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Sunday, January 20th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the kids out or a try at this lake 4 boats 11 so called isherman, one Sonoma veteran. Water was extreamly muddy. We tried blade, crank, dropshot, inesse, big worms, small ones, deep, shallow, points, drop os, weeds, rocks, walls, even made it up to the end o the inles where 42 degree water was actually clear. End result NOT ONE BASS in the boat.One steelhead on a crankbait or about 10 seconds and one big jump out o the water.Here is the highlight. While 3 o us are going up to get the trucks Little Ricky the 6 year old lips a spinner bait o the dock. Minutes him and the other 3 boys land a 3.3 lb steelhead we could see it rom the top o the bridge.
      City: Paciica

      Tips: electronics lesson would be good or our group! Obviously we didn't solve the mystery. Let the little ones show you how it is done!

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: last report should have been dated 1/19/02.Fished again this morn. One small ish about 2 1/2 or my dad. That's it or me.Mike
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: slow down...

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: last report should have been dated 1/19/02.Fished again this morn. One small ish about 2 1/2 or my dad. That's it or me.Mike
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: slow down...

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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: GOT OUT EARLY, ABOUT 5AM. EXTREMELY COLD WINDCHILL. THE RUNOFF WATER FROM MY LINE FROZE IN THE EYES OF MY POLE! WAS PRETTY WILLING TO CATCH ANYTHING. FISHED FOR CATFISH / BASS / TROUT AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BITE! I USED EVERY LURE I HAVE, USED 10 DIFFERENT WORMS, USED 10 DIFFERENT TROUT SPINNERS, USED POWER BAIT AND CRAWLERS. NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NO BITES! FISHED FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS. CALLED IT A DAY. EXTREMELY CLEAR WATER, NICE STRUCTURE, NO FISH.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: ???

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: VERY CLEAR WATER. LOTS OF STRUCTURE. I FISHED OVER 40 DIFFERENT LURES / TUBES / WORMS / JIGS. LOST 15 LURES, BUDDY CAUGHT ONE KEEPER BASS ON A HOME MADE DESIGNED JIG. THAT'S IT, ONLY FISH IN THE LAKE I GUESS. FISHED WINTER PATTERS, FALL PATTERNS, PRE SPAWN, EVERYTHING TO TRY TO HOOK SOMETHING...JUST ONE FISH!
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: CAUGHT ONLY FISH ON BLUE JIG HEAD / GREEN-YELLOW SKIRT WITH SALTY CRAW TRAILER.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have been tournament ishing or 12 years now and have been reading NCBF reports or months, so I igure it is time or me to give one. On riday I ished the squaw arm and did very well. I didn't get on the water tell 9 am, started pitching an oxblood Texas rigged shark, only catching several small ish I changed to a straight 6" oxblood worm on a darterhead and started catching good ish. I caught several in the two pound range and one pushing 3 pounds. It was a good day.They were rom 5 to 50 eet deep,Go igure. Jerry and Scott i you try this presentation you might do better. Good luck
      City: Redding

      Tips: Darterheading a worm give a dierent presentation and or some reason it triggers them to bit. I consistantly catch bigger ish that way.

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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Cold sums it up. Took the wie out and waited or it to warm some, so got in a Packers at 1000. Ran to Bass Cove and threw the drop shot with the 157. Had the wie throw a texas rigged 109. Probably ished over 1/2 mile o shoreline with only one bite. Ran to Allie Cove and it was an "ice cream headache" run......real cold. Finally ound some ish in about 40' on the side o tapering point. Finished up in Packers waiting or a club tourney to get out o the water and picked up 2 more on the drop shot, again in about 40'. These came o a broken chunk rock bank. Biggest went a little under 2.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I started ishing too shallow I think. Never tried 40' in Bass Cove. Looks like today they were deep. Not like last weekend when most came in 20'.

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bryce cam e by to pick me up and o we went to Hirz Bay, in the water at 0715, lake at 39 t air temp a cool 35 degrees but no wind, ran up to Nosoni creek and get inside a bit and I immediately get bit but the ish hops o my 157. Bryce gets one on and in the boat as I get bit again but it is a swing and a miss. WE had a ew more o those and Bryce gets through it and starts getting them in the boat, back outside and up a little urther where he sticks a good one and gets it in, close to a solid three and at as a pig. I throw a jig and get bit but it too, hops o. Go to a rainbow 99 and get bit good and in comes a good one near 2.5 and a ew minutes later another one at 1.8 with Bryce getting a dink in the same hole o water. its a nice little lat spot in 21 t with the sun shining on it. We move downstream or 6 more or a total o 13 and we go the giant orange or breakast.
      City: Redding

      Tips: ok,ok,ok. Bryce had eight I had ive. he won't gloat too much or my riend Susan will take care o him the next time out. The MGM 157 produced well, our o mine came on the Rainbow 99(big daddy's special), also a ew on the mgm 156. We stayed above Dekas Rock.

