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Thursday, January 25th, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy! Getting windier as the day went on. Graphed a lot of fish but only caught two! Talk about a fun bite today. Did miss a few to many as the fish were not hanging onto the bait more than a couple seconds. Found lots of inactive fish near the break. Normal retrieve for this time of year and water conditions, slow. Dead stick with faint popping action and long pauses got my bites. The two I caught knocked the crap out of it and were easy to feel. The other bites were like pulling in your line without a lure on it, they would just pick it up, move the way your working it, then spit it out. Had no problem feeling them spit it out, its just the picking up part I wasn't detecting. Oh well, at least I got to be on the water! Saw only one boat fishing for bass and that was it.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Plastics and cranks is what we threw, plastics got the fish. Think the cranks would be better with a little sun out to bring the temp up during the day.

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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy! Getting windier as the day went on. Graphed a lot of fish but only caught two! Talk about a fun bite today. Did miss a few to many as the fish were not hanging onto the bait more than a couple seconds. Found lots of inactive fish near the break. Normal retrieve for this time of year and water conditions, slow. Dead stick with faint popping action and long pauses got my bites. The two I caught knocked the crap out of it and were easy to feel. The other bites were like pulling in your line without a lure on it, they would just pick it up, move the way your working it, then spit it out. Had no problem feeling them spit it out, its just the picking up part I wasn't detecting. Oh well, at least I got to be on the water! Saw only one boat fishing for bass and that was it.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Plastics and cranks is what we threw, plastics got the fish. Think the cranks would be better with a little sun out to bring the temp up during the day.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Been out of town on business, so late report (no luck again). Fished half day Thursday, Jan. 18. Still trying to find new water. Launched out of the Hook. Senko fished barge cove, no hits. Ran to north end of Taylor, ripped a while, met another NCBFer. No hits in Taylor, water was fairly dingy due to rain. Ran to Potato, cranked and wormed - no luck. Went into far back of Sycamore hoping to find cleaner water, but it appeared that they were pumping back there - the water was brown and very cold. Still the area looked good so I carolina rigged worms, cranked and ripped a little with no bites. Last 3 trips I have hauled water, but still enjoyed exploring new areas that I will definitely visit come springtime. Better luck to all.
      City: Half Moon Bay

Wednesday, January 24th, 2001

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

      Report: Weekend isherman. I ished Oroville on 1-22-01. Caught 2 ish in 3 Hrs. Talked to another isherman who caught 6 on brown rubber worms. Caught my 2 in about 25 eet o water on a blue seducer worm texas rigged. No bites on brown jig. Fished south ork near Stringtown area. 1 ish was almost 3 Lbs.The other was a dink. I ished rom 1:00 to 4:00 aternoon. The bites were actually pretty good hits. I'm sure a more experienced isherman could do better. Good Luck.
      City: Yuba City

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out o Yorty Creek area north o the boat launch. Caught two Steehead Trout, 14" and 16". First one caught on a Roostertail white eather spinner and the second on a Rattletrap. Fished rom about 3:45pm to 5:00pm. The timing was inbetween storms and the action was surprisingly good.
      City: Napa

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The carp are on the spawn. Caught two on the bottom with a two oot leader line. Saw two ellows across rom us catch three with a bobber and only about 2.5 eet deep. The bobber seems to be the trick. A lot o un to catch these on light tackle.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Seems that every ish caught here is being taken home. Need the lake to rise beore any increase will be seen.

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to see if the fish would go by the ramp. Only had an hour and a half so I only brought jigs. It was raining and breezy. Slow dragging the jig had three bites and two hookups. Lost the first fish which bit at the end of my cast. Didn't hit him hard enough. Destinctive bites when I got them. Talked to the other two guys fishing, one guy in a tube said he got two on rip baits fishing the island near the ramp and one on a point on the west side of the lake. The other guy was fishing from a boat and I watched him fish some good water and not get bit. He said he didn't get a bite all day (he needed to put the fly rod down and pick up a jig). If I can get three bite by the ramp on a day like this then the rest of the lake should be great!
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: I threw a green and brown jig 3/4 oz. with brown pork in four to five feet. A mix of dead sticking and short quick pops is what it took to get bit.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to see if the fish would go by the ramp. Only had an hour and a half so I only brought jigs. It was raining and breezy. Slow dragging the jig had three bites and two hookups. Lost the first fish which bit at the end of my cast. Didn't hit him hard enough. Destinctive bites when I got them. Talked to the other two guys fishing, one guy in a tube said he got two on rip baits fishing the island near the ramp and one on a point on the west side of the lake. The other guy was fishing from a boat and I watched him fish some good water and not get bit. He said he didn't get a bite all day (he needed to put the fly rod down and pick up a jig). If I can get three bite by the ramp on a day like this then the rest of the lake should be great!
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: I threw a green and brown jig 3/4 oz. with brown pork in four to five feet. A mix of dead sticking and short quick pops is what it took to get bit.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: EARLY MORNING ONLY 4 TRAILER PARK. STARTED AT MAIL LAKE GOT ONE FISH ABOUT 2#. WENT UP RIVER 4 BITES ALL OVER 13". WAS VERY WINDY, ON THE MAIN LAKE I THOUGHT WE WHERE AT FRANKTRACT.
      City: FRESNO

      Tips: ALL OUR FISH CAME ON JIG BROWN/YAMAMAGRUB 176. ALL CLOSE TO BANK TO 10'. VERY SLOW PRESENTATION. TRIED TO CATCH FISH ON DROPSHOTING NO TAKER OR THEY WHERE NOT HUNGRY ALSO DID SOME SPLIT NO TAKERS.

