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Sunday, February 6th, 2000

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished every bait but the one that worked and went everywhere but where the fish were. Fished from 7 to 3 and only got 1 bite.
      City: tracy

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Angler's Choice Delta Region Sunday. Bite was tough, only took 16+ for 5 fish to win. High presure and cooling water temp seems to have slowed the bite conciderably. We had only 3 fish/6.8#s for the day, 2 flipping and 1 on a Speed Trap. We fished a couple of sloughs with depths from 2-15 feet. All our fish came from 3-7 feet of water. The flip fish came off of transition zones from weed flats to deeper tulie banks. Crank fish came off a weed flat. All three fish and out other bites came on downsized baits. 1/8 ounce Speed Trap and a 4 inch grub.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Bite seems to vary day to day. Friday was great and by Sunday it was fairly slow. When high presure moves in after a front be sure to downsize your offerings.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water clarity varied around the lake. Some areas were muddy while others were airly clear. Fished the south end around Jago bay landing a 1 and 4.5 pounder. Fish came on crank baits in about 10'. Talked with others at the dock and they're still catching ish on jumbo minnows in 20-25'.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Look or the clearer water. Stick with reaction baits, cranks down to 10-15'around docks or get some minnows and go deep.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out just ater sun-up and ripped one spot that went about 1.5 lbs on the main body. Went over to the penninsulaand saw lots o bait and ish on the graph, but no takers.Went up north to a cobblerock wall and tore them up. Split-shottin' brown/ire tail reapers in about 35-40 eet took3 ish (2.25, 2.5, and a 3.25 pig). Also had many more bites, but couldn't get them set.
      City: ROSEVILLE

      Tips: Very slowwwwww and only eelin' pressure bites. No thumpin'just a little more weight on the line than normal, SET THEHOOK. Ripped Luckey Crat Staysee on main body or early ish. Prespawn is just around the corner.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hello ellow anglers, I ished Shasta Lake today great weather.On the water at 6:45am out o Jones Valley headed up the Pit rattling a blue ghost on trees and points. Caught a total o 21 ish. Got one Rip ish early on shallow point,and 2 spoon ish. Rest were caught on worms.Caught one 2 lb and 1 3lb 4oz. I talk to a ellow today that ask me i had any extra oil, He had orgot to ill his up, I had a extra quart he gave me 5.00 bill or it, what a good trade.Lucky day or everybody!!! The Bassman
      City: gerber ca.

      Tips: Always check your oil, beore going to the Lake!!Kidding aside, ish slow, and let your lures set, a minute beore moving it. Have lots o patience, spawning is right around the corner.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decent day at Sonoma.Six ish,2 at 3lbs+,3 two pounders,and the dink.Caught ish on dark colored Brushogs and skirted-grubs.Some o these ish were sitting right under the wateralls coming into the main lake out to about 28t.The ish must be up shallow eating dads.Probably won't be there tomorrow knowing Sonoma!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Crawdad imitations and scent???

Saturday, February 5th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 51.8-52.2

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started early in morning. Storm ront approaching. Took 1 Spot about 1 1/2 lb. -- 4 largemouth 3-4 lb. All ish came 20-35 t. deep on jig and pig. Fished main body. Wind started ripping across lake at about 10:00. Had to get o because o loading my boat on north shore side. 3 oot rollers breaking into ramp and I was by mysel. Tried up river to get out o wind.. Nothing.Good Luck
      City: Galt

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished a Gold Country Bassers tournament Sat. and I came in 5th and Rodney Scott my partner came in 4th. I stayed up the South Fork all day I got two keewpers on a 1/2oz. willowlea spinner bait one blade chartreuse and the other white and caught 2 keepers. Rodney threw a rip bait and got one ish on a clown roauge. I moved arther back in the South Fork and we ished an area with a lat and a rock wall but just ished the rock wall that was 12 t. I kept the boat in 10-6t o water and we pulled 11 keepers o o it but no big ish. The big ish o the tournament was a 5.67lbs caught on a peach ace ristorap. We were the only boat to bring in two limits and also got best combined boat weight.
      City: Marysville, Ca

