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Friday, July 20th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Basin Bassmaster Club tourney on Fri. night-Sat morning. I would like to say we killed em, but it was pretty much a tough night. I know the ish are there, but the weeds in Amador are so thick. I'm not talking about the usual weed build up on the rocks in the coves, but thick weeds extending o the shoreline. These weeds are now covering at least 85% o the shoreline. This took away the spinnerbait and crankbait bite. I can usually get a limit in less than 2 hours by throwing worms, blades or crankbaits up in about 6 inches o water and then either crawling the plastic out or slow rolling the blade and crankbait. All the ish we did get were up in the irst 5 eet o water, so I know they were shallow. The problem was the weeds extended out into 15 eet o water and the ish were not in the deep water. My partner and I ended up with 10 pounds or so and the winning weight was just over 20 pounds. The winners said they got there ish by inding the ew places where you could get a worm in behind the weeds. While nobody got into goo numbers o ish, there were 4 5+ pounders weighed in.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: I am tempted to call the lake owner (Bob Lockhart) and putting in a complaint about the extreme weed growth. I think it's time to do a little spraying and clear out some o that crap. Believe me, I don't like the idea putting any chemicals in the water, but the weeds are out o control. They charge way too much money to sit out there and struggle to even ind a good place to get some decent bassin' in. I mean, isn't one o the main reasons or night basin' so you don't have to ish in 25 eet o water.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: high 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the lake about five oclock.Started throwing top water.We were north of puath creek.Buzs baits,spooks you name it.My brother nor i got a hit.For us the day went like that all day.We caught five or six small fish all day.No fish over twelve inches.We used split shot,drop shot,sinko never got bit on a sinko. Also I pitched a spinner bait to every bush i saw,just small fish.I would like to say that i got them.But it was bad for us.I saw maybe three bass boats on the lake.
      City: WOODLAND

      Tips: I wish i new.If i was going tomorrow ,i think i would use small stuff,and go slow

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lauched at Markley Cove, not familiar with the lake, and caught 20 spotted for that outing, 14 keepers, biggest was 2 1/2, average was a 1 1/2. Fished from 7:00 A.M till 11:A. Great day on the water, had to go to work, wish I could have finished the day.
      City: PINOLE

      Tips: senko, senko, senko

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

      Report: ished a club tourney out o B&W started o ishing blades on south mokelumne river across rom tower park marina picked up a 3.1 and a couple 2 pounders blade bite slowed so i ished senko lippin in the burms and picked up some small keepers 13 inchers. bite slowed and took a run down white slough where a i picked up one more little bass on senko and one 15 incher on plastic. then at 12 noon my trolling motor died and i sat at the boat launch till 3 oclock weigh in three hours where i could o culled more ish. inally weigh in i weighed in a 5 ish limit or 9.10 not a big weight but good enough to tie or third
      City: SAN FRANCISCO

      Tips: blades during high tide and senkos during outgoing tide. got hits on the outside weedline with plastic

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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o holland at 6am, started with a buzzer around cruiserhaven and that slough that runs over to Bull rog. Didn't get even a swirl onthe buzzer. Tried a blade and a jig in the same area, still nothing. These were areas I hadnever ished beore, so I decided to stop looking or newwater and ran to a spot in Franks were I usually get something...no dierent today.Picked up 6 keepers mostly 1-2#s, one 4#s, on zipper worms on the outside weed edge near a deep hole. As the tide started moving outI started lippin a jig along tule berms with deep water right against the tules in Holland Cut. Picked up a bunch more dinks and small keepers.I'd had enough o the small stu, so I started ast rolling one o thoseledgebuster spinnerbaits in the current in 10-15t right o the same stretch o tules I was lippin. Lo and behold, itworked...well at least once anyway...nailed a at 6#er that nearly rippedthe rod rom my hand. Finished up the day back near Cruiser haven were I got a ew more small keepers on the jig.sure is nice to ish without all the yaw-hoos buzzin' around.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Wish I knew how to make a day like today happen more oten, so I could actually give tips that mean something.The only thing common about where I caught ish was that deep water and current was close by.Black-n red jig with #167 DT grub, watermelon w/red lake zippers, and 1 1/2 oz white ledgebuster.

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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise Point at 8:00 a.m. Began by ishing the end o Dissapointment Slough. This has always been a productive area or me, but today....nothing! I was ishing an incoming tide. Started with a black buzzbait..nothing. Switched to a white buzzbait....nothing. Tried dierent color Senkos inside the weedline and outside the weedline. Tried the Senko in deeper water (8-14 t)....nothing. Tried lippin' the Senko, brown and black jigs and tubes...nothing. Ran up to White Slough to see i it might be any better. Tried roggin (maybe not long enough)....nothing. Came back out to the connection slough between White and Paradise Point, and tried tossing a chartreuse spinnerbait with willow lea blades....nothing.I inally conceded deeat and pulled the boat out at 2:00 p.m. This is the irst time in 2 years that I have blanked so badly.I would love to hear about anyone else ishing the Delta today and how they did. Where did I go wrong?The only remedy I can think o is to try it again tomorow! Oh well! I can handle that!
      City: Manteca

      Tips: You're kidding...right?

