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Friday, August 11th, 2000

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: not a ishing report, but a report on ramp conditions at Shasta, lake is down to 52 eet and the ollowing conditions are current:the south ramp at Bridge Bay is closed, the north ramp is open and both courtesy docks have been moved to the north rampFreeway Bay ramp o o the o'brien exit is closed, Packers Bay is open and will be ok down to 90eetCentimundi is open and ok to 3 lanes to 95 eetHirz Bay north is out o the water, Hirz Bay south is ok with 3 lanes down to 75 eet and 2 down to 95 eetJones Valey is close to being down to 3 lanes but is good down to drought conditions near 200 eetAntlers Public ramp is good to 75 eet. Numerous islands are coming up causing problems with groundings daily, The Pit arm is showing a lot o stumps that haven't been seen in the last10 years, especialy above Brown's canyon, be careul or pay the price!The Bridge Bay area around the north end o Beaver Island is coming out o the water, go around the south end or access to the rest o the lake, The Gap on the north side o No Name is just about out o the water, it is presently 5 t deep, do not shoot the gap at the south end o Toupee Island or you will be buying lower units, more to ollow as conditions change. jerry
      City: Redding

Thursday, August 10th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 77 to 82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Night ished the lake. Partner and i caught 6 ish, with a ive pounder being the largest. Nothing on large worms. Four o the ish on watermelon 4" crawdads. One on a chartreuse crankbait.

      Tips: I the bite isn't on the points, look to the back o the coves. All o our ish were in the coves in 2 to 4 eet o water.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 78-80 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hooked one nice ish dropshoting a bump. Got a ew bites here and there but no real satisaction.

      Tips: Use dynamite about 20-30 t. deep. You'll get'em.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2000

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

      Report: fished the south delta today with 2 of my friends. We caught all our fish on jigs with the exception of one senko fish. The fish we caught were all on rock walls with some current and weed growth. We caught fish on all sizes and colors of jigs.
      City: tracy

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: above 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: took a buddy out to the lake or the irst time. we ished worms and some "other things". rob,"swimbait", had a ew worm bites and i had a bite on a sot jerkbait. i also had a ollewer on my optimum
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: go when you are eelin lucky

Tuesday, August 8th, 2000

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 79-85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Rally this last weekend out o Lakeport. Not having been on the lake since early spring, I made long runs to the rock piles in the south end o the lake. Having heard the reports o the many crawdad sightings rom those who pre-ished, I tied on and stuck with my conidence bait a 1/2 oz brown jig with 164 twin tail Yamamoto trailer. Best bite or me was in the morning sessions up until about 11:00am. At irst I was not getting any takers on the jig rom 2'-25', as I was slowly crawling my jig on the bottom. I then began to drastically change the cadence, which began to trigger strikes. Man, they wanted that jig a hoppin and jumpin. I lost 7 really good ish beore I put my irst 5 pounder in the boat. I had to change rods and go to a 6'6" and 7' heavy to get a good solid hookset at the depth I was catching my ish. The bite was very strange and subtle. Jumping around to various rock ledges, I was able to start o with a 9.99 2 ish limit, they all came rom 25' to 35' o water. And my partner stuck one about 4#. I made a serious mistake sticking to these rock piles during the aternoon session, as I would learn the ollowing day. We blanked Saturday aternoon, no keepers but a ew 12.75" ish on the bluegill(214) SENKO around docks. The jig combo paid o right away on Sunday, but the irst bite I got was an enourmous TOAD, which I lost. I believe I lost two ish well over 10 pounds and another around 8 on the jig pattern the entire weekend, it was very rustrating to get the bites and loose these ish. I ended up catching our 3+ keepers and my partner got one around 4# too. We then began to lip our jigs into the loating vegitation, creating a dark, cool canopy, along various rocky banks. I stuck a nice 5 pounder and a couple o smaller ish that wouldn't keep. I ended up with 8+ pounds on Sunday's session. This is the pattern I should have went to on Saturday aternoon. We ished Spooks or the irst 30 minutes each morning with no takers and also had no blow ups on Frogs over the two days. The topwater bite was just not happening in the areas I was ishing.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Stay deep. Take advantage o the crawdad explosion and ish craw imitating jigs. These big ClearLake bass are suspended out in the middle o the deeper areas o the southern part o the lake. They will periodically move up onto the various underwater humps and ledges to eed. It's slow ishing, but when you git one, it's gonna be a good one, just ask Seaters about Chris' 13.97. As the day moves on and the sun rises, look or the overgrown vegitation on the deeper rock banks. Drop jigs & SENKOs down into the pockets to the waiting ish hunkered below. When working the docks in the deeper areas, the best strike zone or these bigger ish is gonna be the last hal o the dock, right on the edge o the shaded side and out 10-15' past the end o the dock. For numbers o ish, mostly 12-15", toss SENKOs up to the bank and work them under the shallow protion o the docks.

