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Thursday, December 2nd, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing with wife and kids off the rec 1 area and caugth 1-2 lbs smallies.
      City: antioch

      Tips: Lures used were kastmasters by the wife and kids and 4" worms by me.Work the worns just off the bottom with a slow retreive.

Wednesday, December 1st, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 55.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I FISHED FROM 9:30 AM TO 1:30, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO WERE USING WORMS AND JIGS AND NOT DOING VERY GOOD. I DECIDED TO TRY CRANKIN FOR AWHILE AND IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES I PULLED A 3 #ER. THE REST OF THE DAY I CRANK CRANK CRANKED!!!! I ENDED UP WITH 8 FISH. 2#, 2# 3# 3.5# 4.5# 3# 3.5# AND A 6.5# KICKER!!! I THOUGHT EVERYONE SAID THE FISHING WAS CRAPPY ??
      City: REDWOOD CITY

      Tips: I FISHED INTO THE WIND ON THE MUD LINE, FISH WHATEVER SIDE THE WIND IS BLOWING INTO. ALSO HIT ANY WOOD YOU CAN FIND!! I WAS THROWING A 1/4OZ. CRAW COLORED SPEED TRAP GOOD LUCK AND RIP A LIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 55.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I FISHED FROM 9:30 AM TO 1:30, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO WERE USING WORMS AND JIGS AND NOT DOING VERY GOOD. I DECIDED TO TRY CRANKIN FOR AWHILE AND IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES I PULLED A 3 #ER. THE REST OF THE DAY I CRANK CRANK CRANKED!!!! I ENDED UP WITH 8 FISH. 2#, 2# 3# 3.5# 4.5# 3# 3.5# AND A 6.5# KICKER!!! I THOUGHT EVERYONE SAID THE FISHING WAS CRAPPY ??
      City: REDWOOD CITY

      Tips: I FISHED INTO THE WIND ON THE MUD LINE, FISH WHATEVER SIDE THE WIND IS BLOWING INTO. ALSO HIT ANY WOOD YOU CAN FIND!! I WAS THROWING A 1/4OZ. CRAW COLORED SPEED TRAP GOOD LUCK AND RIP A LIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING FOR STEELHEAD HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. 2 TO 5 FISH DAYS ALL OVER 18 INCHES ARE NOT UNCOMMON. SLOW TROLL A BROKEN BACK REBEL MINNOW (1/4 OZ) ON 8LB TEST ON ANY PART OF THE MAIN BODY ON THE LAKE AND YOU SHOULD BE SUCCESFUL! IF THIS AINT WORKIN FOR YA DRAG A OLIVE OR BLACK WOOLEY BUGGER FLY 2 TO 4 FT BELOW SURFACE, HOLD ON TIGHT DOING THIS ....... I CAUGHT A 5 1/2 LB STEELEY THIS WAY LAST WEEK. GOOD LUCK FOLKS!!!
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: SMALL BROKEN BACK REBEL MINNOWS SEEM TO BE GETTING THE JOB DONE MORE SO THAN RAPALA'S ARE. NO DOWN RIGGERS ARE NEEDED THIS TIME OF YEAR, JUST DRAG'EM ON TOP . ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SPEED WHEN TROLLING, YOUR TROLLING SPEED IS BASED ON HOW FAST IT TAKES FOR YOUR LURE TO PERFORM CORRECTLY.

Tuesday, November 30th, 1999

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy Wayne and I went to Oroville. Missed the rain, even though it threatened. We were the only truck in the lot when we launched and the only one when we came in! Ramp is in ine shape. We saw two other boats all day. We caught 6 good spots to 2.5 pounds mostly on jigs in 30-40 eet on main lake points. Also 2 salmon on plastic worms and a 15 pound catish on a jigging spoon. You should have seen Wayne work that sucker out o a submerged tree. Especially interesting since we had no idea what it was except it was big and strong. What a Brute! We turned it loose to terroize some other ishermen and the salmon came home or dinner.
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Take your time, try shaking your jig.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this past holiday weekend. Water clarity is in excesso 20 eet. Baitish not easy to ind and moving ast. Youcan catch ish 40-70 t deep shaking worms o points whereyou locate some bait ish activity. Try outside the Jones Valley area and Packers Bay. Color was not important. I was not able to get a reaction bite at all. I heard thatthe better weights caught on the Sunday tournament were inthe upper part o the Sac and McCloud arms. This lake needs some good rain storms bad.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Find bait and shake worms deep or try your luck with ripbaits in the upper arm sections.

Sunday, November 28th, 1999

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

      Report: Launched at 9:30am. Fished until Noon. One fish, 3.4lbs., on a green/red flake Yam. spider grub fished on a stand up jig head. Caught him in about 15ft. of water off a point. There must have been fifty fish in this area, and my fishing prowess brought me one! The fish were all marked at 15ft.+ of water. Water level on the south end is incredibly low. Very calm day. Everyone I talked to said it was a tough bite. Even tougher when your'e still learning.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 9:30am. Fished until Noon. One fish, 3.4lbs., on a green/red flake Yam. spider grub fished on a stand up jig head. Caught him in about 15ft. of water off a point. There must have been fifty fish in this area, and my fishing prowess brought me one! The fish were all marked at 15ft.+ of water. Water level on the south end is incredibly low. Very calm day. Everyone I talked to said it was a tough bite. Even tougher when your'e still learning.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Waltons Tourney(Out of Ladds) today with Durbin. We weighed 7 fish for 17# & change.(6&3/4# kicker) Today, we caught about 15-20 keepers, but almost all were small. Our better fish were caught on cranks(big one ate a Speed Trap) or flipping(Yesterday). Numbers(for us) were caught on a T-rigged grub. Most fish caught on rocks & weeds, with deep water access, and current. DDawg
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Cover water!!! We didn't fire up the big motor till 8:30am. We had our 3 best for about 12+# by then, and were down to 14 mile slough.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went looking for some new water up north today. found a few nice spots but didn't catch much. Tried a dead end slough with no luck. Caught 3 LM (All about 2#) on a black jig with blue trailer. 2 of the fish were holding on current and the 3rd came off a rock pile on a bank that was loaded with wood.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Don't know! I'm still trying to figure this bite out. One day crank baits seem to be the ticket, the next it's a jig or a worm. Fish hard and stay warm!

