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Saturday, September 15th, 2001

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

      Report: Skunked

      Tips: Wait another month

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      Water Temp: 70 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished Spring Lake on Saturday, 9/15. 22 anglers participated. Winning weight was 12.03 lbs or 5 ish. Big ish was 4.80 lbs. Anglers weighed-in 61 bass. Caught mostly on Senkos, blades, rattletraps, etc.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: For more ino about club, send me an e-mail or check our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com.

Friday, September 14th, 2001

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: cooler

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A morning on the water is a moment to relect sometimes. Today was about the abomitable act commited against our country, and also about the git o reedom to enjoy ishing. 4 bass to 9:30, main lake and north. All spots, largest going 3 lbs. Water continues to drop, and conditions were cool, breezy with a ront passing through. Stayed with reaction. Other techniques would have been more productive probably. The 3lb came rom the area where my tournament partners and I have had success recently. They're relecting on why I didn't get this ish during competition.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Bass ishing 101. Frontal activity typically has the ish move deeper and tighter to cover. Make the adjustment and the ish can be caught.

Wednesday, September 12th, 2001

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

      Report: No report here. I'm looking for some. I do the dock talk including the virtual type. I said this on the Folsom page- if you have been on the lake, strap it on and submit a report. If you dragged one of those pre-rigged worms with a spinner and you caught a few keeps, bring it on. I've got an event coming up on this lake with little time to pre-fish. I need some intel.
      City: El Dorado Hills

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Lake is closed until urther notice due to the activity in N.Y.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: clean out your tackle box and change your line... it will still be a least a day beore it reopens

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      Water Temp: N/A????????????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Randy, remember our trip to Wild Sports? I you do, do you remember the rod/reel combo. The Abu-Garcia/rod combo selling or 89.99? Well, I was wondering i I should get that, or the Shimano Coriolos (pronounced crolia) instead.bassmaster out
      City: sm

      Tips: n/t/g

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      Water Temp: N/A????????????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Randy, remember our trip to Wild Sports? I you do, do you remember the rod/reel combo. The Abu-Garcia/rod combo selling or 89.99? Well, I was wondering i I should get that, or the Shimano Coriolos (pronounced crolia) instead.bassmaster out
      City: sm

      Tips: n/t/g

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

      Report: I went to pinto and meet my reind there and got out on the lake ished or 2 hours and went to a senko and got a bite realy quik it was short but at about 2.0 lbs. 1/2 later I got one more about the same size then the mosquitos got us and ished our way in with a swim bait no bites.
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: don't throw a swim bait.

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      Water Temp: 72 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Stevens Creek yesterday (9/12), arrived at 5pm and ished or 3hrs. Water was 72F, 2 to 5 t. visability. Hooked my irst across rom the dock on the ar side, it was a minnow. ater that I headed over to the cove located directly to the right o the dock hooked a 1lb-7oz-er, he was hiding to the let o the allen tree.(good spot, have hooked one there eveytime!). Then I headed to the allen tree across rom the picnic area. Hooked another minnow there. (another reliable spot!) I then headed towards the submerged trees on the ar side o the lake and hooked a 1lb. that was the last victim. All ish caught on a grub rigged white/green Spinnerbait with an occasioanl squirt o Crawdaddy Smelly Jelly.goes great with tortilla chips!
      City: Palo ALto

Tuesday, September 11th, 2001

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

      Report: my buddy and i were hoping to ind a bass club to get into,maybe somebodyb could help us out.we realy want to go and test the skills in a tourny.HELP!!!
      City: n,highlands

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guess I either just like to ish, or I am crazy. I know thats what the security dude must o thought when he unlocked the gate to let me out at 3:30 today. I don't have a radio on my boat, so I didn't hear that they decided to close the lake down this aternoon. It's a good thing I had to pick the kid up rom school, or I might have been staying the night. Anyway, we went up the South Fork or the simple act that we weren't sure i it was going to rain or not, and the wind was blowing pretty good on the main lake. I started at new york creek, and picked up a largemouth on a jig irst cast. We cruised the shoreline with nothing going, and then boom I caught 5 ish in 5 casts split shotting. One o the ish a 2.5 largemouth. The wind drited us down the bank, so I went back up and caught a couple more. We decided to move, because my signiicant other o whom hadn't even had a bite, said there wasn't any ish in this spot. Go igure. We moved to the rock pile nearby and I got one bite, but it ws a dink. So we moved to some rocky points, and she inally hooks one. A nice 3lb smallmouth. We tried one more area out by the main lake, and I hook a 2.5 spot. I guess the reason why we had the lake to our selves wasn't because o the chance o rain. That is some crazy s t! Good luck.
      City: Eldorado Hills

      Tips: Steep walls and worms in oxblood and maybe a jig. Fish adjacent to deep water.

