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Sunday, August 5th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o B&W around 5:15am on Sunday. Worked the Mukolume with no early success. Tried buzzbaits and spooks to no avail. Had some success earlier in the week cranking but that too was not working. Picked up my blade rod and started catching ish right away. White skirts and willow lea blades seem to be on the menu this morning. Caught several ish to 3.5 lbs up until aroun 10:30 when our blade bite slowed. Picked up a ew more cranking but no size. Started pitching t-rigged plastics to wood and isolated weeds. Caught several nice bass to 3.5 lbs and a irst or me a big smallmouth. My buddy actually caught the ish but to both o our surprise it was a smallie...they do exist in the Delta! We ended up with 18lbs or our best 7 and we had a very good numbers day.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: Concentrate on ishing all new water...some was productive and some not. Found several areas that get no to very little ishing pressure.

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      Water Temp: 75 to 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow what un. Had a great time in the south west delta today. Caught 25+ ish. Lots o dinks. Lots a 9 or 10 lb. plus. That a whole nother story. Fished the outgoing tide all day. Launched "Dels" had a limit by 8am cranking riprap with a 1/2oz red speedtrap. 10am crank bite quit. switched to a Senko. Picked up stray ish or next two hours. Including that monster. Faut it or what seemed like 5 minutes then he wrapped around some wood and lost him. Ouch the big ish o the year. Black senko outside o weedlines.Noon bite shut o. no ish till 2pm then it opened wide. We landed 10 to 15 ish in the next 2 hours. largest going 4.59 in a red trap in the docks. 4pm o the water. Nice trip or not being out there in 2 months...
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Low, outgound water .Crank riprap

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Guad today rom 5:30 to 9:00 pm. The ishing was very slow only caught 2 Bassthe last couple o hours beore dark, theywere only about a pound or so. Caught them ona pumpkinseed powerworm .
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish Slow

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 75-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake at 10:30 . Caught a couple o on steep canyon wall on a 4 in worm dart head . There were alot o ish on the lay down trees but no takers just chasers. Caught about 10-12 ish in the shade on top water baits main lake . This works all summer long. Hotter the better.
      City: Livermore

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: weent to Jones valley at 610pm, got in line and the guy ahead o me backs down and THEN spends 15 minutes pputting his stu in the boat. He inally gets it in and it won't start and now he sitting sideways across the ramp, I put in and he continues to just sit there and the guy behind me inally loses it and walks down. I though oh oh here it comes but he walks up and calmly unties the guys line rom the loat and pushes the boat away. Boy i wish I would have done that! I get going over to brushy canyon to meet Chad orm Morgan Hill and we hook up and take o with his riend Steve. Right away Steve starts lying ater he boats the irst bass over in Blue Canyon. We move around all evening and pick up a number o ish, about 28 with Chad getting the largest a just under 3 lb spot near Jones Valley Point around 1130pm. Both these guys are accomplished sticks and Cchad and I end up riding Steve pretty hard throughout the evening, air temp going in was 96, coming out at 67 and the lake is down past 76 t and murky, lots o traic early on but things slowed down by sunset, we were all tossing 3/8-3/4 oz jigs mostly dark colored. Tonight the bite slowed when the ul moon got up but picked up again around 1130 pm and was steady till about 2am when I took them home. Had a great time and these two will always be welcome in my boat.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I arrived at around 4PM. The water was very muddy and I could hardly see anything in most parts. I ended up ishing o the point across rom the boat launch and snagged a small 6-7" largemouth. I let around 5:30 without anything else.Oh well, it's better than nothing!Eric (www.bayareaishing.net)
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I've had best luck with 3/8 oz spinners

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

      Report: Fishing at Trinity Lake was un. Was at the lake or the past week with the amily and managed to get out every morning and ish. Caught good quality ish this trip, with several ish over 12". Nothing huge, but several up to 3lbs. Gotta love these Trinity smallmouth, shaped like a ootball and good ightin! Most were caught on Crawdad patterned crankbaits. Caught ish rom South to North. Bigger ish were caught in the South or us.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Watch out around the "rock piles" in the north. The water is low and many rock piles are just under the water. Nearly rearranged my lower unit.......be careul!

