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Saturday, December 9th, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with Fit from about 9:00-3:30 we were able to land 13 fish from 2+lbs-5lbs all on swimbaits in 1-3 foot of water.We fished just about the entire lake.started across from the ramp then kept the trolling motor going and didnt give up,on the shallow bite.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: There are still some shallow fish,you just got to stick with fishing up close and cover a lot of water

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Threw everything but my creel at them today. Nothing! but hay, the worst day o ishing is better than the best day at work right.I will keep plugging along because this is Chabot. One o the tougher lakes to catch bass in
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Dont take the day o work to go to chabot! go somewhere else or bass i you want to catch some

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I thought i done this last week...Fished the alls area ron 6:30am too 10 am...caught 5 ish,one on a dart head & 6in cali. worm [real sot bite]..Other 4 came on a split shot rig,useing a leach"15 to 20 t o water"...They hit pretty hard..No good ish,these were 12 to 13 in..
      City: Riv

      Tips: "none"

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a local club T on 12/09/2000 and guess what? Yup, I won both irst place and big ish! It was a partly cloudy day with the water temp starting at 56 and ending up at 57 in the area I was ishing. There was no wind and just a little "sporadic" breeze came rom the north. Usually, this time o year has cooler "air" temps, but this time, it was warmer, still cool, but warmer when compared to year's past. I weighed in 2 ish or a total o 6.78 pounds and I threw back a 17 inch ish. One ish weighed 3.78 and the little one weighed in at 3 pounds even. I caught 3 keeper's all day plus I missed one. I ished the dam all day, doodling chocolate/neon blue 6 inch JB worms on a 3/16 ounce and 5/32 ounce brass and glass with the boat in 40 oot o water, casting out to the deep end and working the bait up to the boat. Just barely shake the bait and then let it sit. Work it real slow. The brass and glass was the ticket! That's the deal and hope this will help some olks out....Good luck!
      City: Riverside

Thursday, December 7th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Ladds & fished from 6:45am & fished to 1:30pm.Fished app one mile both ways from the ramp...Threw pork & jig,cranked,drop shot,tube bait,spoons..Got two small ticks on the jig,had two hook ups on a rattle trap..that was it....the two we had on was probley strippers,they hit in the middle of the channel.Also threw a senko,4 & 6 in.Was only 6 trailers in the parking lot when we left.Always worth a try & better then staying home.....
      City: Riv

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      Water Temp: cold as hell

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the ponds with texas rigged pulse worm and split shot rig. Nothin'
      City: CV

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 53.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in at antlers at 7AM with John and Mark who wanted to look around the Sac arm, spent the entire day poking around rom antlers all the way downstream to Slaughterhouse, air temp going in was 41, came out at 4pm at 54 degrees. upper sac very cold at 48 degrees above antlers, 8 in the boat, 3 dinks and biggest went 2.4 lbs, mostly on jigs and one spoon ish, bass spread out quite a bit and most were suspended, ound a ew places with ish loaded up but they were not hitting anything, the trout activity has slowed considerably and gets going about 10am, very little bait seen, the shad are all spread out too. warmest water was over by the obrien inlet at 54. things are slowing down. cold weather orecasted or the next week or so with rain on and o starting saturday. We never caught more than one ish in any o the numerous locations we stopped.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, December 6th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47.7 DEG

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: mAN WAS IT TOUGH TODAY ... WENT OUT OF B&W RESORT @ 1:30 PM TRYING TO CATCH THE INCOMING TIDE . WATER LOOKED GREAT ON THE MUKOLEMEE RIVER NICE AND CLEAR TIDE LOOKED GOOD FISHED RIP RAP ALONG WEED BEDS STRIKE KING SPINNER BAIT WILLOW .. MY FAVIORITE I NEVER GET THE BIG "S" .. HAD NO LUCK ALL DAY, DID SOME RIPIN AT THE TOWER PARK BRIDGE 1 DINK,, FISHED TILL MY ARM WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF .. TRIED SENKOS NO LUCK .. DID NOT MATTER IF I CAUGHT FISH JUST HAD TO GET OUT AND GET MY LINE WET.. BEEN COUPED UP AT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS WITH THE WIFE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A DAY OF FISHING IN BEFORE I GOT TO GO BACK TO WORK , WITH OUT PISSING THE INLAWS OFF .. HA HA WELL TIGHT LINES AND FISH TILL YA CANT FISH ANYMORE . SEE YA ON THE WATER
      City: VACAVILLE

      Tips: GOT TO LOCATE FISH KEEP MOVING, MUST HAVE ALL DAY TO FISH .. SO MUCH AREA TO FISH NOT ENOUGH TIME ....

