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Friday, March 3rd, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 52-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Met a couple o buddies rom Markleeville at Pardee on Friday or some bass ishing. The bass ishing was slow or us. We landed 2 (one largemouth on a purple magic worm and one smallmouth on a shad rap). We also landed ive trout to 15" on our bass tackle and a yellow mini jig. We ished the south end o the lake or most o the day and inished up in the river. Great day to be on the river. We saw deer and even a bald eagle.
      City: Concord

      Tips: From our lack o ish I don't have any suggestions. I have a hard time with ish that are deep.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: not sure

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 17 ish. Most were between 12 and 15 inches, nothing big but a lot o un. Caught them on 6 inch worms in Salt and Pepper with a chart tail. We split shotted in 40 to 60 eet.
      City: Weed

      Tips: The slit shotting seemed to work better than anything, caught 15 out o the 17 ish

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: can't stay out o the McCloud, wind at 5-10 out o the north,temp 75 degrees, caught 12 to two lbs, lost one in ront o Kamloops that might have been 2 1/2-3lbs, most taken out o 8-15 t o water, started seeing a ew cruising in 4-10t around the willows, my riend was in the pit, said he boated 7 to 2 1/2 and things are picking up over there. Find the water coming in and toss ur stu into the mud line and move it slowly, bites today were a little more aggressive but still sot. Lots o pre-ishing going on today, one o my avorite coves had three boats in the back o it. Rain is supposed to be on the way but not as erocious as the past ew storms.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a beautiul aternoon out on the lake. Yorty Creek gate closed, so you have to walk in, but it is well worth it to be one o only a couple people ishin. Got three largemouths all over 3#, and all on spinnerbait. Lots o action in the weeds right where Yorty Creek comes into the lake. Tight lines!
      City: Santa Rosa

Thursday, March 2nd, 2000

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bad day....Water very muddy caught one ish in 3 hours. Try back nex week.
      City: san jose

Wednesday, March 1st, 2000

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Berryessa and found the bite to be slow. Found spots back in the coves and had 10 fish. The best was 5 for about 8.45lbs. Fished the narrows and I think the better fish are at the north end.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Try shacking in 15 to 25 feet of water. Watch your debth finder to locate fish. Fish are stacked when they are found. Also another good bet is a jig in the brown color, with a brown pork trailer. The spots are getting in the pre spawn mode, the bite should realy turn on for them shortley.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 11 to dusk. Jimmy caught 2 (both about 3.5 lbs). He skunked me again. He caught both on jigs in about 15 feet of water on rocky bottom.
      City: So San Francisco

      Tips: Fish your jig slowly. Jimmy would let it sit still for a minute or so. Fish the rocks. Give likely areas several casts.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 11 to dusk. Jimmy caught 2 (both about 3.5 lbs). He skunked me again. He caught both on jigs in about 15 feet of water on rocky bottom.
      City: So San Francisco

      Tips: Fish your jig slowly. Jimmy would let it sit still for a minute or so. Fish the rocks. Give likely areas several casts.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south delta from 10 to 4pm. Cranked a small one in the back of rock slough, then flipped a keeper near Cruiser Haven on a brush hog in shallow water with dead tullies. At 3pm I finally got a good fish (5lber) flipping same brush hog, this time it was in dark green tullies. The fish was very aggressive on attacking my bait. Cranked and bladed as much as flipped with not as much luck. Total
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Don't know, maybe flip jigs and large plastics in healthy tullies near spawning flats.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out of ladds again water still muddy still alot of debries floating around fished from 1:30 too5:00 flipping jigs, cranking speedtraps, and throwing spinnerbaits in tulies and rip rap got bit ounce on the jig and missed that one talked to one boat, he got two dinks on a jig. need a couple days of decent weather and the bite should change at least thats what i keep telling my self.
      City: modesto

      Tips: SOMEBODY HELP ME I KEEP GETTING SKUNKED ON THIS DELTA

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, everything co-operated or The Loch's opener except the ish. Me and my ishing buddy were the irst in line and the irst boat launched o the season. The weather was great with lat calm water and warm sunshine up untill about noon when the wind started to blow. Even then it was still nice. Only problem was the ish weren't biting. Started out with plastics, tried jigs spinners and cranks. Fished all around the lake. Had one bite on a plastic worm, but missed it. Very ew other olks reportd any catches either. Did see one 5-6# caught on a jig.
      City: Ben Lomond

      Tips: Fish somewhere else till the water warms and clears a bit. Visibilty was as little as 6 inches.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: warm today, 58degrees with high overcast, went back to the McCloud, lost a nice ish near shallow point, went up above kamloops and caught 22 to 2 1/2lbs missed probably 20 others on sot pressure bites, salt and pepper gurbs on1/2 and 3/8 oz jig heads. ind a place with a lot o water coming into the lake, ish today were caught at 8-25 t and are deinitely moving up. also caught a ew on yoshimura black and gold sot plastic. no wind, riday is supposed to be good weather and I can't wait to get back out there.the new ranger is a blast!
      City: Redding

