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Thursday, February 14th, 2002

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I caught an 12-2 bass
      City: Escondido

      Tips: Rapala jointed trout pattern

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Have you guys checked out the markstails site? It is really neat. Mark is a 14 year old boy who ties tails or the bass lures and can match any lure or any body o water. I use his tails and have been having a lot o success with them. Especially the Lucky Crat rip baits on long sloping points with rock on them. Chartruese shad and Tennessee Shad have been producing well. I the weather gets warmer the rip bite will get even better. Rip, rip with a long pause seems to work best.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I weather is real cold brown and brown jigs in channels and rip baits on long sloping points early in the morning, i weather is warm rip bait and spinner bait all day long. Good ishing. Tom Jones

Wednesday, February 13th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: don't knpw

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started ishing late about 1100am,tried jerk baits ,spinner baits and cranks nothing,put on a brown & orange jig with a pork rog and started catching ish,I was ishing rom shore and casting parallel with the bank.the ish were 3 to 10 eet in depth,i got bites on the all and when i had to retrive,i would let the jig bounce o the rocks with a slow jerky action.Nothing over 3lbs. all large mouth,caught 4 ish.catch and release.it was a good day
      City: Oakland

      Tips: bounce jigs and crawdad cranks o rocks,i there's brush and rocks there's ish

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: Hot Checked

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Saturday, Seven ish, Used Big Black Eyes?5 1/2 5 5 5 4 3 1/2 & 3 Checked all ish on scales.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Nice Day!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hello ixin To spend the weekend(2-16/17)at Clear lake with my six year old boy and gettin out is as tough as gettin a limmit during a tourney.Being merried to an unsupportive wie and all. She's LETTING me go and I want it to be a good one. Supposed to rain,Doesnt bother me but maybe the ish, Weather has been airly stable to acilitate prespawn, but eel my eort and expenses might be better spent elswhere. any tips and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Just want him ( My Boy) to get the bug also.God bless to all.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or a couple o hours o o the bank. Couldn't get anything on a crankbait or brushhog. Switched to a senko and right away I got bites. I caught two nice sized bass, not bad or my irst time at the lake. I'll be back.
      City: hollister

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 45 to 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish the McCloud rom Ycotti Creek to Holiday Harbor. Very slow bite. Total o eight in the boat. The back seat caught ive. No size, 1.1 to 1.6. I couldn't get the hook set, must have missed at least 6 ish. Used MGM 102C, 109, and 156 in 4 and 6 inch, didn't seem to manner. Also used Rainbow #99. Got bit anywhere rom 5 to 40 eet. It was a very calm aternoon, the water was like glass. Out at 4:30PM.
      City: Cottonwood

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom shore,throwing a pig and jig caught 4 to 3lbs,they would hit the all,caught one bouncing o rocks with slow retrive.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: crawdad cranks and jigs bounce o rocks in 3 to 10t o water,i there's brush with the rocks you'll catch bass

Tuesday, February 12th, 2002

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished Almaden Lake rom 4:30 - 5:30pm. Used a brown jig w/trailer & a suspending rogue. Nothing.
      City: SAN JOSE

      Tips: The weather had just changed rom being sunny and high 60's to overcast and rainy low 60's. I think the cold ront shut them down.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: warming

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday, Sunday and hal day Monday. Saturday in south Delta used rip bait in clearer water and T-rigged worm in dirtier water or 22 ish. Largest only 2.5 lbs or so, but lots o un. Sunday had the privelege o ishing with a new riend rom a iberglass bass boat (Ranger) or the irst time in my lie. Amazing platorm to work o o. Can't say anything about where I was taken since I was a guest, but learned a tremendous amount about general areas and new techniques and baits. First thing that morning lost what may have very well been the biggest bass I have ever hooked. My partner, who has caught several ish well over 10 lbs gave me the stinkeye when I armed the beast at the boat, saying that it was well over 10 lbs. I believe it, because when it hit I KNEW it was one o those 20 lb stripers that I have caught o and on this winter - NOT! The thing rolled at the boat, leaving a huge boil and a broken hearted isherman and irate partner. Bill, I have to give it to you, you said you would put me on a big ish, and you did. Maybe next time. Still, a great day overall, just not a lot o ish. Monday I could not stand it, and so went back to south delta in the aternoon with my tin bote. Caught 21 ish, most small keepers again, biggest, some better ish mixed in - couple over 2 and one at 3lber. Was getting rustrated at lack o size, and rigged up a jig the way my partner the day beore had shown. Started lipping weedline, driting with current. Missed irst 3 hits, set on orth tap, and eventually put an 8 lb largemouth in the boat. It was a triecta - my biggest jig ish to date, my biggest lipping ish, and my biggest Delta ish so ar. Cool!Good luck and God bless, Rob T
      City: hal moon bay

