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Monday, February 19th, 2001

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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.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Came out of hibernation to fish the first B.A.S.S. federation tournement of the year,I haven't been on the delta since Nov. of last year. I had been hearing word that the bite had been very hit or miss, you would get on them one day and the next day nothing and from what I've read here that seemed the case. I prefished Friday and caught one keeper 2+ and shook off two more on another bank later in the day. Saturday my team partner and I "also my no boat" prefished together to see if we could figure out what these fish were doing. We found some fish cranking but didn't feel to confident because of all the pressure this area was getting, wrong tide for me also. The competition this year went up another notch with some awesome sticks coming out this year, and with the return of others.... The day of the tournement started out well, drew a gentleman that I drew last year who was a great guy and fun to fish with. I ended up catching two fish flipping on a 1/2 DUHH!! jig n pig and caught five more fish on crankbaits including a 5+ 'got lucky' did well and cashed, some nice fish brought in but not a lot of limits.
      City: Galt

      Tips: Really can't say right now ... fishing 100% pro am this coming weekend, but fish SLOW and find new water.. Good luck and God bless!!!

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Holland on Saturday with East Bay Bass. Ran around and threw every thing in the tackle box at em, not 1 fish. 5 boats in the tourney, 2 fish for all 5 boats. Come on guys, we need some more people in the club to make it a little more interesting. Good guys to fish with with.
      City: Antioch

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I caught 6 ish total or 12.80lbs. missed 2 or3 .We caught a couple o our ish on a point 10-15 t near the narrows. The rest were caught up river on secondary points and cuts in 20 t . All ish were on dart heads 1/4oz oxblood/purpleand blue.Or C-rigs.
      City: Livermore

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

      Report: I went out over the weekend hoping or a couple good ish. I started ishing by the narrows and the rock wall on the right at about 30' eet o water. NOTHING but rost bite! It was cold and no ish I tried a texas rig then split shoting nothin. I tried a white and silver worm but no takers. Anyways haven't lost hope I will try it again next week hopeully NO rain. Lake level is rising. Good luck....
      City: Pleasanton/Caliornia

      Tips: TRY EVERYTHING!!!!!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 100% tourney today. Launched at 6:30am. Started o in Big Creek, not a bite, stayed there until 10:30am and decided to head out to Rogers. Couple years back we placed 6th in a West Coast Bass tourney and decided to hit that spot in Rogers. We caught 4 ish or 9lbs on a 25' stretch o bank. Caught 2 on a purple spider grub, 2 on a 4" Summer Moss. When we placed 6th we had 22.5lbs and they came o this same 25' stretch. When we let we heard 14lbs was in the lead. All the ish came in the 15' range.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Light rain and some serious wind. Tried Ripping, cranking and nothing. Good Luck out there! Mike

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 48.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club Tourney Sunday, bite was a little better than two weeks ago or NewBass, that is or qaunity not quality ended up with a small 8 lb limit caught 14 keepers on Dart heads and dropsottin only problem was culling!! All were clones. Threw Jig or about two hours could not by a bite.Spent my day in the middle ork. Winning weights came on Jigs in the main body and North Fork. Rained and that darn wind blew rom blast o to weigh-in, then o course it stopped.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Jigs are still what is getting the better ish, Brown and Red are still the colors. Lake is still very clear even with all the rain and runo.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish everywhere in 35 eet o water. Throw 4 inch and 6 inch Roboworm in Black Grape or Grape Weenie. I Texas rigged and downshotted and it didn't make a dierence. Lake is very low and is due to begin rising in early March.Good Luck!
      City: wcb1616@yahoo.com

      Tips: Roboworm's dominate on this lake. I've tried all the others and I have ound that it's tough to beat a Robo day in and day out. My avorites on Perris are Black Grape, Aaron's Magic, and Light oxblood w. red lk.

Saturday, February 17th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 9:30 and fished until 2:30. Caught 8 Bass total. Best five fish weighed just over 20 lbs. Caught all the fish from the bank to about 5 ft. One fish was 8.6lb. on the scale. That fish was in about one foot of water. All the fish were caught on 1/4 ounce black and purple jigs with a purple pork trailer. Bang crawdad scent was used on the baits. The fish would hit the bait as soon as it landed in the water.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Fish dark colors until the water clears. Black and purple are a killer combination at Calero in the winter months. For as many years back as I can remember fishing there it's been the same every winter. Especially right before spring hits. Use a dark colored jig and put alot of crawdad scent on it. Fish the bait shallow even in the coldest part of winter. Throw the bait right on the bank and drag it into the water. Pop it up one time hard and then let it sit for a few seconds. The fish will usually hit right then.