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Collins yesterday by mysel or about 3 hours beore dark. About 3:30, I got my irst bass, a 2 1/2 spot that hit a brown/orange Rodstrainer jig on a ledge. I ished my way up the river arm and didn't get bit! I came back to the area that I caught the irst one, and got another 2 lb spot on the same jig. Worked a little more up the west shore - nothing. Just beore dark, I decided to try an area that I really like, but has not been too good this year. Until now!! Still ishing the Rodstrainer jig, I stuck a 3 lb spot, and then, on the next cast, elt a heavy weight on the jig, and was into a decent ish. I was able to net a near 5 lb largemouth! I must have been excited, 'cause I missed the next three bites. This area is kind o an underwater lat which drops into deep water very quickly. A great 3 hours!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I love jigs at Collins in the winter. You just have to work them a little aster than in other lakes because o the nasty rocks. Look or areas that eature quick dropos - and those can be hard to ind at Collins!

Tuesday, December 5th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished half day Saturday, Dec. 2nd out of the Hook. Pitched Senko in Barge cove for one good blackie of about 4 lbs. No other hits. Lots of boating and equipment activity back there may have put fish down. Ran to Frank's and started pitching brush hog as usual along one of my regular spots. No hits. Cranked shad colored rattletrap and red Norman's littl N, one hit, no fish. Started fishing cut out of Frank's slow cranking a red Norman's along weed edge, ticking weed tops in 8-9 feet of water on long casts, and had one of those hits where suddenly the line goes slack for a second, and then the rod gets a solid bow in it from a big fish turning on the bait and moving off. For about 5 seconds thought it might be a hog blackie, but then the drag started screaming as the fish headed for the main channel, and realized it was probably a striper (it was). Beautiful fish, maybe 15 lbs. The fight was awsome! (6.5 ft med action cranking rod with 12 lb test.) No more hits on crank, so ran to middle river, pitching Senko and cranking red Norman's. No hits after an hour or so. Noticed gulls diving nearby, so decided what the heck, and eased over to the birds, tied on a white hair raiser, hooked 7, landed 4 stripers from 4 to 6 lbs. Lots of fun. Called it a day after that.
      City: Half Moon Bay

      Tips: Had a real tough day on the black bass, even though I fished hard. Sometimes you just gotta be an opportunist if you want to get your rod bent and line stretched!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out o jones valley at 730am, air temp 37, over near the crows nest in the pit across rom Ski Island, dredged up one 13 incher out o 26t o water, most all are suspended, moved around a bit over by the ort creek coves and clickapudi, couldn't get anything else to bite, watched a riend work some stumps out in ront o clickapudi or about an hour, he didn't catch anything dropshotting worms, wind came up about 1030 but quit around noon, trout trollers are doing a brisk business moving up the uppper arms, guess the rainbows are going upstream to prepare or the spawn, water a bit murky ater the turnover has been completed, went home around 130pm, air temp 70 degrees. The earlier you get out the better you will do i you can handle the cold mornings. I sure do hate running through that mist in the AM!
      City: Redding

      Tips: spooning is the up and coming way to stick some ish as they settle in or the winter, the wind will make dropshotting a problem but you can still catch some, I have been using a two hook rig with the lower about a oot and a hal o the bottom, the upper about three t o the bottom

Monday, December 4th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished for stripers and found the best bite for us was on the main river. Senkos and cranks caught there attention. Partner missed a steelhead that went crazy after he hooked it. It jumped several times and put on a show tossing the crank on the last jump. Caught the stripers up to 14.1#'s and many smaller fish as well. Waiting to meet my next goal of a 40#'er sinse I made the thirty pound mark last year. Keep on chuckin'.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Fish fast till your arm falls off.

