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Saturday, June 8th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68 ??

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WOW I THOUGHT WED NIGHT WAS WINDY . WE HAD OUR CLUB TOURNEY LAST NIGHT we were supposed to go out o lucerne.. wow like the ocean . even to big sight seeing boat cancelled... when around to lakeport to check ..still huge wind but water a little calmer as long as you never go more than 20 yards o shore.. trailed down and put in at the keys ... wow still windy . about 12 pm wind looked like it was calming down so ventured out to rock pile binhind rattlesnake WRONG !! as soon as we started ishing giant wind re appeared. went back to keys ater hours o ighting big wind in keys packed it in about 3 am . oh yea only one bite between 7pm and 3 am .. some o club stayed so i don't know how it turned out o all our guys i know o only two ish that had been caught by the time we let .
    City: SUNNYVALE

    Tips: i'll try to get results and post later..

Wednesday, June 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished wed night in heavy winds and big swells. ished 7pm till about 2:30 am .. wind never did die down .. caught two ish one 4 on a jig and one three on a 10 inch worm .. was surprised at how much the weeds grew in about the month since i was there last .. makes night ishing tough since you can really see the weeds much at night ..
    City: SUNNYVALE

    Tips: no insight here ??

Friday, May 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Two ellows wanted to learn more about the south end since they have a tournament coming up. We started about 7 AM, thinking that the ishing might improve in the aternoon because o the cool water temp. That seemed to work out ine. I spend the irst two hours showing them rock piles, etc., or uture knowledge. We ished them a little but there were ew i any ish on them. I showed them some good tule areas and one o the guys lost a a nice one on a Senko and I missed one. About 10 AM I saw a bass shoot out rom under a dock towards my #301 Senko - put two and two together and set the hook. Sure enough, a 3 pounder. We went to a dierent area in the south end and started to see bass everywhere - some on beds and some looking. I taught them the basics o sight ishing and one o them turned out to be a good student! I had him using a white Weapon jig with a white Yamamoto grub. We soon spotted the biggest bass o the day, about 1:30 PM, and he threw to her. The jig disappeared instantly and ater a cool but scary jump, he had a 7-15 in the net! Wow!! I also got one a ew ounces under 4 pounds on a chartreuse jig - showing them how to get these shallow ish to bite. One unny thing - they both hooked the same ish - a nice 3 1/2 pounder - and both lost it. Since they are ishing a tournament this weekend, I will omit the areas that we were ishing. Ater they let I caught a nap and then went night ishing or awhile. It was air. I caught 5 in a ew hours, 4 o them weighed a little over 17 pounds - 5 1/2 the biggest. They wanted worms - would not touch a jig.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: There is obviously another spawn about to happen, probably this weekend and next week. We saw lots o bass looking or areas to spawn, and the bass I caught at night were all clean and the 4 and two 5's were ull o eggs. It was disapointing that the spawning bass I saw during the day would not bite at night. I didn't catch any o those ish, just pre-spawn bass. Both day and night were beautiul at Clear Lake - little or no wind. It was also interesting that areas that had seen spawning bass last month were now ull o carp - no bass! The areas where bass were spawning now were nearly devoid o carp. I guess they know the pecking order!!

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Am going to Clearlake the middle o next week. Any tips are appreciated.Monte
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: Thanks in advance.

Thursday, May 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 62 - 66 F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bass 'n Tubes held its annual Open @ Clear Lake the weekend o May 18 & 19. Over 60 loat tubers & kickboaters participated. The bite was very tough. Winning weight was 6 ish or 15.53 lbs. 2nd place was 14.79 lbs, anchored by Day 2's big ish o 4.91 lbs, & 3rd was 14.02 lbs, partly on the strength o Day 1's big ish (& the big ish o the whole shibang) o 7.92 lbs. Bass went or a wide variety o lures, but seemed to be scattered, with tubers unable to locate any o the amed Clear Lake "wolpacks." Wind & waves also made things interesting or those kicking & rowing. John Lake & others rom BNT put together a terriic event - well-organized & well-run.
    City: Santa Rosa

    Tips: For more ino about loat tubing tournies & clubs in Northern CA, check our various websites: http://www.bass-n-tubes.com, http://scbbbc.homestead.com, & http://www.rastabassclub.com.

