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Monday, April 24th, 2000

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

      Report: City: elkgrove

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 59 -60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or three days with my two teenage sons. Caught 2 to 3 ish each per day to 7 lbs. Fishing is slow. Cold at night (ice on boat cover) and very windy during the day (milder today though). Few bed ish and those aren't biting willingly. The water on the Lakeport side has turned murky. Had a great time but certainly wasn't close to two weeks ago with 68 degree water and agressive ish. Some very large bass are suspended under docks but are very skittish. Good luck and hope or warm weather.
      City: Castro valley

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 4 with best o 3.1lb. Please release all ish since they are spawning! Caught on Power inesse worm split shotting and possum lure. (hot lure by the way). Ater 11am they simply are not interested in biting so go early!
      City: Walnut Creek

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a un day. Got bit a lot. Lots o ish holding in 20 t o water. Caught many ish drop shotting right on their heads.I got bit as deep as 35 t. I also had good success on an 1/8 ozdart head and a 4 in worm. Those ish were in 10-15 t o water.No reaction ish to speak o. Had a bunch o ish ollow the luke, but only one taker.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Keep your eye on your electronics. I ound some areas with tonso ish stacked up in 20 t. It seems early in the year to beishing vertical, but give it a try. Today really helped mewith my conidence in drop shotting. Give it a try.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Last Friday ished the backlakes my brother caught a 3#Bass on a plain nightcrawler. I had about ive hits but couldn't hook em. But I inilly cought one that was just almost a keeper. My riend also cought one that was justalmost a keeper. But he caught about a 2#er later that day.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Use just a plain nightcrawler.

Sunday, April 23rd, 2000

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

      Report: went out of franks early saturday threw some topwater got a couple ran around all the islands south of franks caught fish all day using camo brush hog on tule points with current best fish was 6# couple of 4's and the rest between 2 and 3 had a blast.
      City: oakley

      Tips: tule points with current pay close attention to your line there hitting it on the fall

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 7:00am. Preishing or the bass tournament April 30. For Ino. call (916)645-8069, or E-mail me at bassnbrown@aol.com.Caught a lot o small bass on worms and crankbaits. We had about 10 keepers. Biggest about 14 inches.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Fish between 8 and 15 eet, with 4" worms.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 7:30 had two ish on by 8:00 and the bite died. Tried ishing south end most o the morning but with no sucess . Let about 1:00.
      City: Markleeville, Ca

      Tips: Hooked both on 6" rubber worms, Black with hot pink tail @ or about 2 to 4 t. Fish still on beds and water has'nt gotten any clearer. water usually clear by this time o year?

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: water clear down to 25 t in main body o lake, went to the O'brien inlet and sandy beack area near bridge bay or 15 in the boat to 3lbs on salt and pepper plastic and green pumpkin, beautiul easter day, very little boating traic, not much wind, the smallmouth I caught are getting ready to spawn, the spots are spawning now, didn't see any largemouth, the main body and Sac arm are clean and debris ree, the Pit is a mess, lots o debris loating, The dO'brien inlet area was the warmest at 61 degrees in some areas, lake rising rapidly, at 15.5 t now. great day, out again 2morrow.
      City: Redding

Saturday, April 22nd, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 5pm-9pm. Caught 5 ish no size. Had 5 short strikes on a buzz bait. One ish came on a buzz, rest came on a 4" red/black brush hog. Lost a nice ish i I had to put money on it I would say it was a solid 8. Spent most o the night on the let bank beore entering mountain springs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Get ready or the top water to bust wide open.

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      Water Temp: 65-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished Amador last night, real tough launched at 7p.m.and got o the water at 2a.m. .Only got ive bites and no takers.
      City: San Bruno

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59 - 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water late about 10 am out of orwood. This was a scouting day, trying to get more new areas. Found a couple. Saw some beds but no bass!?. Saw some cruiser clones. Something told me to throw buzzbaits despite the wind, caught a few - they were right up against the rocky points - about a foot off the bank - it worked till the sun came out. only one jig fish, rest were on weinie worms. finally gave up because of the wind. no toads tho.
      City: belmont

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Clear Lake put on a wind show or me and my clients that even I couldn't believe. Some locals asked my how I was able to guide last night. I'm not sure - but we managed! One client landed a 3 1/4 on the irst cast, using a june bug Dead Ringer, about 4;30 PM. We were ishing near Anderson Island. I only got one bite, but it was a major one. 20 minutes beore dark, I threw a 8" Berkley lip n' tail (red shad) worm into one o my avorite spots in the back o Knocti Bay, and got one o those toads to eat it. Ater a long battle we got it in the net. She weighed 12 lbs on one scale, but a little under on the other two. I igure she was 11 lbs 13 oz. It is a real thrill to ish an area year ater year and know that someday - you will be there at the RIGHT time!! As night ell, the wind just got worse. The other client lost a couple - one good one - but inally landed a 2 3/4 on a zipper worm. That was it, 3 ish - one ish apiece. But we made it back alive!!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Fishing has really slowed down the past two or three days, according to several sources. Water is soooo clear, you might have to go to lighter line and smaller baits. Carolina-rigging is working well or me. The big ish was on a carolina rig

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

      Report: ished 4/22 with a buddy on lake around 7:30 went north up ork buddy landed 2 smallies 1 large all had good size bite was slow started to rain thought about coming in inally I caught 2 large o o rocks nice size can be bigger looking orward to sunday 4/30 hope to do better
      City: lodi

      Tips: rip & more rip worked well also spinners godd ishing !!!!

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Best ishing trip sence I moved back to Caliornia a month ago. My ather and I got on the water about 7am, we launch out o Barrett cove and headed towards the Dam. We ished mostly in the 12-15t with split shot rigs. My ather was using a 4" green winnie and he caught 8, 4 o them were over 15". I caught 7, 3 o mine were over 15" with one o them going close to 3lbs. I was using a crawdad colored grub.
      City: Salida

      Tips: Fish in 12-15t o water and drag the plastic slow, there is no doubt when you get a bite. Good luck.

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

      Report: Used my pontoon style loat tube or the irst time. I ished in a cove near the Tuttletown boat launch area. Got there at about 7:00a.m. and caught one bass that was one pound on a black 4 inch worm with a chartreuse tail. I spent a lot o time cruisin' around in my new kickboat just enjoying the scenery. The one bass I did catch looked like a smallmouth. I didn't know there were smallies in there.
      City: San Jose

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

      Report: Bass are hitting on night crawlers. East end ishing was great. 14 Bass caught up to 17 1/2 inches.
      City: Moreno Valley

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass were hitting on night crawlers. East end ishing was great! Landed approx. 14 Bass, up to 17 1/2 inches.
      City: Moreno Valley

Friday, April 21st, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished and stayed south for 1/2 day. Wind was blowing good all day. Loaded up four rods, worm, fluke, crank, and frog. All baits were able to get at least a 4 lber in the boat on this day, with a 6+ on a worm. Lots of bucks to be caught as well. Fished flats and weed mats. Frog got about 8 blowup's but only one fish in the boat. Even pulled out frogzilla and got one blowup and missed it, it was a good'n. sTony you could owe me a dollar.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: If you find some fish, they're probably more in the area. If the wind blow's ya around tie up to something, and fish area thoughly.

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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: have had good sucess on flukes early in the week but not today caught 6 fish 5 on crankbaits 1 on a worm and couldn't catch them on a fluke stayed local fish came at low tide
      City: oakley