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Friday, January 18th, 2002

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 52.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiy morning but it got windy and cold about 10:00. Started in the back o Cotton and worked our way out. Plenty o ish on the graph but no bits until we hit the North bank with tree just beore the markers. Picked up three quality ish drop-shotting in 50 eet o water.Fished North side o dam, no luck. About 4:00 we started picking up jig ish along the North bank in the back end o Temperance. We were dragging black jigs, behind the boat, trailed with 6-8" lizards in 40' o water. Picked up our 2+ ish and missed another couple strong bites.We wished we would have picked up on the pattern eairler in the day. I eel we could have loaded the boat with quality ish.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: Drag jigs w/ lizards or good size trailer with some action in 30-50 eet o water.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish red banks with rock in the middle, south,north, and west branch, Useing Jigs,brn/purp,brn,brn'orng...There is a little bit o a crank bite...and blade bite....Good luck, Drake
      City: 0roville

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: havbe not been out or an aternoon lately so went in at Bailey Cove at 1300, ran upstream in the McCloud near Ycotti creek and laid out a selection o worms to throw twice and then change, started with the mgm157 and connected on the 2nd cast with a 1.8, back in with it and get bit again but it hops o, go in again and get bit and up comes a 2.2. pull the 157 o and thread on a rainbow 292 that Barry Ng sent me, on the 2nd cast i get bit on a hard to eel pulldown and stick a nice 2.8 that was at as a pig tossing shad on my carpets, go again and zip, put on a mgm109 in a new shape called the x and get bit on the 2nd cast by a 1.5. I continued down the bank throwing a rainbow 99( the big Daddy's special) and get three more at 1.4 and a bit and my bite ground to a halt at 215 pm, ran over into curl creek and get on some ish but no go, tried to blade a ew but no takers ran back to Bailey cove on a beautiul aternoon, temp getting out was 59 water up near 41 t, they are letting out about hal o what is coming in and I sure hope they let it ill up or a change, got out a 350 pm, wonderul aternoon.
      City: Redding

      Tips: the mgm 157 continues to produce, the rainbow 292 is new to me but sure was eective today

Thursday, January 17th, 2002

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

      Report: I have a PRO-AM at this lake next week any help would be Helpul and would return the avor when you ish the Delta.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: This is or the Delta low slack tide has been the best tide. Use crankbait to ind the ish and then work them over with jigs and blades.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Packers at 9:30am. Ran up to Waters Gulch, wind out o the north. Very slow day, 5 total, largest 1.5 on 156 MGM. At least I beat the back seat this time, 4 to 1. Went to the ISE show Wed with the Waltmans, had a good time. Slobbered all over the new boats,we'll have to just make do with the little old Skeeter or a ew more years. The loat is in at Bailey Cove. We noticed it on our way to Packers. Out at 3:30pm.
      City: Cottonwood

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      Water Temp: 48-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in at packers at 645 am, air temp 33, water up to 42t and no wind, ran or Halway cove on the Sac arm and caught 7 rom 1.1 to 1.4 with a swing and a miss on only one ish, all came out o 12 to 40 t with only one deep. big bellys on all and ull o shad. 4 on the MGM 109 4 inch, 2 on the MGM 156 4 inch and one on a brown 1/2 oz jig, beautiul morning and stayed warm in my new guidewear and sorel snow packs, wind came up a bit around 830am, out at 12 noon, temp up to 52 wind at 12 out o the north, saw bryce and susan in water gulch with three in the boat or them at 1130weent to the ISE show yesterday and caught Gary Dobyns presentation in the big tank, very inormative, met Tony Stoltz(sTony) or the irst time in the western bass booth, good show and I controlled mysel, didn't buy anything! All u really need to go is about a $100,000.00 bill, yep that would cover it.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, January 16th, 2002

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47 to 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday 1-12-02 ,caught 15 ish.Big ish went 11.3lbs.Next was 10.4 and 2-8's and 6 over 6lbs.All caught on super jumbo minnows in one spot and in 10 to 30t. o water.Good luck there out swimming around.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: SUPER JUMBO is the key.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to the back end o Piney creek & started abt 6:45 am.Got 3 over 15 in. One on a senko,6 in.worm & skirted 5 in grub.ive more on 4 in worms rom 11 3/4 in too 14 1/2 in.Wind came up,got to hard to eel bites.Let & went back toward the So. Ramp..Caught 5 more rom 11 3/4 in. to 15 1/2 in. on 4 in worms..Let at 1:30 pm...
      City: Riv

      Tips: Fish Slow & keep your bait in the water...Sot bites,they did slam the split shotted senko.

