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Tuesday, May 30th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to Calero about 5 pm and launched in my kickboat. On the third cast I caught a nice 4.3 lber. Also caught a 1.5 in the same area. Fished the shorelines and weeds just about the whole time. There are even more weeds since the lake level dropped about 2 t in the past couple weeks.As the sun was dropping i tied on a new Skitterpop to try the topwater bite. I directed my casts to pockets in the weed beds and landed 8 ish rom 1 lb to 2.5 lbs in the last hal hour. The was the irst time I've caught ish with a topwater... what a rush! I also had about 4 ish blow up on it and miss.
      City: santa clara

      Tips: Topwater lures in the early mornings and early evenings. Brown-green worms all day long.Be prepared or the weeds, plastics work well.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 71-74'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished just or the day yesterday with a good riend and ellow club member. Launched at orst light. No reaction bite at all. Caught one jig ish and missed one early.Then got bit on platics all day till we let at 2pm. Concentrate on all points.Main lake or river arm,it didn't matter. Boated 16 ish up to 2 1/2 lbs. Mostly smallies. I'm not sure i the spawn is over.Saw lot's o empty beds,and some ry. Alot o the ish appeared pre spawn,even though the water temp is high. maybe they just loaded up ater the spawn,but they are all atties. Missed alot, as they seemed to only pick it up at the tail.Also, most o the ish were on a sponge bite.I you elt weight,a hookset was mandatory.For those o you that stayed home this weekend,too bad,as we only saw about 10-12 boats on the water,that included trout isherman.Beautiull day,and the ish were hungry.Don't get any better than that.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Green weenies all day.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Check the other Jerry's report. I happened to be at the localLiqur Barn, to get a bottle o Margrita mix, and the clerkwas in shock I was only buying 1 bottle. Outside in theparking lot there were 2 trucks and a van with at least10 kegs o beer and Misc. other alcoholic drinks. Man, I useto House boat and I thought we drank a lot! Anyway, ished the evening bite, 2 hrs. Caught 2 under a pound.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Work the very end o the coves and any submerged willow tree.

Monday, May 29th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well went out this morning with Dad and our friend Ray, looking for this so called hot frog bite and didn't get touched.. The wind was chilly and the tide was going out so those factors were against us. But I hope to get on that frog bite soon! Did well in Disco Bay on Sat and Sun. Caught a couple of keepers today also there. Hello again Bill Martin, and Gail.
      City: Byron

      Tips: Did well with a reaper and 6 inch lizard. Man I hate the wind.

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water about 7 am ished till 3:30 . they said it had been tough but I managed to get 10 ish between 2.5-6.2lbs . got all on brush hogs (black w/red lake) lipped into tules and trees. pinto is an awsome liiping lake but it can be tough at times .Be patient and lip as ar back in the shit as you can!
      City: remont

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the lake is a mess, oregon state and ucdavis were down in droves, 103 houseboats o nasty kids, worse crowd I have seen in past years, the ishing has suered as a result but should perk up in a day or two, caught 3 in 4 hours, most ish were suspended and reluctant to hit, water has warmed considerably over the past ew days so early and late will be the best bet, no top water bite this am.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: wonderull blue gil ishing around the southwestern side o the lake . I cought a 7 pound lagemouth on theeast side o the lake.
      City: inverness

      Tips: Using live worms and some cheese or the blue gillThe best thing or bass is a black or white sppiner bait.

Sunday, May 28th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched late, around 6:30, out of B&W. Went to Hog, Sycamore and Beaver. Tried topwater with no luck, switched to jigs and cranks around rip rap with sparse weeds. Caught one 8# and several 3-4#'s. Caught about a dozen fish in all best 5 would have been 20+lbs. Wish it was a tourny day. A lot of pleasure boaters out so we left the water around 1:00.
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF BIG BREAK @6:00AM. HAD STRONG WINDS AND LOW TIDE, THAT WAS TWO STRIKES AGAINST ANY FROG FISHING. MANAGED TO GET TWO 3#ERS ON WHITE FROG INSIDE THE BREAK, THEN MOVED TO FRANKS TRACK AND STUCK SOME DINKS ON WHITE BLADES. JUST GOES TO SHOW, WHEN YOU TAKE A MONTH OFF, THE FISHING STRATAGIES ALL CHANGE. MUST SPEND TIME ON DELTA TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE CHANGES.
      City: Concord

      Tips: THE FISH WERE ALL TUCKED DEEP INTO STRUCTURES, DON'T BE AFRAID TO THROW YOUR FROG ON THE SHORE, OR DEEP INTO THE STRUCTURE, THATS WHERE THEY ARE HANGING OUT.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Rivers low.All the sloughs are 2-5ft(6 in some holes) deep. Super slow fishing
      City: mossdale and up

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      Water Temp: ??????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I STARTED FISHING COYOTE ABOUT NOON I TRIED A VARIETY OF LURES AND PLASTIC BAITS INCLUDING SPINNERS,POPPERS,BRUSH HOGS,WORMS BUT I DIDNT EVEN GET A BITE IM PRETTY SURE IT WAS ALL THE ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE WATER THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE BOATING,TOUGH TUBING,AND JET SKIING I RECCOMEND ANYONE WHO IS PLANNING ON FISHING COYOTE DO IT DURING THE WEEK WHEN THERE IS LESS ACTIVITY GOING ON BUT ILL TELL YOU ONE THING THOSE BUDWIESERS SURE TASTE GOOD
      City: FREMONT

