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Thursday, August 16th, 2001

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: One 2# BassOne 1# Crappie8 Blue Gill.Got there at 12:00 pm and ished until 7:00. In the cove by the dock and about 50 yards directly in ront o the dock. Used a #10 hook and worms. Tons o ish on the ishinder.
      City: Sunnyvale

Wednesday, August 15th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Amador twice this past week with my good riend Rick Tietz - in his boat - since I am boatless until my new Ranger 520 is ready next week. I was going to post about our trip last Wed, but had no time. We did airly well, landing eight to 6 1/4 lbs. The jig bite was good at night - we started at 11 pm. We didn't do as well as some o the tournament olks did the previous Sat night, and it wasn't my ault, 'cause I was in the boat o the guy who inished ourth!!!! He said it was amazing how the night bite slowed each night as we got away rom the ull moon. The ish started eeding more during the day. That was most evident when we ished last night, starting about 7 pm. Small bass were working shad and big bass were working small bass! They were not interested in anything we threw at them.! We missed about our beore dark and ound little or no activity ater dark. Rick landed one about 2 3/4 lbs on an 11 inch worm. We missed several and then quit about 1 am or a nap. By the way, no jig bite at all, and they had been hot the previous trip! Though Rick said ishing had been better the night beore, it was DEAD last night. We even thought about not bothering about the morning bite. Glad we didn't get past the thought process!!! We were on the lake again at 5 am - I was throwing 10" black Power Worms, and Rick was using some ugly 11" black worm. About 6:02 am he grunts on the hookset and we soon have a 9-2 in the boat rom a lat near Big Bay. We were only going to ish awhile longer, so I suggested we try a point in the main body. The sun was already on the water and I thought my chance or a big 'un might be over. But the Power Worm didn't let me down - elt a SLIGHT tick-tick - bluegill-like hit, but set anyway. No bluegill - just an 8-9 largemouth - WOW! That was about 6:55 am. We started dragging our worms in 25-30 eet o water near the point, and at 7:10 Rick sets - and SNAPS his lippin' stik - AT THE REEL. He had about 4 inches o rod let. What a sight - he's reeling like mad - holding just a reel, as his lippin' stik disappears under the water. I tried not to laugh - but it really looked unny!!! We had a happy ending as I netted a shortened lippin' stick with a 9 lb 11 oz toad trying to eat the tip o the rod! What an hour - three bites in the boat or around 27 1/2 lbs. Is Amador back???
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: As I have said many time on my posts, timing is everything. When ishing or big bass, you simply have to try to igure out when they might eed, and oer them a healthy meal (lure)! At Clear Lake, Amador, and the delta, the 10" Berkley Power Worm is a proven winner. Several colors work good, but black is basic - day and night!!!! Obviously, other black worms work too. We were working the worms ultra slow - deadsticking much o the time. We also use Smelly Jelly (crawish) smeared all over the baits. We love to ish lats (i you can ind them without weeds) in about 20-30 eet o water near walls or points. Those are prime summer and all eeding areas at Amador. Try to ine the hard, or rocky bottoms - big bass love those areas.