Monday, January 14th, 2002

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out around 3pm and ished or til 4:30. Lots o weeds and water startng to go down. It is a little stained and very cold. Lost one, and caught one bass in the island pond. It went about 2#'s. Was throwing a red lake pumpkinseed spider grup. Caught ish in about 2 eet o water in the creek by the bench. Please post i you have been out here lately, always old reports. Good luck and see you on the water.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Slow presentation

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 51.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: PUT IN A PACKERS AND RAN DOWN JONES VALLEY WAY. IT WAS A COLD RIDE BUT WORTH IT THE FISHING WAS HOT.WE STARTED OUT WITH TEXAS RIGGED 4 INCH WORMS AND STARTED CATCHING GOOD FISH UP TO 3 LBS AND THEY WERE SPITTING OUT 2INCH SHAD THEY WERE FOOTBALLS. SUN CAME OUT AND WE GOT A LITTLE FEELING BACK IN OUR HANDS.AND DIDNT MISS QUIT AS MANY. THRU A JIG A FEW TIMES NO TAKERS SO STUCK WITH WHAT THEY WANTED. WE USED ONE COLOR OF WORM ALL DAY AND THERES NO NUMBER BUT ITS PINK AND BLUE AND SILVER FLAKE. THEY LIKE THEM BIG TIME. MOST EVRY FISH WAS IN WATER FROM THE BANK TO ABOUT 25 TO 30 FEET THERE WAS A BASS BOAT SPOONING AT THE BRIDGE PIERS AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SUSPENDED FISH THIS TIME OF YEAR. NOT MUCH STUFF FLOATING ON THE SURFACE ON THE LAKE WHERE WE WERE , WHICH SUPRISED ME WITH ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE HAD, WE FISHED POINTS, CREEK CHANNELS , AND ROCK BANKS WE CAUGHT FISH ON ALL OF THESE PLACES AND ALSO CAUGHT SOME IN A BRUSH PILE THAT HASENT BEEN UNDER THE WATER TO LONG. FISHING IS GOOD NOW AND ITS GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER IN THE DAYS TO COME. I DID GET BIG FISH TODAY BUT MY WIFE WAS REAL CLOSE, ITS ABOUT TIME I GOT HER HA HA
      City: ANDERSON

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished saturday and a buddy o mine caught one on a senko. We ished rom 11:30-2:00 got bites all day on senkos and dead ringers. Saturday went out in the morning at 8:30 and got bites on dead ringers all morning untill 11:00. Caught one and lost another good one.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: We used brass and glass and worked it real slow added lots o smelly jelly.

Sunday, January 13th, 2002

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Found ish right away in 40-50t. useing mornig dawn and kuroi lazer Duh!!! spoons . The wall up in Jackson creek and several o the points just down rom there are stacked with bass. they seem to be starting to move into the creeks with the rising water. Also ound some nice bass 2-3lb.+, in a couple main body coves with the same pattern.
      City: Sac.

      Tips: Look or schools o bait in the backs o coves where the bottom is a least 70t. then look or the bass holding next to the channel edge in 40-50t. Morning dawn Duh spoons seemed to be the best lure.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a little spanking in a club tourney with 9.8lbs- winners had almost 13lbs. Didn't get on the jig bite or the cranks, but ortunately my partner landed a nice 3.8 spot when we broke out the split-shot. Blademan also got help rom the back seat when his partner put big ish o the event in the boat, a 5.87lb spot. They were ishing or the big bites with jigs and they placed third with 11.8lbs with only our ish.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Consider the eect o a rapidly rising lake level

