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Saturday, February 9th, 2002

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ishing was tough with bites ew and ar between. the ish that we caught were all healthy, though. caught 6 ish between me and my partner. most o the ish wanted slow dragged plastics and the bite was very subtle -- so subtle that we probably had some bites and didn't even realize it. set the hook on that "rubbery" line, you may be surprised. jigs and split-shotting seem to be the ticket right now. (although six ish really isn't much to brag about). small inormal tourney on the 16th, I'll let you know how it goes....

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My best riend o over 25 Years, Siker, (HIS NICK NAME) Took me ishing at Clear Lake or my Birthday. (2/9/54)He's got a nice Nitro.We were in the boat by 7:30 Fishing at 7:45 I could see he was a little troubleearly inding the ish, But by 10:30 when he ound them it all busted wide open, Toads every where,Well to me thay were toads.Hooking up about every 20:00 Min, First ish 3 1/2 then one at 4 Lbs even,ater checking theweight o his last ish, I said to him it's not air,and He said, whats not air.It's my Birthday not your's Isaid, then I elt a Bump-Bump on my line,Now I had a ish on that wanted me! I won! 5 1/2 pounds o a Bass Bustin,Rod Bending, Large Mouth Bass in the boat.Happy Birthday to me! We caught seven ish in three hours, out o ahole the size o your RV. 5 1/2 Lbs - 5 Lbs - 5 Lbs another 5 pounder A our pounder and two at three a hat pounds,(Not in this order)We had A great time, Thanks Siker.
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: Sorry, can't tell you the spot.But I can give you a hint.Fish Big Black Eyes? THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA. PS We need a bass guitar player.

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      Water Temp: 45.4--47.9 N

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 11:00 and ished until 6:00 pm, started deep with jigs ( henderson Point ) and then went to Lakeport area and pitched tules and wood, 2-5 eet. Then Rattlesnake or a couple o humps, and then to sea breeze . Great day on the water but skunked, did not get bit . A couple o boats near Lublow point, another hump were having some luck, looked like dropshotting. Another boat near red bud had a nice stringer with minnows. Which reminds me to thank however deleted the earlier entrys on minnows. Whoever wrote those would probably have no problem sight ishing a spawning emale. I personally like the hunt o artiicial baits, color, depth, presentation, ect. I also have no problem with people ishing with live bait and to my knowledge neither does ish and game. I do know o several areas where bass season is closed to allow or the bedding emales to not be disturbed. We should think about that beore we start throwing stones at other people.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: NOT what I did today, nothing on a swim bait, jig, brush -hog,blades, although I ished 90% with the jig and pork.The lake looks great, it elt asleep.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47-50'F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The weather was horrible. Chris and I ished the east side o the lake. Fishing the trees, I caught a small spot. One that Chris missed twice. Ha ha. We caught 2 more each on the eastern shoreline, o the rocks. Split shot was the trick or us. Not many ish, but they sure looked healthy. The weather inally won. Ater ishing the arm and not getting a bite that was it. We'll try it again next weekend.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Split shot worm, ox blood and witches-T. Slow, slow slow.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 38.7 to 41.3

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Terrible day on the water. I got bit once all day. I ished South and North and a little on the main body. I tried splitshot, dropshot, Carolina and Texas rigs. Tried 4" and 6" worms and several colors...no takers. I also tried some hula-grubs and jigs. Again...no takers. I ished in 10'-40' o points and rock walls. I anything, this will let ya'll know what not to do.

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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing about 7:00 A.M. Bite very slow. need some rain to help the lake level beore the annual turkey shoot. ished the dam irst thing using senkos,crank baits and lizzard's with no luck. Finally was able to catch one on a bluegill senko in the irst cove up river but no size to it. Let the lake about 12:00 P.M.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Lake needs to spill to to get more oxygen in the lake to get the bite started.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 45-----48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished middel an south mostly ,only got one in the boat,stayed on the red banks.tried some long points but no luck,maybe becuase there were about 200 boats on the water that weekend .won bass ,bl preish,oh well the weather was graet , should get better with the warm weather , saw a lot o ish down in 30-50' ,.....with all them there boats on the water you would think there would be more REPORTS.
      City: elverta

      Tips: rich ,$5.00 i tommy gets wet ??

Friday, February 8th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched at Ladds near low tide, cranked a couple on main channel, tried several points on the way to 14 mile with no more takers. Fished 14 mile, no luck, went to Disappointment and White, not a touch on plastics.

      Tips: Very tough day, possibly the small waether ront passing thru????

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      Water Temp: 43 - 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Jim and I ished this lake or the irst time. The olks at Coyote bait and tackle were very nice to us at the Outdoor show and we decided to give it a try.We tried the south end irst thing but the water was only 43o. down that end. no action or 1.5 hrs. Moved north and water was warmer and a little clearer. Saw alot o ish on the inder but no takers using jig, various worms, crank, and spinner baits. About 11:00 or so tried a senko. Hit a beautiul 4 pounder, tried a minnow on a bobber as well with no luck.Later on went back to the senco and hit a 2.5 and a 1.5. all really nice looking bass! short and chunky, look like they eed well here.we also tried swim bait and other cranks, jigs and worms. pretty cold all day. 3 other boats. One nice guy in a ranger said he got 3 and we saw him get at least one more.Nice little lake, like to try it in the spring!
      City: Paciica

      Tips: Water is really cold, ished really slow and ish we got hit very sot, ishing slow (hard in the strong wind)

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

      Report: Put in at Jones Valley about 9:30 ater an icy trip over rom Susanville. We ished rom the mouth o Jones Valley back toward and into Clickapudi Creek, but mostly along the main Pit River channel. Caught ish mostly in the 30-40 oot depth range on dart head jigs with skirted grubs or 4" hand poured worms. I did get a couple o bites a little shallower, but nothing in too close to shore. Beautiul day to be out ater the winter conditions on the other side o the mountains.
      City: Susanville

      Tips: Move it slow, whatever you throw.

