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Sunday, April 9th, 2000

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

      Report: Went to olsom and caught 40 bass o my loat tube. Most averaged in the 12 to 15 inch range with the biggest weighing in at 3 1/2 pounds. Fished 6 inch lizards and 4 inch worms. Both o rockpiles and tree structures. Good Luck to all.........
      City: Roseville

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished thurs. evening and riday morning until 1:00 pm. Thursday evening two o us caught 42 ish largestgoing 4.5 lbs. Most ish were 13'' to 16''. Friday morningtook my Dad out and we caught 30 ish largest going about3.5 lbs.Larger ish are coming out o the trees.ishing Folsom right now is as good as it gets.I'll be out thereMon. evening, i you see my white Champion w/ green stripesay hi.
      City: GRANITE BAY

      Tips: Grubs on 1/8 darter heads or numbers, let it all andpick-up slowly, ish will be there when you pick-up. Big ish -----gotta go, see you out there.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 62 - 64 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club held its 3rd event o year @ Lake Sonoma on 4/9/00. Winning weight was 15+ lb or 7 ish, including day's big ish o 4.3+ lb. Second place was 14.38 lb, 3rd was 14.31 lb, & 4th was 11+ lb. Twenty-three anglers participated. Bass went primarily or sot plastics, but also an early bite was going or spinnerbaits & crankbaits. Lake is clearing rapidly.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: *** Attention Float Tubers/Kick Boaters: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club holds monthly events @ various lakes & waterways in North Bay. Meetings 1st Wednesday o each month @ 7 PM @ Coddingtown Round Table Pizza. E-mail me or more ino, or check website @ www.tweenit.com/scbbc/index.htm. ***

Saturday, April 8th, 2000

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 51-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished today with Fishing Russ L. Boy, it started out great. I hook a 2.5 Smallie, Russ got a 3.14, then I landed Anothernice Brown. We moved onto the penninsula, Russ lost a bigTrout and 17 bucks in that ones mouth. We move to the west shore I hook 2 Smallies Back to back weighing 3.3 and 3.0.We move around looking or more ish,not inding any to biteour Rebels,Rogues, and Traps. Old ishing Snook, was on the lakeagain, just like always he had a boat load. My experienceyou need to cover lost o water and RIP,RIP, RIP, tell your Arm is ready to all OFF!! Hoot
      City: Susanville

      Tips: Rogue,Rebels,Rapula,Rattle Traps are my avorite this time oyear. You need to ish hard and have some patience. Just remember the our "R'S" and Rip,Rip,Rip!!!!!!!!!!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We were ishing early evening,small & keeper ish (2-3 lbs.)on jig & grub (brown & purple) combo. My partner caught on worms. ( Lots o weeds, too.)Caught an 11.8 Lb. Largemouth at 7:15 pm 3.5 t. deep, o mixed clay & gravel with chunk rock bank with no weeds. I was using a Lucky Pointer 78 Rip Bait. Jerk/Pause pace.
      City: San Jose

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Womens 86'ers tournament. Event was held a little later in the year than usual. Fishing was better or most teams as many 7 ish limits weighed in. We ished giant cove across lake rom Dark Day launch. Cranked 20+ ish on bill norman crankbaits. ripped a couple on pointer minnows. Thought we were in the money. Wrong. River arm was producing on 6" worms also or slightly bigger ish. Friends caught 19 keepers in river on worms or 6 lbs. We had 5.9-----one place out o the money. I hate all the small ish in this lake! (keepers were 12" mouth open!)
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: 13" ish very tough to come by. 6" worms get bigger ish.

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

      Report: Fished from shore as I currently don't have a boat :-( Was on the North end by 6:30 AM throwing a shallow bommer crank bait. Landed one of three fish. Was trying out a new rod, and was likely too stiff for cranks. All three fish were in water less than four feet when they hit. No strikes came from further off shore. The last fish, which got off was good sized, over five lbs I would guess. For Shame!!!! Someone out there had an empty back seat on their boat I could have filled! If only they had let me know, I would have gladly met them at the ramp.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from shore as I currently don't have a boat :-( Was on the North end by 6:30 AM throwing a shallow bommer crank bait. Landed one of three fish. Was trying out a new rod, and was likely too stiff for cranks. All three fish were in water less than four feet when they hit. No strikes came from further off shore. The last fish, which got off was good sized, over five lbs I would guess. For Shame!!!! Someone out there had an empty back seat on their boat I could have filled! If only they had let me know, I would have gladly met them at the ramp.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LANCHED OUT OF LADDS. FISHIED MAINLY AROUND MILDRED ISLAND. CAUGHT 5 FISH FROM 11/2LBS TO 3LBS. CAUGHT A ON3/8 WHITE SPINNER BAIT A HOME MADE 3/8OZ BLK/BLUE JIG WITH A BLK AND BLUE CRAWDAD TRAILER. LOST ONE FISH 8 PLUS OUTSIDE OF FRANKS TRACT.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: WAS JUST FLIPPING BETWEEN WEED PATCHES

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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Orwood resort this morning about 9:30. Started throwing zoom red/shad colored ribbon tail worms(11inch) in and around tules and foilage. I immediatly started getting bites! Within a matter of 20 minutes, caught 4 fish all about 1-3 pounds. Hooked on a monster, but didn't get a good enough set, and he spit it!! Would've been my biggest catch. Oh well. Helluva day!!
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Standard worm fishing: cast, let settle to bottom and then retrieve using a lift and hop motion. They're there, go and get em!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started early, wind was already blowing hard. fished for a few hours and cought a few small bass on lizards and jig&pig one 2 pounder on spinner bait.
      City: concord