      Tips: Our worms were 4" moorning dawn but, the bites came quicker when you bit it down to 3". Rodney used a blueghost and we both caught the same amount o keepers. Work the worm slow 1/8th oz. darter head and sharpen the hooks beore you put them in your tackle box and it saves you time and you know all o your hooks have been sharpened. Bounce crankbaits o o rocks.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Opening day. Me and buddy were on the lake beore light. The wind blew real hard. When the wind calmed down, a lot o boats and bank ishermen were getting nice trout. By about 10:00 we made it to a sheltered cove. I caught a 10 lb bass. Really, I weighed it on three scales. Showed it th the lady at toll booth. I've got some good pictures with my digital camera. Only ish we caught. We let at about 1:30 ran out o battery. I caught him on a new lure - Extreme perormance squirm worm with realistic eyes. I'll be back to try it again. Good luck!
      City: Prunedale

Friday, February 4th, 2000

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50/55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I let my house late had no one to got with me got to lake at 9..am good thing the lake was so packed !!!!!!!When i arrived i put my boat in the water right away and i was lucky to have showed up when i did so many trouters there i got the only parking spot let in the whole acilitie !!!!9am 1 parking spot wow!!!!Glad i was late all those trout boaters would have drove me nuts with there 20min each launching jobs !!!!!!!Well it was a good thing i went alone as a lake iv'e ished since i was 10 years old now costs 18DOLLARS or ONE GUY AND HIS BOAT!!!!!!!!!!!18DOLLARS ONE guy and his boat!!!!!!!!!Well all said and done i tried to manuver barely on plane threw the belly boaters and trollers lipping me o just because im in a bass boat what a joke zig zag zig zag just to get to the jackson arm.Now i have every stock trout reek in the nation pissed at me and i try to bass ish.I ished real slow with a brown 1/4 oz. jig nothing not even a tap!!!shakin a weenie nothing not even a tap!!!The sun was warm and what a nice day threw a crank as i ound 55deg and saw birds diving in weed beds pulling red craws out..BAM 3/lber cool !!then nothing grubs weenies lizards jig nothing!!inlly at 4pm the trouters were gone started cranking again bam 3 lber bam big ish on o!!!BAMMMMMMM!!!!oH YA!! ARROWBATICS 4lb. trout on my crank bait ought like a steelie!!!All in ALL slow day good inish but look out some agressive tout ishers ready to kill over stocked trout!!!!!!!!!!!!I had at least 20 people troll right up to my boat way too many people on this little what was once a bass lake remember FANBASSTIC NOW FANTROUTEXPENSIVEICKY WHAT A JOKE >>>I DO LOVE THIS LITTLE LAKE BUT MAYBEE NIGHT TIME OR WHEN WARM WEATHER COMES I WILL BASS FISH HERE AGAIN I ONLY SAW 3 bass boats on the lake 3 thats all!!!GOOD LUCK LOOK OUT FOR BELLYBOATERS AND SIEKO TROUTERS!!!
      City: sacto

      Tips: AFTER WEEDING THREW TROUTERS TRY SLOW CRANKING TO FIND THE FISH !!!THEN STICK AROUND>>>P.S. BRING YOUR WALLET AMADOR WILL MAKE YOU BROKE>>

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The water has slightly cleared up since last week, but the bite was a little tough. I fished from 12-4:30 and managed to catch 3....a 3.5lber on a white/chart spinnerbait w/ white colorado blade, a 2 1/4lber on a purple Rodstrainer Jig, and a 2lber on a Zipper. I also missed one on the Zipper, and one on the Jig. I talked to another guy who had 5, and he said his friend had 15....not sure if I believe that though!!
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Reel your spinnerbait just fast enough to keep the blade turning, while the bait is making bottom contact w/ rocks. Try white or chartreuse Colorado blades in the murky water.

