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Saturday, September 9th, 2000

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

      Report: Launched out of Paradise Point before light, fished buzzbait around the rocks and weeds in the immediate area, 2-1pound caught, 2 nicer fish (2+) hit but came off. The air temp was cooler than it has been, and the buzzbait bite was the worst I've had in months. Switched to Senko about 8am and caught 1 about 1.5lb, no other takers. Finished up on a Zoom speed worm, caught 2 in about 5 minutes 1lbs each (black w/red flake). Had to leave for wife's birthday off at 10am, or would have fished the speed worm more. tight lines and sore lippin thumbs.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Don't know really, usual plan B's didn't seem to work for me (crankbait, Senko). Lots of mats, but I left too early. Anyone do any good in the north on frogs this weekend? More consistent cooler weather may help, fluctuations can cause severe frustration.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I FISHED ALONE ON THE EAST DELTA THANKS TO A COUPLE OF FLAKY NO SHOWS.BLACK BUZZBAIT PRODUCED FISH EARLY ,FROG DID NOTHING.LATER THE SPINNERBAIT WAS GOOD FOR SEVERAL + FISH ON ROCKS AND POINTS WITH CURRENT.FLIPPED BRUSHHOG FOR SOME FUN ON TULE .THE JIG DID NOTHING FOR ME TODAY?!BIGGEST FISH WAS 5LB 13OZ. BEST FIVE 13+LBS.
      City: MANTECA

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Ladds headed south had about twenty bitesduring low tide best five went about twelve pounds fished pumpkinseed powerbaits worms on secondary weeds in about twelve feet of water best day ever
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: fish slow in completly weeds

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out about 7 a.m.got one on a orange speed trap then swithched to a Zoom Big Dead Ringer and caught 6 more nothing big . Biggest was about 2lbs. o the water by 12.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: no real pattern caught ish shallow and deep to about 35'

Thursday, September 7th, 2000

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in the water at jones valley at 6pm out at 1000pm, air temp 91 going in and 67 coming out, or 12 to 2 1/2 lbs on the islands near squaw point, mike was using a brown and black 5 inch worm texas rigged, i used my black and gold yamamotos on a 3/8 ounce jig head, mike caught 7, one dink, i caught 4, one dink and his son had a couple on a pumpkin pepper jig and a black and gold yamamoto, no one out there ater 730pm and they didin't get going until around 830pm. water clearing up nicely, visibility good to about 10 t now. the moon is coming on now and I expect things to slow down a bit, shad very busy on the surace all over and being chased by bass, the shad up on top are small, rom about 1 inch to an inch and a hal, some o the bass were spitting up chunks o crawdads, the other were unloading small shad, the ish have generally moved o the shore or the time being at dark and are hanging out in 12-20t o water with most on the bottom and a ew suspended, water starting to drop again but only about 3-6 inches per day, down to 57.25 t today. A beautiul cool evening.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, September 6th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 76 day 74 nite

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Amador about 6:30. Fished till 2:00 am. Got two onworms just beore sunset (tried topwater - no takers). Ater dark didn't boat any but tied into a couple o 3-4 pounders, one on a jig the other on a spinnerbait. One word: S-L-O-W.
      City: Folsom

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the new Triton to the Delta today. Had quite a few smaller fish on Red rattletraps, also on ReAction lures Gatordogs in the Peanutbutter and Jelly Pattern. Partner caught big fish of the day, a 4-12, on a Reaction lures Gatortube in watermelon/red flake. We fished weedlines with deepwater and flats near deep water. Still no decent numbers of quality fish.
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Throw a rattletrap all day and you will get some fish. Plastics working better than jigs.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6am too 12:30pm.Caught app. 10 bass,one on top water & rest on small worms & grubs.Fished the main lake area & small coves o the main lake...My partner caught the only ish over the slot limit,on the top water bait.
      City: Riv

