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Friday, March 28th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time on the lake, launched from Berryesa MArina went over to the red banks and fished all the coves to the right I caught 15 fish in about 3 hours on a Witches Tit, I found fish on submerged trees and in the shallows, I also caught 3 fish on a tiger colored crankbait. My partner caught 4 fish on GitZit Salt-n-Pepper and a Brown w/silver flakes also he used a crawdad colored crankbait. All the bass were 1/2lb to 3lbs. It got really windy about 11:30 so we hit the coves on the other side of the islan s the marina side caught a couple and called it a day.
    City: Novato

Saturday, March 15th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm and landed 9 bass 11in to 2 lb. and lost about as many. Fish came on 4in salt & pepper ring worms. Weather front was moving in fast with occasional sprinkles and heavy rain as we left the lake. Fun afternoon.
    City: Concord

Wednesday, March 5th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good bite fishing 10 to 20ft with jigs. Fished main body and river both were good. Brown/purple jigs seemed to be the best color in 1/4 or 3/8oz. Lots of keepers from 2 to 2 1/2lbs. good fish'n
    City: S. Lake Tahoe

Tuesday, February 4th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good fishing on Rocky points and rocky banks with structure in 4 to 6 feet of water.
    City: Pollock Pines

Monday, January 20th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good fishing off main points with brown pig and jigs
    City: Alemeda

Tuesday, November 19th, 1996

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My partner Bill Murphy and I won the 11/17 American Bass tourney last Sunday.We caught good fish on Yamamoto Salt & Pepper Grubs on 1/8th oz. dart heads and Rainbow Worm MadDog Craws on 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG's with 1/4 oz. bullet weights. All fish were caught off of rocky humps in 12 to 18 depths. Bill stuck a 7.5 lb Largemouth on his second or third cast of the day on a grub. We started culling at about 9 am and continued to cull until quitting time. If you can get up to Berryessa soon, the bite is great and there are some real toads to be caught AND RELEASED right now !
    City: Benicia

Sunday, November 17th, 1996

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Just fished in the ABA Team Tournament and finished third. The fishing was fantastic. Lots of limits weighed in. Our pattern was dropping spinnerbaits and worming in the north end. We had a limit in the first half hour of the tournament and the bite was a ll day. Weather was cloudy and listening to others it seemed fish were caught from shallow all the way to 30-35ft. Our weight was 11.56 lbs for 5 fish. Winners had 15 lbs something, with a 7.5 lb big fish. Lots of nice Smallmouth weighed in. Had two over 2 lbs myself. Good Luck!
    City: Kelsyville

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Just fished in the ABA Team Tournament and finished third. The fishing was fantastic. Lots of limits weighed in. Our pattern was dropping spinnerbaits and worming in the north end. We had a limit in the first half hour of the tournament and the bite was a ll day. Weather was cloudy and listening to others it seemed fish were caught from shallow all the way to 30-35ft. Our weight was 11.56 lbs for 5 fish. Winners had 15 lbs something, with a 7.5 lb big fish. Lots of nice Smallmouth weighed in. Had two over 2 lbs myself. Good Luck!
    City: Kelsyville

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: You can't keep the Coho in Berryessa, only at Almador. JD posted a great resource if you're interested in going for landlocked fish: http://www.fishwithjd.com/2011/06/09/getting-to-know-californias-landlocked-salmon/

    Also, I don't want to kill your enthusiasm, but I've fished Berryessa many times and have never caught a Coho. Plenty of bass, trout, and the occasional kok to be had so you may wanna target these species. Heading up this weekend for a two nighter. Fishing from the shore, will keep you all posted on my luck.
    City: Santa Rosa

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

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    These past two weekends I found that trolling was the way to go to get any results. The lures that seemed to work best were "Speed Trap" which dive from 6 to 8 feet and "Norman" which dive from 4 to 6 feet in approximately fifteen feet of water. My son and I fished this past Friday and he landed a nice bass using brass and glass and a senco worm. Jory was fishing for cats from the shore and landed a nice 12+ lber using chicken livers. My wife landed a 2.5 lb bass while trolling (see photo). Hoping that the top water bite kicks in soon. Hope to report more next week. 'til then...................................................good fishing!!!!
    www.fishingconnection.net If you have any questions please email me at bestguide@mail.com or call me at 650-583-3333.
    City: Napa

    Tips: this week get FREE samples of pro cure scents or a package of catfish food while it lasts just call me at 650 583 3333 from 9am to 9pm

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: my boats so slow from all the stipers in the livewell. come on buddy lets post real reports here.

    Tips: did jim from folsom find a new lake to b/s at?

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: since when does berry have stripers are thesreports a joke?
    City: pinole

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: hit the water around 730 am. launched from cappel and headed up north, first stop was just south of the big island on. we found fish right away and ended up with about 4 fish to 4lbs there. after working this area well we headed to putah and went to the back and started fishing. for us this was a mistake for 2 hrs we could not catch a fish so we decided to head back towards the mouth of this creek and thats where we found the fish.

    we ended the day with 15 fish and the best 5 were around 14 lbs. i finally got the fish to eat a jig, however most fish were on a dropshot with green pumpkin being the ticket.

    Tips: fish areas well, we caught fish from 3 feet to 30 feet and if you see a fish on the meter stay with em till you catch em, more than half of my fish i saw on the graph and was able to a catch with a little effort. no rip bait or swimbait fish for me today i stuck with the plastics for the most part although my buddy did get a couple on a crankbait.

    water temps are fairly stable and i think by the end of the month berryessa will be the spot to be.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived on lake around 8:30am fished until 4. My partner and I caught 5 spots. Mostly on points around 20+ ft. Used plastic worms on bottom. For winter fishing I thought this was a great day.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Dress warm, it is cold and foggy.

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    Water Temp: 51-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 12 fish best 5 about 10 lb all on drop shot oxblood robo 6' 10 to 20 feet no jig bite for me today or rip or swim bait. cool out there
    City: hayward

    Tips: dress warm !!!!

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Nate, just some info, the birds and and turtles were probably a casualty of the algae bloom. It can contain plytoplankton (sorry for my possible miss spelling) which can be toxic and harmful to animals and humans if injested. I surf in Santa Cruz and see it every year during whats called a Red Tide. Good fishing to all.

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fish here in the winter and thought this might help
    City: nonya

    Tips: you tube 1 29 berryessa with russ and roy your welcom

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    Water Temp: no idea

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got a little tip for u guys that are saying its slow out there, get a small chrome hopkins spoon and fish it vertically with a spinning rod around rocks and u will get em, mixed bags but mostly smallies. They like the chrome spoons with a hammered finish on em.

    Tips: Give it a try u will be rewarded

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Is anyone night fishing?
    City: orinda

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Thnks a whole lot huntnfish for your info. It's alwayz nice to get help from fellow angler. I've been waiting for this info 4 for a while now. I will use ur info..big time..thnks again
    City: elk grove

    Tips: may u alwyz limited out !!!