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Tuesday, February 11th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my good buddy Mitch who does not ish much, but ound good #'s in shallows 0-6 eet using Black spinner baits and ripping 5" broken back rapallas. In the water about 10:30 A.M. O by 3:00. Best 5 ish 13 lbs. Large ish 4.92. Most were in 1.5-2.5 range.Caught 11 ish or the day. Did pick up 1 on a bubblegum lizard 4" using split shot method. Talk to several boats catch good numbers using similar techniques.
    City: Lincoln

Sunday, February 2nd, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went "sailing" on Sunday. The lake is ull but still a little cold. Bass were scattered and I only managed 3 small ones on a dart headed worm. All I could do with the wind was drag the bait and wait or a hit. I got nothing on crankbaits.
    City: Yuba City

Saturday, January 25th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 51+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This was my second trip in a week and can certainly attest to the act that the bite is coming on. I blanked last week while my partner got one but yesterday I had my count up to 6 with backseater getting about the same. Bite was on Senko's and jigs and ish averaged 2 pounds each. There was also a tournament going on with about 10 boats rom the Yuba City club and 3 ish won it...however, one was over 8 pounds and a real beauty! Congrats to Jackie the winner. With the lake about 3' rom ull the ish are moving and no real solid pattern established, however some were caught deep, some shallow. Only getting better and it's a good time to go beore all the powerboats start showing up.
    City: WHEATLAND

    Tips: Fish were caught on white hair jigs with a white grub tipped in chartruese, white tube baits and red/black Senko. Also got a nice one rippin'.

Monday, October 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: no water

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went to this lake as it has been good to me in the past ew alls. NO WATER, and I don't mean low, I mean NO WATER. It looks like a river. The manager at the check in said that it had not been this low in 11 years and the oweners were still selling water to the armers. Perhaps the oweners can put up a marked course and have race boat tourn. and jet ski competition when it reills, since I would imagine most o the ish will be dead. Greed, I think I'm done now.
    City: Sacramento

Saturday, June 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Basin Bassmasters held their month club tournament 6/15. Winning weight was a little over 7 lbs. Most o the ish were caught 7-15 eet drop shotting or spit shotting baby brush hogs, leeches, and magic worms and some on cranks. All ish were spotted bass. Big ish was 3.6 pounds. Very slow all day. Camp Far West promised they would have the gates openend at 5 a.m. but ailed to do so. We do not get in until 6:30. Shame on Camp Far West...
    City: Auburn

Friday, May 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to the south ork or the aternoon and hooked a ew bass using rainbow colored 4" worms. Beautiul day out there beore the memorial day circus.
    City: Lincoln

    Tips: Patience. It looks like we're in post spawn.

Tuesday, May 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Team Bass Tournament on Saturday May 18th. $75.00 entry ee. BBQ ater weigh in, ree or all entries Trophies up to 3rd place 70% payback plus Prizes Proessionally organized No membership required 5 ish, 13" on a lat board No live bait, Catch and Release, Dead ish penalty Check in and sign-ups at 4:30am at North Shore Blast o at 6:00am Weigh in at 3:00pm Any questions call Shawn O'shea at (916)331-8174 or email Heath at heathp@pacbell.net
    City: Folsom

    Tips: This is an extremely un tournament to ish in!!!!!!!

Sunday, April 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to camp ar west today and cought 10 spots in the rock creek arm. All in 4 to 14 eet o water. Cought them all on white spinnerbaits with silver blades.
    City: Rocklin

    Tips: let the spinnerbait sink into the bottom and keep it in their strike zone.

Friday, April 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 3rd annual team bass tournament at Camp Far West on April 20, 2002. $75.00 entry ee.BBQ ater weigh in, ree or all entriesTrophies up to 3rd place70% payback plus PrizesProessionally organizedNo membership required5 ish, 13" on a lat boardNo live bait, Catch and Release, Dead ish penaltyCheck in and sign-ups at 4:30am at North ShoreBlast o at 6:00amWeigh in at 3:00pmAny questions call Shawn O'shea at (916)331-8174
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: This is a really un tournament!!!

Thursday, March 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today my riend Joe and I went out at about 6:30 and started at the irst cove in the bear river arm but only caught one ish all the way in the back on some dead wood with a brown and purple jig let that area and tried the next point with a nice two pounder as reward on a brown jig then proceded to work down the clay bank picking up one more two pounder and two around one and a hal pounds all on brown jigs let the arm at 10:30 went to the dam area and caght one more on jig let at 11:45 not a bad day or 5 hours not working..
    City: Grass Valley

    Tips: Threw ripbaits or awhile with no takers but with water warming its only a matter o time.But or now ish slow and have un out there.

Saturday, February 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water about 8:00 am and split shot silver grey paddle tail worms. Immediatly caught a ew spots on steep banks in about 15 t. o water.I igured they were on a hot bite so decided to try some dierent stu.I jerked a luckycrat pointer and hooked one ater about twenty minutes.Then cranked and hooked one on the second or third cast,ater throwing twenty more minutes I had no more action. Let the main body to go up the Bear arm and ish the steep walls and had no luck at all. Ater two hours o skunk decided to go back to the main body and ish the warmer coves.Water got up to 53 deg. and I had a great time ishing the brush and trees. Any tree or bush in seven oot or more o water seemed to hold ish. I ished that pattern or about two hours and caught ive more, all told a nine ish day.
    City: Granite Bay, Ca.

    Tips: weightless 5'' senkos in the wood. Color did'nt seem to matter.The bite is tension.

