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Sunday, February 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started on the rock wall ,on the sunny side,at the narrows.It was 9:30 heading towards china gulch i was throwing a storm suspending wiggle wart in crawish.I would throw it out and crank it down and just kill it and let it suspend,it produce a beautiul 8.lber.Also had another bass about 2lbs.come o at a point by campers cove.
    City: Elk Grove C. A.

    Tips: Crawish pattern crankbaits (suspending) steep banks or wood near deep water Tried other baits ,just couldnt get bit on them Careul on those deep ish,catch and release,and have a great day ishing see-ya PAUL-N-SONS

Saturday, February 9th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51 to 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Awesome day drop shot most o the day. got our drop shotting 1 good 3lbs Large Mouth Bass the other 3 spots. Most ish rom 30 to 50 deep. Caught one 2 1/2 lbs trout later in the day cranking.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Fish the warmer waters. Drop shot 1/2 ounce on 8 lbs line.30 + eet.

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ishing was tough with bites ew and ar between. the ish that we caught were all healthy, though. caught 6 ish between me and my partner. most o the ish wanted slow dragged plastics and the bite was very subtle -- so subtle that we probably had some bites and didn't even realize it. set the hook on that "rubbery" line, you may be surprised. jigs and split-shotting seem to be the ticket right now. (although six ish really isn't much to brag about). small inormal tourney on the 16th, I'll let you know how it goes....

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Plants Spur actionThe irst Trout plant o the all has arrived! A quadruple load o 4,800 pounds was split between the South Pond, South launch ramp and North launch ramp. As always, 90% o the ish are at least one pound each and 10% o the load weigh 3 pounds each or better.Based on a small sample, the best action or trollers has been an East -West line rom the North camper's cove entrance down to the dam. Nightcrawlers ished on a Wedding ring or white or chartreuse R-Lures and Needleish have been the best bets. Trout catching is still good or overnighters at the dam. Use Powerbait or nightcrawlers rom 25 to 35 eet or easy limits o 1 to 3 pound Rainbows.The Stable conditions have sparked the bass action too. The ish are stacked near drop-os in 20 eet o water near rock piles and points. Most o the ish are keepers but a ew up to 7 pounds have been reported. Use smoke or green worms near the stick-ups,just about any time o day. Best areas or Bass include Rabbit Creek and islands near the river channel and Lancha Plana rock piles.Northshore resident "Rick" Richter landed a 6.84-pound Largemouthrecently on a smoke worm on the North side o Lancha Plana. Lake Camanche's current elevation is 202.28 eet above sea level, a tiny drop o .04 eet since last Sunday. The lake is expected the lake to hold steady. The surace temperature at the North shore uel dock is 68 degrees in the early mornings while thesurace reading at the dam is 70 degrees. The thermocline is much more gradual now with the top 33 eet o water ranging rom 70 to 68 degrees.There are still plenty o services avialble with the low conditions. The low water #1 ramp is in service at Southshore and 3 lanes o the main ramp at Northshore are in service. M.T.B.E.-ree uel is available on water at the Northshore uel dock Friday through Monday and at the Southshore store land-based pumps on the same days.
    City: Tracy

Thursday, September 27th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing reports
    City: Ione

    Tips: Lure and ishing setup

Sunday, September 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Water not as clear as it has been. Labor Day weekend and too many boats - (what do you expect)so ishing was not great. Caught a 3.8 on a PopR early AM - submerged island with stickups. Caught 4 in the 1.5 to 2.5 class on sekos both unweighted and carolina rigged.Monday starting at 8:30 AM and picked up 1 huge ish on Senko that broke my line and 8 smaller ish drop shotting a 4" zipper worm along rock walls in 15-25 t. Except or the one ish, top water was non-existant.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Fish are 15-35 t deep. Use Senkos unweighted early AM along rock walls. Switch to drop shot ater 8:00AM or carolina rigged worms or Senko.

Saturday, July 7th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My partner Rich and I hit the water aboutr 5:30. Did not get our irst ish until around 7:00 on a red buzzbait, a 1 1/2#. Fishing was slow or most o the morning. I got a blowup on a yellow jitterbug. We had quite a ew blowups on topwaters until about 9:00. I got my irst jerkbait ish(baby bass pattern) 2+. Around 11:00 the sun broke through the clouds and the bite went dead or us. Had un, even though we landed two.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Topwater early. Go deep in the aternoon.

Saturday, June 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water by 5:30 am. Topwater bite or the irst 2 hours then nothing. Seems as thought the ish got lockjaw ater 7:30 am. Caught 7 ish, biggest one being 4 lbs. The rest went between 2 and 3 lbs.
    City: Sacto

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Camanche rom 2:30 p.m. to midnight. Slow bass bite, a ew odd blue gill, and a suprisingly aggressive and large cat ish. Used plastic worms, popper, and assorted crank baits trying to ind what they wanted. Caught about 5 small bass total, all on plastic worms. Not much ishing traic, which maybe should have been a sign. Heard about a good crappie bite, but never got set up or it. It was a beautiul day, though very windy until sun went down. Don't know i this aected things at all. Saw lots o ish, just couldn't igure out what they wanted. Action was way down rom what I saw two to six weeks ago.
    City: Sacramento

Saturday, April 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had a good day, caught ish early on a Pop-R, Fluke, TD Minnow, started ishing ledges and the bite came alive, Draggin worms in 10 to 15 eet produced around 20 ish but not much over 2 pounds, still alot o un.
    City: Suisun City

Friday, April 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: short trip saw aloght o ish in the shalows but they where not interested clear past 10 t
    City: valley springs

Saturday, April 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Newbass Northern Team event out o the North Shore and had a great day. Started out in the river above the bridge with topwater and had a 3.23 and 2.0 in the well beore 7 AM. Cranked another a little later then moved to an area just above the 20 mph buoys and cranked two more. Found some dredger tailings orming a little bowl-like area and with a white on gold spinnerbait caught about 15 ish in the next hour or so. Culled a 16.41 limit to place 4th overall.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Reaction was our trick o the day, but others were carolina riggin' lizards and 6" worms to get their ish.

