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Monday, June 14th, 1999

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at Garner Island at 5:30am. The carp were so active that I thought they were going to jump in the boat.Moved to the tules o Luebow Pt. caught a ew there. Caught a nice 4# under an isolated dock on Lakeview Pt. Then workedthe docks between Lakeview and Baylis Pt. and caught several more. In the late ater noon went back to Garner and wasable to catch a 5.5# and several other smaller ish. All o my ish were caught on a Zoom Super Fluke ished on a onspinning rig. I was casting or skipping to an area letting it sink and twitching it every 5-10 seconds back to the boat.Tips Fish were not aggressive so it would sometimes take several casts into the same area to get a strike.
      City: Watsonville

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I did not have a a lot o luck with bass, the blue gill were hitting like crazy. My wie caught a couple o nice bass on a green shad rap. A large bass also tried to take my lure very torpedo next to the shore line but missed. I saw many bass schooling but they did not seen in a mood to play.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished spring lake with a riend rom loat tubes on the evening o 6/14. riend landed two small bass in the1-2 lb. range on a light green brush hog. i caught one in near darkness that was about 2 1/2 lbs. on a dark blue plasticworm in the reeds. threw everything at them, but no other bites. no topwater action at all.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: n/a

Sunday, June 13th, 1999

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      Water Temp: 73.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ishing was tu due to water crat the day beore. Went up at seven A.M. caught some bass early o the ripperand the popular doodle basher. Ater we couldnt get a bite. so we let to burger king where the woppers are great!!!
      City: Linden

      Tips: ish the middle o the lake they suspend. take advantage o this noone ever ish's their! Use doodle bashers incolors like tomato and cherry pit. also rippers are hot in durt colors.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished B.A.S.S. Fed tourny over the weekend. Saturday, the best ish came ripping a bone colored TD Minnow and asilver/black Rogue beore 10 in the morning. Ripped shadows on the water. As sun got high, caught lots o plastics ishon worms, lukes and brushhogs - color did not matter. Also, caught jig ish in back o trash pockets (lots o debris).Rigged deeper plastics Carolina or Texas - again, did not seem to matter.Tournament on Sunday was won on lukes...Carolina rigged. I placed 4th and most ish came on 6" worms. Rip bite turnedo or me on Sunday - managed one good rip ish at 6:30 and nothing thereater despite ripping until about 11:00.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: Watch the "visibility penetration depth" as the sun comes up. The ish seemed to hold just below that depth. Iyou could see 8 eet deep, ish would be in 10-12 eet. When the sun got high and you could see bottom in 12 eet, thenthe ish would be in 14-18 eet.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 66-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Visibility to 20' Fished hard or a tough bite; c&r 7, 1 smallie. depthinder showed distinct thermocline at 12'.Bigger ish were so skinny they had concave stomachs. Deinitely postspawn. Fry in grass. According to the ranger, lakelevel has risen 14 eet in the last three weeks. Mostly calm with light breeze in the aternoon.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: topwater, jigs, looong casts

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      Water Temp: 67-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday and caught 6 ish,2 smallmouth and 4 largemouth all were caught on Spiten Image rom 5:30 am to8:30 am then I could not buy a bite on a number o dierent lures.Most ish were small with 1 smallmouth about 2lbs.Went Wed o last week and killed them on top water and jerk baits allwere quality ish. All ish were caught in river arm both days.
      City: Diamond Springs

      Tips: n/a

Saturday, June 12th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Awesome morning,fish were blowing up on the surface,it was a beautiful thing to watch. Caught fish on pop r's rippin, and stuck a nice 4.5 on a fluke. caught fish all day, and had about 11lbs for five fish,
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Tips: if you have never seen fish feed in the morning. Be on the water by 530 and have your top water ready.DELI OUT

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out at 6:00 am on the 9th and caught a total o 11 ish all on a smithwick suspending rogue. All ish weresmallmouth and caught in the narrows. ish turned o at 9:30 and I let at 11:00
      City: Diamond Springs

      Tips: n/a

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started late on Saturday and ished many o the north eastern ingers. Caught 3 small mouths ranging rom 12-14inches on assorted jigs. Not much top water action and I was orced to ish a little deeper to get any hits.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: So ar this is my irst trip out and the ish seem to be on the eastern shores in the coves with a mix o stumps. I got some takes on rattle-traps but ishing the stumps with jigs really became productive around 8am.

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I caught one ish early in the day around 5 lbs on a solid black jig in the looded trees in the back o the lake. Because o ree ishing day, the water was very crowded with trout ishermen. I didn't catch any more untill about 7 PM near the boat ramp, and it was barely a pound.
      City: Cupertino

      Tips: Water is high and clear, about 8 eet visibility. All the ish I've been catching are in about 10-12 eet o water and are hitting plastic worms and jigs. Not much o a reaction bite to speak o.