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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my dad launched out of del's this morning at about 6:45. At about 8:00 we caught 4 fish 2 of which were my dads(both keepers). The fish were all caught near piles of wood and riprap with deep water near by. The biggest fish was caught on a black/red glitter brushog and the other was caught on a speedtrap. My two fish came on a 4" brown worm c-rigged.We fished until 1:00 with no more bites.
      City: tracy

Saturday, November 27th, 1999

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

      Report: Went out for a fun day with my father-in-law. Fished the San Juaquin and Frank's Tract/ fisheman's cut area. started off a little slow, but by the end of the day we had caught 10 bass (three were keepers for about 7 lb.), 9 small stripers with four being in the 18"--23" range, and one nice 14 lb. steelhead. All fish came on rattle traps or cranks aside from our largest bass (3 lb.), which came on a pop'n image. Spent considerable time flippin' with absolutely no bites. Reaction baits were definitely the ticket. A little slow at times, but a lot of "chuckin' and windin' " will yield some fish. Look for current rifts and eddies, as exactly none of our fish were caught in water that wasn't moving. Current seemed to be the deciding factor.
      City: sacramento

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a lot o ish good Quality all were caught 60 to 80 eet on worms, jigs, secret is to ish slow on the bottom. I you are ishing slow then slow some more.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: worms jigs etc.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Threw worms, lizards and jigs or three hours mid-morning,not even a bite. Picked up a white spinner bait and caughtthree 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 pounders in less than an hour over thetops o submerged trees in about 20' o water, go igure?P.S. They're not water rats (jet skiis), they are called "LAKE LICE"
      City: Healdsburg

Friday, November 26th, 1999

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: More Steelhead action. Back out Friday ater Thanksgiving with my 8 yr old daughter and pulled in 2 more to 15". She lost one about 18" right at the boat. We ished rom the dam to the marina until 12:30. Great time to be out because there are no skiers or water rats (jet skis) to deal with this time o year.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: I trolling is slow try a split shot rig with nightcrawlers or minnows. Cast out and let sink until vertical.

Thursday, November 25th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had to go out and work off that Turkey, Took off out of Orwood, crused to Indian Slough Threw rattle-trap for about 2 hours, located my dinks, on the outside weed- rock bank, caught about 10, for about 15lbs. that was throwing in my kicker 2&half lber. fish are about 5 feet deep in ten to twelve foot of h2o. Complete reaction bite!!! no Jig or Worm Bite. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
      City: Concord

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Thanks er giving shoot. Found ish up to 10t then they pulled out 35t this seems to be holding steady. I have been ishing Folsom quite alot and this has been the ticket. Early morning try the reaction bite give it about 2hrs. Then look or the ish to pull out to the deeper areas and gather together. Dont be surprised to ind top water bite still going on its hit or miss on top. Split shot witches tea or salt and pepper seems to be the color now ? haven't tried too many other colors than those this time.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: Look or deep structure and throw up camp when you ind the ish its a matter o time till they bite

Wednesday, November 24th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Unk

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Montazuma Slough from 10:00 am till about 2:00 pm at the end of Grizzly Island Road. Caught a 27" Striper on the first cast using frozen anchovies. Then caught a couple of 1 lb catfish later on in the day. Overall it was a great day. The weather was mild and sunny.
      City: Vacaville

Tuesday, November 23rd, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61-63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Hook Tournament Sunday. My partner and I turned left out of the runway and fished the West Delta all day. We caught about 12 bass in the first 15 minutes of the stationary tide, none after that until 2:00 and the turn around of high tide. Of the 12 only 4 would weigh in. We fished hard from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm with not a single bite. Had fish going in the areas, but couldn't get them to go. At 2:00 with the outgoing tide we started to stroke them again. Caught about 15 fish from 2:00 until weigh in. Culled 3 of the 4 morning fish in the afternoon. Finished 9th in the tournament with 15+ lbs. For us, had to be at the right place at the right tide. Time spent on the water is the only way
      City: pittsburg

      Tips: Caught smaller fish with a Yamamoto twin tailed grub fished on a number 3 Yamamato series 59 Sugoi Hook. Our success came off a Speed Trap. They had to be fished in the heaviest weeds we could get them through. Fish would only hit them when a change of direction occured from ripping them out of the weeds. Shad colored pattern was used on both baits

Monday, November 22nd, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing with a friend on Saturday morning. We spent better part of the morning throwing and shaking darter heads with purple ghost/salt and pepper 4 inch straight worms and caught two nice smallies (1.5 lb plus), and a spotted bass (over a pound). All well fed, one smally let go several minows as it was reeled in. We were targeting points and small rock banks at the top of the narrows, before reaching the main lake. Fish were caught at 20 plus feet, although we also spent some time exploring the shallows.
      City: Fairfield