Sunday, February 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out and hit some sotballs around on Sunday morning, inishing up around noon and decided there was enough time to take a little trip to CFW. I love this little lake because it has all the ish that Folsom has in it with about a 1/4 o the pressure. The two guys I went with are just getting in to bass ishing, but already have the bug. I have been taking them to the delta quite a bit, but this lake ishing is a much dierent animal.around 2:30 we started ishing and I told them that I was going to start out dragging a majic worm and that they should either throw a darter head or a jig, just to mix it up. We didn't get anything or the irst hour or so, but that didn't matter because the weather was gorgeous. Around 3:45 Tim sets into a beautiul 2 1/2 pound spound on a w/red baby b-hog. About 5 minuts later I hit a 1 1/2 pounder on a witches T darter head. John had a ew hits as well but missed them. We worked the area or another 20 minutes or so, but couldn't get any other action. To inish out the day, we worked a wall with some good rip-rap and structure and got one more 12 inch spot on a darter head.
    City: roseville

    Tips: Noticed that our ish came out o 10t o water. Not a horrible day or three hours o ishing. It did eel good to use some light tackle or a change. The weather was a bonus.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Meet up with a couple o reinds Steve and Jim but did not get on the water till about 9 a.m. Fished some o the northwest coves in about 18 eet o water and picked up 1 dink drop shotting a brown worm. ished hard or the next couple o hours with no success. Move over to the south side and picked up a 2 lb spotty on baby brush hog. Nothing else the rest o the day. Comments have been correct about the loating dock. I you going to be by yoursel, plan on getting your eet wet.Until next time!
    City: Citrus Heights

Saturday, February 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this lake on the 26th o last month and like the last entry I ound the experence interesting regarding the launch experience. This is unlike past years, as the lake is almost ull. Two o us ished rom 10:00-4:30 and boated 10-12 ish, the largest 3.2lb, electronic scale. That was my buddy's and I thought I had him with a slightly longer ish, 2.8lb.The rest were the typical 1-1.5 lb. spots. Alot o submerged rocks, ect. Cost me a prop last year and poorly marked. This is a beautiul lake but on the small side or the usual ish.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Everything I caught was on a 1/4 oz. brown/orange weapon jig with a black/green pork trailer. Buddy on a Tex. Rig. baby brush hog. Nothing on blades, spoons, cranks.

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    Water Temp: 39 to 46

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: For this time o year I had a good day. I caught a total o 9 ish. All were spots ,1 to 2 lbs. caught seven on a jig and two on 5'' senkos. Was dragging the senkos weightless behind the boat while ishing the jigs orward. I you take pride in your boat, dont go to CFW.It seems to much o a bother or the lake manager to move the dock with the water level. When launching I had to tie a rope to my boat ,pull it to shore, then take o my shoes and wade in a ew steps to hop in the boat.I was airly ticked o the irst hour as my eet were reezing. I'll stop whining and just bring waders next time.
    City: Granite Bay Ca.

    Tips: This is a honest report, unlike the previous one which I suspect is rom the lake manager. Oh yea, black quarter oz. jig with green double tail Yamamoto trailer.

Wednesday, November 7th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Never thought I would be posting this time o year with the water so low at CFW but launching was not problem as you still have a paved launch but no dock. Fishing was surprisingly good with a ish on the irst cast using a 1/4 oz red speedtrap. Many ish on spinnerbaits and jigs and had a ball up the Bear River in the submerged willows using a Senko, laying it right on the brush and letting it all to a lower branch, pulling it o and they slammed it. Most o the ish were in the 2-3 pound range with some dinks. Nice day with no skiers or jet skiers and only 2 other boats the entire day. Fished any type o rocky point or deep wall and ish were right on the bank and as deep as 20'.
    City: Wheatland

    Tips: Double willow lea blades in chartruese/black hitting the bank and letting it all to the bottom and very slowly retrieving it back to the boat. Partner pulled the deep ones out dragging a jig in no particular color. Look or the balls o bait ish, they're everywhere!

Sunday, September 16th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 75 - 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Was on the water 8

Monday, August 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: High

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: In the 16 + years I've been ishing Camp Far West Lake, I've only seen the water lower than it is this year a couple o times.It's so low that otherwise innocent structure is now a distinct hazard to boaters.Unortunately, regardless o these low water hazards, the jet skiers and hotrod boaters that the current management caters to continue to travel at very high speeds, making things even more dangerous and unpleasant or everyone else.
    City: Wheatland

    Tips: Wait to ish this lake until the rains return, the water levels rise and the hotrod boats stay home.

Sunday, August 12th, 2001

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    Water Temp: very warm

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Sunday morning, the lake is gone. Caught a ew dinks up the Bear River arm (Rock & Bush creek arms are a nice place or tents right now.) Lake is in poor shape butound yellow rat'l traps the only thing they would hit.
    City: sacto

    Tips: Don't waste too much time here until the water comes back up.

Saturday, May 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy got a new boat and wanted to get it out so I suggested CFW. I igured it would be a little less crazy than Folsom. WRONG! We launched around 5:30 pm and looked to get away rom the crazies. We ound a nice little cove that already had 3 bass boats in but we didn't care. It was just nice to ind a peaceul spot. The shadows were starting to get on the lake and we starting hitting some rip and mojo ish. Around 7pm or so the bite kicked in pretty good and we were getting ish on cranks, rip and topwater. I know the bite would o been a lot better i the water would o been a little bit clearer. It was pretty stained up rom the pleasure boaters and the wind. Still, it was such a kick hitting those spots on the little rip baits. Most o the ish were only a pound or so, but they hit like they are going to take your arms o. We ended with 25 ish or so up to 2 pounds. All spots.
    City: roseville, ca

    Tips: Fish in 2 to 10 eet o water. Just about all methods are working.