Tuesday, February 29th, 2000

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WE HELD OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT SUNDAY 27TH, ALL IN ALL THINGS WENT GOOD. THE WEATHER WAS THE ONLY THING THAT DIDN'T COOPERATE. 31 BOATS PARTICIPATED,AND 27 OUT OF 31 WEIGHED IN 7 FISH LIMITS. 1ST PLACE WENT TO THE TEAM OF CAREY EDWARD AND KEVIN JOHNSON WITH A TOTAL OF 18.58LBS AND A BIG FISH OF 4.12LBS. SECOND PLACE WENT TO THE TEAM OF STAN McGEE AND DON WILLIAMS WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 17.64 LBS AND THE SECOND BIG FISH OF 2.98 LBS. THIRD PLACE WENT TO THE TEAM OF SHANE HAWKINS AND BOBBY ROCHA WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 14.68 LBS. THE WINNERS SAID THERE FISH CAME ON JIGS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE. SEE YA AT NEW MELONES ON MARCH 26TH 2000
      City: DENAIR

      Tips: THE FISH WERE AT ALL DEPTHS.SOME CAUGHT THEM ON REACTION BAITS BUT THE BETTER FISH CAME ON JIGS ( DEEPER). IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE THE BIGGER FISH MOVE UP.

  • Fresno County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started ishing at 1030hrs and inished at 1700hrs. Mike caught 2 bass 2.10lbs&3.2lbs using 5in. salty crawly grub with skirt and red lakes. It was raining all day
      City: Madera

      Tips: 5in. grubs with skirts work good at dumas cove at millerton lake with slow pre.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: MID-CAL BASS WILL HOLD ITS SECOND TEAM TOURNAMENT ON MARCH 26TH AT GLORY HOLE RAMP.ENTRY FEE IS $50.00 PER TEAM WITH A $10.00 BIG FISH OPTION. 80% PAYBACK AT 1 OUT OF 5. ENTRIES MUST BE RECIEVED BY MARCH 22ND OR A $10.00 LATE CHARGE WILL BE CHARGED AT THE LAKE.THERE IS A 75 BOAT MAXIMUM. FOR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL ME OR CALL (209)664-1286
      City: DENAIR

      Tips: HEARD THINGS WERE REAL SLOW BUT THAT SHOULD CHANGE VERY SOON.ALL WE NEED IS SOME NICE WEATHER.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 40-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: lite ishing not much luck no one else i talked to caught any thing had a spinner
      City: moreno valley

Monday, February 28th, 2000

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to the Squaw creek arm, water dirty, managed only one small bass in 12-25 t o water, moved over to the McCloud near Shallow Point and caught 7 spots to 2lbs on brown and green sot plastic in 15-30t o water, temp 48 in main body, 50 degrees where streams are running in, ish are moving up, the bite is still very sot, the McCloud is very clear considering all the rain,heavy overcast with wind out o the south at 5-10mph, tried spinner baits in white and a chartruese willow blades with no luck, my partner missed at least 10 bites using a too sti spinning rod.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I have switched to a 7t med action bait cast rod with a very sot tip to detect the bites right now. when in doubt, stick em!

Sunday, February 27th, 2000

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished West Coast Team tournament on 2/26/00.Finished 14thout o 43 boats.Had 9.71Lbs. just over 15Lbs. won tourney.Had early limit but could not get a kicker ish.Culledish all day long.Caught ish throwing ripbaits,crankbaitsand carolina rigs(morning dawn/oxblood).Caught all oish in main body.
      City: woodland,ca

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED A TOURNMENT HERE TODAY. 31 BOATS. RAINED 80% OF THE DAY. FISH MAINLY UP THE RIVER AREA. CAUGHT 20 PLUS FISH. CAUGHT FISH BY MAINLY CRANKIN AND JIGS BRN/BRN PLASTIC TRAILER. TOOK 17LBS TO WIN. WE ONLT HAD 10.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: THE FISH WERE SLAMIN THE JIG HARD. WHEN CRANKIN WHEN EVER I HIT A ROCK AND STOPPED IT THE WOULD HIT IT.

Saturday, February 26th, 2000

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brandon Youngblood and I ish the West Coast tean event here on Saturday. We had our limit in 30 minutes ripping a Staycee Lucky Crat Minnow in the main body. Most ish are small however, so it took all day culling to get 12 pounds. The trick was to let your rip bait sit still or 3 to 5 seconds between rips. The tournament was won with iteen pounds. We needed just one big ish but didn't get it... We did have un a lot o un catching 20+ rip ish however... The rip bite will continue in the stormy weather we've been having. Next Tournament on the lake will be NewBass on March 12th. I guess we'll give that a try...
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Let your Rip bait sit still or 3 to 5 seconds.