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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished milred island early . fished in the apple orcahrh in the south west corner. caught 3 strippers a dink an 8 ands a 7. lost about a 12 next to boat when partners line snapped. he must have forgotten to check line as we we banging trees all morning . we were throwing long a's in the trees. about noon we decided to try for blackies for a while. fished lathum slough and turner cut .. zippo .. tried jigs ..cranking spinner baits and worms.. back in the marina partner was throwing white spinner bait when he caught another small striper.. day was foggy ..foggy ..foggy ...never saw the sun all day on the water . early it was about 20 feet visability. fishing a club tourney out of holland track . will post afterwards
      City: sunnyvale

      Tips: go for stripers they seem to be all over the place from the turning basin all the was to disco ....

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      Water Temp: 49-50'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Disco for Stripers sat morning. Water temp down from previous weeks, to 49', ouch!!Needless to say, the fishing was tough. Got two small keepers, not even worth keeping, spooning with the Duh. Lot's of bait still in all ther Bays. I didn't see many fish caught either. Went to buy shiners, and tried drifting those. Still no action. I was fishing one bay when Dee Thomas came puttin in with, I presume two clients. He stopped, spun around, all were spooning. His client hoooks up, and land a 3lb striper. He gopes a little further, stops, and the same thing happens.I thought I was decent at reading the graph and knowing what's going on down there, but he put us to shame. I wonder what he saw? Anyway, all of a sudden he's surrounded by ten boats. I had to leave, but did get a chuckle at all the attention he received.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: I wish I knew.

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

      Report: Beautiul blue skys, but tough to ind bites. Split shot 3 and drop shot 1. Two in the slot and 2 overs all spots. Rocky points with a little break seams to have ish, but not many in the mood to eat. Lake in transition, should be better soon. Lots o bait ish in main lake.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Don't Go !!!!!

Sunday, December 3rd, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caught six fish. 3 small mouth, 3 spots. three fish were about 2 1/2 lbs the other three around 1 to 1 1/2 lbs. All were caught on jigs. Brown and pruple jig with black pork trailer and brown and orange jig with brown pork trailer. The fish were caught around 20 to 40 feet deep. The bite was very light mostly pressure. Had to work the jig very slow. Most fish came from the side of points and steep banks with 50 ft or more very close by.
      City: Newark

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing for bass at around 1:00pm. I caught two fish using Senco worms, both fish were about a pound and a half.
      City: san jose

      Tips: In spring I throw spinnerbaits, spider jigs,and lizards. In the summer, night fishing is best. Right now I would try spider jigs and senco worms fished past the weed lines.

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing for bass at around 1:00pm. I caught two fish using Senco worms, both fish were about a pound and a half.
      City: san jose

      Tips: In spring I throw spinnerbaits, spider jigs,and lizards. In the summer, night fishing is best. Right now I would try spider jigs and senco worms fished past the weed lines.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my 3 yr old son (Nick) out for a few hrs and fished the S. Delta again. I hooked fished and Nick got to real them in. We fished plastics in current on rocks and caught several keepers. I was shakin a baby brush hog in 10 ft of water and felt a tick. Set the hook and fish started to come up easily like the others and then it realized it was hooked. It stripped some line off the drag and then jumped. My son was getting excited (so was daddy) so I had to take control of the pole and fight him. Got him to the boat and lipped him, 5lb 12oz on the hand scale. Nice one! Cranked a few more fish. Total of 9 fish.
      City: danville

      Tips: When fishin in cold water keep your plastics in the water and shake them on slack line in one place.

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      Water Temp: bit chilly

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught many fish cranking today. Nothing more than two pounds. Most about a 1 3/4 or pound and a half. Testing Timber Tigers today, caught em on DC-8 in Red, and DC-5 in chart/green back. Also caught em on SU DC-13 in a shad pattern. Got one fish on a Blade Clacker Assasinator but it managed to hop off at the boat. Nothing for me on jigs. Fished for stripers with a 3/4 Hopkins and caught fish four to five pounds. Couldn't seem to get em on Rattletraps. I could hear some other guys catching em on Hair Raisers in the fog.
      City: Rio Vista

      Tips: Crank a bit slower, fish weed clumps, they were scattered not packed in together. The fish were on the deeper parts of the grass clumps.