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished lake saw ish spawning right beore my eyes between 2-5 lbs tried all my lures i owned .some even bumping into them but i caught nothing but a buzz.
      City: remont

      Tips: get out and ish ool dont take my tips

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      Water Temp: Hi 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 'Guad' on Sunday, working my kickboat cautiously down the steep banks to the waterline. Got going around 6 a.m., & was helped by a light og that hung around or a couple o hours to prolong the morning bite. Fished primarily across the lake, in shady areas, with most o my success coming around allen timber, submerged brush and the back ends o the coves. Caught a couple o dinks on my Lucky Crat jerkbait; then I switched to a split-shot Roboworm. Lo & behold, when I started winding one cast back in, just outside a submerged tree, I got a powerul hit - by a big ol' RAINBOW! The ish was around 18"; I igure it was around 2-1/2 lbs. or so - a real beauty! How did this sucker get in the lake? I surely don't know. I've never heard o this particular lake being stocked with trout; nor do I believe it could've climbed the spillway on its own, but who knows? Maybe someone planted this ish illegally? When I irst let it go, it went up on its side. My irst attempt at resuscitation resulted in it idling away, then returning to the surace. On my second attempt, however, I rocked it & rocked it, then pushed it away, and or an extra incentive, I kicked out with my ins to startle it a bit, at which point it headed (healthily?) to the depths, apparently to ight again another day! Ater this catch, I started tossing an unweighted Yamamoto Senko, which yielded several nice ish over a pound & a hal, topped by a nice **3.7 lb'er**, which had snuggled under some loating debris at the tail end o a small inlet. Caught another one or two on a T-rigged, craw-pattern reaper. Otherwise, a couple o taps on the Senko, but no other takers. All in all, a pretty decent morning - it sure is nice having a lake all to yoursel, on a **weekend**, no less! Oh, yeah: I saw lots o small bass ry, already in the 2-to-4-inch range -- good promise or a healthy, sel-sustaining ishery! Let's keep this little gem a secret!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Be careul on those steep banks. I'm really beginning to love that Senko!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went in my tube and had a ew bites but the ish wern't taking i they were just tapping it. I ished or about 4 hours and i got 1 on a grub. It was very hot and the water was very clear i saw some nice ish. I wish more people will enter reports on this lake it will help me out.
      City: livermore

Saturday, May 27th, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Markely Cove 6:30 to 10:00am - Nailed 7 (2 Smallies,2 Largemouths and 3 spots) for 14lbs. Used a White Zoom Fluke near submuged brush and drop offs.
      City: Davis

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched on Saturday around 11:30am. Caught 2 right away on a C-rig. Then the bite was gone until about 3pm. A buddy met me at 3pm. While he was standing on the dock he tossed a spider grub right next to the dock and landed about 1.8lb. We continued around the lake throwing spider grubs, worked slowly on the bottom in about 17ft. water. We landed 11 fish and lost four. Nothing bigger than two pounds. Still was a fun day. We had doubles twice during the day.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched on Saturday around 11:30am. Caught 2 right away on a C-rig. Then the bite was gone until about 3pm. A buddy met me at 3pm. While he was standing on the dock he tossed a spider grub right next to the dock and landed about 1.8lb. We continued around the lake throwing spider grubs, worked slowly on the bottom in about 17ft. water. We landed 11 fish and lost four. Nothing bigger than two pounds. Still was a fun day. We had doubles twice during the day.
      City: San Jose

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out ishing or bass but only got one 2pounder.Switched over to trout at about 2:30. Caught and released 9 dgs to 3 pounds in about 2 hours ishing in the south end.
      City: concord

      Tips: used chartreuse powerbait or the trout and a caught the bass on a castaic bluegill.Use about a 3 oot leader.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass ishing was slow, but got a good 4 pounder on the castaic bluegill in the east cove. Couldn't ind any nests, they are more than likely done spawning. The trout though was EXCELLENT. Caught three nice ones o the handicap dock with power bait. Other anglers also had great success around the Ranger station on powerbait. Keep you posted through out the week.
      City: Moraga

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 73-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished rom 4:30am too 1:45pm.East bank,no & so o tuttle town ramp.Throwing jerkbaits,spinner baits & cranks.Ater 30 min. I started throwing worms on on 1/16 too 1/4 oz dart heads.My partner caught app 5 ish on a shad colored crank bait.rest o the ish came on cali. worms,oxblood,summer moss,choc blue vein red lake.caught app 18 blacks,7 red eye`s & one small spot.Had 9 blacks that were keepers,up too 14 in.Didn`t hook any large ish,saw a couple that would go 5lbs are better.never got a bite ater 12 o`clock
      City: Riv

      Tips: we would start shakeing the worm ater it droped a couple o eet.Most ish came rom 2 too 10 t on long shallow points