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Monday, July 29th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing wasn't good but ok. Got there about 6 p.m. in the evening, with a buddy. About the third cast my buddy landed 2 hal to 3 lber. 5 minutes later he landed another, just bout the same size. Twenty minutes or so later, I caught a 5 to 6 lber, ollowing that, I caught one just a tad smaller. Than ater that, it just went quiet to about 9 when we let. I also observe the water level dropped bout one oot or so..
    City: sacramento

    Tips: black lizard with chartreuse tail.

Monday, July 22nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 80+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First o, rom the amatuers to 'jay the pro rom the ppt tour' 20 pounds or your best ive isn't shit at Mather, so drop the attitude. For the rest o us amatuers, don't park on the street or you'll probably get a ticket. No parking is being enorced as o about two weeks ago. They've even put new signs out. Looks like the county parking lot is the only place to park now. Good luck out there. Senkos are producing quality ish, you just have to be patient and weed through the rats.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Careul where you park.

Monday, July 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WELL LET'S JUST SAY IT WAS A DECENT DAY FOR A PRO LIKE MYSELF. BUT FOR YOU AMATUERS IT WOULD OF BEEN GREAT. STARTED AT 730PM TOSSING OUT 6IN. FLIPPIN' WORMS , THEN BAM! FISH ON ABOUT 4IBS. NOT BAD FOR THE SECOND CAST. I GET A KICK OUT OF RELEASING A FISH IN FRONT OF PEOPLE ON THE SHORE WHO INTEND TO EAT THEM! WORM BITE STARTED TO SLOW SO AS USUAL I SWITCHED TO THE FROG. FROM THEN ON I WAS TOO HOT TO HANDLE. THE FISH WERE JUMPIN' OUT THE WATER TO GET ON MY HOOK. CAST INTO THE TULES AND CLUMPS OF GRASS AND HOLD ON TIGHT!YOU SHOULD GET BIT.AT THE END OF THE DAY MY FIVE BIGGEST FISH WENT 20IBS. WITH THE BIGGEST TOPPING 6IBS. WELL GOOD LUCK FISHIN'.
    City: SAC

    Tips: STEALTH IS THE SECRET HERE FOLKS MAKE LONG CAST ON THE MATS AND BRING SUN SCREEN IT'S HOT.

Tuesday, May 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 63-69

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out last sunday and didn`t catch a thing.Yeah I`am surprise!I did happen to see a couple o males, but wouldn`t bite.Threw out black-blueleck brushhog,spinnerbait,zora spook,torpedo,jerkbait,and the rog.Was talkin to guy who ishes here a couple times a week and said he be bangin the hogs at night with rogs.Out o the 8 people here ishing or bass{including 4 in boats}only 4 bass caught which were small males.I ish rom 3:45 to dusk.
    City: sacramaento

    Tips: Try going out their at night and throw rogs.Also try workin the weed line with t-rig worms. Remember to wait a eel pressure beore you set that hook in that hog when ishing rogs.good luck.

Sunday, May 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64-69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Sunday and didn`t catch SH!T. Fish rom 3:30 to dusk.Saw a couple o 1-2lb. males but wouldn`t bite.Threw out black blueleck brushhog,jerkbait,spinnerbait,buzzbait,zora spook,jitterbug,and rog.Walk the hole lake.Also, talked to a guy who ishes thier othen and said he was nailing HOGS out here with rogs at nite.HE caught a 2lb. o the bat on topwater,but that was it.Out o the 8 people their ishing or bass{including 4 o those people in boats} thier was only 4 bass caught.The ishing should get better as it warms-up.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: Try going out at nite and throwing rogs.Work the vegetation on the top.Make sure you eel the weight o that hog beore you set that hook.Good luck.

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    Water Temp: 64-69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Sunday and didn`t catch SH!T. Fish rom 3:30 to dusk.Saw a couple o 1-2lb. males but wouldn`t bite.Threw out black blueleck brushhog,jerkbait,spinnerbait,buzzbait,zora spook,jitterbug,and rog.Walk the hole lake.Also, talked to a guy who ishes thier othen and said he was nailing HOGS out here with rogs at nite.HE caught a 2lb. o the bat on topwater,but that was it.Out o the 8 people their ishing or bass{including 4 o those people in boats} thier was only 4 bass caught.The ishing should get better as it warms-up.
    City: sacramento

    Tips: Try going out at nite and throwing rogs.Work the vegetation on the top.Make sure you eel the weight o that hog beore you set that hook.Good luck.