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my riend Keith showed up rom Medord,or to sample some night ishing so we took o or Hirz bay and got in at 6 pmBoy the traic was busy, lots o skiers and jet skiers, lakeast 62.6t air temp 83 and the water was very muddy, ran up to nosoni creek and the place was ull o houseboats, nothing there, went across rom nosoni and started wirking the bank downstream and I picked up a dink on a jig, Keith throws to somerocks and a 1.8 spot jumped on it. I collect another dinkand we move down adjacent to Dooles Creek at 855pm. I toss at a chunk o rock and something smashes my jig in about 12 t o waterand heads or the rocks ripping o line, I kicked the trolling motor hard let and head or deeper water, the ish comes up to the surace and rolls then heads or the bottom, 4 minutes later Keith nets a dandy 5.2 spot or me, I am pumped up!. We continue south or awhile and hit a number o spots with Keith boating one moresmall ish and that was that. Sure do like those good sized spots.
      City: Redding

      Tips: The MGM 109 twin tail watermelon green was the hot ticket or me

Thursday, July 19th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide trip with the Guys @ Coyte Bait & Tackle Fished top water (L-J PJ Pop & Splash it) in ishermans cut or the 1st hr along with a spped trap out o the back, one over 2 on top and 3 on the speed trap, the to washington cut and landed 3 on a persuader 1/2oz wht/cht gold spinner bait, on a point in ast water. We jumped over to Quimby an through senkos and top water landed a ew more in the current. Then ran down south past holland to some good low tide spot that I though we would try at high water and it worked we caught ish ater ish untill about noon and the tide bottomed out. Most o the ish down there were deep. I kept the boat o the bank and we would throw to the bank and drag it out, senko, worm jig what ever to about ten t then do it again. The tide went low we stopped or lunch the ished shollow weeds with wood and Eric landed a 4.7lber and another one about 3.5 on a senko, I got a 3.5 on a 10in worm and then a 3.5 on a buzz bait at 2:30pm in the current. We caught 45 ish most all in the current and most all in 5t or deeper.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Stand on the trolling motor until you ind active ish then slow down or 20 yards then back on it again. Eddys in th ecurrent were good

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the dam at irst with senkos and had no luck. I decided to ish the irst cove ater the burner bank with a spinner bait and had a ollower! Then ished the bank to the let and caught a 2lb bass on a black and red senko. That was it or the day, but not a bad day or chabot.
      City: SanLeandro

      Tips: ish any weed lines you can ind very slowly with plastic worms or spinner baits. or big ish, ish areas in the morning close to deep drop o's with plastics or any other bass ood sources.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 72+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Actually we were ishing at Hidden Valley Lake, about 14 miles south o Clear Lake. On July 5, at 8:45am my eleven year old son caught a 3lbs. Bass with a Mistic Shad-R, using a $20.00, 4 t trout pole, while he was standing on a dock. There were alot o people atempting to ish on the 4th o July, using bass boats, trolling motors etc. but met with negative results. On the day my son caught his ish, it was the only day we had to seriously ish. The weahter was to hot to stay out past 9:00am and I'm glad he landed his bass beore then. I have to give credit o my sons catch to a personal riend o mine, Pro Bass Fisherman, Gene Iovino. With out his help and tips or catching Bass during hot weather, we would have caught nothing but a sun burn.
      City: Los Angeles

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out early and tried some topwater and jerkbaits and had nothing.Then I ound some weeds and landed a nice 4# on a senko.Then went to ind some smallies with a dropshot and darterheaded salt n pepper worm and some jerkbaits. Only had that one.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Be a isherman and try to igure out a pattern. UnortunatelyI couldn't ind one.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a small club tournamnet Friday nigh on the lake, about 20 boats. Caught a nice 5.05 around 9:00 PM on a watermelon Senko. Pitch balck, no moon at all. Got about 2-3 bites between 10 PM and 6:00 Am Saturday morning throwing everything in the tackle box. My dad and I caught 4 more keepers between 6-7 dragging Senkos and 4" worms across rock piles in about 20 eet. We inished up second with 5 ish or 11.20. First place weight was almost 19 pounds, anchored by a magniicent 9.35-sweet ish.
      City: Elk Grove

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Deep diving cranks with rattles landed 10 ish 14-19 inches 9 spots and one large mouth in 20 t o water. Big ish went over ive. All ish were pulled out o mouth o same cove. And I am not about to tell you wich one. Good luck.
      City: hornitos

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Results o Thursday nites big bass tourney: Brent Deaner said he liked to crank and it paid o as he cranked up a beautiul 20" spot to win a cool $430.00 or him and his partner Sparky Healy out o McGraths Sporting Goods in Oroville. The pair said they caught it in the "slot". Other good ish were caught on spinnerbaits conirming the act that better ish are still being caught on reaction baits. Next Thursday's tourney will be ollowed by the 2nd Friday nite tourney o the dam with signups at Lake Oroville Bait and Tackle. Be there.
      City: Paradise, Ca.

