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Friday, September 3rd, 1999

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught up to ive spotted bass at a time while trolling or trout and salmon along the rock wall between the Pit and Squaw arms out o Jones Valley. We were ishing 30 to 60 eet deep using silverlue and iretiger cripplures and kastmasters. Only saw one good sized ball o shad all day. They were suspended down 40 eet in 150 eet o water.
      City: lake almanor

Wednesday, September 1st, 1999

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 75-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished horseshoe bar area, spots started jumping about 4:00. poppers worked good, when they slowed down we threw crankbaits on any rock pile caught ten keepers 12 to 14 in. and a ew dinks not a bad day.
      City: loomis

      Tips: throw crankbaits tight to shore and keep your eyes open and a popper pole ready good luck.

Tuesday, August 31st, 1999

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: the catish bite is picking up. ished south end near the river mouth next to the swim area.ished only or 2 hours. my girls had a blast. a lot o hits.inally hooked a 4 lbs 23 inch catish on crawlers. caught a 14 inch and 20 inchbass on popR. released the 4 lbs bass. it was great when the wind died down.a lot o bats lying around at sundown. it was un. tried chicken liver butcouldn't hook the hits until the nightcrawler. Check out my site:http://members.home.net/scy33613
      City: Fremont

      Tips: it gets great as the sun and wind die down. they're right longthe shore outside the weedline cruising or ood. bring a light jacket.

Monday, August 30th, 1999

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

      Report: City: SHADY COVE,OR.

      Tips: GOING TO SPEND OCTOBER AT VIEIRA'S. WHERE IS TO BEST SPOT FROM THERE FOR BASS? MY FISRT TIME ON THE DELTA. ANY SUGGESTIONS APPRECIATED.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Man what a day.Without a doubt, the best Delta day ever. Launched out of Dels, had a little one-on-one competition going with my son Deli.(Differant boats) I won't say exactly where we were as I'm prefishing for an up coming tourney.However we did stay south.Caught a few small fish on white buzzbaits early, missed one real good one. Began flipping heavy cover, and fishing weed lines once the tide started going out.Was using the "micster" worm again.(I don't know what it is about this worm, Iv'e been fishing it for 10 years,but I have a renued confidence in it now)I flipped a 4 1/2 and a 4, then a whopper,8 lbs. 12 oz in five feet of water, in wood.That fish was the most fun I've ever had, and i have two over ten to my credit.My previous big Delta fish was 6+. My best limit ever was 15+. We figure I had 22 lbs for five fish yesterday. The big fish hit at around noon.We got off the water a 1pm. I'm glad I was using my flipping stick and 20lb test Big Game line. She was all I ever wanted in a fight.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Inside bend,near current,flipping the Iovino S20,6" worm.

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My dad and I launched are loat tubes at about 5:30. Dad caught about a 3 1/2 lb. bass on a crappie jig, (pearlescent white grub) Bouncin on the bottom around 7:00. I caught about a 4 1/2 lber. on a bigger pearlescent white grub swimmin it about 4 t. below the surace, at about 8:45. Biggest bass I've ever caught.
      City: Saratoga

