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Tuesday, May 30th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 71-74'

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished just or the day yesterday with a good riend and ellow club member. Launched at orst light. No reaction bite at all. Caught one jig ish and missed one early.Then got bit on platics all day till we let at 2pm. Concentrate on all points.Main lake or river arm,it didn't matter. Boated 16 ish up to 2 1/2 lbs. Mostly smallies. I'm not sure i the spawn is over.Saw lot's o empty beds,and some ry. Alot o the ish appeared pre spawn,even though the water temp is high. maybe they just loaded up ater the spawn,but they are all atties. Missed alot, as they seemed to only pick it up at the tail.Also, most o the ish were on a sponge bite.I you elt weight,a hookset was mandatory.For those o you that stayed home this weekend,too bad,as we only saw about 10-12 boats on the water,that included trout isherman.Beautiull day,and the ish were hungry.Don't get any better than that.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Green weenies all day.

Monday, May 1st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went ishing here this week. The ishimg was great. Saw the biggest bass o my lie. I was ishing or trout since thebass weren't doing much. I had spotted the hog sittin underthe bridge. I tempted it with every thing i had in the box.I guess he didn't get the big or being stupid. The I said orget it and went back to ishin or trout. I was catchingtrout. I think that the ive wieghed out at 18 pounds totalwieght. When I had caught one trout about 14 inches I saw the bass chasing it. So I igured lets see what happens. He chased it around and then took the whole trout. I was amazedto see it take the whole ish. it swam o with my ish. I triedto bring him in with out the hook in him but he spit it up.he did this a couple o times but gave up ater a ew more times.He was 12+ pounds and his partner was 10+ pounds. This wassomething that I don't see every day. This monster still lurks in the lake.
    City: Pescadero

Sunday, March 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 55 to 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my dad's irst ishing tournament out side o our club and we placed in at 2nd place with the total weight o 10lbs10 ounces with the limit o 5 ish. It was a team tourn.Total o 10 ish caught all day. Caught on spinnerbaits, split shot dark colors,and dart heads. 3 largemouth and 7 smallmouth. Biggest ish was a smallmouth 2lbs 14ounces.They were all over 13inches. From 3 to 5 eet deep.
    City: Pioneer

    Tips: Fish slow i you are split shotting. In the morning use some sort o reaction bait to see i you can get some ish.

Saturday, March 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54 to 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Found 60 degree water at 2:00 pm. Caught irst ish at 2:30. A ive pound largemouth is the biggest I have ever seen out o this lake. Had a ew smallies, and a ew short strikes, and then had to call it a day.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Slow ish means a slow presentation. Fish came on a 4" worm ished on 4 lb test.

Saturday, March 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: lo to mid 50s

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got two largemouth. Both on brn/brn 1/4oz jig, one w/yamamoto pumpkin single tail grub, other w/yamamoto brown twintail grub.Got one in the South arm pitching the pig and jig next to a laydown in 10 eet o water. Other was in River arm near log jam, shear wall, 12t o water. Couldn't ind others when we got one.Tried 4" Keeper green weenie, got some taps and botched one pickup, Doh! Also gave an eort with rapala ripbait, but couldn't get any smallies to come up.Talked to a ew others who said the bite was slow.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Fish deeper than we did, say 20t+. Use light line! I the weather is nice or 3 or 4 days this place could open up. Just my gut eel.

Friday, March 3rd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53 to 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished south end o the lake most o the day . Fish still at about 25' to 30' t. Caught 1 large mouth about 1pm on purple magic worm at 20'that went about 1.5lbs. My buddy caught 1 smallie late in the aternoon on a shad rap at about 10 t ater a shad boil.Coldnt keep the trout o the rubber worms or the jigs.
    City: Markleeville

    Tips: Fish real slow, smallies are about ready to spawn and largies are ull o crawdads.

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    Water Temp: 52-59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Met a couple o buddies rom Markleeville at Pardee on Friday or some bass ishing. The bass ishing was slow or us. We landed 2 (one largemouth on a purple magic worm and one smallmouth on a shad rap). We also landed ive trout to 15" on our bass tackle and a yellow mini jig. We ished the south end o the lake or most o the day and inished up in the river. Great day to be on the river. We saw deer and even a bald eagle.
    City: Concord

    Tips: From our lack o ish I don't have any suggestions. I have a hard time with ish that are deep.