Saturday, August 4th, 2001

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

      Report: went fishing caught 8 bass in markley cove trolling it was awsome, caught on kastmasters. caught 5 trout has ugly stuff of their skin. bull bluegil plentiful in portugese cove. caught a bucket full on mini crawlers.
      City: vacaville

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: City: vacaville

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise at irst light and were hoping or a topwater bite. The tide was great with it being very high irst thing and out out going the rest o the morning. This has proved to be our best tide all year so ar. We knew it would probably be a decent early morning bite, ollowed by a slow mid-morning and then a good aternoon bite. This has been the pattern or us ollowing the ull moon. My buddy hooked two right o the bat on a chug bug and I hit 2 on a brush hog. All our ish were 1 to 2 pounds. We then moved on to the Whites area and could not get bit on top, but did get some nice Senko ish. It was a gorgeous morning until 8:30 or so and then the wind started to howl. We managed to get another 5 ish to 2.2 pounds and then headed up to the ourteen mile area in hopes o getting out o the wind. We managed to stay on a good plastic bite late morning thru the aternoon, but were surprised that the reaction bite wasn't better with the wind and good water movement. We got o the water at about 3:30 and had boated around 25 or so with 17 o them keepers. All o the better sh were caught on dark plastics. Our big ish was 3.3 pounds.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Structure. We really had to be ine with our casts. When we did ind a good structure area or good drop o, we would oten catch 3 or 4 right there. Depth was not as important as the structure. Fish were caught in 6in. to 8 t o water.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at day break to ish with some buddies. We irst hit up the burner shoreline with plastics and about hal way down the shore I elt a little tap. Without hessitation I set the hook and elt a lot o weight on the other end. The ish went straight or the depths and almost took my pole with her, but I managed to keep her up and lander her beside the boat. The ish ended up weighing 8.3 lbs., my biggest bass at Chabot to date. The rest o the day was very slow, with one o my riends catching a 9" bass, and the other missing a bite.-good luck to all. CATCH AND RELEASE!-TOP NOTCH
      City: SanLeandro

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday trying to ind a dierent kind o Summer Folsom Pattern, as every darn rockpile/island top has two or three boats on it. Well that ended ater 3+ hours o rustration. So I went to a solid wniter pattern deep oldroadbeds and ridges it paid o or six keepers and threesqweekers. With an impending club tournament on the horizonI will be a little more tight lipped the next couple o weeks, as there must be a million lookers but not posters on the website HAR HAR!! In some areas the water can be nice and Folsom Clear other areas it is a brown Winter color. Fish are chasing pondsmelt
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: I ya have a rockpile that is producing it won't be a secret or long, I will continue my quest or dierent patterns.

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

      Report: Went out at 8pm on Thursday night. Couoldn't make it in time or the tourney so we decided to ish the night with the moon the way it was. I did very well on dark grubs. A couple o keepers and around thirty smaller ones. The ish weren't as aggressive as I would have thought only hitting the bait with one tap. I just started setting up on them immediately and it paid o. A lot o un, but would have liked to have caught some bigger ones.Not much top water action to speak o.....my dad got 2 on a pop r and a buzzbait. Water was still very dirty in some spots and it was hard to dierentiate in the dark.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Dark colored 5 inch grubs in 10-20 eet o water o any decent looking rock structure.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing on Sonoma Saturday morning with a riend who just got a boat & is new to bass ishing. Picked up a couple o small ish in the AM at the back end o Dry Creek. Then, hit a main lake point w/ weeds. My riend pulls in a 5#, 23" bass @ about 10 AM, then another one o about 1#, both on a natural-colored plastic worm on an old-style double-hook worm rig with a spinner in ront. This ater I assured him that the bite would die by 9 AM.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Good reminder to keep things simple. Lures that worked 30 years ago still work today. And don't make too many rock-solid predictions - the bass oten have other ideas.

Friday, August 3rd, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went tubing with my wie riday night.not as good as last trip but still ok caught 15 ish no toads but around a 3lb average. when moon lite up the lake we ished the shadows,ish were tight on the bank, but in the moonlight all ish came at10 to 25 eet.no bait preerance, worms or lizards
      City: tracy