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Amador twice this past week with my good riend Rick Tietz - in his boat - since I am boatless until my new Ranger 520 is ready next week. I was going to post about our trip last Wed, but had no time. We did airly well, landing eight to 6 1/4 lbs. The jig bite was good at night - we started at 11 pm. We didn't do as well as some o the tournament olks did the previous Sat night, and it wasn't my ault, 'cause I was in the boat o the guy who inished ourth!!!! He said it was amazing how the night bite slowed each night as we got away rom the ull moon. The ish started eeding more during the day. That was most evident when we ished last night, starting about 7 pm. Small bass were working shad and big bass were working small bass! They were not interested in anything we threw at them.! We missed about our beore dark and ound little or no activity ater dark. Rick landed one about 2 3/4 lbs on an 11 inch worm. We missed several and then quit about 1 am or a nap. By the way, no jig bite at all, and they had been hot the previous trip! Though Rick said ishing had been better the night beore, it was DEAD last night. We even thought about not bothering about the morning bite. Glad we didn't get past the thought process!!! We were on the lake again at 5 am - I was throwing 10" black Power Worms, and Rick was using some ugly 11" black worm. About 6:02 am he grunts on the hookset and we soon have a 9-2 in the boat rom a lat near Big Bay. We were only going to ish awhile longer, so I suggested we try a point in the main body. The sun was already on the water and I thought my chance or a big 'un might be over. But the Power Worm didn't let me down - elt a SLIGHT tick-tick - bluegill-like hit, but set anyway. No bluegill - just an 8-9 largemouth - WOW! That was about 6:55 am. We started dragging our worms in 25-30 eet o water near the point, and at 7:10 Rick sets - and SNAPS his lippin' stik - AT THE REEL. He had about 4 inches o rod let. What a sight - he's reeling like mad - holding just a reel, as his lippin' stik disappears under the water. I tried not to laugh - but it really looked unny!!! We had a happy ending as I netted a shortened lippin' stick with a 9 lb 11 oz toad trying to eat the tip o the rod! What an hour - three bites in the boat or around 27 1/2 lbs. Is Amador back???
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: As I have said many time on my posts, timing is everything. When ishing or big bass, you simply have to try to igure out when they might eed, and oer them a healthy meal (lure)! At Clear Lake, Amador, and the delta, the 10" Berkley Power Worm is a proven winner. Several colors work good, but black is basic - day and night!!!! Obviously, other black worms work too. We were working the worms ultra slow - deadsticking much o the time. We also use Smelly Jelly (crawish) smeared all over the baits. We love to ish lats (i you can ind them without weeds) in about 20-30 eet o water near walls or points. Those are prime summer and all eeding areas at Amador. Try to ine the hard, or rocky bottoms - big bass love those areas.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started around 5:30 working the main lake wall from the submerged island with a 5" roboworm. Nothing til I got to the horseshoe and started cranking. Threw a shad wiggle wart and hit 2 fish that both went under a pound. Went over to the cherry cove and hit a nice 2lb fish cranking. By now it is getting close to 7:30 and I started throwing a splash-it. Picked up 3 fish all around 2lbs in the back of the main cove around the weeds. All of the fish I hit today came in the 5-10 ft range. Will get back into fishing Calero more, it has been a good 3 months. Good luck out there.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Cranking always does well for me, same with the top water. Oh ya, hit a fish on a spook too. Only went about a 1 1/2.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started around 5:30 working the main lake wall from the submerged island with a 5" roboworm. Nothing til I got to the horseshoe and started cranking. Threw a shad wiggle wart and hit 2 fish that both went under a pound. Went over to the cherry cove and hit a nice 2lb fish cranking. By now it is getting close to 7:30 and I started throwing a splash-it. Picked up 3 fish all around 2lbs in the back of the main cove around the weeds. All of the fish I hit today came in the 5-10 ft range. Will get back into fishing Calero more, it has been a good 3 months. Good luck out there.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Cranking always does well for me, same with the top water. Oh ya, hit a fish on a spook too. Only went about a 1 1/2.