Saturday, January 19th, 2002

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 44-46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sun 13th. Had 16 total, three largest 8.1, 7.8 and 5.13. Fished Sat 19th and Sun 20th. Sat had another 16 ish total. It was very windy till about 2 then calmed down. We still managed an impressive ive ish limit o 37.13. I was hoping or a 40lb limit but that's still my best to date. Big ish went 9.10, 8.4, 7.2, 7.0 and 5.13.Sun was windy all day and we only mangaed 10 total. Best ive went 5.10,5.0,5.0,4.9 and 4.6. Had one ish that elt big, headed straight or deep water and didn't shake much like the smaller ones. Unortunately she spit the hook so who knows?
      City: TRACY

      Tips: All ish caught (and quickly released) on live jumbo minnows. All ish came rom 8-20 eet o water. The lake level is about 5 eet higher than the same time last year. We're inding our hot spots last year aren't producing as well this year.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my nephew went out got on the water at 745 am. Fished main lake points with 1/4 oz. darthead Yamma grubs caught 3 keepers by 9 am (14 in. ish) Had to work hard the rest o the day to catch one more keeper caught it in the canyon area shakin brass n glass. Pretty tough day overall but beautiul day to be on the water.
      City: Modesto

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough bite with the water so low. All good structure is out o water. Metered only big school o bait o the sugarloa point(?) All ish caught in our club tourney were dropshot ish, except or the big ish which was caught on a 1/2oz spinnerbait slow rolled,(3.02 lber).
      City: Orange

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

      Report: Where are these quarry lakes located?
      City: pleasanton

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: took the kick boat ater some smallies today and did good.I got 6 ish up to 3.5Lbs and lost a bigger one at the boat.I ished isolated rock piles rom 25-35Ft deep with a 1/2oz siler buddy.All ish came in the 1st hour and a hal and rom a stretch o about 75 yards.The rest o the day was spent ighting the wind and trying to stay on top o rock piles.(it started to realy blow hard).still a good day out
      City: remont

      Tips: Fish siler buddies on deep water structure(rock piles)just throw it out,let it sink to the bottom and pump it 6" to 1' all the way back to the boat.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got out there at about 8, extremely cold. trolled along shore casting brush hog and senko, got one bite on each. I would have had one i my hands wearn so cold, it was 27 degrees!!!!! its a really bad cold ront, ishing will improve in aew days

      Tips: use brush hogs, and senkos, ish very slow, ishing will get bette as waterand air warms

Friday, January 18th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 48 - 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day on Friday, Jan. 18. Caught a couple limits. Small fish, nothing larger than 2 lbs. All spotted bass. Fished the narrows, steep banks, caught better fish on Black&Blue jigs in 10 feet or less. All other fish came on a dropshot, powerbait dropshot worms, in purple and shad colors in 20 - 30 feet.

      Tips: The fish that ate the jig wanted it fast and irratic. They hit hard. Dropshot fish wanted it slower, but still hit it good.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Hook Tourny on Sat with my buddy. Launched out o the Break and ound it a bit oggy to run to our spots so we dropped the T-motor just outside the marina and ished the old concrete pilings just east o the marina. We picked o our irst ish on a senko. As the og lited we ran to Fisherman's cut and I stuck a keeper on a jig near the docks. We managed only 2 more ish ater running south and weighed a bag o 4 ish or 9.34. We should ahve stayed in the west Delta. Never got bit ater going south o Franks Tract.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Fish Slowly with baits that move water. Use dark colors and look or deeper water to 10' on rip rap banks.

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

      Report: I've been here twice, tomorrow or Sunday will be my third time. Will the third time be a charm? Thus ar I have embarrassly been skuuunkkkeddd. I think I was preoccupied by my kids and wie. I am looking or a quick ishing ix usually. I need only discuss the best. What works. Those damn bass, they saw me and I saw them. It was like talking to riends who didn't listen. Whaaaaats up? Anyway I think this weekend I'll get lucky. I am bringing a truck so a can haul the tonage.
      City: Whittier, CA

      Tips: Worms, Worms, power Baitttt....

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      Water Temp: im not gittin i

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out ishing saturday morning with a riend,we started o near the boat ramp.we had a ew bites but they just would not take it.the guys next to us landed 3 trout and we might have been 20 eet away.the ish were holding is certin spots.we then move near the beach and we had 1 hit as soon as we got therebut it was extra windy and cold .the wind was bloing right at out ace and we couldnt keep our lines tight .so we moved on the island near the channel point dockwe ished ther or about an hour and a hal and laned 1 trout and 1 catish.we had maybe 7-8 other bites but again the ish seamed to be picky and really didnt want to take the bait.we then moved on to the boat ramp dock. we wer ther another hour and landed 1 more trout.the ishing was slow but steady we should o landed a ew mor ish but maybe next time.we had all our bites on powerbait.the lake was low about 6-8 eet below normal.i had a good time and will be back next week.we got 1 month until san pablo opens up and you can bet that there will be some trout action happen there in just a ew more weeks.good luck out there.ish_n_ool.
      City: antioch

      Tips: just remember, its cold so take your time and youll get some action.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 8. My dad, mom and I ished till noon. Got one 10.5 and 1 smaller ish around 3. Missed a couple other bites.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: Big ish was up near dam on steep bank in about 13 eet o water. My dad brought up crawdads rom San Diego. Can't beat the live stu or the winter cold water ishing.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water at about 1:30. tried blades and cranks but couldn't get any takers so went with old reliable. Brown jig in 20-30'. got 2 ish. then went looking or bait to reine my dropshotting skills(need serious reining). Finally, inding a ball o bait with some scattered bait ish around, I dropped my 4" dropshot bait down 30' and low and behold I caught 3 ish. These were my 1st ish on a spinning rod dropshot combo. I like the inesse dropshot. Next up oroville. I'll tell you how it goes.
      City: auburn

      Tips: yodo dropshot bait with twin tail. It looks great in the water. also, whats new Jig and pig.(brn/brn)