Tuesday, May 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: -

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, today staretd o really well, i was ishing up around lucerne on a couple rock piles i know o. i was throwing drops shots wioth brn/blu 6 inch worms, and black and brn jigs, within 10 minutes, i laned my irst ish it clocked at 4.8, a little later i got a nother and it was a nice ish, i got this one on a jig, it cameup and i though or sure it was a 12 or so, but wieghed in at 8.2 i was totally stoked now, so continued ishign around the area and caught 12 more ish ranging rom 3.5 to 5.9, it was an awesoem day the wind was not bad there surprised me, and i heard it had been really tought out on the lake, but i managed to stick airly well, wish this would happen in tounrnaments.... haha
    City: Ukiah

    Tips: brown and blu 6" worms and 3/8 oz blk and brn jigs, in 8-12 eet on rocks

Wednesday, May 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: With a good buddy living in the oaks, I should ish up here more oten but rarely make the trip. I guess I could have picked a better day. We started about 9am at Rattle snake Isle. I Picked up a 2 pounder on a senko ishing the edge o some thules and my buddy did manage a 6 pounder on a minnow (his only ish) Fished back in the keys a little and I caught another 2# and a 4#, both on senkos. That was it or the day. Both ish in the Keys were almost grey. Maybe rom the cooler water or some kind o stress??, strange!
    City: Lotus

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: To answer the guy about the carp - they were up and around but most have headed or deeper water with the cold weather. I did see that biggest carp spawning that I think I have ever seen in Jago Bay - had to be 25 to 30 pounds. Wow! Anyway, I launched my Ranger 520 with a great client yesterday morning and couldn't begin to say how excited I was to see the water temp at 54 degrees! I think the calendar said April 30!! We inally ound 61 degree water in the back o Paradise Cove in the aternoon. Most areas about 58. At least the sun was out. We saw some crusing bass as did other olks - but they showed no interest. No bed ish at all (south end). We did manage three bass or nearly 12 pounds - the biggest a spawned out 4 1/2. My client caught a nice one nearly 4 pounds at Anderson Island on the new Senko #306 (natural shad). Both o mine were caught on the bluegill Senko #214 - the irst ones o the year on that color. Talked to two other boats with no ish. It was pretty slow. Lots o ishing pressure and unstable weather really make it tough or the time being. Think I will stay away this weekend!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Senkos started o slow this year but they are making up or lost time. I can't get bit on a jig lately. Maybe the crawdad population is down some. We targeted tule/wall combinations.

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the NewBass tourney on 4/20 & 4/21. Threw everthing in the box on Saturday and did not get a tap. Average ish per boat on Saturday was one ish with big ish at 9.85 and one boat with ive ish. Sunday wind was calm and water clear. Went south to redbud and picked up 6.95 on a senko at 9:30. Caught a 8" on a jig a ew minutes later. Went back to Konocti Bay around 1:00 caught a 1+ then lipped under a dock and got a 6.5. First day was zero and second day came in with 14.5 and 7th place. Watched as all the BASS rigs came driving in on HWY 20.
    City: sacot

    Tips: Bite was tough. It seemed as though senkos were the only thing that would make them react.

Sunday, April 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 55-58 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I ished with Bob Thein out o Bob Thein's Guide Service. We ished 3 days this past week, 4/16 thru 4/18. Although we threw most o the artiicials in the tackle box, the vast majority o the ish we caught came on large shiner minnows ished about 6 eet or so under a loat. Approximately 1 PM the irst day we had 5 ish that would average about 3 1/2 lbs in the boat when we moved up on a spot that Bob said held ish. The irst lob cast with a minnow brought a 5.8 lb largemouth into the boat. Four more casts gave me our more ish, the largest right at 8 lbs. We inished the day with 18 ish, with our largest ive going approximately 35 lbs.On 4/17 we started on that spot and caught 6 ish, again with the largest over 7 lbs. A ew hundred yards rom that spot I caught the largest ish o the trip, a 9.1 pound beauty. We ished under docks, skipping the senkos underneath and did catch 3 ish that way on Wednesday, but again the majority o the ish were taken on shiners. We inished with 16 or the day.The third day started with calm, clear weather and very ew bites. We did manage to scratch up 4 on shiners early on, but ishing was slow. We moved a couple o times, but stayed mostly in the Lakeport area o the lake. About the time the squall hit us, I hooked up on a nice ish, about 4.5 lbs., giving us 5 or the day. We moved approximately 200 yards south down the bank and ound them stacked o o a cut. We ended that day with 14 ish. The largest was a 6.4.All in all one o the most memorable ishing trips I've ever been on
    City: Modesto

Thursday, April 18th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I herd the ish at clear lake were big but I had no Ideal. I put in at ith street at 7:00 AM and ished North toward rocky point. I was throwing watermellon and red lake Senkos hitting all the patches and docks. At 8:00 I hooked in to what I thought was the bottom o a dock and low and behold it was a pig. I ought with her or what seemed like 10 minutes. Worried I might loose her I horsed her in and just when everything looked good I blew the net and it dove under the boat. Oh %$#@ I said carully I worked her up or another grab and landed her a wopping 8 LB. I Know they get much bigger but it was the biggest large mouth I ever hooked. The rest o the day I spent up at the brige and we hooked two more three pounders and a 1.5. The ishing was very slow and the temp was cold you had to work or yor catch. We got o the water at 5:00 PM.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: It may be spring but its still cold. the bite is slow best results is dead sticking. (Senkos are a sure bet) no luck with brush hogs, craws, or cranks.

