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Sunday, March 31st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63 to 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My partner and I ished the 28th annual Badge Packers Tournament on Saturday. With a little or rather a lot o luck we ended up winning it with over 32 pounds or six ish.The biggest was a bit over 13 pounds, and that wasn't the big ish or the tournament.Our next biggest was over 7 pounds and believe it or not, neither o the two came o a bed. The 13 came o a topwater irst thing in the morning and the 7+ on a senko adjacent to a brush pile with airly deep water nearby. We started out with a ew one pound plus ish, then got lucky with the 13 pounder in an area we had seen som really BIG ish in while pre-ishing the day beore.We did a little bit o everything rom top water, to carolina rigged 6" worms to split-shot worms to senkos, trying to improve our overall weight. We managed to improve things until our smallest was just under 3 pounds. My partner says, "A nice three or our pounder would really help out now". I told him,"Heck, i you're gonna wish.....then wish or a ive pounder". Well......not ive minutes later he boated the 7+. This was one o "those days" I'm sure we'll both remember or a long while. Our hats o to everyone who participated and hopeully had as good a time as we did. Thanks to those whose hard work helped to make the tournament a success.
    City: Antioch

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wie, son, & I ished the 28th semi-annual Badge Packers out o Fleming Meadows. Fished coves in Middle Bay all day. Wie boated our 1st keeper at 7:30 am split shotting a 6" Green Craw curly tail worm in about 15'o water. Averaged about a ish an hour until about noon when the bite picked up & we started catching one every 1/2 hour. Gradual sloping banks w/some grass & wood in the area were the best areas or us. I your into bed ishing they are there but we chose not to. Ended the day w/just under 12 lbs. or seven ish. When we let heavy bag was around 30 lbs. & big ish was 13 lbs. Our ish came split shotting 4-6" plastics in green craw, june bug, or purple ghost. No takers on spinner baits & a couple o good ish, 5+, came unbuttoned on a deep diving shad pattern crank.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Hope the tourney winners will post because we were out o the money.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (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

Tuesday, March 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Clovis bass club two day tournament. 5 ish limit, winner had 28.95 lbs including a 8.56 kicker ish. 2nd place had 25.80lbs. Big ish was caught on a sinko. It was not a bed ish.Some ish were spotted on beds but most seem skittish.Jigs and worms and senkos seemed to do the trick.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: 6 or 7 inch worms, I used a Carolina rig, Brown jigs with Cinnamon w/ black lake twin tail yamamoto grub.Go shallow to 30 eet.Good ishing.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went camping ished riday nothing. when it came saturday we ished in our loat tubes and didnt catch anything til night my riend caught 1 on a 5" yamommato crawdad in about 4' o water at night. on sunday i caught 1 in about 10' o water on a lightning blue yamommato spider jig with a 1/2 once jig head both were ished really slow. both ish were around 2lbs.
    City: Atwater

    Tips: ish really slow and i u get hung up on a little rock or somthing just wiggle your rod tip very lightly until it comes out and thats when the ish will hit it.ish up against bank rom about 20' to 3' o water and u dont even need a boat to catch these ish.

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Western Bass tournament on Sun. Too many patterns to mention. Fish could be had drop shotting in 30 t. or caught o o beds in 3 t. I had a bad day on the water and cost us weighing in a limit, but we did manage 6 ish or 11+. Found the bed ish a little too late in the day. A crazy day overall. Our irst ish came out o 30 t o water and our last ish came o o a bed.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: You just can't ignore 2 weeks o good weather, a ull moon, and 60 degree water. Check that shallow water.

Saturday, February 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: American Bass Anglers club launched 6 boats rom the Don Pedro Marina, we rented two house boats or the night prior to the tournament which was a pleasant stay with excellent service. My Partner and I planned to ish the 49er area irst stop but ound plenty o boats there beore us, we ished a rocky point with wood close by and Gino stuck our irst ish which was 3.37 Pounds that ell or a darter head Yamamoto ( brown) hula grub. Ater ishing the area with no more bites we decided to run up the other arm to check out water alls I had ished in the past. The alls didnt give any ish so we trolled over to main lake secondary points.I stuck a 14" ish so we decided to stay and ish the area,we ound a bush that had ish stacked , the boat was above 30' o water and I splitshotted a 4" Robo worm through the bush- the ish would suck the worm in and as I elt added weight I would set the hook, the ish appeared to be in 12 -15 t o water. I stuck 3 more ish this way.We inished 1st place-Big Fish or 4 ish 8.26Lbs. 2nd Place weighed a limit or over 6 pounds and 3rd Place also weighed in the 6 pound range. The wind picked up in the late morning aternoon time.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: The wind made ishing alittle tough , I pointed the boat towards the wind to hold it paralell to the bank, added Fish attractant to my worms, the ish appeard to be stagingto go in and look or beds. Didnt get any reaction bites.Good Luck