Sunday, August 29th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED FISHING AT ABOUT 7:30, ME AND MY PARTNER FOUND A SCHOOL OF BASS ON A ROCK POINT ON THE MAIN CHANNEL. WE WERE GETTING DOUBLE HOOK UPS ON 2 TO 3 LBS. WE CAUGHT ABOUT TEN FISH IN 15 MIN. THEN I GOT ONE OF MY HOOKS ON MY CRANK BAIT STUCK IN MY FINGER. NOW I WASN'T ABOUT TO LEAVE TO HAVE THE HOOK CUT OUT, SO I GRAB THE PLIERS AND YANKED THE HOOK OUT. I THINK MY PARTNER THOUGHT I WAS NUTS! SO BACK TO FISHING WE WENT. WE THAN WENT TO A SPOT IN IN MIDDLE RIVER AND FISH PUMPS WITH RUNNING WATER. BOY DID WE HIT THE JACK POT WE MUST OF CAUGHT 20 FISH ON THIS SINGLE PUMP PITCHING JIGS. FISH RANGE 2 TO 4 LBS. THAN WE DECIDED TO TRY SOME FROG FISHING. I FOUND A NICE LOOKING MAT THAT HAD WATER RUNNING THROUGH IT. ON MY FORTH CAST I STUCK A PIG ON A WHITE MANN'S FROG THAT I MODIFIED. I WAS STOKE, IT WAS MY FIRST FROG FISH THIS YEAR. THE FISH WEIGHED 8.93 ON MY STERN CULL EM SCALE. THAT WAS THE ONLY FROG FISH WE GOT. FROG BITE JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR. AT ABOUT 11:30 HEADED BACK TO LADD'S CAUGHT THREE MORE FISH AT THE MOUTH OF LADD'S ON CRANKS. IT WAS A GREAT BIT EARLY THAN AROUND 11:00 THE BITE SEEMS TO FAD.
      City: STOCKTON

      Tips: FOR THOSES WHO DONT KNOW THE DELTA TRY PUMP WITH RUNNING WATER, THIS TIME OF YEAR THEY SEEM TO ALWAYS HOLD FISH. THE RUNNING WATER DRAWS BIG SCHOOLS OF BAIT FISH. USE ANY THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CRAWDAD, ALSO TRY THE BRIGHTEST RATTLE TRAP YOU CAN FIND. GOOD LUCK!!!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water clarity varied hit the later part o the day.Fished rom 3pm on. How's this I took my date bass ishing so I wasn't so seriuos drank a 12'er. Pissed o all the h20 skiers cut every one o them o it was great. Report I ound a spot on the South ork that I split shotted down to 38t they were stacked we were both able to pop 1-2lb ish while the h2o people were cruising by. I used that B.P.S lourocarbon line (there house brand?) it made a dierence cause I had her hooked up with the same bait and test line 4lb (trilene low vis).She knew something was up so we switched rods and she started to bang them like I was. We scented the baits and just dead stuck ish using the green weenie and salt and pepper w/o chartruse tail! Motored up to the point that seperates the 2 orks and ran a popper and a smaller spook and took more ish this type o ishing got her going cause it was about 9pm and I was done and she keep throwing the popper and catching all sizes.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: Right now i you can get a windy point the ish will be there but they aint big or ind a muddy water bank and crank or blade.I threw worms in the middle o the day to kill time till the top water bite would hit. Every ish is spitting up small ry right now key in on those turbulent banks they are pushing the bait there. That or throw a spoon and locate your bait balls these are the keys now

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went sunday morning around 6am on my canoe. had the whole lake to my sel.saw a lot o bass nests on stanley blvd. the nests were about10 eet apart. saw a lot o 2 pounders - didn't catch a single one. i was using spinnerbaits, 4" worms, rattletrap, 6" lizards. they would chase the crankbait up but wouldn't hit it.saw two guys driting nightcrawlers on split shots and caughttwo 2 pounders next to me. next time i'll bring live bait, mini jigs, andtroll minnow lures.it was a nice day til the wind kicked up around 10am.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: get out there beore the sun & wind comes up.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: around75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or catish rom 7am 'till midnight and didn't even get a bite, and all i caught was a couple o 10 inch bass on brush hogs.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: n/a

Saturday, August 28th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: today's temperater was 81* f.AT Spanish Flats. I caught 2 large mouth with a night crawlers and a bobber. and a small mouth with a Roster tail. It was a good day for me.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: my personal suggestion is to use a trouble hook to catch your bass. If anything else I would use an L-hook.ATTENTION....... DO NOT go buying those cheap Banjo Minnows , the bionic minnow or sound bite lure.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of New Hope Landing at 5:30 A.M.and headed up north. My partner and I boated 7 keeper fish by 8:30 flipping plastics along edges of mats. Biggest fish flipping went 5 1/2. Went to throwing blades over tops of submerged structure. Ripped 9 more fish by 1:00. Off water by 1:30 due to the heat and ski boat traffic.
      City: Lodi

