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Tuesday, April 17th, 2001

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: Around 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well i launched out o Yorty Creek with my Dad. We saw tons o bedding ish right o the bat but only made a eeble attmept to ctach them. (I had one nibble on my lizard, but these ish weren't interested in eeding and i couldn't get them to inhale the lure, just mouth the tail) So i tried the latest ad o drop-shotting, i positioned the boat over submerged brush and dropped it in and shook, nothing. I then shook every tree and point that i could ind and I couldn't get anything. As we pulled into a beautiul cove illed with cover i again proceded to shake some more with no luck, but my ather using the only lure he ever uses (a lead-head jig with a Gary Yamamoto grub) casted right in an brush pile and pulled up about a 1 pounder. Well hmmm, that he did what i have been doing or hours and he gets on the cheap grub while my expensive drop shot rig pulls up jack. A ew minutes later he makes a cast to a much shallower part o the log jam about 6 eet and drags the lure on the bottom slowly, well he pulls up a beey 3 pound bass. Well it inally hit my that these bass have to be on the the bottom, because the suspended worm on the drop shot rig isn't getting any bites. I then moved to a tiny brown terminator jig and pig, but apperantly the bite had stopped. No Luck or me again, what do I have to do to get a bite. Good Luck!
      City: Walnut Creek

Monday, April 16th, 2001

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 57-60.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 2 ish on spinnerbaits in the tules on the south end o the lake when the wind was blowing hard. When the wind stoped I threw senkos same place in the tules and picked up 12 more ish .
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Never caught a ish deeper than 3 eet.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Contra Costa Bass Club ished 04/15/01. 12 Boats. Only two limits caught. Winning weight was 8.57 lbs with big ish coming in at 3.5 lbs. Most ish caught split shotting 4 or 6 inch worms in 6 to 12 eet o water on steep banks with big rocks. Lots o ish seen but would not bite. Most common colors were amber green and green weenie. Tough bite ater recent weahter the last two weeks. Bite should turn on with warmer weather.
      City: Antioch

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

      Report: just got back rom ishing ri-sun.great trip!met jerry-great guy-gave me tips on what to use and where to try.would not have done nearly as well without his help.went to MGM,met the owner,Don,got a tour and picked up some great looking super sot worms that actually were real durable and used them all weekend.ound ish mostly 15-20 t.about 2/3 back into coves except or one mud bank with muddy water stacked against it with ish in 5-10 t.besides reduced clarity that water was probably warmer.didn't catch any dinks but nothing over 15" talked to guys ishing deeper(30 t.) who caught twice as many,mostly dinks with good ish mixrd in.used MGM at weenie color #109, gonna get some other colors this week!
      City: medord

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: As an addendum to my report on 4-14, the co-owner o Strictly ishing called me today and we worked out any dierences we had over the broken spinning rod, a new one should be on the way. Big Daddy showed up and the wind is blowing at 40 knots out o the southwest, could get real interesting tomorrow.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 5pm to 8pm Easter Sunday and absolutely kicked butt on them with white/char blades with a black Berkeley power lizard as a trailer. Just take o the head and thread it on. Also scored well with big watermelon/red Zoom brushhogs and Exude watermelon/red brushhogs. Everything came o the lats. You have to ind the lats. I ished the very end o the resevoir going south away rom the dam. Don't ish the steep banks. These ish are big and ull o eggs. They are healthy and ull o ight. All ish caught in 2-3t o water.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Throw blades until you ind them. Then throw plastics. You might want to do this beore the weekend comes because I heard another ront was coming in and might move the ish back o the lats. Willowlea blades and lots o smellyjelly on your brushhogs. Good luck.

Sunday, April 15th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the river arm with sekos. Good early morning and evening bite. All came on the edges o steep drops. Largest was Walter the trout's large mouth cousin that weighed 10lbs. What a toad - my biggest ever. She swallowed the senko so I had to perorm minor surgery with a pair o dykes to cut the hook in hal and a hemostat to remove the barb. A ist in the mouth was no problem with this monster. She was returned unharmed. Caught another just under 5lbs, a 3.0 and the rest 1.5 0 2.5. Good action on a 5" pumpkin senko, dead sticking ater the cast. Real clear water.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Only used Senkos and only one color. Be patient and don't overly work the lure. Let it sink but keep some amount o tension on the line to eel the bite. Most swallowed the hook. Dykes needed to cut the hook without damaging the ish. Nose hook the bait will keep the hook out o the ishes stomach. Make long casts because the water is clear.

