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Friday, June 15th, 2001

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got in at 730pm and ran over to big backbone, water down 7.5 t rom my last time in there, my spots are drying up and the ishing was poor with only 7 or me and my buddy Rudy Martin up rom the Bay Area, Rudy and i worked together or twenty years and it was old home week, spent the day reminiscing and teling lies, lake at 36 t down and dropping like a rock, water lat no wind, lots o small ish and short hits, about a dozen jumped o, had a great time
      City: Redding

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 68 degs

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: decent size bass are coming out o the irst pond o highway 299 heading west , small bomber FAT A's any color ished right ater sundown should produce 2-3 pound smallmouths. there are sometimes much bigger ish in view but they are easily spooked and diicult to catch purple grubs sometimes do the trick though
      City: ANDERSON

Thursday, June 14th, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Capell at 5am, fished topwater along the rock walls in Capell Cove. Got 4 fish in the first hour, two on a Mini Pop-R, shad color, and two on Spooks, both silver, and rainbow trout. When the sun came up, started throwing flukes in the trees, only got one fish. From 10:00 to 1:00, we caught only one fish on a crawdad Risto Rap. We threw jigs, and dragged split-shotted magic worms to no avail. Around 1:30, I decided to try drop-shotting. After about 5 minutes, I landed a keeper. Dropped my line back down again to catch another before it hit the bottom. Before evening came, we pulled in nine fish from the one channel. All fish were caught in the middle of a 20 foot channel. Only one of the drop-shot fish was a dink. All fish were 1-2 pounds, all keepers. In the evening, we only got two more on the Pop-R, but we headed home early, having been on the water 16 hours already. 17 fish on the day, and a new found belief in the drop-shot rig. Good luck!
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Almost all of the fish are deep now. Drop-shot in 20-30 feet of water, and look for a soft bite. Dance your worm around to increase your number of bites. Be patient, summer can be SLOW! Devin

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launced out o Brannon Isl. & ishing by 6:15 am. Started w/red & blk spinner bait then switched to a topwater. Ater an hr. o nothing ishin these around tules & rip rap switched to split shot 4" crawdad pattern worms & worked them thru weedbeds. Boated our 1st 2 lber at 7:17 am. Water was muddy & we ished an out going tide until 8:45. Had caught 2 more by 8:30, one on plastics & the 3rd, a 3lber, on a 1/4 oz red craw crank worked over & thru o shore weed bed. In-coming tide ound us working senkos & craw pattern worms. Senko boated 4 lb. catish & 4" worms caught 3 more keepers & several dinks. 6 keepers or 12 lbs. & o the water at 12:30 pm.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Save gas. Stop running/gunning & work an area ater you boat your 1st ish. Fish what you are most comortable/conident with.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i love senkos because i dont think anyone throws anything but senkos anymore.i modiy every bait i throw and the act that everyones senko happy makes it easier or me cuz i throw worms.this year with all the senko crazys my modiied worms seem so much more eective.thank you gary yammamoto or hypnotizing all the bass ishermen.the senko is a great jerkbait but its still just another bait to me and ive caught quite a ew on senkos i dye.two basic colors.green or clearer water and black or purple or stained.ive got 3 ish over 10 since april topped o by a 15.2 on june 7 and none on senkos.keep on throwin them senkos boys.i you see some big guy with an aussie hat in a 20 year old isher aluminum with a 35hp in whiskey slough or within 20 miles around say hi.i wish i could handle being in the delta on weekends and had a livewell cuz id teach you tournament guys in your glittery boats a thing or 3.and you guys proud o the sight ish you catch.thats not ishing.its no better than snagging.and taking ish o their beds to weigh in is a crime.i think you guys need to think about making sight ishing illegal just as trolling is.ive met alot o cool bass ishermen out there but damn theres alot o wannabes in rangers out there with 250hp.jetskiers in diguise.hehehe.i know theres some great isherman out there too that care about our isheries and my hats o to ya.
      City: union city

      Tips: keep ishing senkos and sight ishing blows

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: why should we release all our bass rom this lake. next year, they are going to ban all gas engines rom this lake. i will never ish ater this year. so, why save the bass population?
      City: benicia

