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Tuesday, April 30th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Going to Oroville Thursday, Been hearing that there's a whole lot o debri in the water. Can any o you guys that have been there in the last week let me know how bad or not bad the debri problem is? Is it worse in the north or south etc.Thanks or the help,Bill
    City: Dublin

Sunday, April 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58-61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We started ishing about 10:00am. The bite was airly consistant or the irst three hours or so. Worms and Senkos were the only thing working or us. No reaction bite at all. Even without any wind the ish were still only 5 to 10 eet deep. I am still trying to igure out where all o the big ish are. I read all o these reports and talk to people that claim to have cought 12 and 13 pound limits. Then I ish in the Chico Invitational and out o 71 teams the best weight is 10.7 or so. I geuss those 16 to 17in ish must weigh 3 pounds. Well I weighed two at 17 inches and they only weigh between 2 and 2.5 pounds. We cought some largemouth but they sure didn't have much size to them. We ended up with about 40 ish, best ive went about 9.5 pounds.
    City: Chico

    Tips: Fish slow, the water hasn't warmed up yet. The ish are shallow but they aren't really agressive. Dont be araid to do a little "dead sticking" Good Luck.

Sunday, April 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I took a client to Oroville Saturday and we ished with the "olks" - lots o bass boats. I sort o started this client rom the "beginning" in past trips, and he has landed bass up to 5 1/4 pounds at Clear Lake. We decided to see i he was ready or ishing deeper water and landing some spotted bass on light tackle. We ished the south ork and did ok - not great. He landed 10, including one over the slot, and I landed 13 with 3 over. Nothing over 2.2 pounds. As the month wears on, the bass are getting smaller as the spawning cycle is nearly over or the spots. We caught them on jigs, Berkley Pulse Worms, and #194 5" Senkos (biggest bass caught on that bait). The Senko bite wasn't nearly as good as last trip. We started at 10 AM and inished at 6:30 PM. We tried to catch the late aternoon bite and it was pretty good - but not as good as I thought it would be.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I have ound some good schools o spots that have been holding on some walls. Other walls that look just as good don't seem to have many ish. Ones near a eeder creek - even i the water is no longer running, seem to be holding more ish. Sort o a post-spawn thing I guess.

Friday, April 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: cool

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: started out a really windy day, so stayed in the marina and put 3 14"inchers in the boat, wind died down some so decided to brave the white caps. tried ishing the main body but just to damn windy, so headed to the sandy areas o the south ork or a bit, got another 14 and then inally one over the slot 15 and a hal, kinda beat up looking ish though, pretty much used a morning dawn chartruese tail zipper worm all day, tried rippin at 8:00 when i got there and then went to the crankbait but no bitesound all 5 ish at dierent depths (go igure) no pattern again,
    City: brownsville

    Tips: keep casting

Monday, April 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 62 to 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My annual report on Oroville. We go up once a year about this time with my Oroville partner Patrick. We ished last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and hal day on Sunday (yesterday). This trip will have to go on record as the best numbers trip we have ever had. 103 landed on Thursday (we din't start ihsing until 10:00 AM)! We did just as well on Friday. About 50 to 60 on Saturday ( I think only because we were exploring new areas ). Sunday would have been another 100 ish day i we stayed. Our thumbs were raw and bleeding (we inally igured out we could grab most o the ish by the back, but a little to late). Just a note we lost nearly hal the amount we caught. It was really unbelievable. You have to love this lake - plus it's beautiul place to spend time. I thought with the water so warm, we missed the boat this year, but on the contrary we knocked them dead. For those o you who care, we would have 8 to 10 pound-ive ish limits each day. The larger spots we caught range rom the minimum 15 inches to the max o 17.5 inches and I would suggest about 20% o the ish were keepers. We spotted a couple o our to ive pound ish which appeared to be spawning in 65 degree water. I thought spots spawned in water that is in the mid 50 degree range. Oh well. To say the least, we were very satisied and it was diicult to turn the boat towards the ramp on our last day there. Until next year...
    City: Danville

    Tips: Fish slowly. Small jigs or most o the ish with very light line. Got on a good spinnerbait bite on the muddy wind blown banks. Even got some on top water plugs. Although we caught some on morning dawn worms, this was the irst trip that morning dawn worms didn't slay them as usual.

Sunday, April 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57-61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: A weekend o highs and lows and some questions. Did it again, Saturday's ABA became a preish or a club event on Sunday. 8lbs even or Saturday and going nowhere ast. 8.42 on Sunday or a 4th place inish despite my partners engine problem. We idled back to the mainlake and made the best o it- A 2.4 on a blade at 2 pm. Darterheads in clear water and Senkos or blades in stained water. An 8.8 weighed in Saturday, and there were a ew more toad sightings reported. Saturdays awards were interupted by a DOA at the Bidwell dock. Emergency vehicles and a helicopter circling overhead. Prayers or that amily. It's about all the 2lb ish on the reports below. Out o 60 teams that competed over the weekend, only 15 had limits with a 2lb average. Is an Oroville 2lb really a 1.5 everywhere else or what?
    City: El Dorado Hills

    Tips: Unless you sight ish, use Senkos and reaction in mudlines and stained water. Mudlines develop during the day rom boat traic and wind.

