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Saturday, July 10th, 1999

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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 9pm to 1:30am. Caught good numbers o ish. All on rogs. Pitch black out(new moon). Caught several over 3lbs. Had a great time.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Black rogs--pause and go...

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Stayed the weekend ished or 2-3 hours Fri. night, 3 hours Sat. Morning and about and hour Sat night. Caught one ish each time out. Had alot o ish jumping but could not get anything on topwater tried spooks, lukes, spitn image, buzzbaits, props and poppers. ished worms at all depths to 25'. only missed a couple o strikes. Usually have no problems catching a good number o ish here, but not this year.
      City: Los Banos

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dog and I went to Lake Sonoma early today started ishing at irst light. Top water was the approach early (zippin ziggy , poppers) along or small and large mouth.As the day progressed plastics (Buddaha Pillars , Brush Hogs) came on with a couple o jig ish thrown to the mix. Fiteen or so keepers to three and hal pounds.
      City: Sonoma

      Tips: Top water early and shallow. Plastics and jigs throughout the rest o the day shallow also (10 to 20 eet).

Friday, July 9th, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ~80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed Calero again this Friday. It was dead calm untill noon, and very hot. After that the wind picked up and the water skiers came out creating some good wave action. The fish were biting, though not many big ones. We caught almost 30 fish, and lost quite a few more. Two were about 3.5 pounds, 4-5 were in the 2 lb range, and the rest were dinks. One fish coughed up a dead shad on the way up, but we caught all the fish on crawdad colored worms and jigs.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Split shot green weenies in 15-25 feet of water for numbers. Use jigs for larger fish.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nicolo and I fished Calero today from about 7:30 to 4:30. We eneded up with around 27 fish. We had a couple of 2#s and 3#s and all the rest were smaller. We caught most fish split-shotting 4 1/2" Green Weenies in about 10'-30' of water. Pretty good day in all. -Brent
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The blue bird conditions and hot weather pushed the fish pretty far from the bank. At least until the mudlines were formd, then some came up shallower. Just drag the worm slowly. Once you fisnd a fish there are bound to be more in the area. We found two or three spots where the fish seemed to be schooled.

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      Water Temp: ~80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed Calero again this Friday. It was dead calm untill noon, and very hot. After that the wind picked up and the water skiers came out creating some good wave action. The fish were biting, though not many big ones. We caught almost 30 fish, and lost quite a few more. Two were about 3.5 pounds, 4-5 were in the 2 lb range, and the rest were dinks. One fish coughed up a dead shad on the way up, but we caught all the fish on crawdad colored worms and jigs.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Split shot green weenies in 15-25 feet of water for numbers. Use jigs for larger fish.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nicolo and I fished Calero today from about 7:30 to 4:30. We eneded up with around 27 fish. We had a couple of 2#s and 3#s and all the rest were smaller. We caught most fish split-shotting 4 1/2" Green Weenies in about 10'-30' of water. Pretty good day in all. -Brent
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The blue bird conditions and hot weather pushed the fish pretty far from the bank. At least until the mudlines were formd, then some came up shallower. Just drag the worm slowly. Once you fisnd a fish there are bound to be more in the area. We found two or three spots where the fish seemed to be schooled.

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

      Report: I ished rom my tube out o Rattlesnake Bar. Began ishing right next to the launch ramp in the stained water.Lots o boat traic. I caught our ish in about 1.5 hours.I couldn't beleive my last two ish. One was 5# and the other was 4#. I caught them on a spinnerbait as it dropped on the shady side o a submerged bush. They were about 8eet deep. The our pounder had red on it like it was still in spawning mode. I am not used to catching such big ishout o Folsom. Try getting your lure/bait right down to the base o the submerged cover. Keep your line just tight enough to eel the tick.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: I started using magic worms and caught magically small ish.When I switched to a larger presentation, I caught the bigones.

Thursday, July 8th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water @ 7AM. First fish @ 7:45AM on Chug Bug 1#er. Trolling motor prop came off @ 7:46AM. (ERRRR) Ran to Knowles for replacement prop at 9AM. 2nd fish at TommyP's tree @ 11AM on white/chart spinnerbait another 1#er. Last fish on split shot junebug worm 1.5-2#er in tight to tules @ 1PM. Left at 2PM-3 fish total-Mayday out.
      City: Belmont

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Flukes, blades,and buzz baits in black creek beore dark. Caught one smally cranking across rom poker lats. Night bite non-existent.