      Tips: 4" morning dawn around 20-25 eet.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: very warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished last thurs. Got a ew crankin. Not a whole lot up shallow. Fished the warm springs side. Mysel and uncle easily put over 40 ish in the boat. A lot o small ones and some good ones to go with them. Biggest about 4lbs. we used what I call the side shot instead o the dop shot. Had two hooks each on our lines with berkeley 4" inesse worms. Got up against the bank and cast way out and dragged our baits back up the hill. Inside out ishing. Every ish came o trees. Some even on the all. Gotta be casting around trees. Between 30 and 40 eet down seemed to be the magic number. Got them in coves and outside coves. I you want action this is a good bet. Used watermelonseed color. I you want big ones go to clear lake or wait til nighttime or get there very early.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Just use dropshot set up. They hit top and bottom hook. You can drag it like you would a carolina or texas rig. They are hammering these little baits. Its un ishing. You gotta inesse them. Water very warm. Just my two cents. You wanna stay busy with that reakin sun beating down on you. Don't orget the straw hat, sun screen, and most importantly lots o water. Couldn't eat with the heat. Just drank lots o water.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2001

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      Water Temp: 72 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First ishing trip or 3 yr. grandson & our 6 yr. old granddaughter. Started at 7:30 am with top water but didn't hook one until I switched to spinner bait. Grandson got his thrill w/a 15" bass tugging the rod as we reeled it in. Got this one in the weeds just past the day camp area. Weeds have really grown in. Let the kids drive the boat a while then ished the tule/weeds across rom the creek mouth. Hooked two more on a Cultiva shad pattern jerk bait but they got o beore our granddaughter good reel them in. Finally hooked a 15" bass on a 6" green weenie & she boated it. Wind really kicked up & we along w/the other boaters got o the water at 10:30.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: With the weed growth a Senko in the weed pockets should work. Tried it a short time w/a couple o strikes but to slow a pace or the grand kids. Top water/spinner bait earlier than our starting time is another possibilty.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started by Barrett's cove so. ramp app 4:30 am..Water temp,70 deg. Partner caught one over the slot ater 30 min o ishing (rattle trap)Fished a couple main lake points,nothing...Went into Pinney cr. ound dingie water & shad.Water temt was 68 & 69 deg in this area.Caught app 25 bass on kepper & cali worms,Leach worm & reapers.One ish on a spinner bait.we got 7 ish over the slot to 17 1/4 in..Most o the ish were 13 in too just under 15.ish were caught rom 6 t too 15 t deep.We quit at 12:20 pm..Water temp was 69 too 70 in Pinney & 71 in the main lake.Pretty windy all Morn,
      City: Riv

      Tips: I you can ind it,ish dingie water with shad roaming the bank.Light line & darter heads rom 1/6 too 1/4 worked or us.We used a lot o diernt colors,usely 2 ish on one color then they would shut o on it.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 905 pm, lake down to 34 plus t, air temp 79 or 12 o o a submerged hump near squaw point, ssmallest was 1.8, biggest was 3.6 and i lost something that just took o or jones valley and straightened me out quick, elt like a big catish, John Coyle at mgm made me up some goodies(6) with the caveat that I don't post what it was because he only had a ew molds, they were beaten up and torn o in 17 minutes, tried some top water with no hits, everything was suspended between 12-14 t, the MGM thinga ma bob was in the 109 color, threw some brown and salt and pepper stu ater that or a bunch o dinks, whatever went in was slammed quickly and as the evening wore on the bites came in a oot o water or less, at 1130 a bug attack got me o the water, a new crop o mosquitos must have hatched, stayed put most o the two hours as some idiot was making repeated high speed passes in a yellow? boat up and down the pit rom Clickapudi to Mariners Point, big inboard with open pipes, sure gonna be a mess when he takes the top o one o those rocky humps
      City: Redding

Tuesday, June 12th, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launced at 5 am from Capel. I spent most of the day around Capel Cove and in and around Spanish Flat. Pop-R and Spooks around brush and into shore for topwater bite. Action good until around 7:30. Started throwing Magic Worms and Brush Hogs, nothing doing. Tried a new blue gill Senko, that was the ticket. Produced all day long. I didn't believe in the Senko, but I do now. Changed my day. Lake water level is way down, maybe 15-20 feet from last year. It changed a lot of former killer spots. Got too hot at noon, left with about 20 fish, biggest going 4#. Not a bad day.
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Try the Senko, let it fall to the bottom, and retrieve slowly. It will make your day. Magic worms always produced before, so keep them around. However, the only pattern I've found consistent is the Senko. Blue Gill, Ghost, and Red Flake all good colors. Good Luck...