Friday, April 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water 7:am and blasted to potters cove thru a spinner bait picked a couple slot ish..also ished a lizardbehind the boat picked up a ew over slots.to 2lbs moved across the lake and same eect..decided to make a long run up the middle ork and ran into a couple other guys who had the same action going.pulled up on a rocky bank with a couple points and some steeper water and ished a senko slowand ound some better ish all around 2+ so i igured i had enough loosing senkos by the dozens and worked my way back and igured i cove some water throwing the spinner bait and i havn't had a better day,the blade bite was on late morning thru 3:pm had to get o the water picked up a 2.5 and some more 2+'s probily caught 30-40 ish all day andhad a ball...
    City: sacramento

    Tips: ish slow and work the baits all the way to the boat andyou'll have a good day!!senko's,blades,lizzard,6" worms

Thursday, April 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 62-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: JUST HAD TO GET BACK ON THE LAKE AGAIN. GOT ON THE WATER AROUND 11AM. FISHED SAME PATTERN AS YESTERDAY, SENKOS IN THE COVES. CAUGHT ALOT OF FISH AGAIN. HONORS GO TO MY SON TODD FOR A REAL NICE 9 1/2 POUNDER - THE CATCH OF A LIFETIME FOR HIM!!!DON LEVETT, WWW.NORCALBASSIN.COM
    City: PARADISE

    Tips: FISH ARE SHALLOW - FISH VERY SLOW. GREAT TIME TO BE ON THE LAKE!!!

Saturday, April 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sometimes, guiding can be un and very satisying!! I took a ather-son team to Oroville on Wed. and Thurs. Since dad has retired and lives in southern Cali, they don't get to ish much together and told me they have been skunked the past 6 or 7 times them have ished together. I tried to come to the rescue and I think I saved them! We caught 25 the irst day with 4 over the slot, and 39 the second day with 9 over! We tried hard or the 40th bass, but we ran out o time. The weather was very weird - og on the lake Wed at 10 am! We launched at 10 am both days, planning to ish the later, hopeully warmer aternoon - good choice! Wed. we started in some o my avorite places in the north ork with very poor results. On to the middle ork and things looked up about 3 pm. We used rodstrainer jigs in brown/orange and purple/blue/black and they produced our bigger bass. We also used a 4 inch Berkley Pulse Worm. The irst topwater bass o the year were landed on Chug Bugs. They would not hit a morning dawn Magic Worm - amazing!!! Thursday, we had some success on jigs in the south ork, but this was to be a Senko day. They both wanted to learn how to ish them - and learn they did!! A ew avorite areas beyond the Enterprise bridge really produced - one in particular. A guides dream - we were hooking spots up to 2 1/4 pounds on every second or third cast - or about an hour. They were so excited - and I was happy or them! This was rom about 4 to 5 pm - on a sun-exposed bank. We lost one o two quality topwater ish - darn! We used the 5 inch Senko in colors 221 and 194 mostly. Others worked too. I did manage one largemouth in McCabe on a Senko - about 2 pounds. Fun, Fun!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: We did not ine many bass in the backs o creeks, they had moved out to the closest points. We didn't ish any deeper than 20 eet. Fishing picked up in shadows later in the day, but was best on sun-exposed areas shortly beore the sun let the area.

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50 - 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Gold Country Event Saturday, what un!! Tons o ish to be caught I just could not get any size. Got Rip Fish, Darthead ish, Mo-Tex Fish, Lizard Fish, and a couple o Blow ups on a Baby Spook. Caught ish in 1 oot all the way to Forty Feet o water. I could not igure out where the bigun's were holding. Fished my gameplan milkrun o six areas and stuck ish in each spot, All clones. Lots o un the bite is open!! thanks to Gold Country Basser's or a un event!!
    City: sacramento

    Tips: Ya would think Rippin, Topwater or Blades, Jigs would get better ish not or me on this day!!! 5 or 7.83 lb

Thursday, March 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 6am to 5pm... boated about 20 ish total most on deep diving crankbaits in shad color ished very slowly.. all ish came in the south ork north shorline beore the 2nd bridge... also got a ew on watermelon lizards in about 20' .. all ish we got were spots all in the slot about 1.5 lbs...
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Be VERY CAREFUL!!! Lots o loating wood on the lake I boke 2 transducers and bent a prop...