Saturday, January 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my nephew went out got on the water at 745 am. Fished main lake points with 1/4 oz. darthead Yamma grubs caught 3 keepers by 9 am (14 in. ish) Had to work hard the rest o the day to catch one more keeper caught it in the canyon area shakin brass n glass. Pretty tough day overall but beautiul day to be on the water.
    City: Modesto

Saturday, December 22nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We ished the area between the two bridges rom daybreak to 1:pm...Caught 8 ish rom 12 in to 1 3/4...all on 4 in worms & 3 in grubs,did get one on a tube bait...Steep rocky banks & points.
    City: Riv

Saturday, December 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Daybreak to noon...Droped the boat in at blue Oaks Ramp...This was the only area we ished,Too Windy.Caught ive keepers up to 2 1/2 - 3 pounds...One ish on a spoon & the rest dropshoting a keeper leach worm...All the ish came rom 30 to 60 t water.
    City: Riv

Saturday, October 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WOW!!! WHAT A BEUTIFUL MORNING... MY DAD AND I MET UP AT BLUE OAKS MARINA, HE CAME FROM FRESNO, ME SUNNYVALE.GOT ON THE WATER 630AM. LIGHT BREEZE WENT TO ISLAND JUST INFRONT OF THE DAM. MARKING BAIT AND FISH ABOUT 36 TO 50 FT. WATER LEVEL DOWN ABOUT 50 FT FROM WHERE IT USUALLY IS. WHIPPED OUT MY ZARA SPOOK AMD STARTED WORKIN IT....NOTHING FOR 1/2 HR? FIGURED OK ILL TRY THAT TROUT COLORED RIPP BAIT.NOTHIN! GOT OUT OF THERE AND WENT OVER TO THE FRONT POINT OF THE HOUSEBOATS ACCROSS FROM FLEMMING'S. THAT SPOT ALWAYS HAS FISH! TRIED YAMI'S AMD CRANKIN UNTIL MY ARM FELL OFF! NOTHIN OK I SAID LETS GO TO WOODS CREEK... OFF WE WENT IN MY NEW TRITON 21FT ON THE WAY WE SAW A FEW POINTS WITH WOOD ON EM SO WE STOPPED NOTHIN... THREW THE CANION WE WENT AND STOPPED AT THE RT SIDE WHERE THE FLOATING RESTROOMS WERE. BAMM BAMM ABOUT 10 FISH CHASED MY FAT FREE CHAD BACK TO THE BOAT"DINKS" OK OK IM THINKING DROP SHOT YES! WE TRIED THAT MY DAD GOT BIT BUT COULD NOT GET THE HOOK SET ITS ABOUT 11AM BY NOW AND IM GETTING NERVOUS. MY DAD'S THINKING HE'D JUST TAKING ME TO SPOTS HE DOESNT USEUALLY FISH.NOT TRUE I WAS TRYING TO IMPRESS MY DAD.SO WENT BACK INTO WOODS CREEK. DROVE ALL THE WAY BACK AND STOPPED AT ONE OF THE ISLANDS FISHED THE SHADDED SIDE ALWAYS AND GOT A LITTLE ONE ON A RICO PLUG. SAME SPOT THREW A YAMIMOTO SALT AND PEPPER GOT ANOTHE LITTLE ONE.CONTINUED TO HAMMER THE AREA WITH ARE HOLE ARESNOL. NOTHING ELSE, ITS ABOUT 230PM WE ARE HUNGRY AND SHOULD HAVE JUST ATE AND PULLED OUT EARLIER, BUT IM GLAD WE STAYED FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. I NOTICED EVERYWHERE I WENT SUSPENDED FISH IN 20 FT TO 35 FT IN 50 FT OF WATER I TRIED ANYTHING I COULD TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF FISH THEY WERE. MY OTHER FISHING CLUB FISHED A TOURNY OUT OF BARRYESSA 6LBS WON THE TOURNY WOW NO LIMITS CAUGHT. OUT OF 12 BOATS.ALL DROP SHOT FIGURES. I PERSONALLY THINK THE FISH HAVE LOCK JAW! THE WATER IS DROPPING TO FAST AND THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN HOT AND COLD THE FISH ARE IN SHOCK. I WOULD RECOMMEND BRINGING WATER SKIIS TO THE LAKE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
    City: SUNNYVALE

