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Monday, April 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 0530-1200 hr.Cotton Area,Started throwing top water, had a couple boiles but no takers. Went to a Pearl Zoom Fluke which I tip the tail with Chart. dye. This was the ticket today. Caught iteen or so ranging rom dinks to 4 pounds, most were in the 2+ range. The bigger ish came o deep banks with brush or trees laying in the water. Worked the luke real slow letting it drop about a oot or so beore moving it. About hal would take it on the all and just swollow it. Caught a couple on cranks & blades, but not a bit on worms or jugs.
    City: Turlock

Saturday, March 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 55-57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in all the wind & rain,rom daybreak to 3:30 pm...We caught rom 40 to 45 ish.All but two over 13 in to 15 in...Fish were caught on Senkos,4 in leaches,6 in worms,skirted grubs & one on a crankbait.Biggest ish was a trout caught on a senko..Fish were caught rom 3 t to 15 t deep.Horse Shoe creek area & Main lake area..I was there 3-21 too & we caught app 25 rom 10 am to 3 pm.
    City: Riv

Saturday, February 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Club tournament saturday. 19 ished 7 limits. 4 blanks,ish were 5 to 25 eet deep. Watermellon baby brush hogs with black lakes carolina or split shot. Spinnerbaits in aternoon when the wind came up. My partner pat and I had heavy boat 2 limits 20.5 lbs. Bass were mix o large mouth and at little spots. Most were relating to shallow coves.Blade ish were in mud lines and points in wind.
    City: sac

    Tips: Pre spawn is coming. Bites were explosive and sudden. Hang on to your rod. I use power pro line with locarbon leaders.Maybe that's why the bites elt so good. two oot leaders worked good. Must be wood present or move on. Had to be watermelon color. Aqua view showed lots o ish 12 inches o the bottom moving around relating to wood. We averaged one good ish an hour. Wasted time ishing between coves.When the wind comes up throw white spinnerbaits or rettle traps in mud line driting with the wind.

Monday, February 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ishing the dam area is producing nice ish around 50' mark.the ish seem to be staging or the spring due to the nice weather. Mark your calendar, McClure/March 9th/Glenda 892-5252. Try a circuit without a membership ee (one time only @ McClure)The lake has dropped a little in preparation or the snow melt. So the ish are a little suspended, drop-shot/grub time. I think you will be pleasantly suprised @ the generous pay back, and people who listen to the angler, with a boat at the end.
    City: Hughson

    Tips: Slice leaches and mop-top Yamamoto's seem to be getting the job done. Shad patterns

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Mark your calendar! March 9th / Newbass / Glenda 892-5252We ished @ Don Pedro and the "pay back" was generous! This next event @ McClure is one time only trial, ish-and-no-membership (only or the McClure event). So get out there and see i the proo is in the pudding.I do not, am not employeed by Newbass. I just like the circuit. They do a pretty good job and listen to the anglers needs. The ish are moving up and easy to catch..hold on!!
    City: Hughson

Monday, January 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54/51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished the FBC club tourny. At least it didn't rain and the wind wasn't too bad. The og heading up rom merced alls was scary though. Only weighed 2/3lbs or 24th. caught 1st on a Yamamoto Salt& pepper Hula grub wuth a 1/4 Jighead, 2nd on a texas rigged Pro 34s brn worm. Tried all over: cotton, temperance, river. Also caught a ew small ones on a green weenie dropshotted. Winner was over 10lbs, most people with higher standings caught limits.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: even though ish were caught at

Sunday, January 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?-cold

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: American Bass Anglers club launched 5 boats- 1-26-02-Fish appeared to be very scattered and at 25 to 30 t deep.3- 10lb. limits were caught- paper tournament-.The bite was real lite just a eeling o weight while pulling rod.The level o the lake is down about 200 t. Most ish were caught on 4 inch dark worms. A couple o times it elt like ish were just biting the tail o the worms.
    City: Martinez

    Tips: ish reel slow, when moving the rod test or wieght and use a pressure set o the hook instead o swinging the rod.Good Luck

Saturday, January 26th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fish our small club tournament on Sat. Overcase all day with rain moving in later in the day. My partner and I concentrated on the main lake points across rom the boat launch (Barrett). I managed 4 ish right o the bat. All ish were along a steep rock and mud bank with some treee stumps. Ran down to Temprance area but did have much luck there. Ran over to the east side o the lake towards Horseshoe and ish the trees just beore the entrance to the creek to the south. Picked o another 3 or 4 ish. Fish seemed to be close to shore and would hit lightly. Just a tick in the line but no movement. I you set too soon, you'd rip the tail o. I caught all my ish on 6" green weenie worms. I'm guessing most ish were in the 15'-20' range. TOtal count 9 ish, 8 were keepers. Culled or best 5, two over 16", two about 15" and one over 14".
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: I had luck in the 10-20' range near steep rock and mud banks. Fish would hit as the worm was pulled o the little stair step banks. Later in the day we ish a broad deep lat with old trees. Fish were not concentrated. I had best luck with green weenie worm.

