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Sunday, September 24th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the hook tournament on sunday with my dad. We caught about 15 fish all day. 2 on a deep diving crankbait in the morning and the rest on chart spinnerbaits w/gold blades. Only 5 of the fish we caught were big enough to keep. We ended up with 7+lbs for the day. Whenever I caught a fish off a bank I would turn around and troll back down it. Every time I did this it produced another fish, this accounted for 2 of our keepers. For some reason I couldnt get bit on the senko?!?!
      City: tracy

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: Should it matte

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My suggestion to all o you is to utilize an ancient ishing prayer book. Cause all your GLXs and Calis aren't going to help you at all! Yes, I have seen ish come out o here even past 10lbs, but the inconsistancy o size and numbers is a mystery beyond even the best bullshiters explaintion. How could a lake thats located 10 miles rom both Anderson and Calero be so bad? Here is a theory our devine water district in all their wisdom continues to treat Chesbro as some sort o water shed step-child. Anderson and Calero get allotments o water all summer long to keep the lake levels somewhat stable. While Chesbro gets the shat. In the winter time Chesbro continues to silt, spawning grounds are lost, very little gravel is let and the lake is devoid o cover. Next time you curse at Chesbro think about doing something positive or the lake. I won't tell i I see one o you with christmas trees on your lipping deck and remember olks, rock piles don't always make themselves. Take a resh look at Chesbro and lets see what improvements we can make.
      City: Coyote

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at redbud and ished that part o the lake.Got about six ish up to 5#.No real pattern, Fished 0 to 20 eet. Not a lot o bites but the ish weregood ish. Batteries went dead around 10:00Thank goodness no wind.
      City: healdsburg

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished two clients on Friday during a surprise small storm. The wind orced up to start with crankbaits and one o the clients caught 3 largemouth up to 2 pounds during our irst hour. I cranked a nice 2lb 10 oz spotted bass in the main body about 8:30 am. I tried rippin' and was very surprised to land a 1 lb 11 oz CRAPPIE. What a beautiul ish. Then I ripped a bluegill - and put my ripbait away!!! We caught two more spots on Magic worms in the blue ghost color. So, not a bad trip considering how weird the weather has been.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Lots o ish on main lake points.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: over to blue canyon on the pit at 7am or just one dink and a ew taps, air temp 46 degrees, out at 1030 Am went back at 4Pm and ran up to arbuckle creek or a 3lb largemouth o the ppoint on the south side, ran up to lat creek or 5 more rom 1 1/2 to 3lbs between 630 and 730 pm on a crank bait and my usual jigs, water temp back up to 71 by 4pm, lots o house boaters and a ew skiers still around, nights are cooling o nicely, water was clearing up but the weekend traic has let some thin mudlines around most points, ished mostly main and secondary lake points, most ish can out o less than 20 t o water, a rocky shoreline produced best i it was on a main lake point.
      City: Redding

Saturday, September 23rd, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of b&w @ 5:00am . Had a good day Right off the bat bat i got a 3 lber at the launching ramp 1st cast landed it and released it . thought . this is going to be a good day! Check this out went to willow berm marina and landed a 6 and a half pounder ,wow what a fish!!!! catch and release . What a beautiful fish it was . Low tide along the moss line on strike king white spinner bait 1/4 oz, went to terminous bridge hooked 4 more in the 3 pound class . boy i was having a wonderfull day . i normally dont like the low tide . but today was differant, stayed with strike king all day. Weighed and released all fish,,, get this bass fisherman totall fish weight 31lbs 2oz of fish caught.. yeaa what a day!! all released cant wait for next weekend. Getting ready for lake Berryessa to blow open,, c ya on the water PLASTICMAN1
      City: Elmira

      Tips: fishing is good all over tight lines and gooood hooook set SPINNERBAITS................ OUT FISHED SEENKOS

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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out near the Break today and licked off 12 keepers in Dutch and around the Break. Most fish came off french fry worms rigged Texas style. Caught one or two of zipper worms, spinnerbaits and smaller fish on cranks. Most consistent action came on the fry near deep water. best 5 would have gone over 9lbs. Nothing real big. Current near tulie points and deep water worked for me.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Try the smaller worms. Bites are not subtle. They hit and there was no mistake. Used darker colors in the stained water.

