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Monday, June 18th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good this weekend! Wie caught a nice keeper on the 4th cast out o Del's. Black buzzer. Had 3 nice blowups on a topwater---only 1 dink. Senkos rom 9:00 on. Fish were on outside weedlines as usual. Nothing on the rog, but I saw a guy hit a 3 1/2 on one in Cruiser Haven. Will be out this weekend too. Does anyone use any other plastic besides Senko's????
      City: San LEandro

      Tips: Keep opinions to yoursel or go to a chat room. Both o you (you know who you are) should be ashamed. Try logging on to Nick-TV or something.

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

      Report: Fished the east end rock piles 7:00 am, buddy and I caught three drop shottin 4" aaron's magic worm, all were small biggest at 1.09 oz. Later on caught three more drop shottin 4" black grape worm near boat ramps, and the real surprise caught 1 and lost 3 with a white 3/8 0z spinnerbait along the shoreline rom the submerged tires. Working spinner along weed lines and getting good strikes. Well be back next week and good luck out there. p.s. the personal water crat and ski boat traic is really starting to kick in, gonna be real busy on the water and ramps this summer, be sae out there.
      City: Los Angeles

Sunday, June 17th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Upper 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the last hour o day light with top water lures only. Ater an excellent Father's Day dinner at Chilies Restuant I decided to just walk the bank at Ladd's Marina instead o luanching the custom Valco bass boat, "BASS BUSTER I". I used a buzz bait and a Storm Chug Bug. Hooked and landed a total o 15 bass. My best ive ish limit went just over 10 lbs. with a 3.5 lb. kicker.
      City: Buckley Cove, Stockton

      Tips: Hot,hot,hot weather

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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fist were biting airly good today. Had about 20-25 ish with the best 5 going about 18# with only one good ish that went 8.2#. Caught a lot o ish lipping sparse tule on the edge o current however they were airly small. Missed a ew bites as they would hit the bait and head ast or deep water. The one big ish came on a white Snag Proo rog ished in weed clumps. Better ish were on topwater but there were ar ewer bites. When I located the better ish there were a ew in the area. Low tide concentrated the ish and seemed to be more productive.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: For number lip brown plastics, or size stick with top water an cover ground. The buzz bait ish were hitting when ripping the bait through the weeds.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I started ishing at 6:30 with my dad. I ished a topwater or about a 1/2 hour.No takers. I then went to dropshotting. I was ishing an underwater point that slowly tapered o to deeper water. I was ishing in 40' o water. I ished 4'' Robo's. At around 7:30 I hooked up to a nice bass. I ought him or about 10 minutes. He weighed 8lbs 3oz. A very nice bass to start the mourning with. Later in the day my dad got two bass. one 2 and 1/2 lbs and another 2lbs 2oz. Beore I went in I threw a osprey and 4 bass over 8lbs ollowed it in. It was a good day.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: In the beginning o summer, bass at casitas are in the depth's. From 15 on up to 80'. All are bass we caught were in water 30+. Fish deeper water. You will see bass up shallow in groups but they are harder to catch I believe. When it gets tu, ish the dropshot with a short leader and small worms. Its a true winner.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: GOT THERE AT 6AM AND TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TOP WATER BITE. FISHED A SPOOK AND GOT 4 BLOWUPS ONE 2 POUND BASS CAME OUT OF IT. AT 730 SWICHED TO A DROPSHOTTED 3 INCH PLASTIC CAUGHT 9 FISH TO 3 POUNDS. 930 FISHED 1/4 OUNCE STALKER FINESSE JIG GOT POUNDED 3 TIMES WITH TWO HOOKUPS TO 2 POUNDS OFF THE H20 AT 1015- NOT BAD
      City: SAN FRANCISCO

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hey bass killer, maybe it's so our kids will have somthing to actually ish or when they are our age ,or maybe just to be a nice guy, but killing ish that you are not going to eat just because your to riken lazy to ish with out a moter is a sad, sad reason. sounds like you have some deep personal issues you need to resolve. even a better Idea is an electric moter but your prbably still to lazy or that to arent ya, oh well I guess the rest o us will have to take it upon our selves to stop pricks like YOU!

