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Sunday, November 26th, 2000

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got into some bass earlier in the weekend but everything shut down. Not a hit or a ollow or 2 days. Must have got lucky a ew days beore. Thats Chabot
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Chabot is a lake or the lucky. To get lucky you must ish it alot

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I started ishing with a client on Friday night about 8 pm. The second spot we stopped at produced 2 smaller bass, about 2 1/4 and 3 1/2, on Weapon jigs. Moved to the little rock wall by Indian Beach and missed a big ish - we could hear it roll ater I missed it. I thought it was part o a let over weed mat - ugh! It seemed like it would be a good night, but actually it wasn't - until the end! We ished several deep rock areas and only got a 5-2 and a 4-5, again, on Weapon jigs and 6" yamamoto grub trailers. My client missed 4 or 5 since he wasn't used to pressure bites. About 2:30 am I had to take him back because he was developing an upset stomach. Since I was't too tired yet, I decided to quickly try a couple o areas or the next nights trip. I started dragging my jig in a deep (20 t), lat area next to a rockpile. I don't think many olks ish this area. Slowly, my 844 Loomis started to load up, either on a big rock or a bass. I set the hook, and it jerked back - wow!!! It turned out to be a dandy, weighing in at 10 lb 2 oz! As I was netting it, I heard another boat with other crazy olks coming in, and we all managed to ind our way back through the og. The other boat had 3 o my riends in it, and they had two nice ones - 8-14 and 9-11. Ater photos all the way 'round, I took all the monsters back out in the lake to release them. What a sight in my lighted Ranger double livewell - 3 bass or nearly 30 lbs! Not an everyday (night) sight! The next night was very poor or us - in act we only landed 2 bass to 3 3/4 lbs - the slowest trip since May. One o my riends was ishing too, and didn't do well, thought he got one over 6. It was a was nice evening, with moderate temperature, but or some reaon, the ish were not active.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Look or bass in deeper water now, 10 to 30 eet deep (i in the south end)! Release deep caught ish right away i you are not planned to use a needle to delate their air bladder. I still say - don't orget your jigs!!

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Collins last Thursday morning or about 5 hours and got a total o 4 bites - but one o them was a good one! I started on a point near Elmer's Cove with a brown/orange Rodstrainer jig and soon landed a 2-5 spot. As I worked my way up the river arm, I decided this was the day I was going to try drop-shotting at Collins or the irst time. I tied a Jig on as my weight and attached a 3" Magic Reaper about 14" above the jig. I would slide the jig and try to wiggle the reaper at the same time. Ater about hal an hour, I elt the line get heavy, but no bite. I set the hook and, wow, the ight was on. I assumed the ish was on the reaper because there was no "tick". I soon landed a "at" 4 lb 6 oz spot that really looked like a largemouth. What a beautiul ish!! Shortly ater that I had another bass strip o my reaper under the powerlines. Then I ished the main body and hooked another nice bass in about 35 eet o water, and lost that one too. And that was it! Only our bites, but went home eelin' good about a great ish!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Though the jig bite was slow that day, they are a good bet at Collins during the winter. So much or my theory that drop-shotting is a small ish technique. Maybe I was just lucky, too! Look or large bass o-shore on humps and ridges.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Cold & oggy. Started hitting various coves & submerged islands in Rogers Creek just beore 7 am. Worming got 3 strikes but no hook ups. Spooning scattered trees in 45' to 55' boated one dink 2 limbs & 1 rock. By 12 w/nothing in the live well decided to load up and get warm.
      City: Delhi

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Really cold day or us ishermen and slow or the ishing too. Did manage two bites and one was a 4.5 lb. Largemouth that hit a Pointer 100 in about 6' o water. Dad had one on about 8" long, but that was about it. I'll let Scooter tell everyone about his day.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Water is still surprisingly warm or all o the cold weather we have had. Still some reaction ish going, but best bet is to slow down with jigs and plastics.

