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Sunday, June 11th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 70-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had A tough time got some blow ups on top early but nothing got hooked up. Had some ollows on a luke. Caught 5 airly small ish on gitzits. Greens and browns. Clear water. Saw a ew good ish but couldn't get them. My irst Time. I'll be back or them.
      City: San Jose

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: out early out o packers at 5am, only caught 4 dinks on jigs, the jigs were swarmed by small bass o the year, 75 to eighty would chase it back to the boat, they were all over the place. ished around no name isld and Beaver, water cooled o a ew degrees with the recent rains, most ish suspended rom 12-25 t and dropped slightly as the sun came up, people are hammering the trout toplining broken back rebels in the Sac arm. ater dark catishing is the hot ticket right now.
      City: Redding

Saturday, June 10th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: N/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 9 fish all day a few on blades (black) and most flipp'n a craw pattern reaper in weed beds best 3 fish were 4.5lbs,4.13lb,7.14lb didnt get on the water till 9:30 off at 4:00
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: Flip reapers if they dont seem to active to atack anything else

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sat and Sun up river. Caught 11 large mouth and 2 smallies. Biggest ish were 3.5lbs and 3.0lbs on top water. Caught 8 on top water (skitter pop) early morning and late evening, and 3 on split shot 4" worm on isolated weed beds during the day. Smallies taken on green with red lake tube bait on the all. Also caught 6 kokenee on kokenee rig trailing a roster tail in the middle o the river channel, and one 4lbs channel cat on makerel at night. A un weekend.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Top water 1-2 t rom rocky shore and wood. First time throwing a Skitter Pop by Rapala. Get one - blue and chrome worked or me.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: bass bite was slow a ew ish were caught on plastics and buzzbaits early in the day most ish were caught early but the aternoon bite seemed to pick as the temperature got hotter. my partner and i had a good catish bite going on a drop shot rig with a 4 inch worm we caught 2 at about 15lbs each. but we were not trying to catch catish so it wasnt a very good day or us bass ishing.
      City: vallejo

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Top Six with CVBC. TommyP and I boated 5 ish or 16.76 lbs. Caught ish on watermelon w/red lake senkos ished in tight to tules, under docks, next to trees and anywhere that looked bassy. Caught bed ish using a weightless single tail white grub or a smoke pearl blue luke on the hot spot in the bed. We stayed in the north end all day. Also, ound lots o 1/2" bass ry in some sloughs and caught the guarding male. Also, ound bedding ish buried deep inside tules.Mayday
      City: Belmont

      Tips: For bedding bass, ind the hot spot on the bed and shake the weightless grub or luke. Fish are buried in the tules

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: ??????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ninja and I ished rom 6:00 AM to around 5:00 PM. What a day! We got 80 something Spots and largemouths. Biggest spot was 16.5 inches and biggest largemouth was 17 inches. Caught around 8-10 ish over the slot. Most ish were caught on 1/8 Darthead grubs. most o the strikes were pressure bites. Thanks or the great day Chris - David
      City: Palo Alto

      Tips: Watch your line careully or strikes that occur during the all o your lure

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 71-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished rom 4:30 too 1 pm.Caught 18 bass,one each on spinner & jerk baits.Rest came on tubes & 4-6in worms.We got 10 keepers up too 2 lbs.Largest ish was cought on a keeper 1001R 6 in worm,5/16 oz jig head.WE were splitshoting & useing 1/16 too 1/4 oz jig heads.Fishing rom 3 too 30 t water.Charted lots o ish & bait rom 5 t too 35 t
      City: Riv

      Tips: None,

Friday, June 9th, 2000

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a variety o spots and baits, but ound the best action up the Yuba arm with 3" brown reapers. Up abovethe ive M.P.H. buoys we ound alot o the Bullards clonesand had a blast on them with light tackle.
      City: roseville

      Tips: Dropping, warm water has the ish moving, but look to brushpiles in the Yuba arm. The best depth was the 6'-8' in theshade o boulders and trees.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at about 7:45am today (Friday). Went south throwing topwater (chug bug). Landed three. A 2.7, a 2.4, and a 1.7. Topwater bite then disappeared. Started throwing a spidergrub on a standup head. Landed five more fish all between 1.0 and 1.8. Not a bad day. Was windy. Get off the lake around noon otherwise it gets rough with all of the skiers.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at about 7:45am today (Friday). Went south throwing topwater (chug bug). Landed three. A 2.7, a 2.4, and a 1.7. Topwater bite then disappeared. Started throwing a spidergrub on a standup head. Landed five more fish all between 1.0 and 1.8. Not a bad day. Was windy. Get off the lake around noon otherwise it gets rough with all of the skiers.
      City: San Jose

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

      Report: We ished rom about 11 to 3 pm. We caught seven ish and missed two others. I caught ive ish on a cinnamon Yamamoto grub with a 1/4 ounce jig head. One o the ive ish caught on the jig was a at 4lb spott on a rocky point. The ish really hit the jig hard. Two ish swallowed the jig.Also caught two on oxblood w/yellow tail worm. The ish that came on the jig were better qaulity ish compared to the worm ish.Good day
      City: redding

Thursday, June 8th, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 71 all day