Friday, January 18th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52.3

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Beautiy morning but it got windy and cold about 10:00. Started in the back o Cotton and worked our way out. Plenty o ish on the graph but no bits until we hit the North bank with tree just beore the markers. Picked up three quality ish drop-shotting in 50 eet o water.Fished North side o dam, no luck. About 4:00 we started picking up jig ish along the North bank in the back end o Temperance. We were dragging black jigs, behind the boat, trailed with 6-8" lizards in 40' o water. Picked up our 2+ ish and missed another couple strong bites.We wished we would have picked up on the pattern eairler in the day. I eel we could have loaded the boat with quality ish.
    City: Turlock

    Tips: Drag jigs w/ lizards or good size trailer with some action in 30-50 eet o water.

Wednesday, January 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to the back end o Piney creek & started abt 6:45 am.Got 3 over 15 in. One on a senko,6 in.worm & skirted 5 in grub.ive more on 4 in worms rom 11 3/4 in too 14 1/2 in.Wind came up,got to hard to eel bites.Let & went back toward the So. Ramp..Caught 5 more rom 11 3/4 in. to 15 1/2 in. on 4 in worms..Let at 1:30 pm...
    City: Riv

    Tips: Fish Slow & keep your bait in the water...Sot bites,they did slam the split shotted senko.

Saturday, January 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ishing the dam area with drop-shots and split shots is producing some nice spots. go slow in about 40'-50'. ished smaller baits or bigger ish.
    City: turlock

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We ished rom 7am to 1pm..Fished horse shoe area & between the two ramps.Caught 18 spots rom 13 to 15 1/4 in. & 4 rom 12 to 13...We caught them on senko's,skirted grubs,4 in worms & leach's...Fish were caught in 15 to 30 t o water.
    City: Riv

Wednesday, January 9th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got into Horse Shoe area at day break.Got two quick hits on a 6 in Keeper (Shark) worm.Missed them,bit o about 1 to 2 in & caught two spots.We caught 22 more spots & one black.Fish came on shirted grubs & 4 in worms. worms was ished on 1/8 to 1/4 oz darter head.We caught ish in all 3 areas we ished.We had 3 just under 13 in & the reast were rom 13 to 16 in & caught rom 12 t to 40 t deep.We also learned real quick not too set the hook when we elt a hit,had too let them play with it or a while.Only had one ish that was hooked to deep to take the hook out.Cut the line on him
    City: Riv

    Tips: Small worms & light weight.

Saturday, January 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Nor-Cal tournament...cought ish rom 15-50t shakin worms...Had a great time and drew a nice guy... I stunk it up and only weighed 5 or 8+...See you at Pedro..
    City: San Jose

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at daybreak& ished until 12:30 pm..Got ive bits,caught three spots on 4 in worms..Deep water,in areas we could get out o the wind..Fish were 1 1/2 to 2 lbs.Only saw two boats on the water today..
    City: Riv

Sunday, December 16th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 7 am to 3:30 pm...Main Lake areas on steep drop os....All our ish were caught on plastick,most on 4 in worms,leaches & reapers..We caught ron 17 to 20 ish,only 4 under 13 in...Started culling ish at 9:45..But11 we didn't win any money...Seven ish,10 lbs plus...
    City: Riv

Wednesday, December 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We got started just beore day light & ished until 1pm..Caught 17 spots(only one under 13 in) up to 2 lbs plus.Nothing on spoons,spinner or crankbaits.Fish were caught on worms & grubs rom 5 t to 40 t deep.We ished the main lake & tempence creek area.Most ish were caught o deep rockie banks...Lake has come app 2t since last Thur.
    City: Riv

Thursday, November 29th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Windy as hell when we put in at daybreak,wind died down some & it rained o an on until we let at 2pm..Only caught 8 bass rom 13 1/4 in to 15 3/4 in..Two biggest came on jigs & the rest on worms.Caught a large crappie & two trout on a spoon.No bass on spooning..
    City: Riv

Sunday, November 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 61-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a Mid-Cal Tournament Sun...28 boats...Didn't do too well.Caught 12 keepers,couldn't get any weight. Seven ish or 10 plus lbs...All our ish came on Cali. & Keeper worms,splitshoting & darter heads.Main lake coves,rom 10 to 40 oot deep.We had too stick the seven we weight in,when we released them...
    City: Riv

Tuesday, November 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 63-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started at the island across rom the so. ramp,just beor day break,caught a couple around it..Went to cottonwood,got a couple there & inished up in the main lake area at 1 pm...Caught 16 spots rom 13in to 16 1/4 in..Got two on jigs & the rest on 4 & 6 in. worms..They were all deep & most bits were sot bits...
    City: Riv

    Tips: Sharp drop os on rocky banks.