    Tips: YAMIMOTOS SALT AND PEPPERRICO POPP RDROP SHOT DROP SHOT

Saturday, October 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 6:45 am started at Jenkins Hill & ished to mouth o Graveyard Creek. Most o the irst hr. was w/a jerk bait & a Zara Spook w/no takers. Switched to split shot green weenies boating a 13" black at 7:40 am. 10 minutes later hooked another 13" w/same rig. Fish were about 5' o bank in 10' o water near allen trees. Fishless or next hour then had bass busting shad behind us so my son threw a suspending jerk bait, bleeding shad pattern, & a 2 lber. hit it on splash down. Fishless or another hour so headed to Willow Creek where my wie hooked a dink, split shot grn weenie, & our son woke us all up when he set the hook on a drag stripping 5 lber. that never suraced until it got to the boat. Unortunately it had whiskers & had inhaled a split shot leech pattern grn. weenie. Went back to where we started & the wie wormed up a 13 incher worming in 20' o water at the point o Jenkins Hill. No more takers so headed to Rogers Creek where we wormed, cranked, & spooned until 1 pm w/no success. Went back to ishing Jenkins to Graveyard Creek where we ished until 2:30. This time I put the boat in 20' o water & we spit shot worms on the deep water side o the boat which boated another 2.5 & a 14 incher. Our six keepers tipped the scales at 8 1/2 lbs..
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Tough bite but split shot worms then some type o top water where you ind shad chasing bass. Steeper rock w/wood banks w/better ish coming out o 25' to 35' depths.

Saturday, August 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 79o - 72o

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Saturday morning rom about 7:30 ( took the wie! ) til 1:00 pm ( got sick o wake boarders! ) caught 5 or 14 lbs. The water is starting to cool o, 72o in the upper end77o main lake. Largest ish 4.75 on a 1/2 ounce brown jig / pig 30' deep. Other ish on white senko's, and Split shot 6" worms. Fish are starting to chase shad in creeks, going to try top waters tonight.
    City: Modesto

Saturday, August 18th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 80-83

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 1/2 day on riday and only got 4 bites . Drove and looked whole lake over. Hooked 2.5-3lb bass in Woods creek with grub cast into surace boil but lost it when ish jumped. Caught keeper shallow on brown 3/8 rubber jig up river w/yamamoto #180 double tail trailer. Hooked another but lost it on same jig.Sat morning started up the river and caught 3 keepers and a bunch o dinks working rock walls with jig 2-5' deep beore sun hit the water once sun was out jig bite stopped. Tryed working jig down deeper then but nothing. around 10 am some bass started busting shad on the surace. I tossed a super spook into the boils and landed two more small keeper bass and lost another. topwater action stopped at around 11am .It was hot and I never got bit the rest o the day.Moved out to deep main lake stu and ished worms deep and worked mudlines but nothing. Lots o skiers and boats out.
    City: Pioneer

    Tips: Mocassin,Woods ,and up river all loaded with bait The only places I could get bit was where there was abundant shad present . Be prepared to jump in and cool o ! It was hot real hot!

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    Water Temp: 84- ??

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished big creek area rom 6:00pm too 10:30pm.Got 4 bites,caught two & lost one at the boat that would go rom 2 to 3 Lbs..Tough evening
    City: Riv

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    Water Temp: 80-83

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished during the day time but ater about 10 am was wishing it was night HOT!!! Started up the river and got three keepers with 3/8 oz brown rubber jig w/Yamamoto (bluegill) doubletail trailer. Fish were on rock walls. Biggest one went a little over 2lbs and caught several short ish as well. Went to Woods creek next and saw some surace activity but couldn't throw in ast enough. The day beore I threw a grub into a boil in the same area and hooked a 2.5-3lb bass that I lost when it jumped. Slow in here this morning so back up the river. Some ish were starting to work the shad on the surace and i you could get a lure into them you'd catch one. I was throwing a super spook and caught two small keepers and lost another.It was now around noon and no more surace activity and the skiers were out in droves. Went out to the main lake and tried worming some deep points and mudlines but couldn't get bit. The ish just wouldn't bite . Be prepared to jump in and cool o because you'll need to.
    City: Pioneer

    Tips: Lots o bait in Moccasin, Woods creek, and up the river. The only bites I got were shallow ish early where there was abundant bait. Once the sun was beating on the water it was all over.

Saturday, August 11th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Moccasin creek area rom 4:30am too 11:30am..Caught 14 bass to 2lbs.We got our ish on worms & top water..Top water bite was in open water.
    City: Riv

    Tips: Keep a rod rigger with a popper or Fluke..Shad color,Watch or bass eeding on the surace & you have too set the lure right on top o them

Saturday, July 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my loat tube out on saturday and stayed in the 5 mileper hour area. Only had 4 all day. One on a Lipless Frenzyand the others on a dropshotted ringed dilly lure. The combine wieght was around 6 lbs.
    City: Livermore

Thursday, July 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had a small club tournamnet Friday nigh on the lake, about 20 boats. Caught a nice 5.05 around 9:00 PM on a watermelon Senko. Pitch balck, no moon at all. Got about 2-3 bites between 10 PM and 6:00 Am Saturday morning throwing everything in the tackle box. My dad and I caught 4 more keepers between 6-7 dragging Senkos and 4" worms across rock piles in about 20 eet. We inished up second with 5 ish or 11.20. First place weight was almost 19 pounds, anchored by a magniicent 9.35-sweet ish.
    City: Elk Grove

Tuesday, June 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 75-78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Strong sources are catching ish in Woods Creek arm with bite being o and on all night. Standard night baits will work.