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SLOW day, thought with the cooler water temp that the ish would be more active. We lauched at 5 am and ish Rattlesnake Bar, getting two ish on spooks, and two on poppers right away. Nothing or the next hour. Hooked into a 5+ pounder on a luke in the brush, lost him in the trees... Very upsetting... Started throwing magic worms, getting bitten in hal, all small ish. Only got one ish to the boat. Went back lipping and pitching in the trees with lukes and jigs, to no avail. Wind picked up, so we started cranking crawdad rattletraps and chatruese hot n' tots: Nothing... Wind got real bad, so we called it a day. So, we only got 5 ish, but it was still a day on the water, which always makes you better. Good luck!
      City: vacaville

      Tips: Throw spooks in the morning or big ish, then switch to lukes in the timber, many ish chasing lukes. Slow down, and let your bait die. Good luck!

Monday, June 11th, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70-ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Markley cove on Monday. Some fish were feeding on the surface, but they weren't interested in what I was throwing. Saw a bird come down and slam a fish about 30 feet from me so at least it wasn't a total waste. Went up to the Putah Creek entrance at the north end and float tubed until about 11:00 with only one strike on a 3" deep running minnow pattern crank. I heard surface action all day, but am not sure if they were carp or real fish. I later went to Capell cove and fished the trees up from the public launch. Had a few strikes, but again only on the crankbait. I managed to land two, the biggest of which was only about 2#s at most. No strikes on flukes, worms, jigs or senkos.
      City: petaluma

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the evening topwater bite, caught 5 fish in about an hour and a half, all on poppers. Fish Big and Little Porteguse to get out of the slight wind. As soon as the water went glassy, the fish went crazy. We will go out again on Thursday, to get the ealry morning topwater bite, which is much better!
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Get out at dawn, and throw topwater, for a blast!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a rare Sunday evening trip with three brothers rom dierent parts o the country. This wasn't my avorite time to start - 6 pm, but you go when the clients have to. We started throwing Magic worms in the north ork, and caught around ten beore dark, one about 2 1/4 lbs. I would liked to have done topwater, but don't allow it with so many in the boat. There was no evening surace eeding o bass due to the weekend traic. The night was beautiul, but cool. We didn't get as many bites as I would have expected, but they were all big, except or one 13 incher. And the ish were hot - really hitting hard! Caught them on zipper Magic worms, 7" Power worms, and jigs. One o the brothers really lost a big ish at the boat. We had several over the slot. We were targeting very steep banks, because the lake is really dropping now!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Topwater and deep water tactics will be the keys now that the lake is dropping. Fish deep points - shallow ones won't hold quality ish when the lake is going down a oot a day! Walls are great.

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

      Report: Fishing on the McCloud arm o the main banks o the arm rom about 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Saturday 6/9/01. Used spinner baits with chartreuse grub trailers. Several dinks and then caught a 12 incher o a muddy bank. Ater that, a nice steep rocky point came up. Cast across the point and wham (I thought I was snagged at irst) and then a nice ight and then landed a 15" spot. A ew minutes later, a 14" spot. Bass are so much un to catch!
      City: Redding

      Tips: Look or structure. Points and the backs o coves are producing. I you are on a boat, make your cast land as close to shore as possible.

Sunday, June 10th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72 - 75 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished Delta on Sunday, June 10. 22 anglers participated. Winning weight or this team event was 7 bass or 15.89 lbs. Big ish was 5.58 lbs. Bass went primarily or buzzbaits & blades, as well as sot plastics lipped, pitched & tossed into weeds, wood & docks.
      City: Santa Rosa

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

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 69-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED OUR CLUB NIGHT tourney sat night . ished rom 7pm to 8am .. i got one bite all night .. my partner caught two ish on senkos thru the night in konocti bay . one o the only places we could ish do to bad WIND. in the am we started back towards ramp at lucerne. we stoped in paradice cove about 6. partnewr caught three on a six inch motor oil worm including his best ever 7.66 all caught o end o docks in about 6 eet o water . only stopped there because o wind.. winner had 28 + he caught all ish inside o buckingham harbour.on red/black brush hogs. he stayed in there all night because o the wind..
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: senkos work ater dark . must just be ther bulk. ish are shallow. i you can ind nights when the wind will let you ish tules.. good luck

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started just beore day break.Fished a large cove,one boil on a buzz bait,nothing on jerk bait,plastics & topwater.Moved to the main lake points & started catching spots & blacks rom 10 to 20 t deep.We caught app 25 ish,only 9 were keepers.Nothing to brag about,ran rom 12 1/2 in to 1 1/2 lbs.All were caught on 4-6 in worms & grubs,1/16 to 1/4 oz darter heads & 6 to 10 lb test line.
      City: Riv

      Tips: I you think you have gotten hung up ? Better set the hook,they were not slamming the baits

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: NO BASS,NO BASS,NO BASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

      Tips: GO FISH ANYWHERE ELSE BUT SAN PABLO FOR BASS