      Tips: Find underwater weed line in black creekWhite and/or chartreuse best colors

Wednesday, July 7th, 1999

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

      Report: FISHED CLEAR FOR FIRST TIME IN 10+YEARS. NEEDED TO GET SOME PRACTICE TIME SO I CAN START FISHIN THEM TOURNEYS UP THERE. MAN O'MAN GOOD DAY!!SKITTER POP/FROG TIGHT TO THE TULES..NEED I SAY MORE? WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO GET HIGH HIT THE DOCKS W/ GRUBS OR GITZITS SKIP'EM N' RIP'EM...20+FISH DAY W/2 OVER 6LBS AND PROBABLY CLOSE TO A 8#+ THAT GOT OFF BECAUSE I DIDNT LISTEN TO BOBBY BARRACK AND SHARPEN THEM DANG HOOKS!! GOOD LUCK BRING LOTS OF SUN BLOCK ITS HOT!!
      City: FREMONT

      Tips: CHARTREUSE FROG SEEMED TO WORK A LITTLE BETTER, POPPERS IN SHAD COLORS DID REAL WELL...KEEP IT TIGHT TO THE TULES, FISH ARE SHALLOW SO SNEAK 'N PEAK..DON'T ASK THE LOCALS THEY'RE REAL NICE BUT SURE ARE TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT THINGS...

Tuesday, July 6th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74 - 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went Fri, Sat & Mon Fri - Had a good (for me) day. Popped fish early, jigged & wormed rest of the day. 14 in all Sat - popped fish early, then got off the water as the wind and (*&%*&^%skiers and pleasure boaters came out - just five Mon - the usual in the morning, jigged the rest of the day, just 6 in all
      City: belmont

      Tips: As the days in the weekend wore on, the fisher were tighter & tighter to cover - popper seemed to work better than buzzers lately. Don't be afraid to pop until late morning in areas that haven't had direct sun yet. Look for east banks with trees.

Monday, July 5th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished from the shore in one of the more popular coves. It was about 104 degrees that day and people were swimming and splashing water on both sides of me. I used a Berkley power grub (white) and decided to giant hop it off of the bottom letting drop slowly. The result was a 2.5lb smallmouth. I was surprised to catch him due to all of the noise and splashing around me.
      City: Richmond

      Tips: If one tactic doesn't work, change tactics. Be patient no matter what the situation.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: the boy and i went out at first light went to a break in a island the boy caught his first nice bass a solid 3# bass that had a bleeding tail must of been on a bed still???????? caught several fish on flukes in the current fish were tight to the bank for the most part.
      City: oakley

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 76.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north end o lake irst thing 2 topwater ish using a popper then split shot worms in 10-20 eet o water ished mostly rocky areas all around lake caught and released at least 40 ish which averaged 1 to 3 # with a big ish that went 4#8oz. had a blast ished with my two boys who are learning about bass ishing.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: We used 4" dark colored worms and 1/8 oz weight worked slowly.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught about 15-20 ish o plastic worms
      City: Chico

      Tips: Fish were not on the shore caught most o my ish in 30 t o water. Dragging it real slow

Sunday, July 4th, 1999

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 75d

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the best time to catch a big ish is when the hook is in her mouth. ishing in the water helps, using some kind o bait. getting serious, has anybody been doing good at all at new melones?
      City: Sac

Saturday, July 3rd, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED EARLY W/ A GREAT TIDE FOR SHERMAN LAKE..BUZZ BAIT 'N BLADES (CHART/BRONZE HAMMERED COMBO BLADES)SEEMED TO BE THE TRICK..LOTS OF 3-4#'S A LITTLE CLEARER WATER SEEMED TO REALLY HOLD MORE FISH.. PG/E WAS WINDY BUT PICKED UP A FEW..WENT TO DUTCH SLOUGH WERE 'EVERYONE'ELSE WAS AND PICKED UP A 7# WITH A BLUE/BLACK JIG W/ A JUNEBUG TRAILER, PARTNER PICKED UP A 4# W/ A BRO/CHART ZIPPER WORM..7# SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME WASN'T READY AND WHEN I SAW MY ROD HEADED FOR THE TULES FIGURED I BETTER SET THE HOOK AND HOLD ON! GOT HOT WENT HOME B4 CRAZY WEEKENDERS GOT OUT...
      City: FREMONT

      Tips: NEVER GOT TO THROW THE FROG UNFORUTNATELY BUT LOOKS LIKE ITS TIME...STAY AWAY FROM THOSE ^)&^*)*(^ JETSKIERS!!JIGS/WORMS WHEN THE SUN GETS UP FIND SHADE AND COOLER H20..

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 78-82 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sporadic topwtaer action. Best with white buzzbaits and spooks on points. Never could get a good worm bite going so I decided it was time to break out the jig. Then started whacking 'em. Never ished deeper tha 20'. Fished sloping points with rock. Water was high so there is a little grass up shallow that a spinnerbait will get you ish. Brown jig with watermelon seed w/ red lake twin tail trailer worked best. Had numerous spots over the slot and at one time had 5 ish on 5 casts on this jig (1/4 oz). Graphed lots o baitish on points but they only seemed interested in jigs.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Find pointst hat have baitish on or nearby and ish them alot.

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

      Report: We were catching 1-1.5 lb large mouth on topwater and spinnerbaits along weedlines. Rattle Traps in 10-15 eet o water near bridge.
      City: Foster City