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Monday, August 9th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: (This is for you Tommy P ) We launched out of Hog Back early sat. morning,anticipating the Smallie bite on the Sac. Started throwing Buzzbaits in the marinas nearby,and scored on a few largemouth up to two pounds.Since I caught a few doing that I tried flipping the "Micster" worm,loaded with Smelly jelly. My first pitch into a bush produced a nice 21 1/2 inch,6lb plus largemouth.Caught a small limit after that and went to the sac.above the Isleton bridge. We ,(two boats) cranked till our arms went stiff.(four hours at least,both tides) and boated only one keeper. The bite was definately off that day, in that area.The fish were in the 12'-15' depth. I caught a few dinks split shottin.If I were to fish there again, I'd try nearer Vierra's,as Cooch and others have been getting better fish cranking those banks. See Ya!!!!
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Craw type cranks for the smallies. Don't overlook the Marinas and Oxbows like Cooch says.

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

      Report: I heard somewhere over Camanche Lake has a ishing pond. Please send direction and address.Thanks
      City: SACRAMENTO

Sunday, August 8th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started late @ 10 am. got a couple on the ol' popper, then things slowed down. caught a couple on jigs in my usual spots in white's. tried frogs, but couldn't hook the few blowups i had. went to honker, got quantity on woyms peanut butter & jelly (thanks Big Daddy), biggest went 2#. Went to the cheese again, got three, all quality. biggest went 5# on the digital. took pic. Scorecard - 8 dinks, 3 keepers, 3 quality. That's all btw - Thanks mr. daddy for the report!
      City: belmont

      Tips: wind has blown a lot of the cheese away. Luv dem Frogs. Try some open water frogging Sapp style....

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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Lundborg Landing and headed up the SJ River. Had 2 that were around 3# on a black buzz bait after the sun came out. Both came from the same large shallow flat with sparse weeds. Flipped a small island after that and picked up several that were 1-1.8#. Bite seemed slow could not get a pattern going. Headed in about 11:30 to watch the weighin at the hook.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Bite is tough with the cold weather. Pray for some summer weather. Better fish came off the buzzbait worked as slow as possible.

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      Water Temp: 72 - 76 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club fished Delta on Sunday, August 8. Winning sack was 15.25 lb (7-fish combined limit), less 0.2 lb dead fish penalty, anchored with 3.9 lb big fish. Second place was 10.92 lb for 7 fish. 4 teams weighed in total of 27 bass. Bass went for spinnerbaits & soft plastics flipped by boat docks, tules & weedlines. A few topwater fish also caught. *** Belly Boaters/Float Tubers: Next event will be Sunday, September 12 @ Blue Lakes (near Ukiah). Next meeting Wednesday, September 1 @ 7 PM @ Coddingtown Round Table Pizza in Santa Rosa. E-mail me for more info. ***
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Belly Boaters - watch those currents in some of the sloughs! The outgoing tide in Sandmound & Indian Sloughs was strong.

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      Water Temp: APPX. MID 70'S

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and a buddy loted the back second pond.Very little bait ish activity.Weed grouth not really that bad.Good idea to bring your scum lures.Only had 3 ish bits.All under 10 inch's.07:00 to 14:00Clouded skies or the most o the day.Some wind
      City: SAN JOSE/DUBLIN

      Tips: Do better than we did.Our buzz baits didn't catch. Our scum rogs didn't catch. Our spinnerbaits didn't catch.The only bait I could get a bit was a texs riged worm.Tosed way way back to the shorline under tress,bushes etc. I'LL BE BACK

Saturday, August 7th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stickbait and I went out for some fun fishing. Caught fish on cranks, bruch hogs and jigs. Bite was ok, but not great. Found fish on main points and on tuleberm points near deeper water. Caught about 20, biggest about 3 and also got some dinks. Oh yeah, and stickbait caught a tagged fish with TWO $50 tags in it. i think he is on his way to DFG now!
      City: marysville

      Tips: Points with deeper water nearby.

Friday, August 6th, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 70-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed Calero Friday from about 8:30AM-5PM. Weather was calm, cloudy, and warm untill about noon when the wind picked up. It also rained (!?!?!) on and off for the first few hours. We saw bass busting at shad on the surface, complete with diving birds, but we were never there at the right time. Tried a Splash-It and a Castaic Threadfin Shad where we saw them busting but no takers. We ended up catching a little over 20 bass dragging worms and jigs in deeper, 17-30', water. Nothing over 3 pounds. We couldn't catch anything in water shallower than about 15 feet. There were also some suspended fish, but we didn't go after them. I caught one of them by accident when it grabbed a jig on the fall.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Fish jigs and worms in natural colors (greens/browns) on the deep end of rocky points.

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      Water Temp: 70-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed Calero Friday from about 8:30AM-5PM. Weather was calm, cloudy, and warm untill about noon when the wind picked up. It also rained (!?!?!) on and off for the first few hours. We saw bass busting at shad on the surface, complete with diving birds, but we were never there at the right time. Tried a Splash-It and a Castaic Threadfin Shad where we saw them busting but no takers. We ended up catching a little over 20 bass dragging worms and jigs in deeper, 17-30', water. Nothing over 3 pounds. We couldn't catch anything in water shallower than about 15 feet. There were also some suspended fish, but we didn't go after them. I caught one of them by accident when it grabbed a jig on the fall.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Fish jigs and worms in natural colors (greens/browns) on the deep end of rocky points.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: cloudy, wind blown day. Launched from Vierra's and fished the lower end of the Sacramento, Cache and Steamboat. Best production in the cuts behind the islands downsteam of Vierra's. Crawdad and shad cranks produced a dozen or so smallies and bucketheads. Largest 5# and smallest 6" Had enough of the wind by noon. All in all a good day!
      City: Sacramento

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

      Report: Trout bite was decent by the dam, the bass bite was slow in the coves. Only a ew good sized bass were caught.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: some lure suggestions would be using 3/8 oz. Kastmaster,needleish, and small minnow style Rapalas or trout.Also try casting Kastmaster to trout breaking the surace chasing shad.