Tuesday, April 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60-62

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED FROM 5:00PM TIL DARK. CAUGHT A 4 LBR RIGHT OFF THE BAT FLIPPING WEEDLINES WITH YAMAMOTO SPIDER GRUB. CAUGHT 5 MORE IN THE NEXT HOUR RANGING FROM 1-3 LBS. TOSSED A FROG FROM 7:30 TO DARK, HAD SEVERAL BLOWUPS ONLY LANDED 2 FISH. ONE OF THE FROG FISH WENT 6-1/2 LBS. FISHING SHOULD GET BETTER AS WATER BEGINS TO CLEAR. MY BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AT THIS LAKE CAME LAST YEAR AND WAS 9LBS, HAVE CAUGHT SEVERAL RANGING FROM 5-7LBS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. HOPEFULLY MY FIRST 10LBER WILL COME THIS YEAR.
    City: SACRAMENTO

    Tips: FLIP THE EDGES WITH TEXAS RIGGED PLASTICS OR GO WEIGHTLESS. THROW TOPWATER TOWARD THE END OF THE NIGHT.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out again, caught 3 up to 3 lbs on zoom t-rig worm.
    City: Sac

    Tips: Go weedless

Tuesday, September 12th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the tube out, caught 3 (12-13") on t-rig worm. No takers on Frog. Buddy caught 6 or 7 on trick worm.WEEDY!!
    City: Sac

Tuesday, July 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to Mather or the irst time and took the tube. A lot o people there. Caught 6 or 7 but no keepers. At least 1/2 the lake is shallow with a lot o weeds.The park closes at dusk.
    City: Sac

    Tips: Go weedless

Tuesday, July 11th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Anybody know how late you can stay out here? I read your posts scooter and it sounds like you can ish at night. Is it open all night? ThannksNick
    City: Citrus Heights

Monday, June 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: ??????

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a ew small ones on top water. Fishing seems to come and go just ater nightall. Also tried worms around 7ish with no luck. Need to arrive a little earlier or that. Spoke with a gentleman that caught a 4lb bass in the channel with a mouse.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Throw out the top water has soon has the sun sets all around the channel at the back o the lake. Fish seem to hit the top water just has it lands. Frogs are also hot out here.

Saturday, April 1st, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I went out this morning with no action to speak o. It was my irst time there. There was one guy who had caught about a 2# trout and a 5lb catish.I could use any suggestions as to what to use or Bass this time o year. Thanks
    City: Sacto

Sunday, October 17th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ished rom around 2:00 till dusk.threw a small rapala and a small spinner.caught about 10 (no keepers). My buddy got about the same.I need help on how to catch bigger ish out o this lake.email me please.
    City: Rocklin

Saturday, July 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: One ish 2.6 .Out rom 10pm to 1 am. Had a couple o blowups on a rog but they were no very aggresive.
    City: Sac

    Tips: Did not do good enough to suggest

Saturday, July 10th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 9pm to 1:30am. Caught good numbers o ish. All on rogs. Pitch black out(new moon). Caught several over 3lbs. Had a great time.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Black rogs--pause and go...

Sunday, June 20th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 5:30am till 8:30am. Caught some nice spinnerbait ish in the 2+ range. Stuck 1 3.8 on a Black rog lipping the weeds. Fish are tight to the cover. Over all I got 8 ish.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Keep the spinner baits (white) just under the surace, moving astFrog: They wanted a long pause beore moving it and then they would strike

Friday, June 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a test o the automatic report cgi
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lets hope it worksFishing Reports or Mather Lake

Sunday, March 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out or about an hour towards the evening and caught one bass about 15" hanging on it;sbed.Water is real murky and it's hard to gauge how many more are out their a little arther romshore.Price is only $2.00 ro parking though.You take sunrise out towards mather to Douglas road.Thelake is on Douglas about 1/2 mile down.
    City: Carmichael

    Tips: Used a little crawish spinner.

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    Water Temp: 60s

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Wanted to avoid the holiday water traic on the Delta so I opted to ish smaller waters with the tin boat instead. This was my irst time ishing at Mather ater reading a ew recommendations that this might be a decent place to nail a ew bass while visiting riends in Sac.Got there just beore noon, with no real expectations. It was basically an exploratory trip just to see what's there. The path rom the parking lot to the lake has a locked cable strung across it so it was a bit o a chore lugging the Valco, 'lectric motor, battery and tackle in separate trips--good thing I had my ish'n partner Stephanie with me. Boats with 'lectric motors are allowed. Ater a short while assembling our gear we shove o. There's an abundance o weed growth and mats...I'd say Mather is more overgrown than Rancho Seco. Looks like it'd be great rog water. We headed out to the eastern end o the little lake as that's where most o the tule stands are. Steph started out with a 4" Zipper (in Green Weenie) while I worked a white rog. Had nothing going on with the rog but the zipper was getting bit in the tule and cheese pockets. Switched to Brushogs and still couldn't get them to commit. The ticket was 5" Senkos ished the usual way--weightless, Texposed. We stuck 4 largies working the tules, the biggest one only going 14 inches. They were all chunky, even the undersized ones. Then wind kicked in making it extremely diicult to ish Senkos, not to mention controlling the boat.Ater checking out the rest o the lake we called it a day, mostly due to the wind. I it weren't so windy it would've been nice to stay or the evening bite. It was a un but short aternoon and i I were to return I'd be more prepared with a dolly to wheel das boot to the shoreline.
    City: Frisco

    Tips: Pitch #208 Senkos into the tules and cheese pockets.