Thursday, February 7th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished the main channel downtown. started about 10am, the tide was going out.cranked 3 bass 3.10, 2.2, 1.14, the tide stopped,and that was that.went to plastics and got 5 more but they were just keep to dinks. lipped a black jig or a nice at 2lb,er. a couple o ish had bassballs in their stomachs
      City: stockton

      Tips: bigger ish on cranks

Wednesday, February 6th, 2002

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      Water Temp: cold still

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got up to the lake around 4:00 pm. tried split-shotting a dark worm but couldnt catch anything. moved to the corner o the dam still nothing on the worm. switched to a minnow style plug (Yor-Zuri) silver and blue minnow, irst cast and bam! a 12 inch trout. thats the only ish i caught. not bad considering i was ishing or about 45 minutes. trout are really starting to stabilize in the lake, or the stripers are getting their ill. ish are rising on a consistent basis and isherman are starting to catch a ew more. while i was there, 3 kids ride up next to me on their bike and ask i they can ish next to me. reminds me o when i was a youngster riding my bike up to the lake. i said yes and they came on down. they were throwing everything rom worms, castiac trout and candy on a hook. within 15 minutes one o the boys yells "i got one" and he brings in a 2-3 pound largemouth on a worm. not bad eh.keep the new coming, looks like its just u and me tom.
      City: Antioch

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiul day and great day ishing. Got out late to avoid cold and went north and ound a couple schools o spots in 25 eet o water and caught maybe a dozen 14 inch ish. Darter head purple, green, brown. Went to south side o penninsula and ished to points split shotting smoke purple pro worm leaches in about 35 + eet o water and proceeded to catch a 4.33, 2.5, and 5.05 lb. spots.

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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Marked ish deep 20 to35 t think they were bass, caught one smally dink . lots o cover, marked ish outside weed lines maybe this rain will help. Good ishing Jack
      City: Valley Springs

      Tips: jigs , drop shot , slow

Tuesday, February 5th, 2002

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 42-44 degress

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sucked. Fished sun-up to 3:30, locked in og, without a GPS we would have been going around in circles. Fished South mostly nothing arther North than Horseshoe. 3 bites all day. 6lb on a worm, 4lb. and a dink (irst small bass I have seen in a year)on a crank. Partner ished Jig almost all day and didn't get bit......Minnow dippers catching a ew. Needs to warm and stabilize. Not looking orward to next weekend's tourney at this point....
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Stay home, Stay Warm, watch the Outdoor Channel....

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      Water Temp: cold still

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: No bass to report today smooked a 2lb little one and almost had a good size trout on a yellow roostertail but missed the hookset. Saw a good jump in the irst cove on the west side going away rom the dam.
      City: Pittsburg

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

      Report: well, got at the lake next to the beach on the let side at about 630 in the morning and casted out about 40 t and pulled in a 4 pound trout. it seems plenty o people are getting the same as two people around me also pulled them in. plenty o bites. sorry i havent tried the bass here yet. any tips on bass?
      City: Fremont

      Tips: try a mix color o power bait.. rainbow or chartruese with some reddish color. ball it on ur hook and heres the secret..roll it in ur hands so its thin but not to long, just to resemble a at meal worm.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 9:30am. Slight breeze out o the east. Fished rom the ramp to Brushy Cove. Caught a total o 10 spots to 1.6lbs. Used a combination o dierent plastics. MGM 109 dinky bugs, Rainbow #99, and 1/2 oz. jig with twin tail hula grub. Caught ish as shallow as 5 eet and as deep as 40 eet, go igure. Getting more use to the new pinpoint, I think it is going to work out great. Out at 2:30pm, and oh yes the ront seat beat the blonde in the back.
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: Most bites very sot, work jigs and texas rigged worms very very slow.

Monday, February 4th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a real tough choice this weekend. Work is such that I do not get to ish as much as I like, and I am reluctant to give up any days on the water to attend sports shows. However, I decided to go to the ISE Saturday, and it was worth it to sit in on the round tables and presentations. Great job by all. Now on to my report or Sunday: Thought I would kill them in Old River, since I knew the water would be clearing up and tides would not be too bad. NOT! Fished all day in various areas that have been good the past month or so and only caught 4 small keepers on a rip bait-nothing else worked at all. Conditions looked perect or this time o year, but I could not get them to go. Did have the honor o being schooled in how to catch a ish by Mr. Durbin. I had a total o maybe 8 bites all day, and I ished hard or them.Good luck, and God Bless,Rob T
      City: hal moon bay

      Tips: Dunno what to say. The one thing that I did notice was less evidence o bait in the areas I ished, and perhaps this was the one actor I should have been paying attention to. No birds, or they were sitting up in trees, not hunting ish.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I just recently moved to the monterey area and I have been looking or good bass lakes in the area. I ished Coyote resevoir on Wednesday or the irst time and caught 2 nice bass. I was ishing the rocks when I landed a 4 pounder and the other was close to 7. I got them in the mid-day using a 12 inch yodo worm. I also ished it riday and got skunked, although my riend did lose what could have been a lunker, on a purple and chartuese grub. I would appreciate any inormation about the lake. Do they plant trout and when? Knowing inormation about trout plants has caught soem big ish in the past. Also any inormation about other lakes in the area would be appreciated.Scott