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Sunday, July 23rd, 2000

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day rom Honker Bay to Bass Cove. Very little action has been reported lately. Managed to catch one largemouth on 5" inch worm ished the let tule bank in Honker Bay. Local ishermen are also reporting slow action or bass
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: For tentative ish, use slow approach. weightless presentation. and be very alert or light pressure bites.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First time on the lake. Sat. pre-ished & caught 7 keepers on 4" green weenie worms & a 5 lber on a shad colored 6" worm. Tourney day went back to Soda Bay where we ound the the ish the day beore but could only boat three & the biggest was only 2 1/2. Hooked one other keeper just beore weigh-ins but partner had lost my net overboard earlier so when I tried to lip it it made one more run & the line snapped.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: We split shot worms or our ish, heard the other guys with limits or bigger ish used brush hogs.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched rom Berret's Cove at 6:15 and work the island straight out rom the ramp. We threw Yamamoto grub#157 at 'em and had two nice ish in the boat by 6:45. Switched over to a baby brushhawg and put one more in the boat by 8:00. Big ish was 3lbs.10oz. taken on the Yamamoto grub. We let at 10:00...Too HOT and Too many IDIOTS on the water by then.
      City: Modesto

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 76-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished the dam area rom 5:30 am too 11:am.Caught app 17 ish.Only 4 keepers rom 1 1/2 lbs too 6 1/2 lbs.Big ish came on a 6in keeper 1038 worm.Useing a 1/16 oz darter head on 6 lb test line.Nothing on spiner or top water.Caught 4 ish on a med. running crank bait.Fish were caught rom 4 t. too 40 t deep.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Fish sharp drop os & rocky banks.We used a lot o dierent size & colors o worms

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 9:30am-11:30am beore taking the kids tubing. Used spider jig and crank bait along main lake, rocky areas. Caught 1 @ 1.5 lbs on the crank. Had several bites on the jig down 15'.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Try medium running cranks around rocky points, jigs or plastics. Typical summer pattern.

Saturday, July 22nd, 2000

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: suprisingly war

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Four o us ished rom 6:00am till just ater 8:00pm. I hooked one ish @ 6:30am but lost it. Seemed airly large but never saw it. We were ishing near the boat ramp by the dam. Hooked mine on an inlated crawler. We were also using power bait,salmon eggs and marshmellows. Ater 4 hours with one ish we went to eat at the Kopper Kettle in Chester, great ood-highlite o the trip, and then rented a boat trolled till around 6 with no bites but didn't have downriggers or leadcore so...then still ished mouth o Hamilton Branch till we turned in the boat. Never saw a single ish caught all day. I have been ishing over orty years and almost every Fri. or the last ive. This was the worst ishing trip I've had in years catch wise. Do not believe the reports o this being a premiere ishing destination. And i you check you'll notice the reports rom the Sports Nut are always the same. This is a beautiul area but the ishing sucks.
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Plan on hiring a guide i you do go to Almanor aparently some garaunty a ish or your money back.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 82-84

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished the late aternoon on 7/22/00 to the morning o the 23rd.Caught ish prior to darkness on rogs,buzzbaits,and drop shotting, nothing big 1.5- 2.25 lbs. As night ell and through out the night, we caught quiet a ew ish throwing salt craws in 0-10n t. again nothing big, The best bite was at day break till around 900am.The bass were all over buzzbaits on lat banks outside the weededge, the ish were alittle better. 2.5 -3.5lbs,we only had 1 dink,overall not a bad trip,we had around 17 keepers.
      City: Salida

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We lauched out B&W for an afternoon bite.Tide was out going . We didnt have enough water until about 6:30. We ran up Hog and Scycamore fished frogs the whole time. We had 6 or 7 blow ups we stuck 2 .We only landed 1 and it was 4+,we fished till dark.There were alot of those darn skiers and jet idots out, I think if we were there earlier we might have done better.By the way my cousin from Or. took 3rd in that aba out of Ladds.
      City: rodeo

      Tips: The frog bite is there you just have to find the moss near deep water and be patient, all the blow ups came after we shook the frog in one place for awhile we found that out allitle late in the day..

