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Saturday, February 24th, 2001

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I went to ish with my Bass Club on Sat. 9 Boats and 17 ish caught. Fish caught on Plastics worms and Jigs. Fish were all caught between 20-30 eet and water temp 50 degrees. It Rained ALL day. No Limits by anyone, and a ew people blanked. 7 pounds won. Lake is low but with all this rain it show be coming up.
      City: La Mirada

Friday, February 23rd, 2001

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried tubin rom 2:30 till dark.I tried counting rocks down deep with a jig, no takers this trip.
      City: Manteca

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8-4 today w/ a partner. Water has come up quite a bit from the last trip out. It was FREEZING cold until about 1pm, and real windy. I caught 4 to 4.9lbs, partner caught 5 up to 3+lbs. We also missed some strikes. Best time BY FAR (last few trips too) has been in the morning. We caught many of our fish in less than 10' of water shaking zippers and using small rodstrainer jigs. Our best 5 would have gone about 16lbs. Had some luck w/ cranks last time out....tried them this time for a bit and got zip.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish shallow and SLOW...move out to slightly deeper water later in the day.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the afternoon, started out with White Spinnerbait, after about 25 minutes with that, I switched to a Jig, still nothing. It was cold, windy, the water was very choppy. Calero still needs alot of water. I give it around mid March, it will be great!
      City: Sunnyvale, CA

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8-4 today w/ a partner. Water has come up quite a bit from the last trip out. It was FREEZING cold until about 1pm, and real windy. I caught 4 to 4.9lbs, partner caught 5 up to 3+lbs. We also missed some strikes. Best time BY FAR (last few trips too) has been in the morning. We caught many of our fish in less than 10' of water shaking zippers and using small rodstrainer jigs. Our best 5 would have gone about 16lbs. Had some luck w/ cranks last time out....tried them this time for a bit and got zip.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish shallow and SLOW...move out to slightly deeper water later in the day.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the afternoon, started out with White Spinnerbait, after about 25 minutes with that, I switched to a Jig, still nothing. It was cold, windy, the water was very choppy. Calero still needs alot of water. I give it around mid March, it will be great!
      City: Sunnyvale, CA

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Only three boats on the lake today until 1pm when I let. I blanked without even a bite. Threw cranks, jigs, worms, and grubs. The wind came up and made it very diicult to hold the boat still. The lake is low waiting or runo. Will try again Sunday or FBC Tourny.
      City: Fresno

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Pablo last week and it was pretty rough going. I tried early on or Bass but, the cold water and the low vis made it tough. Swithched to trolling. Missed 2 ish and inally caught one. It was a 18" rainbow. Thought I was doing good until a boat pulled up and showed me his 5.5lb rainbow. Wow what a ish said he caught it on a broken back rainbow trout rapala. I can't wait until summer when it is bass time. I did great last year on about 10 visits caught at least 30 bass up to 5lbs. Missed a ew hogs though. I WILL get them this year. Oh yea, catch and realease is the only way to go.
      City: Alameda

      Tips: For bass I have ound that they love the green-weenie black pepper lake 4"-6" Katlins hand pours. Good luck, remember you can't ish a plastic worm too slow. The preserve rocks!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 44-47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: water ull o junk lake up 7 t in past 5 days to 46.8t, in the water at bailey cove which is just now available again but no loat in place, temp 31 degrees, ran over to the erry and started down the McCloud hitting point on the east shore, one tap right o the bat and threw back in or one dink and that was the end o that, caught on a MGM 3inch idget in blue ghost #69, tried jigs, spinner baits, many dierent worms, zip! mudlines orming, very little wind today out o the north at 3mph, did talk to two other boats pre-ishing or the Won Bass team event, neither had caught anything, watcvhed another guy or 45 minutes, he didn't catch anything either, lots o water coming in, I tried rom the bank out to 5o t, nothing , nada. nice earm day out at 230pm at 58 degrees.
      City: Redding

Thursday, February 22nd, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: STARTEDOUT IN WHITES FOR 1 HOUR AND NOT DAM THING WENT TO SOME MIN CHANNEL SPOTS NOTHING. THEN WENT TO HOLLAND GOT ON TO SOME GOOD JIG FISH RED-BLK & BLU-BLK.WATER WAS 1-2 DEGREES WARMER I GEUSS THATS ALL IT TOOK CAUGHT A LIMIT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR THAT WENT AROUND 23 LBS. BIG FISH CAME OFF A PIPE 7.5 OR SO.HAD TO GO!! UNTIL NEXT TIME IF THI WEATHER STABILIZES LIKE THEY SAY LOOK OUT!!
      City: STOCKTON