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

      Report: Fished Dissapointment/Whites area Fri 8-10-01. On the water by 5:30am throwing buzzbaits. I threw a chart/wht, while my buddy threw an all white buzzer. I had 5 blowups and landed 4 ish, largest going 3lbs. My buddy never had a hit. Buzz bite quit about 7:30am and we started throwin blades. Landed a ew more small keepers and switched to lippin. The lippin bite sucked. We got a bunch o 8"-12" ish. So I decided to throw a 4" watermelon Mad Man Craw. I hadn't caught a ish on one yet so I tried. The 2nd pitch I made my line starts swimming out to deep water, I set the hook and gaot him, 6lber. I think I ound a new bait to lip, although that was the only ish on it. best ive went about 16lbs
      City: Sac

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      Water Temp: 65+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Today I ished near the picnic area. I arrived around 7:40AM and began at the point overlooking the lake. I steadily worked my way towards the narrow end o the lake with no hits or a while. I inally worked my way around a bend into a cove where a lot o grassy/mossy cover was growing on the bottom, near a bunch o tree stumps.I hit a 2 pounder on a spinner, then about 20 minutes later hit a 1 pounder.Those were the last I got, and I let at about 10:20AM.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish early and ind cover!!

Tuesday, August 14th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6 am to noon in Little Franks & Washington Cut on in-coming tide ater 8 am. Started o w/blk & blue buzzbait then wht/cart. spinner bait or irst hour. Had one miss on a grn & wht. rog then boated the irst 13" keeper on a split shotted 6" witches T w/chart. curly tail worm & partner immediately ollowed w/a 3.5 lber ishing a watermelon w/red lake senko. Several more dinks and keepers boated w/Delta Craw 1/4 oz. Speed traps, watermelon w/red lake senko, & black w/red lake senkos. Best 5 went 12.5 lbs.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Craw pattern cranks in moving water adjacent to rip rap or sparser tule berms. Plastics worked slowly through outside edge o weed patches.

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      Water Temp: 71-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a day on the River! Partner and I started out slow with no topwater takers around Franks. No ish in the boat by 8:30a. Switched to lippin jigs and plastics and stuck a ew ish and dumped a 7+ on a jig. Started ollowing the Low tide down Old River. Pulled into a drainage area and whacked'em good on white speed traps. They were chasing shad so i decided to throw the Z-spook again. Wham! 8# striper! Then we stuck a ew more largemouths on topwater and traps. We stayed in this one area thru the last o the outgoing and beggining o the incoming tide. Caught 5 ish on consective cast two times! We caught 35 ish in this area but still no real quality ish. Then ran up middle river and started lippin tules on incoming water. Stuck some nice ish and started putting some weight in the boat, including a 5#. Ran to Dissappointment/Whites area and continued lipping tules. Stuck some more quality ish including a 4.5#. Ran back towards Franks and stuck another 5# on tules. We called it quits at 3pm and had boated around 60 ish!! I've had some 30-40 ish days beore but this was the best bite I've ever had on the Delta. Best 7 Went around 23#.
      City: Danville

      Tips: The #'s came on Speed traps, Rat'l Traps & spooks. The quality ish were all on jigs in plastics lipped tight to tules or oshore stucture.

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      Water Temp: beets me

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I like your report dylan. Randy told me about the 7 lb and 8 lb bass u caught. Write a report about em i u havent already.
      City: olsom

      Tips: I u like unny reports read dylans and randys.

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

      Report: Fished the morning today. It was pretty slow. Only caught two ish, but had a real good one that got away. Fished plastics the entire morning. Both ish were caught real early and then the bite shut o. Anybody having any good luck lately? It seems to be tough out there.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Camping at Lake Sonoma this Labor Day!!! i you are trying to look or a camp site, but to no avail. Well, you are in luck today because i have a ew camp site available to share at Homestead. My riends and i were trying to do a group camping, but some o them got other plans. so, i you need a camp site, send me an email.thanks
      City: oakland

Monday, August 13th, 2001

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went with a riend o mine this sunday. The irst ish was caught was buy my riend. It was a monster 3.2 pound spotted bass. It was caught at about 6:30-7:00. The rest o the day he caught all the ish and my other riend caught 2 1 1/2 pound spotted. I was the only one who didn't catch ish. So I told my riend to swich baits with me to see i that was what the ish were biting on, so he used my bait and still caught all the ish! Man, I wondered how how did that? Oh well, I still had un.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: look or stumps on rocky points.