      Tips: Don't overlook crankbaits on your next outing. Spinnerbaits still working good so I'm told.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished last night rom about 9pm to 1:30am. Could not go ar because I was by mysel and the wind was blowing again. Stayed near the marina area. Saw only one boat during that time. Kind o slow night or me. Got ish on blades and senkos. All shallow. Biggest ish was about 3lber on slowrolling blade. They were hitting blade hard. Every hit on the all. Reel a little and let it all and then hang on. Caught senko ish also. Black with blue lake. Does it really matter? As long as its dark colored or whatever your conident in. I had a guy with me one night sticking some nice ish with i you can believe this, 6inch morning dawn zipper worms. Go igure. Anyway, ish shallow and go through areas that you think might hold ish at least 3 or 4 times during the night. Keep returning to areas that you ished because eventually ish will move up during the night. Its a timing thing as G-man says.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: Blades and senkos or me. Keep switching them up. I you ind grass throw senkos. At some time during the night the ish will show up there. I guess topwater will work also, depending on the wind. I heard there's going to be another cooling trend towards the weekend. What that will do to the ish, I have no idea. Don't think, just ish.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north side in the evening, 6:00-8:45. Threw everything at them including every color plastic rigged every di. way, cranks, topwater, etc. Two o us caught 0 ish and no bites. Weather was horrible; wind and og. That may have shut them down. Even the crappies wouldn't hit.I'll be back......
      City: San Anselmo

      Tips: Never ished this lake. Anybody got any tips or me? Feel ree to e-mail.

Wednesday, July 18th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED IN VICTORIA CANAL . WATER FAIRLY CLEAR AND CAUGHT SEVERAL SENKO FISH BUT NO SIZE. WENT TO DISCOVERY BAY.. WATER REALLY DIRTY CAUGHT ONLY ONE CATFISH.. RAN TO ROCK SLOUGH ..WATER ABOUT THE SAME AS VICTORIA. ONLY ONE WORM FISH. RAN TO SANDMOUND.. HAD ABOUT A 30 MINUTE SPINNER BAIT BITE. CAUGHT SEVERAL FISH BUT ONCE AGAIN NO SIZE. BIGGEST MAYBE 2 AND A HALF..
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: AVOID DISCOVERY FOR A WHILE WATER REALLY DIRTY.. SLOW DOWN . KEEP MOVING UNTIL YOU FIND SOME FISH . DON'T EXPECT MAYBE BIG BITES ..

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: who knows

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my daughter out today, we caught 6 or seven, one nice one!!!!! 16", the rest were just your average lake oroville ish, all spots, we pretty much ished the main body and the north ork, no real pattern some here some there. I was throwing a brown and green crawdad most o the day, tried a spinnerbait early but no takers, so thats it
      City: brownsville

      Tips: just keep ishing

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the loat at Jones Valley is back in place, in a 835pm, air temp 78, lake at 61t, ran out near squaw point to ish a submerged hump, its 9t on top and slopes away gradually, caught two decent ish o o it in 13t, the irst was a black on a MGM 109 4 inch, at 3.8 ollowed immediately by a 3.2 spot on another 109 4 inch, ater that they were all dinks on Jigs, the irst two came right at 9pm, 14 more ater that and missed at least that many jumping o as they raced to the surace, lovely night with a hint o wind out o the north, didn't throw any top water. Saw Jim Miller coming out, he had a near 4.0 black but can't say on what, ollowed him home behind his super clean champion, very little boat traic, the houseboat crowd that was over in Fort Creek are gone.
      City: Redding

Tuesday, July 17th, 2001

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at irst light,ished let side o lake 300 yds. beore ace o dam caught 5 bass, 4 or 5 more blow upsplus 2 that were hooked and went at least 3 eet airborneand shook o.Went across the dam and caught 6 more bassplus 3 or 4 more blow ups 3 under 12" the rest 12" to 15".All were caught on top water,2 on skitter pop the rest onbaby zara spook ish were extremely aggressive. Top water bite good or about 3 hours.Wind calm to verylight.Caught1 squaw ish and 3 more bass on cranking.Only 3 boats on the lake----perect.
      City: Corning