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Saturday, March 4th, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 12-5 today, and had a fair day. Started out by losing a real good fish flipping a tree w/ a jig....she straightened my hook out!! Fished some more and picked up 2 2lbers on a white/chartreuse spinnerbait. Changed locations and immediately missed one on a zipper grub. I went biteless for awhile, then picked up a nice 3lber flipping the jig, and a small 1 1/2 lber using the jig on shallow rock. Also missed a good jig thunk. All in all a decent day, but the guys who got there in the morning really spanked em.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: The fish are definitely moving up shallower!!!

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      Water Temp: 51.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good fish for me, five in 4 hrs. Small fish was 4.0 large was 6.3 After 10:00 there were to many boats. One on each point. The fish were on the banks next to some kind of structure, a cut out of a branch or grass.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: throwing blades chartreuse/chartreuse

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday morning caught a total of four buck bass in the shallows using some lure that resembles a craw.
      City: SAN JOSE

      Tips: Throw something that makes some noise in a red hue.

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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8:00am till 3:00pm. Caught two of a point using a binky bug. My friend caught one fish on a charturse speed trap. Others caugh fish flipping and spinnerbaiting! Pretty good day
      City: Palo Alto

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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 12-5 today, and had a fair day. Started out by losing a real good fish flipping a tree w/ a jig....she straightened my hook out!! Fished some more and picked up 2 2lbers on a white/chartreuse spinnerbait. Changed locations and immediately missed one on a zipper grub. I went biteless for awhile, then picked up a nice 3lber flipping the jig, and a small 1 1/2 lber using the jig on shallow rock. Also missed a good jig thunk. All in all a decent day, but the guys who got there in the morning really spanked em.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: The fish are definitely moving up shallower!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54 to 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south all morning. Saw way to many boats compared to norm. Bite was tough for me. Caught 3 jig fish all from wood, not much size. Most others I talked to struggled as well. Water is very muddy. Nice day to be fishing.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Central Delta has clearest water.

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      Water Temp: 54-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I don't know what all those other people were wining about, but we killed em today!!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Caught fish on everything from clams to buzz baits!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 52.8-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went by mysel on Sat. I had to leave at noon so I do not know how the aternoon bite was. The morning was O.k. I got nine ish beore I had to leave. All were in about the 2 lb.class. I had one ish at about 2 1/2. Everything pretty much stayed the same as the week beore. Most o my ish came at about 20 t. I did take 2 at 10-15. I got about 1/2 on jigs and 1/2 on worms. The lake is dropping.Good Luck
      City: Galt

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished today at clear. Started south and worked all the way up north. Threw blades, lipped .carolina rigged, and o course ripped uckycrat stu.. with the exception o 1 breako the day was very slow. Even worlked the canals by the state park nada!! They got me stumped.. How did anyone else do?

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Very tough ishing today. WATER WAS 53.3 EARLY AND WARMED to 56.5 in aternoon.Got bit splitshotting 4 inch worm and dragging 6 inch worm.Tried cranking, ripping, and throwing a jig.Nothing! Lake should turn on pretty soon. Oh well that's ishing.
      City: Modesto

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Boy did I have a tough time today. I ished rom ten in the morn to 3 in the noon and caught one ish 13inch while my buddy caught two better sized ones. We caught the ish shakin' a dart head worm in the middle and south ork areas. All three ish were in about 15-20 eet o water. I tried a spinnerbait throughout dierent locations, NOT A BITE! I recommend just taking a dart head rod to the lake and maybe a jig rod. Good Luck
      City: sacramento

      Tips: My only tip is to try a dierent lake. Oroville is not the best right now!

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Boy did I have a tough time today. I ished rom ten in the morn to 3 in the noon and caught one ish 13inch while my buddy caught two better sized ones. We caught the ish shakin' a dart head worm in the middle and south ork areas. All three ish were in about 15-20 eet o water. I tried a spinnerbait throughout dierent locations, NOT A BITE! I recommend just taking a dart head rod to the lake and maybe a jig rod. Good Luck
      City: sacramento

      Tips: My only tip is to try a dierent lake. Oroville is not the best right now!

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: lo to mid 50s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got two largemouth. Both on brn/brn 1/4oz jig, one w/yamamoto pumpkin single tail grub, other w/yamamoto brown twintail grub.Got one in the South arm pitching the pig and jig next to a laydown in 10 eet o water. Other was in River arm near log jam, shear wall, 12t o water. Couldn't ind others when we got one.Tried 4" Keeper green weenie, got some taps and botched one pickup, Doh! Also gave an eort with rapala ripbait, but couldn't get any smallies to come up.Talked to a ew others who said the bite was slow.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish deeper than we did, say 20t+. Use light line! I the weather is nice or 3 or 4 days this place could open up. Just my gut eel.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hooked on 4 ish all over 3lb. Looks like the conditions are improving. Used top water lures (tl rattler).good luck
      City: san jose

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went up the pit arm. Did some good on spider jigs. The cold ront shut it down pretty quick at about 10 a.m.We went in about 12. didn't want to get to wet.
      City: Willows

Friday, March 3rd, 2000

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

      Report: Left work a littl early Friday and fished Calero/Bailey cove area. Caught 5 from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs spinnerbaiting shoreline. Fish really nailed bait, felt much larger than they actually were. Saw several other fish caught, all pretty much clones of each other. All bucks, looks to be first wave of fish moving shallow. Should get better if weather gives us a break.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Left work a littl early Friday and fished Calero/Bailey cove area. Caught 5 from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs spinnerbaiting shoreline. Fish really nailed bait, felt much larger than they actually were. Saw several other fish caught, all pretty much clones of each other. All bucks, looks to be first wave of fish moving shallow. Should get better if weather gives us a break.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Big Break and fished about 5 hours. It was windy in the morning but after noon, the wind died down. Tied was incoming. Fished the meatwall, Dutch, Ironhouse, and the break. Managed only three fish, all from flippin' the old reliable black and blue jig. Biggest went to 3 lbs. All fish came off of rock bank no deeper than 7-8'. All three fish hit aggressively. Tried crankin' in the break with no luck.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: I kept the jig moving, doing my version of Cooch's claw wave. I call it my "keep the jig moving, and don't let it settle inbetween the rocks" method.

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      Water Temp: 49' - 51'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went loat-tubing in rock creek arm coves. just landed 1 tiny bass on sot plastic. ish inder was reading ish holding at 22' deep o o points/curves. couldn't get 'em to bite. water is still a bit cold and stained. i'd give it a couple more weeks. 'twas a nice day out anyway.
      City: berkeley

      Tips: the bass love the plastic worms at CFW. all the ish seem to like sot plastics. we've caught sunish there on small rubber grubs and trout on 4" power lizards.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 53 to 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south end o the lake most o the day . Fish still at about 25' to 30' t. Caught 1 large mouth about 1pm on purple magic worm at 20'that went about 1.5lbs. My buddy caught 1 smallie late in the aternoon on a shad rap at about 10 t ater a shad boil.Coldnt keep the trout o the rubber worms or the jigs.
      City: Markleeville

      Tips: Fish real slow, smallies are about ready to spawn and largies are ull o crawdads.