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Friday, April 21st, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched rom Tuttletown and headed up. Fished within sight o the second bridge. 6" worms, split shotting by 6:30 a.m. and boated ive keepers by 7:30 ater culling thru at least a dozen o those damn little red eye bass. Headed to Coyote Creek at noon and ished there until 3 p.m.. The ish seemed to preer a 4" green weenie type worm in the aternoon. Never did hook any big ish and culled a seven ish limit o 9 and hal lbs.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Can't tell you what would work or the bigger ish but 4 to 6" worms, split shotting, worked or the 13 to 15" ish. Fish we caught were about 2/3rds spots and 1/3 largemouths.

Sunday, April 16th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Let the house this morning headed o to the bassin'gals team tournament with my paps. We let the house at about 3:00. Anyways we were cruisin' down the raod at 60mph about 10min away rom Oakdale when all o a sudden we see cows. There must have been 10-12 cows standin' in the middle o the raod 150t ahead o us. My dad slams the brakes, and then boom,boom,boom we swirved through em but managed to clip about 4 cows(we were still going about 20mph). We came within 1t o hitting these cows broadside. We pull o to the side o the road get out and check the damages: 2 busted headlights,cracked the grille, the right ender o the truck is bent all to H#$$, and the let ender on the boat trailer is also crunched. The cows just ran o mooin'. Cops come 30min later to ile the report. We made it to the tournament and did ok. We caught 3 ish or 4+. The ish were caught on clown pattern rouges and brown tube baits. 12# won the tournament. On the bright side we won 50 dollar options that went to 30th place!! Be careull driving early in the morning ya never know whats going to happen. Luckily neither me or my dad were injured.
    City: tracy

    Tips: Black ords towin' bassboats seemed to work best or the cows.

Saturday, April 8th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 61-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy and I launched out o Glory Hole 6:00 a.m Saturday. Went over to the Angels Creek area. On my second cast with a Lucky Crat Pointer I caught a smallmouth, great ight. Nothing ater that. Switched to the plastic worms, Keeper #411. Nailed several largemouth. Went over to the next arm and caught some more on the same color worm. By nine o'clock, I had my limit. Boated three more ish up the main lake. Was a great day on a beautiul lake. Saw lots o bedding ish. Be sure to catch & release!
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Since the water is gin clear, use inesse techniques and cast to your targets rom a distance. Fish were either on the beds already or hanging o ledges. The people at Glory Hole Sports give great advice. Can't wait to catch those Florida strain ish!

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    Water Temp: ????????

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: let modesto at 11:00am or some aternoon and evening ishing. put in at tuttle town and headed up river went all the way back where the river orks, i ollowed to the right.my 3rd cast produced a strike while using brwn/brwn pig and jig. however the wind was too much so i headed back, i stopped just past the parrots airy bridge, i started tossin a white luke and landed the irst ish o the day. continued to the 49 bridge and hit the cove to the let,lost a real nice one on a pumpkin brushhog.went to coyote arm and landed a small one, started ishing the main body points past tuttle town ramp an hit some nice ish useing the brush hog. landed a nice emale her belly was loaded with eggs. i could see more than a ew small moles and a number o large emales. it is the time to get busy boys have un the time o year is here...
    City: modesto

    Tips: ish brush pockets, and main body points 5-20 t o water

Sunday, March 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished MCB Tournement today. 40 boats , at Glory Hole. Only landed 2 ish , 3.06 lbs and a 1.5 lbs. took 3 rd place or big ish. Great experience. This was me and my partner jasons 1st tourny and man was it un .
    City: markleeville

    Tips: Fish are moving up closer to bank and are a little more easier to hit but not super eager yet. 3.06 lb caught on plastic worm at 4 t depth around 7:00 in morning

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    Water Temp: ???????