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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a trip! Got to the lake about 6:00pm and started out up the lake. Fished drop shot, cranks, rip baits with no luck. Threw a senko in the weeds--no luck. Finally got one about 8:45pm on a topwater on a gentle sloping point. Good ish, about 2 1/2 lbs. Nothing ater that ish on the topwater bite. Started wormin about 9:15 or so. Then BAM! nailed a 10+ on a 6" worm. Had another 4 bites--brought 3 in the boat. Nada ater 12am. The weeeds sucked, but we ound a little secret. I still love this place!!!
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: I have to thank Mr. Jon Walton or his tips and strategy. Without his help, we probably would have been skunked! Jon, my hat is o to you!!! Thanks again!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78/79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED OUT AROUND MILDRED CRANKIN AND TRAPPIN /RIPPIN.CAUGHT SEVERAL STRIPES TO 2# NO KEEPER BASS?LEFT TO DISSAPOINTMENT WERE I CAUGHT SEVERAL SOUTH BANK RIP/RAP FISH TO 3#.SWITCHED TO BUZZ CAUGHT SEVERAL MORE NO SIZE.NEVER FLIPPED A BAIT AT ALL BUT THINK I SHOULD HAVE ALL FISH SPITIN UP TONS OF CRAWS!!I WAS JUST HAVIN TOO MUCH FUN ON BLADES/BUZZ!
      City: STOCKTON

      Tips: ALL MY FISH WERE ON CHART/BLUKEY ON RIP/RAP WITH WEEDS AND MOVING WATER!

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise Point at 5:30 A.M. Headed west on Disappointment Slough on the North side o the berms or 2-3 miles. Concentrated on the area by the private docks. Tide was high. I threw several baits, but the only thing I could get bitten on was a Yamamoto crawdad in watermelon w/ red lakes.I picked up 6 keepers, but nothing over 2 lbs. All but one o the ish were caught on wood (shady side), in 2-6 t o water.O the water at 10:30.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: The ish I caught weren't big enough or me to oer advice. Maybe next time.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This is just a quick report on the much improved ishing at Clear Lake. I guided a good isherman in his 519 Ranger Thurs morning, starting at 5 am. I was so excited about the irst couple o casts - expecting a toad, since a ew have been showing up. My client landed the irst two right away - a stunning 2 lbs each. So much or my excitement! But we kept getting bit and the bass worked their way up to 4 1/2 lbs. We were using junebug Dead Ringers and black 10" Power Worms. Ater a slight lull, and ater the sun came up, I thought it might be over. Then an amazing thing happened!! We tried a new rockpile, and ater I made a way-too-long cast, I got hammered on the Power Worm and nearly ell out o the boat setting the hook, but I got her - a little over 5 lbs. For an hour we caught several quality bass in the 4 1/2 to nearly 6 lb range, ishing several areas in the Rattlesnake arm. These quality ish decided to eed at 7 am, kind o weird or August. The bite lasted about an hour and all those big ish were taking 10" black Power Worms. So, in three hours we had 11 in the boat (we missed about 6 or 7) - the ive biggest at 25 1/4 lbs. That is more like the Clear Lake I know. We then did some cranking around Rattlesnake Island to see i that was working. Client lost a nice one on red/black, and I landed a 3 1/2 on chartreuse/blue. Ater breakast at Konocti Resort, we looked over some other good spots, ishing a little. We threw some rogs, but only had one blowup - on my green Snagproo rog - near Horseshoe Bay. It was a good one too - 6+. She totally missed the rog! We rogged some in the north end, but it just didn't happen or us. Still, a great day at Clear Lake.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Obviously, the large worm bite has really materialized in a big way - day and night! Folks sometimes orget (including mysel) that black worms are very eective sometimes in the daytime too. That was deinately the color they wanted. This day they wouldn't touch a jig or us. Crank bite is also improving. Good luck!

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: ~70 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out o the numerous trips to the reservoir, I inally landed a 3lbs large mouth bass out o Laayette. There are decent size bass out there, cause I've seen them on numerous occasions--just swimming by. That day my riend, Jack and I hit up one o the docks around 6:30 pm, it was windy and clouds were rolling in. The water was a bit cloudy. So I started out using a plastic worm (tried dierent colors) with no luck, and then to a spinner, inally gave up and I reached or my Storm lightning Shad crank bait (blue gill colors). I cast it out a several times on the edges o the weed bed and BAM out o nowhere a hit out o hell! It was a hard hit and it gave me a good ight. I'm just glad I caught a bass inally out o this once thought to be a "no luck" reservoir. I'll be back this weekend!
      City: Hercules

      Tips: I you could see them, orget it, they won't bite. Crank bait did it or me this time. Weather change may have caused the ish to be more active.Catch and Release!