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Sunday, March 31st, 2002

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: WARM TO HOT !!

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY JERRY, WA WA WA .........WHEN THE FIHING IS NOT SO HOT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE LADIES.BESIDES THE BOAT TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY REVENUE. OR DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOUR PAYCHECKS CAME FROM ? SINCERLY, YOUR LOCAL REVINUE WATCHER.
      City: LAKEHEAD

      Tips: HIGH POWERED BINOCULERS.

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      Water Temp: WARM TO HOT !!

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY JERRY, WA WA WA .........WHEN THE FIHING IS NOT SO HOT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE LADIES.BESIDES THE BOAT TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY REVENUE. OR DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOUR PAYCHECKS CAME FROM ? SINCERLY, YOUR LOCAL REVINUE WATCHER.
      City: LAKEHEAD

      Tips: HIGH POWERED BINOCULERS.

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      Water Temp: 51.9-54.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I knew better, I should have stayed home, in at jones valley at 0530 with 40 rigs already in the upper lot, no parking let down by the ramp, its all uder water, ran up to Blue CAnyon looking or some riends and ound them, starting throwing a rip bait or 2 dinks on the way back in and caught another on a jig behind their houseboat, Steve and Carol got up and we ran up near Arbuckle when we came up on some big stu loating midchannel between Sugarpine and Arbuckle, ished around there or a bit or 2 more dinks and went back downstream and started running into all sorts o boats coming up the pit including 3 jet skis, air temp at 54 and saw some ski boats also. We talk it over and decide to move so Steve and I run over into the McCloud and look over the area o Greens Creek and decide on a place. I run him back and drop him o and decide to get o the water, go into Jones Valley and the idiots have shown up. You know, the ones that can't get a boat into or out o the water. Climb the hill to get my truck and get back down and manage to get my boat out as one citizen center punches the loat with his ski boat and removes a big hunk o iberglass, talked to Rex rom CDF who tells me that the houseboat companies have more rentals going out with the college kis starting mothers day than last year, it wil continue through memorial day. First time I have seen olks skiing and jet skiing in March. Won't be long and I will be ishing at night.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: calm waters in the morning with air ishing. used a FX worm on a tx as well caralina and produced a total o 5 ish. any plastic seemed to work and no particular water depth was established. the aternoon the bite was over and then the wind started to pick up.ish quality was between 1-2 lbs but the weather was great.
      City: s

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was Easter Sunday. The weather and lake was Beautiul. I Caught one 2 1/2lb. bass. Their was no one else out ishing. 1pm-5pm.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: I used a Green jig. shallow in spawning areas near bushes.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: There here!! Daughter and I ished rom Thursady aternoon through today and never let the creeks. Fish are lockin on the beds. Put on your glasses and get sneaky. We caught and released over 50 ish this holiday with the largest going around 4lbs. Bigger ish are up but couldn't get them to eat the bed ishing stu, gitzits, ikas, pearl hogs,loatin worms etc. etc. Most all our ish came on senkos both wacky rigged and texas. Some o the larger ish are leaking eggs as we landed them. Please practice catch and release!!

      Tips: Senkos, loating worms , Hobie sunglasses

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the 30th of March I guided a father and son (Nick) on Berryessa, started out one the front of Wraggs Canyon and teach'in the technique of Rippin to Nick, Nick fell right into the rythem of Rippin putting two fish in the livewell. Went into Gains Canyon and spent some time in there with only 1 smallmouth comin by rippin. Headed North around 10nish, spent the rest of the day there with founding the fish shallow. Caught fish rippin and with senko's from 3-7ft of water. No fish were caught after 2PM per say. The lake is still unstable, but what the weather look's like, it is promising for a good spawn.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Rippin right know seems to be your best producing technique. Water color can very depending on location that you fish. I'd recommend rippin first and then going deeper with worm's in brown's, split-shottin slow... Shallow fish in less than 4ft throw senko's especially on the east side of the lake. The lake overall still hasn't turn wide open, but can at any given time.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: John and I took out our riend and sponsor Russ rom Fishin' Depot. out or what we hoped would be a great bass-striper combo trip. We went up to a couple o places in Whites where we have been on a good bite or quite some time and immediateley got on ish. We were throwing rips and lipless cranks and proceeded to nail 15 striper to 11 pounds and a dozen bass or so to 8'11 by noon. I was shocked when the big bass came up thrashing with my rip bait in it's mouth, because I thought or sure it would be a striper. I must admit that we did get some nice bass on a Senko as well. Around 1 we headed to Mildred and stuck some good bass up to 5 1/2 pounds on plastics. We inished up at three with our best 7 going 32+. God bless the delta.
      City: roseville