Friday, February 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught ish on steep banks. Best with cover. Caught 2 limits o ish, all with gigs black on black and brown on purple. Tried worms but only caught trout couldnt keep trout o worms.
    City: Lodi

    Tips: Slow and deep

Saturday, September 4th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: PAPER SAID THERE WAS A TOPWATER BITE GOING. HAVE TO STOP READING THE PAPER. MY PARTNER AND I WENT UPRIVER AND EACH HAD A LIMIT BY 12:15. ALL CAME ON 809T 3IN. REAPERS.MOST WERE ON ROCKY POINTS THE REST ON NOTHING BANKS. WE HAD BOTH LARGE AND SMALLMOUTH BASS AND ONE BLUEGILL.
    City: DUBLIN

    Tips: KEEP IT SMALL AND LIGHT LINE.

Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 72-76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished club tourney sat & sun.Top water good,at irst light.Throw jigs (1/4 oz. bro/bro) or next hal hour on points and islands.Once the sun is up ish small worms and lite line at 8'-15 t. Don't be araid to go to the banks and look or ish.Visibility is 15'18'. I caught an 11.90 largemouth at the dam on a 4" robo inesse worm and 5 lb test. I actually saw her beore I caught her in 15'. The club and I caught lots o ish in the 12"- 15" range. Good luck!
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Go to the bank late, you might be surprised what you see. Also try the top water bite in the evening ater 7PM.Fishing Reports or Pardee Lake

Sunday, June 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 66-71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Visibility to 20' Fished hard or a tough bite; c&r 7, 1 smallie. depthinder showed distinct thermocline at 12'.Bigger ish were so skinny they had concave stomachs. Deinitely postspawn. Fry in grass. According to the ranger, lakelevel has risen 14 eet in the last three weeks. Mostly calm with light breeze in the aternoon.
    City: Belmont

    Tips: topwater, jigs, looong casts

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    Water Temp: 67-71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Sunday and caught 6 ish,2 smallmouth and 4 largemouth all were caught on Spiten Image rom 5:30 am to8:30 am then I could not buy a bite on a number o dierent lures.Most ish were small with 1 smallmouth about 2lbs.Went Wed o last week and killed them on top water and jerk baits allwere quality ish. All ish were caught in river arm both days.
    City: Diamond Springs

    Tips: n/a

Saturday, June 12th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out at 6:00 am on the 9th and caught a total o 11 ish all on a smithwick suspending rogue. All ish weresmallmouth and caught in the narrows. ish turned o at 9:30 and I let at 11:00
    City: Diamond Springs

    Tips: n/a

Sunday, May 2nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out at 6:30 am and ished til 12:00 caught 10 ish on jerk bait,jig + pig,tube and zipper worm. First ish I caught was almost 6lbs and had already spawned and was real beat-up, theremainder o ish were small and mostly smallmouth. Light rain ell most o morning and turned cold around 10:00 and ish got lock jaw. All ish were caught in river arm.
    City: Diamond Springs

    Tips: n/a

Sunday, April 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on 4/18/99 Caught all my ish on yamamoto grubsound ish in river arm. Many small ish but also got 6nice keepers , all ish released the big ones looked like they were in spawning mode.
    City: Stockton

    Tips: clook or boulders that create a shel. cast on to the boulder , then drag it o. the ish were picking it up right when it would start to drop.

Saturday, April 17th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 62 to 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 4:00 pm crank bite, on the shaded side o points. absolutly no takers on the sun washed shores. 6 ish, 3lb the largest
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: crawdads are the natural eed, shad or crawdad cranks sing.

Wednesday, March 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 50-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing is good on top water with rebel popers and Spit'n Images. One also caught on brownWeeine worm Texas style.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Fish it slow and steady on top on the wind blown side o banks. Worms on bottom ished slowalso.

Saturday, March 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 11:00 am to 4:30 pm and caught 6 largemouth, 3 smallmouthand 2 trout. Largemouth were good size up to 4 pounds with average about 2,smallmouth also good ish with 1 about 3lbs. 1 trout was 23inches caught on asmithwick suspending jerk bait, which was responsible or catching most o theish. 3 largemouths were taken on a 4" zipper worm o wood( what little thereis). the bite really turned on at 4:00 on shady side o rocky banks. 3 ish werecaught in the south arm and remainder in channel arm.
    City: Diamond Springs

    Tips: Fish windblown rocky banks with suspending jerk baits

Date Unknown

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Anybody got any go-to baits that work good here this time of year? What are the major forage here?
    City: Sacramento

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I should proof-read! First sentence should read "better than two week ago".