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Sunday, November 28th, 1999

  • 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

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: BRRRRR wet and cold for the turkeyshoot, but I did manage many fish just couldn't locate big enough ones.Me ands my daughter Amber caught 20 + fish but none over 2-1/2 I caught some on 1/2 oz black and blue jigs (pork trailers) and some on s-20 worms Amber caught all hers on "the worm". We fished mostly in or near strong current, throwing the jigs in the edge of current, and worms in the eddies.....
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Wear a waterproof outer jacket before a long run in the morning,even if your all bundled up and warm with your thick coat or carhart suit on, or what ever ,the dewpoint in the morning is very high or especially this time of year the fog. Either will completely soak you in a matter of minutes and you don't even realize it until your cold and wet....now miserable....and possibly getting hypothermic...been there done that....being bad or tough is only in your mind, your body is human and mother nature will remind you of that reak quick...........

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fellow Tubers, We held the '99 TOC yesterday @ Clear Lake. Mr. Bass won with an awesome 22.18 lb 5-ish limit, anchored with a 7.36 lb big ish. I inished second with a 5-ish limit or 14.61 lb,with a 5.27 lb ish. Ray inished 3rd with 2 ish or 7.78 lb, Bill was 4th with 4 ish or 6.38 lb,& Kevin was 5th with 1 ish or 2.98 lb. Most o yesterday's ish came on crankbaits & rattletraps.Water temp had cooled to 54 F, & clarity was improving. Lots o boats on the water rom Angler's Choice tournie.Go to http://www.tweenit.com/scbbc or more tournament news and ino on next years tourneys.Happy Holidays. Andy Parsons
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: crankbaits & rattletraps

Sunday, November 21st, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA NorCal Region Opener on Berryessa. We caught a 8.72lb (10th place)limit on a variety of techniques. We worked on a single pattern: reaction baits on weedlines followed up with a carolina Brushhog on a rocky point. We used a shad colored crank on weedlines and caught 4 fish. We ripped one 2.52lb Smallie on top of sparse weeds. The conditions were: post front with a north wind, and bluebird skies. We stuck to the weed pattern discovered by our friend John Z. about four weeks earlier. John's team took 8.90lbs (9th place) by worming points in 8-12 feet, throwing spooks and spinnerbaits. -vernon
      City: Lincoln

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched with T-dog out of Ladd's on Sunday. Fishing was slow. We did a lot of running around (never launched out of Ladd's before). We were looking for spots for next year's tourney season. Caught 2 dinks on cranks on outside of weedlines. Caught 1-3 3/4#'er on a woym in about 8' of water off a weed line with rocky bank. Not much current flow. Any good spots in the area? Better luck next time, we will fish longer on next trip. Later!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Keep the line wet as much as possible, outside of weed lines seemed to be the best.

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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday. 15 Fish total. Some on cranks but all keepers came on Jigs. Bite shut down after 12:00. Fish were relating to edges of current. nothing in calm water. All fish were in less than 3 ft. of water. Very windy and cool throughout the day.
      City: Roseville

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the CAST Turkey Shoot Saturday and the Hook Tournament Sunday with Mike R. Caught most fish in Big Break area. On Saturday I stayed away from our primary water and searched for some other fish. Didn't find much. On Sunday we hit some spots that have been holding fish lately, but only got 5 for 13.06#. Some spots had fish and some didn't. The fish we caught were all on the edge of current near seams. We caught one on a blade on a weedline with current, one on a crank bait on the deep outside bend of a slough with moderate current, and three flipping jigs and worms in a protected area near strong current.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Search current seams and high flow areas with crank baits or blades and pay great attention to the current flows, fish seem to want to move just into the flow or on the edge to feed then pull off to calmer waters.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Trolled the castaic shad in 25-35 t o water. Caught two 2 lb spots near mooney ridge area and dyke 4. Trolling motor batteries gave way and cut the day short at about 11:30.Used the ProCure Shad Butter as scent or the Castaic shad. Had a couple other takers shake o. Not sure how big as they were still deep when they got o.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: When the wind came up the waves were coming in pretty strong at Brown's Ravine. Lost a cleat o the boat trying to get to the truck to trailer the boat.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The black bass ishing sucked pritty bad! But the stripperishing was good my ishing partner and I had 11 strippers and we werent even tring to catch them. But alas we sucked inthe tournyment. Im thinking about going back up this weekend just to bass ish ya right! stripper ishing is more like it
      City: san jose

      Tips: speed traps up the river in the morning! watch or the boils