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Saturday, March 10th, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished BASS Fed tournament. Drew an excellent partner who was on ish. Had a limit by 7:00am! Threw zipper worm in green-wienie on dart head and caliornia-rig (light carolina rig / split-shot with sliding sinker) with "Binky Bug" in brown/orange. Partner took 2nd with 14.5 lbs. Fished trees on the submerged islands all over the lake.
      City: Salida

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tere is NORTHERN PIKE in lake! There teeth are sharp as heck too. I you catch one don't lip it!!!
      City: livermore

      Tips: ?

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched granit bay...4:00 pm ran south,hit 2 points i knowand hold great ish..throwing trusty spinner bait wht/chrome2nd cast 3.0 smallie 4t water....picked up a couple more ishwithin 25 yards smallies/spots...changed up to lucky crat jerkbait ghost minnow...ripped a good spot 3+ and couple smallerkeeper spots...changed up again blue/yellow crank bait pickedup another good ish 2.5 smallie and couple 2+ spots had a greatevening there got o the water at dark....have un and keepyour presintation slow...(slow roll) everything i've done betterthat way....big dave
      City: sacramento

      Tips: slow rolling all reaction baits.....work rocks and secondary pointsand smile and have un and remeber to release you ish....big dave

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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Salmon Falls or trout and caught two on power bait and one on a kastmaster. Missed three or our. Tried or bass in some coves and near trees and couldn't catch nothing. Tired next day at Salmon Falls and didn't catch nothing. Fish were jumping though. Looks good or spring and summer. I anyone has some tips would you please e-mail me. Thanks.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Power bait and kastmasters near Salmon Falls or trout.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took the boat out today and started ishing the Main Body. Got irst ish on a clown rogue in 9 t o water. Threw everything we had at them they woudnt bite. Nice day but I would give it another week o good weather or this lake to be hot.
      City: Roseville

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at about 7am ished down the ront shore line cought a nice smallmouth 3.5 pounds on a rip bait. Then we moved to the back lat area and pick up two more both largemouth about 3.5 and 2.5 pounds both on rip baits. Finaly we went back to the ront shore line and cought another smally, 2.25 pounds, also on a lucky crat pointer 78. Let lake at about 1pm had 4 ish or about 11.75 pounds. An ok day or this lake. The ish were scattered and we could not ind a pattern.
      City: Benicia

      Tips: Fish crankbaits and rip baits shallow in the early morrning and when you come to a tule patch lip lizards (6" black and blue or watermelon with red lake). I you have cloud cover the pattern works all day and spinnerbaits works well under that situation. Once water warms into the upper 60's and the low 70's look or ish on the beds they can be ound in areas with a nice sot bottom and some small rock. The key to catching ish here is to be out early. Good luck.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: Unk.

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to see i the ish had come up yet because o the ull moon. Action only slightly better than last month. Caught a ew nice spots on steep banks SLOOOW workin a insse worm. Got Cloudy/Foggy/Windy around 10 am. and everything just plain ol' shut down..... Couldn't get a sni ater that. Fish are staging but I dont think they are sure i they wanna move up yet......
      City: Tracy, Ca.

      Tips: Maybe try late evening or very early morning.... I you are inessin'...... work SLOOOOW.....

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      Water Temp: 52-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: North Bay Bassmen out o Benicia had our March tourney. Several smallmouth and a ew largemouth caught. Fish were in the coves in 10 to 4 eet. Winning weight was 9.9 lbs with 4 ish caught in the narrows using white spinnerbait. Most ish caught Texas rigging 4" and 6" Salt & Pepper worms, S&P mop tops and grubs. We had the entire lake to ourselves and had a great time. Great campsites also. I had good luck with 6" Trigger gold shad worm.
      City: Benicia

      Tips: Fish worms slow, look or bait ish back in the coves. Largest ish caught, 3.8 and a 3.6 were caught on points in the narrows.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the BFL. Threw Zipper worms on a darthead and brown/purple jig in Bear Creek and the South end. One bite on the worm or a 2-10. Was getting bit on the jig but they were not taking it, just hit and run. Partner lost two on the worms but caught two in last 15 minutes on dropshot. Colors were green-wienie and Aaron's Magic. Good weather should crank-up (no pun intended!) the reaction bite.
      City: Salida

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Wal-Mart BFL. Only landed 2 or 4#. Had the bites to do OK, but did not put them in the boat. I was working largemouth in 10-25 eet o water on the west side o the main body. Fish were relating to bolders and chunk rock. No reaction bite or me, did best on brown purple jigs and carolina rigged lizzards.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Bite will change quick with the upcoming spring weather.