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WB team. Foggy/overcastday. Probably caught 30 ish between the 2 o us.Best 7 went 11.16. 14.9 won. Jigs, spider grubs and 6 inch worms were the ticket. Never got a ish/bite on a reaction bait. Lake got hammered this weekend.Saturday tourneys and preishers probably totaled 150-175 boats. Lake has come up about 30t since BASS. Funny thing craw dad baits work but the ish are gorging on shad. No crawdad parts in the live well.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Fish are all over. Key is to ind a school o larger ish and wait them out.Bite can be very subtle.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we caught all kinds o great whites.....a ew tuna...oh and a mackrol
      City: usa

      Tips: dont eat beore going in the water..youll get a stomach ache

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Club tourney out o Packers. 20 boats, 8 non-boaters. I headed inside Bridge Bay or 4 quick ish in an hour. 1 on a pointer minnow, 3 drop shotting a 6" MGM 157. Headed over to Little Backbone and ought the 2-3 waves at the mouth o the Sac. Heavy north wind blowing. Inside Little Backbone and drop shotted the same worm on rocky walls or several ish. Biggest was 2.52# (my big or the day). One other culled out a 13" rom Bridge Bay. From there up to the Squaw to some willow trees I'd done well at the week beore. Texas rigged a MGM 109 in the willows in 18'. Really had to coax this one. Finally got it to bite and it went 2+# that culls another out.Up the Pit to a long tapering point and cranked a 3/4 oz Fat Free shad or another 2+#. Cull again at couldn't improve the rest o the day. Still caught lots more ish but all under my smallest at 14.5". Weighed in 9.49# or second place. Winning weight at 9.9 or so. Biggest ish was 2.8#. Water temp was around 51 degrees most everywhere I went. Wind blew all day. Watch the debris.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Don't be araid to throw that drop shot up into 6" o water and drag it down. It works when the ish are shallow.

Saturday, January 12th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished small club tournament saturday found fish on steep banks in 10-15 feet. caught 10 keepers bigest was 1.6 lbs all came splitshoting 4.5" worms and 3" leech. fish the narrows near Portuguese cove. went up to Putah creek, water very muddy 1' visibity.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: try morning dawn, original, smoke purple flake had to fish slow but they would bite hard

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47/48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I launched out o Paradise, due to og I was not able try the areas I wanted to. I like to have various locations where I'm catching ish so when tourny day comes, I have more than one speciic area to go to. I made the loop rom Bishop to Whites, Honker, south on Disappointment to Fourteen Mile slough. Picked up six on blk/blu jig and watermelon red senko. Missed a ew strikes also. Nothing big, maybe largest was 2 lbs. Nothing on slow rolling crank and blades. Water clarity in Whites area had good visibility.
      City: Sac.

      Tips: What ew I caught came on south and east acing rip rap with deep tullies and weed lines.

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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club tournament (Santa Clara Bass Busters)on Saturday. Foggy, cold, slow. Water clarity was much poorer than was expecting. Fished main channel. Mostly threw delta crawish red speed traps and rattle traps. Didn't get a single hit. Tried throwing small plastic worms split shotting in various colors. No luck! Eventually got 3 ish on 1/2 white and 1/2 green senko's. Largest was 2.62lbs caught on the outside edge o the weed line at low tide just as it started back in. Other two were up against the bank in 1 to 2 oot o water under a bush over hang. Both were maybe 1.5lb'ers. Top team had 5 ish or over 11 lbs. Second best had 4 ish or ???? (didn't get) and my teams 3 were good enough or 3rd out o ten boats (twenty anglers). Hey, you guys out there interested in a great club and a lot o un ishing tournaments should check us out!
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: trick seemed to be to watch the line or the pickup (line would lick) and then raise the rod tip slowly to check or the ish. Pickup was very subtle.

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      Water Temp: 41???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Hook series, oggy but calm all day..Cold on the runs..Our temp guage said the water temp was 41, but I think it was warmer than that..Tried several places on the Break and Ironhouse, no luck..Ran to Taylor Slough and inally ound some ish in the tules..Flipped Senkos into the ront edges o the shoreline tules, and some o the blown down ones..Pumpkin/black lake and red/ black lake did the trick..Pulled out 6 with the largest being almost 4#..Finished with 6 weighing 12.96 pounds..GREAT DAY..
      City: San Jose

      Tips: SENKOS