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Monday, March 26th, 2001

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

      Report: Fished near the Stockton area in those back coves, and was killing them with my white tandem terminator spinnerbait. Just targeted edges of the weeds, and was hitting on a fish every 20 or so yards. All males, in the 3 to 4 pound range. Wasnt burning the bait, but had a steady retreaval. Going to fish Calero back in San Jose tomorrow so look for my fishing report there. good luck.
      City: san jose

      Tips: titanium wire spinners, well worth the money. Had mine for two years, a little paint chipped, but still runs straight and true.

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      Water Temp: 40

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I went fishing in Lodi Lake and I pulled in a black blass 21 inches. long and waighed in at 5 lbs.
      City: Lodi

      Tips: I used a rubber lizard

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to Lex Saturday, about 10:30. Level is up somewhat, but visibility bad. Wind was up. Caught 2 - 2lbrs. in 1st hal-hour. Quick releases. Caught 'em on dark green Baby Bush Hogs ished on mod c-rig. 1/8 oz bullet kept about a oot up rom hook by small splitshot. Ater wind got up stronger, couldn't catch anything, anywhere, on anything. Let about 3 PM.Release 'em. Good chance they'll grow.
      City: scotts valley

      Tips: Slow draggin' worked or me.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I have no idea why Lake Merced is on the report list. The City o San Francisco and the concessionaire are doing everything in their power to kill this lake and are pretty close to making it reality. Cal Trout has joined in the ight to bring water levels and quality back to what it once was. But until that happens, Lake Merced continues to be an eyesore, ecological disaster and a 5 star carp ishery.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Dough balls and garlic ona pencil bobber will get you a limit o carp.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a tourney last saturday,2/16.Fished around Angels cove in the timber with a rat-L-trap and all I caught were trout and one 2lb. bass.Decided to go up river a little bit and ended up near the bridge.Come to ind out the FBI had made a huge discovery o 5 bodies with concrete Nikes on at the bottom o the lake.Holy crap!Thats riggin' reaky!Anyway,got third in the tournament and had a helluva story to tell when I got home.Good Luck
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: I you get snagged under the bridge in the middle o the lake,I'm just warning you,but be aware o what it could be,you'll either have a at reward on your hands or the hand o some guy who pissed o the maia.Don't say I didn't warn you.

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

      Report: AmericanBass put on a Tournament Sunday March25th. A 6.84 Bass was taken in by Leo Battle o Chico. You will be able to see the pic at The Bulletin next to the last page online at http://www.lakeorovillecity.com by the coming weekend. Nice going Leo!!Reporting Bass Tournament News at Lake Oroville.
      City: Oroville

      Tips: Caught shallow on jigs.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got to the lake at 6:15 this mourning, launched my loat tube and was on my way. caught my 1st. ish at 6:30 nice 18" bass. caught a ew smaller ones between there and 10:30 a.m. the sun inally pokes it's head out o the clouds, and i started to seee bass everywhere on beds, schooling out deeper in about 10 - 15' o water, and thats when they got alittle agressive everytime i went by a bed i was attacked repeadly until they chased me o, was a great illing and site to see the insticts o these bass, as they hit o my legs, ins, and tube. bass are agressive and i you get a chance get out to perris and you will have a ball.
      City: Moreno Valley

      Tips: All day i was ishing a reverse green weenie on a split shot rig. stayed till dark caught alot o bass this day. heres another tip try useing a green line, it is less visible in this clear lake. works well everywhere else to.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 56 - 59 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went tubing on Sonoma on Monday, March 26. Caught 4 ish - 3 on split-shot 4" Green Weenie Magic Worm, one on carolina-rigged 6" green pumpkin lizard. Cranks & blades - nada.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I you'd like ino about Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club, send me an e-mail or check out our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com.

Sunday, March 25th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 7am. Started o throwing a blade with no luck. Picked up the jig rod and stuck a 2lb'er. Around 9am me and my partner started to sight ish. We caught atleast 20 bass all on 3-4" worms texas rigged. FIshed all day and the last hour o the day we tried to get a reaction bite. Partner nailed a 2lb ish 10 minutes beore dark on a shad rip bait. Bass were busting shad all day long, hopeully a good reaction bite will start up soon. Sure is un watching those big 10+lb ish cruise the shoreline and dissapear into the shadows. O and on rain until 9am. Worked a good 6lb ish or about and hour and could not get her to strike.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Sight ishing is on right now with small plastics. Good luck out there and make sure to release them!