Saturday, April 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I really enjoyed mysel at Clear Lake Thursday aternoon and Friday! I ished by mysel Thurs, starting about 11:30 am. It was very cloudy and breezy all day, making looking around or ish nearly impossible. I polked around some new areas, only catching a ew small ones. I talked to several ishermen and they were only catching smaller bass that day except or two ladies that had a beautiul 8-9 caught near the wine cellar. Finally I went to a standard Senko (194) and caught a 4-6 in some tules south o Buckingham. Trying dierent colors, I caught my irst-ever on a black/blue Senko - about 3 pounds. I went into Konocti Bay and decided to pitch a sour grape big brush hog into isolated tule patches. The color just seemed right to me and soon to a big bass that just started to move away with it - no bite! She came out o the water three times while I rantically tried to extend my net that, o course, wasn't ready. So I guess you call it hal a net-job, but I got all 8 lbs 2 oz o her in the boat!! This was about 4:30 PM. I still say it is a bigger thrill to hook the monsters that you can't see! I said thank you and put her right back ater a nice man on a nearby dock took a photo.Friday morning I had a great client that wanted to learn to ish the Red Bud area. Ater ishing Indian Island to no avail, I decided to show him Cache Creek - an area that I don't guide in much. I was hoping Dee Thomas, Pat, and Wayne had let a ew ater their tournaments. They did - we were lipping brush hogs and jigs. My black/purple/blue Weapon jig with a junebug Madman Craw trailer was what they wanted - I got a 4-4 and nearly had my arm jerked o as a 6-7 just crushed it!!! My client had a bite and missed it. Since this was a 6 hour trip we had to look at some main lake areas and he caught his irst sight ish - a small male. He was using a chartruese tube bait. We also got one over 3 lbs. I went back to M&M campground or a quick nap and started with one o my avorite clients at 6 PM. I was hoping night ishing would be better than it has - and it was! We would have had a great weight i I hadn't dumped an 8 plus at the boat. We wound up with 8 bass or a 5 best at 26 1/2 lbs. I wanted a 30 lb limit bad. I lost the big one on a brown/orange Weapon jig with a Madman Craw, but elt better when I soon landed a 6-14 on the same jig. That one bit - the other was hal-way to the boat beore I knew it. By the time I set the hook it was too late. How do thay do that? Ater dark, I had my client using the junebug Dead Ringer worm, and it continued to produce well. He got many more bites than did I. The jig did get another quality 5 pounder or me. He got a ew 3's and a nice 4-5. Though the ishing was ok, I really wanted him to stick a good one. About 1:30 am I saw him throw the worm ar back into the tules and soon set the hook. This ish didn't move and I jumped or the net! Parting tules, jumping bass with water everywhere in the blacklight is a cool sight!!! This bass is everywhere but I got all 6 lbs 9 oz o her in the net. What a way to end the trip. This was one o his biggest bass ever. Both o these gentlemen are ishing Clear Lake today (Sat) and I wish them well!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Swimbaits and jigs are producing some o the biggest bass caught recently. The slime is a problem or jig ishermen - but I think the results are worth it. Senkos are starting to work, but at a little slower pace than last year. You may have to look a little deeper or the beds - they are using many o the same ones as last year and the lake is higher. I've seen some real deep beds this year (south end). Clouds and wind will make it tough i you want to sight ish. Good polaroid glasses are a must.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2002

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ran to Clear Lake or a quick Easter break trip with my son. I oered him a salmon trip but he wanted a Clear Lake bass. Arrived Thursday, 4/4/02 to windy and overcast conditions and no bite. Ater dinner my son went to room and I ished around Knocti until 11 pm. Caught and released a 5.5 on a dark blue & leck 7" senko and that was it. Beautiul ish with a giant mouth. Back on the lake at 6 am Friday with the same weather conditions and again no bite. This can be a tough lake but we love coming back because eventually we'll knock em dead. Be advised that Knocti is remodeling their acility and the pools are closed.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Slow presentation and patience. Remember to call your wie when you go away on a ishing trip or there can be hell to pay when you get home.

Saturday, April 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57 to 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Spent the entire weekend up at the lake. Usually this time o year is awsome. We had some problems. With the cold ront that moved in the night we arrived, came cooler water. the wind mucked up the water. we could not see any bed ish.I caught ish on a 8" swimbait. Blackblue jig and a senko.9 ish 2 @ 5lbs, the rest around threeish. Bite or us was over by 11am. We hit it hard and struggled the entire trip.Fished only the north rom Lucern to Corrinthians.Best pattern was to ish the tulie pockets in the am. I think I was on top o beds but we could not see any due to the wind and water color.Good Luck all.The ishing should really pick up soon. just not this weekend or us!.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Senko! Senko!Swim bait in the lats outside spawn areas.Jig the wood!

