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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fisged from 8 am-10am! Stuck two fish one dink and one around 1 1/2 on a Splash-It. Then ripped 3 fish the biggest went close to 3lbs. TopWater should break wide open anytime. One other boat on the lake, was pretty nice.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Topwater early. Then Rip!

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fisged from 8 am-10am! Stuck two fish one dink and one around 1 1/2 on a Splash-It. Then ripped 3 fish the biggest went close to 3lbs. TopWater should break wide open anytime. One other boat on the lake, was pretty nice.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Topwater early. Then Rip!

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

      Report: I went out to olsom lake on the banks on monday morning,roughly about 8 a.m.using a top water popper and hooked on to 2 smallmouths instantly..they were both 3 lbs.I hooked up to 3 more but nothing more than 10 inches.So I went to a nightcrawler and a bobber about noon and ended the day with a 2.5 lbs smallmouth.My riend hooked on to a silver salmon(15 inches),with worms and bobber also..
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Bill Dance Excaliber Top Water Popper.....GRUBS WILL ALWAYS BE PRODUCTIVE!!!!!!

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

      Report: The Pajaro Valley Bass Club O Watsonville will be holding it's First Annual Charity Bass Tournament on Saturday, June 17, 2000 at Pinto Lake. This years charity will be the Transportation Program o the Volunteer Centers o Santa Cruz County. Entry is $20 per angler with a $5 Big Fish option. Top three inishers will receive git certiicates rom a local tackle shop o $100, $75 and $50. Big Fish will receive a $50 certiicate. This tournament is limited to 20 boats. Entry ee and option must be received by June 10th. To enter or or more ino please call Rob Greenaway at (831)768-7950
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: Pinto is a lipmeisters heaven on earth!! Check out pintolake.com

Monday, May 1st, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing here this week. The ishimg was great. Saw the biggest bass o my lie. I was ishing or trout since thebass weren't doing much. I had spotted the hog sittin underthe bridge. I tempted it with every thing i had in the box.I guess he didn't get the big or being stupid. The I said orget it and went back to ishin or trout. I was catchingtrout. I think that the ive wieghed out at 18 pounds totalwieght. When I had caught one trout about 14 inches I saw the bass chasing it. So I igured lets see what happens. He chased it around and then took the whole trout. I was amazedto see it take the whole ish. it swam o with my ish. I triedto bring him in with out the hook in him but he spit it up.he did this a couple o times but gave up ater a ew more times.He was 12+ pounds and his partner was 10+ pounds. This wassomething that I don't see every day. This monster still lurks in the lake.
      City: Pescadero

Sunday, April 30th, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went out on Sat., managed to catch about 25 in the last 4 hours of the day. Carolina riggin' smk/pepper reefers, power lizards, and anything that was soft plastic. The fish were still kind of in spawn mode. Not extremely active like during the summer, but nonetheless and great day of fishing.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Many of the fish were holding close the beds, had to throw directly in the cover, and near and around rocks to make the fish move. Once I keyed on certain areas, caught more than one or two. But each spot cooled within half an hour. Drag and jig the rocks hard, they're in there, but you got to find them. Good Fishing TH

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: Still a bit chi

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Put my tube in at the big dam fished from 3 till 5:30 or so a bit of wind and a bunch of boats. No fish. Fished a brown craw zipper and cranked for a bit. Wheres the fish??
      City: San Jose

      Tips: None here. Somebody help.

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      Water Temp: Still a bit chi

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Put my tube in at the big dam fished from 3 till 5:30 or so a bit of wind and a bunch of boats. No fish. Fished a brown craw zipper and cranked for a bit. Wheres the fish??
      City: San Jose

      Tips: None here. Somebody help.

