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Monday, April 3rd, 2000

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60/65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 9:00am ished until dusk. Spent too much time in Rodmen Slough.Tried worms brush hogs,jerk baits,not a touch.Moved down toward Rocky Point and inally got into some ish.Caught two on white spinners,eight on brown Gator Dogs.Largest was about 5-smallest about 2.It was a long day.Lots o time between ish.
      City: Redding

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: howzit ellow bassers went out 6-3p caught two nice smallmouth 1 beore 7:00 straight across r:marina o some rocks. then went south knot broke upon hookset(great)nice largemouth jumped out water laughing at me,re-tiedput a blk/red 7" worm on lost another ish inside tullies.drove up north or deeper water hooked into another 2.5lbsmallmouth (these ish both gave great ights! thought theywere lunker largemouths)anyway continued to enjoy great dayand lost what probably was the biggest ish o day poor hook-set still used to the sot winter bite these ish werehitting very aggressive!2nd small mouth hit worm three timesin a row.another guy caught a largemouth on spinner bait didnot get to talk to again that day. aloha r:dakine isherman
      City: newark

      Tips: same as i use on the delta lots o plastics dark colors,best advice is be ready lost 3 on very quit/hard hits musto been the sun ha ha.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 56-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: a ella e-mailed me about why I haven't posted a report or the last 3 days so here goes, in the water yesterday at 0650 out at 1230, 11 ish on, 7 in the boat, all released and all were large mouth rom 2 1/2 to 8lbs on brown brush hogs and jigs in 2-8t o water o o rocks with wood around. I this sounds a little "Fishy" its because I went to Clearlake or the irst time and ollowed Cooch's advise, the ishing was great and I wish I could stay or a week. So, Sir, rom down south, here's my report!
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished both Saturday and Sunday 4/1 and4/2. Caught 6 or 7 keepers each day. The ish were in less than 15 eet o water.Most o the ish came rom where you could see cuts in the bank and a ew o the ish came rom points. I ished in the cove between Squaw and the Pit River Arms. The bait was a our inch power worm with a curly tail on a 1/8 oz. dart jig head.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Three o the bass came in a iteen minute period, draggingthe worm behind the boat as the boat was blown down the bankby the wind.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: my friend and i went out on april 2 we woke up at 5:00 we went buzzing at the break we did not get one raise so we left then went to small franks got 4 dinks we sow a woman and a man fishing a point they pulled out 10 fish right in front of us so we stuck around fore a wile but nothing so we left took a little run to mandervill we used jigs and cranks but nothing all out bad day.
      City: martinaz

      Tips: consentrate on points and lots of structure.Got fish on pig jig and firetiger speed trap. ask for al p.s I have a 83 ranger 372 its in verry good condition it just got new carpit and more prise$ 7,500call(925)2294479 (925)2294479

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: NEW DELTA RECORD SET SUNDAY IN ANGLER'S CHOICE EVENT. 17.51 LBS. FIRST STOP IN THE MORNING, FIRST CAST! HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS STILL IN SHOCK AN HOUR AFTER WAY-IN. WAY TO GO!
      City: Foster City

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: high 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Today is the third day in a row i went! My dad and i went rom 5-8pm . I was wading and my third cast ( tules/south end ) i pulled out a little 1 pounder in the same spot as yesterday.and i managed to get 2 more( 1 was about two pounds and the other was like 12 oz). My irst two were again on a tequilla sunrise colored worm. The 12 ozer was on a 3" rainbow trout colored sot jerkbait. But the highlight was when my dad nailed a 4 lb largemouth. He texas rigged a tequilla sunrise colored worm and lipped near a loating log ater he say its tail swimming. This is gerald your 14 year old riend signing o. P.S. no prob BigVal.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: The purple sot plastics are really getting to the bass. But you have to really work the tules thoroughly. I missed my second ish about 6or7 times. Then i inally got'em. Also sot jerkbaits worked in the later hours ater the boils started raiding the water.

