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Saturday, March 18th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: City: Sacramento

      Tips: Left out of Ladd's threw red Cranks, blades, black jigs, and rattle traps from there to Franks tract....1 fish on a red crank bait....1 striper on a brown crank....S L O W D A Y!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SORRY,THIS IS NOT A REPORT, BUT AN ADD TO SELL MY BOAT. I HAVE A 17 FT CHAMPION WITH A 115HP MERC.REGRETFULY I AM FORCED TO SELL THIS AWESOME BOAT. IT IS WHITE WITH RED TRIM,ITS A 1998 BOUGHT IN LATE NOVEMBER SO IT HAS VERY LOW HOURS.IF INTERESTED E-MAIL ME AT IMBB37@AOL.COM, OR CALL 541-1391 AND ASK FOR BRIAN....ONLY ASKING FOR THE PAY OFF OF THE LOAN WHICH IS 15,144.70 LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE......
      City: MODESTO

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 51-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at RedBud about noon and ished the south end pointswith no luck. Ran down to the Old Keys and still a blank.Stopped at a cove one the way back to watch the weighin and got a jig ish 4#.. At the weighin Cooch said go ind dirtywater....Motored over by State Park and ound muddy wateraround the looded timber....Within a hr had two more at 4+# and a 7.5 kicker :>) Sunday got blown o the water due to the wind. (+(
      City: Dublin

      Tips: Pay attention when the TopNut speaks...

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or trout early morning, no bites. Started Bass Fishing around 10:30 a.m.. Caught 1 on Crankbait in 8 eet o water. Moved around some, caught 8 more all rom the same area on spinnerbait in 4 eet o water. Largest went 4.8lbs.
      City: Cupertino

      Tips: The water is warming slowly. Fish prespawn migration routes.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55.9 to56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: pre ished woods area and power lines as well as deer hill and blue oaks, ish were in 2 to 10t no reaction bite I could ind, nice limit on sot jigs and worms split shot. Fish seemed to want the bait moving slowly o o the banks. Bite was sot no hammer just hanging on.
      City: Merced

      Tips: Double set when you eel the irst pull in order to stick the ish, dont go to ast.

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      Water Temp: dunno but it's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well I'm taking my own advice....here's my report!We arrived around daylight Saturday and went stright back the big lat in the NW corner.I immediately picked up a 2 1/2 lber on a white Viper spinnerbait.We ished all availble cover but rock seemed to be the key....we picked up 10 more throughout the morning shaking hand-pours on 1/8 oz. darterheads in 10'or less.Fish were all beautiul....good shape and at!Glad to see the DFG out there checking licenses.
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: White spinnerbaits....handpours in blue,purple,brown all worked or us.There are some handpours out there made by a company called "Buddy Baits" GOD the ish love these things!They seem soter than others and will only catch You one ich but hey I'll pay 30 cents to catch each ish!All I know about them is they are made in Avenal or Hanord....somewhere in the south valley-i You want more ino e-mail me and I'll get it to ya!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out today at 10:00 am out o Granite Bay to brake in the new boat. Fished a little in the north arm using carolina rigged lizzard and cranking a at ree shad. Nothing all day. Where are the ish?
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: don't have any since we only ished or about one hour. spent the rest o the time just boating around

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Islands across rom east acorn campground at around 1:00 pm , caught 2 largeies and had about a 3 lb smallie chase my crankbait back to the boat. Fish are deinatley moving up but still alittle inicky. Our ish were caught in about 4 to 10 t o water.
      City: markleeville

      Tips: Fish were caught on ringtail worms splitshoting.Bite still a little sot but getting much better.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom about 8 o'clock till 1200 pm. Had 1 ish about 1.5 lbs ollow my worm up rom a submerged tree @ about 25 t. Fished some really good areas at all depths and we trew everything at em but no luck.
      City: markleeville

      Tips: Fish still on the deep side so ish deep and slow and hope the wind dont come up!!!!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 54 to 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Found 60 degree water at 2:00 pm. Caught irst ish at 2:30. A ive pound largemouth is the biggest I have ever seen out o this lake. Had a ew smallies, and a ew short strikes, and then had to call it a day.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Slow ish means a slow presentation. Fish came on a 4" worm ished on 4 lb test.

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

      Report: Saturday, March 18th I landed the largest Largemouth Bass in 6 years o ishing at Lake Perris. Saturday was also the day an Association called Bass America held a tournament on the lake.The weather was warm, the water was clear and the Bass were near shore spawning. Several other anglers were claiming landing 10 to 20 Bass during the day.Lake Perris was very busy with boat traic due to the warm weather and clear skies.
      City: Riverside

      Tips: Bass were hitting on plastic lizzards and worms. I landed mine on a nightcrawler hanging 5' beneath a bobber.

