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Thursday, December 16th, 1999

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Clear, high blue skies...no wind, some places you could see 8 to 10 eet deep..We started in Temperence FlatsWe must have missed 10 ish because o the short bites..Then we threaded the hooks to the end o 6" Keeper purpleghost worms..Right away my buddy caught a 5 pounder..Then I caught a our and a three..the bite was like a rubberband ,just pressure..Set the hook or loose.No second chance..We moved into the narrows and started throwing jig's and caught a limit, easy..too easy i you know what I mean..I have a two tournaments there in January and I sure hope it gets tougher..heheheThe jig's were brown on brown..most ish were in 15 eet or less..

      Tips: Fish slow and watch your line on the irst all..there would be s sot tick and they were there..set the hook or lose them..

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me my Dad and my Grampa went in the back lakes with theStenlure Minnow a couple o months ago. No bites or me andmy Grampa but my dad hooked on to a keeper but lost it.
      City: Pleasanton

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Very slow, Ryan caught nada, Konrad caught uno, Bundy caught cinco. Ryan was using crankbaits all day and they did not work. Coaght the ish o iness worms. They were texas rigged and some contraption rom bassmaster magazine. It was very disapointing. The cold wind messed every thing up. Till next time, Ryan, Konrad and Bundy
      City: petaluma

      Tips: ish o the rocks near marina, caught our out o ive there.

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.

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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!!