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

      Report: I'm posting this with hopes that some one out there in the fishing community can help. On Sunday night,03/24/01, sometime after 10:00 p.m. I had all of my fishing gear stolen out of the back of my truck in the vicinity of west college ave. and Stony point rd. in Santa Rosa. my gear consisted of; One G-Loomis medium-heavy 6 1/2 ft. spinning rod with a silver rear drag quickfire reel. One FLW burnt orange medium-heavy 6 1/2 ft. baitcasting rod with a red Quantom baitcasting reel that was in serious need of a tune up. One Bill Dance blue 7 Ft. medium heavy baitcasting rod with a silver baitcasting reel. One red 6 ft. medium action spinning rod with a silver rear drag spinning reel. one green plastic flat type tackle box with a white double lid(creates two level storage)filled with numerous plastic baits, hooks, wieghts, etc. One brown and ivory split lid tackle box with side latches and six trays(3 small and 3 large) filled with numerous crank baits, spinner baits, top waters, a box containing Cabella's 31 piece jig kit, a box containing a 5 piece scum frog and popper frog kit, Castaic threadfin shad and many other blade, spoon and swimm baits. If any one comes across any of these items or can assist in there recovery in any way please contact me at 546-3401 or e-mail me at randy@ren-o-masters.com. As most of you can understand, fishing is my passion. Please help if you can. Thank you
      City: Santa Rosa

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

      Report: I'm posting this with hopes that some one out there in the ishing community can help. On Sunday night,03/24/01, sometime ater 10:00 p.m. I had all o my ishing gear stolen out o the back o my truck in the vicinity o west college ave. and Stony point rd. in Santa Rosa. my gear consisted o;One G-Loomis medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. spinning rod with a silver rear drag quickire reel.One FLW burnt orange medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. baitcasting rod with a red Quantom baitcasting reel that was in serious need o a tune up.One Bill Dance blue 7 Ft. medium heavy baitcasting rod with a silver baitcasting reel.One red 6 t. medium action spinning rod with a silver rear drag spinning reel.one green plastic lat type tackle box with a white double lid(creates two level storage)illed with numerous plastic baits, hooks, wieghts, etc.One brown and ivory split lid tackle box with side latches and six trays(3 small and 3 large) illed with numerous crank baits, spinner baits, top waters, a box containing Cabella's 31 piece jig kit, a box containing a 5 piece scum rog and popper rog kit, Castaic threadin shad and many other blade, spoon and swimm baits. I any one comes across any o these items or can assist in there recovery in any way please contact me at 546-3401 or e-mail me at randy@ren-o-masters.com. As most o you can understand, ishing is my passion. Please help i you can. Thank you
      City: Santa Rosa

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: wanted to get the boat working so decided to "troll" around Calero, launched around 1:00pm anchored and fished the back cove after running the engine around a few laps. Used power bait and shrimp, no bites had a good time swappin stories , after awhile fish started to jump near the shore, friend had mentioned they were carp jumpin but I though they were bass, switched to hula popper but still not hits...oh well it was good to be out fishing though
      City: San Jose

      Tips: maybe go for rubber worms, purple in color, or try minnows

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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time out at Colero in couple of weeks..Wind blew but and there was more traffic than I thought there would be, but the bite made up for it..All fish cought in the top 5'..10 or 12 fish on a jerkbait..2 on blades and 3 or 4 shakin a worm..Best fish went around 3.5 - 4lbs.. fished from 9:30 to 6pm..
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 58-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: wanted to get the boat working so decided to "troll" around Calero, launched around 1:00pm anchored and fished the back cove after running the engine around a few laps. Used power bait and shrimp, no bites had a good time swappin stories , after awhile fish started to jump near the shore, friend had mentioned they were carp jumpin but I though they were bass, switched to hula popper but still not hits...oh well it was good to be out fishing though
      City: San Jose

      Tips: maybe go for rubber worms, purple in color, or try minnows

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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time out at Colero in couple of weeks..Wind blew but and there was more traffic than I thought there would be, but the bite made up for it..All fish cought in the top 5'..10 or 12 fish on a jerkbait..2 on blades and 3 or 4 shakin a worm..Best fish went around 3.5 - 4lbs.. fished from 9:30 to 6pm..
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 100% future pro out of ladds on Sunday. We went South to near Cruiser Haven and caught 3 keepers on a crank, a jig, and a 3.5# on a spinnerbait. Left and went to Victoria where we added a 4# on a watermelon w/ red flake Senko and another keeper on a crankbait. Then farther south we got on a superb bite. We found bedding fish, the problem is the water was clear and we could not get the fish to bite as they could see us. ( And man did we see some nice fish) So we decided to pitch Senkos and Zipper worms far ahead of us and just outside the beds. Bingo. We began getting some real quality fish. We caught over 20 fish in 1 200 yard stretch of bank. The biggest was 6.9# with our 7 fish weighing over 32#s. What a great day on a great body of water.
      City: san jose

      Tips: If you can see the bass they can see you. see where they are then get out of sight and pitch to them. Don't throw directly on the beds but around them. The same fish that wanted no part of our baits up close, devoured them when they thought we were not around. Pitching is a must.

