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Wednesday, December 15th, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I dragged my kickboat out and fished from about 10-3:30PM. I spent the first three or four hours trying to spoon up some fish. There were a lot of schools of shad down there, mostly in 30-40 feet of water. Never got hit. After watching another guy stick three small fish in front of me while I wasted my time out in the middle of the lake I decided to try the shore. I caught about 8 bass to 4.5 pounds in the next hour or so. All of them were in very shallow water, mostly 5 feet deep or less. All came on a brown/red jig. They were very fat and healthy. And hungry, a few nearly swallowed the jig.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Fish jigs very shallow on steep rocky banks.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched from Dels about 7am, but it was foggy so we did fish near the marina with no luck until 8am. Then we went to Paradise Island-Marina, and we went to the right, about 500 yards there is an old boat that has a blue mountain bike on it. cant miss it. We use Jigs.Worms and no luck. Until I did use a crawfish colored crankbait that goes down to 10 feet that we started to catch all the fish. 8 to be exact there, and 5 more on another spot. I am not that good for all the details, but they were down about 8-to 10 feet deep since I was retrieving very slow and I could see the fish chasing the lure. Today it was nice and clear and no wind. Then on the way back we stoped by the rocks just about a mile before Lads, and we landed the 5-6 more on the same lure.
      City: Lathrop

      Tips: I caught all the fish on a crawfish colored crankbait. Retrieve very slow

Tuesday, December 14th, 1999

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Two good spots that are good or Bass is the Back Lakes the second dock and the Stanley Dock. For Catish you want to go in the summer early in the morning or at 6pm at night and when itgets dark. For Catish I would go to the Second Dock. Onthe Second Dock I caught a 9/12 pound Catish. For Trout I would go on the 1st dock or the second dock. For Crappieand Bluegill go in the Back lakes with a bober and a long leader.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: These are some bait suggestions!For Catish use Slices or Mackeral or Chicken Liver.For Trout use light green Power Bait.For Crappie and Bluegill use worms with a size 8 hook.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Two good spots that are good or Bass is the Back Lakes the second dock and the Stanley Dock. For Catish you want to go in the summer early in the morning or at 6pm at night and when itgets dark. For Catish I would go to the Second Dock. Onthe Second Dock I caught a 9/12 pound Catish. For Trout I would go on the 1st dock or the second dock. For Crappieand Bluegill go in the Back lakes with a bober and a long leader.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: These are some bait suggestions!For Catish use Slices or Mackeral or Chicken Liver.For Trout use light green Power Bait.For Crappie and Bluegill use worms with a size 8 hook.

Monday, December 13th, 1999

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started o early with a 14" crank ish. Went to RattlesnakeBar and tried to catch ish below birds that were working ashad school pretty hard, 1 kingisher/no bass. Tried a ewother spots,but I don't think I hung around one spot longenough or the ish to move up. Have a ew good holes letor the shoot on the 26th. Fished mostly new water all day.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Didn't catch enough to give this ino

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Valley Bass club tourney sunday at the creek, caught 5 blacks split shotting lost 3 in the irst hal hour about 20 t. deep then it died caught 2 more at 1 p.m. weighed in 7 and took 2nd place ishing is still very tough at the creek unless you get em early.
      City: modesto

      Tips: Fish split shot rigs move your rod with very short hops and extremely slow when the bite gets even slower go to dart heads.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Last month I was ishing the second dock and they just planted some wonderul trout and these people neted a I dont now how much his weight was, but these people just scared the ish i told them not to net the ish but they did eneyways. so I told them that I was going to get the gameworden and tell him what was going on. that day they neted the pore ish twice that day and let him go. Well thats all I have to say and keep a look out over here couse I just eel that thats not air to the ish and the other isherman on the lake! so please keep a look out.
      City: pleasanton

      Tips: no suggestions.

Sunday, December 12th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Left the Ranger Boat at home and went out and spent some quality time with my Dad striper fishing out of my Sons Allum. boat. Left Dels at 2PM and back at Dels at 3:30PM with 4 keepers. Biggest 13 pounds, but all nice keepers. Trolled using spreaders with hair raiser on short line and broken back rebel on longer line. Talked to others just using Rebels and they had tough day. A lot of fun using light baitcasters. Fish caught were in main channel, opposite side of forebay, go North from Forebay 200 yards along trees.

      Tips: Had to have 8" dark pink trailers on Hair Raiser and on the end hook of the Rebel

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Dell's 7:30 am for a morning of bass fishing. Stuck a 13 lb striper on a black and blue jig and burned off all the spiderwebs on my drag. Boy do those things pull!. Barely got the fish in the net after drifting and fighting the fish down 100 yards of river bank. Went looking for largemouth and picked off three keepers for just over 5 lbs. Fish are fighting well but hard to detect the pressure bites. Throw dark color worms ahead of deep hole in current. Slowly bounce the worm into the hole and feel for anything thats not right. All three caught off the same 10 ft hole. Quit at 11:30am.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Look for holes with fish on the finder. Drag dark jigs or worms slowly and set the hook if it doesn't feel right.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 53+ -

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 11am till close...tough bite ...cought our keepers...lost one and missed one...Main lake points shakin worms. wasn't there in the early am so I can't say how the morning bite is...but the aternoon bite seems like it picks up ater 3pm or so...nows the time to hang a big smallie....water has come up a couple o eet in the last two weeks.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: this time o year put in long day's....there's good ish there.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54.4-54.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Did the castaic troll all morning with trout and shad with no luck. Did mark a lot o ish rom 2' to 40'.
      City: Brentwood