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WELL MISSY AND I WENT OUT AND GAVE IT OUR BEST SHOT AGAIN ON SUNDAY TOOK OFF FROM TUTTLETOWN ABOUT 6:30 MISSY GOT ONE AT 7:15 ON A BRUSH HOGG OFF A POINT WE WERE FISHING HOT START !!!!!! I FINALLY GOT ONE AT 9:30 ON A RUBBER WORM KEEPER 1058 ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP NOTHING ELSE UNTILL BETWEEN 12:00 & 1:30 WE FOUND A BANK IN MORMON CREEK THAT GAVE US 3 MORE FISH ON THE 1058 IN ABOUT 25 TO 30 FEET OF WATER THE WIND HELPED IT MOVED US JUST ENOUGH TO BOUNCE THE WORM ON THE BOTTOM BEHIND THE BOAT IN THE RIGHT DEPTH WE COVERED THE BANK 3 OR 4 TIMES NOTHING OVER TWO POUNDS BUT IT WAS FUN GOING BACK NEXT WEEK SEE YOU THEN
    City: ESCALON

    Tips: NOT SURE YET BUT I M WORKING ON IT FISH SEEM TO 20 FEET OR DEEPER STILL. WARMER WEATHER IN FORECAST THAT SHOULD HELP.HAVE FUN BE SAFE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE PLEASE !!!!

Saturday, March 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 6 am till dark and had caught 4 by the end o the day. My ishen partner jason had caught 1. All about 1.5 lbs @ 10 to 20 t on plastic worm. Beutiul day , wind came up a little in early aternoon but we were able to ind some prtected coves that made it just right.
    City: markleeville

    Tips: Anything with Chartuese tail seems to be the kicker. Fish are up close to or on bank ready to spawn on next moon phase. Saw several big ish at about 6 t under cover o trees. Fishing still alittle slow but has taken a turn or the better this last week.

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake around noon. Launched rom Tuttletown. We went to the Hiway 49 bridge area. We were throwing jigs and spinnerbaits. I switched to plastic lizard and caught one about 1-1/2 pounds. We ished the creek arm and went to GLory hole all with no luck. Fished till dusk when we got a couple o boils on topwater but landed no ish. Was airly windy.
    City: Modesto

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I stated ishing at 5:15pm I ished until 6:00 I caught 6 bass rom the shore and I lost three. I was catching them on a purple power worm and watermelon colered power tube. The biggest one I caught was 2 1/2 pounds the smallest 3/4 o a pound.
    City: valecito

Sunday, March 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: ??????

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: MISSY AND I FISHED FROM 7:30 TILL 3:30 NICE MORNING WIND PICKED UP ABOUT 10:00 WE DIDN T GET A BUMP TILL ABOUT NOON PICKED UP TWO SMALL ONES BY 1:00 HIT ON BRUSH HOGGS AND WORMS FIRST DAY TO TAKE THE BOAT OUT THIS YEAR JUST CHICKING IT OUT NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP I LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH THE LATEST NEWS FROM MELONES GOOD LUCK ALL
    City: ESCALON

    Tips: GOOD QUESTION WHEN I FIND OUT I LL LET YOU KNOW HAVE FUN BE SAFE CATCH AND RELEASE PLEASE !!!!!!!!

Saturday, March 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom about 8 o'clock till 1200 pm. Had 1 ish about 1.5 lbs ollow my worm up rom a submerged tree @ about 25 t. Fished some really good areas at all depths and we trew everything at em but no luck.
    City: markleeville

    Tips: Fish still on the deep side so ish deep and slow and hope the wind dont come up!!!!

Sunday, March 12th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished a club outing here today. Caught 4 our. All beore 10:00. caught two more ater that. ished mainly in mormon creek, and angels creek. Fish were caught mainly on brn/brn jigs, home made, 3/8oz. ish caught in 10-30 eet o water.
    City: modesto

Saturday, March 11th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I should have ished the mid-cal tourny. We only had our ish or seven pounds but I spent most o the day trying to ind dierent patterns then what I had already ound. I caught a two and a # and hal ish early in the morning on the steep side o a point in the south end o the lake. Both ish were in about 40 eet. One was caught shaking a worm and the other was caught on a drop shot. I wasted the next several hours ishing creek channels and very shallow water, to no avail. When I inally did move back to points we prometly caught two more ish that weighed in at 2.2 and 1.6. I'm airly certain had I stuck with my original pattern I could have managed a 7 ish limit around 10 #'s.
    City: Riverbank

    Tips: Start deep and move shallow as the day progresses. I anybody is reading this leave a report o your own. You don't have to give away your secrects, I would just like to know how other people are doing. I you do ind my suggestions helpul but don't want to share your ideas with everybody you can always email me. Tight lines!!!

