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Friday, June 9th, 2000

  • 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

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 4:30 am too 1 pm.Caught app 45 spots rom 10in too 17in,only got 2 over the slot.We ished the east bank in the main lake area.Most ish were caught on tube bait & 3in grub on 1/8 tube head & 1/4 ball head,line was 6 too 10 lb test.Caught ish on keeper,cali & predator worms,4 & 6 in
      City: Riv

      Tips: Long points that droped o in to deep water & steep banks.Bite was real sot.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Lake Shasta over the Memorial weekend and the bass bite was great. ished sunday, monday and tuesday and caught 40 plus ish a day. best bass was a 3.7lb largemouth on a sammy. caught several on topwater early and rom the late morning on to early evening caught them rippin the luckycrat in aurora black and crankin a bill norman in chart/blue. the key was ishing the mud banks on secondary points. my best spotted bass was 2.1 lbs and had alot in that 1.5 to 2.0 range, what a weekend.
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: rip rip rip until your arm is about to all o.

Tuesday, June 6th, 2000

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: this is a response to the Hawgman, dennis, I pulled my rig out o my garage that morning and drove straight to Black Butte, everything was intact when I let and I made no stops until I hit the ramp at black butte, the transducer eed was deinitely cut at the parking lot, I know that the area has ew problems, I have ished there o and on or 20 years, I just won't be going back.
      City: Redding

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

      Report: Caught 7 ishing rom 5:30PM to dark. Only two were keeper size. A couple were caught on our inch worm #33, a couple on three inch power grub, and a couple on Pop-R just beore dark.The ish seemed to be scattered in 15-25 t.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: The last ish I caught just beor dark missed the Pop-R so I immediately threw the 3inch power grub and the ish was onit instantly.

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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: guess I'm doind something wrong, bass are deinitely post spawn, 3 short trips over past ew days in early am, late aternoon and late at night, caught 3 small bass , one each trip, everything is suspended and some others I met on the lake are having the same problem, u name it, I pitched it in the water, cranks early and late, jigs, lukes, worms and zippers. NOTHING ZIP! Has anybody done anything in past ew days that was productive?
      City: Redding

Monday, June 5th, 2000

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

      Report: Fished near salmon alls,several largemouth on a 3in grub, biggest about 3lbs. Caught a couple smallies on a baby brush hog (watermelon colored). Fished near trees submerged in the water and ound drop os about 15 eet deep.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Find the structure ind the ish.

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

      Report: There is still some slots open or the Pajaro Valley Bass Club Charity Tournament at Pinto on June 17th( see Pinto report dated 5-2-2000). I heard some tubers were interested, well you guys are welcome. Call Rob Greenaway at (831)768-7950 or more ino.
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: The ishing is starting to get good, Flipin & pitchin is the name o the game!!

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

      Report: Good
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Using worm hooks in the tails o bait ish rom the Dry Creek deli produces subtle strikes. But the ight is on or a ive minute ride with ultra light tackle. Large night crawlers work well too but only in the early morning and late evening. Skunk Creek is hot and so is the upper west end.

Sunday, June 4th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Amador sucks right now! Fished rom 7-4 and caught two bass with poppers by the tules. The lady at the lodge said that the bass ishing was extremely slow and only 4-5 bass reported caught.Saw a lot o people catching trout at the dam trolling.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Use poppers near shore in the morning. During the day bass go into 10-18 eet o water in coves.