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      Water Temp: 51.4/54.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not much to tell today. We didn't get up to the lake till about 7:00am and ished till 3:00. We started deep, out by the damn, shaking worms and caught only two small ish around 50 eet. As the day progressed we began to ish shallow using split shot 4" worms and drop shot. We caught three more ish doing this but a two pounder was our biggest. (When I say shallow I mean less then 30 eet which, as o late, seems shallow to me). Gradual points with brush seemed to work the best.
      City: Riverbank

      Tips: It looks like the ish are inally strating to move up. I'm guessing next week will be pretty good ishing. Just my cent worth.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Honey Lake Bass had there second Tourney. It was better than I had expected. The weather was clear and a little wind was nice, instead o heavy wind and rain like it has been. The bite was still slow or my partner and I. But congradulations to Wilson and Siton o Westwood on a job well done. They used Gitz-its and caught a nice limit o ish on the north ork. We started ripping irst thing and stayed with or most o the morning. Caught a couple o nice ish ish to weigh in but not enough to place.
      City: Susanville, CA

      Tips: ish hard rip and blade in the morning.Brown with purple Flake Jigs, Grubs, Six Shooter green weenies on darter heads. Husky Raps in clown and blue & silver, and White spinner baits. Fish are on the bank up tight. Don't orget those lucky Gitz its Green and red Flake, Good Luck

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      Water Temp: N/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 9 to about 2 and nothing. Tried jigs , sot plastics, and spinnerbaits. Talked to a loat tuber in the Island pond and he had 5. 2 on spinnerbaits and 3 on texas rigged sot plastic. A lot o people catching thunder trout in the main lake.
      City: Livermore

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      Water Temp: 55 - 59 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished Spring Lake on Saturday, March 10. Winning weight (4 ish) was 16.80 lb, including day's big ish o 7.22 lb. Second place was 3 ish or 10.98 lb, anchored by 5.91 lb toad, & 3rd was 4 ish or 10.71 lb. Other noteworthy ish included hawgs o 6.14, 5.43 & 4.91 lbs. Twenty-seven anglers participated. Bass went or spinnerbaits, swim baits, & various jigs & sot plastics lipped into tules.
      City: Santa Rosa

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

Friday, March 9th, 2001

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50 - 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished tues. evening and stuck a ew ish on darterhead worms. Fish are really shallow. Just beore dark hit some spinner bait ish as well. ished 3:00 - 6:30 with a ten ish total. Largest went about 2.5 lbs.
      City: Granite Bay

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 43-47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: had three e-mails this am regarding the Big Daddy Special so here's the story, My riend Gary Delbridge is the original Big Daddy. He was here a ew months back and we went ishing. He knocked the heck out o the bass with this green worm. He gave me some and went home and didn't tell me where he got the worms, everytime i ran out he would send me some more. About a month ago, Gary let the cat out o the bag on the Forum and told those who read it that the Big Daddy Special is a worm made by Rainbow Worms. The color number is #99. They come in 4 inch through 8 inch. So, or those o you asking about the Big Daddy Special, that's the whole story! It is one outstanding worm and i won't be telling anyone how he taught me to rig them! jerry
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 44.6-47.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: those are early am water temp, in the water this morning with my riend John and his Nitro at 0515 at bailey Cove, lake up to 30.60 and on the rise, water a bit dirty in the upper arms and some good sized junk loating around, wind came up at daybreak out o the north at 10-15mph, we went up the McCloud hitting points or 11 ish to 2lbs, on MGM 103 and 109 weenie worms, I didn't pitch any Big Daddy specials as I only have a ew let, olks starting showing up about 730 Am, most are pre-ishing or the Shasta Cascade event on Saturday, they expect approx 66 boats, caught ish as shallow as 10 t and down to 28 eet most were caught above 20 t, one guy reported a blade bite early beore sunrise in Hirz bay, lots o shad inside Hirz Bay right now, they generally take o as the sun comes up. Going to be a busy couple o weeks coming up, good weather reported to be on the way or the next ten days or so, the wind will be a problem.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hit the lake early cought 1 2#10 oz. nothing ater that a riend cought 1 4# about the same time, another riend had 1 on but lost it. all at about the same time none o us even got a hit ater that

      Tips: we used brush hogs red and black gliter

Thursday, March 8th, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 49-53.1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was tough for me .I caught 4 fish 1 on a 1/4 oz dart head / 6 in weenie worm .The other 3 were on rip baits up to 3.5lbs. The key for me was to find clear water,but the warmest clear water you could find .The creeks are real muddy.A lot of submerged islands are not marked so be careful where you go blasting through.
      City: Livermore

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished all day mostly in the dry creek side. got 5 in the 1/2 to 2lbs range on an assortment o plastics. started getting windy in the aternoon and it was getting hard to control the boat. it started raining abotu 4:30 so we packed it up. still hoping or one o those 20-30 ish days in read about in these reports.
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: i could use some.