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Tuesday, November 2nd, 1999

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

      Report: Hit Dry and Cherry Creek pretty hard with only two/too small bassto show. I went rom purple skirt spinner baits, to light blue,to yellow with a worm wiggler and got the two on the latter.Fishin' bud tossed enter tackle box o cranks at them with onlyone bump.Only a ew out ishing. All getting same results.A beautiul day with excellent weather saved the day. Watched theresident golden eagle work up in Dry Creek; The resident Osprey in Cherry Creek.Fishin's gotta get better here, doesn't it?
      City: Sebastopol

      Tips: Be very careul in Cherry Creek. The water is low andthere are a lot o trees waiting or your hull.

Monday, November 1st, 1999

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: this is a real cheesy res. i don't even waste my time here anymoreyes two strokes are out, but who cares?
      City: pitt

Saturday, October 30th, 1999

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

      Report: Fished the WON Team Tourney. My partner and I struggled most of the day and only brought two bass to the scales. However, one of them tied for Big Fish of the tourney at 4.48#. Took the big fish on top water up the creek at about 11:00. Picked up the scond bass on a crank. We didn't find any worm bite, however after the weigh-in several other anglers said they had worm fish deep - 40 to 50 feet. Others found blade fish on the main body. Lot of earth gass coming to the surface so lake seems to be turning.
      City: Granite Bay

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 7:30 AM, water level is low so the south end is mostly dry. Not even a bite in 4 hours. Other fishermen were catching fish all around me. The only difference is that I was using lures and they were using live minnows.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Don't Go to Calero without minnows this time of year. Fish the submerged islands in 7-20 feet of water.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 7:30 AM, water level is low so the south end is mostly dry. Not even a bite in 4 hours. Other fishermen were catching fish all around me. The only difference is that I was using lures and they were using live minnows.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Don't Go to Calero without minnows this time of year. Fish the submerged islands in 7-20 feet of water.

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

      Report: Fished my usual area of Frank's first thing in morning Saturday. Pitched brush hog on weed points. Lost nice fish in first 5 minutes. Caught smaller one (~1.5 lb) few casts later further down cut. Missed two others on brush hog and switched to cranking tule points. Couple of small fish. Ran to Disco-never been there, still exploring the Delta. Caught two more small fish on blue back/chartreuse Norman Deep diving crankbait. Looking for quality fish, and it just didn't feel right in Disco, so ran back to Mildred. Cranked and pitched middle river in spots, couple of hits, no fish. Cranked SW corner of Mildred, focused on weedlines off tule points inside Mildred, Caught 5 or 6, lost several. These were better fish - up to 2+ lbs for the top 3. Tide change sent me back to Frank's, pitched and cranked Tule walls on east and north side. Caught several, finally found a pattern for larger fish pitching tule points on walls with some current that were near deeper water - no weed clumps out from tules, only bit on points with nothing but tules present. Caught one 5 lber, biggest in Delta to date. Lost a beast 20 yards further down same area, hook opened up, bummer. Caught some more from 2-3 lbs pitching, kept missing fish - double bummer. Cranked some more small ones and went home. Will start using bigger, stronger hooks. Missed a good number of fish on cranks and pitching. No luck on black/red jig with Yamamoto twin tail.
      City: Half Moon Bay

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      Water Temp: 60-62 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of lazy M. One of the lowest tides I have ever seen in the Delta! Fished Victoria slough,Italian slough,and old river.Threw Brush hogs,Jigs(brown on brown, blue sparkle)and Pumpkinseed rattle trap. Caught 6 black bass and two Small stripers. All the Blacks averaged 1-2 # Best was about a 4# lost at boat.What a great day to be on the Delta at a great time of year.
      City: Fremont

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      Water Temp: 62-64 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: City: Fremont

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      Water Temp: COOL ????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Lake is CLOSED TO ANYTHING ON THE WATER.I did'nt now saturday and was out kickin by the dam.Fished the big rock area with no ish.Started hookin up Lg.MO. aceing the rock dam.Was staying out rom shore 50/60 yards.Casting to shore.Fish were taken my 18" mojo 6" purple like color paddletale worm,with a realy realy slow drag.Fished ate the baitabout 20/25 yards rom shore ?.
      City: San Jose,CA.

      Tips: TAKE YOUR CAMERA AN GET THOSE UNDER WATERSTRUCTURE LOCATIONS.Remember NOTHING ALLOWED ON THE WATER AT ANY TIME.Except your top water bait that is.