      Tips: catch and realese unless your going to eat it!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, June 16th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 76-84

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started motherload bass club in the back o mt. spring arm second cast on a white buzzbait caught a 14" black ater a ew more casts without any action I switched to a splash it and in the next three hours I caught 30+ ish 15 o which were keepers most between 8 and 13 inches but 1 was 2.7 and another 2.6 well at 9am someone hit the switch and the topwater bite just died so I went to senkos and caught a ew more ish including a 14 incher a 2 lber and another 2.6. I ended up 4th or the day. the winner caught a ew 5+ ish in the aternoon on topwater but or the most part the day was done at 9am
      City: copperopolis

      Tips: get on the water early and ish hard till 9 then go home or eat lunch and around 2 start throwing buzzbaits and spooks

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Basin Bassmaster Club Tourney on Saturday. It was a beautiul morning and I could hear my topwater baits calling me. It also elt good to take a break rom all the serious ishing and just ish a nice relaxing little club tourney with some good riends. My partner and I rolled up towards the seventeen mile area and started throwing b-baits and chuggers irst thing. I had a blow up on the irst cast and hooked the ish ater the 4th blowup. My partner ollowed up my ish 5 minutes later with another nice keeper. We thought the t-water action was going to be crazy, but you know what happens as soon as you start to think you have things igured out. In the next 45 minutes we only had one more hook up and my partner lost the ish in the weeds. We then went to senkos and worms and got on a pretty good bite, managing a limit by 7:30. Around 12 we started throwing rogs, looking or that one nice kicker ish. I had 2 blowups right away and inally hooked about a 2 pounder on the third attempt. That was all the action we would get on the rogs. We weighed in with close to 12 pounds, which was not very impressive, but good enough to win on this day. Ironically, we had another team in our club weigh in 11 pounds with only 2 ish. One ish was 1.4 and the other was 9.68. What a gorgeous ish-not a mark on her! Overall, it was pretty much a day where everyone caught ish on no speciic pattern.
      City: roseville, ca

      Tips: There are still a lot o big ish up shallow. The 9.68 and other nice ish were caught in less than 2 eet o water ater 12:30 PM. Last thing - I echo what Mark Lassagne said a ew reports back about keeping the web page to ishing reports and not talking smack. Aren't we all supposed to be part o a bass brotherhood? Who cares who uses what bait or what style o ishing they like to do? I would only change one thing about tournament ishing i I could. I would impose a no tournament rule 3-15 thru 4-30. This period would give the bass a air chance to have a healthy spawn and give them a chance to protect their beds rom predators. This doesn't mean we stil can't go out and play with the ish while they are spawning. It just means that we have put them right back ater we catch em. I applaud the small percentage o governing bodies out there that have already instituted this rule. Good ishing to all!

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      Water Temp: around 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: in weston ranch i was killing them o a mini strike king spinnerbait i was catching about every 10 casts in about 2 hours i had about 15 plus ish about 9 o them were 3 + pounds i also had acouple o 6 inch lw tequila sunrise worms
      City: stockton

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 85

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 5 pm in Big Oak/Little Oak Island areas & kept working this area until we let at 9 pm. Split shotting green weenie style 4" worms boated us 12 large mouth 3 o which were dinks. Keepers averaged 2 lbs.. Best areas were steeper rocky points. Tried spooks & jerk baits o & on but no takers. Fish were a little more aggressive today even ater all the tourneys lately & the additional boat traic.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Rocky/steeper main lake points w/our ish coming rom 5' to 15' o water.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started South o Tuttle Town ramp just beore day break.Fishing deep sharp drop os.Caught 2 or 3 dinks on crank bait,nothing on top water.All o our 25 plus ish came on plastics.Keeper & Cali. worms,rom 5 to 20 t deep.only 8 keepers rom 13 in too 3lbs.Five o the eight weight app 15 lbs.We ished one creek area & only caught one dink.Last ish was a two plus in a mud line at noon.,we let at 12:30 pm.
      City: Riv

      Tips: This trip most ish came on sharp rocky drop os...Most bitesthey were just holding on..