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W around 7am and headed to Sycamoore with absolutely no success. Worked my way back to Tower Park Marina and flipped the docks and the slough at the end...repeat of Sycamoore, sure made me more sick not catch'n any fish. Worked area with flukes, brushogs, blades and cranks. I gave up around noon. Talked with one of the Team Mercury pros who said not to feel bad he got skunked in Sycamoore as well but did well in Franks. No need to tell you where NOT to fish.
      City: Suisun

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched my kickboat at about 7:00a.m. from Bailey Cove. Caught a few fish throughout the day. All on soft plastics. None of the fish were bigger than 1.5 lbs. All were caught in 10 to 20 feet of water. A couple in the deepest part of the coves and a couple on the main body of the lake. I also found a foot and a half long adolescent rattlesnake 100 yards offshore trying to get in my tube with me. That was interesting. I think he was lost.
      City: San Jose

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

      Report: This is not a report. I am planning a trip here this weekend and have never ished this lake beore. What would probably be my best bet to catch ish? live bait or jig? what side o the lake? Any inormation would be great. E-mail me at keldude99@aol.com/
      City: sacramento

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: water clear down to 25t, lake at 14t level, went to the O'Brien Inlet area, doe cove, 2 dinks in 2 hours, ound lots o ish but couldn't get them going, let early or breakast ater my backseater bet breakast on next ish, he lost, salmon in ront o the dam are picking up on cut anchovy tails, water still rising and lots o debris loating around, be careul
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: would like some ino on where to ish on shasta lake rom any local resident who ishes the lake or bass and trout any tips would be great i will be up in shasta irst week o june thanks my email is quentin@ap.net poles up and tight lines every one
      City: rohnert park

      Tips: p.s i got two teens going or the irst time ishing

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished the yorty creek area and the ishing was good, try using plastics around brush. I all ails try loating some live worms, had very good sucsess doing this. I anyone has some ino. on catishing in lake sonoma can you write it in a report. thanks.....
      City: healdsburg

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

      Report: Fished FBC Tourn sunday. caught 2 on plastics. very tough bite. lots o bass on beds. partner caught limit with 2 smallmouths. largest ishes (2) were over 8lbs. Pro worms were the ticket.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Water very clear. temp ga was broken.

Saturday, April 29th, 2000

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

      Report: We started around 7:30 am at Bailey Cove, in our float tubes. Tried Zippers with no luck. Changed to a crankbait and nailed them. Cought 3 in the 2-2 and a half range. They stopped bighting when the wind came up. Good Luck...
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Fish were in the deeper water in the middle of the cove. Light colored crankbaits...

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We started around 7:30 am at Bailey Cove, in our float tubes. Tried Zippers with no luck. Changed to a crankbait and nailed them. Cought 3 in the 2-2 and a half range. They stopped bighting when the wind came up. Good Luck...
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Fish were in the deeper water in the middle of the cove. Light colored crankbaits...

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 1/2 day Saturday. Luanched out of the Break but ran over to Franks and the central Delta area looking for new water. Landed 6 fish total. Largest was 6 lbs female that hit a Spade tail worm. Caught several smaller fish slow cranking a red craw diver. Larger fish hitting jigs and worms crawled on the bottom. Tried Iron house first thing but no bites. Water was up to 64 in the slough but really muddy.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Only pattern I could come up with was sun drenched rocky banks with water to 10 ft. Throw worm or jig at wood and craw slowly. Hits are light but obvious.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Newbass semi-pro out of Ladd's. 47 boats-good turn-out. The bite was tough! My partner Terry D. and I had 6 fish for 16.39 pounds. This was good for 3rd place overall, our big fish was 3.9. We caught them all on on jigs, down South and around Mildred's. There were only a couple of 7 fish limits weighed. top weight was a little over 18 pounds. I read alot about these 20-25 pound limits in here, but game day seems to keep the weights down, whats the deal????
      City: san jose

      Tips: Jigs always seem to work.

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      Water Temp: 62-66

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went out of the @0600 fished a couple of spots in dutch tried topwater no luck started flippin jigs in heavy current real tight to tules let it sit give a shake and watch your line start swimmin caught a quick limit and went to franks and through cranks and flukes till 2pm caught 25 keepers between three of us all in current crankin was on wood or rocks jigs and flukes were tight to tules
      City: Oakley

      Tips: when you flip or pitch to tules be sure to let your bait fall straight down and watch your line