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a un trip Friday aternoon til about midnight. Started ishing Senkos rom Konocti Resort north. The rods my clients brought were too light or what we were doing - as a result they lost several - one big one. Finally, one guy hooks a nice one which immediately takes him in the weeds. He tells his son to dive in and get - his son says "no way". So dad tells me to hold the rod and he jumps in (he had his swim suit on), ollows the line down, and comes up with 5 lbs o bass and 10 lbs o weed!! Guiding can be un, sometimes!!! We did manage to land a ew more. I got a nice 5 1/4 on a super spook at sunset. Night ishing was nearly blown out - the wind just got worse. We got a 3 pounder and lost 2 or 3 beore we quit.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Senko bite was slow on previous trip, but was much better Fri aternoon. Look or shady pockets next to weed patches when sun is low - morning and late aternoon. Color didn't seem to matter - we used several colors - light and dark.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in the water monday evening at 915pm, should have started a little earlier, 8 in the boat in 20 minutes then they quit hitting my jigs, lots o smoke settled in rom the ires over near oroville, the shrimp spawn is coming to a halt and they have taken o or deeper water, upper arms are warming up as the water drops, ddown to 54.5 eet and the releases have really slowed down, Labor day coming up and then the lake will settle down, most commercial outits are booked ull or the holiday. Got some new stats on boating accident year to date, 44 atalities, hal o them were isherman, most died when they went in the water without a pd on ater being run over or striking objects, some simply ell out while standing up and ishing. pds only work when u wear them, be sae.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 73-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: saw a ellow yesterday with a nice 5lb spot o some rocks at Deadmans Gulch in the Sac.arm at approx 815pm on a crank bait, he wouldn't say which particular bait, shad are very busy on the surace in the late evening in all arms, my bite has been slow, only dinks and I am waiting or the moon to go away, lake down to 39 t and dropping rapidly, lots o stu coming up and groundings are becoming quite common with three boats yesterday hitting some rocks out in ront o Big Sugarloa Inlet in the Sac arm. Mountain lion reported on shore chasing the amily cat in Doe Cove in the O'brien Inlet, I walked the shore and ound the tracks, the housecat made it back to the houseboat just in time.
      City: Redding

Thursday, July 20th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide Trip: Excellent number of bass during the high tide, a father and son landed 24 bass including 3 in the 3lb range and one that went 9.21lbs."see my web site for picture" All of these fish were in the south Delta from Mildred down. The father and son were using a 6" witches tee shark (like a reaper only narrower). We were fishing rocks and weeds in shallow water 2-4'. The two keys were light line (10lb) and light weight (1/8th oz)

      Tips: When the bite gets tough the fish are still there you just have to slow down and be patient

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 6:30 pm Took the floating tube out of Browns and headed to the coves across from the ramp. Caught a 3# keeper of a topwater floating minow. Lots of jumpers calm water, lots of fun.
      City: Placerville

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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took a Gentleman by the name of Crane Charter today on a 1/2 day Guide Trip, even tho it was high at 9AM in the area that we fished, I found that the fish weren't up has the Pro-Teen, ran 6 spots with zip performance, did everything in the book, At 11 I decided to run to the Central Part of the Delta for mat fish. "Bingo". Gave him a Black Grass Frog made by Snoozerbaits, 20 minutes into it he has a fish on that went 9lb 10oz, biggiest bass he has ever caught. We quite a 1PM the tide was all the way out by then.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Over the last 3 weeks, Ive notice that there's more bigger fish movin into the shallows, grass and mats, but with the unstable weather, they seem not to setup (The day to day sydrome). Suggest you stick to your favorite area's and throw alot of reaction type baits in a search mode fashion to locate the bass (If Any). Im guessin the bigger bass are holdin around 10-12ft in or near current, ready to move to grass or mats to feed,,, a lot of small fry show in the grass right know. Just my observation and my 0.02ct worth. Hope this helps someone in the near future.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FOR SALE: 1998 CHAMPION BASS BOAT, 17FT, 115 MERC, DUEL CONSOLE, WHITE/RED TRIM, LOW HRS FORCED TO SELL DUE TO DIVORCE PHONE> (209) 541-1391 ASK FOR BRIAN LEAVE MESSAGE AND PHONE NUMBER
      City: ceres

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: Low to mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Boated some nice ish today ranging rom 2 to 4 pounds 6:15 till 10:00 saw most o the actionusing a drop shot rig with Arons majic, and purple weenieFish taken rom East, West sides o the island and at the Dam
      City: Huntington Beach

      Tips: For less hang ups using the drop shot rig dont use a bulky shot

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bass our realy active and you should be there in the morning and in the morning i yous topwater and then when the bit goes o then you move to the lats and ish there with plastics. You gotta get it right on the bank and slowly retreve it.
      City: Healdsburg

      Tips: what i use is a rubber worm and topwater baits and when your using the topwater baits i you get a bite and you miss then you lip it right back were you got that strike and i geurinte that you will get him that time.