Wednesday, March 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the lake in the morning about 7:00 and the wind was howling straight out o the north, took the boys over to canyon creek to get out o the wind and out o the ish as it turns out, have done well there lately but not today, NOTHING!! And the kids were looking at me like i didnt know what i was doing, we dragged worms, brushogs, ripped a lucky crat but no takers. Wind inally died down so we headed to the south ork to the sandy shores, and we ound pretty good action in about 15-20 oot o water on brushogs and webb's spot spanker reapers, we put 11 in the boat 3 over the slot with one being 18 inches long on a ultra lightFound a ew o o steep banks with debris. Tried areas with water coming in and couldnt get bit,
    City: brownsville

    Tips: ish are moving so just keep looking

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    Water Temp: low 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ooops! Just checking in and noticed some o my last report got cut o. ...Best ive in the boat went 10 pounds. Be patient with these guys that water is still pretty chilly. Leave your bait in place or a little longer than you can stand then move it slow...they'll take it. Fresh water coming into the lake is key, points around those areas are good...
    City: Chico

Monday, March 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: low 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 8:30-4:30. Nothing beore 10:30, but once the sun started on the water or a bit the bite was on. Boated 15, with about as many missed hook sets or ish coming o. Biggest went or 3 pounds, with most in the 1.5-2 pound range. Best ive in the boat
    City: Chico

    Tips: Fish slow split shot worms in darker colors.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED MAIN LAKE, FISHING SLOW IN MORNING, DID CATCH MY BEST5 ON LUCKY CRAFT 128 IN AURORA BLACK.THREW WORMS, MORNING DAWN WORKED BEST, FISH WERE DINKS TO SQUEKERS. THREW BROWN ON BROWN JIGS THEY WERE WORKING WELLLAST WEEK, BUT CAUGHT SMALL KEEPERS THIS WEEK. MAYBE I AMOFF THE BOTTOM BITE. MY BEST 5 APPROX. 9LBS.
    City: CHICO

    Tips: 128 IN AURURA BLACK WITH A MATCHING MARK'S TAIL.MORNING DAWN IN 6 INCH.BROWN JIG BROWN SUPER PORK.

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED MAIN LAKE, FISHING SLOW IN MORNING, DID CATCH MY BEST5 ON LUCKY CRAFT 128 IN AURORA BLACK.THREW WORMS, MORNING DAWN WORKED BEST, FISH WERE DINKS TO SQUEKERS. THREW BROWN ON BROWN JIGS THEY WERE WORKING WELLLAST WEEK, BUT CAUGHT SMALL KEEPERS THIS WEEK. MAYBE I AMOFF THE BOTTOM BITE. MY BEST 5 APPROX. 9LBS.
    City: CHICO

    Tips: 128 IN AURURA BLACK WITH A MATCHING MARK'S TAIL.MORNING DAWN IN 6 INCH.BROWN JIG BROWN SUPER PORK.

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    Water Temp: 52-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED MAIN LAKE, FISHING SLOW IN MORNING, DID CATCH MY BEST5 ON LUCKY CRAFT 128 IN AURORA BLACK.THREW WORMS, MORNING DAWN WORKED BEST, FISH WERE DINKS TO SQUEKERS. THREW BROWN ON BROWN JIGS THEY WERE WORKING WELLLAST WEEK, BUT CAUGHT SMALL KEEPERS THIS WEEK. MAYBE I AMOFF THE BOTTOM BITE. MY BEST 5 APPROX. 9LBS.
    City: CHICO

    Tips: 128 IN AURURA BLACK WITH A MATCHING MARK'S TAIL.MORNING DAWN IN 6 INCH.BROWN JIG BROWN SUPER PORK.

Tuesday, March 19th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fish the 21st Annual Fairield/Suisun Bass Reapers Open.On Beryessa April 13, 2002Entry ee $100 includes $20 Big Fish Pool per team. 80% pay back, yes 80% pay back to 20% o ield.Great rael and un. For more ino go to our main web page http://www.geocities.com/bassreapers, Once on the site click on "The Bass Reapers 21st Annual Open Team Tournament" . This will take you to a print orm or the open tournament.
    City: Fairield

Friday, March 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out or 4 hours on Friday. Caught 10 ish with only two o them under 2 pounds. Most between 2 and 3, had one about 3.5 and lost a good 6 pounder right at the boat! Drat! Used evening dawn 6" Magic Worms all day rigged split shot. Caught all ish in about 15 oot o water or less. Find anywhere that resh water is coming into the lake to catch these suckers!
    City: Chico

Friday, March 8th, 2002

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    Water Temp: chilly

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish the bridge nothing!! went and hit the points nothing!! decided to go ish the sandy beaches up in the south ork and that was the ticket!!! carolina rigged a june bug brush hog in 10' eet o water and it was on, caught a couple where water was comming in and the rest just dragging down the bank. tried ripping but the weather ront just shut it down, thats it
    City: brownsville

    Tips: sand sand sand