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Monday, February 4th, 2002

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Didnt have much time to ish as I got on the water at 4:00 p.m. Went north and ished about eight dierent areas with absolutly no bites at all. Let at 5:30 with my tail tucked between my legs. Im expecting an awesome bite any day now.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: ished a jig and drug weightless senkos

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day- started optomistically with a 4lb largemouth on the third cast. It struck a Ledgebuster I picked up at the Dallas BPS. Started at the entrance to the south. Only ish o the day. Fished up the south, then out on the main lake. Fished jigs, ripbaits, grubs, Senko, and all types o shotting between 4 and 40t. Even my powershotting ailed to deliver. Powershotting my term or splitshotting with a large sinker and dragging ast. Started doing it successully by accident when I went out with my tournament partner Wildman on Christmas eve. I was determined to ish deep and stay in contact with the bottom. The ish were shallow that day however, and I was catching them dispite using a #2 splitshot sinker. A #2 must weigh 3/8oz. You deinitely stay in contact with the bottom. I've used the technique with some success at Oroville also, but it's still splitshotting, and it catches smaller ish. Was going out with Swimbait, but he called in sick. My guess is hypothermia- too many days standing in the American whacking lots o big Steelhead. He's becoming a legend down there. Or maybe he's nausiated by the Rams perormance yesterday. Don't dispair dog, the're better than the Niners.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: I didn't go looking or bait. Might be the answer on a day like this.

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      Water Temp: test

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

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      City: test

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

      Report: I ish all the water ways here in the Central Valley oCaliornia.You have a GREAT SITE. I will be checking your site beoreI head out.I will be submiting to you what was working on that day.Thanks or the SITE.Ron
      City: Modesto

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n.a.

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time out or 2002.It is great to be on the water again.In at Jones Valley at 9:00.No wind and not a cloud in the sky.Boated 9 keepers rom 1.2to 2.3.All the ish came shaking a dart head with a 4" MGM#157.Water depth 20' to 40' shore structure did not seem to make any dierence.Most ish were very agressive i you missed the set they would hit it again.The #157 was the hot bait,it was the match the hatch color,THANKS JOHN The MGM worm is really a tough bait,you can catch a lot o spots on just one bait.Lake is in really good shape but we still need some more rain to ill it up.Go see John at MGM LURES he will treat you right.
      City: Corning

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had Mark at Markstails.com tye me some tails or my Lucky Crat Rip bait. They matched the baits perectly. The chartruese shad and Tennessee shad produced well. I had 4 ish over 3 pounds this past weekend. Catching them on long points early in the morning. I suggest looking at Mark's web site to improve your catch. He will special tye whatever lure you want to use. Matching the hatch is critical this time o the year. The best pros in the world use him. Good ishing. Tom
      City: Redding

      Tips: Match tail to lure and use rip baits, rip rip rip and then a long pause. Hang on!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Have you ever wondered what the ishing would be like in the dead o night in the winter? I have ande awakened at 330am and said what the heck. went to Jones Valley at 430am, air temp a brisk 27 degrees,lake up to 37.5 t slight wind out o the north, get in and run slowly over to some submerged humps across rom the ramp, start throwing a 3/4 ootball head with a yamamoto twin tail on it on two dierent humps with ish on them rom 9t to 34 eet but no go, move east to an island and throw at some 10t water and boat one at 1.8 at 505am. go around the other side o this island and catch another one right on the bank, 1.6 lbs. move o a bit into deeper waster and drag a bit in the 25-35 t depth but can't get anything to go. pull up and head out a bit towards jones valley point. get out there as the pink starts to glow in the east and now the trolling motor won't work, the light comes on but it won't run DAMN! its got to be the switch so back in I go and out o the water at 645am with a beautiul but very cold sunrise on the way. I was not surprised at catching a ish or two but I was surprised at getting them so shallow. Most were in the 15-30 t depth but thre are a ew shallow ish to be had. gotta get this motor ixed and get back out there today, temp on the rise to 60 plus degrees, water clearing up but we need rain to ill this puppy up.
      City: Redding

      Tips: yep, u can catch ish at night in the dead o winter.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2002