Wednesday, July 19th, 2000

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

      Report: FOR SALE 1998 champion bass boat, low hours, forced to sell. 14,000 b/o
      City: ceres

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I ish Contra Lome like everyday, but I obviously don't always send in a report. haha. I didn't want Contra Loma to be totally illed with reports by me. LoL. But I'm kinda bored, so I igured I'd send one in today and let ya know how today went. Got out there around 7:00. Today I just stayed shore-bound. And the bite is always a little tougher rom shore as most o you know, but I still managed to get a limit. Started the day o at the boat ramp area by lippin' and pitchin' a 1/2oz t-rigged 4" black PowerWorm. Was bringin' it along the edge o the weeds on the boat ramp and elt that little tick and set that hook. Pulled in a 13" LM Bass. That's all I got o the power work. So then I switched over and started lippin' a 1/16oz t-rigged 3" elctrc blu w/ lrg blu lk (164) twintail yammamoto grub! (Now how's that or details??) I was ishin' on the dock there at the boat ramp and was bringin' it on the outside edge o the dock right along side o some weeds. Yoink! Caught a 12" LM Bass. That's all I caught o that. Then I decided to try out a 5" wtrmln w/ lrg blk lk Senko. Rigged it regular (not wacky). Didn't get one hit o it. Then I decided to start lippin' a 1/8oz t-rigged 4" plum w/ sml emerald lk (231) twintail yammamoto grub. Fished rom shore (southeast I guess o the ramp) and cast right along side o the big wee mat that's there right up next to the reeds. First cast, it hits the water and I'm waiting or it to sink. Line gets a little tighter than it should while it's sinking and I set the hook. Another 13" LM Bass. I'm slowly castin' it and workin' back towards the ramp. There's a small clump o reeds along the shore. I looks around in there and I see one just sittin' right there in the reeds about 3t rom shore. I lip the grub in there, and yoink! It's a 13 1/2" LM Bass. (I had to put in that 1/2"...haha) Ater that I didn't get anything lippin' that grub around. So I decide to head it on over to the Channel Pt. dock. I pack it up and walk on over there. I start out lippin' a t-rigged 1/8oz 6" nightcrawler colored Creme worm. Nothing. So then I decided to start lippin' a 3/16oz 4" chart w/ lrg blu lk tube. I made a pitch right up next to the tules where it was like 6-7t deep. I'm lettin' it sink with the line pretty slack. I reel in the slack and see my line movin' way o to the let. Yoink! Set it, and pulled in another 13" LM Bass. Didn't get anything else on the tube ater that. Then last but not least I started throwin' the Senko around again. Nothin'! So I ended up with like a 7# limit. haha. Pretty weak, but not bad considering it was all rom shore eh? d:o)Sturgeon Kid-----

      Tips: Heck, I seem to be catching ish there on just about anything right now. Frog bite has really slacked o though or me. Past two times I've used it no blow-ups at all. I was talkin' to some other guys there lately and tubes seem to be the trick right now. I dunno though, caught 3/5 limit pitchin' those yammie grubs. You decide!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Returned to DP in the middle o the week. Started at just beore 6am and ished until 4pm. The ish were not as cooperative as on Saturday (7/15) but it was still a good day. In general the ish were deeper than they had been only 4 days earlier perhaps a residual rom the weekend traic. I caught 9 ish during the day and all came on worms 4 1/2 salt & pepper and motor oil with a chartreuse tip. Only one ish was caught on a 7 inch red shad, but it was the biggest. As on Saturday, most o the activity came in the am. Wednesday was noticably hotter than Saturday and unortunantly was a clear blue bird day.
      City: Carson City