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Saturday, March 31st, 2001

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 3pm till dark. Caught 9 ish, the biggest almost 5 lbs. Caught two o beds and put them right back. Both were locked on. Caught 6 ish with watermelon/pepper senko's. One with a Zipper Jr., watermelon w red lake. Fishing should be good the next month or two.
      City: Marysville

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 64(am)/70(pm)

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started in Middle Bay at 6:15 am in likely spawn & staging areas. Tried cranks & jerk baits irst but switched to 4"/6" worms on both split shot & Texas rig. 4" worms, grn weenie styles w/red or red & grn lake, out ished the 6" worms. Only one keeper on the Texas rig. Gentle slope grassy coves produced the most but they were clone 2 1/2 to 3 lb. bucks. The bigger ish, our biggest was 4 lbs., came rom the steeper secondary pts. w/scattered chunk rock. All ish came rom 10' or less. Culling by 8:15 am but bite really slowed ater 11. 6 ish limit o 13.60 lbs.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Spawn is here but lots o ishing pressure has kept the bites to just sot pressure bites or slight line movement. Plastics out ished reaction baits.

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      Water Temp: 64 - 70 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a tourney today. Fished grassy gentle sloping coves & steeper rocky pts. & coves in Middle Bay then Rogers. Bigger ish came o o the rocky points, our big ish was 4 lbs., but the numbers o 2 to 3 lb. bucks came out o the grassy coves. Best bite or us was 6:30 to 8:30 am w/5 in the live well by then averaging 2 1/2 lbs.. No hits on cranks o jerk baits all our ish came o o green weenie type worms w/ red or red & green lake. the 4" worms out ished the 6" worms & lizards. Bites were just pressure or slight line movement w/no hard hits.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Split shot rig out ished texas rig. Use your avorite craw pattern 4" worms & work it slow. Stay ocused to set on the pressure bites. All ish came out o 10' or less.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 2pm and noticed the water was 65 degrees, so immediately went looking or bed ish. Lake was so stirred up rom all the Gaswasters that it made it impossible to see any beds. We tried the New York Cove area with blades and crankbaits in the mudlines, but had no success. We decided to go look or clearer water and do some inessing. That was the ticket, as we ended up putting around 40 ish in the boat, including a 3 pound spot and a 5 pound largemouth. The ish were caught in the north ork on rip baits and lizards. Best 5 ish went around 15#'s.
      City: roseville, ca

      Tips: While there is a ton o ish to be caught right now, deinately try and ish on a weekday. The boat traic on the lake is brutal.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Headed out to Folsom with my Dad and my buddy we had a 20+ day missed alot too. We were ishing north ork with 4 inch worms on any structure trees,bushes,rocks,points any good cover had ish on them. We caught alot spotts and largemouth the bigger ish were smallies we ished rom 5 to 15 eet o water also saw ish cruzeing the banks. let when it started to get hott!!!BassMan,Nick Charles
      City: Roseville

      Tips: 4 inch magic worms any color I like to use oxblood,mourning dawn and pumpkinseed. work them over rocks and ledges and you will catch ish!!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished early morning and into the evening. Caught 9 bass. Biggest was over 2 pounds at night on a magic worm(witches T). Great day on the lake, except or the loser pleasure boaters running around wasting gas and making waves. I elt like throwin my rattle trap with treble hooks at a dumb ass wake boarder coming into the smallest o coves at Melones. Dumb asses. Bass should be climbing onto the bed big time this week. Might have to call in sick(cough, cough).
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Slow, shaking worms did the trick or me.

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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ,ished primarily way up in the Angels creek arm but also ished area above Parrotts erry bridge . First ish o day on char/white spinnerbait real shallow (3 lbs). Once sun was on the water started split shotting with Iovino small tom cats in S20 color. Caught 2 ish @ 10 t (1.5& 2.5 lbs)Tossed a watermelon Senko by big rock and got 2 lb bass.Went to above Parrotts erry and ished down to Angels arm. Caught two more ish on tomcat worm (1.5 & 2 lbs) on two casts 5-10 t. deep. It was now around 11:00 and the bite abruptly stopped. Bites now on worms were just pecks and when ish did hold bait you would lose worm on hookset without hooking ish .Went back to Angels creek at 1pm and caught a small keeper and a 12"er on Senko .Caught a at 2.5 lb bass on brown jig /craw combo around running water.Threw 8" Bastrix swimbait down creek channel in same spot and caught a 14! Thats inches not pounds I couldn't believe a bass that size would hit such a big bait. Probably a male on a nest.
      City: Pioneer