      Tips: "NONE" it's been tough lately

Tuesday, September 5th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Frank's, Sycamore, and Hog on Sunday afternoon. Missed one on brush hog, and no further hits. Caught 3 weighing 0.5-1.5 lbs on rattletrap from a cut into Frank's, lost 3 others at boat - no toads. Ran to Sycamore, caught 2 fish, one on Delta Craw speed trap on rocks, one on T-rigged magic worm, missed two others that felt small. While it was too cool, decided to throw frog on mats, one blowup from small fish, missed again. Ran to Hog, got bit regularly on rattletrap and T-rigged worm all fish were small, missed most of them, but put 3 more in boat and lost a striper at boat (glad it got off in order to avoid bleeding, since I forgot my hook remover!). All told, caught 8 small blackies and missed at least 10 others. Still can't find better fish, but glad to be out. Tight lines!
      City: Half Moon Bay

      Tips: Interestingly, I caught fish in an area with fairly heavy boat traffic coming and going into Frank's, didn't seem to bother the fish too much.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT. SEPT. 17TH, HOLLAND TRACT. TEAM EVENT, BRING A PARTNER. $40.00 PER TEAM INCL. BIG FISH. PAYS THREE PLACES. NICE TROPHIES. E-MAIL YOUR ADDRESS AND I'LL MAIL YOU A FLYER. TOM MULLIKEN TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR EAST BAY BASS
      City: WALNUT CREEK

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a Sun late aternoon/night trip and a Mon night trip and landed 14 or the two trips - 2 biggest were on Mon, 6-3 and a 6-7, both on 10" Power worms. Sun night was the most miserable summer evening I have ever seen at Clear Lake - very cold strong wind gusts the whole trip. We elt good i we could cast our baits close to our target!! I looked or little pockets in the back o Konocti Bay that might not have cooled o as much because o the wind. It worked - clients caught 3 or 4 ish and I got a couple - mostly on black/red brush hogs. Biggest was just under 5 lbs. Mon the wind just quit an hour ater dark and we could enjoy our ishing and were able to land a 21 lb limit. One client got his irst Senko ish at night using a color I recommend or low light conditions, #135. The 2 six pounders came rom deep water - up to 25 eet. Because o the "winter" storm, most quality ish moved to deeper water. Warm weather should bring them back up to begin the all eed.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The new Berkley Power Hog in Junebug seems to be a winner. That bait has worked very well the past ew trips!!

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with brother sPat and Bones or a un weekend at Clear Lake. Fishing wasn't as easy as it could have been or this time o year but they are there. A lot o good ish are deep. We caught a ew over 3# on jigs and blades shallow in tules and weeds but the 5's and 6's came rom 8' to 15' o water o rock areas on super slowly movin' cranks. Just bump the bottom and stop then wham. Lost a couple that were pretty big saw two at the boat, one about 5 and the other about 9. Landed some goodies as well! Managed a couple o good 5 ish limits over 20#.
      City: BAy Point

      Tips: Be persistant and deal with the wind because these are the places to be. Go to your deeper rock areas and crank deep shad patterns and play those dawgs out, don't yank 'em too hard, they'll whoop ya!!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Back out o Jones Valley at 6pm, out o the water at 8pm, or 7 in the boat, one dink, kept three that inhaled my jig, they have moved o the banks into about 20 t o water but they were just banging the heck out o the Yamamoto's in salt and pepper,the wie caught one, she made me put that in, I was swimming my jigs back to the boat and just barely ticking them along the tops o the rocks and WHAM! water is clearing up ast, no traic at all,,,, they all went home. Temp dropping daily with all the cool weather we have had, supposed to heat up again over the weekend, lake at 57 t down, the level rose a little with the 4inches o rain we got. Wind has inally shited around to the north, should be clear and bright or the next week or so.
      City: Redding

Monday, September 4th, 2000

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

      Report: Sorry,the previous report date should be thursday night o the 31st o August.
      City: manteca

