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Friday, August 18th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished riday night,started crankin and poppin small ish near birds.I got smashed on jitterbug in jackson by a 4lb catish!Fished all over the lake ,one ish here n there.The ish are scattered rom 0 to 20t+. By mourning I boated a 18lb 10oz limit or ive best.Cought 20+ish using pop r ,chartcrank,4in black power liz,7in black power worm ,junebug power craw,and jitterbug.
      City: manteca

      Tips: Don't leave home with out the plastic power.

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      Water Temp: 83-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Boat in the water by 7:00pm ished untill 3:00am Started in Mountain springs ished Rico's partner and i had our 1.75lb to 2.25lb keepers beore dark and lots o dinks,Then went to Rock and Carson ished junebug lippin tubes and junebug zippers rom 2 to 15 eet our ish over 4.0lbs or big ish and many keepers. Fish where around the sec points and the steeper banks. Beore dark the ish where chasing shad all over the back two thirds o mountain springs
      City: Valley Springs

      Tips: Cover water!

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was a little better out there today than last time, but still lots of really small fish...whats up with that?? Me and my buddy caught 16 or so, with many of them being around 10". We each got a few nice fish though around 2lbs, and I caught the largest around 3lbs on a speedtrap. We caught some cranking outside weedlines on the speedtrap, but most came in 20-35' of water on c-rigged reapers and magic worms. Tried topwater first thing in the morning and nothing.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: C-rig deep and crank weedlines.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was a little better out there today than last time, but still lots of really small fish...whats up with that?? Me and my buddy caught 16 or so, with many of them being around 10". We each got a few nice fish though around 2lbs, and I caught the largest around 3lbs on a speedtrap. We caught some cranking outside weedlines on the speedtrap, but most came in 20-35' of water on c-rigged reapers and magic worms. Tried topwater first thing in the morning and nothing.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: C-rig deep and crank weedlines.

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

      Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT SEPT. 17TH, HOLLAND TRACT. TEAM EVENT, BRING A FRIEND. $40.00 PER TEAM INCLUDES BIG FISH. E-MAIL YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FLYER.
      City: WALNUT CREEK

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went out this evening with A bucket o minners,and caught 7 ish with the biggest going about 3 and A hal pounds.First time on this lake.abuddy turned me on to this web site,and I have been hooked ever since.Hey Minnow master thanks or the great advice,hope to meet the master sometime.Tight lines.
      City: almaden valley

      Tips: Listen to the reports because I ound them to be more than true.Once again Minnow Master you are the MANNNNNNNNNN.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: took a vacation to shasta....the bite was pretty slow....about 10 ish a day or so...better quality came on purple blue worms split shotted about 20 eet or so...you can get a good rip bite all day on shad pattern loating rapalas....one guy told me that he caught about 100 ish between him and his sons on a drop shot rig...????..
      City: resno

Thursday, August 17th, 2000

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The shasta lake shrimp is on the surace or the spawn and the bass and trout are having a ield day, a guy rolls up next to me yesterday to inquire what the ish were chasing and was surprised that it is the shrimp. they are small, about an inch long and white, i you are coming this way get some 1/16th oz darter heads and the white skirts used or shad darts or crappie jigs and prepare or some un, the bass are small but the trout are good sized, larger bass will be below the action picking o smaller bass and trout, u might want to bring along a suspending jerk bait in a trout pattern and hang on when u get in the middle o all those shrimp, the are busy most o the day but the best action seems to be around 1030AM, lake down to 54 eet and the releases have slowed down, the salmon in the Sacramento River are on the move and the ishing should improve dramatically both above and below red blu.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, August 16th, 2000

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

      Report: went ishing this morning with a riend and caught 3 ish to 3lbs, my riend caught 4 up to 5lbs. talked to another guy in the club and said he has caught 11 ish 3 o which were over 5lbs.we only satyed or an hour because o the winds,so we went to clearlake and ished it till 9 pm
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: ask yo mama,Biatch

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Left Paradise at 700 went to whites threw white blade caught two fish to 3#.Headed for King Island caught 2 more dinks on white blade. Switched to buzz not much happining.One around 2# . went looking for moving water flipped red shad brushhog and started catchin some good fish . One 8#-5#-3#-and several 1.5-2#'s. Died throwin the white blade got into a bunch of thread-fin fingerlings and a ton of 10-12 inch fish intermixed with a school of stripers had good day and fun finish. Left at 200 .Best 5 went around 20-22#.
      City: STOCKTON

      Tips: Persistance is the only thing I can say . I have been in a slump-or groove should I say change your presentation a little it worked for me!

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      Water Temp: 75+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished guad yesterday ater work with minnows,the size o the ish is going downhill though.Thinking o taking loat tube and hitting all the banks on saturday.P.S. ound the honey o all holes or trapping minnows.
      City: san jose

      Tips: don"t know the lake good enough yet, to give an accurate tip.

