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Tuesday, November 4th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished the southork or two hours in the aternoon. Caught eight ish. six were over 15in slot. used a Rattlin Rogue in trout pattern to locate ish. then I threw a 6in roboworm in black grape. I also caught a largemouth on a Rio Rico in the Cisco P attern. TIPS: use ripp bait to draw ish up. i you don't catch them, toss in a worm, texas rigged with brass n glass.
    City: Marysville

Saturday, September 27th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught one dink early in North Fork on a jig. Wind orced us to move to the South Fork, no luck there. Then moved to Middle Fork where we ought the wind or an hour beore landing a 2-1/2# spot and a 3-3/4# largemouth both on Zipper Worms in about 15' wa ter.
    City: Marysville

Sunday, August 24th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a total o nine ish. Five overs, pitching a luke on a 1/8 oz. Darter Head around the stumps in the south ork. Also ripped ish over creek chanels, in the back o the river. Bigger ish came ripping, Large Mouth came pitching. Tackle purchased at R.A. Strike Fishing Supply, at 5250 Olive Hwy., Oroville. In Cosby Shopping Center. Stop by and see us or current ishing update.
    City: Oroville

Saturday, July 5th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 80+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a night time un tournament Saturday night. A ew 5 ish limits weighed in. My partner and I were having a Laurel and Hardy night, break os, missing strikes, snags...did everything except kick a rod over the side! Then about 11 things turned a round when I caught an 8.33 lb largemouth on a zipper worm! Followed up with one more 15 inch keeper. Best bag or the tourney was 12.35 or 5 ish, was another with 12+ and one with 10.3, My partner and I were 4th with 10.13 and the big ish prize. Hesometimes it's better to be lucky than good! Winners caught their ish on spinnerbaits and grubs. tips: Topwater bite was disappointing, stick with bottom type lures like jigs and worms. Night time is the best ticket right now.
    City: Marysville

Thursday, June 26th, 1997

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Lime Saddle Top water early and late. Others nailing them on live crawdads.
    City: Chico

Thursday, June 19th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on Sunday the 15th, athers day. Launched at sun up and hoped or an early top water bite. Only got two dinks to even surace. Threw 4in plastics,blades,grubs,cranks,rip baits i.e. rapalas and suspending rouges. Fished everything rom steep wall s to lats inally in desperation ished the docks in Bidwell marina, skipping small bass assins' under house boats and back in slips, picked up two ish. The two ish I caught were ull o the new bass hatch. Also graphed many huge balls while out on the water. Just too much ood or them to want the ake stu. Tough day. P.S. Be Careull on the water loating deberis everywhere. Good Luck
    City: Chico

Sunday, June 15th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a West Coast Team tournament on 14/6/97 inished 16th out o 65 teams. We caught alot o ish but couldn't get much weight or size. The bite seems to be 5 to 26 t on jigs and worms. Some topwater but we couldn't get any going. I you are takin g a riend or kid ishing this is the lake to go to. Just get on a steeper bank and throw a worm and ish down the bank.l
    City: Marysville

Saturday, May 10th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main body mud lines.white blades dbl/wiilow.Lots o ish.I didn't get on the water till8:30 Am. I hear there's a early top water bite.Good luck. Keep a Sti Rod! Dennis
    City: Orland

Friday, May 9th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 60s

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Lime Saddle Hitting white grubs, spinnerbaits and even on chuggers! Fish along trees and brush. I landed two both 1.5 -2 lbs. I saw at least twenty ish caught by other anglers. KEEP THRE REPORTS COMING!
    City: Chico

Sunday, April 20th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: ished a 2day club tourney and ound the bite to be wide open. Think we had limits down to 25-30 places. It took 28#s to win and 20# to inish in the top 10. Great bite all around the lake, ish were caught mostly on plastic, but some were also caught lipping trash piles and on reaction baits. Most o the ish I caught were in the pre-spawn mode.
    City: San Jose

