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Monday, August 25th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the north ork rom 4:00pm until 8:00 pm. Caught 10 ish over 13in with nothing under two pounds and the best going just over 3. Mostly largemouth. Most o the ish came on a Zara super spook. One came lippin a 10in power worm! another on a zoom luke and two on a blade. I think they would take whatever you were throwing. last month you couldn't hardly ish topwater with all the recreational traic (jet skiers and water skiers) but the traic has thinned out and in a couple more weeks we can get the lake back!!!
    City: Orangevale

Sunday, August 10th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main body (only b/c Rattlesnake bar ramp was closed). We were drited rom about 22' o water in to shore o big island o o granite bay. Had good readings o small mouth on ishinder. Used mainly sot plastic jigs with weighted hooks. Four hookups, two small mouths landed about 1.5 pounds. Couldn't ind enough cover or largemouth on that part o the lake.
    City: Roseville

    Tips: Go toward rattlesnake or better cover. Small mouth were hitting sot plastic jig pretty consistently

Wednesday, July 9th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 65-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: A numerous amount o Smallmouth Bass ranging rom 1-5 pounds are going or nightcrawlers early and late in the day just opposite the marina in 2-8 eet o water, and during mid-day are striking 6-inch morning dawns in 10-15 eet o water. TIPS: Your best bet or bait would be nightcrawlers or redworms, and or lures small sot-plastic baits will erratic motion works the best. Bright colors are not needed, because o the clarity o the water. Crankbaits and spinnerbaits are slow, but might produce.
    City: Walnut Creek

Tuesday, July 8th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Found school o bass 2-3 lbs each. looded trees 10 oot o water used 4.5 inch worm (split shot) bass was picking up on all or I had to shake worm or hit. caught 7 bass rom this school, then a number o smaller ish.
    City: Shingle Springs

Tuesday, July 1st, 1997

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Between 10 and 1 pm we caught only two largemouth in 2 pound range. We tried every bait under the sun and inally hooked up with bright collored shallow blades. We tried minnows, worms, salta and pepper and spinner baites. We were over by rattlesnake bar in a inger area o about 10-15 water. Any help is welcomed.
    City: Roseville

Tuesday, June 24th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 70s

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished willows on the south side o the peninsula or about 4 hours up until dusk. Caught 5 keepers, the best o which was a 3.2 lb largemouth. Caught all ish on Zara Spook and Splash-it.
    City: Orangevale

Thursday, May 22nd, 1997

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I was ishing the main body on Wed. 5-21-97 and had a toad come up under a splash-it. It spooked when it saw thw boat. Went back on Thurs. 5-22-97 and went up to the willow again very quietly and started throwing a Zara Spook. I hooked up a ish in the 6to 7 pound range and dumped it. Three casts later I hooked up a 9 lb. 10 oz. largemouth. Fish was in about 10 eet o water.
    City: Orangevale

Friday, May 16th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Was ishing over near the S.S Relie caught 3 trout and 1 smallmouth. All were keepers. Using the banjo minnow in the purple color. it took a while but ater about 1/2 hour things were looking up. good day o ishing.
    City: Sacramento

Wednesday, April 30th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: report: Me and my riend decided to do some shore ishing in Brown's Ravine,we only caught three decent ish, 2 pound spot, just under 2 pound largie, and a keeper, we were mostly split shotting zoom lizards, there was a lot o other anglers there, others said they caught a ew also, but they have been there or6 hours, all o our ish were caught late in the evening.
    City: Folsom

    Tips: Fish when you can get awy rom the skiers when you can, they can be a pain in the..... sometimes

Thursday, April 10th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 54-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent 4hrs in south ork. Caught 2 ish, one 4 1/2lbs. and one 2 1/2lbs. Spent the rest o the day in the north ork. Caught about 18 spots ranging rom 2 to 3 1/2lbs. Caught all ish throwing spinner bait. Had many other hits but even with trailer hookthey were not getting it. Very productive day.
    City: Palcerville

Friday, April 4th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing out by Beek's bight, ished rom 7 am to 9 am. Tried 6in morning dawn but no bites. Then switched to a 5in Ripple Lip Ripper worm (color was the Blues). Caught a 2 lbs. Lg. mouth in 4' o water. Then caught a 1 lbs. dink right aterward. Fishing was pretty slow. Saw couple o boats come by throwin blades and crankbaits but they had no luck.
    City: Orangevale