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

      Report: Fished Sunday from 830am to noon from the banks of the Oaks (?) public park using texas rigged 4" and 6" junebug finesse worms. 1 smallie for 1 1/2lb in the back of cove. Later tried dropshotting, not sure if I was doing it right, and hit another smallmouth for another 1 1/2lb. Surprisingly far back in coves and shallow. Working lure deeper (10-15ft) from the shore produce nothing. I'm fairly new to fishing but am hooked for life. Tried a Kastmaster later and had a 2 lb trout hit around noon. Lost it, no net. 2 fish. Went home to see Rams lose.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: slow seems to be the way to go right now

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      Water Temp: 54-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Cappel at 8:45am. Foggy morning so I fished in and around Cappel cove. Nothing shallow so I went deep. Starting catching 2lb fish in 40-50 feet on a c-rig weenie, brown. Found fish holding to deep water structure, usually small rock piles or ledges. No reaction bite for me. Off the water at 3:30 with 6 keeps for about 12lbs.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: slow slow retrieve and keep an eye for bottom changes or structure.

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Meet up with a couple o reinds Steve and Jim but did not get on the water till about 9 a.m. Fished some o the northwest coves in about 18 eet o water and picked up 1 dink drop shotting a brown worm. ished hard or the next couple o hours with no success. Move over to the south side and picked up a 2 lb spotty on baby brush hog. Nothing else the rest o the day. Comments have been correct about the loating dock. I you going to be by yoursel, plan on getting your eet wet.Until next time!
      City: Citrus Heights

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 44-45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner Wayne Howenstine and I ished Anglers Choice team event today. We did better than I have been doing at Oroville lately. Had best 5 or 8.74 and inished 5th. Our ish came on steep banks with 3/4 ootball heads with a green pumkin hula grub and on carolina rigged brush hogs, same color. Fish were in 40-60 eet. Good luck all you olks ishing WON and BFL
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Move baits slowly. I you catch a ish, stick around, we ound them bunched up. We also ound a lot o empty banks!

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Slow action or bass,best action at the south end.Best bait is light brown colerd worms and jigs.Trout action ?
      City: Wildomar,CA

      Tips: Jiging worms and jigs are your best bet!

Saturday, February 2nd, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise at 8am or so. We ran to the ourteen mile slough area and only got 1 hit on a plastic. I got a good hook set, but the ish just came o. Ater an hour or so, we ran up into the honker area and got 1 more hit on a plastic, but missed that one as well. We knew it was going to be a slow bass day or us, so we decided to head up to the Potato area and toss or some striper. We were rewarded immediately getting 9 striper to 6 pounds on rip baits. We also hit a 2 1/2 pound bass on a rip bait. We tried a ew other areas with no success and then called it a day at 3 pm. Beautiul day.
      City: roseville

      Tips: Tough bass day, though we didn't really work as hard or them as we could have. The water clarity was pretty good, so we were hoping to get in to one o those jumbo stripers. Will be trying the Mildred area this weekend. There are some good shallow to deep areas out there that usually hold good winter bass.

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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this lake on the 26th o last month and like the last entry I ound the experence interesting regarding the launch experience. This is unlike past years, as the lake is almost ull. Two o us ished rom 10:00-4:30 and boated 10-12 ish, the largest 3.2lb, electronic scale. That was my buddy's and I thought I had him with a slightly longer ish, 2.8lb.The rest were the typical 1-1.5 lb. spots. Alot o submerged rocks, ect. Cost me a prop last year and poorly marked. This is a beautiul lake but on the small side or the usual ish.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Everything I caught was on a 1/4 oz. brown/orange weapon jig with a black/green pork trailer. Buddy on a Tex. Rig. baby brush hog. Nothing on blades, spoons, cranks.

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      Water Temp: 39 to 46

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: For this time o year I had a good day. I caught a total o 9 ish. All were spots ,1 to 2 lbs. caught seven on a jig and two on 5'' senkos. Was dragging the senkos weightless behind the boat while ishing the jigs orward. I you take pride in your boat, dont go to CFW.It seems to much o a bother or the lake manager to move the dock with the water level. When launching I had to tie a rope to my boat ,pull it to shore, then take o my shoes and wade in a ew steps to hop in the boat.I was airly ticked o the irst hour as my eet were reezing. I'll stop whining and just bring waders next time.
      City: Granite Bay Ca.