      Tips: ALL FISH WERE IN 0-4 FT. OF WATER SOME REALLY SLOW SOME ALMOST SWIMMIN IT OR ON FALL.LOOK FOR 1-2 DEGREE DIFFERANCE IN TEMP IT MADE ALL THE DIF IN THE WORLD FOR ME.ALL FISH WERE ON ROCKS FACING AFTERNOON SUN.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Float tubed or 2 hours and landed a 1.5lb and a 3lb bass, I used a white spinnerbait the whole time, ished the west side o the lake. I witnessed one guy who landed a 15lb+, no shit, he went to weigh it oically, we should be able to see/hear results in the near uture
      City: Santa Rosa

Tuesday, February 20th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: hi 40's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day without a bite, until around 4:45 -- at which point I hooked a 4 or 5 lb'er on a black & chartreuse jig, with a black pork trailer. He surfaced, like, 3 times, fought him for close to a minute, but when I reached for my net (paddling like hell in my kickboat to try & keep on the pressure), he shook off, within 10 ft. or so of the boat. Damn! Got the heart rate up, though! As GLX mentions, keep it slow! I went all the waydown the mid-lake shoreline, but didn't get that hit til I got directly across from the launch ramp, just in front of the horizontal log/tree trunk lying right at the water's edge.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Keep it slow, with dark (or maybe bright fluorescent) colors. I had RealCraw scent on my jig, too, which might've helped.

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      Water Temp: hi 40's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day without a bite, until around 4:45 -- at which point I hooked a 4 or 5 lb'er on a black & chartreuse jig, with a black pork trailer. He surfaced, like, 3 times, fought him for close to a minute, but when I reached for my net (paddling like hell in my kickboat to try & keep on the pressure), he shook off, within 10 ft. or so of the boat. Damn! Got the heart rate up, though! As GLX mentions, keep it slow! I went all the waydown the mid-lake shoreline, but didn't get that hit til I got directly across from the launch ramp, just in front of the horizontal log/tree trunk lying right at the water's edge.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Keep it slow, with dark (or maybe bright fluorescent) colors. I had RealCraw scent on my jig, too, which might've helped.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: good

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ishing at this lake sucks i diddnt catch shit i ished or 7 days str8 usind every kind o bait i could ind but i loved the lake
      City: delhi

Monday, February 19th, 2001

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Markley cove about 1:30PM and shot across the lake to pope creek fished around with only a few bites here and there. Cold and lots of rain thank God for Gore-Tex. Did manage to boat two nice 2 1/2lb largemouth bass on VPR rootbeer colored jigs with zoom fat albert twin tail trailer.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Slow and shaking the jig in one spot for a few minutes before moving it. fishing in 5 to 30 feet around chunk rocks.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the far dam again with two partners for two hours. One partner picked up a 2 lber in about 15 ft of water on blue/black jig w/ maroon trailer later on I landed a 5 lber (yeehaw!!!!) on a purple/black jig with a chartruse yamamoto grub trailer in about 5 ft. (same spot GLX pro) missed two shaking brown 6" zipper with flo. orange tail
      City: San Jose

      Tips: water is muddy fish slow, use bright colors, scent, and rattlin jigs

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the far dam again with two partners for two hours. One partner picked up a 2 lber in about 15 ft of water on blue/black jig w/ maroon trailer later on I landed a 5 lber (yeehaw!!!!) on a purple/black jig with a chartruse yamamoto grub trailer in about 5 ft. (same spot GLX pro) missed two shaking brown 6" zipper with flo. orange tail
      City: San Jose

      Tips: water is muddy fish slow, use bright colors, scent, and rattlin jigs

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      Water Temp: ?????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went last weekened in the back lakes. The water was cold and so was I. I didn't have any luck. I ished with grubs and worms. Nothin.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: throw everything in, including the kitchen sink. Way to cold

Sunday, February 18th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Woke up late and didn't launch till about 9am. Fished till 4:45. Had good action the first hour, and the last hour....not much in between. For the day I missed 2 bites, hooked and lost 2, and landed 4....a 2lber and 3lber on a Senko, a 1.5lber on a Zipper Grub, and a great 6lber cranking a fat free shad. That fish sure was a surpise. The Senko fish were in about 7' of water, while the crank and zipper fish were in about 10'. Overcast w/ light rain and light wind the whole day. Great day on the water.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Don't be afraid to try cranking early and late.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Woke up late and didn't launch till about 9am. Fished till 4:45. Had good action the first hour, and the last hour....not much in between. For the day I missed 2 bites, hooked and lost 2, and landed 4....a 2lber and 3lber on a Senko, a 1.5lber on a Zipper Grub, and a great 6lber cranking a fat free shad. That fish sure was a surpise. The Senko fish were in about 7' of water, while the crank and zipper fish were in about 10'. Overcast w/ light rain and light wind the whole day. Great day on the water.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Don't be afraid to try cranking early and late.