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      Water Temp: 60-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I hit the water about 7am and went straight to the dam. Caught a dink on green worms and a 2 lber on a jig in about 30ft. Nothing else till that evening he got a 2 lber on blades up in the straights.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: White, White, White

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Holland Tract for a club tournament. Fished South in the early a.m. then Dutch Slough in the p.m. Caught several on black buzzbaits, one on brown jig, several on delta red speed traps. Most fish were on rock with wood or in tule cuts next to current. Buzz bait bite was 'on' all day!!! Tons of dinks. Weighed in a 8.41 lb limit.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Work areas thoroughly. The fish are there just not super active right now.

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

      Report: Fished the NewBass Semi-Pro Team tourney today, We launched out o Redbud Park in the town o Clear Lake. I haden't been there in several years and I think they have done a great job o cleaning it up. As or the ishing, we were one o only 4 teams to weigh in a limit. We caught our ish draggin magic worms in the Rattlesnake Arm. The winners o the tournament said they caught thier ish on Senkos and jigs in the creek All in All it was a tough day or most olks I 'm glad to get a 3rd place check or today Je
      City: Suisun City

      Tips: SLOW Down then go SLOWER

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 60-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I hit the water about 7am and went straight to the dam. Caught a dink ongreen worms and a 2 lber on a jig in about 30t. Nothing else till that evening he got a 2 lber onblades up in the straights.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: White, White, White.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing app 6 am,caught 20 to 25 bass rom 8in too 14 3/4 in.All on plastic's,rom small worms too 6in.Caught 4 bass on salt & pepper,rest came on a varity o colors.Line size,4 to 8 lb test & 1/32 to 1/8 oz jij heads.We hung it up at app 1:15 pm.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Wind blown coves

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 73 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught all my ish on the dam.I was ishing cranks early then when action slowed went to the drop shot and really cleaned house. biggest ish was 5lbs plus a ew 3 to 4 pounders the rest were nothing to talk about .I was ishing a at ree ry in the white pattern in the A.M. and then went to a 3" slug that is made by american ishing products in the mint pepper color,this color is the ticket on slow days on perris
      City: newport beach

      Tips: instead o shaking the drop shot rig try casting it and slowly dragging it with the rod and reeling up the slack

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Picked up my uncle rom Indiana at 130pm and he had me in the water by 4 pm, went up to the upper McCloud out o Hirz Bay, Nosoni creek provided one small dink, moved south to Kamloops, nothing in the rocks so moved over to the shady side on red dirt banks, lots o taps, picked up three more,all legal with one to 2 1/2 lbs, on jigs, ish in 12-15 teet o water on main lake points, weather has cooled orm 103 on wednesday to 75-80 degrees now, very pleasant out, got out at 7pm, will be back at it in the morning.
      City: Redding

Friday, September 22nd, 2000

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 68*-70*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched rom the park in lakeport, headed to Henderson tothrow a crank bait and caught allot o 4" bass decided to throw a luke and watched those little bass in buches try to eat the luke, tried ripping a crank bait and stuck a BIGcrappie. Rain came threw about 8;30-9 O'clockThe lake is about 6' down, ran to nice and lucern with no bites. inally stuck a keeper right outside the anchorage Inn. o the water by 1:30.Along time ago I expierienced the same type o bite , we caught close to 300 small bass in two days and very ew large bass were caught , almost like the lake was turning over.P.P.
      City: Martinez

