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Wednesday, February 9th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went up to old Clear like today caught 4 bass on spinnerbaits 2-4 lbs. Pretty good. but anyway there's this great website that actually pays you 50 cents every hour that you are actively suring the internet, and it's called alladvantage.com It's really easy to use and I guarentee there is no catch, even look or yoursel. just ollow the directions at the website. I you do decide to sign up type in this id# EWC-804 this is how you can earn a little extra money.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: give it a try.

Sunday, February 6th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 47-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Water clarity varied around the lake. Some areas were muddy while others were airly clear. Fished the south end around Jago bay landing a 1 and 4.5 pounder. Fish came on crank baits in about 10'. Talked with others at the dock and they're still catching ish on jumbo minnows in 20-25'.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Look or the clearer water. Stick with reaction baits, cranks down to 10-15'around docks or get some minnows and go deep.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wow what a day!! The wind was howling and the rain was pouring. There were 3-4 t swells out there. Isn't it unny, you couldn't pay me $100 to go into my own backyard and work on a rainy day. But when it comes to ishing... well that's just dierent.The ishing was just as tough as the weather. We managed two ish, one on a jig and the other on a worm. Both caught about 8t., one in stained and one in clear water.The interesting thing about Clear Lake is one part o the lake can be semi-calm while another part can seem like the Paciic Ocean and getting to calm waters can be a rough ride.
    City: Windsor

    Tips: I've had some o the best ishing in rain. But when it's raining and windy, you might want to do what the Bass are doing... just stay hunkered somewhere comortable.

Sunday, January 30th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was good. I caught 7 ish or 5 1/2 lbs. My ishing buddy caught 5 or 2 1/2 lbs. He had a tough day and struggled to keep his ish on the line. Maybe its the drinking? Maybe he's just inerior! The bite was good in the morning, stopped at 11am when the wind picked up and then started up again at 3:30pm.
    City: Santa Rosa

Wednesday, January 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a message to all o the bass ishing world,NCBF is a great bassin site. Just ound a new site just wanted everyone to know about it . WWW. BASSTRADER.COM CHECK IT OUT tHANK YOU bassrancher
    City: Fresno

Tuesday, January 18th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: NEVER FISHED THIS LAKE BEFORE. I WAS WONDERING IF ANY YOU CLEARLAKE FANS COULD GIVE ME ANY TIPS ON WHERE TO FISH ON THIS LAKE.
    City: SAN FRANCISCO

Saturday, January 15th, 2000

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with guide Joe Alberdi o AAA Guide Service:707-995-3773. Launched rom Redbud dock and ished primarily the southwest end o the lake. Landed an 8#, 2 7#'ers, a 5# and one that was about 2 1/2 #s. Lost another on my irst hookup that was about 8#s as well. Fished along the shoreline in about 15-25 eet o water with extra large minnows 2-3' below 1/4 oz. splitshots. All but two were hooked between 7-9:30 am.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: I was ishing with 10 pound mono and had my bait continuously hitting the bottom. That seemed to be where the ish were holding and I had many snags on the submerged rocks. We would troll with the baits behind or I would slowly retrieve when stopped. No action at all on any other lures or minnows rom bobbers.

Friday, January 14th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Beryl Bay area - picked up only 2 ish - a duece and a better 5 lbr. Things slowed down a bit, maybe the new moon? maybe it was just cold and rainy and I was slow/irratible...I'm still inding ish around stand ups in 6 - 8 eet o water though.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Fish the rip bite very slowly. Find a bait that will slowlydescend ater the rip (I put a suspend dot on a Rapala 9/16.)Let that bait sit 15 to 40 seconds beore moving it.) I'm throwing Rapalas in the Clown Pattern.

Tuesday, January 4th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was wondering i anybody could give me some ino on Clear Lake. Like where to go, what to throw, how deep, just the usual bass questions. We're planning a trip or January or February. It will be our irst time going to Clear Lake. We would like to rent a boat (i possible). Thanks a lot.
    City: Merced

Sunday, December 26th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: There is antastic minnow bite going on right now. Lots o big ish to be caught.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: I you catch a ish, stick around there is more to be caught out o the same hole. Dress appropriately it is a very cold ride across the lake.

Thursday, December 9th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Lakeport docks all morning. Threw Norman DD22 - Sun Crawish. Caught 4 ish. largest 5.5 lbs that I hooked irst thing. I ished early in the shallow stu, 3 - 5 eet o water. Caught the 5 lb'r just o a transition, 4-5 to 10 eet. Spent the rest o the morning looking or other transitions, beore moving out to 15 eet. There I ran the cranks down under the ish, let it drit up in them, and ripped it down again. Picked up 2 more beore bailing out. I'm thinking next time I'll ish the Clearlake Oaks arm, looking or the type o transitions I caught bigger ish at. Talked to a guy Pre-ishing or a local tourney - he was throwing Brush hogs and picking up ish around Nice.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: It's COLD as heck in the morning. I'd put in as close to where you plan to ish i possible. I put in at 6:45 at Lucern an ran across to Lakeport. Won't do that again without a ace shield!