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      Water Temp: 54 - 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The storm ront last week really knocked the ish out rom previos weeks. Water temp down to 54 in early morning.Most ish are o there beds and back to 12 to 20 eet o water.Saw some chasing small balls o shad. All were about 13 to 14 inches. I weather stays warm ish should come back on the bite.Ended up with a ew but all were caught on reation bite rather than being hungry.
      City: Markleeville

      Tips: Fish the structure that sticks out rom the rest. All ish were on the outstanding rock or log. No ish cruising the banks. Try worms with bright tails dierent rom body color.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: replaced the broken rod rom yesterday and got into the water at 615am, air temp 43, no wind, ran upstream in the pit or 17 to 2.9, my ive best went 14.18. the irst 10 were all dink males, started ishing a little shallower, say 18 t and started picking up the larger emales, they were busting the MGM #127 beore it ever got to the bottom, missed as many as I caught, beautiul easter morning with a little high cloudiness, went through a 50 pk o the 127 4inchers and back to the store tomorrow or a couple o 50 pks, they were really eating them up. out o the water a jones valley at 1015 air temp up to 53 water actually cooled o a degree to 53. big daddy should be here tomorrow so back out I go!
      City: Redding

Saturday, April 14th, 2001

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Honey lake bass had a tournament on Almanor, today. Warmerand clear sky, but still cool. 13 boats, all caught some ish, other than two boats. Tophonors went to Tiner/Givens with 18plus weight. FIshing improving with warmer water/weather. Remember Honey lk bass open on 4-28 Great Basin(reno) open on 5-5-01 Intermountain bass(Burney) open 5-6-01. Everyone is welcometo join/sign up and ish. All o the opens should be reallygood, or ish, by then.
      City: susanville

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60 - 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we caught a ton of fish in the narrows, all the fish were fairly shallow, we used light colored worms, had a lot of fish bite the worms in half so you need to wait a second before setting the hook. Lots of small fish, mixture of Spots and Smalies. had 4 or 5 that might have hit the 2 Lb mark. Fun Day Tight Lines Jeff
      City: Suisun City

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom daybreak too 11:30 am...Got 5 bits & caught 3 o them rom 1 1/2 # too 2 1/2#...nothing on topwater,spinnerbait or crank bait.Fish were in the 5 to 10 t depth..Lake has droped app 3 t since last time i was there.
      City: Riv.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at irst light on Rattlesnake ishing with a ew riends on our boats. Fished a rock wall 5-20 eet with no takers. Moved to a point and a buddy caught one at 20-25 eet shaking worms. Moved towards the main body and ound some submerged rock piles and caught about ish between 4 o us at 30 eet shaking light colored worms. Hit the points the rest o the day and caught a ew more. I ended up with one ish the whole day, about 20 ish caught between all o us. Nice day on the lake.
      City: Nevada City, CA

      Tips: Should start moving up to the shallows soon.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: took my 2 kids out today with the boat .well tried to launch got stuck on a large rock with the trailer.tried everything to get out inally had to call someone with a 4 whell drive any way waiting or awhile managed to catch a ew trout the kids were using power bait and icaught some bass on lizards brown/chart all ish were males 1/.5llbs so will go try again later this week .and try to put the boat in. will borrow a 4 whell truck though.
      City: san jose

