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Sunday, December 3rd, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Same thing. Shad colored plastics, 36 to 46 eet.
      City: Lockord

      Tips: Watch or shad on your meter. Work slow

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dierant same thing. Shad colored plastics, 36 to 46 eet.
      City: Lockord

      Tips: Watch or shad on your meter. Work slow

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I inally got the winter bite that I had been looking or, Sat. aternoon and night. Had a wonderul client who had never been to Clear Lake beore, and was he impressed! We were oten laughing so hard, I couldn't set the hook. We started about 4 pm, ishing several deep, rocky areas, with Rodstrainer jigs. I missed a big one in shallow water, as did my client. He was quite upset with himsel or missing the ish, since he thought it was a big one too. Judging rom the two I caught beore dark, a 6-14 and 4-11, we were in some good ish. Ater dinner at Konocti Resort, I showed him some nice areas at the south end. We only used black/chartreuse Rattlin' Weapon Jigs, with a 6' Yamamoto grub trailers ater dark. What happened in the next hour was simply amazing. As I taught him now to work jigs in the wicked rocks o Clear Lake, the ish started bitting. In a hal hour I caught over 20 lbs on a rock ledge that I like. I irst caught a 3-8, and then a 5-11. I was showing him how to deadstick saying: "you see, when you stop it like this, they bite". Two SECONDS later, a tick and I set up on a 6-0. By this time we are laughing so hard we're sick, as I explain that Clear Lake is always this good - yeah right. I am now embarrassed, and tell him that I will quite ishing, as I always do i I catch too many. He says, no way - he's having too much un! I did back o and ish a less productive area, and immediately stick a 7-4. Where are these ish when we try hard?! While I was excited about my 30 lb limit, I could not igure out why he wasn't catching any - I thought his technique was excellent. He is an accomplished tournament ishermen. That is one o the mysteries o bass ishing. As we headed towards Henderson Point, he did inally catch one, about 2-5. I did get another wonderul bass, an 8-3, to give me a limit a little over 34 lbs. We wound up with 13 that trip, all on jigs. Henderson was even better the previous evening, when my client caught a 5-2, 4-2, and lost a bigger ish there. Biggest I could get on Fri night was a 5-6. I think we caught only 6 total, though we missed several. Both trips involved ishing rock walls, rockpiles, and rock ledges - all with 20 to 30 eet o water nearby. That is my proven winter combo at Clear Lake, at least or me - jigs and rock! That's also my best recipe or snags, too!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I have now settled on my new line or night ishing, 30 lb Berkley Fireline, in the Flame Green color, which works in the black light very well. I landed every single ish Sat night, except the big one beore dark, which was on mono line. I you snag up, use it to anchor your boat!!! Actually, you need to wrap it around something to break it o.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and i were out preishing, got out there @ 7:00 am. It was pretty chilly and the og did not burn o till about 9:30. went rite to boulder eild (beals point) or those who dont Know, went with the drop shot 2" magic worm reeper.got one spot that was 1.7lbs and that was it or the day. the bite just slowed way down. we got bit probably twice the rest o the day.
      City: Roseville Ca.....

      Tips: I had a slow day. thats really rare or me @ olsom. But this time o the year ish slow pay very close attn to your line,the bite will be very sot.also be persistant you will get ish. good luck.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Foggy in the valley so I headed up to McClure to ind the sunshine.Launced out o McClure point and headed to Temperance area, I ished main lake points with no takes at all. Wind was picking up so we movedback into the coves but stopped marking ish, so we moved back out to the main water again. Drop-shotted and spooned rom 20-60 eet with no luck, tried shakin dart headand picked up one dink. Carolina rigged a our inch shad colored magic worm on deep points and did not get hit.Decided to head home and watch some ootball.
      City: turlock

      Tips: None, only caught one ish!

Saturday, December 2nd, 2000

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club Tournament this Sat. 8 teams no limits 1 guy had 4 ish or 11.44# all his ish came rom brush along the banks in 25 to 10' o water. One team had some success with cranks in the shallows o the narrows ater 10:00 no more on cranks. Most other teams and individuals had 1 or 2 ish.
      City: Castaic

      Tips: Morning try cranks in the shallow water. then switch to ox blood redlake worms in the brush.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tough bite for most , including myself..I managed only 5 bites all day....best fish went about 3lbs..Worms and jigs in 30' fished REALLY slow.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Once the lake level stays consistant there should be a decent winter bite here..lakes falling fast right now and has the fish scatterd from the bank where ever theres some sparse grass down to 45'...I can't find that shallow but some guys are..

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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tough bite for most , including myself..I managed only 5 bites all day....best fish went about 3lbs..Worms and jigs in 30' fished REALLY slow.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Once the lake level stays consistant there should be a decent winter bite here..lakes falling fast right now and has the fish scatterd from the bank where ever theres some sparse grass down to 45'...I can't find that shallow but some guys are..

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: MY SON GENE AND I WENT TO DISCO BAY FOR A LITTLE STRIPER ACTION TODAY. DID VERY WELL ON THE OLE STRIPERS ON SPOONS AND RATTLE TRAPS.WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT THEY SEEMED TO HAVE GOTTEN HUNGRY. A LOT OF BAIT IN THERE NOW IN THE BACK OF THE COVES! GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!
      City: SAN JOSE, CA.