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took a fella out I met the other weekend at the WCB tourny. Rained in the morning and was a little breezy. Perfect for top water. Caught two 3's and a 4.6 on the scale. Partner forgot the rain gear and had to go home and get it. Of course when he left the water glassed out and the rain stopped. Went to the big island in the Northern section and started seeing a lot of shad getting the crap knocked out of them on the surface. Bass were hungry cause every fish I caught was healthy and starting to look more like a happy none spawned out fish. Well some of the surface feeders were decent sized but I knew there would more likely be big fish near by so I started fishing the bottom in about 20-30ft. Bingo back to back 5# fish without a hook mark in them. Slow steady retrive working for them. Partner got back picked him up and showed him the two 5's in the well for pictures he was a little bumbed he wasn't there for the action. The wind started up again. Bye bye topwater fish hello bottom. Caught some more 1-2.5 pounds mostly. Decided to see if the crank bite was happening yet and whamo were on them again. Crank bite slowed switch to a blade and on the third cast hooked a toad. A very spawned out 6.5, easy eight with anykind of weight. Tail almost completely gone and looking pretty sad, felt sorry for her wish the blade could have been a baby duck, would have been a lot better for that poor girl. Oh well she'll get a snack, shes hungry.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Senkos, topwater, cranks, blades and plastics all working just fine. Fish are grouped up so don't leave the area unless you feel the fish have moved.

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      Water Temp: 71 all day

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took a fella out I met the other weekend at the WCB tourny. Rained in the morning and was a little breezy. Perfect for top water. Caught two 3's and a 4.6 on the scale. Partner forgot the rain gear and had to go home and get it. Of course when he left the water glassed out and the rain stopped. Went to the big island in the Northern section and started seeing a lot of shad getting the crap knocked out of them on the surface. Bass were hungry cause every fish I caught was healthy and starting to look more like a happy none spawned out fish. Well some of the surface feeders were decent sized but I knew there would more likely be big fish near by so I started fishing the bottom in about 20-30ft. Bingo back to back 5# fish without a hook mark in them. Slow steady retrive working for them. Partner got back picked him up and showed him the two 5's in the well for pictures he was a little bumbed he wasn't there for the action. The wind started up again. Bye bye topwater fish hello bottom. Caught some more 1-2.5 pounds mostly. Decided to see if the crank bite was happening yet and whamo were on them again. Crank bite slowed switch to a blade and on the third cast hooked a toad. A very spawned out 6.5, easy eight with anykind of weight. Tail almost completely gone and looking pretty sad, felt sorry for her wish the blade could have been a baby duck, would have been a lot better for that poor girl. Oh well she'll get a snack, shes hungry.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Senkos, topwater, cranks, blades and plastics all working just fine. Fish are grouped up so don't leave the area unless you feel the fish have moved.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Where are all the great Clear Lake ishing reports? I wish mine were better. Had a ew night trips this week and sense a bit o post-spawn slump. We are not catching many, but the quality is good. I have been ishing in the Rattlesnake area and the south end. Black/blue lake brush hogs were the ticket last night as client landed a 6-2 at sunset and a 5-0 shortly ater dark. We both lost big ones a little later - mine was 8+. About a week ago, a 16 year old boy caught an 8-1 on a red shad Dead Ringer just ater dark. He was calm, cool, and collected while ighting it - I WASN'T! Ater some thought about mounting it, he released it! His previous big bass was 2 lbs. No problem - he's hooked on bass ishin'! He caught it in the rocks just south o Konocti Resort. His dad got one about 4 lbs. I eel the ishing will really improve by mid-June - i the weather will settle down. You can always live by a summer rule at Clear Lake - the hotter the weather, the hotter the ishing!! Death to the cold ronts!!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Carolina-rigged baits, Senkos, and loating worms will help with the slime problem that was brought on the the hot weekend. It should lessen some as the lake takes on some color with more hot weather.

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: One dink o a spinerbait. I should be able to start whackin' 'em once I get my loat tube rigged up a couple days here...

      Tips: One guy lippin' green weenies was gettin' quite a ew rom his little boat. He was lippin' way back into the tules...

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7:00am till 1:00pm. Caught 4 spots, and 2 largemouth. We caught them caralina rigging, and rippin. We're preishin or a bass tourney June 18, out o Folsom Point. Weigh-in is at 12:00pm. For ino. call Shaun at (916)331-8174.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Caralina rig or quantity.

Wednesday, June 7th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: With son, John, took rental boat out of Herman & Helen

      Tips: Find the active fish and give'em what they want (which we weren't able to do this day)

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      Water Temp: Didn't check

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out in the evening for a few hours. Tried flipping/pitching jigs and plastics with no success. Changed to a frog and had 2 fish swallow it. One 3+ came out of the weeds. The second went 4+ and came out of a tule cut. Fish were tight to cover and hit the frog when it landed on top of them.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Bite is tough, pick up a frog or other reaction bait and cover some water.

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

      Report: Fished along dam in the early a.m. using Rapala poppers and #9 Firetiger. Caught a ew small ones early. Went up to granite bay caught a 3lb Large with plastic worm. I spotted a couple o rattlers suntanning near the water. Be careul.
      City: Sacramento