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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I was insearch o a big bite, but it wasnt there,tried ishing the Basstrix but it didnt produce, I never got bit periodthe reservior is being drawn down bad, the preserve is , well, dry,Iasked the attendend at the launch ramp what was up and was told Oh thats what the people are using or water, yeah ! Rightbut anyway I hope we get enough rain to replenish thesereserviors soon or theres gonna be other problems ishingsoon, seems like ebmud is exersisng there pumps,Oh yeah! Feb.11 NO MORE more two srokes ALLOWED.Catch Ya Pete
      City: Martinez

Friday, October 29th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished friday 10/29/99 trout limits in am to 17 1/4 inches on top. started bassing in pm 12 bass, 7 keeper size to 16 1/2 inches. plastics in various colors, mostly in 15 to 25 feet depth. try points and work pretty slowly, small fish were good and healthy, bigger fish were chunks.
      City: martinez

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stayed south and boated 9 fish to 4 lbs. Better fish came on Trap fishing the outside edge. Rocky points held some jig/pig fish, They were also eating the woiym. Bite seams to be picking up. They were pumping water so the curent was stronger than normal.
      City: Tracy

Thursday, October 28th, 1999

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

      Report: Mayday and I went out of orwood, got on the water about 7:45 and headed to disco, Mayday had me down 4-1, catching his fish on a purple zipper,Deli caught up 4-4 then we ran down to Itallian then to Victoria with no luck, ran back to dico and the final score was Deli 6 Mayday 5. Nothing to brag about, all fish about 12 to 15 inches but a good day to be on the water instead of at work
      City: Sanleandro

      Tips: Mayday got his fish on a purple zipper, and I got a couple cranking, and flipping the Iovino. Deli out

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Break, Dutch and Sandmound slough. Crank from about 0800 until 1300. Took one 3#'s and 6 others around 2#'s each. Also took one striper that went 8#'s. Mainly fished the riprap in 4 to 8ft of water. Fished that hit were very aggressive.
      City: Suisun

Wednesday, October 27th, 1999

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 66-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Seeing an increasing reaction bite happening as the nights get cooler and the days get shorter. Found some ish in some dredger tailings with willows mixed about. Nothing big, but in a tournament you'ld be in good shape. Speaking o tournaments, The Fith Annual Shambre Invitational will be happening on November 14, 1999. Sign-up at Tackle Pro, because there is a limit o 25 (twenty-ive) boats and there are about 10 slots let. Check-in is at 5 am on that morning and the irst 25 names get to play, so sign-up now.Check-in that day will be at the Tackle Pro on Douglas Blvd. and weigh-in will be at the boat ramp at Granite Bay at 3 pm. Five ish limit consisting o all bass, all trout or any combonation o the two species to get to ive ish. See the lyer at Tackle Pro or more ino.
      City: roseville

      Tips: Any bait that looks like a shad is the key, the shad are about 1 to 2 inches long so be sure to match the hatch

Tuesday, October 26th, 1999

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

      Report: I ished Laayette early in the morning or Rainbow Trout but caught nothing so tried or bass. I caught a 12-1/2" Largemouth Bass on the L-Dock split shotting a Magic Worms 4-1/2" Straight Tail Worm in #39 Green Craw and lost another that was pushing 4 pounds doing the same thing.
      City: Clayton

Monday, October 25th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Top water with "TD Pop R", color baby bass. I had a top water bite going under about 9:30AM. Caught 7 fish, biggest being 6+. weighed in a little over 9#. I should have stayed on the berm, instead of running around. We did not get another bite after 9:30AM.
      City: Hayward

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a Heads Up Out There. Uvas is now closed to all watercrat due to low water levels. Lets hope it rains soon. Good Luck.
      City: Cupertino

Sunday, October 24th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Main body north end in the mornin, couple of bites, nothin to get excited about. Went into Putah Creek, 5 mile an hour area where Ive been getting them in the afternoon, No wind condition, birds weren't workin, nothing happenin, threw Two baits, for 4 hours, Topwater and a spoon, Fished from 30-55ft with the spoon, caught 1 fish in 40ft...skinny fish, big mouth no body wt. Caught two fish with topwater suspended (had to be) in trees. I did not crank at all.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: I think after 3 trips you have to diffently find the shad and either spoon them or use somekind of reaction bait. The water is starting to cool down some with the colder nights. It should turn on soon.....I hope!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough! Fished with POL and we found a tough bite around Mildred. Jigs, cranks, blades, didn't seem to matter. One bass landed on blade and a striper on a jig Even the woiym didn't fool em. Fog dropped in heavy early and stayed until about 8 am. Full moon blues. Maybe next week.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Should have fished Phils pond.