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nor Cal tourney out o North shore, alot o ish being caught. Watermelon red brush hogs and morning dawn worms were the ticket.Fish em slow (drag them) accross island tops. Flukes in the backs o coves in low light conditions (dawn/dusk).
      City: turlock

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: still a little

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Filshed the south end by the boat ramp... Threw a a variety o blades, cranks, and plastic... NOTHING.... walked out on the boat dock and started sight ishing....threw the smallest jerk bait and had to hit the ish in the mouth beore I could trigger a strike... All very small males... still beats the hell out o working..
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: I you have any tips or this lake send to me

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 62-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched in keys at daylight. Quickly lost irst ish, then second. Eventually landed 7 ish in the keys rom 5-12lb to 2-8lb. Fish were deinitly scattered. Found no clear pattern. Talked to numerous Red Man tourney guys in the keys and they weren't doing much either. Went out on the main body...big mistake...wind was up big time...2-4 t swells. Managed to get over to the Konocti area where wind was down a little...nothing there. Tried 5 dierent spots on that side. Nothing. Went back to the keys and landed2 more 3lbers. Not a good day. All ish on magic worms. Try again in 2 weeks.
      City: Redding

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 62-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: inally got a ull day o ishing and it was a pretty good one we got 7 in the boat and one was a 6 pond monster(yes i do have a scale 6.2)the big one came on a purple worm dragged super slow and rest where on brush hogs and spinners
      City: livermore

      Tips: (still think weekends are to crowded)watermelon brush hogsover weed lats and you can't miss

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. along the south shoreline. Only caught one ish. It was about 12-14 inches. Caught him o a spinner around some underwater rocks. I saw a large ish missed my lure about ive eet o the shore. Rocky areas seem to be the key. Doesn't look like the ish are on their nests.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Fish around underwater rock gardens.

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

      Report: WENT OUT OF BARRET COVE AND HEADED TO HORSHOE BEND. MY PARTNER AND I USED KEEPER PURPLE GHOST AND CAUGHT AND RELEASED AROUND 15 SPOTS FROM 1-3 LBS AND 4 LARGE MOUTHS THAT WERE AROUND 2-3 LBS. BY MID MORNING WE SWITCHED TO GREEN WEENIES WITH THE SAME SUCCESS
      City: DISCOVERY BAY

      Tips: FISH THE STEEP BANKS AND LET YOUR BAIT DROP UNTIL IT'S DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH YOUR BOAT. FISH ARE AGGRESIVE HOLD ON TIGHT

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I launched out o Glory Hole 6:00 a.m Saturday. Went over to the Angels Creek area. On my second cast with a Lucky Crat Pointer I caught a smallmouth, great ight. Nothing ater that. Switched to the plastic worms, Keeper #411. Nailed several largemouth. Went over to the next arm and caught some more on the same color worm. By nine o'clock, I had my limit. Boated three more ish up the main lake. Was a great day on a beautiul lake. Saw lots o bedding ish. Be sure to catch & release!
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Since the water is gin clear, use inesse techniques and cast to your targets rom a distance. Fish were either on the beds already or hanging o ledges. The people at Glory Hole Sports give great advice. Can't wait to catch those Florida strain ish!

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      Water Temp: ????????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: let modesto at 11:00am or some aternoon and evening ishing. put in at tuttle town and headed up river went all the way back where the river orks, i ollowed to the right.my 3rd cast produced a strike while using brwn/brwn pig and jig. however the wind was too much so i headed back, i stopped just past the parrots airy bridge, i started tossin a white luke and landed the irst ish o the day. continued to the 49 bridge and hit the cove to the let,lost a real nice one on a pumpkin brushhog.went to coyote arm and landed a small one, started ishing the main body points past tuttle town ramp an hit some nice ish useing the brush hog. landed a nice emale her belly was loaded with eggs. i could see more than a ew small moles and a number o large emales. it is the time to get busy boys have un the time o year is here...
      City: modesto

      Tips: ish brush pockets, and main body points 5-20 t o water

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

      Report: Well....how can I put this.....I have NEVER been to a nastier,more disgusting,pig-stye o a so-caller campground/marina in my lie as the one at the "south shore".Where to start....payed $45.00 or the suppossed better "cabana" campsites and 2 vehicles.The groundcover was sand burrs and there wasnt enough room or a pickup to park between the road and the cli to the lake.Boats and thier trailers are not allowed at your sight,your $30,000 bass boat has to stay tied up at the courtesy docks overnight and your trailer dropped in the parking lot which is so unlevel you have to use rocks to block the tires to keep it rom rolling into the lake. The bathrooms were nastier than any you can imagine....the new 5 lane ramp they brag about.....closed...only 2 lanes were open and as soon as your trailer went in the water it dropped a oot...one ender under water,one out.The docks around the courtesy ramps are rotten and about to sink....in case you cant tell I was ar rom thrilled with this joint!You would think or that kind o money you could at least have a toilet thats been cleaned since last summer....guess not!All in all this place is a JOKE to say the least and my happy ass wont be going there again!Fishing was ok...we didnt know the lake since it was our irst time (and last),I just cant athom what this place will be like ater the summer rush....hey olks get your butts outta those gol carts,don some rubber gloves and give your PAYING customers what they payed or!SEE YA! Tight lines to You all.
      City: Chowchilla