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished up Angels creek in the morning and came up with one largemouth about 1.25 lb @ 30 t on purple and lavender augertail worm. Nothing else the rest o the day. Tried jigs , worms , cranks and you name it...
    City: markleeville

    Tips: Fish still at about 30 to 40 t. ish real slow

Saturday, March 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54.8

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Very tough ishing today. WATER WAS 53.3 EARLY AND WARMED to 56.5 in aternoon.Got bit splitshotting 4 inch worm and dragging 6 inch worm.Tried cranking, ripping, and throwing a jig.Nothing! Lake should turn on pretty soon. Oh well that's ishing.
    City: Modesto

Tuesday, February 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: MID-CAL BASS WILL HOLD ITS SECOND TEAM TOURNAMENT ON MARCH 26TH AT GLORY HOLE RAMP.ENTRY FEE IS $50.00 PER TEAM WITH A $10.00 BIG FISH OPTION. 80% PAYBACK AT 1 OUT OF 5. ENTRIES MUST BE RECIEVED BY MARCH 22ND OR A $10.00 LATE CHARGE WILL BE CHARGED AT THE LAKE.THERE IS A 75 BOAT MAXIMUM. FOR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL ME OR CALL (209)664-1286
    City: DENAIR

    Tips: HEARD THINGS WERE REAL SLOW BUT THAT SHOULD CHANGE VERY SOON.ALL WE NEED IS SOME NICE WEATHER.

Thursday, February 24th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Reports: ishing was tough only caught 8 keepers we wher ishing a tuorney ish wher about 15 to 25' deep you we had all 1.3#ers exept the one we caught bed ishing we thought it was only a 4# but when we hooked her it was huge she turned uot to be a 9.5 she came on a 4" black lizard most o are ish came on a watermelon red baby bush hog we ended up with 17.98 which took irst and big ish.
    City: San Jose

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISH A ABA TOURNEY 2/20/00.IT WAS WINDY AND RAINING.ALL OUR FISH CAME ON A FOOTBALL 3/8 WHO-BE-DO LEAD JIG WITHYAMAMOTO HULA GRUB #140 D/T. FROM THE BANK TO 30 FEET.
    City: FRESNO

    Tips: OUR PATTERN WAS ROCKS AND ALMOST DEAD-STICK OR MOVE VERY SLOW.

Sunday, February 20th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53.3-53.7

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished ABA tournament on Feb 20th. Jr. Sanches got our irst ish on a citris shad excaliber medium diver on the main lake. We got another one on a smoke grey/purple lake 4" ring worm. Moved way up river and got two more ish with our biggest a 3.36 lbs. on a bluegill color 4" worm. We had our ish by 1110 hrs and never could get another bite total lbs 8.22 We are ishing the Northern Traverlers Region and had not been on the lake in over two years. Since the weather was getting bad we let ater weigh in so don"t know the winning weight and big ish. Weather: some rain, high winds sometimes and overcast all day.
    City: Marysville

    Tips: We saw a couple o bass in shallow water where there was inlowing water but could not get them to bite. Maybe a loating worm would have done the trick. Fish are moving up to pre-stage and crusing the shallows in the warmer incoming water 53.7.

Monday, February 14th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished a B.A.S.S. Tourney there on the 14th. Caught some nice quality ish a little over two pounds....inished 11th out o 60 or so boaters. (3 ish or 6.53 pounds) Fish were caught with jigs on submerged humps at about 45 eet. the wind and rain were crazy that day...almost got blown o the lake and the boat nearly illed up with water. would have done better or won but the prop got sheared o up river...luckily a nice competitor brought my partners ish and my ish back to the weigh in. theres always next time!!!
    City: resno

    Tips: SLOW SLOW SLOW IN THOSE YUCKY CONDITIONS!!!