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Saturday, January 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Local ishing club. Had our one day tournament today at Lake McClure. Weather cleared up or us, ater the storm ront had passed through last couple o days. rom the 8 boats that we launched at irst light, no-one caught a limit. orgot the winning total weight but it was minimal. to make my irst post short, ishing was slow 5 people got skunked, including mysel unless you include the trout I caught using a drop shot rig with predator worm. biggest ish 2 that measured 16in. I tried every color combination seems like blue ghost or purple worms work the best. but other than a slow day ishing it was great participating in my irst Bass tourney.
    City: livermore

    Tips: I guess I wouldn't have any tips since I caught no Bass. But the winning angler caught all his ish with Yamamoto grubs. others caught ish early with crankbaits, caralina rigs or dropshots. good luck and happy ishing.

Saturday, January 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished north arm.Tried a little cranking had 1 ollower.Partner tried jerk baits ,nothing.Went to dart heads and drop shot.Started catching ish.4 inch worms in blues,oxblood or green weenie were thw best.Stayed on the same 200 yds o steep rock all day.Caught 20 ish,2 over slot.Best 7
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Watch or ish on depthinder and when you see one drop on it.Be patient,Caught ish most o the day but 8 came in 1/2 hour around 11 am.1/8 th oz dartheads with 4 inch worms

Friday, January 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: aprox. 53 or so

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished the nite bite thats right night ishing, yep it's cold but,catching good ish in act two weeks beore at night about (9:30pm)caught a 10+ on a big brush hog(june bug)with a glass rattle in it,texas rig caught about 20+ ish it was a memorable night.any way back to the 5th we got out right at dark and ater 1 hour my riend ron got one,a spot just under 4 lbs one a white crank bait then another and that was it or that.then went over by the damb on main point where i got the 10+ two weeks beore and bam bam, bam. a 3+,4+,and 2+ large mouth caught all ish on brush hog total about 12 ish but all good ones.
    City: modesto

    Tips: big baits worked a little aster(make um hit) good luck.oh and most ish in less that 10 to 15'

Thursday, December 21st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 55'

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took the day o to ish with Deli. Beautiul day,60's,no ish till 1 pm,(Probably ished to shallow)Couldn't get anything on the main lake. Finally got our ish to 21/2 lbs up river,shaking worms. Big ish came on a bro/bro jig. All ish came in 20' o water.
    City: San Leandro

Monday, December 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom daybreak too 12:30pm within 1/2 mile either driction rom the so ramp..Caught 6 ish rom 14 in too 15 3/4 in.Caught one ish drop shotting,one split shotting & 3 on darter heads,1/32 & 1/16 oz.4 & 6 lb line.Caught these by 10:30 am rom 15 too 35 t..Didn't catch another ish until noon & he came on a skirted grub,3/8 oz ootball head & 12 lb line.App 10 t deep.
    City: Riv

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    Water Temp: TEMP-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: STARTED EARLY 6:30 am WENT TO PINEY CAUGHT 1 SMALL FISH BLADING, NO LUCK RIPPEN,PROCEEDED TO HORSESHOE THREW JIGS AND WORMS CAUGHT 2 DINKS VERY SLOW BITE, USED UNDER WATER AQUA VIEW CAMERA TO SEE WHATS UP DOWN THERE, SOME SMALL SUSPENDED BASS CRUISING AROUND, LOTS OF CARP. THEN WENT TO MAIN LAKE TOWARDS COTTONWOOD AND TEMPRENCE FINALY FOUND SOME BASS DROP SHOTING 4" PRESISION TACKLE CUSTOM RING WORM JUNE BUG COLOR, IN 20'-30'FEET 13" FISH CAUGHT A LIMIT THEN DECIDED TO FIND SOME BIGGER FISH,GOT OUT THE CAMERA AGIAN AND AGIAN FOUND SOME CARP CRUISING SO I WENT ALOT DEEPER 60'-70 FEET FOUND SOME BASS, STARTED THROWING 1/2 OZ PRESISION TACKLE JIG BLACK/PURPLE WITH PURPLE PORK IT PAID OFF WE CAUGHT 4 FISH OVER 15". OVER ALL FISHING WAS TOUGH.
    City: MODESTO

    Tips: TIPS- FISH MAIN LAKE TOWARDS TEMPRENCE/ COTTONWOOD AREA FISH DEEP 60'PLUS AND VERY VERY SLOWWWWWWWWW FOR SOME NICER BASS, HAVE LOTS OF PATIENCE AND HAVE FUN!!!

Saturday, December 16th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54-57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well I thought I might be o some help or some o you Nuts that are planning on ishing the upcoming NCC @ McClure on the 30th. I started the day ripping a Pointer Minnow 78 around rocky banks in the Barret's cove area. Caught several beore the sun inally broke through, best was 2.25# ootball spot about 14" and one 15"+ snake that weighed less than 2#s. Spent some time in and around Horseshoe area where I caught a real good spot about 2.5# on a 1/4 oz. jig in about 20' o water. Came back down the lake to meet ellow nuts Angel and cv about noon near Temprace. The ish in this portion o the lake were deeper and I caught a couple on the jig about 30' deep. Later in the aternoon I ound an out cropping o rock that ranged rom about 5' dropping into an abyss about 60' deep. I caught 4 here on a 4" worm on 5# test line all over 15 inches, biggest almost 3#s. All tolled I had 6 over 15" and weighed the best two at 5.36#s on my cull-m-right to take the day money rom my buddies, har, har. Best 5 close to 12#s.
    City: Le Grand

    Tips: Throw rip bait early, later small jigs and 4" plastics and lite line, 5-6 # test.