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

      Report: Out this morning at 5:30 am ran over to the Big Backbone, water is still droping like a rock. It has been serveral weeks since I ished there. Took the irst on a jitterbug a 3.25 lbs and landed two more 1.5 and a 2.2 switched to a brown jig and managed to catch about 10 more all appox. 1.75 lbs out o tne water @ 8:30 am and backed to work at MGM LURES. I may try the pitt tomorrow. This past week's ishing at Shasta has been awesome
      City: Redding

Sunday, August 12th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't made a report in some time so here'e one.Fished Cranks early and had a 2# avg. limit in ten minutes in Honker Cut, switched to blades and got two ours on deep tulles near Potato and Whites, went to an old tree on a point and got slammed on a very custom blade but missed her. Threw back and got slammed again and hooked her this time. 20 seconds later a 7+ lbr. is in the boat. Humm, good day so ar. Why doesn't this happen on game day! Threw blades or a ew more hours on the east side o Mildred and caught a bunch o 1-2 pounders. Went home happy and early! Many pleasure boaters out and tearing up the water ater 11am.
      City: Mountain View

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      Water Temp: very warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Sunday morning, the lake is gone. Caught a ew dinks up the Bear River arm (Rock & Bush creek arms are a nice place or tents right now.) Lake is in poor shape butound yellow rat'l traps the only thing they would hit.
      City: sacto

      Tips: Don't waste too much time here until the water comes back up.

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      Water Temp: 65-70+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I arrived at SCR around 7:30AM and hit my spot around 7:45AM. 10 minutes later I had a nice 2-3lb Largemouth Bass about 5-10' rom shore on a spinner. It was a nice ish or this reservoir and I have a picture located at:http://www.bayareaishing.net/misc/ish-pics/scr-bass.jpg Unortunately that was the only action I saw, and I let around 10:50AM. I anyone has any other pictures they want to submit just send me an e-mail with the picture attached. Please include a description o the ish, and what body o water it was caught at.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Go early and ind cover..

Saturday, August 11th, 2001

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78-83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FiSHED A NIGHT TOURNEY .. WEATHER WARM TEE SHIRTS ALL NIGHT EXCEPT FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS AROUND SUNRISE.. WINDY WHEN STARTED..AS SOON AS IT GOT DARK WIND DIED ....FLAT CALM . no ish beore dark or ater light in the morning.. around 10 pm we caught 2 ish 3 and 4 behind wheeler point on 10 inch black power worms.. betwenn 2:30 and 4 am we had about 20 bites. managed to land 6 . 5 +...two our + and 3 threes.. lost a toad at the boat as it lunged under boat.. all ish caught on 10 inch black power worms smothered in smelly jelly ( thanks lary) tried lots o other plastic and spinner baits ..cranking....top water ... nothing worked or us except 10 inch black worms.. i inished second with 14.42 .. boat partner inihes 3rd at 13.62 winner had only limit at 24 +. same guy who won our last night tourney.. same place ( buckingham marina....same bait black/red brush hogs .. several guys got skunked. tough bite or most
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: be patient . some time during the night the ish will turn on or a while . our great bite was 2:30 to 4am ..

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

      Report: Fished Moccasin creek area rom 4:30am too 11:30am..Caught 14 bass to 2lbs.We got our ish on worms & top water..Top water bite was in open water.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Keep a rod rigger with a popper or Fluke..Shad color,Watch or bass eeding on the surace & you have too set the lure right on top o them

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took a riend out rom work who had not been ishing in eight years, or so he said!! He boated three ish in the irst 15 minutes. Fished main body all morning, could not get a reaction bite so I gave up orcing the issue around 8:30. Then my partner boats another ish!! Ok worms it isended up getting our keepers with one going close to 3lb. Best ish I have taken at the lake in a while. Supriseingly enough minimal boat traic Sat. musta been the cigar boat races at the river that kept them away!!!
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Lots o undersized ish to be caught ya have to go through5 dinks or a kepper!!!