Sunday, April 15th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the river arm with sekos. Good early morning and evening bite. All came on the edges o steep drops. Largest was Walter the trout's large mouth cousin that weighed 10lbs. What a toad - my biggest ever. She swallowed the senko so I had to perorm minor surgery with a pair o dykes to cut the hook in hal and a hemostat to remove the barb. A ist in the mouth was no problem with this monster. She was returned unharmed. Caught another just under 5lbs, a 3.0 and the rest 1.5 0 2.5. Good action on a 5" pumpkin senko, dead sticking ater the cast. Real clear water.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Only used Senkos and only one color. Be patient and don't overly work the lure. Let it sink but keep some amount o tension on the line to eel the bite. Most swallowed the hook. Dykes needed to cut the hook without damaging the ish. Nose hook the bait will keep the hook out o the ishes stomach. Make long casts because the water is clear.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60 deg at surac

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Listen to the ishing gods....clear day w/light breeze, occ. cloud here and there, Ater sorting thru the mound o propaganda thrown at us at the entrance, i ound the daily report that suggested 4" plastic worms in grn or brn, 4-10t in the early part o day 12-18 mid-day, got on the water at 10:45, 1st hook up by 11 in 6-8t, o primary,rocky points with submerged grass beds,with a 4" green "westerner" paddle tail, they seemed to hit about the time ya ticked the grass tops, trolled a holding pattern over the spot and ended up with 5-6 hook-ups, moved o the point to secondary's w/no grass and nada, 1st ish i caught was ull o eggs and her eyes were orange! any day now it will be on like donkey-kong!!
    City: Sacto

    Tips: There's no ish here go home..........just joshin!! stick to plastics 4-6" in green brown or purple and you will have success........LOOK FOR SUBMERGED VEGETATION....every other ish seemed to be adequate so clear out the iesty little males and sweety pie will be right there as well! enjoy, i'm going tomorrow 3/23, remeber, catch and release, thats somebody's momma you just caught!

Saturday, March 17th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Basin Bassmasters Club Tourney. Was a beutiul day with a light breeze. I was surprised that we couldn't get bit on reaction baits, but did have a very good day with plastics. The ishing really seemed to pick up when the wind blew. Most o our ish were caught in 10-15 t. o water and hal o the time the ish would hit it on the all. All types o plastics were working. Backs o coves and island tops were best. Caught a dozen ish or so. Won tourney with 12 1/2 pounds. Big ish was 3.3#'s.
    City: roseville

    Tips: Keep your line wet. The ish aren't hitting everything thrown at them, but they are there and are very hungry.

Sunday, March 11th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing could have been better. Had to WORK or all ish caught. 10.48 total weight or 5 ish in a club outing. Biggest ish was 3.40 or big ish or the club. All o the bites came 10 to 20 t. mixed spots and LM. I used a 809 4 inch Preditor on a split-shot rig. Bite was sot with ish hitting on the all.

    Tips: light line, "lat" structure close to deep water.

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went pre-ishing or a club tourney with my buddy Ryen. We managed to get 10 bass and 1 nice salmon. I wasn't really expecting much, but didn't really care as I was still going o the high rom the Delta rom the day beore. Was a beautiul day to ish and our biggest bass was 6#'s. All o our ish were caught in 25-30 t o water on grubs and 4 in worms. The 6#er was the biggest ish I have seen caught on a drop shot rig. There was also a ederation tourney being held that day and it looks like it took around 15 pounds to win it. Wish we would o been in the tourney, because my buddies 5 ish limit went around 16#'s. I think the lake, as well as everywhere else is getting ready to bust wide open, as all o the ish were big and at. With the weather that is being called or this week it will make it very hard to show up or work!
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Weather is just starting to get nice. We knew we would really have to work or the ish with the incosistent weather and ull moon working against, but knew the bite would be there somehow. I ished a small club tourny 4 years ago at this time and we caught a nice top water limit in 61 degree water. This year ish are down 30 eet and the water is 56 degrees. I guess the ish are always there, it's just a matter o inding the right pattern.

Saturday, March 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 51-54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished BASS Fed tournament. Drew an excellent partner who was on ish. Had a limit by 7:00am! Threw zipper worm in green-wienie on dart head and caliornia-rig (light carolina rig / split-shot with sliding sinker) with "Binky Bug" in brown/orange. Partner took 2nd with 14.5 lbs. Fished trees on the submerged islands all over the lake.
    City: Salida

Monday, March 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Arrive lake approx 8:00 ish main lake caught all ish same area. Began split shotting 4" plastic, caught a two pounder 15 - 20 t. Switched to 7" reaper caught limit 2.5 - 3.5 pounders in 15 - 30 t by 12:30. Mostly emales big bellies ull o eggs and a couple males. Seems someone knows Spring and warmer weather is right around the corner.Boat launch parking lot ull, 50% trouter and 50% bassers. Most basser must o been up river, some ishing main lake.
    City: Diamond Springs

    Tips: Water temp 50 degree, ish slow until water warms. Based on conversations, internet ishing sites, and experience lures and colors vary, ish with your most conident lure and ish it slow or now. With warmer weather ahead watch out all who use lake and be courteous on the ramp and water.Happy ishing!

Tuesday, February 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: good

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ishing at this lake sucks i diddnt catch shit i ished or 7 days str8 usind every kind o bait i could ind but i loved the lake
    City: delhi