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

      Report: Was very cold and right in the middle o two storm ronts.Got some hits on anch. and mack., but didn't get a thing. Trout pond was a bust nobody was getting much 1 or 2 small trout were taken i think. There stocking Trout pond once a week now.

      Tips: Power Bait or Trout and Anch. ,etc... For cats but bring a good book youll be there a while...

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 49.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom "7:20"am until 2:00pm. Started at the rock wall near the dam. Nothing doing, worked our way around the wall and had a serious hit below the concrete cylinder. Lost him ater about a 3 second encounter. Only excitement all day. Four boats were docked and ishing in shallow water. Saw two trout as we pulled into the marina.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The top 10' o water seems to be doing the best.

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      Water Temp: 48.5 degree's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well Bubba, it seems like you had a good ishing day again. Everytime I was trolling by, you were nailing another bass into the boat. You've got some good spots and I'll have to hook up with you someday and you'll have to show me the secret. Thanks or the comments on the boat. It is nice.See you out on the lake sometime again.
      City: milpitas

      Tips: ish around Bubba

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Does anybody know where one can get a map o the back ponds showing depths and structure? The city o Pleasanton has got to have something???
      City: Livermore

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

      Report: In at 7:30 light rain,light wind. Went to Clickapudi,ound a stretchabout 200 yards long holding ish. Made about a dozen dritsin water 25 t0 39 eet caught 9 one 11" 3-12" 3-13" 2-14".All were at & healthy.All caught on a drop shot rig,3" ring worm colors copper& shad.No surprises you knew when they took it.Looks like the rain is going to get serious.Out at 12:30.
      City: Corning

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: As much as I hate having to pay to launch at least they are making the eort to level the playing ield. Now i they would only make more o an eort to keep the ramps clear and open, make sure the loats are usable, that the lights in the parking and launch areas are working, and bee up patrols to cut down on vandalism, we might see a return on our launch ees. On the downside an employee rom DFG stated that not only are they going to discontinue aerial stocking but that they plan to stop stocking all lakes above 4'000t. Hope he was misinormed. The more we pay or ishing licenses the smaller the bag limits and the ewer our ishing opputunities become.
      City: Red Blu

Monday, January 22nd, 2001

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at about 9am. Fished main lake structure with worms and jigs. Had only 2 bites and got 1 (1 1/2 lbs.) in the boat. It was a long, slow 3 hours of fishing. Marked a lot of fish in 25-35 feet of water.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Downsize baits and fish slow!

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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at about 9am. Fished main lake structure with worms and jigs. Had only 2 bites and got 1 (1 1/2 lbs.) in the boat. It was a long, slow 3 hours of fishing. Marked a lot of fish in 25-35 feet of water.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Downsize baits and fish slow!

Sunday, January 21st, 2001

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Son, John, and I departed Paradise Point Marina 0840, fished Telephone Cut, up one side, down the other, on outgoing, low and incoming tide, until after 1:00 p.m. Tried lots of different presentations (soft plastic jerkbaits and swim baits, jigs, Brush Hog, Senko, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, etc.), mostly slow due to cold water temperature. John had two hits but no fish. Motored up to White

      Tips: Keep moving, keep casting, have patience -- the fish are there and are eating. To cope with moss on bottom just about everywhere, try drop-shotting with heavier weight (1/4 to 1/2 oz) and bubba baits (plastic worms, lizards, crawfish, creature baits, zipper worms, etc.).

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      Water Temp: 43-44

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty tough, I Had 2 fish a 4.9 and a 4.5 off same stump on a black/red flake zipper. Dad had 1, 4.7 near same stump on a black/blue spinnerbait then nada after that.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: I pitched the zipper in wood and shook it till they bit.

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: another beautiul caliornia day. alot o people on the lake trolling or a good reason. It seems thats the way to catch trout. we trolled between the pumphouse and bobcat cove with a silver syclops mepps lure or a total o 11 trout. thats the only lure that worked or us. no other lures were hammered,some got hit,but not the solid strikes that the syclops got. also my riend ralph got a ew trout also trolling, a bass o simi-deep rocks with a plastic worm. some trout ate his worm also. my dad was on shore and caught a 11" bass. all bass were released, and some trout also.ish on ellas. sure beats sitting at home.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: while trolling we use 4lb test outits with lure tied on only. sub-suace seemed to be the ticket.