      Tips: Every ish I caught was 0-10' deep though I saw lots o ish deeper on sonar.I did see some small males on nests and abandoned nests too. Fish latter cuts and coves and all the better in water is running in. The ull ledged spawn is not on but they're thinking about it so ish around spawning type areas . Brown/green worms w/red& green lake, senkos

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 59-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my son to Oroville today since all the recent reports had good things to say. Well they were right!! We caught 27 spots in the South Fork, and 1 in the Middle Fork. Caught the irst 6 on crankbaits, then went all the way up the South Fork till the debris stopped us. Started throwing 4in. worms on dart heads and had a ield day!! 22 ish in about 2 1/2 hours. We caught em on several dierent colors, but a shad color worked best since these ish were gorginging on minnows. Only 3 were over the slot, but dang did my 12 yr old have a ball!!
      City: Sparks Nv.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I started out using a spinnerbait with 1 copper willow blade and caught 1 21" bass at 1:00. Changed to a jointed crakbait at 2:00 and caught 6 bass between 15" and 20". Changed to a pumkin seed lizird at 3:00 and caugt 5 bass about 13". changed to a pooper at 4:00 and caught nothing.Ilet at 3:00 with 12 bass.
      City: Sanbernardino

      Tips: swith about every hal hour i you havent caght anything.And good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I started out using a spinnerbait with 1 copper willow blade and caught 1 21" bass at 1:00. Changed to a jointed crakbait at 2:00 and caught 6 bass between 15" and 20". Changed to a pumkin seed lizird at 3:00 and caugt 5 bass about 13". changed to a pooper at 4:00 and caught nothing.Ilet at 3:00 with 12 bass.
      City: Sanbernardino

      Tips: swith about every hal hour i you havent caght anything.And good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the middle pond today with no success. The water is very clear now. I tried the same things have been doing the last ew weeks but nothin was bitting today. i was using plstic worms and grubs. Saw a ew other loat tuber there and on said that they had caught only one. I didn't seem them catch anymore so it must o been a slow day. Ohh well still had a good time. Thanks to all the loat tuber that have been writng these reports every time they go out.
      City: livermore

      Tips: Tight lines to everyone

Friday, March 30th, 2001

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

      Report: Arrived at 11AM, only caught 1 fish(2 lbs) I was using a 4" June Bug Power Worm. It was very windy out there, and alot of idiots on Jet Skies...very annoying! I fished off the boat ramp, caught the 1 fish in about 8-10 FT of water. I'll come back soon!
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Catch and Release!

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      Water Temp: Lower 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I walked the bank from the north point of Miner's Cove to about a quarter mile into Cherry Cove. I fished from 3:00 PM until sunset and landed five fish (one 12-inch dink, and the rest were in the 2 to 4 pound range). The largest fish was 18 inches, and like the other keepers I caught, she was fat with eggs. All of the fish I caught were on their nests (I think) but hadn't spawned. I used a crawdad-colored shad rap, a 4 1/2 inch black curly-tailed worm, and a shad-patterned spinnerbait to catch my fish. Nice day fishing, but the skiers were a little annoying. Return your fish to their nesting sites.
      City: Campbell

      Tips: The fish didn't fight that hard. The water is still a bit cool. I don't have any lure suggestions, but I caught all of my fish while bumping my bait along the bottom with a steady, deliberate, slow to moderate retrieve.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at 11AM, only caught 1 fish(2 lbs) I was using a 4" June Bug Power Worm. It was very windy out there, and alot of idiots on Jet Skies...very annoying! I fished off the boat ramp, caught the 1 fish in about 8-10 FT of water. I'll come back soon!
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Catch and Release!