Thursday, August 5th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: DON'T KNOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WENT TO THE DELTA ON THURSDAY OUT OF DEL'S. I CAUGHT 8 BASS THE LARGEST BEING 7 POUNDS. CAUGHT 2 ON RATS AND THE OTHER SIX ON A 1/4 BLUE/PURPLE V&V JIG WITH A BLUE UNCLE JOSH PORK TRAILER.
      City: LIVERMORE

      Tips: STAY IN THE MAIN CHANNEL AND FLIP THE TULES. WHEN EVER THERE IS A LOG IN THE TULES WORK IT VERY GOOD MAKE ABOUT FIVE FLIPS ON EACH SIDE OF THE LOG.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water about 4:30 pm air temp 90 slight breeze rom the north .i ished a yamy #187 sngltail grub pegged on a 3/8dart head good bite or about 1.5 hrs ish to 3.5lbs.,bite stopped ,switched to purple shad spinner baitsilver/gold blades 1/2 oz.unit ,ripped the lips o o them until about 9:00pm . Boated around 25 ish 1 went 7.62 at green lady. Give it a try bite is good
      City: madera

      Tips: was ishing all o my presentations o the shore into the water,try this technique no splash they hit it so hard it's almost scary

Wednesday, August 4th, 1999

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started late in the morning due to og but quickly got lots o hits o the surace with shad styled lures. Ended up trolling coves with a rattlin trap and a rapala shad, caught 3 smallmouth bass rom 12-15 inchs and one atty pan ish. All hits were rom 5-10t deep, ish were rolling on the surace all the way till 2pm. Ended up with a total o 5 ish by the end o day.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Silver lures are great and try trolling a rattlin trap close to the boat and then run a second rod with a shad or silver type lure back ~50yards...good luck!

Tuesday, August 3rd, 1999

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

      Report: threw a rip bait at the trees wieghted with the suspend stips 3 o them on a rapla 6" bait black/silver and clown ished the later part o the evening helping a bud set up his boat. best ish came o the deep rock walls o the south ork main channel tried top water popper and a spook in jacks shack and the 5mph zone o the south no dice. put it away my bud drug a worm with less luck he got one that push me to bring out the will e go board short haaa haaa. caught a lot o smallies and smaller ish musta hooked 10 o them small guys but I was able to get 2 good ish in the 1.5 to 2 range okay or just a 2 hour ski
      City: GraniteBay

      Tips: I your going to throw the rip bait locate the ish o o the long rock walls that are next to the point o it and parelle it and throw no urther away rom the bank than 10 eet they are there waiting wanting the rip dont be suprised to know that I wont leave that spot till I've thrown atleast 35 or more times changing the retieve.As or ripping the trees use a tu line like 15lb to 20lb and skip it past the tree and rip it to the tree and let it die thats what the 3 strips are or they will smash it on either the skip or the all

Monday, August 2nd, 1999

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Folsom is a inicky lake. You can go out and catch 20 ish with your top 5 being 15-16lbs. on one day and the next (with no visible condition change) go out and barely ind catchable ish. This lake will test your ishing skills. You cannot be stubborn. I the ish aren't biting what your throwing them you have to move and change until they do. I you cann't get bit in the trees go to the rocks. I white doesn't work switch to dark. I cranks don't work try plastics. Never settle or "they're just not biting today" because I guarantee you somewhere they are.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Right now - Topwater, Pig & Jig, Blades - Find clear water (South is dirty right now) 20 t and up around rocks and scrub brush. I the bite is tough work slow, try dead sticking, or burn or a reaction bite.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Looking or some inormation on Folsom lake. I haven't ished it in a long time and could use some tips rom you pros. Thanks slimntc@jps.net
      City: Dixon

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished around skunk creek camp or this past weekend.Used mostly topwater's(pop-r, lukes, broken-backs Husky jerk)caught about 30 ish. One over 5lbs. The water was real warmand the ish seemed real lazy. Fish your worms/jigs real slow.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Dark worms and jigs worked well ater about 11am.Use topwaters in the morning.

Sunday, August 1st, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of holland(crowded beyond belief!)Fished the cut and all other areas.Bite was reasonably tough. No fish on topwater,brown pig and jig worked well on smaller fish.Went with watermelon brush hog in the p.m. and caught the only good fish of the day, a couple of threes. Caught a lot of small fish. Still beat anything else I could have been doing on a Sunday.
      City: fremont

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      Water Temp: 68.7

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Holland Tract. Started the early morning with a buzz bait with no luck. Went to flipping and got a couple of dinks (< 1 lb). Decided to try a spinner bait as the tide started to go out, knowing the fish would be moving out of the tules and down to the grass line. Worked really well. Caught over a dozen but nothing over 2lbs! Made for some fun though!
      City: Cupetino