      Tips: One o those days you wish you were in a tournament. Fish were caught in all dierent depths which is typical or the delta this time o year because the ish are all in dierent stages. p.s. I you're looking or the best selection o Yamamoto baits, then you really need to check out the Fishin' Depot in Granite Bay.

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      Water Temp: 58-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Western Bass Team event Saturday with my partner Andy Cuccia. 113 boats, great turn out. Thanks Western Bass and all o their sponsors. We ished dead-end sloughs and slack water areas. Fish came o weedlines in 6-10 eet o water. Almost all o our ish came on brown jigs with black/blue pork. Fishing the jig actively so they will ind it. We had a great day and Cooch culled out everything I caught except the catish! We ended up with 33.8 or 7 ish and 2nd place. Congrats to Fred and partner on a great victory with 37# and a great 12 pounder! It was your day, no doubt!
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Fish a little deeper, keep the bait active and moving.

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      Water Temp: 59-62.

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One o my best days ever. I took Russell Witkowski out and he caught the biggest bass o his lie at 8+lbs. Plus his largest string at 17lbs. He caught his ish working a Zoom Worm. My ish came on a rattle trap-senko-speed trap-and ZIPPER WORMS AND IN-LINE FINESSE JIGS. We had 3 and 4lbs. all morning, about mid morning Russell nailed his 8+lber and at 2:00 I cranked a 12+lber. My stringer was 24lbs. and our combined big ish as a team went 5 ish or 33lbs. and best 7 ish or 39lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Go to your best water and ish it very slow.

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 7am with my 9 yr son. O at 1:30 Hit 7 ish, lippin a Black/Chart tail CO worm tight to tullys. It was an incoming tide. Best 5 going 11+ lbs w/ big ish 3 lbs. Tried everything (Blades, cranks, senko's) nothing worked but a 7" CO worm. Most o the berms we lipped were still brown or dead. These berms are late this year.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Flip tight to tullys at high tide.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wie, son, & I ished the 28th semi-annual Badge Packers out o Fleming Meadows. Fished coves in Middle Bay all day. Wie boated our 1st keeper at 7:30 am split shotting a 6" Green Craw curly tail worm in about 15'o water. Averaged about a ish an hour until about noon when the bite picked up & we started catching one every 1/2 hour. Gradual sloping banks w/some grass & wood in the area were the best areas or us. I your into bed ishing they are there but we chose not to. Ended the day w/just under 12 lbs. or seven ish. When we let heavy bag was around 30 lbs. & big ish was 13 lbs. Our ish came split shotting 4-6" plastics in green craw, june bug, or purple ghost. No takers on spinner baits & a couple o good ish, 5+, came unbuttoned on a deep diving shad pattern crank.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Hope the tourney winners will post because we were out o the money.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Finally got some time on this water with my 5 year old son today. I hoped or some easy keepers he and I could drag worms or on a gorgeous spring day, and we got them, just not at the pace I anticipated. Doesn't take long or a 5 year old to lose ocus. We darterheaded and split-shot. My ocus has been on other lakes and maybe that's a mistake. A ew o my club buddies ruled the BFL tournament held here on March 23rd. They weighed in 14 and 15lb limits. A ew takeaways rom the day: The bass really aren't "up" yet- a ew signs o beds, and shallow water action slow in the north where I was. This lake is a popular, multi purpose recreational acility. Many boats o every type were out- including the lying type. Wonder i the bite was aected when a seaplane decorated with the AVP Flying Tiger scheme was doing touch and go's. Most exciting part o the day or my boy, however I'm sure or a bass it must have been thier worst nightmare. The biggest, loudest, astest bird o prey with the most menacing grill they had ever seen. Spawn or no spawn- these ish stayed down. Last take: Memo to poachers: get a lie. An angler went by us sitting low in the ront o a well-equiped aluminum. Camolage gear, sunglasses, looking ocused. I asked him i he'd spotted any beds, he replied "what do they look like?" He said he had been getting them on worms. He stopped and anchored a hundred yards away or so and began what looked like worming. He started nailing ish using nightcrawlers. I drited closer and witnessed all the bass going on a stringer hanging o the side. I got a little too close and the angler pulled anchor and sped o with a big bundle o bass in tow. Poached bass- Easter avorite or this loser.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Fish deeper and avoid sunny, gorgeous spring days on weekends