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to Pinto about 6:30AM. Fished all around the lake got a ew strikes but that was it. I was jiggin a Black/Blue jig with a junebug grub trailer. ( I read in an article somewhere that it worked better than a jig and pig...NOT!)Talked to two guys who got 5 ish , one was eight pounds! Full o eggs. They were using jig and pig. Tight into shoreline cover , SLOW! This lake should be working well in a couple o weeks. Don't orget to post your reports regardless o how the day was...
      City: Aptos

      Tips: Black/Blue jig with dark colored pig , pitch into shoreline cover , tight , most strikes on the drop , i not , let'ersit on the bottom or a ew seconds and then jig real slow , pause , and jig again. The guy that caught the eight pounder gave me this tip.

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

      Report: bass ishing great.
      City: lakehead ca.

      Tips: renzy lure 3/8 ounce tennessee shad

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom eight to noon without a single bite. Only my second time to this lake, and unless someone can prove that there are bass in there I may not go back. Fished the trees in the back, underwater humps, and some submerged trees in 30t o water. Saw a ew ish on the depthinder, but they were not interested in anything I had to oer. Did get one crappie jigging a 1/2 oz Rattle Snakie spoon in the trees.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Wait till the water warms, or go somewhere that has already warmed up.

Friday, March 17th, 2000

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Damn shame more people dont ill out reports!I as many people illed out a report as looked at this thing we'd have it made!PLEASE ill out a report everytime you go out...catch or not!I'm going to Eastman sat. and probably sun.too...i anyone has been up recently I would appreciate any ino....Thanks and Tight Lines to you all!
      City: chowchilla

      Tips: Lets all help eachother out huh?Fill out a report!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Found a terriic split-shot bite in the North Fork. Bite started at 11:45 and lasted until about 3:00. Probably could have caught more, but got tired o ighting the wind. Partner and I caught between 25-30 ish during that time. Oxblood 4.5" weines ished in 2-13 eet was the hot ticket, but color was not be much o a actor since we caught them on eight dierent colors o that same rocky point. The ish were mostly spots running 1.5 lbs, a couple o 2 lb smallmouth and one 3 lb. largemouth. The big suprise was the 5.5 lb spotted bass I caught on the last cast o the day.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Main river rocky points that drop o into deep water. Did not catch any ish rom the nearby willows. Best bite came in the aternoon, ater the sun had warmed the rocks.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 52.5-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the South Fork. Slow in the morning with the surace water temp at 53.0. As the water started to warm up (56+) ish became active o the points and secondary points. All ish in the 13" to 16" range (except one dink), best o the day 18" Total ish +/-25 (two people)
      City: Marysville

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 50.9-54.2

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We ished Lake Sonoma Friday rom 6:30 A.M to 5:00 P.M. and the wind blew rom 6 to 20 miles per hour all day long. Most o the ish were caught on points beore ull sun or rom shadow pockets on or near the points ater 3:00 P.M.. From our experience yesterday, the ish have not moved up into the backs o the coves nor do they appear to be in intensive preparation or spawning..We caught 22 ish ranging rom about 10 inches to an estimated 3.25 lbs.. None o the ish appeared to be laden with eggs nor were their abdomens distended rom extensive oraging. The largest ish (a large mouth) was caught on a spinner bait and the smallest ish (a small mouth) was caught on a rip bait. There was no apparent pattern or most eective color with the ish coming rom 2 to 20 eet o depth. Most ish were lighter colored I assume rom lack o sun penetration due to the muddy water.I rather doubt this report will be o much help but it is actual and objective.Other people that were ishing claimed Carolina rigged lizards (green pumpkin seed & chartreuse) dragged across points were the most productive but we did not Carolina rig or split shot or the ish.Tight lines and above all be sae and have un

Thursday, March 16th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 40-50 degree??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: As the temperature gets warmer, bass are picking up. Trouts are slowing down, but man, my riends and sure nailed our limit ishing at the lake within 2 hours. Trouts are jumping out o the water looking or ood. Ater catching our limit we started catching and releasing it. Man what a rush!!!!
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Power bait is your best bet or now. Make sure that it has glitter or it to work. Rainbow color is your best bait. thanks,

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Picked the worst day of the whole week as far as the weather goes to fish. Launched the boat just past 8am into the howling wind. Caught one dink on a grub while i was seeking shelter on the back side of the lake,that was it. Headed for the ramp at about 11am. My buddy caught one fish next to the ramp while waiting for me to arrive on a brush hawg.
      City: San Jose