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The water has slightly cleared up since last week, but the bite was a little tough. I fished from 12-4:30 and managed to catch 3....a 3.5lber on a white/chart spinnerbait w/ white colorado blade, a 2 1/4lber on a purple Rodstrainer Jig, and a 2lber on a Zipper. I also missed one on the Zipper, and one on the Jig. I talked to another guy who had 5, and he said his friend had 15....not sure if I believe that though!!
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Reel your spinnerbait just fast enough to keep the blade turning, while the bait is making bottom contact w/ rocks. Try white or chartreuse Colorado blades in the murky water.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished Frank's Tract on Friday (2-4-00) and landed three stripers and 2 bass to 1.5 lbs. Fished rattletraps.
      City: Concord

      Tips: fish the current lines in the tule breaks

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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Had my best day ever today a 7.2, 5.4, 4.1 and two 3 lber's for my five best. Had a few two lber's as well. All on jigs, best fish came in 3 to 5 ft on wood. Others were in 6 to 10 ft on riprap away from current.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Take a jig lesson from Cooch. I did last year in February.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started o at Yorty throwing cranks at the bank, that did'nt work. So I put on a aithul grub and BAM! A atty 1 pounder. trew it again and a large and in charge 11 incher smacked my grub. Then i decided to catch a blue gill so I tied on my good ol' mini tube jig and BAM! almost pulled the rod out o my hands, it was a 3 inch bluey. then i ended the day throwing my aithul grub and nailed a 10 incher, I ought that ish or a good 4 seconds.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Anyone know why the bass in yorty creek are so small, and a lot o the rest o the lake. Each year you catch the same size bass, sure there'll be a decent ish here and there, but there all in that 10, 11,12, 13 inch range???

Thursday, February 3rd, 2000

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow what a day!! The wind was howling and the rain was pouring. There were 3-4 t swells out there. Isn't it unny, you couldn't pay me $100 to go into my own backyard and work on a rainy day. But when it comes to ishing... well that's just dierent.The ishing was just as tough as the weather. We managed two ish, one on a jig and the other on a worm. Both caught about 8t., one in stained and one in clear water.The interesting thing about Clear Lake is one part o the lake can be semi-calm while another part can seem like the Paciic Ocean and getting to calm waters can be a rough ride.
      City: Windsor

      Tips: I've had some o the best ishing in rain. But when it's raining and windy, you might want to do what the Bass are doing... just stay hunkered somewhere comortable.

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

      Report: THERE'S A NEW SERIES OF OPEN TEAM TOURNAMENTS STARTING AT LAKE McCLURE ON FEB.27TH 2000.ENTRY FEE IS $50.00 PER TEAM WITH A $10.00 BIG FISH OPTION.1 IN 5 WILL BE PAID BACK,WITH FULL 80% PAYBACK,NO EXPENSES DEDUCTED.THERE IS A 75 BOAT LIMIT,SO GET YOUR ENTRY FORM IN TODAY!FOR MORE INFO E-MAIL MID-CAL BASS AT SKEETER3424@MSN.COM
      City: DENAIR

      Tips: FISH AROUND 40 TO 50 FT. SLOW FOR BIGGER FISH,JUST HEARD SMALLER FISH ARE STARTING TO MOVE SHALLOW.

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2000

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had one bite fishing jigs and spider grubs in 5 to 40 feet of water. Swing and a miss. Caught the only fish of the day on double colorado spinnerbait. Fished from 2 to dusk.
      City: So. San Francisco

      Tips: I was fishing the spinnerbait real slow, just fast enough to keep the blades spinning. The fish was on a point in 5 feet of water.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had one bite fishing jigs and spider grubs in 5 to 40 feet of water. Swing and a miss. Caught the only fish of the day on double colorado spinnerbait. Fished from 2 to dusk.
      City: So. San Francisco

      Tips: I was fishing the spinnerbait real slow, just fast enough to keep the blades spinning. The fish was on a point in 5 feet of water.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Franks Tract today, throwing Tora Tubes (white) to boils of Striped Bass. Landed over a dozen 5lb to 7lb range. To many shakers to remember, though I was starting to get tired of them by 1:00pm. Best day in a long time at Franks.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Watch for the birds and surface disturbance, this indicates Striper feeding activity. Use your electric motor to approach slowly (fish very spooky on sunny days). White Plastics seem to work the best this time of year. Light line and a good drag a MUST!!!! (contact me for more info.)