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Sunday, August 29th, 1999

  • 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.

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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.

Thursday, August 26th, 1999

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

      Report: I helped a riend preish or an upcoming club tournament Friday night, (8/20). Hit the water at 8:30 pm, getting dark quickly so we headed staight to the back o Woods Creek. Spent the irst hour throwing jigs- no bites. Next, I tried a 6 inch black w/char tail worm. Better success. Caught a 2 lb ish misssed several more. At 11:00 pm., we decided to try lippin the laydowns and the blu banks. Jackpot!!! It was just like ishing the Delta. Flipped June-Bug Brush Hogs. In an hour we boated 5 ish- biggest was 4lbs. What un! The lippin technique allowed us to stay in the strike zone and more importantly, it allowed us to cover water ast! I've never lipped in a night tournament beore so this was a revaltion!
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Flip Anthing big and black, Flourescent line

Wednesday, August 25th, 1999

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

      Report: Fished Seven Mile Slough today from 9:00 until 3:00. Really hot out there! Only caught two smallish bass on a bluegill speedtrap. Bass seemed to be near the top of the water.....should have tried a buzzbait. I fish off a specially rigged kayak. I am trying to find "quieter" water where the fast boats won't shake me up too much. Please let me know if you know of good water for a kayak. --Good Luck!!
      City: dublin

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Some spots are not so clear mud brown. I hit the lake in search o just a top water bite.I ished till 945pm launched at 5pm. Being that there is a ull moon thought this might just be a big monster bass night? Started o by running a popper and pow got a monster 12lb I mean 12" bass whoa har. I managed to bang a ew more up to 1.5lb. Threw the spook at main points and got a little better result nothing smaller than a 1lb not too bad or this time o the h2o skiing yr. It took alot and do mean alot o covering water to get them to hit. I tried the trees but nothing and the rock is what seem to be the ticket. Every bass that was caught puked up lots o small ishes they were white and all over my boat. Tried my riend the rip bait no dice they just didn't come around. Tried a double buzzer about 8pm on no go not even a jump went back to the popper worked it with a pause and got a ew more.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: I must say that any patterns that I have put together dont hold the bass are suspending due to the draw down and only dinks in the trees and up shallow. Fished last Sat early morning spook was on then shut down that next day go inger

Tuesday, August 24th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a bad day at work so I split early and launched at Bethal Island. I always have a hard time getting a pattern going in the Delta. I hit the water at exactly 7:00 pm and fished until 8:30. Caught 3 fish and had two additional blow ups. Was fishing a chateus buzz bait but I don't think that is as important as where and when I fished. It was an outgoing tide and I fished a weekline facing the tide. It is also a couple days before a full moon right? That can't hurt. Biggest fish went 6 pounds, my personal biggest in the Delta. Drop me a line if you've noticed any consistant patterns around Bethal. Be Safe!
      City: Livermore

Monday, August 23rd, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nailed several 3+ pounders throwing a black/blue jig in front of the dam. Focus on the outside or backs of weedlines.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Leonard nailed a 10 pounder here picture to follow

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nailed several 3+ pounders throwing a black/blue jig in front of the dam. Focus on the outside or backs of weedlines.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Leonard nailed a 10 pounder here picture to follow