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got out late,about 11 oclock,headed up to my av spot on north ork and hit what must o been the tail end o a topwater bite.big spooks.caught 3 or 6lbs then tried drop shot or irst time ever.partner keept throwin spook. no luck.moved to west side rock banks and dropshotted,partner splitshotted and caught 2 more,1 was 3.1.dropshot never got bit.blades and cranks never got bit either.throw the spook and cover water in morn then splishot morndawn.5 ish or 10lbs.
      City: szc

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Cold, cloudy day ater a warm and sunny 65

Saturday, December 11th, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: lo 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day; I got skunked. Most other boats reported just one or two for the day. The one guy who camped out at the main rocky point (whatever they call it -- the one that leads to the 2 back coves) had at least 7 or 8 fish to 4.5 lbs. He showed 'em to me out of his livewell -- no lying here! He said he was fighting off other boats all morning long, but he held his ground! He was catching 'em with a slow-crawled jig, inched back to the boat sitting in 15-25 ft. of water. Another guy on the shore said there was another boat hammering 'em on zipper worms, pitched to the shallows and/or dragged at 10-20 ft. depths. Beautiful, sunny day; little wind, few ski-boats. Unfortunately, not too many fish being caught.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Slow & deep -- jigs are probably the best bet. I don't imagine the fish are moving too fast, or too far! Use your electronics to narrow down the search. Then maybe a spoon?

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      Water Temp: lo 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day; I got skunked. Most other boats reported just one or two for the day. The one guy who camped out at the main rocky point (whatever they call it -- the one that leads to the 2 back coves) had at least 7 or 8 fish to 4.5 lbs. He showed 'em to me out of his livewell -- no lying here! He said he was fighting off other boats all morning long, but he held his ground! He was catching 'em with a slow-crawled jig, inched back to the boat sitting in 15-25 ft. of water. Another guy on the shore said there was another boat hammering 'em on zipper worms, pitched to the shallows and/or dragged at 10-20 ft. depths. Beautiful, sunny day; little wind, few ski-boats. Unfortunately, not too many fish being caught.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Slow & deep -- jigs are probably the best bet. I don't imagine the fish are moving too fast, or too far! Use your electronics to narrow down the search. Then maybe a spoon?

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished CVBC tourney out of Orwood. Promising start, as boater partner stuck a nice 5.5 first thing in morning on a crank. Running in the old river, came across some gulls diving. No further hint needed. Fished for stripers, got a few. Boy do they put up a fight! I still cannot figure out how they could hammer my (gamakatsu-hooked) rattletrap and still get off.. anyway, spent a few minutes having a lot of fun. Went back to looking for blackies.. which was a mistake. We blanked for the rest of the day. I think that at least a third of the bassers got skunked. A prospective member, got the biggest bag with 14#, including a 8+ on a crank on his first few casts.
      City: belmont

      Tips: seemed like reaction baits were the best bets. Previous days wind and colder weather and blue bird hadput the fish deep, i think. Go Striper fishing!!

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished the Gold Country Bassers team tourney. Found Fish shallow in the Rock Creek arm. big ish went 4.38 ollowed with a 3 and 3, 15" ish to ill our limit. lost a 3+ right at the boat. ish came on dart headed worms and a Jig and plastic. some ound ish as deep as 35' but our shallow pattern won
      City: Sheridan

      Tips: I would say ish the jig or bigger ish but the big ish came on a dartheaded majic worm 4" #18

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WON Bass team tourney on saturday. Fishing was tough or most, only 9 limits out o 31 boats. The ish are deep, and slow. Winners shook small reapers in 60 eet to catch 13 lbs out o big creek. The ish in woods creek are only 30 to 40 eet down.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Fish plastics slow, and shake a lot. Salt/pepper or green pumpkin colors seem best.

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

      Report: Got on the water @ 7 o'clock. Threw topwater irst, but didn't give it much time. Switched to crankin' and stuck a 3.5 lb spot right away. That was all or the cranks aside rom a 14 " trout. Switched to split shottin' and my Father-in-law pulled a 2.5 lb. spot out o his hat on the irst cast! It was 8 o'clock and we had two ish or 6 lb already! Well, it was a good start or a GREAT day on the water. We stayed on the main body and ocused on two or three dierent spots, rotating them troughout the day. The ish are deinitely eeding, but only at certain times o the day. Luckily, we were able to hit each o our spots at "dinner time" on one visit or another. We ended up catching over 25 ish and the weather couldn't have been better! We caught our ish 25-35 eet deep on 3 inch leeches. Color didn't seem to matter as we caght them on purple ghost, delta red, morning dawn, and green weenie. The bite was very subtle, just pressure. Best ive went 10.5 lb, best seven almost 14 lb. A very un day!!! All ish were spots and smallmouth, no largemouths to report today.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Set on anything ----- you probably won't eel a bite the majority o the time, just that old rubber band pressure. Work very slowly and don't be araid to let your bait sit dead still or long periods o time. About hal o our ish came while deadsticking. The ish seem to be holding and staying in certain areas, so i you mark ish and can't get them to bite, try back in a while ------they'll turn on sooner or later.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54 - 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Threw Darts - 1/4 oz - with super sot R.A. Strike sluggos - salt and pepper. Caught 6 spotties to 2 pounds in 10 to 25 eet o water. Switched to dragging a baby Brush hog - watermellon w/red lake - around noon and picked up 2 more beore the clouds rolled in.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Stop by R A Strike ishing supply in the morning on the way to the lake and talk to Russ. He turned me on to the ish AND gave me a hand ull o resh poured sluggos to boot! Fish the lats to 30 eet in the Southork. There are active ish there! Unless you enjoy reezing, mind-numbing drop-shotting the points in the main body that is.. I'm going lighter with the jigs - 1/8 oz. - next trip. The ish I was chasing were grouped around bait, 8 to 20 eet.