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Friday, April 7th, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start on the lake. Started fishing around 12:00 pm. Fished my usual spots but no taker I couldn't understand why just two days ago I was able to rip fish like crazy and now I couldn't even hit a fish and then I remembered that 2 days ago the water temp at 12:00 was already in the mid 60's and at the same time today the water temp was a lot cooler low 60's, so I pulled out my worm rod and stated fishing alitte deeper, Bam a 2 1/2 pounder then got hit again, a 2.0, I stopped worming when the water temp hit 65 and started to rip I ripped fish till 6:30 pm all in all caught 25 small,large and spoted bass. Caught a few bass on makeshift beds but nothing over 2 1/2 lbs. Saw some whopper catfish about 10 and 2 catfish that would go atleast 15 to 20 lbs WOW!!! The bass I caught related to wood,trees and chunk rocks.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Used Lucky Craft 110 Ghost minnow and 4" black grape with chart tail and green flake I poured about a month ago.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 2pm. It was very windy. Fished everywhere but the south end of the lake. Skunked! Primarily threw crankbaits, blades, and jerkbaits (soft and hard). Had one hit all day on soft jerkbait letting it fall and twitching it on the way down in about 10ft. of water. The fish were suspended anywhere from 5ft. to 15 ft. deep in water 10ft. plus deep. Brutal day. Got cold and the wind never quit. At least it was some time on the water!
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched Friday at 8am. Fished until 9:30am in the back cove. Through a couple diff. crankbaits, nothing. Had one fish on a c-rig finesse worm in about 5ft. of water in a cut. All females were staging on structure in about 12 feet of water. Worked on them for the few minutes I had left, but no luck. Hour-and-a-half is not enough time for me. Hope to get a few hours in on Sunday.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 2pm. It was very windy. Fished everywhere but the south end of the lake. Skunked! Primarily threw crankbaits, blades, and jerkbaits (soft and hard). Had one hit all day on soft jerkbait letting it fall and twitching it on the way down in about 10ft. of water. The fish were suspended anywhere from 5ft. to 15 ft. deep in water 10ft. plus deep. Brutal day. Got cold and the wind never quit. At least it was some time on the water!
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched Friday at 8am. Fished until 9:30am in the back cove. Through a couple diff. crankbaits, nothing. Had one fish on a c-rig finesse worm in about 5ft. of water in a cut. All females were staging on structure in about 12 feet of water. Worked on them for the few minutes I had left, but no luck. Hour-and-a-half is not enough time for me. Hope to get a few hours in on Sunday.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Did a guide trip Friday, Client Steve Radisewitz from Lake Minnatonka, Wis. We started out in Stockton at Ladds Landing at high incoming. He Ripped a 5lb off of the Meat wall. We went into Windmill and jigged a couple of fish off of the point. Persueded in and he lands a 7lb. From there we worked towards Coney Island in which he flipped fish in the 2-2 1/2lb range. Fished holes and breaks the rest of the day, Teaser's. Ended the day around 3:45PM with a 18-19lb limit.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: With a minus tide outgoing this week, it was tough to find fish shallow (center Burm's). Highly recommend deep weed beds or holes adjacant to main bank with brown/Junebug Double tail or punkinseed.

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launch out of B&W ran into hog,beaver & sycamore. O.K all the babies (MALES) are away from the beds, I managed to hook about 15 all about 1.5-2.5 pounds. all on red/black Zoom lizards. So since I did not land any HOGS(females) they must be waiting there for you guys. Some of the males did have reddish color tails. Ifeel the females don't like red lizards, or they knew it was me fishing for them. Tight Minds Lead To Tight Lines (babybass) Bret
      City: concord

      Tips: ALL FISH IN 1 FOOT TO 6 FEET OF WATER, FISH SLOW AND WATCH FOR FISH TO PICK UP LIZARD AND MOVE IT, THERE NOT REALLY TUGGING, SO WATCH YOUR LINE CLOSELY.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: City: modesto

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BSS Region 3 out of Brannon Island had a new record set by David Yates and Marcel Colins of 26.8 pounds. Their fish were caught on Persuader Bait Spinnerbaits, Buzzbaits and Brush Hogs on April 2, 2000.
      City: Sacramento

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

      Report: City: modesto

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I started ishing at 3:30 and ended at 7:30. I ended up catching 38 bass. Used sot plastics in 6-10 oot o water. Most ish 12-14 inches but caught 7 in the three to our pound range. Overall a good day o ishing.
      City: Roseville

