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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at daybreak& ished until 12:30 pm..Got ive bits,caught three spots on 4 in worms..Deep water,in areas we could get out o the wind..Fish were 1 1/2 to 2 lbs.Only saw two boats on the water today..
      City: Riv

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom daylight till noon...Got 5 bits,lost one & caught 3 spots,avg. pound & hal...Caught one on a skirted grub & other two on 4 in worms app.40 t deep...Main lake points.Weather was pretty bad today.
      City: Riv

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 38

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

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      City: chico

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Tuesday, January 1st, 2002

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a small turkey shoot on New Years Day. Pre-rontal conditions existed, and the spotted bass were eatting. We ished brown and pumpkin 3/8 ounce jigs on main lake points in 15 to 30 eet o water. Caught 20 ish, the largest 5 going 14 pounds (1st place). Most boats caught limits o spots ishing main lake with jigs and plastics.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Spotted bass have improved the winter ishing on Melones. Starting to preer Melones to McClure due to better quality o ish. Typical jigs and plastics in browns.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a turkey shoot and started at 7 am. "The ishingwas good. Started pitching jigs and worms and caught ishall day. The bite was about 10' deep and rather subtle.O course it rained almost all day but that probably helpedthe bite. Tryed cranks oten on all day nothing on them.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Fish timber and ish slowly. Brush hogs always work herebut try some deeper spoons and jigs.

Monday, December 31st, 2001

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-55?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Harry Honds and Manny Dabble and I were out on the Lake by 9:00am. Loaded up on EJ and some minnows we drited the dam with no luck, nice goin Harry Honds, well ater some lat shots and some head locks I convinced my ellow ish partners to drop some live bait over by the jutting pieces o land. We would hear the ish inder goin o in about 20 t or water then WHAM! hooked up with about 5 ish, small mouth, the biggest about 4 pounds. Tried also the next day, this time trolled the dam about 35 eet down with blades and lashers with a wedding ring/worm trailer,....ew bites but nothing promising. Went back to a "hole" we ound loaded with ish and had a ield day...can;t wait to go back.....Hey Regis! I still got your EJ on the Slayer...see you Stu-Gatz later....Fish Slayer
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Live Bait you can;t lose...worms also worked

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks or the re-set No Handle Man, (I'm Zipperworm, not Zipperman). Ask Blademan how I earned that handle. Andy (report below) did better than Swimbait and I. I told Swimbait about the day me and No Handle had on Christmas eve. It convinced him to get o the couch. We launched out o Browns and picked one each around the entrance to the south. Spots- his was a 2.75lb atty. Rolled up on my Newbass parner rom last season out on the mainlake. We exchanged greetings: "Get o my water!" ect. He said he only had a couple bites, but I think he holds out on me. Partner warned Swimbait that anything he did could be and would be used against him on the internet (this page). Swimbait's never had issue when I report him backseating me on my water again and again. When I ish with him I have an eyesight problem. I cringe evertime he casts. It's normally way up in ront o me and I know he's about to nail another one. Today was a little dierent: We blanked on the main lake, but Swimbait splitshot another 2.75lb spot in a eatureless area while I was exploring some new water accross rom Brown's. We were stopped and practically deadsticking.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: When the bite get's tough, slow down the presentation.

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish rom 9am to 3:30pm. Five ish, two with drop shot 3" slug-go shad, two with mo-jo riged 3" reepers R&Bs color. Smalles was 2.2 largest was 4.1! All spots, 4.1 is the largest spot I've caught. Fish were caught in 27 to 32 eet. Good luck, have un & be sae.
      City: Tracy

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ZipperMAN/worm did go ishing today. I like Blademan want the scope. looking orward to the details.

Sunday, December 30th, 2001

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Totally skunked. Fished in the rain. Went out looking or trout, saw a ew break the surace but got not a single hit. Saw a small leet o Carp (we assumed) just lingering around on the surace. I broke up a crowd with a kastmaster and my buddy literally smacked one with a surace ly - but no interest there either.
      City: San Leandro

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      Water Temp: 50-47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got one nice ish about 2-3pounds at 35 eet drop shoting a 4'trick worm.Got some more hits no takers.
      City: Valley Springs

      Tips: water was realy muddy in places, try to ind clear water

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished the main lake areas within a mile o the Tuttle Town ramp rom 6;30 am to 1 pm.Caught 13 bass rom 13 in to 2 lbs & one 12 1/2 ins..First 4 came on 6 in keeper worm & Br on Br pork & jig.Rest were caught on 4 in worms & leaches on darter heads..About 1/2 blacks & the rest spots.Most o the bites were psi. bits.Five o them came casting toward the bank in app 25 t o water.Rest were caught setting over 30 to 40 t o water & casting into deeper water...Marked a lot o shad rom 20 to 80 t deep ever place we ished.
      City: Riv