      Tips: This is a honest report, unlike the previous one which I suspect is rom the lake manager. Oh yea, black quarter oz. jig with green double tail Yamamoto trailer.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake around 1:30. Fished or several hours. Our big motor died so we had to go back or more minnows with the trolling motor. That put a damper on things but we caught 10 anyway. Smallest was around 2, largest was 4.11, and the rest were either 3 or 4. Overall it was a good day.
      City: vacaville

      Tips: MINNOWS!!!!

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bruce and I ished sat morning. Seemed like every boat on the lake was throwing giant trout swimbaits. Maybe they are getting the big ish? We ished shiners and cought 6 rom 2.5 to 4.1 . Bruce kept 1 or dinner and we let the other 5 go. Mike
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: ish seemed to start biting about 10am ater it warmed up a bit. Caught most o the ish rom 15 eet o water with one shallow ish.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 44-46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my partner, Bryce and I went down to oroville or the won bass team event this am. Cold as the dickens at 33 degrees and we put in at bidwell with 47 other teams, took o about 710am and neither o us know this lake so we stopped in the main body just north o the dam and started pounding the banks with jigs. I got bit right o the bat but missed the ish, very sot bite, Bryce went through the same thing so we took o or the bridge just outside o Lime Saddle(west branch?) where we get on some dinks on worms, Bryce and I are both throwing the MGM 157 and he gets the irst keeper in the boat at 930 am, I get a couple o dinks as the boat traic picks up, guys are running all over the place and I igure everyone else is having a hard time, we ool around the bridge or awhile and Bryce says we should go the the middle ork or south ork which is ine with me as I don't know where these palces are anyhow. Back down to the area across rom Bidwell and under another bridge and then a right turn into an area o sandy light colored banks with some humps going under here and there. A lot o wood loating in the lake in this area and some o it serious enough to break something. We ish the area rom 1130 to 130pm without a single bite. Bryce and I are assessing our situation which doesn't look good with only one ish in the boat. I said maybe we should try the shallow stu across orm us so we move over there in 9-25 eet. We had been ishing 25-40 t areas. Bryce gets another keeper o a sandy point and he notices a slight temp rise o almost 1 degree as we enter this shallow water. we move down the bank and I stick another dink and then a keeper in 9t o water in a creek channel. Bryce is now graphing a lot o ish and sticks another just legal keeper. We move back to the little creek channel and ish it until 240 pm and make our last casts. Bryce sticks a good ish and I get the net on a at 2.29 spot and then miss another dink. We crank up and head in or the weigh in. Start talking to a ew teams ahead o us and learn that limits o 5 ish are scarce. We weigh in 7.14 lbs and most o the guys in ront o me and a ew behing me are in the 6lb area so Bryce and I are eeling a bit better. Best 5 was at 9.54 when we let or the drive home with a little hope let or a good inish. The MGM 157 (jerry's worm) is the only thing we could get to go. once again, Bryce bailed me out. Back to shasta on 3-9-02 or the next round.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I don't know where the heck we were at. we ound ish mostly below 25 t but as indicated, the ones up shallow is what bailed us out, the MGM 157 (named ater me, thank you Mr. Coyle) was a liesaver today.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went ishing on the 2nd at about 3 in the aternoon, it was a nice day, lot o boats out there. anyways i threw a brush hog, and a senko, alomost covered the entire lake. not one bite. aew people there got like 1 or 2 ish at the most. and i heard o a 9.5 punder that was caught on a senko in the middle o the lake. so its still a little cold i think.

      Tips: The people that caught the ish used jigs, a dead minnow, and a brush hog. wait aew weeks, it will improve!!

Friday, February 1st, 2002

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM ABOUT 0900 UNTIL 1500. ZEROED ON BASS. TRIED SPINNER BAITS REAL SLOW. SMALL WORMS/LIZARDS DOWN TO 35 FEET. WENT BACK INTO BACK AND TRIED THE WALL. STARTED CATCHING LARGE TROUT ON REPALAS. OF COURSE NO NET SO HOOK UPS WERE MANY AND "IN THE BOAT" FEW.

      Tips: WAIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS