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Sunday, May 6th, 2001

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: dont know

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished yorty creek today with my older brother. got there about 5:30am at right o the bat we got ish, using rat-l-traps. we ended up getting 4 ish in all.we would through the lure past the shallow ish and harrass them until they got mad and then they would strike. worked great suprisingly.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: rat-l-traps and the pissing o technique.

Saturday, May 5th, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62 am 67 pm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and Ronnie went out of markley cove at 530 am caught alot of dinks all morning in markleys cove . Ronnie schooled me in my own boat and caught some nice fish 3 lbs 2 and a half and lots of dinks . went to the grape vine ronnie did good draging small plastics caught a lot of smallies did some rippin crankin ang spining all worked well going too the delta in the morning . good luck all see ya at the lake Catch and release fish are still bedding
      City: Elmira

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out in the afternoon/evening saturday. Fished a couple of places with just a couple fish on spinnerbaits. Around 6pm went to my favorite area and slayed them. They were hitting so hard they were almost ripping my GL3 out of my hands.Caught 1 @ 5.1lbs, 2 @ 4lbs, 1 @ 3 1/2lbs and 4 @ around the 2lb range. Not bad for a couple of hours of fishing! The tempature has changed and so has the attitude of the fish.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: It's that time of year. They don't care what there hitting, if they dont like it consider it destroyed.

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out in the afternoon/evening saturday. Fished a couple of places with just a couple fish on spinnerbaits. Around 6pm went to my favorite area and slayed them. They were hitting so hard they were almost ripping my GL3 out of my hands.Caught 1 @ 5.1lbs, 2 @ 4lbs, 1 @ 3 1/2lbs and 4 @ around the 2lb range. Not bad for a couple of hours of fishing! The tempature has changed and so has the attitude of the fish.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: It's that time of year. They don't care what there hitting, if they dont like it consider it destroyed.

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy got a new boat and wanted to get it out so I suggested CFW. I igured it would be a little less crazy than Folsom. WRONG! We launched around 5:30 pm and looked to get away rom the crazies. We ound a nice little cove that already had 3 bass boats in but we didn't care. It was just nice to ind a peaceul spot. The shadows were starting to get on the lake and we starting hitting some rip and mojo ish. Around 7pm or so the bite kicked in pretty good and we were getting ish on cranks, rip and topwater. I know the bite would o been a lot better i the water would o been a little bit clearer. It was pretty stained up rom the pleasure boaters and the wind. Still, it was such a kick hitting those spots on the little rip baits. Most o the ish were only a pound or so, but they hit like they are going to take your arms o. We ended with 25 ish or so up to 2 pounds. All spots.
      City: roseville, ca

      Tips: Fish in 2 to 10 eet o water. Just about all methods are working.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: upper 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time on this lake. Perect weather today. Saw many empty beds and thousands o baby bass swimming near them. It looks like the spawn happened. Bite was very tough. Only one caught, a 2.3 pound emale. She was really skinny. Fooled by an all brown Senko on the edge o the tules.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Give them a week to recover.

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

      Report: My wie and I ished up river and in the canyon till 1:30pm. We started with a zara spook and a pop-r and caught ive in 20 min, all spots 1.8 or so. We caught more in the small cuts with grass. We also used 4" worms poured by my dad, and caught 10-12 more. Some o those spots were spitting up baby bluegill (light brown color). Fish are still spawning, I did a little sightishing and caught 2.

      Tips: 4" worms brown and topwater in the morning

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out today in tube and nailed 14 ish, some dinks,some nice,on nothing but 5 senkos, variety o colors but all dark. Fished back lakes rom 6pm-9pm. great day!!!
      City: CastroValley

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

      Report: You the man Johnny Mac. Question or you, I see you are listing the dierent spots on the lake, such as, Bridge Bay, Sacramento Point, Waters Gulch, Alder Creek, etc...Is there a map that lists these? Or do you ish the lake so much you have just learned the dierent names? Looking or an expedited way or me to study the lake prior to my arrival. I will be purchasing a Topo map as soon as I arrive. I you can assist me in obtaining any ino, I would be eternally grateul. :-) Thanks
      City: Vacaville

Friday, May 4th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: JANET AND I STARTED FISHING AROUND 2AM. AND STARTED CATCHINGBASS RIGHT AWAY IN 18-25FT. OF WATER USEING SOURGRAPE BRUSHHOGS & 10" BLACK POWER WORMS. WE CAUGHT ABOUT 15 FISH , MOSTOF THEM WERE 2-5LBS. JANET HAD A BASS ABOUT 7-8LBS. RIGHT ATTHE BOAT BUT IT JUMPED AND GOT OFF. THE BITE WAS GOOD UNTILL11AM. WE FISH ALL MAIN BODY POINTS THAT HAD FLATS EXSTENDINGOUT PAST THE WEED BEDS. SOME OF THE ISLAND TOPS ARE BEGININGTO HOLD FISH .