Saturday, November 25th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: SKUNKED! Not even trout were biting. Overall, not to many people were having much luck either. It was pretty cold out there too. Maybe that was it.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Let the cold ront pass. I'm sure it will pick up when were all back at work, like usual.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't make the Bass Class due to other commitments, but managed to sneak away Saturday (Nov 25) for a little fishing out of the Hook. Started with a spinnebait in Barge cove and had a 2 lber roll on the bait right at the boat. No further hits with spinnerbait or crankbaits. Was too foggy for me to run to my best areas, so tried little and big Frank's for an hour with no luck - cranked cuts and ledges, one hit. Pitched brush hog along remaining weed lines. No bites. It was very cold and foggy, and since I had forgot my gloves I decided to head back early because my hands were freezing. Cranked, ripped, and pitched jigs on east and west sides of Turner, saw fish busting shad up on rock/tulle inside edges, but did not get a bite. Decided to finish out pitching a Senko (pumpkin/green flake, 5") in back of Barge Cove - BINGO! five solid fish from 2-3.5 lbs, broke off a better one when the hook I had already landed 3 fish on snapped in two on the set. Missed two other pressure bites - thought I was hung up, started to pull loose lure when each time the rod gets massive head shakes from something below, then gone. Still, 8 hits on the senko and five good keepers in an hour. Interestingly, 3 of these fish had healed injuries that looked like they had been caught before, which would not be too surprising in the barge cove.
      City: Half Moon Bay

      Tips: Thanks to the folks who released the fish that I had the pleasure of catching again (and releasing as well.)! Fish that hit were scattered regarding depth (anything from 3 to 10 feet). Most hits were near wood. In one case I yanked a 3 lber over a log lying in the back of the cove after pitching to a small spot of open water between an old bulkhead and the log. The line was lying coiled on the log, slowly bein pulled off by the sinking Senko when I noticed a small twitch, I immediately took up slack and wham! fish on! You really had to be a line watcher and feel for pressure bites.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the day ishing with Hawghunter aka Jerry Noble rom Bend Oregon. Started out ishing windy banks and points on the main body, Jerry had the irst ish on with a Wigglewart, was a 3-4 pound trout, probably a brown. Came o right at the boat as we did not have the net out and I could not convince him to lip it! In the next hour or so put 7 ish in the boat ripping a Ghost minnow color Flash monnow very slowly. at least 4 o these were over the slot. Wind died down and the rip bite did too. Went up the middle ork and tossed worms on drop shots and slider heads. Jerry had two real nice ones over 15" just dragging the slider head around with a brown orange worm. Drop shot ish came on a 9j senko and on powerworms.
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Fish the wind, work your reaction baits slowly.

Friday, November 24th, 2000

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was cold! My buddy caught 1 dink. We graphed ish in some spots but wouldnt bite. I should have stayed home and slept in. It would have been cheeper.
      City: Castaic

      Tips: Only ish that was caught was on a purple drop shot.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my report just a page or two down was supposed to be for Shasta, hit the wrong key! sorry about that!
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and Big Daddy(Gary Delbridge) got in the water ast 7AM, 37 degrees, out a 410PM, 62 degrees, over near Clickapudi for the first fish in about 5 minutes and things went downhill for me from there, I didn't get a fish in the boat, Gary caught 5 with one dink, fished the area of upper squaw creek and he caught his first drop shot fish off a steep rock wall in the pit near Chain Gang Gulch. ran back down near Baxter gulch for one more and back over near Arbuckle Flat for another, I missed at least three, lake level at 62.40 ft, 15-30 mph wind out of the north but it let up during midday. lots of activity for a friday but then again the day after turkey day can get busy. Come on and get moved in Big Daddy, we got a lot of water left to prowl around in!
      City: Redding

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 51.5 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is real low even or this time o the year. Went to the dam end where the water is clearer and ished DEEP breaklines in and around bait. Partner pulled in 6 keepers with three o them solid, at 3 lbers. All 50'+ on c-rig 4" shad worm. Fish had to be needled. Lots o boats, most were trout isherman. I the lake gets any lower I'm not sure i people can launch bigger boats at the ramp.
      City: Livemore

      Tips: slow and deep.....

