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Saturday, April 7th, 2001

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

      Report: merced bass clubs classic is sat. april 28 2001 at lake don pedro. entry ee is $100 per team. and a $15 bigish option. or more inormation call curt grissom 209-357-5701 or 209-756-0179
      City: atwater

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fought the wind and rain all day but did o.k. Manged 15 ish on 4" green weanies. Missed alot o ish also. Had about a third o the ish over the slot. All seemed to be males moving up.

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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7am too 2:45pm,small coves o the main lake area.Cold,wind & rain..Caught 30,35 ish,about 50,50 on the spots & blacks.All ish were caught on plastic's,worms,tube bait,sinko's & brush hogs rom 3t too app 15t.most o the ish were 13in too 15 1/2 in.
      City: Riv.

      Tips: Fish grass & wood,slow..the smallest weight you can throw..

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Virtual Dock Talk. 15 spots to 2.87lbs. Best 7 14.47lbs. 3rd place, Division 1, (a run-what-you-brung under 100hp class)New Bass tourney. The sight o twenty Trackers on plane dicing or position at 20mph is better than a sleeping tablet. My partner says tournament sucess is all mental. I was mental when we were deeated by a team in a Zodiac. They towed it on a Home Depot utility trailer kit behind a mint condition baby blue Ford 1600 Anglia. Good anglers, but too weird. I would have been mental about the weather except we nail 5 ish in 5 minutes on spinnerbaits during the heaviest downpour in the early morning. We added a couple more in the next hal hour and then ish came about one per hour in the south ork ater that. A couple on worms.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Reaction bite despite an intense cold ront? Who'd a thunk? Cold ronts in spawning season slows them down, but i you're willing to wear your arm out casting, ish can be caught on reaction. Worm seem to catch more anytime here.

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

      Report: Launched at Jones Valley at 3:30 PM ater sitting in truck or a hal o hour waiting or a squall to blow through. Caught ten the largest was 14". Drop shotting next to willows and o secondary points is where I ound the ish. They were in about 15-20 t. I was in the mouth o the Squaw Arm on the north side (McClure Gultch).
      City: Weaverville

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hank Boyd rom Wash. State, e-mail me when u see this, your e-mail address keeps coming back as undeliverable
      City: Redding

Friday, April 6th, 2001

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

      Report: I've certainly noticed the same thing about the Yamamoto baits. Though they're soft and tantilizing and the fish love 'em, I can't help but think it's part of Yamamoto's grand plan to make them fragile. At about 60 cents a pop, it adds up fast if you're using them all day---which I'll probably be doing, along with a lot of other guys this spring. The quality fish make it worth it, I guess. If someone came up with a kevlar senko and charged $5 a pop for it, we'd still save money. Or something made out of used tires....

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      Water Temp: 57-63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Repeated a trip I did last year. A riend and I ished the 2nd and 3rd. Good camping but very windy this year. Cold too. We got about 50 ish in the boat, 35 or so bass and 15 or so crappie. Used spinner baits to get ish. Not much time with other baits as we were having too much un. ish to 2.0 lbs, both bass and crappie. Spent most time in the trees, but some action in the coves. Too windy and cold outside the trees. Going back soon.
      City: Redding

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

      Report: After attending the sale at Coyote bait and tackle, I decided to brave the wind and take my daughter out fishing.I was using sencos,and hooked my daughter up with a 7" pumpkin power worm.After she casted , she laid her pole down to run to the car for another jacket....when she returned, FISH ON !!! Although she did'nt land it, she was excited..We fished for 2 hours and did'nt land any...We missed about 5 hits...( Too hard to fish sencos in the gusting wind )
      City: san jose

      Tips: I changed to spinnerbaits..4 hits in the last half hour..

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After attending the sale at Coyote bait and tackle, I decided to brave the wind and take my daughter out fishing.I was using sencos,and hooked my daughter up with a 7" pumpkin power worm.After she casted , she laid her pole down to run to the car for another jacket....when she returned, FISH ON !!! Although she did'nt land it, she was excited..We fished for 2 hours and did'nt land any...We missed about 5 hits...( Too hard to fish sencos in the gusting wind )
      City: san jose

      Tips: I changed to spinnerbaits..4 hits in the last half hour..