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 9:30 and fished until 2:30. Caught 8 Bass total. Best five fish weighed just over 20 lbs. Caught all the fish from the bank to about 5 ft. One fish was 8.6lb. on the scale. That fish was in about one foot of water. All the fish were caught on 1/4 ounce black and purple jigs with a purple pork trailer. Bang crawdad scent was used on the baits. The fish would hit the bait as soon as it landed in the water.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Fish dark colors until the water clears. Black and purple are a killer combination at Calero in the winter months. For as many years back as I can remember fishing there it's been the same every winter. Especially right before spring hits. Use a dark colored jig and put alot of crawdad scent on it. Fish the bait shallow even in the coldest part of winter. Throw the bait right on the bank and drag it into the water. Pop it up one time hard and then let it sit for a few seconds. The fish will usually hit right then.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 43

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the Redwood Empire Bass Club tourney on Saturday out o Redbud under tough conditions. Rained all day with a light wind on the south end. There were a total o 16 boats, but only 2 limits on the day. I took Larry's advice a started the day with a red/black crankbait and landed a 9.1 within 5 minutes, enough or big ish.(Thanks Larry) My partner Louie ollowed my lead and nailed a 8.8, 5 and 4 all baore 8:00am. Not a bad way to start the day. All caught shallow on crankbaits near Redbud. Moved to Jago Bay and we landed 2 more at 3lbs each on rip baits. Unortunately this was a draw tourney and not a team event. I only managed 2 ish or 12 lbs, but Louie had 5 or nearly 25 lbs, missing 1st place by 1/2 pound. Combined we had 7 ish totalling 37 pounds.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Stick to crankbaits and ripbaits around rocks and docks on the south end. Work them slowly and bounce o the bottom. Fish all came in less than 10'.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Basin Bassmasters Tourny. Started out a pretty nice morning, and then weather was inconsistent the rest o the day. My partner John Kort and I had a winning ive ish limit or close to 9#'s. There were 7 boats in the tourny and 2 teams had limits. we did not have a ish until 12:30 pm, and a small window o opportunity opened as it usually does. We hook nine ish in the next hour and landed six. One o the ish lost was at least 4.5#'s that we lost at the boat and also had a big ish come o 3rd cast o the day on a crank bait. The weird part was, every ish we landed was a largemouth. This was bizarre considering we were ishing in 47-48 degree water, in a little rock ield in only 10-12 eet o water. You would think there would be a couple spot's mixed in there, but we weren't complaining. The other team that had a limit had nothing but sopt's. They were drop shotting in 25 eet o water. The big ish was a spot just under 4#'s.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Keep your line wet. This time o year it's about being in the right place at the right time. Bites tend to be very light, so i your not sure, SET THE HOOK!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I kept an eye on the weather reports all week. On Monday they were predicting rain during the week and nice weekend. By Tuesday things changed and rumors o rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The good news is the temperatures were predicted to be high 50

      Tips: be willing to change depths.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished GCB tournament Saturday. 12 Boats in tournament. Fished as a nonboater or the irst time in a long spell. Started out throwing reacn stu early. No bites. This was in the north ork. Drug 4" #39 worm in 20-40 eet or 4 keepers and one dink. Caught biggest ish on peninsula rockpile, a beautiul smallmouth that went 4.45 lbs. Winning stringer was 5 ish or a little over 8 lbs.
      City: Yuba City

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I too ished the CVBC club tournament. Started by the bridge on the right bank and worked out to the point. About halway down partner sticks a 2.6#er on a DUH Purple Magic jig with a brown plastic pork trailer. Second ish or him came o a ledge on the point. Ledge was in 10 eet o water, dropped o to 30-40 eet. Fish picked it up on the all a nice 2.8#er. All largies. As or me, zippo.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Drag your lure slowly

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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ditto or me on the CVBC tourney. Managed just one ish each or me and my partner. Both were smallmouth in the Green Creek arm on jerk baits. Mine came on the 3rd or 4th cast o the day out o a laydown on the irst twitch. Partner's ish came o a chunk rock bank. Several o the ish that the winner caught came out o the Green creek arm on small plastics on darter heads or split shot. We tried to duplicate, but no luck. His no boat could only manage one ish. The winner boated approximately 10 ish i I remember correctly. He had both lg. mouth and smallies.
      City: Newark

      Tips: Until the weather stabilizes, go small and slow ater irst light. Try 10-20 eet or spawning smallmouth.

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      Water Temp: 49'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I also ished the CVBC club tourney saturday. Hey, I thought this lake was "back on"? Anyway, been ive years. Started on a slopey point on the main lake. Everything looked promising, weather,water, etc. except the ish wern't cooperating. Finally nailed a at little 10" smallie, down-shotting in 40', on a little green worm. Threw jigs, cranks, splitshot with no luck. Went to back o Black Creek arm , ound nice points to 30', and weeds in 18'. Got a 1.3 splitshotting a 6" purple worm. The only other thrills I had was setting on the numerous weeds. Finished 5th with one ish. Winner,"Doug O" seemed to ind some pre-spawn smallies in the other creek,"Green something"?, and caught several ish.PS, anyone looking or a good tow veh. mine is or sale in the want adds.
      City: San Leandro

Friday, February 16th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: n/a, but COLD!!

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake has come up and gotten a bit more stained from last week's storm. Pretty fishing today w/ snowcovered hills around the area. I fished from 8-3:30 today in breezy conditions. I landed 3 really nice fish....4lbs, 4lbs, and 3lbs. I also missed/lost 6 other fish...3 of them felt like 3+lbers. They were short striking the bait or something....couldn't quite figure out what was going on. Anyhow, I did the best I could considering all the wind. The fish were all in a 100 yard stretch....just kept going back and forth. Couldn't get bit anyplace else. All fish were caught on zipper grubs w/ kickn' bass scent.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish real shallow in the morning, move out to 10'-15' in the afternoon. Don't fish the deep water like I saw some guys doing today. Use very SLOW retrieves.