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Turkey Shoot out of the Hook today. Fairly tough bite. Found top water fish early on rip rap with current. Missed a good one by yankin the bait away too quick. Ended up with two small keepers & a few dinks in the 1st hour. Few bites after that. One more two pounder on a crankbait, and that was it. Seems most folks did about the same. Best part was skunkin' my brother....AGAIN!!!
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Seems the better fish came on Senkos near tules & deeper water. Didn't work for me, but did for others. Despite some reports, top water fish are available.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: While trying to preish or the up-coming Stratos tourney, saw several compeditors on the water yesterday, braving the ierce morning breezes, and choppy waters o the south. Lots o dinks shallow, but the better ish are still deep.(10'-15')Caught three cranking rocks, two o which came un-buttoned, one elt real nice as it pulled about 10' o drag beore she got o.My hooks were super sharp. It just seemed as though they didn't want it real bad, post- rontal conditions and all.Brought another near the boat on a Senko,but she came un-buttoned also.Bite should improve next week. The nights are cooler now, so the water temp will start downward, moving the bigger ish shallow.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Too much wind!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: warm!

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at lake or 6 AM "unlocking o the gate". Fished ultralight with 4 inck white worm and split shot. By 7:30 Am had 6 bass landed (3 largemouth & 3 small mouth) rom 13 inches to 16 inches (1 lb to 2.5 lb). Fished rocky shorelines that run at least 100 yards in about 15 t o water. Slowed down rom 7:30 to 9:oo AM. Strted ishing in 30 t o water in ront o dam. Landed 2 largemouth about 2.5 lb each on irst 2 casts.Tried trolling or salmon and trout. Trolled or 1.5 hours in ront og "glory hole" and hooked 2 salmon. First was about 14 inches but ought like a 5 pounder. Caught on a needleish at 40 t. Second caught 1 hr later on same lure at 50 t but was only 11 inches. Tried 2 spots or catish with liver and mackeral, only 1 bite but no hook up. Started bass ishing again and hooked a 3 lb largemouth and a 17 inch striber.saw a striber eeding on trout but he was gone beore I could toss a top water lure at him!!!
      City: Fremont

      Tips: I ish Del Valle reguarly over the last 15 years. Stick to Rocky Shorelines in 15 to 20 t o water and slowly work lures back to boat. Smallmouth were plentiul 1 to 3 years ago. Last 10 months or so Black bass are more plentiul 10 to 1. Stop keeping the smallies!!!! Have seen a lot o striper action in the last 2 years. Hear lots o stories o 20 to 25 ish days. Problem is they are are 16 to 17 inches.

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: PRE-FISHING 4 TOURNEY ON 9/23/00. MORNING BLADES SHAD COLORSAFTER 9:00 JIGS BRN/ORANGE W/T/TAIL/208 YAMA,SENKOS 194. SOME GOOD 3# BUT MOSTLY DINKS. HAVE TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.AFTER THE EARLY BITE ALL ARE FISH CAME FROM 10-20 FEET.
      City: FRESNO

      Tips: AFTER 9:00 FISH VERY SLOW.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Another good day a Sonoma. My riend Don & I caught about 10 bass up to 2.5 lbs. Not very big, but good action. All the action came beore noon so get there early. Don started with 3 ish on a spook, no hits on my popper so o with the popper and on with a spook. The top water action continued until the sun came out. We continued to ish the same weed lines with senkos and worms and a couple ish came on crank baits.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Top water action is still good early in the morning, then switch to senkos or worms around the weeds. Use shad patterns.

Sunday, September 3rd, 2000

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weather cool and cloudy, air temp 68 at 6PM, in at jones valley at 6 out at 9PM, went to Blue Canyon irst or and hour and a hal, 3 keepers, back out to Squaw point and the islands to the east or 12 more, just a ew dinks, in 2-15 t o water on Ymamotos jigs, the bass were ulll o small shad, none had any shrimp in them, started raining again at 730 pm and that drove the last o the skiers o the lake, can't wait or tuesday when we get the lake back! there is a little bit o surace debris all over rom the recent rains but mostly small stu. lake at 57.60 t down rom ull pool.
      City: Redding