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      Water Temp: 84

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This one or you George.I ished the rally ,got there thurs. on water by 8:00 o water by 12:00. ished henderson pt.to horseshoe bend looking or a top water bite .got 2 ish a 2.5 & a 3+ had a 5+ roll but missed my buzz bait. then went to rock pile near rattlesnake got one 3+ on a crank.Fri.tryed some o the same area and also monitor pt.no luck or me.I was told the ish were in about 25'but being rom the delta I have a hard time ishing deep. So I went to rodman to lip. Went to a place I had good luck two years ago and they were there. rom Fri.to Sun.my partners and I got 18 ish that totaled over 68lbs got one over 7 one over 6 a 5+ and the rest rom 2.25 to 4.75 got only one under 13", had the time o my lie on Clear lake . Also got 2nd place at rally with 5 ish or 21.10lbs.Had a grate time, see ya .Rambo
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Do to water color I used my 1/2oz black blue jig and a big pork.on Sun.the big ish did not bite my jig my partner was lippen a senko in watermelon/red and got 8 ish so ater his 4th ish he gave some to me and I got my ish .Tks.Bill

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 70-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom 5 to 8:30, some guys got two on a buzzbait,i gave it a whirl and got a 1.3 pounder, spent most o the time messing around with the castaic trout, tons o big ones ollowing behind it but couldnt get them to hit. report back ater the weekend on the morning topwater bite
      City: Moraga

      Tips: catch and release please

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished with a riend rom 6:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. I didn't catch any Largemouth Bass, but he did. He landed three Largemouth Bass in the 1-1/2 to 2lb range. He caught them on a popper and plastic worms.
      City: Clayton

Monday, August 7th, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: been fishin' berry the last couple of weeks..have been able to graph lotsa bait and some fish...had two outings of 6 hrs each that resulted in 4-5 fish, mostly smallies up to 2 lbs. my fish have been coming from 15 to 40 ft using a split shot or carolina rig with a little bit worm or baby brush hog. use your electronics (no use fishin' where they ain't) and when you find a few marks on the bottom either dead stick your bait or try shakin'. IF ANYONE HAS ANY TIPS on NIGHT FISHING at this lake i'd appreciate it....good fishin'!
      City: orinda

      Tips: use your electronics...find the fish first...they are not really aggressive,but if you lucky you can entice one or two of them to grab on....they are very full of shad.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Mark Lassagne's Gone Fishing guide service Launched from Holland @ 5:30am, we caught a few bass in the marina on buzz baits, then proceeded to work rock and weed banks to Woodward with only a few bites, with the wind blowing 30mph we had a hard time finding anywhere to fish, at about 10:30 we found a rock bank near Coney that was loaded with fish we cranked the 1/4 oz speed trap white and the chart/blue and caught about twenty five bass down a two mile strech of bank. Mid outgoing tide and almost bare rock bank, major wind and current. At the end of the day the wind slowed and we wnet back to woodward and Glenn lost a monster bass on a Mack's Spinnerbait.
      City: concord

      Tips: Fishing is tough for most but if oyu keep moving your bound to find um.

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

      Report: Fished the Rally this last weekend, & really concentrated on getting MommaDawg on some Fish.....I succeded.We ished walls & rockpiles most o the three sessions, & had air success.Momma caught 3 or 8+# including a 4.35#, all on Yamamoto Lil Ikas in the rootbeer color......these are like a tubeless tube.....grub body/ tube tail. She also lost or missed about 5 others, one o them pushing the 4# mark, & one we never did see, but it was a good one.I caught my ish 1 ripping, 1 on a jig(5#), & the rest on a grub in cotton candy color.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Rumor has it that the rog bite is coming on, but or consitent action stay on the deep ish.