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out o packers, light rain alling, lake up past 63t and rising rapidly, air temp 48, ran over into the lower pit and only managed some dinks on brown jigs, took o or the upper MCcloud and got dinked to death, went through 35 ish to get to 7 lbs and all on jigs, could not get a single ish on any worm which is a bit unusual, inished up the day in ront o shasta caverns or some more small ish, out a 3pm air temp 52 and the rain was coming down at a good clip. lake came up a oot while I was out.
      City: Redding

Saturday, December 29th, 2001

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: LOW TO MID 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was hoping to still get in ishing beore cold ront hit but cold ront was pretty much in ull orce on this saturday.Very little ishing pressure about 30 boats and even less on shore.Pretty much ished swim baits all day casting and slow trolling with only one hit on the tail end o the eagle swim bait (these swim baits look damn good in the water and i have no ties to this company).Talked to quite a ew boats on the water and very slow and tough day but heard the day beore was a very exceptional day with quite a ew lunkers and the lake record which i could not conirm was true.It seemed like 80% OF boats were throwing swim baits on this day.
      City: ONTARIO CA.

      Tips: Try a little something obeat like trolling swimbeats with leadcore or a downrigger in 25 to 40 eet o water across points and around island and east end o lake.Or ish Murphy style and double anchor and ish dads or worms or jigs very slow o o points or on the rockpiles.

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      Water Temp: NOT SURE

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had to be one the best trout ishing trips in a long time. Three o us in the boat and on the water about 7AM. Slight og and clearing later in the morning, then rain, just pulled the boat out beore it hit. Lucky. Started with inlated nightcrawlers and we hooked into three or our right o the bat. Then we started using power bait (chartruese, yellow, and rainbow) all worked well.From 7am to around 11:30am we had a total o about 34 rainbows with about 25 missed. Ended up keeking 10 between us. We were just driting on the bottom. Remember it is a ive ish limit. I you release them make sure they are good to go back and swim away.Good luck
      City: SAN MATEO

      Tips: be ready or wind or rain don't want to get caught with out the right gear

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: broke

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dropped in about 12:30 Jones Valley. Headed up the Pit throwin a cricket colored 4" curly tail grub. Slow until late aternoon bout 4pm sunk into a ew keepers on the bite then relled in a 5 pounder on my last cast, measured 19". Ended up 9.5lb limit over 4 hrs and a ew dinks.
      City: Shasta Lake

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

      Report: Has anyone ished sonoma with live bait? Whats the best live bait or the area? Which tackle shops in the area sell live bait? Thanks in advance.
      City: petaluma

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom about 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. We were the only boat on the lake! I wonder why? Started at main arm up by no ski bouys on the south shoreline. some ish busting the surace. couple o hits on top water one on a crank bait. could not hook up though! small ish? Decided to troll or steelhead, hooked one bucketmouth at 14 eet and one 2lb smallie at about the same dept. We were trolling needleish. We did not see any ish busting shad until we took the boat out at the public ramp to go home! Figures!
      City: Windsor

      Tips: Bite should be turning on anytime soon! Maybe. look or Steelies and Bass chasing shad. Topwaters, small Rapala's ect. should work!

Friday, December 28th, 2001

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This report will certainly be better than the last one, especially i I had not lost a huge bass yesterday 'cause I didn't check the tip o my jig hook ater snagging on a rock. It was good to be back at Clear Lake ater three weeks amd more postponed trips because o the weather and lousy ishing than I can remember. I had a really nice client and a skillul isheerman, but green in the sport o winter bass ishing. We used jig 90% o the time, trying or big bites. He missed a bass near Rattlesnake Island and later had a good bass pick up his jig without him knowing it and swim towards him. He inally set the hook but it was too late. I think I igured out a good pattern when I stuck a big ish around 8:30 AM. She was ar o the edge o a rockpile - a good winter pattern. She was beautiul and ull o ight, and really nailed my Rodstrainer jig. She weighed in at 8 lbs 2 oz. Daytime Rules! We ished several other areas south o the narrows without a bite. Finally, in the cove near Sea Breeze, a 4-13 took my Weapon jig with #180 Yamamoto single tail grub. The next bass I owe to my client! I was teaching him about bass stu all day and was explaining something to him while I kept working my jig urther and urther out into deep water - not paying much attention to it. When it went THUNK - I payed attention! That one was 7 lbs 1 oz! So, 6 bites - 3 in the boat or around 20 lbs, and one lost monster! I was really pleased to see how excited my client was to see his irst really big bass - I wish he had caught one, but he sat how it was done and his day will come!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Just ished jig very slowly in rocky dropos.

Thursday, December 27th, 2001

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

      Report: Could you guys take this debate over to the orum and keep this section to BASS reports. Thank you.
      City: Rio Vista