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: D.Diddy, Thank you or the Web-Sight, that has got to be the best sight or ishing I have seen....JIM
      City: Citrus Heights

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ater the worst day on Salt Springs,one ish or three guys in seven hours,I put the boat on the trailer at 1:30 and head or Melones.We launched at Angels Cove ramp at 2:30 and the day quickly changed.Noticing that the aternoon winds had been creating mud lines prior to our arrival,we just headed or the irst one we could get to.Spinner bait ish on the irst cast.The bite was on.Proceeded down the bank and they keep coming.Keeper, keeper, then I throw to an isolated tree top behind the boat,4 pounder.Then my brothers put three more in the boat..Then I make a long cast next to a bush tight to the bank.Damn, a quater turn o the reel and a dead stop,a snag?..Well now my line starts moving quickly out o the mud line and I get a glimpse o what seems like a solid six.Now she really turns it on, eels like a all stiper.The big girl rips out twenty ive yards and then comes back ull speed under the boat and right or a tree.Screw this ish,I put my thumb on the spool and pray she dosen't brake me.Well luck was on my side and I turn her and we inally net her,she is a pig.I check my watch and its only 2:50,wow what a stretch o action.We head staight or the ramp, trailer the boat and take her to Glory Hole Sports..She weighs 10.40,ater some pics we return to the ramp at 3:30.She swims right o and we proceed to get right back on them.Great day!!!!
      City: Sonora

      Tips: With weather like this and so many lakes close by, don't hesitate to move!!!!

  • Butte County
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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

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 55---58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a team club tourment on saturday. The smallies were bedding on pea gravel banks in the back o coves up river and on the main lake. The bite was great or big ish we landed over 15 keeper with a nice limit o 15 1/2 pounds thought we were doing great until we weight in and only took 5th with the winning weight just under 20 pounds. This lake is getting better by the year. One o the best smallmouth & largemouth lake in caliornia. Week beore had 3 smallies over 4 pounds each.
      City: Stkn

      Tips: Fish in the back o deep coves but close to shore water so clear you can see the ish but they can see you to so you need to stay back. All on plastic worns and paddle tail grubs.Good ishing

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: aprox 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: These lakes still remain best or trout ater ishing here or months or bass with many techniques that i have learned rom proessional anglers these lakes have ar less to oer than the other lakes like chabot, laeyette pablo shadow clis or del valle a ew good ones rom horshoe lake but other than that the lakes themselves oer little to no cover and the area is too small. one lake is closed to ishing entirely and it still is poor to ishing structure and yeild o bass. It is no dierent here than shin pond basically. i have a contact through the park district that says trout is all they plan to keep up in the lakes maybe catish in the summer so good luck all the trout isherman. Fellow bass anglers i will meet you at one o the other lakes possibly soon. good luck - teach
      City: remont

      Tips: go to another place to ish cause its a waste o time or bass here unless you like trout this isnt the place or you as it wasnt or me

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I caught 4 ish in the island pond around a oot long. All o the ish i caught were on a senko. I caught my irst 2 by the bench around 2:00. Then I caught 2 more across the lake rom the bench. I caught them in a time period o 5 min.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Use a senko, watermelon with black and red lakes. Use that weightless. I used the method dead sticking. Go close to shore. Go in the aternoon around 12.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a cove just North o Yorty Creek. Caught 3 2lb largemouth in 5-10 Ft o water. Was at the back o the cove near a waterall using live minnows.
      City: Santa Rosa