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Sunday, May 28th, 2000

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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

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6 Am til noon.North end in rock piles. Caught all ish on rock piles that had been loode a while. No bites on the rock piles back near HWY 3. Fish on the inside o points in about 12-15 eet o water; 9 SMB up to 3.5#'s, all on majic worms/ witches T. Couple small ish on white sp bait. No topwater action, although one guy had two TW ish, one up to 4#'s. Weather was clear and a little chilly, with the wind getting bad at about 11:00 AM. Bite was so so. Dragging the worm on a split shot rig worked best.
      City: Arcata

Friday, May 26th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with my buddy Richard on Thursday and Friday. Thrusday was overcast and had a great time. On the lake by 0700. Caught bluegill, crappie and largemouth bass. Small bluegill and bass ran 1-2 pounds. Crappie were outrageous in size - .5-1.5 pounds. Had a great time.
      City: Redding

      Tips: We used top waters early and went to spinner baits that would get close to the bottom later. Had success with both patterns.

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

      Report: City: HAYWARD

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: NOT SURE

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I COUGHT A 14 POUND LARGEMOUTH BASS OFF THE DAM WITH A PLUGTHE REST I WAS USING WORMS AND CATCHING PRETTY GOOD SIZE TROUT.
      City: RIVERSIDE

      Tips: JUST KEEP ON TRYING WITH THOSE PLUGS AND WORMS.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: Warm ;)

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to Shasta early to try and beat the House boaters. Thewater was crystal clear. I ound ish at the end, and I domean end o the coves. I spotted one Hen, where here dorsalin was just barely under water. I ished rom 6:30 am untilnoon. Caught 5 ish, mostly under a pound.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Only thing I could get them to hit was a clear salt andpepper worm with a purple, or is that violet ;)) worm.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to lake around 6:30pm. Tried a tube and spinner bait or hal hour with one hit. Switched to a power worm and caught my largest bass to date,5-6 lbs! Also caught smaller one on same worm. The ish are their, just have to ind them.
      City: santa cruz

Thursday, May 25th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72 deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of b& w resort 5:30 am . Started out with #4Terminator willow leaf blade chart/orge /white hooked 4lb. bass at the highway 4 bridge. 10 min on water and had a nice fish on . continued to slow roll spinner bait all day seem to be most productive. worked the moss lines early morning with top water no luck?ripped some today did not produce as well as spinner bait. Left home at 11:00am Lots of boat traffic.All in all had a good day13 and a half lbs of catch and release. Dont over look the rip rap you may like what you catch .TIP>>> they are feeding on crawdads big time...Till next time Good fishing!
      City: Elmira Calif 95625

      Tips: Big ones feeding heavy on crawdads....be patient

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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in this morning at 6AM with client Tim Mathews (TimDog) did an Instructional on Ledge fishin, the fish were there but a very lite "tic tic" but, we manage to get some...they were in the undersize catogory. Switch to a weed bed pattern in deeper water and immediately caught better fish using Snoozerbaits "Thrasher". Continued instructional request "Dinks". By 9AM we did a change up on the ledges and grass bed and started throwing Spinnerbaits (White) smoked them on windy banks. Ran the rest of day just show and tell. Best 5 went around 10lbs,,, the fish are diffently in a post-spawn.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Watch your depthfinder (Front) for the ledge and drop your "confident" bait down. Suggest leavin it there until you can figure out witch way they will eat it in presentation. If this doesn't get them slow roll a spinnerbait to get a reaction hit. Frog Bite didn't exist for us today.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I started ishing the Willows just outside o dyke 8. He was throwing a white spinner bait and I was lippingplastics. He caught a two pound largie and a ew short ish,and I caught a 5.71 pound large mouth in the irst 10 minuteso the tourney. As soon as the sun hit the water, the spinner bait bite shut o or us. We ended up ishing someisolated willow paches in the Granite bay area the rest o thetourney, and caught ish all day long. Started culling isharound 9 am. Ended up with 15 pounds, and ourth place, very goodday or us and our little aluminum boat.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: We caught most o our good ish and the most dead looking willows, that were in aout 15-20 eet o water. Single willoswere holding more ish than the big clumps o willows.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: unknow

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we started o with 12 inch waterdogs about 10;00 am and we only had 6 o them every dog that hit the water was inhailed by big ish only. my buddy pulled in a 7 1/2 pounder bringing up about 5 ish with it all big one over 10. nothing under 4 pounds. ater we used them up we switched to crawdads used all o 20 dads then changed to purple 8 inch worms the bite was still good just about every cast. but the unnist part was the topwater bite at the end o the day.
      City: downey

      Tips: bigger waterdogs

Wednesday, May 24th, 2000

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 71-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WE lanuched at barrett`s cove(so) ramp,app 4:30 am.Started at the second cove on west bank.Parnter caught one small ish on a crank bait,I lost one on a jerk bait & a good ish on a skirted grub.nothing on a spinter bait.Let this area & went too the east o the dam.Caught app 35 bass 1/2 blacks &1/2 spots,rom 10in too 181/2 in.Got 6 over the slot.Most came on tube baits.NO split shot worms today.We were useing 1/32 to 1/4oz jig heads on 4 to 10 lb test line.Caught a couple on grubs & some on 4in worms.We let at noon
      City: Riv

      Tips: 3 to 10 t o water was more productive.Watch your line,could`t eel some o the pickups