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      Water Temp: 60-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I started ishing at 3:30 and ended at 7:30. I ended up catching 38 bass. Used sot plastics in 6-10 oot o water. Most ish 12-14 inches but caught 7 in the three to our pound range. Overall a good day o ishing.
      City: Roseville

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 63-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my 12 year old son out in the aternoon and boated 8 ish. Mostly 12-13"ers. I nailed a 3.2 lb and my son ollowed with a 3.0 lb around 7pm (his biggest ever). Best bite was ater 6pm in the Dry Creek Area.I think he was the happiest kid on the lake ater that. A day he'll remember or a long time.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Use various plastics in the 3-4" size or best bite. Fish slow and be patient. Best colors were brown/chartreuse and green.Take a child ishing and enjoy their excitement when they land a nice bass.

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      Water Temp: ??????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is just red hot. I ished or 4 hours and boated 32 ish. I did have a lot o 10-13 inch ish but the biggest was a 5.5 lb. The word that I have been getting is that baby brush hogs are the way to go. This is true i you want small ish. The bigger ish were cought on lagre salamander patterns. Green and purples were the colors to have. Spinnerbait bite is still very good.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Dont limit yoursel to short casts. I had many ish hit in areas were I was about to bring the bait in because I thought I was to ar rom the shore. Also, i your see those unny loooking signs in the water that say "no wake" you might wish to consider slowing down!!! Ater all it is the law.

Thursday, April 6th, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hmmmm.....Well I figured the crank bite would still be on, guess what I couldn't get a fish cranking. Got on the water about 4pm cranked until 5pm, realized it wasn't going to happen. Started throwing a WitchesT magic worm in 12 feet of water and nailed 3 fish up to 2lbs. Was pretty depressed seeing how well I did cranking the other day. Left at 6:30. Had a buddy out on the lake I met up with, he hit 2 fish on blades and one on a rattle trap. Will hit anderson tomorrow, let you know how I did.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: One thing I have noticed the fish are staying in the 9-12ft range. Hope this helps. Mike

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hmmmm.....Well I figured the crank bite would still be on, guess what I couldn't get a fish cranking. Got on the water about 4pm cranked until 5pm, realized it wasn't going to happen. Started throwing a WitchesT magic worm in 12 feet of water and nailed 3 fish up to 2lbs. Was pretty depressed seeing how well I did cranking the other day. Left at 6:30. Had a buddy out on the lake I met up with, he hit 2 fish on blades and one on a rattle trap. Will hit anderson tomorrow, let you know how I did.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: One thing I have noticed the fish are staying in the 9-12ft range. Hope this helps. Mike

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 6:30 a.m. and headed into Rogers Creek. While I tried top water, jerk bait, and crank baits with no success my wie got several hits, lost two and then inally boated a nice 4 lb. largemouth. She was split shotting a our inch green weenie. I don't argue with success and switched to split shotting and soon boated a 3 lb. 8 oz. largemouth and our casts later boated another 3 lb. ish. We ended up split shotting most o the cuts and coves in Rogers Creek calling it a day at 1 p.m.. We boated about 20 ish and only one was a dink the rest ranged in weight rom 2 lbs. to 4 lbs.. All, except or one 2 lb. 8 oz. smallie, were largemouth.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Split shot 4" worms, color did not seem to matter. Bigger ish came out o parts o the cove that were sheltered rom the wind.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished back side near the picknick grounds rom 6am-9am. Picked up three. Two around 3lbs each and one dink. The dink hit a brush baby crank bait(Shad). One o the other two on a baby bass spinner bait and the other on a pumpkin/chartruese Lizard split shot. All three were very agressive. The two larger ish were real at.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish near the looded trees close to any deep water. Reaction baits and sot plastics seem to be the ticket right now.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in the water at 0615, out a 1230 at jones valley, hit main lake points rom Clickapudi to Arbuckle, early ish caught in 2-3t o water on any brown worm, ater 0730 shited to brown jigs on 3/8oz jig heads to collect a dozen at 1 1/2 lbs in 12-20t o water, lots o carp rolling around and a lot o debris loating due to rising water levels, water coming up a oot a day, i u ish early watch your speed as there are logs loating mid-channel, the debris will only get worse until the lake stops and starts going back down.
      City: Redding

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got out about 8 a.m. --out at noon-- 4 ish--no real pattern to it--tough bite--got one largie out o a tree with a jig- 2 spots rippin a T.D. minnow in a cove with a lot o laydowns-one spot on a loating worm--looked or nests-didn't see any--still a bit o I believe.
      City: Mt. Shasta