Friday, April 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Besides having a pretty good trip to Clear Lake last Tuesday with a client, I was VERY EXCITED about something new I saw there this spring - over a hundred young bass that had survived the winter!!!! In the past two trips, we have even caught 3 or 4 twelve inchers. This is great news I think. Under one dock I saw about 12 bass rom 6 to 10 inches - last years spawn - good news! I'm sure that all readers to ncb realize that survival o the young over the winter is one o our serious problems at Clear Lake every year. I also saw several bass in the 8 to 10 pound class crusing around, trying to get warm. I saw one that might go around 12. These were better quality than I saw last spring. Another good sign. Please let them spawn!!On Tuesday, we ished mostly #221 5 inch Senkos and caught 9 bass up to 6 1/4 lbs - not a great trip but better than the 5 pounders in previous trips. Wow! - talk about spooky!! The big bass would come up to our baits - look at them - and run away. It was ALMOST unny. I said - almost!! We did see a ew pairs locked on nests, but mostly crusiers. Last year the mood o the ish, a least or my boat, was see the bait and eat it. Not this year - so ar. Like the previous report said - this water is CLEAR!! Be prepared or lots o weed and slime on your baits - the beneit o clear water. Night ishing has been very slow this year so ar, and it is hard to igure out why. This next month will be interesting. Bass are continuing to hit jigs day and night, and also the Power Tube is working.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: It might be necessary to use smaller baits i the water remains clear - but that may change. Sometimes with very warm weather, Clear Lake will gain some color rather quickly. Since the lake is higher than last year - you may have to look urther back in to the tules to ind the bass. I have been drop-shotting a ew bass or the irst time at Clear Lake lately - that is a irst or me!! I have been using a 3 inch pumpkin Senko.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58 - 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Its Easter break my son and a teenage riend and I head to Clear Lake or a ather/son getaway. For a change the weather was great and the ishing was as good. We ound loads o ish on beds in the North end. I have never seen the water at "Clear Lake" so clear. With a good pair o polarized glasses you can see the bottom in 11+ t o water around Nice & Lucerne. Needless to say the ish are skittish! Ater catching bed ish we ound dirtier water elsewhere and also caught nice sized ish on Senkos and split shot. Also saw some large Crappie on beds. Should be a great Spring at Clear Lake.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Have a good supply o whatever you use or bed ishing. Remember catch and release!

Monday, April 1st, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Has any been ishing the lake? The last report is rom 3/25. I heard that at the end o march their was a tournament and their was over 60 lbs caught by the winner somewhere by lakeport. Any ino. will be good. Plan to ish the lake rom 4/13 to 4/16. Any ino. on where and what to use will be very helpull.
    City: concord

Monday, March 25th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish the 21st Annual Fairield/Suisun Bass Reapers Open. On Beryessa April 13, 2002; the Entry ee $100 includes $20 Big Fish Pool per team. Entries must be recieved by April 8th (no entries the day o) so hurry. We oer 80% pay back, yes 80% pay back, to 20% o ield. Great rael and un. For more ino go to our main web page http://www.geocities.com/bassreapers, Once on the site click on "The Bass Reapers 21st Annual Open Team Tournament". This will take you to a print entry orm or the open tournament and has telephone contacts etc.
    City: Fairield

    Tips: Buy lots o rael tickets. The proceeds go to projects designed to enhance bass ishing on Berryessa (Bass and structure plants).

Wednesday, March 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the south hard. Nice day, but tough ishing starting out. Hit all the normal Redbud areas and into Cache a little and all the spots on the way to Konocti. Tried everything and couldn't get bit. Headed all the way North at noon and started to ind stained water and 53+ temp(p.m.) and FISH biting in Lakeport area. Caught two nice keepers (3-4 pounds)slow cranking a speedtrap. Caught a toad 7-8 dragging a Senko and another good one on a swimbait that was about 5. I know.....only 4 ish, but all in the space o about a hour and in one spot! Ater all morning South doing the same things without a bite, I was jazzed. I just ran out o time or I would have caught more I know.
    City: Lakeport

    Tips: Fish hard and ast. I you catch one slow down and try a ew dierent things.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish the 21st Annual Fairield/Suisun Bass Reapers Open.On Beryessa April 13, 2002Entry ee $100 includes $20 Big Fish Pool per team. 80% pay back, yes 80% pay back to 20% o ield.Great rael and un. For more ino go to our main web page http://www.geocities.com/bassreapers, Once on the site click on "The Bass Reapers 21st Annual Open Team Tournament" . This will take you to a print orm or the open tournament.
    City: Fairield