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Monday, April 20th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main body and South ork. Water temperature ios rising quickly with this nice weather. Caught one nice at smallie on a white/white 1/2 oz. blade. Switched to a Zara Super Spook and put 6 more in the boat. Nothing over 3 or under 2. Had another 20blow-ups on the bait. Going back on Tuesday. tips: Males are up shallow. Isolated willows seemed to hold most promise or a strike. Working close to shore on steep banks also brought response. Rocky, boulder type outcropping worked too.
    City: Orangevale

Tuesday, March 31st, 1998

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Newbass Semipro Team Tourny on Saturday and caught several ish on worms rom one to iteen eet deep in trees and rocks around the Peninsula. Top weight or the event was seven ish or about 19 pounds. Most o the high weights came rom teams using white spinnerbaits, pumpkin brush hogs, and worms in browns or purple; mainly rom the main body o the lake. The weather was cold, windy, and a little wet, but the water had level had come up alot this week. Next event is on Oroville, April 11.
    City: Sacramento

Thursday, March 26th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 54-61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main lake caught one smallie on blades and two rippen, also three spots shot'n. Fished rom 10:00 to 2:00.Launched at Granit Bay on the new ramp it has three docs. There is alot wood loatting around, be careul.
    City: Sacramento

Friday, March 20th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My brother Justin caught 4 and nearly boated another using minnows and cranks.I caught 2 and had 2 more steal away my minnows.One o the little suckers tried to inhale my chartruese model a bomber,I also caught a turtle on a minnow.We were ishing over in the Dyke 8 area rom 3-6pm.P.S. the turtle survived his encounter with (when humans attack). tips: We were loating minnows about 3t rom the bottom and using Bomber model A's chartruese tiger stripe crankbaits.The bass were hanging 7-9t down.That's all olks!
    City: Carmichael

Thursday, March 19th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 49-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My brother and I ished about rom 10am.to2pm.and he cawt one small mouth around 21/2pounds and lost another.I to had one on only to watch her swim o my hook about 2 eet rom shore.Looks like some are looking or their beds but have yet to stake out any claims. tips: We both were using jigs 8-12t.down red/black w/craw type trailers.Also recieved hits o minnows using a weight about 3t. rom hook.Fished over in the Doton's Point area near the trees.Good Luck to ya!
    City: Carmichael

Wednesday, March 18th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Found a number o spots on the north ork beore you get to the narrows. Caught 2 on spinner bait, 4 on crank bait an 2 on worms.Used gold and white spinner bait, chartreuse crank bait, morning dawn worm. The ish were all near the looded trees in 4 to 15 eet o water.
    City: Shingle Springs

Thursday, March 12th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the ishing is alright i caught a couple 4 pounders tips: top water seems to be the best right now
    City: Noble

Saturday, March 7th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 49.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Metro Newbass tourney on 3-7-98. My partner and I caught 4 ish crankin Beals pt.(9lbs) The winning weight was 17lb++.Most o the ish caught during the day were caught on lizards(draggin) in the main body.Big ish(6lbs++) and 2nd Big ish(5lbs++) caught on a jig in the north ork. tips: Crank, Rip,and spinnerbait the rock piles in the peninsula,Beals pt and Dotton's pt.They'll be hot in a week.
    City: Vacaville

Tuesday, March 3rd, 1998

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Found ish in creek channel. Not very aggressive but went or small plastics. Had some chase crankbaits and blades. They are shallow now . Chartreuse is the major color right now. In two weeks rom now the ishing will be awesome.
    City: Orangevale

Saturday, February 28th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom noon to 4:00 pm. Caught 8 keepers, one on a crankbait and the rest on blades. Best ish 3.2 Smallmouth. Best ive went 13.5+. Fished isolated rock and long points leading to spawning areas - all in main body.
    City: Orangevale

Wednesday, February 18th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On water by 9:00am ished pennisula (Browns Ravine side,oundish in 4 to 6 eet o water using gold & white spinner bait. caught 4 between 2 & 3 lbs. switched to worms when this stopped, caught a couple o dinks, o water by 1:00pm
    City: Shingle Springs

Sunday, February 1st, 1998

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished rom 7:00 to 10: am. had 6 keepers or two anglers. caught one on 1/2 oz. white/white blade an 5 on chart/blue back Normans deep little N. Fish were shallow...approx 5 - 10 eet and came o wind blown points o peninsula. Fish were eeding on pond smelt. Also hooked up a couple o carp in clown suits (rainbows)
    City: Orangevale

Saturday, December 27th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day and only caught 6 ish in the north ork. They were nice ish but the bite stopped about 9am.
    City: Marysville

Sunday, December 21st, 1997

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    Water Temp: 51.2

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: It was very windy on Folsom Lake on Sunday, but the bass were cooperating. We launched @ 2:30 or a couple hours o ishing. We went to the narrows and ished the steep structure. The ish were in 25 eet o water and eeding. We caught 5 keepers up to 2.5 pounds shaking worms and shad gitzits.
    City: Lincoln

Friday, December 12th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I got to the lake about 10:15 to day to run the boat and look aroud a little. I cranked and though a spook then spooned but in over a hour not a bite. went to a Garland jig and got two small mouth one about 1-1/2 and one about 2-1/2. Got o the water about 12:30
    City: Sacramento

Monday, September 29th, 1997

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    Water Temp: mid70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 4:30 pm to 7:15 pm. Caught three ish on zoom lukes around willows. Switched to a Baby Bass Splash-It when the Sun started down and caught 12 - 13 more ish real quick. No real size to them, though, 12in - 14in. A couple o them had HUGE shad in their mouths. Lots o schools o shad on top. Seems that they are making a comeback - or a long time it was mostly pond smelt.
    City: Orangevale

Thursday, September 25th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 70's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 4:00 to 7:00 - Caught 7 bass - 2 largemouth & the rest spots. Caught all but one on spinnerbaits. Fish are shallow. 3 - 4 eet deep.
    City: Orangevale

Wednesday, September 24th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched out o Granite Bay and while waiting or my partner to park the truck. I stuck two nice spots on a Splash-It. One went 3.7 pounds and the other went 2.3. I should have known that catching ishing on the irst cast is bad luck. Couldn't indanymore top-water ish or the rest o the day. We ound ish down deep in 25-30 eet o water under shad balls. We managed to spoon up some nice spots and smallies and make two limits. Tip: try and locate shad balls on your graph, you will usuallyee larger ish under-neath them. Easy pickins, just match the spoon with the shad and hang on.
    City: Sacramento

Tuesday, September 16th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 4:00 until 7:30 pm. Had numerous blow ups on a Zara super spook. only hooked up one, a 2.5 pound largemouth. Caught one spot on a white spinnerbait with brass/nickel combination blades. Best ish o the night came on a jig. 3/8 ounce Brown/Orange with a grub trailer. That ish went 3.7 pounds. Fish came rom north ork above Anderson Island. Nothing deeper than 5 eet. tips: Throw white blades around rocks and willows. Toss a Zara sppok i it is calm.
    City: Orangevale

Thursday, August 28th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The ish were'nt as aggressive as the last couple o days. I did however pick up a couple o good ish. Got then all on blades (white). Best ish was 5 1/2 pounds. This one came o a small bunck o willow & rock in about 3 eet o water.
    City: Orangevale