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      Water Temp: Lower 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I walked the bank from the north point of Miner's Cove to about a quarter mile into Cherry Cove. I fished from 3:00 PM until sunset and landed five fish (one 12-inch dink, and the rest were in the 2 to 4 pound range). The largest fish was 18 inches, and like the other keepers I caught, she was fat with eggs. All of the fish I caught were on their nests (I think) but hadn't spawned. I used a crawdad-colored shad rap, a 4 1/2 inch black curly-tailed worm, and a shad-patterned spinnerbait to catch my fish. Nice day fishing, but the skiers were a little annoying. Return your fish to their nesting sites.
      City: Campbell

      Tips: The fish didn't fight that hard. The water is still a bit cool. I don't have any lure suggestions, but I caught all of my fish while bumping my bait along the bottom with a steady, deliberate, slow to moderate retrieve.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Left Lazy M around 6:00 AM. Hit the tule flats on the way out to Victoria slough. Boated a couple of nice ones on Gr weenies. Wind picked up around 9:00 and blew us off some great spots. Ended up fishing any slough or depression off of Old River. Picked up a couple more (gr/weenies. Got tired of the slow action and wind so we headed back into Italian slough. Fished right on top of the vegetation no deeper that 6-7 ft. Caught a total of 12 for the day but they were very nice 1# to 5#. Threw the tackle box at them but they only wanted the gr/ weenies.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: As always, watch the tide.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 53.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: i ished with my girlriend with me and she whined the whole time even though i caught a ive ish limit over 25lbs....used 10 inch witches tee homemade worms...big ish went 8.5...this lake is too easy so im looking or a challenge....i ound em on the shallow lats 25-30 t.i was dead stickin' mostly....one on a blade only 3lbs...also caught a 20 lb channel cat on a worm.bobby bone sayin sayanara
      City: union city

      Tips: big worms...leave da beetches @ home

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I could articulate a report o a wonderul, soul ulilling experience o catching bass in beautiul spring conditions. Or, I could say we spanked em. Let's go with number two.20+ all species to 3lbs on chartruese spinnerbaits in the willows everywhere. A ew big largemouths are on beds, but the're alicted with lock jaw. Way more un to have 2 & 3lb warriors repeatedly pound your avorite spinnerbait until it's a worthless, mangled piece. Just when they thought they'd worn it out, I whipped out a back up. (I'm always this prepared.) Lake is up, weather is good, and the bass are biting. On the downside my reel is in the shop, and surgery on my arm is inevitable. Great day- I'm having my smoking heap o a spinnerbait encased and ramed so I can hang it on the wall.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: It's all about the spawn. Smallmouth are done and pulling o, largemouth are getting on the beds, and spots are plump and staging. Best part is this makes them all located in nearly the same places. Bed ish or largemouths i your'e into that, otherwise blitz the cover with reaction baits.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 56-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I got on the lake at about 9am. Water was pretty cool. Not much action until ater noon. I caught one, maybe three pounds on a craw pattern crankbait. We got a couple more bites, but nothing to write home about. Never got onto the ish. I heard rom my other buddy that he ound water as warm as 69 in the south end. He said he caught ive 2-lbers in an hour on a white spinnerbait. Then they just quit. We saw a ew small males in the shallows, and one 10+ sow, but they weren't guarding anything yet. Next ull moon - April 8th.
      City: sonora

      Tips: The ish were STILL in about 15 eet o water.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guided a regular client and his partner today and had a reasonably good day or big spots in the North Fork. The water is cooler than the South Fork, and we didn't ind the bite wide open, but very good. We wanted to get quality ish moving up as the water warmed - we didn't start until 7:30 am. We wound up with 13 tournament keepers and 2 undersize, with 7 over the slot. The biggest were 2-11, 2-14, and 3-9. Our 5 biggest were a little over 12 1/2 lbs. We caught 2 o the big spots in the irst 2 hours on some east walls, but it wasn't until about 10:30 that the bite picked up. It took my clients awhile to master the pressure bite, so they missed several ish. The spots bit better as the water warmed up. We used brown/orange Rodstrainer jigs most o the time. We threw other baits, but the jig bite was just too much un! We ound the bigger bass up to 20 eet deep in the morning, but shallower than 10 eet in the aternoon. There were really no hot spots, and we ish the whole North Fork up to the ork (sounds weird!) and some in Dark Canyon and Spring Valley.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: One o the keys to larger spotted bass is to ind a lat near the shore, with a ledge at the end o the lat. A lat o a creek channel is just as good. These ish will move on and o the lat depending on available ood, and weather (light) conditions. A good depth or these lats is 10 to 20 eet, during the spring.