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      Water Temp: unkown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I can not believe this I caught a 134 pound catish right o the rocks at Beals point.I was ishing with some let over sausage rom breakast.I caught him around 10:00 in the morning.My wie took my picture and he went right back in the water and swam o.I brought the picture to the bait store over by Granite bay.
      City: north highlands

      Tips: I got lucky I never ish or catish,this was a very scary 0ccasion.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: in at packers at 430 pm and ran upstream to meet up with Howard and Anita and amily, they are rom the Reno area, lake passing 91t, 88degrees, picked them up and ished areas o the upper McCloud or about a dozen by Howard and Anita who had the irst in the boat, mostlly dinks, I didn't throw much providing a little assistance to the Mrs. who picked up this particular style quickly and and put Howard in his place, I did manage one decent ish at 2.5. Went back to their houseboat at 815 to ind that Anita's brother and son had not made it back so Howard and I went back north or an hour or so and ound them out o gas near nosoni creek. We put the Wellcrat on the beach or the night and went home. Went back out early am on tuesday and put gas in the boat and Howard and I ished south or 3 hours boating about 12 with Howard connecting on a 2.64 spot ater nailing down the technique. ran back to the houseboat at 10am to learn o the tragedy in N.Y. so I went home. Anita, don't let Howard keep trying to stretch those short 11 3/4 inch spots! Make him measure every ish!!
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to get away rom all the bad news, hit the water around 2:00. As stated beore, the mudlines are all gone, and the lake was airly unoccupied.Since it was overcast and even raining a bit, I started with topwater, a ew misses on the spook, so I went to the spinnerbait- no takers. OK, back to the jig, I got to ish some points and cuts that had houseboats on em or the last three months, and managed to get some nice spots. The action was not as good as I thought it would be, so I decided to ish parallel to the bank or suspended ish with a slow alling grub, lots o action but no size, but that seemed to be the way they wanted the bait yesterday. Day two o this weather system, may go out later and see i they have changed their mood.
      City: Redding

Monday, September 10th, 2001

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: As always, Spring Lake is hit and miss. I hit one this last monday--a 7.0 on a rog. Saw the swirl heading toward my bait and I wondered i it was the bait itsel, then WHAM! What a great ish. Made my day. Then the next day....the world was dierent.
      City: Santa Rosa

Sunday, September 9th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started as soon as they opened the gate. We started at the spillway and worked our way around with topwater lures and small weedless flukes. We caugt 4 fish in the first hour and then our pattern went bad. We switched to small weedless worms in 8-12ft. of water. Caught a couple more before we left at 10. No big fish, but all in all a good day.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Whatever you fish this time of year, make sure that it is weedless!!!

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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started as soon as they opened the gate. We started at the spillway and worked our way around with topwater lures and small weedless flukes. We caugt 4 fish in the first hour and then our pattern went bad. We switched to small weedless worms in 8-12ft. of water. Caught a couple more before we left at 10. No big fish, but all in all a good day.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Whatever you fish this time of year, make sure that it is weedless!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It seems like there is always a tournament going in the Delta and ishermen are araid to share their 'secrets', but here's mine. Two semi-pro Delta tourneys coming up this weekend(15/16), partner and I ished both w/e days. Good ish ound in tullie berm islands with dark buzz bait, white/chart spinners(w/gold willow/chrome colo blade) and all white spinners(blades all white). A ew ish came on delta craw speed traps and dark color senkos. Tried rip rap and tullie banks with negative results. Also tried lip/pitch various other plastics with no luck. Water must be moving, either direction, and ish the points and eddys.
      City: Sac.

      Tips: Lots o shad in the water, match the bait, hence the spinner bait bite. Have various spinner weights and crank bait running depths rigged up and ready to use when conditions call or it.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Whites, very very windy. As a result, only could manage throwing spinnerbait. Caught about 15 10-11inchers and 2 2lbers. O the water by noon. Although, no quality, the quantity o the dinks made it un
      City: stkn

      Tips: spinernbaits in the wind

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, I just read the previous post - sometimes the ish do win. I that guy was upset, think how the guide elt! I will agree that the ishing was very slow Saturday, and I elt something had happened to the weed mats - they disappeared in less that 24 hours. Mats that I got good rog ish Friday aternoon were gone on Saturday. I lost a big bass on a rog Saturday aternoon, and my clients lost our bass in the morning - one on a crankbait and three on worms. One was a real big ish, so big that it might have been a catish. It snagged and then broke the line in the rocks. One o the clients missed a ew on rogs too. So, we could have had a air trip as ar as catching is concerned, but we just couldn't put them in the boat. They learned a lot I think, and we had a great time. We did land a ew small ones. Friday aternoon and night were a dierent story - 11 bass in the new Ranger 520 with a 25 3/4 lb limit. We started o ishing docks north o Konocti - I tried my green Snagproo rog and clients wanted to ish Senkos and lukes. I got 4 blowups and landed 3 bass to 5 1/4 lbs. This was about 6 pm. We then moved across the lake to the east shore and clients started getting ish on Senkos, and I was surprised to nail a 5-2 on a jig. My man "Hookless Harry" (he'll love this!) lost a really big bass on a 6" #135 Senko right at dark. I didn't let him orget it or awhile!! He did land a 4-9 just beore that on the same bait, so I did cut him a little slack. At night, we worked hard or our remaining 5 bass that we caught. Just beore we quit, I decided to try a small rockpile south o Sea Breeze - about 1:15 am. Good choice, 'cuz Harry redeemed himsel in a big way, ending the trip with a wild 7 lb 9 oz bass that jumped 4 times. He was using the "moonlight special" - a 10" black/chartreuse Power Worm! Way to go, Harry!!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was experimenting with jigs, and did catch two. They should starting working better every week as we move into the all pattern. Power worms and Dead Ringer worms are working well or us day and night. The #135 Senko has been good this past week, especially evenings and at night. The day ishing is weird - good very early, and then gets better in the late aternoon and dusk.