Tuesday, April 1st, 1997

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Gates open at seven. My plan was to launch as early as I could. I wanted to beat the strong winds in the later morning. I ound ish in the south ork orm 1-21/2 lbs. All small mouth. Dropping purple worms at about iteen eet.
    City: Sacto

Saturday, March 29th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I PULLED A FEW SMALL MOUTH OUT OF THE GRANITE BAY AREA. I USED GRUBS LITTLE BITS AND SPINNER BAITS. FISHING WENT WELL UNTIL THE JET SKIERS ARRIVED. I THEN WENT TO THE SOUTH FORK TO LOOK FOR LARGE MOUTH. I ENDED UP WITH TWO LIMITS OF SMALLMOUTH. WATCH OUTFOR FLOATING LOGS. THE LAKE IS STILL UNSTABLE WATER IS MIRKY. I'D GIVE IT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE FISHING REALLY GETS GOOD.
    City: Sacto

Friday, March 28th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Out at Beek's Bight rom 1pm to 3pm, caught a dink splitshottin a 4in smoke pepper worm. Then caught a 2 lbs. smallmouth on a red Lip Ripper worm rom Fran and Eddy's. Last ish o the day caught on the same red worm near a christmas tree, it was a 5 lbs. largemouth. All ish were in 4' o water holding tight to brush. Slow and low is the tempo.
    City: Orangevale

Saturday, March 8th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished new bass tourney sat , very nice day, slight wind. 97 + boats almost everyone wieghed in. most ish taken on light colored blades, shade type crank baits,worms, most ish cought up shallow, but my partner and I stayed in main body around granit bay,dragging worms in 15 t water in middle granit bay , we were culling by 8:00 am some good ish 3plus lbs . most ish on dark colored 6 inch worm. couple on blades , colorado blade style, water is starting to warm up and clear up ishing is good , ever on catching ish . we took 13 th with almost 14 lbs.
    City: Citrus Heights

Wednesday, March 5th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the West Coast bass tournment this weekend at Folsom. Caught one spot weighting 1.60. That was the only ish I weighed in. Judging by the other bags coming in I wasn't the only one having trouble getting ish to bite. It didn't help that there wasatournment the day beore. The winner o that tourny won with around 24 pounds with a 9 lber. I heard he won throwing blades in shallow water. We got our ish on a Bomber Fat A in 3 eet o water. The ish are moving up the key is to be in the right placat the right time.
    City: Citrus Heights

Wednesday, February 26th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: On the water at 7:15 am stopped about 1:00 pm. Fished points rom the bank out to 30 eet deep. I tried steep banks, not a bite. I moved to a milder slope, no bites. There is clear water coming in rom the south ork, mud line near New York Creek. Talkedwith three other guys, they didn't catch anything either. I tried worms- morning dawn, witches T, oxblood & blue. Jigs- black & blue with brown pork and then red pork, a brown jig and brown pork. Spinner bait - white and a Rat L trap - chrome and blue.
    City: Shingle Springs

Saturday, February 22nd, 1997

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake was comming up an average o a oot a day. My riend and I were ishing with Larry Hemphill. He caught one all day and the rest o us got skunked. The ish were down there about 15'-20', the only one caught was on a chartruese rattling deep diving crank-bait.
    City: Grass Valley

Tuesday, February 11th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 7:00 till 1:00 without a bite. Visibility still horrible. Water still dropping. Browns Ravine is the only ramp open. The good news is the 5mph was lited. I the conditions don't change the up comingWest Coast Bass tournment is going to be a tough one.
    City: Citrus Heights

Sunday, February 2nd, 1997

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    Water Temp: 50-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water around 1:00p.m. By 3:00 had seven pounds with two ish. Four pound bucketmouth and a three pound spot. Browns ravine ramp was the only one open. The whole lake is still only ive mph.Water visibility is horrible. Caught the largemouth in15 eet o water, shaking a paddle tail worm. Nailed the spot in two eet o water on a 3/8 oz. little deep N. Go igure!!!
    City: Citrus Heights