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      Water Temp: 62 to 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Ladds for club tourney & hit Whiskey Slough 1st. fished hard for one break off on an oxblood leech & 1st 13" keeper on a 6" oxblood worm. Hit Empire Cut rip rap banks for a 15" fish on a white Speed Trap. Fished moving water next on south side of Mildred Island w/no hits so switched to slack water banks at low tide & picked up 3rd keeper, 15", on watermelon/red & grn flake 6" Senko. Last fish on in moving water in Columbia Cut was a nice 5+ on a watermelon 6" Senko but 5' from the boat she came up long enough to give us a look & then say "see ya". We didn't finish last but did not come close to the 1st place 4 fish weight of 13 lbs. anchored by a nice 8 1/2 caught on a shad colored 6" worm in the Tiki Lagoon area.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: 1st place team didn't get a chance to give us any. Had to move out to make room for 100% weigh-in.

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      Water Temp: 60-63F

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 100% BASS Future Pro with my brother. Caught lots of fish - all barely keepers. Weighed in a real small limit. Small, aggressive fish were fairly easy to find. Could not find the big girls today. Shallow cranks or spinnerbaits on shallow wood cover produced throughout the day, regardless of the tide. A couple came off rip rap banks on the Crawdad SpeedTrap. Only one on a Senko late in the day.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Better fish were hard to find. Deeper and slower presentations are the likely way to go. Pay attention to the weather.

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

      Report: I'm posting this with hopes that some one out there in the ishing community can help. On Sunday night,03/24/01, sometime ater 10:00 p.m. I had all o my ishing gear stolen out o the back o my truck in the vicinity o west college ave. and Stony point rd. in Santa Rosa. my gear consisted o;One G-Loomis medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. spinning rod with a silver rear drag quickire reel.One FLW burnt orange medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. baitcasting rod with a red Quantom baitcasting reel that was in serious need o a tune up.One Bill Dance blue 7 Ft. medium heavy baitcasting rod with a silver baitcasting reel.One red 6 t. medium action spinning rod with a silver rear drag spinning reel.one green plastic lat type tackle box with a white double lid(creates two level storage)illed with numerous plastic baits, hooks, wieghts, etc.One brown and ivory split lid tackle box with side latches and six trays(3 small and 3 large) illed with numerous crank baits, spinner baits, top waters, a box containing Cabella's 31 piece jig kit, a box containing a 5 piece scum rog and popper rog kit, Castaic threadin shad and many other blade, spoon and swimm baits. I any one comes across any o these items or can assist in there recovery in any way please contact me at 546-3401 or e-mail me at randy@ren-o-masters.com. As most o you can understand, ishing is my passion. Please help i you can. Thank you
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I'm posting this with hopes that some one out there in the ishing community can help. On Sunday night,03/24/01, sometime ater 10:00 p.m. I had all o my ishing gear stolen out o the back o my truck in the vicinity o west college ave. and Stony point rd. in Santa Rosa. my gear consisted o;One G-Loomis medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. spinning rod with a silver rear drag quickire reel.One FLW burnt orange medium-heavy 6 1/2 t. baitcasting rod with a red Quantom baitcasting reel that was in serious need o a tune up.One Bill Dance blue 7 Ft. medium heavy baitcasting rod with a silver baitcasting reel.One red 6 t. medium action spinning rod with a silver rear drag spinning reel.one green plastic lat type tackle box with a white double lid(creates two level storage)illed with numerous plastic baits, hooks, wieghts, etc.One brown and ivory split lid tackle box with side latches and six trays(3 small and 3 large) illed with numerous crank baits, spinner baits, top waters, a box containing Cabella's 31 piece jig kit, a box containing a 5 piece scum rog and popper rog kit, Castaic threadin shad and many other blade, spoon and swimm baits. I any one comes across any o these items or can assist in there recovery in any way please contact me at 546-3401 or e-mail me at randy@ren-o-masters.com. As most o you can understand, ishing is my passion. Please help i you can. Thank you
      City: Santa Rosa