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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished w/ Tom Mulliken today and had a good day on the water. Launched at Holland in cold/foggy conditions which reminds me why i like to fish in afternoon in winter. Partner hooked up with stiper on Zara spook 1st light and had a couple of others swipe at it but no takers. We stayed in Rock slough and caught several fish on blades (slow rollin) and drop shottin. Ran South and found fish on in deeper water on rocky points willing to hit plastics (brush hogs,magic worms and spade tails). Cranked several fish in protected bay. Caught around 20 fish today but they were lacking in size.
      City: danville

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main lake area rom 6:30am too 2:15pm...Should o let at 11:am....Caught 3 ish.They probley avg 2lb each.They came rom dierent area's o the lake & 3 di. baits...Skirted grub,spoon & drop shot.Dept rom 20 to 40 t.Caught the last ish,a 11 3/4 incher at app 1:30pm,4in worm.The ish are at & in good shape,charted lots o them rom 20 too 110 t.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Deep & slow

Friday, December 1st, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the day on the water today aboard Champ Driver's Champion fish n' ski. Great day outside, but the fishing was really tough. I managed to dropshot 2 Bass, 1lb, and 2+lbs on a 4" pb&j Action Baits worm. That was it for the day as far as Bass go. I also managed to crank a 10lb Carp....got him right in the dorsal. Wrong species though!!
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Dropshot/shake worms in 25-35'.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the day on the water today aboard Champ Driver's Champion fish n' ski. Great day outside, but the fishing was really tough. I managed to dropshot 2 Bass, 1lb, and 2+lbs on a 4" pb&j Action Baits worm. That was it for the day as far as Bass go. I also managed to crank a 10lb Carp....got him right in the dorsal. Wrong species though!!
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Dropshot/shake worms in 25-35'.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Already posted the story o the 2 11's caught on Clear lake. i didn't mention that i caught a 4 and a 5 didn't eel it was neccessary. As ar as ishin report jigs on rocks with deep water access. stay to northern banks that get sun most o the day and start ishin right at dusk till ya can't stand the cold anymore. Remember night ishin on clear lake is not always good or alot o ish but the quality is outstanding.
      City: Suisun City

      Tips: The only seasonal tip I have is to read larry Hemphill's reports. They are right on. I took the ino he so readilly shares and added it to what little knowledge I have o Clear lake and my pard got his mount.

Thursday, November 30th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My previous post should of read 11/28 not 12/28. These litte green fish get me so pumped up i forget what month it is! Back to fishin. Got out of work at noon and hitched up the boat. Launched in S. Delta again around 1:30p. Cranked 3 fished on rocky pt. w/ current and returned to protected area. Had to see if bite would hold up under Blue Bird skys. Pulled in and caught 7 fish first 7 cast. Action slowed to every 3rd cast and caught 30 blackies by dark. Good stuff! No hawgs again but lots of fun. Fish were chasin bait in cove and very active.
      City: danville

      Tips: I found that rip baits can be very effective on the Delta.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have been sick or nearly a week and received a ew emails regarding current conditions and the Cottonwood Bass Teams team tourney this weekend on Saturday the 2nd o Dec.The lake is down to 64.50 eet and the weather today is great, 6o degrees, 3 mph winds out o the south. The weather ront that was supposed to hit today has slid o to the north and Saturday looks to be perect with temps into the mid 60's under partly cloudy skies. The eveent will be out o Bridge Bay, $150 per team, 5 ish 13inch limit with an 80% payback and big ish prize. They pay back $100 per lb to the top teams. entrys can be had as late as 15 minutes beore the sae light blasto which should be around 7AM or shortly thereater. My neighbor and another local tell me the ishing is holding up well with those using jigs and worms in 18-35 t having good luck. I you have any other questions e-mail me and I'lldo the best I can. This bug is kicking my tail.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, November 29th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: For those who look forward to this time of year and the fun that can be had with our Delta Stripers. Had 2 clients out Wed from 7a until 12 noon. Found good numbers of fish in middle delta. Threw 2 baits all day, white traps and swim baits. Had 16 good fish total. Best 3 limits were right at 120#. Fished weed lines on outgoing tide and schooling fish on incoming tide.
      City: Foster City

Monday, November 27th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with Kermin on Monday out of Ladds. We had fog ALL day long and the temperature was dropping ALL day. This made fer very un-conducive conditions for someone who hadn't been on the water fer about 5 weeks. First stop on the main San Jaquine, we cranked a fish and missed a few on jigs in a protected cove along rock walls. We then ran to many places looking fer bites, even stopped in Disco to chuck fer some stripers, they were there, but mostly 3-6 pound schoolies. Then made a stop and cranked a decent fish off the meat wall before heading in.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Fishing is slow. Most productive areas will be rock walls with sparce grass beds along the main river channels. Crank until yer arms fall off. If the sun comes out, move to the back waters and toss jigs and SENKOs on these same rocky type places.

Sunday, November 26th, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Cappel around 9am Sunday. Found schools of bass cruising up and down on straight rocky banks. Most fish were in about 15-20 feet. All fish were caught on 4-6 in weenies (brn/grn). Caught fish almost everytime we saw them in schools on the graph.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Bite was very subtle with no indication sometimes other than loading up of the rod. My partner(rookie) had a very hard time hooking up. Had to watch my line very closely.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50M

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught limit 2 to 4 pounds. Most about 40 eet on structure shakeing 4 inch shade and shade with chrt. tail. Both slip sinker and drop shot rigs worked. Used 6 inch on drop shot rig. Hot ish, cold day.
      City: lockeord

      Tips: stay between 36 and 46 eet or best results. Try a jig, but worm rigs worked best or me.