Friday, June 11th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out yesterday and tried float tubing a few spots. Caught a limit by noon with a Six, a four, two threes and a few 2 and smaller fish . All were caught on a charteuse spinner bait dropping it into opening in the weeds in Jackson Slough. A great trip, even with the wind!
      City: Los Gatos

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water was extremely clear. I backed o and made long casts over rocky rocky structure with a Rico. Caught 15 bass on top water until about 9:30 am. Largest ish was 3 lbs. Caught about 5 more ish split shotting a Bassectomy summer moss worm out deeper (15-25 eet). Got o the water at 11:30 very satisied. I you like to trout ish, they were working the surace every where. Had a ew hits on a cast master, but never hooked up.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Any variation o a summer moss or green weenie 6 in. worm.Flukes and top water are a sure bet early.

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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bite is still good, and I ound ish on the points. Seen an lot o breaking ish, must be chasing shads in the late evenings, (Boy i pablo could only stay open till 10pm).
      City: Hercules

      Tips: stick with a blade. And slow roll it across points.

Thursday, June 10th, 1999

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      Water Temp: mid 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched tube opposite side o the Alma ire station at the point. ished rom 7:00-8:30 Ranger didn't kick usout. Used Rat-l-trap, caught 1 about 2lbs. Dad hooked up but lost it when it jumped. Fished on 6-10-99
      City: Saratoga

      Tips: Waters gettin warm. speed up presentation

Monday, June 7th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA Pro-Team with my "netman" Old Dawg, he he. We started on the North East portion of the Lake (Vineyards),fishing Points and pockets with rip baits and spooks. The bite was pretty good, but nothing over two pounds. We did manage to limit quickly.I switched to a magnum lizard after the reaction bite slowed,hoping to get a toad. Nothing. Six inch lizards and baby brush hogs worked.Tried several locations, then went up Putah Creek, still catching small fish.(There was a lull around 10am - 12pm)At 1:15 PM on a secondary rocky point in the creek, I threw my carolina-rigged baby brush hog (grn/pumpkin) in 8' of water and got bit. I knew it was a heavy fish cause when I set the hook, it felt like I hooked a tire, which began swimming out to deep water. When she jumped I almost s--t! If Old Dawg didn't believe me when I yelled "get the net",he did now. It made two good runs and found her way to the net.My big fish of the year. I'm still on cloud nine. We won the tourn! ament and big fish. Most of the weights were 6+ to 8+. Second place was 11+ with a 7.11 kicker,taken on a Pop-R.We ended up with 13.59 lbs. Good weight any day at Berryessa.See yah, tite lines! Big
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Tips: When it comes to lizard or brush hogs, line size don't matter. I was using 15lb Big Game on the reel, and 12 lb. leader.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: mid 60's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Rock Slough yesterday. weather was great until about 1pm. Hooked 6 fish, 2 dinks, 2 shook off, other two were nice fish of 3 and 5 lbs. All the smaller fish hit worms fished slowly on the bottom near tulies. The big one slurped up a slow rolled spinnerbailt as it was pulled through two tulie clumps.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Tips: SLow roll white spinnerbait in the tulies. Drag Texas rigged worm around the outside edges of protruding tulie clumps.

Sunday, June 6th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The spawn is over in Discovery bay Lake. Fishing has slowed down. Can still catch under 2# on spinners and rattle traps. The bigger ones will bite on a slow workin' brush hog or worm. Watermelon and dark greens are working best.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started 6:00 am in piper slough near Franks Tract. By 7:00 my friend and I had 2 each on spinnerbaits (char/white). Lost a real good one. Spinnerbait bite slowed down so we started flipping zipper worms in 1-3 feet of water. Most came off tule with wood. I caught 8 my friend caught 6. Most fish were small (1 to 1.5) but I caught one that was O.K weighing 3.6. We caught all of our fish near high tide. Once it got low it was tough.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Tips: Found that black/blue and junebug worked best when flipping the zippers. Tried red and brown/orange with not as much luck.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Reports: Did good on lukes. The Chabot bite is on. Most ish are clones, 1.5# bucks. saw some small ry, but not enoughto indicate the whole spawn is over. Saw some BIG bass. Best was a 4# by the burner. released at least 12 ish. neato.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: small motoroil or camo worms, or golden shiner lukes, splitshot. Fish are 4 - 8' deep. Warning: rom pastexperience, the chabot bite lasts only a month or so. Don't go i it's windy. Too hard to control the boat with the wimpyelectric.