      Tips: Had to discipline mysel to get o the rip bait or the smaller ish on Monday. Fish were really hitting and I could have caught 30 ish easily, but orced mysel to put down the pointer and started lipping a bigger jig presentation. I will deinitely do more o this.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we ished Angles Creek area rom day break to 12;30 pm.Caught 5 blacks & 2 spots rom 14 in to 2 1/2 lbs.Fish were scattered & very sot bites.They were caught on 6 in worms,tube bait & jig with grub trailer.Got one hit on a crankbait,didn'i try a spinnerbait & didn't throw the crankbait to much either.
      City: Riv

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 44.7-45.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got my boat rigged with a new pinpoint and new batteries, ixed up motorguide and moved the X-65 back alongside the console, got up this am and its 54 degrees at 615am, very pleasant, went and put in at Bailey Cove at 645am, irst boat there, air temp 53 and the lake is up just past the 35t mark. a little too dark to due a setup on the pinpoint so ran up the McCloud near the erry with one one right o the bat on the MGM 157 4 inch, another one 20 t down the bank but it jumps o, both were small and just barely legal, moved west to Ycotti creek and stick on a Rainbow worms #99 and start iddlling with the pinpoint, gets things ready and drop the 99 down o the bow and watch it all on the pinpoint, dropped it on some ish and one o them grabs it, at 1.8, down the beach or 3 more on the 99 and all clones at 1.6. stck on a MGM 109 in 4 inch and get two more o a big submerged rock in 13 t. iddled around some more with the pinpoint and ended up completely impressed with this machine. Had all the rigging done at Phils by Stuart? and a very clean job at that, u would never know that anything else was mounted on this boat
      City: Redding

      Tips: the 7420 costs $400 but was well worth it, i u need something rigged on a bassboat go see Stuart? at Phils.

Monday, February 11th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thought I would give another go at them stripers so I decided to go and give Patatoe Slough a try especially ater my riend told me how well he did just a ew day's beore. I launched at B&K about 11:30 am and the ishing was slow until about 4 pm at which time I nailed a 5.5 Black Bass in about 2 t using a rip bait o the edge o some lone tullies. Moments later landed a 4.4 striper in about 5 t using the same rip. Warmer day's are coming!
      City: Citrus Heights, CA

  • Lake County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My riend and I hit the water on Monday at 12:30 with his new boat. Pulled up to the tullies on the southside o the lake and had our irst bass in the boat by 1:00. Worked the area or 2 more hours caught 2 more bass. MOved to the North side near the Worldmark resort picked up 2 more hanging near submerged wood. Tired Horseshoe Tuesday morning and got nothing moved back to the tullies on the southside and picked up 2 more ish and ended the day at noon. All in all a great trip! Total o 7 bass 28lbs. (6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3)
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Make sure you have your bait lined up. We put in a lakeport and inding minnows during the week was tough.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ishing the dam area is producing nice ish around 50' mark.the ish seem to be staging or the spring due to the nice weather. Mark your calendar, McClure/March 9th/Glenda 892-5252. Try a circuit without a membership ee (one time only @ McClure)The lake has dropped a little in preparation or the snow melt. So the ish are a little suspended, drop-shot/grub time. I think you will be pleasantly suprised @ the generous pay back, and people who listen to the angler, with a boat at the end.
      City: Hughson

      Tips: Slice leaches and mop-top Yamamoto's seem to be getting the job done. Shad patterns

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mark your calendar! March 9th / Newbass / Glenda 892-5252We ished @ Don Pedro and the "pay back" was generous! This next event @ McClure is one time only trial, ish-and-no-membership (only or the McClure event). So get out there and see i the proo is in the pudding.I do not, am not employeed by Newbass. I just like the circuit. They do a pretty good job and listen to the anglers needs. The ish are moving up and easy to catch..hold on!!
      City: Hughson

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ARRAIVED EARLY WENT 2 THE BLUE ROOM AND DID MY THINK. PUT MY BOAT IN THE WATER AND PUT MY FISHING UNIFORM IT WASCOLD. AS I WAS PARKING MY TIN-TRUCK I FOUND A PINK FLOATINGWORM. I TRIED TOP, BLADES AND JERK, NO LUCK. WAS TIE IN A JIG ANDBUT BEFORD I THRU THE PINK WORM YOUKNOW HAVE SOMETHING INWATER. I HEARD A BIG SPLASH THOUGHT IT WAS A CARP. I WAS ON 3O'MY POLE MOVED STARED RELLING IT WAS HEAVY JUST DEATH WEIGHTIT WAS A NICE 4-5 POUND SPOT. GOT BITES ON JIG, DOWN SHOTING,SPLING. I STAYED ON 30-40' ALL DAY.
      City: FRESNO

      Tips: JUST GOT LUCKY.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Does anyone know when this lake re-opens or ishing?

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      Water Temp: Not as cold as

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tubed the ponds. No bites on the island pond. Had only 3 bites on the main pond; caught 2 small ones on black/blue pig-n-jig. One was in the tules, the other in the middle.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Slow and thorough.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started today in the late morning about 11 and ended at 1pm. Thought bite would be good with this nice weather but it is still slow. caught one on a black senko in about 10 eet o water. Very light tap. nice 2#er and that was the only bite o the day
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Fish are still slugish so use a slow presentation.