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Tuesday, December 4th, 2001

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To begin with, Jerry, I hope you are doing well!!I havent been out or awhile, so I had the itch to catch some spots with the break in all o the storms. Hit the water @8:30 out o BB, it was 35 degrees. I went up the sac. and with the absence o any wind, I dragged lizards and tossed some jigs.Good choice- no big ish but a total o close to 40 ish. They wanted the bait moving,some jig hits were in 1-5 eet o water, as the day progressed they went deeper. My deepest ish was around 35 t.Through the all the 17-25 t mark seemed to really concentrate the ish, today I did graph alot o ish in ront o running water at that level, but I wasnt ishing or those guys:) However, I did try to spinnerbait and crank some o this water, but, no takers.Kinda nice to be the only trailer at BB. Got o the water and the temp was only 46- oh well, had a pot o spaghetti and meatballs waiting with a ire going- and the sharks are on tonight..
      City: Redding

      Tips: Brown/ green jigs and watermelon red 6" lizards- dont look at the graph, ish points. Today red clay had no luck, but the tan colored was the ticket.

Saturday, December 1st, 2001

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Thank God! Je got out a report as I'm seriously tired o looking at the tripe that was prior to his post and whineing about it as I may, as have...And it's still there! I got out in the WON Team Tournament 6 rom last out o the Marina"Bad draw" and blew down to the wadaliegh arm and threw reaction baits or 30 minutes and then went to the model airplane strip and started shallow and worked my way out....It went the way I'd igured and had zip or the irst hour so, I told my partner to hang on as we were going to make a move and when we got there ,,,,,there wouldn't be anybody there !!!!!! Surprise nobody home and I told him I was going to spoon up our bigest ish and in 5 minutes I had a 3.5 lber. ....She died in 30 seconds even though I had her needled pretty quick she looked like a cowcod rom 150 eet....She did come rom 50+ and sad to say that's the irsat dead ish I have ever weighed in.....We stayed or awhile and with no other takers....So ater watching a Bazillion boats on a point I told my partner watch and let me know i it cleared....a ew hours later we went over and I explained to him that " In the old days we never ished the obvious stu or the secondary places but we ished where the tircheary "3RD" place's were and told him that the trout guys had beat the ish o o the spot and everybody else had ished the edges so cast over there and he was reeling in that 2nd ish in seconds.....I elt pretty good about that and igured we might be doing well.....That was our last bite......AND we ished very hard but to no avail....My hats o to the olks who stuck to they're guns....We did not preish and I belived that the big ish pattern would crash because o the ull moon and we only ished or "Small" ish or some points....We are now in a three way tie or 14th and we'll have to get it together or the Pyramid Feb. Thing
      City: Santa Barbara

      Tips: I was sure that the ish on my graph in 50+ eet were the ones I needed and they can be caught on a spoon but they need to be released immediatly!!!!

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WON tourney Saturday at Casitas and was it tough. During pre-ishing I had been doing really well on the spoon when I could ind shad, but during the tourney we couldn't even get close to the spots that I was catching them. There was at least 3 boats all day in the area that I had all my luck. so we threw worms all day or one bite each, sucks! Well better luck next time.
      City: Oak View

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Daybreak to noon...Droped the boat in at blue Oaks Ramp...This was the only area we ished,Too Windy.Caught ive keepers up to 2 1/2 - 3 pounds...One ish on a spoon & the rest dropshoting a keeper leach worm...All the ish came rom 30 to 60 t water.
      City: Riv

Thursday, November 29th, 2001

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 60-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy as hell when we put in at daybreak,wind died down some & it rained o an on until we let at 2pm..Only caught 8 bass rom 13 1/4 in to 15 3/4 in..Two biggest came on jigs & the rest on worms.Caught a large crappie & two trout on a spoon.No bass on spooning..
      City: Riv

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone who uses this site knows o Jerry Waltman. Well, Jerry is back in the hospital with heart problems. I have been in e-mail contact with his daughter and wie since last Mon. He apparently had an artery cleaned out earlier in the week. He is now waiting to get over pnemonia in order to be lown to Sac. or another proceedure. Our prayers and best wishes are with him. Get well soon tournament partner.
      City: Cottonwood

Wednesday, November 28th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I ished a little club tourney on the 25th and caught a couple. Caught our ish on worms and spinnerbaits. We lost a couple on shad speed traps. Caught an 7-8lb stiper on a senco. The ish we caught were caught in the morning on low tide. We still ended up 2nd overall in the tourney.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Try worms low tide on the outside o the weedlines near rip rap and spinnerbaits, speedtraps in a shad pattern.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started out ishing texas rigged worms in about 25t up north, got into some good ish up to around 3lbs or about and hour or two. buy then the wind started blowing so bad that I had to start throwing reaction baits and keep the boat moving just to keep the trolling motor in the water. The bite turned out to really good up shallow still with 3 and 4 oot waves going on..
      City: ELVERTA

      Tips: Alot o rocks up shallow so be careul running around the lake..

Tuesday, November 27th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: realy cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished georgiana slough yesterday,caught a 30lb salmon on a bass spinner......oops.but what un,there are still salmon out here but they are the dying ones.be a sport and use yer ultralight gear,weeeeee. the cross channel gates were closed yesterday so i was unable to get out to the meadows.gates open today so im omw
      City: locke

      Tips: longjohns a must.chrome spinners

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: YES I STILL WORK BUT IM DOWN TO JUST 60 HOURS A WEEK!!!!
      City: ELVERTA

      Tips: MAKE SURE YOU TIE YOUR TRUCK COVER DOWN IN A 60MPH STORM SO IT DOESNT IN UP IN MY YARD..