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

      Report: Fished New Melones this week to start o a 3 day guide trip, bite was purty tough. We caught a bunch o small red eyes and spots down by the damn. In the aternoon headed up to the river and got on a air spot bite with jigs in 8-15 oot on the inside o big points. Never caught a largemouth, then headed er Tullock or the rest o the trip. See Tulloch reports.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Find a nice quite cove way up the River, take yer boom box, suntan oil, liquids and a cribbage board and have a great day on the lake.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished at sunset and caught 12 ish to 3 1/2 pounds,je andress better know as markassbitch caught 10.alll ish were caught on plastics and topwater,it is a great lake but no one is ever hereishing is ast and urious at sunset
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: brn and blu worms, and poppers

Tuesday, August 15th, 2000

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, got out in the loat tube today. Got out there around 7:10. Started out throwing a buzzbait around the weededges by the boat ramp. Only used it or no more than 10 min without a thing, so then I started using Senkos. Was ishing east o the boat ramp against the reeds in that little cove. Caught a 2# around 7:30, and then a little 11" about 30t down rom the 2#. Fished the rest o those reeds with the Senko until I got to the east bank where it's just total weeds right up next to the reeds all the way along the east shoreline. Threw the rog on the WHOLE thing. Nothing even looked at it. I haven't been gettin' ANYTHING on the rog lately. I don't know you caught that 6# on the rog, Rhino. Lucky bum!! Anyway, ished the rog all the way back to the dam. Then I cranked the whole dam along the weed line. Nothing! Again, Rhino! You lunky bum! haha. Then once I reached the other side o the dam I started lipping the tules with a yammamoto crawdad. Picked up a 2.5# then I realized, ya know, loat tube is ridin' a little low in the water. haha. So I had to go into shore WAY back there by the dam. About as ar away rom the boat ramp as you can get. Ugh. SO I had to walk it all the way back around. On my way back I ished the Channel Point dock. I lipped the tules with the yammie crawdad again. First lip was about 3t away rom the dock way back into the tules, as soon as it hit the water it seemed like, ish banged it REAL hard twice and I missed it! Hook and weight came lyin' back at me with no crawdad. I also cranked, bladed, and senkoed (I guess ya'd call it...haha) rom the Channel Point dock without a thing. That's it!

      Tips: I'm goin' back tomorrow morning and doin' the one thing I KNOW I can always catch bass doin' here. Flip those tules!! You can lip just about anything back in there it seems like and they'll eat it. Also, throw those Senkos in the shade! Can't go wrong there either!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 6 and it was oggy water very warm though.Saw many big bass some in the teens but not one would bite.They were holding very close to shore.Then the stocking truck arrive and i caught a limit o cats so that ended my day good even though they werent bass.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 80-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished rom 5:30am too 12:15pm.Started rom the island across rom the so ramp & ished main lake points into cotton wood cr.....Caught app 13 bass rom 8in too 16 1/2 in.Most ish came on worms,4 & 6in.Caught one on a raddletrap,nothing on top or jerkbaits.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Watch or ish eeding on top & cast too where they came up

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Barretts ishing a night tournament with club.Ran up the river arm to just beore the bridge. We managed about 25 ish or the night so there was decent action (at least or us)I was mainly managing my ish on a Black/Blue Midnight SpecialSpinnerbait (yes the one rom Walmart with Rattle and big Colorado blade)I was slow rolling it right down on the bottom to pull my ish. This wasthe irst time I ran a spinnerbait so slow, was bumping the rock all night and got hung up quite a ew time. It eventually wasted the 2 spinnerbaitsI had. My partner pulled most o his ish in on Cranks (Evening beore) and topwaterin the morning starting around 4AM. We managed 5 over the slot to win the tournament.The top 2 teams came rom up the river. All other teams headed towards the dam.Most all other teams were trying to worm/jig their ish. Got too love those Spots. They may be smaller than your largemouth but they put up twice the ight.Good Luck.Zack
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Look or schooling baitish and toss reaction baits.Get it deep.

Monday, August 14th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Lazy M at around 3:30pm and fished til dark. Stayed South and had a good bite. Caught 18 fish up to 4.5#s. All fish were caught in heavy current on a variety of lures on the incoming tide. Started off with a few small crank fish. Went to Jigs & plastics and quality of fish went up. Fish started hitting topwater at dark. Best 5 went 15lbs. tight lines!
      City: Danville

      Tips: I wasted about 2 hours of fishing time probing protected areas without moving water. Fish are in or near current. Look for anything that breaks the current, pitch that jig in there and hold on!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out of Kings island 5:00 am fished with buzzbaits no takers. Took a dink on rattle n chug bug. Started fishing Senko's as the tide started to go out. Picked a couple of dinks and my partner picked up 4+ lbs. The bite was pretty tough. Pulled out at 1:00pm
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: All bass were caught next to large stumps and trees.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished out of king island sat evening had 3 fish 14 in or beter
      City: santa cruz

      Tips: and a few dinks. sunday morning on a out going tide the patttern was on leeward rocky points . the bite bite was tough with only two keepers and a stripper my son caugh burning a senkos across a river mouth all fish were caught on dark senkos nothing else seemed to work