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 2:30 - 6:30 rom the shore.It was nasty out and I kind o wondered why I was here.At 5pm I was nicely awakened by a at 6lber!She was very risky even with 50lb line!That was it but thats Chabot.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: Be persistent in any weather.Please practice catch/release.200 casts, 1 bite on a crankbait

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nothing to report except a buddy that said I should quit sharing intel on the web. Sharing inormation? I said consider the source (me). He said yeah, nevermind. So at the risk o continuing to lose respect, I'll check in ater the weekend at Oroville. I'm having un. I I want to be respected, I wouldn't tell anyone I'm into bass ishing. I like Nascar too.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: The bad weather can prolong the spawn.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish have exploded on the scene. My son and I caught 4 bass and 8 crappie ishing 2 hours at Lexington. We used plastic worms and Castiac Plastic Shads to hookem. Fished the scull boat launch ramp and surrounding shore. Released all ish, including 2 bass that went close to 8lbs. Other guys caught several ish. Unortunately they had dinner in mind and kept anything they caught. Time to get the boat tuned up and head out!
      City: San Jose

Thursday, April 5th, 2001

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

      Report: I'm planning a trip to Almanor the irst week o May. does anyone know when the Hamilton Branch area is opening or ishing? I know that it closed in November. Any ino would be greatly appreciated.
      City: Sacramento

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great time ishing here, but the weather was cold. Bring very warm clothes i ishing in the morning. Fished rom 7:30 to 3:00. Fished rom the shore, about 25 eet out. Caught our trout. One was 14 inches, others +10. Used power bait (green). Tried worms, no luck.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: Dress warm. Lake is beautiul, sit back and enjoy. Fish trout in the morning, bass later in the day.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: had a number o things to do this am and boy, am I glad I did, got in a Bailey Cove at 330pm,, air temp 69 water at 52 lake up to 19.80 t ran over to squaw creek and ound Steve and Carol and went down near horsecreek point or 3 with one to 2.46 on an MGM #109 at weenie, ran over to the pit near blue canyon or 8 more between 6 and 7 pm to 2.4 on the #109 at weenie, got carol in my boat to work on her casting and she missed 4 or so and inally hoooked a smallmouth when she noticed her line moving and said"why is my line doing that" she stuck him good and we hooraahhed her husband who was sitting a bit o our bow. great people and we had un.
      City: Redding

      Tips: had numerous hits while the bait was sinking and also missed as many or more than I caught, the #127 4 inch was smacked repeatedly but I couldn't get hooked up.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Out o Bridge Bay at 6:a.m. crossed those big rollers on the Sac. to the Big Backbone, started throwing jigs and worms in places I have had success in the past, No Takers.About 9:30 I run on a huge ball o shad, the salmon and trout were hitting them hard, Tossed a little white spoon in them and boated 1 salmon at 4.5# and a beautiul 7 pounder. Headed south and picked up a 1.8 spot on a MGM 106 worm, only hit o the day rom a bass, I must be losing it. That ball o shad was the most I have ever seen,Amazing
      City: Redding

Wednesday, April 4th, 2001

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

      Report: City: sanjose

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

      Report: Hey was fishing around the bacon island area with senkos on the weekend, did well with bass on the outside of weedbeds. But man, went through like ten senkos in a course of about an hour. The fish were ripping these baits up. Anyone else have the same problems with this bait. Hey just as long as its working its fine with me, I guess I'll just stock up on em. Good luck.
      City: san jose

      Tips: senkos in any color.

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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off on low tide catching a 5lb and a 4lb in the first 10 minutes, then caught a couple more in the 2lb range. Then stuck a really nice one,7.5, and flaged down a boat so I could get a couple pictures. All of these fish came on black and blue senko's. Tried a blade for about an hour and had no luck, so I went back to using the senko's. Caught about 15 more fish in the 1-3.5lb range, then stuck a 4.5. Then I broke one off on a hookset because I did not retie after catching all of those fish. With about half of an hour of light left I lost one that was 5 to 6lbs, and caught a couple more dinks, under 12in. I fished from dawn till dusk, and stayed near Franks Tract the whole day. Caught somewhere between 20 and 25 fish, with the best 5 going around 25lbs. By far the best day I have ever had.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish inside weedlines in about 1-3 feet of water. All of the fish were on flats that were out of the curent and close to deeper water.