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

      Report: Main lake started at barretts cove south ramp went south 50 to 80' spooned and shaked worms 6" biggest 5 pds out o 9 weighed a little over 8 pounds. Last weekend ished in piny creek all day 1 on spooke 3 pounds one on brown & purple jig 3 pounds 1 on brown and brown jig 3 pounds. Limit or 8 pounds or 3 ish or 9 pounds decisions, decisions, decisions!
      City: Tracy

      Tips: GO FISHING!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out this AM with Big Daddy, in at Jones Valley at 7am, temp was 37, out at 410pm, temp at 61, water down to 63.40 witha n/w wind 10-20 mph, went over by clickapudi or a quick one in the irst ive minutes, big daddy caught ive I was blanked, he only had one dink, ran up to the top o Squaw Creek where he dropshotted his irst ever drop shot ish, back down the Squaw near Baxter cove or another then returned to Clickapudi or another one. I got bit three times and missed all three. Get on up here Gary, there is a whole lot o water we have yet to prowl around on! There is a $100 per pound tourney next saturday being put on by the Cottonwood Bass Teams out o Bridge Bay (530)347-5178 and you can sign up as late as 15 minutes till blast o.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: not sure

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sonoma w/ ellow Nutcase Billy today rom 7:30-12:30. Dense og in the morning burned o later on. He landed 3 bass and missed a ew, I missed one and landed one. Nothing large. We caught them shaking small plastics in 30-40' o water. Water was very clear, 15-20'.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Shake small neutral colored plastics around the deep trees o rock.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2000

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This has turned out to be an annual thing since we live 15 minutes rom the lake, however only ish or 5 hours waiting or the turkey to inish. Headed or the Bear River arm and ished the deeper walls with jigs and worms and did quite well or the time there with a bunch o dinks, 3 or 4 in the 1 1/2 lb range, one 2 pounder and one real nice 4+ black bass. Camp Far has always been a better than average lake or nice ish and today was no exception. Launching was airly easy but not or a single person since you will have to all but beach the boat and those without a keel guard have to be especially careul. Water is still pretty clear and without all the power boats that you have in the summer, give this dandy little lake a try.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Jigs, brown/orange with single tail Yamamoto grub worked o the deeper walls and especially near ANY brush or stick-up. Fish came in water anywhere 10-15 eet, working the jig very slowly and you knew when they picked it up. Have un and see you on the water.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Starting to pick up looks like ish are going to shallow water. Caught 2 Bass today largest 8.12 and 7.00.
      City: Castro Valley

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2000

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: put in at Antlers, stopped at Charly Creek, one dink on a jig, ran south to sugarloa point, one dink, same jig, ran through the gooseneck to over near orked horn point and popped one more at 2.3 lbs, samejig, water down to 63.25 and stable, bottom scum starting to appear as the lake inishes turning over, in the water at 41 degrees out a 1pm in a balmy 61 degrees, water lat with calm winds out o the north. Spoke to two other guys, neither had a touch. trout very active on the surace in the gooseneck area. the dinks came out o 22 t o water, the larger one was in 8eet o water.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hard ishing,4 ish all day.ished 30-50 eet.(points.)missed a ew at same depth.
      City: healdsburg

      Tips: missed 3 in a row on that long point on the right, just throughthe "s"turns as you are heading towards the 2 creeks.i you gosoon hit that spot.

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      Water Temp: 56 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass are holding in 30 to 60 eet o water. Use spoons and plastics, mainly grubs. Steelhead troll with leadcore in the 15 to 30 oot range on assorted needle ish, and kastmasters.
      City: Santa Rosa