville

Saturday, June 7th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the coves off the main lake early and the northeast end later in the day after the masses hit the water. Boated 10 smallmouth to 2lbs using small (3 inch) plastic crawdads on a Carolina rig in 20 feet of water. Caught 3 of the same off the coves ne ar spanish flat on a crawdad crank about 3pm.
    City: San Ramon

Friday, June 6th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The fish were hitting buzz baits early, I had alot of short strikes early. We fished with fat free shad cranks after 8:30 and boated fish until we left at 1:30 PM. The fishing is great right now and there are plenty of fish to be had remember to run cra nks between 10-15ft.
    City: Travis AFB CA

Sunday, May 18th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 25 to 30 mixture of smallmouth /largemouth/spots. Nothing over 2 pounds. All caught with small plastic on the bottom.
    City: San Ramon

Thursday, April 24th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fish at putah creek 6:30 a.m. to noon. my friend and i caught six large mouth bass from shore inside the bay around boat area. All of them were weighted approximetery one pound 12 inches to 14 inches. salt and pepper worms recommended by pro shop. In the afternoon, weather gets little too hot so better fish eary morning if you can. tips: clear worm, salt and pepper worm, gary yamamoto grab any color
    City: San Mateo

Monday, April 14th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 62-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Topwater bite is starting to happen!!! Fished from noon till 6pm mostly topwater. Most of the fish were small,but three were 2lbs plus Trees & rocks held 99% of the fish. With the 80 degree weather this week it should be RED HOT by the week end. Tips: S tay in the coves. Look for 65 degree water. Fish the laydowns (trees) and rock piles. Any topwater will do..Don't fish it too fast. Hits come on the pause's sometimes.
    City: Vacaville