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Headed down to McClure to check the lake out a little beore the Nutcase Classic. Fished the south end o the lake and tried to cover a lot o water while varying technique and speeds. Fishing was tough, only had 4 ish or the day and nothing over the slot. No pattern to them at all and each came on a dierent bait. Fish seemed to be spread out. Early in the day caught them in about 15 eet o water, latter they were out in 20-30 eet but tried 4-50+. Really did not learn much, but I thought I would share what I saw.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: 1 on brown/green jig, 1 on a white crank bait, 1 on a c-rig pumpkin lizzard, and 1 on a c-rig white Senko.

Monday, December 11th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My boy's and I go ishing every ew day's and have noticed the ish seem to be in the same general area's you would ind them in the middle o summer except a heck o alot deeper. We have been using live crawdads at 30' to 60' deep. For The last couple o day's the ish seem to be gettig lazy, no tapping, just a dead weight when you lit your rod tip.
    City: lake don pedro

    Tips: all the bigger ish (3 to 5 pounds) were caught between 50' to 60'.

Monday, December 4th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Beautiul blue skys, but tough to ind bites. Split shot 3 and drop shot 1. Two in the slot and 2 overs all spots. Rocky points with a little break seams to have ish, but not many in the mood to eat. Lake in transition, should be better soon. Lots o bait ish in main lake.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: Don't Go !!!!!

Sunday, December 3rd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Foggy in the valley so I headed up to McClure to ind the sunshine.Launced out o McClure point and headed to Temperance area, I ished main lake points with no takes at all. Wind was picking up so we movedback into the coves but stopped marking ish, so we moved back out to the main water again. Drop-shotted and spooned rom 20-60 eet with no luck, tried shakin dart headand picked up one dink. Carolina rigged a our inch shad colored magic worm on deep points and did not get hit.Decided to head home and watch some ootball.
    City: turlock

    Tips: None, only caught one ish!

Friday, November 24th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Main lake started at barretts cove south ramp went south 50 to 80' spooned and shaked worms 6" biggest 5 pds out o 9 weighed a little over 8 pounds. Last weekend ished in piny creek all day 1 on spooke 3 pounds one on brown & purple jig 3 pounds 1 on brown and brown jig 3 pounds. Limit or 8 pounds or 3 ish or 9 pounds decisions, decisions, decisions!
    City: Tracy

    Tips: GO FISHING!

Tuesday, November 21st, 2000

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    Water Temp: low 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Mid-Cal Bass will hold an open team tournament on november 26th at Lake McClure barretts cove north ramp.Entry ees are $50.00 per team with a $10.00 big ish option.Entries must be recieved by november 22nd or a $10.00 late ee will be charged at the lake. or more ino call (209)664-1286
    City: Denair

    Tips: please take good care o your ish, especially this time o year.Most ish must be stuck prior to putting in your live well.Carry a hypo needle in your tackle box. You can get one at your local arm supply store, a 16 gauge by 1 1/2 inch work well.Remember ,just because you practice catch and release doesn't mean that ish will live the next day, you must take that extra step i you want to preserve our ish population.

Saturday, November 11th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED FROM 6 AM TO 1 PM IN THE RIVER CHANNEL JUST ABOVE HORSESHOE. CAUGHT SEVEN FISH BUT ONLY THREE WERE OVER 12".TWO 15" & ONE 13". NO TAKERS ON CRANKS OR SPOONING. ALL FISH CAME SPLIT SHOTTING 4" GREEN WEENIE LEECHES W/RED & GREEN FLAKE. ALL FISH CAUGHT FROM 5' TO 25'. COLD & WINDY.
    City: DELHI

Saturday, November 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Did not hit the water until 9 am. Graphed alot o ish at 30' to 40' but only managed to catch three split shotting a 4" green weenie worm. All three averaged 2 1/2 lbs.. Tried spooning but no takers. Let at 1 pm. The three came o o points at mouth o coves in approx. 15' on both sides o lake out o the south ramp o Barretts.
    City: Delhi

Thursday, November 2nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished cottonwood area rom 6:30am too 1:pm...Cauhht app 13 spots...None over the slot limit..All ish were caught on plastic's,using light line,jig heads & small baits.We tried spoons,crank baits & spinners also.Fishing picked up some ater the wind started blowing...Most o the ish were deep & scattered...Should have tried a drop shot rig !!!
    City: Riv

    Tips: ( Light tackle )

Thursday, October 26th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: San Joaquin team bass tournament Nov. 11th at Barretts cove. $100. per team 80% payback with slot permit. $150 big ish. Sign up at tourney or e-mail Pete at wingman@thegrid.net
    City: Merced

Sunday, October 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My Father and I ished the Mid Cal tournament Sunday. We caught about 15 ish but only two that we could throw into the well. We caught most o our ish on a 3" tube bait in 15-20 t, I did manage to catch a 3.02 lb large mouth that won me 2nd big ish and put $100 in my pocket. Winning wieght was over 14 pounds, they had several large mouth in there bag.
    City: Salida

    Tips: I didn't igure it out so hopeully someone else will lets us know how they did and how they did it, good luck.

Thursday, October 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 69-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at 6:30am & let at 1pm.Didn't do too good.Caught 12 bass rom 8 in too 14in...Four came on crank baits,lost one..rest came on Plastic's..Dierent colors..4 to 8 lb test line.1/16 too 5/16 jig heads & caught rom 10t too 30t deep.
    City: Riv

    Tips: No tips

Saturday, October 7th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished rom lot tube at irst light with my brother. tried top water with no takers, so ished a little deeper with split shot 4 inch, inese worm still with no takers. decided to leave at 9:00am.
    City: san jose