Wednesday, December 8th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went to clear lake wed night with larry hemphill.well my report isn't as good as the previous tripwith mr. hinckley . we ished the calm beore the storm.we ahd seven ish by 10 pm and then the wind kickedin and the bite went dead. i managed to get one more as we were going in about 01:30. larry had our ishto 6.5 and i had our to about 4+. all ish were chuncky andreally healthy looking. interesteing to listen to larryat each place we would stop .. stu like " oh yea mr hinckley(actually he call people his clients) caught his 8 here.all in all a great tripas larrys trips always are . ihave ished with larry about 8 dierent times at clearlake,berryessa and orovilee. always a learning an great experience..
    City: SUNNYVALE

Monday, November 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 54 F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fellow Tubers, We held the '99 TOC yesterday @ Clear Lake. Mr. Bass won with an awesome 22.18 lb 5-ish limit, anchored with a 7.36 lb big ish. I inished second with a 5-ish limit or 14.61 lb,with a 5.27 lb ish. Ray inished 3rd with 2 ish or 7.78 lb, Bill was 4th with 4 ish or 6.38 lb,& Kevin was 5th with 1 ish or 2.98 lb. Most o yesterday's ish came on crankbaits & rattletraps.Water temp had cooled to 54 F, & clarity was improving. Lots o boats on the water rom Angler's Choice tournie.Go to http://www.tweenit.com/scbbc or more tournament news and ino on next years tourneys.Happy Holidays. Andy Parsons
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: crankbaits & rattletraps

Sunday, November 14th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Shasta Cascade Bass Anglers club tourney on 11/13-14. Weather was sunny and warm on Saturday turning cloudy, windy and colder on Sunday. Ken Krat won it with two limits (10 ish) totaling 37.93#. Ken and alot o the others ound ish cranking crawdad colored crankbaits and rippin clown colored Rogue rip baits. Ken's limits included big ish on Saturday (5.5+#) and big ish on Sunday (7.5+#). The Sunday big ish came on the clown.
    City: Redding

Saturday, November 13th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out o Red Bud and ished the South end most o the day. Picked up ish on jigs, blades, plastics and cranks. No real pattern unortunately, however, the better ish came on a jig and blades. Jig ish caame shallow while the blade ish came o rocks in about 15 eet o water. Used both a Texas rig and C-Rig or our plastics. The C-Rig seemed to produce better ish than did the Texas rig.
    City: Granite Bay

    Tips: As the water temp drops the bite gets soter and soter. Watch your line or movement. Don't depend on eeling the bite.

Sunday, November 7th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 58 - 61 F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club held inal tournie o year on Sunday. Winning weight was 5-ish limit o ~14.5 lb, anchored with 7.2 lb big ish. Second place was 5-ish limit or 13.5 lb. Bass came primarily on crankbaits & rattletraps. Fishing conditions were tough because o wind, waves & rain. Eight anglers weighed in only 16 ish.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: Yesterday was last regular tournie o year or SCBBC. I you'd like more ino, check out our website @ www.tweenit.com/scbbc. Thanks to all the anglers who made this year such a success.

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Clearlake on a windy Sat. [there's something dierent].Got some nice ish on jerkbaits and blades.The water is very shallow around the north end shores. There is a mud lat the size o Nebraska approx. 800 t. outside the opening o Rodman. Had to get out o boat and push the sucker o! There's also rocks and concrete chunks around the lake ya can't see till too late. Prop repair!
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: You can get to spots up on plane, but I think ya need about 12" o water to get going again! O brother.

Sunday, October 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: about 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ishing is ok here, but i really wanted to tell you about is a great website called alladvantage.com This website actually pays you money or going on the internet. All you have to do is sign up and download a view bar and your ready. Hey, i you think this is a joke check it out, alladvantage.com oh yeah, dont orget to type in this id# when you sign up( you may want to write this down) EWC-804 thanks
    City: Petaluma

Wednesday, October 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Western Team Roundup last weekend. The bite was somewhat tough, but manageable. We ound the best concentrations o ish around the deeper docks at the south end o the lake. There needed to be at least 12 eet o water at the outside end. Fish were scattered all around the docks in the mornings, and could be caught on rip baits, small cranks, and plastics. As the sun got higher, the ish would suspend under the docks, in the shade. We would then swim shad colored grubs on dart heads to catch them. Be persistant and patient. sometimes many casts were required
    City: Sonora

    Tips: 1/8 ounce ire tiger cranks, #7 shad raps, shad colored plastics swam on dart heads.

Tuesday, October 5th, 1999

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    Water Temp: NA

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: ished at cull canyon and caught our bass in about an hour o o reaction baits. Auctually caught some ish without getting in the thick stu. ish were small all under 12 inches
    City: CASTROVALLEY