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 73.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south ork and some on the main body. Caught between 20-30 spots (all slot 12-14" ish but at and ull o shad!!!).Lots o un! All splitshotting 4" magic worms (#62/#33 best) mostly on the sandy banks between the really large rock banks, 15-20 t. No luck dropshotting (probably not very good at this tecnique yet) or with top water. These ish really bust on the ultra lights with 6lb test. Lots o ight in em.
      City: Vacaville

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 70 - 72 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went tubing early Saturday AM with Scott. We combined or about 8 ish, with the largest going around 5.5 lbs. Bass went or spinnerbaits, split-shot worms & Senkos. Senkos were deadsticked. Bass were shallow early. Once sun got high in sky, bite went elsewhere.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: For ino about Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club, send me an e-mail or check out our website - http://scbbbc.homestead.com.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished the upper end o the lake. The two o us landed 4 bass on crank biat. bite died ater 9am.
      City: campbell

      Tips: Do not go back home over the golden gate bridge on a sarurday aternoon.

Friday, June 15th, 2001

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

      Report: bite turned on for us about 4 p.m. About 15 fish total all taken in the far back south cove. Bunch of dinks with two 3.5 lbers. ALL fish caught on chartruse and green pumpkin brass n glassed fat ikas couldn't get anything on topwater, but left around 6 p.m. right before the topwater bite turns on
      City: San Jose

      Tips: use lures you can punch through the weeds in the back use some good scent to help your bait fall through the cover easier then do the shake!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: bite turned on for us about 4 p.m. About 15 fish total all taken in the far back south cove. Bunch of dinks with two 3.5 lbers. ALL fish caught on chartruse and green pumpkin brass n glassed fat ikas couldn't get anything on topwater, but left around 6 p.m. right before the topwater bite turns on
      City: San Jose

      Tips: use lures you can punch through the weeds in the back use some good scent to help your bait fall through the cover easier then do the shake!!!!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing has seemed to toughen up just a little today 3 person guide trip we only landed 25 bass including little ones with a usal day this time o year we get around 35-50 ish. We tried a bunch o dierent baits in th emorning aroun ranks with only a shad colored Persuader Assinater woirking with caught 5 quick ish on it then the bite died. I decided to hit the rocks and weeds and lucked into a 7lber on a Persuader Blade in Balde Cht Buzzbait "whish the clients got it" We landed a ew more ish in ranks on brn/cht 6" worm then 1 2lber on a wht rog. Then more rocks andweed by ishermans cut we caught about 15 ish and most o them were between 2 & 3lbs the little babys disappeared.
      City: Concord

      Tips: It seems the quality ish were biting on the slow incomming tide today. It would be nice i you would keep this site or reports and not talk smack.

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      Water Temp: Upper 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Back on 6-13-01 I took my custom Valco bass boat out to Paradise Point Marina or the irst time. It was a very challenging day with all that wind. I chose to stay around the three closest islands around the marina. Stayed on the protected side and went back and orth. Had a good buzzbait bite in the mourning to about 7:30 a.m. Hooked a ew on spinnerbaits. Flippen around the tule islands was the key. Hook'en bass rom 5 to 12 eet. Big ish went about 5.5 lbs. At noon I decided to quit or the day. Total wieght or a ive ish limit was 14 lbs.
      City: Buckley Cove, Stockton

      Tips: Windy days look or the protected areas. Flip the tule islands where there is a good current.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dude, you sure are ull o yoursel. I you are such a hot stick, why dont you ish the tourneys and show us how good you are. You made a couple o remarks that are laughable. Senko's are not excellent jerkbaits and should not be ished as a jerkbait. Sight ishing is a big part o the Bass world and condeming people or doing it is idiotic. Do us all a avor and keep your wisecracks to yoursel. I I see you on the water, expect a single inger salute.ps Climb down o your high horse.
      City: Modesto