Monday, November 26th, 2001

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

      Report: Fished 3 days this last holiday stretch, including the 20, 21, and 25th. Did airly well the irst two days, total o 25 ish, 12-13 blackies each day, most small, two near our lbs. Fish were active beore the bad weather, most places with depth nearby, weedlines in cuts with mild current produced 1-4 ish per site. Baits that worked were brush hogs, rip baits, rattletraps and spinnerbaits. Jigs and deeper crankbaits in craw colors did not do much. Rattletraps also took total o 8-9 stripers rom dinks up to 15 lbs (un!). Fished tule berms o Holland, got into nice blade bite down by Disco. Seemed like the irst two days ish were everywhere - Franks, the break, Middle river, Mildred, Old river, Taylor. I'm still exploring. Sunday ater the storm was a dierent story. Fished hal day or 3 ish and total o six bites. Two o these were solid ish, 2.5 and 3.5 lbs. the third was a small keeper. Water in my areas was colder and real muddy. Fish came on rip bait and spinnerbait. Nothing on Jig or plastic, which is just the reverse o what typically these conditions do or me.God Bless,Rob T
      City: Hal Moon Bay

      Tips: No real insights on the post storm poor showing I had. Still trying to igure things out.

Sunday, November 25th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Been walking the bank the last few days and catching nice fish while doing it. Averaging 5-10+ fish per trip out. Bite is in Fall mode and jigs, blades, and a few other things are working well. Average size between 1-3 lbs. Had a nice fish on that took me deep breaking me off because I tried to horse her and the drag was set to tight. Not good when your only using 8# line. I'll get her... Bite is good from the shore. Will be taking the boat soon, need to be on the lake at least once this time of year.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Jigs, plastics and blades have been working for me.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Been walking the bank the last few days and catching nice fish while doing it. Averaging 5-10+ fish per trip out. Bite is in Fall mode and jigs, blades, and a few other things are working well. Average size between 1-3 lbs. Had a nice fish on that took me deep breaking me off because I tried to horse her and the drag was set to tight. Not good when your only using 8# line. I'll get her... Bite is good from the shore. Will be taking the boat soon, need to be on the lake at least once this time of year.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Jigs, plastics and blades have been working for me.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7a to 3p on the B & W to the main channel. Started w/spinnerbait then shad pattern cranks but didn't catch a keeper until I switched to a smoke w/purple vein curly tail worm. A couple o hours later boated a 2nd keeper w/a salt & pepper senko. Had a 20 lb Salmon cruising just below the surace but couldn't get it interested in any o my baits, it & the bass had lock jaw this day. At least the wie & I were lucky enough to be one o the ew club boats that weighed in a ish.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Can only suggest looking or less muddy water?

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 61-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a Mid-Cal Tournament Sun...28 boats...Didn't do too well.Caught 12 keepers,couldn't get any weight. Seven ish or 10 plus lbs...All our ish came on Cali. & Keeper worms,splitshoting & darter heads.Main lake coves,rom 10 to 40 oot deep.We had too stick the seven we weight in,when we released them...
      City: Riv

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went with my buddy Richard again. Got out about sunrise. Cloudy and cold. Went to Dry Creek and Backbone. Did well with spinnerbait, deep wee-r, and shad rap (Rich won't use anything else). 12 in the boat, 9 keepers, nothing over 2 lbs. Good time. Back home by 11.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sonoma in the Canoe with ather-in-law rom 3:00pm to 5:50pm. Temp was about 58F, slightly clowdy. Spring Lake has an alge bloom going on now, which seems strange or Novenber...then again, it's my irst season bass ishin'! Har, har! We started pitching twin tail grubs(Yamamoto) in greens w/ lake, classic split shottin'. I caught a nice 1 1/2 lb smallie BIg Mouth on a mushy bite. No ight in that ish, but looked great and healthy! Let's hope he plumps up durring winter! Not many bites on anything else: spooks, carolina segemented worms, rogs, and pig'n'jig. BIg ish broke surace on bugs twice. Good day on Spring Lake in my book...at least we didn't break another rod! Haha! Got teh eeling there was a monster nearby, can't explain it, just a eeling...
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Go monster hunting! I got the eeling one's ready and hungry or a baby bass bait ot sunish.

Saturday, November 24th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got together with Cooch or a day o ishing ..the weatherwas terrible but we inally got a break in the storm andheaded out we started throwing crankbaits .. on aboutmy 3rd cast I got a nice 3 lber . Cooch got one on aworm .. we headed urther south and ater throwingcranks without much luck Cooch went to the jig . Coochended up with close to 20 ish , I only got 2 but it stillwas a un day these were all quality ish 3-4 poundersbiggest might have gone 5
      City: Stockton

      Tips: We ished rock banks with not alot o weeds1/2 brown pig and jig with brown and olive trailerRead Cooch's artical on jig ishing ..

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out throwing a Crank (Normans, Baby Bass color) in ront o the island. Caught one about 3 pounds and had one more shake o at the boat. Ended up with three more on worms and spoons. I let at 11am. Real slow.
      City: whittier

      Tips: None

Friday, November 23rd, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out of Capell at safe lite and headed for the narrows. Fished north side above dam. My partner and I got 7 or 8 spots, nothing big but exciting. Moved out to main body got three samllies, largest 2.5#'s, fish was a beauty, shades of yellow and green. On the day we boated 15 fish, only one largemouth. Nothing big but we had lots of action. Berryessa this time of year (when ther is no wind) is just beautiful and most of all no skiers.
      City: Benicia

      Tips: Fish from 8 to 15' shaking S&P worms with chart tail. Good ol'e witches "T" also. Nothing cranking couple blow ups on popper. Most fish on points and rocks, espically in the narrows. Keep shaking, they are there. Dress warm.