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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This report is a bit late because o the rally. Thurs aternoon-night, partner and I caught 11 bass up to 5 3/4, mostly on #240 Senkos and Weapon jigs-Power Worms at night. We each caught a topwater ish on Chug Bugs at Buckingham point - 2-13 and 4-9. The big ish jinx continues or me as I hooked a 10+ lb bass on a Senko at 6:45 pm, north o Konocti Resort. Had her on or about 2 1/2 minutes, survived two jumps, and still lost her. That one broke my heart! The next cast produced a 5 on the same #240 Senko. I think that is a good color!! I let my partner o at 3 am and went back out or 2 hours and caught more 4 and 5 pounders in a short period than I have in a long time. Biggest was 7-5 - all were caught on 10" black power worms except one on a spinnerbait and one on a crankbait (black). Ended the 11 hour ishing session with 21 bass - the ive biggest at 27-3 lbs. Friday I was asked to take out a grampa and 2 grandsons who had been at Clear Lake all week and had not caught a ish. Took them out o M&M or two hours, starting at 11 am. The youngest grandson (11) caught a 4-2 on a splitshot morning dawn Magic worm. I couldn't believe it. He got it in on his own rod - 8 lb test!! That gave me a warm eeling all over. I even got a 3-7 on a white Terminator spinnerbait at 12:45 on a rockpile. The other grandson missed two. We were ishing on the west shore in the rattlesnake arm.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I think the below average night bite might be turning around, maybe because we have several days o consistant weather. Fish are on rockpiles, ledges, and walls. The jig bite is good this year. Remember to look or shadows during ull moon periods. Open rockpiles are tough during the ull moon, unless the algae builds up.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 80-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the main lake points rom 6am too 12:15pm.Caught 6 ish rom 8in too 4lbs.Big ish came on a keeper shark worm ,app 15t deep.Caught 2 on a med running crank bait.I never got a strike ater 10am
      City: riv

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing in the middle pond rom about 4 till dark. My riend and i caught a ew ish in the creek although the weeds were very thick. We were using grubs. We lost a ew because the weeds were so thick but oh well! We didn't have any bites in the main lake other then a ish that a caught trolling a jig in the middle o the lake. We had no luck on topwater.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Fish slow near the weeds with plastics .

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: returned to the area o Marshmallow point at 830pm and had numerous hits but the ish were hitting short, Mark and I could not get anything in the boat except or 4 just legal ish, very rustrating, we ished during the beginnings o a lightning storm which never made it to us but sent a lot o wind our way, ish suspended in 3-12 t o water in a 6 inch to 2 t chop, hard to eel the bites and they were sot, air temp dropped to a comy 77, water at 80 degrees and what a light show we had most o the night, all lighting o to the east and northeast, we must have had 40 taps a piece but no manner o crawling or bouncing the jigs could get those ish to stay on. Ended up over by the Gap or a ew and went home at 2AM. Lake down to 50 eet and the releases appear to be slowing down. The lake is chock ull o small bass o the year and they just smack anything thrown in.
      City: Redding

Sunday, August 6th, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished pleasure cove area sat & sun. tried top water,crank baits,spinner baits, and plastic worms. only caught one 3" bass on a white roostertail.tried trolling for trout with kastmasters and mini apex 10-40' down in the deeper areas,no luck. also tried night fishing for cats. no luck there either. ended up using bread balls to catch a couple of 4 pound carp. the area was in a no wake zone,but still alot of boat traffic and swimmers.

      Tips: go swimming or water skiing

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AUGUST 12TH. CAPEL COVE, FREE LAUNCH. TEAM EVENT, BRING YOUR PARTNER. $40.00 PER TEAM, NICE TROPHIES, PAYS THREE PLACES AND TWO BIG FISH. E-MAIL FOR ANY OTHER INFO. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
      City: WALNUT CREEK

      Tips: HAVE'NT BEEN THERE IN A MONTH OR SO. I WOULD DART HEAD SOME WORMS OFF THE DEEPER ROCKY POINTS, TOP WATER EARLY, MAYBE A CR BABY BRUSHOG, STAY ON THE POINTS WITH THE WIND ON 'EM.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AUGUST 12TH. CAPEL COVE, FREE LAUNCH. TEAM EVENT, BRING YOUR PARTNER. $40.00 PER TEAM, NICE TROPHIES, PAYS THREE PLACES AND TWO BIG FISH. E-MAIL FOR ANY OTHER INFO. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
      City: WALNUT CREEK

      Tips: HAVE'NT BEEN THERE IN A MONTH OR SO. I WOULD DART HEAD SOME WORMS OFF THE DEEPER ROCKY POINTS, TOP WATER EARLY, MAYBE A CR BABY BRUSHOG, STAY ON THE POINTS WITH THE WIND ON 'EM.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: EAST BAY BASS TOURNAMENT, BERRYESSA, SATURDAY AUGUST 12TH. LAUNCH @ CAPEL COVE. SIGN UPS 4:30-5:00 AM. E-MAIL FOR MORE INFO.
      City: WALNUT CREEK