      Tips: MOST OF THE POST SPAWN BASS ARE SUSPENDED OR HOLDING TO MAINBODY POINTS IN 20-30FT. DRAG BIG WORMS REAL SLOWLY ON FLAT POINTS IN 18-25FT.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65-maybe more

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well I went out on a boat my neighbor Pee Wee had bought which I really do not want to get into.We ended up stuck fishing from the bank,but we still had a hell of a day.We were fishing with a 6"magik worm (oxblood) along the weed beds close to shore.We caught alot of small ones but our biggest went for about 4 pounds.Even though we were shore bound, Berryessa is a very beutiful lake to be fishing.I hope to return and be able to do some good boat fishing.Oh,and for all the fisherman on there boats that just flew by us while we were oaring back,THANK YOU.And to the skiers that did have the kindness to stop what they were doing and tow us back,your assistance was greatly appreciated.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: HAVE FUN!!!

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7:30-11:00. Picked up 4, 2 to 3.25 in 8-10 ft of water. Just waiting for the topwater bite to open up!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Couldn't get bit early but bite turned on about 9:00. All fish on senkos.

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7:30-11:00. Picked up 4, 2 to 3.25 in 8-10 ft of water. Just waiting for the topwater bite to open up!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Couldn't get bit early but bite turned on about 9:00. All fish on senkos.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lower part o the lake riday morning and only hooked one ish.Fishing a #208 sinko. Fished the banks, docks, and went back into the creekand nothing. Lots o boats pre ishing or the tourment last saturday, they were even having problems catching them. Weather was warm and no wind to speak o. I will try again in June.
      City: concord

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      Water Temp: 60-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished on the weekend o 4/27-4/29. Fished the back sloughs near the state park with one taker, who hit a yozuri suspending twitching minow. I lost it right at my tube which I was ishing out o. The rest o the trip showed me no love, and nothing seemed to work. Used spinners, cranks, worms, brush hogs, and topwater.
      City: Chico

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

      Report: My husband and I went out around 6pm by the water slides. Worked that whole point. He was able to catch the 1st one about 2 1/2 lbs on a Brown Craw-Kicker worm. Then about hour and hal later when the sun was going down he and I were able to watch a lot o nice 6 to 10 lbs bass just jumpin' and chasing trout. Than I was able to catch my 1st about 2lbs on a Aarons Magic-Kicker worm, that pretty much wrapped up our ishing or the night. The weather was great and the ish were there, but when your ishing rom the bank it just seems as i the ish know and stay just ar enough out where you wish you had a boat..... grrrr... but anyway we had a great time and thats what counts and he did not kick my ass... lol... we broke even with one a piece.. happy bassin'
      City: Perris

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

      Report: In at 5:30 a.m. at Bridge Bay, air temp 57 Run out to Sacramento point, ished topwater 1st hour no takers, moved to Waters Gulch, tried worms and jigs same results, crossed to Alder Creek, boated 3 spots and 1 smallmouth all about 1.5lbs all on yamamoto 180 cut tail worm, moved aroud to Chester Cove on the Big Backbone, caught 6 or 8 dinks and decided to call it a day at 11:30 a.m. Headed back to Bridge Bay, water to the south was so lat that I cound not pass Lick Gulch without stopping on the third cast with the same worm I've got a 5 lbs. plus spot on who does not want any part o me or my boat, I had already put away my net so I would try to lip him, one look at me and he was out othe water and spit the hook, I think maybe I'll leave my net out till I am at the dock rom now on.AS Jerry has to work so much I will try to post some o my trips to the lake to help out.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Don't put away your net while on the water!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Want to give props to Jerry o Redding. Thanks or continually posting your success. I really appreciate it, being I will be on the Lake May 12- 19th. Thanks my bass brutha
      City: Vacaville

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out tonight at 1005 pm and had the irst one on at 1013, a small spot in 12 t o water at jones valey, lake at 18.80 and starting to drop, wind out o the N/E at 5, beautiul clear night, third cast produced a 2 lb smallmouth and I'am thinking hot damn!, and that was that as the wind came up at 11 to about 15 mph. our recent winds have cooled thing s o about 4 degrees, stayed with it until 1 am as it got colder quick, in a 63 degrees, out at 50, going back to work sunday so the posts are going to drop o quite a bit, e-mail me or current conditions, both ish caught on the 109 4 inch, one other pulldown on a brown jig.
      City: Redding

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

      Report: hit it again today rom 8 to noon and didnt do as good as last trip ..oh well,caught 9 small bass up to 3.6 lbs all on small worms and senko's.
      City: healdsburg

      Tips: ish slow