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      Water Temp: 57-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: almost got skuned, almostFished rom 6-11 all the coves in heron bay were hammeredsaw ish and marked ish but din't catch ish.Last hal hour ish the lat along the e. shore trail stucka couple (1+ and a soild 3#) useing a white spinnerbait,iI only had a little more time.p.s. thanks lil gilligan
      City: livermore

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61.6-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Conn Saturday with my girlriend in my boat and ished agianst my buddy in his boat. Morning started o slow because they care-taker didn't unlock the gate until it was kind o late. Finally got on the water about 6:20. Had 2 ish on right o the bat only landing 1 using a loating worm thrown into shallow cover. Picked up 1 more early ish throwing a tube bait. Went or a couple o hours without getting a bite but seing tons o ish. Luckily my girlriend had to use the restroom so we headed or the dock when I spotted a little tulle clump. I threw my loating worm next to it and stuck a 6-pounder. I continued down the shoreline picking up 1 more ish and losing a bunch more. Fish were up shallow sometimes in schools o about 30-40 ish. This was really weird. Mostly all males. The emales should be ready to move up in the next week or so depending on the weather. Some are already there. There are many beds that have been anned out but there are no ish on them. At the end od the day I had 4 keepers that weighed 17lbs. My buddy had 2 ish or 8lbs. All my ish came o o the ront shoreline. Not a bad day or this lake. All the ish seemed to be cruising around. Not many ish locked down on the beds. Too early! The water was 61 degrees in the morning and when i let the surace temp was 67.
      City: Suisun

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      Water Temp: 62-67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 8:00 am until 7:00 pm. Picked up 6 ish to 5 lb. Hard to establish a pattern. 3 hit on a Chartruese Ninja spinnerbait (3 tomahawk blades). 3 hit on one o my hand poured creations (2 on blue/purple, 1 on baby bass. All ish were near the bank in dead vegetation that was near semi-submerged live brush. All ish were caught beore 1:00 pm ad the bite shut down hard. There were a bunch o pre-spawn emale hawgs suspended in tree branches that were not interested in ANYTHING! I hassled another ish in the shallows or an hour and it ignored everything. Would not even be provoked into an angry reaction bite.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Try throwing the kitchen sink.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Bass are in 20 to 25 eet o water in the back o the coves during the late aternoon. I caught two 2-1/2 pound largemouths in just 45 minutes rom the bank in the Clikapudi Trailhead area o the Jones Valley inlet. I was ishing around the willow trees in that area. Some o the bites I got were rom Bass suspended at the 20 oot level just next to the trees.As the water warms up in the next ew weeks, the Bass ishing should go rom moderate to extreme. The Bluegill are already spawning in the rear areas o some o the coves that I was ishing Sunday, so the Bass won't be ar away in their spawning.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I was ishing a Texas rigged 4" OxBlood/Blue and a OxBlood/Blue with a light green tail Magic Worm with a 1/64th oz weight very slowly on the bottom. The two ish I did land hit the worm just ater it hit the bottom.Try to hit the lake on the weekdays because the Jet Skiers are really messing up the water on the weekends. I was just ortunate to get the two ish I got in this one protected cove. My other two coves were so murky that you couldn't see your hand just two inches under the water.Good Fishing All!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs.

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs.

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs.

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs.

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went to yorty about 7:30-9:30 with in the irst 5 min i cout a 4 lbscrapi on a dark green grub and a ew sall bass her and therthen i went up to cherry and cout a ew small bass on a shadrap
      City: petaluma

      Tips: shad raps and grubs

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      Water Temp: 56-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks to Rich Hamilton or the inormation on Sonoma it was very helpul. Well started ishing at the no ski bouys on the west side o the lake Dry creek main lake. First bass came on watermelon/red lake brush hog a 2.0 pounder and then another back to back. the day I had was a good one I managed to catch and release 15 bass with the biggest at a meger 3.0 pound and the smallest 1.0 buck bass. the ish that I was catching related to rubble rocks and at the base o the trees oh caught 1 on a brown/red 1/4oz. spider jig with a zoom rootbeer/green lake twin tail. Most o the bass caught were in 3 to 12 eet deep.
      City: Fairield

      Tips: Try ishing where the other guys aren't and jig slow.