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: VARRIES,57-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I FISHED A CLUB TOURNAMENT SAT 4-14, DIDNT GET TO PREFISH AT ALL, SO WE WENT IN BLIND. WE STARTED IN THE BACK OF MORMAN CREEK AND STUCK A 2.4 BLACK ON OUR SECOND CAST, THEN NOTHING. WE THEN MOVED OUT TO THE LARGER CUTS IN MORMAN AND STARTED CATCHING A FEW UP SHALLOW. THE FISH WERE ON A REAL LITE BITE. ENDED UP GOING UPRIVER AND STICKING A FEW MORE FISH IN 5 TO 25 FEET OF WATER. CAUGHT THE LAST FISH AROUND THE TUTTLETOWN RAMP 10 MINUTES BEFORE WEIGH IN IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE ONE WE NEEDED AND WE ENDED UP WINNING THE TOURNAMENT BY A LITTLE OVER 1 OUNCE WE ALSO HAD BIG FISH WITH THE #2.4OZ BLACK. ALL FISH CAME ON RUBBER WORMS 4 INCH 082 RED FLAKE. IN ABOUT 2 TO 25 FT. OF WATER. OUR WINNING WEIGHT WAS 9.47#S FOR FIVE FISH LIMIT. CAUGHT 12 FISH TOTAL WITH 9 OF THOSE BIENG KEEPERS.NO REACTION BITE WHATS SO EVER. SHOULD IMPROVE WITH THE WARMER WEATHER.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: THE FISH SEEMED TO LIKE THE SMALLER BAITS, FISH SLOW AND WATCH YOUR LINE, MOST STRIKES WERE DETECTED BY LINE MOVEMENT NOT FEEL.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING WAS PRETTY GOOD MY BUDDY DAVE AND I SPENT THE DAY IN THE SOUTHFORK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. WE USED "MO JIGS " QUARTER ONCE,BROWN/PURPLE THESE BABIES ARE GREAT.WE HAD A LIMIT BEFORE 8:30AM RIP BITE WAS SLOW WITH ONLY DINKS WE ENDED THE DAY AROUND 3:30 WITH 60 FISH WITH 20 KEEPERS GOODLUCK ...
      City: yubacity

      Tips: TRY THE SOUTHFORK CLAYBANKS LOOK FOR WARMER WATER. FISH SLOWER UNTIL WATER WARMS BACK UP. LOOK FOR "MO JIGS" "CATCH MO FISH" SOON AT YOUR LOCAL BAIT SHOP.....GOOD LUCK...

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started ishing cats and didn't catch any thing.Started ishing trout cought about our.started slowing down about 11:00. cought one more.
      City: moreno valley

      Tips: cooler ull lures like kastmaster or roster tails worked real good or trout

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out with the wie this late am, in at bailey cove at 1145am, lake at 19.4 t with as much going out as is coming in, ran up to the north end o the McCloud or 5 to 2.2 lbs on the MGM#109 and snapped o the tip o a berkley rod while setting on a 2 lb er, I igure no problem that Strictly Fishing (gary) will replace oit as I buy all my rods and reels there. go back south a bit and run into a riend rom oregon down by dekas rock where he is hitting them pretty good, especially yesterday. I send him up stream where I was and decide to head bck in to get the rod replaced as Big Daddy is coming monday and I will be out again. I stop at Strictly Fishing and show Gary the rod and he asks i I am sure I didn't bend it over and snap it o. He won't replace it o his rack and wants to send it in to berkley meaning a 4-6 week wait, I get upset and leave telling him he can keep it. I ain't going back there anymore, bought 5 reels and a handul o rods plus a bunch o MGM stu and salmon stu since I moved here, but never again. out at 245 pm, airtemp up to 68, water at the ramp to 54, upper McCloud at 52 degrees. didn't see any cruisers today, the pit(lower) and lower squaw creek is a little warmer. Ron Pine came by on his way to the lake so Ron, keep me posted.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 56 - 61 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished Lake Sonoma on Saturday, April 14. Winning weight was 5 ish or 8.68 lbs, anchored by day's big ish o 3.36 lb. Second place was another 5-ish sack or 7.39 lb (with 2.54 lb ish), & 3rd was 5 or 6.25 lb. 28 anglers participated! Four 5-ish limits were weighed in. 43 total bass came to scales or an average weight o 1.38 lb. Bite was quite tough, with only a ew going or reaction bites. Most o bass were caught on sot plastics (split-shot worms, Senkos, etc.).
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: For more inormation about club, send me an e-mail or check out our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 6 bass up to 3 lbs. A little windy out there today. Caught all my bass on a texas rigged witches T Magic Worm. No, I don't work or Magic Worm. It's just my conidence bait.
      City: San Jose