Sunday, April 13th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED OPEN TOURNEY ON SAT, GREAT TURNOUT! CAUGHT LOT'S OF FISH CRANKING SOUHT END OF LAKE IN 2 TO 30 FEET OF WATER,FISHED GRAVEL BANKS IN COVES. WEIGHED IN FIVE FISH. BIG FISH OF THE TOURNEY WAS A 7.88 HOG! FISHING WILL EVEN GET BETTER!BROWN PIG'N JIGS AND GREEN CRANKBAITS WORKED WELL.TOURNEY WAS PUT ON BY CHICO BASS CLUB. GREAT JOB!
    City: Doyle, CA

Sunday, April 6th, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the lake on Saturday with my amily (9 & 10 yearolds). Spent most o our 4 hours on the lake up in the middle ork and caught 8 total. One would have gone 3-4#'s, she was at ull o roe. Released all ish so we can catch them again!!
    City: San Jose

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the lake on Saturday with my amily (9 & 10 yearolds). Spent most o our 4 hours on the lake up in the middle ork and caught 8 total. One would have gone 3-4#'s, she was at ull o roe. Released all ish so we can catch them again!!
    City: San Jose

Thursday, April 3rd, 1997

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Arms are clearing. I didn't land any but i saw and couple o two pounders get caught on worms.
    City: Chico

Friday, February 28th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The lake is putting on a great show right now w/ average 3# ish on rip baits doing best, spinner baits produced lots o 12 & 13in ish. Topwater in A.M. is worth its time to throw it.
    City: Grass Valley

Sunday, February 16th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 48-57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Shasta Cascade club tourney out o the spillway ramp. 17 boats w/12 non-boaters. Out o the 29 ishing, 19 blanked. Water was cold (48-50) on the main body but we did ind up to 57 deg. water in the back o a cove up the middle ork. Most all keepers (15i n+) caught came in 1-5 t. o water on both jig n pig or on worms. Most threw brown on brown jig n pigs or dark colored worms. No active ish in the coves. Most were still ound on the main body. Fish came on steeper banks in chunk rock. Graphed lots ando ts o suspended ish but couldn't coax any with a spoon. Water was very dirty; visibility was about 1 t in most areas. There was also an ABA tourney out o the spillway ramp (65+ boats?) so there was alot o pressure on the lake that weekend. Next clubtourney at Clear Lake on 3/15-16.
    City: Redding

Tuesday, February 4th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the north ork and caught about 15 ish, 4 over the slot and all the rest just inside. I used a salt and pepper jig and a shad rap. Each caught ish.
    City: Chico

Sunday, January 19th, 1997

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    Water Temp: 46-48

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Bassers ished our monthly tournament on Lake Oroville. Very tough conditions with cold, muddy water that had risen, then dropped rapidly in the weeks prior. With 11 boats and 18 ishers, only 7 ish were caught by 5 people. Winner had 2 ish or 5.4 pounds and had the big ish at 3.29 pounds. His ish came on a jig. 2nd had 2 ish or 3.8 on plastic worms and 3rd had 1 ish or 3.17 also on a plastic worm. Our next event is at Folsom Lake on Feb 8th. Meeting at Big Jakes Pizza in Marysvillet 6:30 pm on Feb 3rd.
    City: Marysville

Tuesday, December 31st, 1996

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a small tournament on Sat 28 Dec. It had 28 boats with 22 having a limit o 5 ish over 15 inches. More than 100 lbs o ish were weighed in and all released alive. My partner and I had the winning weight o 15.38 and big ish o 3.85 lbs. The bite seems to be awesome right now.
    City: Marysville

Saturday, December 21st, 1996

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Oroville with riend Mike Niemi. Rainy and windy most o the day. Had decent ish on jigs ished on or near points in the middle ork. Fish were mostly less than 20 eet deep. On several occasions had ish run right at us ater being hooked. As soo n as they reached the surace, they would roll and spit the jig out. Bites started out a deinite thump, but were much soter later in the day.
    City: Marysville