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out of dels, ran to itallian slough and caught a few on buzz baits. my backseater stuck a nice 3.5lber on a spinnerbait. decided to run, caught a some fish flippin worms. saw some big guy stick a nine, can't recall what he was throwing. anyway good day on the water i probably had 5 fish for about 12lbs
      City: SANLEANDRO

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

      Report: 8/28/99 - New Melones, Tournament 1600-2300 hr. Weather hot, 103 F, with a light breeze. Coves at the 49er bridge produced nothing. Pulled two 15"e's o the points in thirty eet o water in the cove due East o 49en bridge, 1930 hr. Pulled two 15"er's o the rock point past the second island South o Tuttle Town ramp in 15-20 eet o water, 2030 hr. 2130 hr., moved to the main lake coves and hooked a couple o dinks another 15"er and one 3 lb'er. Our ive ish weight was 7 lb.12 oz. which was good or 2nd place. All our ish came o purple 6" worms rigged with a bullet weight. We through jugs, spinner baits, Brush Hogs, spooned and Spooks on top, only the worms caught ish. First place caught ish up river between 49er and the second bridge on worms and buzz baits at dusk. His total weight was 9 lb. 7 oz. Big ish was 3 lb. 7 oz. Only 4 o the twelve boats weighed in a ive ish limit.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: Fish 15-40 eet o water o rocky points and those with brush.

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: me and my buddy went about 4oclock lipped wood and tules lostbig ish on plastic worm it messed up my day ish was about 7lbs ish broke o had just put on new line owell next time
      City: watsonville

      Tips: use dark colors and lip to places never lipped beore

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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Pajaro Valley Bass Club held their August tournament at Pinto Lake in Watsonville. The ishing was tough except or new member Mike Gutierrez who was culling by 8am. He weighed in a 14.50 limit with a nice 4# kicker. Second place was distant 6.74. As our BassNTube bretheren have reported in the past lippin the deep dark jungle was the name o the game and jigs were the hot lure today. The ish seemed to be hitting the jig as soon as it hit the bottom.
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: Dark colored jigs especially around wood cover and there is plenty o this at Pinto.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7am-3pm in the Dry Creek and Cherry Creek areas. My partner & I caught 7 bass to 3 pounds. 2 on spinner baits, 1 on a brown jig, 3 on cranks and the 3lb'er came on a rainbow trout color rattle trap. Most ish were 5-10' deep.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Stick with the reaction baits like cranks, spinners or rattle traps. There are a lot o small bass breaking the surace.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was great. The ish are still deep. With a lot o patience we were able to land many ish between 1-5lbs.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Use jigs slowly and dont orget to jerk a bit harder or those deep water hook sets.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 72-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We had a night tourney or the Tri-Valley Bassmasters. I haven't ished this lake in over ive years. Man has it changed!!! More homes and nice ones too. Well ater watching all the skiers ski in the 5mph zone we were able to catch ish on poppers and buzzbaits. We only caught 3 ish or the irst weigh in but it was enough to take the lead. My partner and I then decided to switch to plastics/jigs and lip/ pitch docks. The bite turned on between 1-3am. But was still pretty slow. We inally inished our limit at 6am. well we ended up with 15.14 lbs due to 2 dead ish and still managed to win. It was tough nite but two o our club members brought in ish over ive lbs.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: I stuck with my conidence baits because i really didn't know the lake. When it's hot throw a buzzbait !!!

Friday, August 27th, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed 7AM-7PM Friday. Fishing was good, we landed over 30 bass. We caught 3 over 3 lbs on jigs in the warm muddy water close to shore and loads of dinks around 20 feet split shotting. We saw bass chasing shad on the surface about 4 times in casting distance. We threw zara spooks to them and caught two and had another good blow up. Big fish of the day was a 5+ pounder that ate a spook at about 7:15PM from shore.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Throw big white zara spooks at busting fish. Fish brown/pumpkin jigs in 5-10 feet for 3+ fish.