Thursday, September 21st, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, we just got our nice trip in beore the howling delta winds hit, and the temp dropped 20+ degrees. Client and I started about 6 PM and I got a 13" bass on the second cast, luckly not the irst! It hit a Rodstrainer jig. The heat had put the shad down, so there was not much surace activity at all. I did get a 2 1/4 pounder on a chug bug topwater bait. Just beore dark, client gets a nice 2 1/2 pounder on a Terminator spinnerbait near the mouth o Jackson creek. Ater dark, or an hour or so, we had the customary dead time. Then, about 9:30, I had a good tick on a 12" Power Worm and was able to land a at 6 pounder in the main body. She was about 20 eet deep. Two casts later, I mistook a big bass or a clump o weeds, and missed it. What a sickening eeling!! I caught 2 more worm ish, one almost 3 pounds. Finally, my client, who was ishing a Weapon jig, set the hook on a good 'un, and I get to net a beautiul 7 lb 3 oz beauty. This was about 11:45 PM, and the ish seemed to be moving a bit shallower - he caught her in about 10 eet o water. Ater I caught another shallow worm ish, about 2-6, client hooked another big one, but lost it in some wood. About 1 AM, the delta breeze started, the moist air set in, and the bass went out, somewhere. They just shut o. A very nice trip with 8 bass total, with top ive at about 21 lbs. Not bad or a Sept. evening at Amador!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Water temp will have to cool a bit or the surace activity to pick up. Reaction baits just wern't working well or us. Seems to be a worm and jig bite - 10 to 25 eet, on steep banks and some points. Don't shake worm or big ish - just pull it - slowly!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out looking for stripers with a friend from out of town. The stripers were nowhere to be found in the south this am. Started fishing for the green ones in the middle Delta and found a flip bite on Senko's that lasted until 2pm when we left. We boated lots of 12 to 14 inch fish. Had one over four and a couple of three's. All senko fish, couldn't get a jig bite going.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: The lower temps today (80's) may have kept the fish up. Senko's on tule points near rocks and current.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sunday 9/17/00.Wasted 1 hour driving to Hayward to PU a "riend" who begged me to take hom ishing. He never answered the door!!! Reminds me o whu I usually ish alone. Even with the 45 minute delay I was still at the gate (2nd in line) prior to opening.Seeing as how it was still dark I thought I would change my normal routine or the day. I bought 12 JUMBO minnows the day beore and ocused on Stripers. I hit every spot I had ever caught, seen or heard o a striper being caught. I kept 2 poles ready with dierent LARGE top water lures. I drited them deep, I drited them shallow, I tossed them into deep holes. NO LUCK! Hey it was a long shot anyway! How many people do you know who actually have caught stripers at Dell Valle. I have caught 2 and I believe hooked 2 others in the last 10 years.I strted ishing or bass with the let over minnow and had a great day. Caught 5 bass in about 2 hours. 1 at about 4 lb (at!!), 3 at 2.5 and 1 13 inch. Not sure how that little one ate that JUMBO!Switched to trolling about 11;30 Am. Trolled at 27 t deep and had 3 dolid hits in 1.5 hour. Caught a 13 inch trout and a 3 lb trout. Third one wrapped up in the down rigger cable and broke o. No salmon today!
      City: remont

      Tips: 4 inch white worm or JUMBO minnows! Rocky shorelines in 15 to 25 t.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thought I'd never catch a ish here! ished one hour beore park closed on my loat tube trying a top water popper and caught our ish in the 1 lb range, small but there bitting.
      City: san jose

Tuesday, September 19th, 2000

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had jury duty in the AM so I went ishing in the PM o a very hot day. Caught a 1.5 on the back side o rattlesnake on a 208 senko. I thought, this is easy--wrong. Extremely clear water--no wind at all I saw millions o small bass(under 8") cruising shallows and nibbling on my senko. Fished docks, rocks, etc and no bites. At 6 pm, headed or thick wood by redbud. Caught two 3.5's. One one a senko, one on a rog. three more 1.5-2.5's on senko. Saw hal o them eat it. Fished shag rock at dark. Caught two 2 lbs on a brushog and one 3.5 on a 10" worm. Might have stayed later than 9 pm, but I had to work the next day. One interesting thing happened. I crank a set o 4 pipes in the aternoon. Today, I hit a bunch o moss w/the crank. A seven lb and a bunch o 4's and 5's ollowed the moss encrusted bait to the boat as I jerked it to try to get rid o the moss. Ater that, nothing would entice them. I wonder i a rip bait might have gotten a second glance.................
      City: Yuba City