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Saturday, May 8th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty windy day with alot of f*&%*n skiers out but it was a good day. Caught 20+ fish, most were keepers. A couple of 3's and a 4.5 All on crankbaits.
      City: Los Banos

      Tips: Tips: Could really use a tip on where and how to catch the hawgs.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 58.5-60.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Granite Bay 0600. Plan to ish topwater 1 blowup on superspook. Swithced to worms early magic in shad color on darter. My son DJ and I caught 5 smallmouths largest 2.5. 2 spotsto 2.0. Boat on trailer at 0845am o to little league game. No takers on jerkbaits ish in 11-15 eet o water. Serenaded by tom turkeys beore daylight.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Topwater should take o at any time. Fish are in 6-15 eet o water. ish magic worms in shadcolor on darter head 1/8 ounce. Pay attention to line color and size. Fish more responsive to greenmaxima 4 to 1 hook ups last week compared to clear. 8lb test is size that is working.

Friday, May 7th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Very good day. Bass were pretty much hitting on anything. Top waters worked in the shallows at low tide as well as flippin in the tules with jigs and spinners. Brought in several fish. Mentionable ones being a 6# and 7.5#s. Others were smaller.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: Pretty much any color worked.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY CRANKBAIT 1, CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS,I GOT INFO IF YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU FOUND 6-8' VISIBILITY ON MAY 1-2ND
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: n/a

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was down rom Wa state ron 5/1 to 5/5.First day we had rain and wind. Second day wind only. Third day much better but still a littlewindy. Fished three arms Pit, Squaw Creek and Sacramento.Fishing was great,regardless where we were. Caught approx. 160 ish between two o us. Size rangerom 1/2# to 2 1/2#.This was my irst time to Shasta and I will be back. This is a great ishery.We didn't use the traditional colors or the lake. We used old avorites rom Wa. Smoke/pepper andCinnamon/pepper and green weanie/red lk. Used mostly 1/8 oz darter head jigs and Yamamoto grubs.Worms, we worked w/split shot. We used various other baits and methods, but these were the ones wehad best success.
      City: Wenatchee, Wa

      Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HOT,HOT,HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whent at about 12 and looked to the let o thedock and saw sollid black. What was it? Thousands o trout. And when there is that many troutit's a eeding or all the bass. Saw about a 12 pounder'er cought right at the boat dock andanother 6 pounder in the same spot. I manly went ater trout though. I cought about 20-30 goodsize trout. god only knows how many I lost. The bass where there and so where the trout andbluegill. FISH ON!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Find any thing that even resembles a trout and work the toolies, around the dock area, romboat or shore. For trout I used a white ly with a split shot urther up the line. going again tomorrow. keep ya posted.

Thursday, May 6th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the south delta from 9:30 til 1:30 today and caught 9 keeper's, the biggest was 4#'s. Talked with Dee T. for a few minutes and he wasn't having much success either. All fish was caught on black & blue proline jig's.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: Fish close to the tule's and slow.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or couple o hrs with spinners and 4 " worms got some hits but no catches. Sawother anglers bring in some with night crawlers. most ish still to deep wind is terrible so beprepared.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: use live bait near dam (bring a jacket even i you think you don't need one).

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake around 5:30 and launch our loat tubes rom state park. ZIP! Lot's o Carp jumping around. We wenta mile north to Land's End and ound one point with ish all over it. We saw a helluva lot more than we caught. 2 keepersized ish. We released them. The ish we saw were not on bedsbut just cruising the new tules. I'm thinking post spawn. At least some o the ish.Oh yeah, the 2 we caught were on Baby Bass Flukes ishedreal slow....Tips n/a
      City: Rohnert Park

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to the back ponds today and caught 3 16" 1 20" and a 14" previous week i caught a 5 pounder
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Use buzzbaits spinner baits plastics and a small REBELcrawdad crank baits. The ishing is great and water is very clear. the bass are very aggresive all day so try using top water. shore isherman are catching a ew but tubes are the way to go.

Tuesday, May 4th, 1999

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Let at 3:30 AM thursday morning rom Ben Lomond. Ater the 4.5 hour drive, got to clear lake and ound the water level to be quite high. Bite was tough over all. I got two dinks and a 2.5# on thurdsday. JC got one dink. Friday, another buddy came up and joined us and we headed tothat main point near the south end o the lake, near the oriental shrine,(or what ever it is). I hooked into a nice 4.2 pounder. JC got a 3.6 pounder at camp rom the shore (state park). That was it or Friday. Saturday we went out in the am and I got two, one dink and one about 2.5 pounds. That was it or the whole trip. Front came through and the winds came up at about noon putting stop to the boating and hadn't stopped blowing when we let Sunday morning.Tips I got all my ish on baby brush hogs. The ish are dug in deep in cover. The lake level is very high which allows you to get your boat back in the thick brush. Use weedless rigs and cast in as ar back as you can. The ish are spawningso please practice catch and release
      City: Ben Lomond

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: Mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 8 ish to 3 pounds, all on small plastics. Threw top water and rip baits in themorning with no takers. Didn't get ish until moved out to 15 eet (not surprising since it was apost ront bluebird day). Water in the north ork was extremely clear. Main body and south orkhad nice green hue to it. Saw, lots o old beds so there should be a lot o suspended post-spawnbass about to turn on.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: Top water and just about any reactionbait should produce lots o numbers as soon as thosepostspawners have caught their breath. You deinately want to be on Folsom this Thursday!!!!!Suggest Spooks and Rico's early. Shad raps and similar plugs in subdues colors ater the sun hitsthe water. Also, since the water is so clear, the ish will hang in the edges o trees or cover sorun those baits right threw the edges o the trees.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 6:05am. First cast produced a nice 1 1/2 bass, and a ew ater that another one about the same size.We caught 11 ish, the best came on a carolina rigged5" grub, a nice 4.6lb. emale. The only setback was thewind that kicked up about 8 o'clock and didn't quit allday. Saw a couple o bald eagles, and an osprey do it'sdive into the water or a ish, but he missed it. Alsosaw a nice buck in velvet. It was a nice day.
      City: Sebastopol

      Tips: catching ish is not the only reason to go up to the lake.I you look around you can see a lot more o what natureis all about. Oh yeah', as the bass ollow the shad it'sa good Idea to use an imitation o them, and one o thebest is the grub in compatible colors to imitate the shad.

Sunday, May 2nd, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished lake Sunday all day. Rain in early morning but it stoppoed by 8:30 a.m. It was cloudy all day and fishing was very good. We cought 10-15 with 8 being keepers. (we didn't of course) Not much of a reaction bite, caught all but one on 4 in. magic worms mostly junebug color. Caught one (the largest) on Spiderjig. Most of the fish we got were in the north end.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips: n/a

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: High 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished at Big Break for a few hours in the morning on the out going tide. Picked up 3 in shallow water, less than 5' all on jig N pigs. Tried tossing spinnerbait but only had one hit from a dink. Quite around 11:30 when the tide had fallen 4'.
      City: Delta

      Tips: Tips: Black & Blue jig with pig trailer. No hits on crankbait. Fish are holding tight to cover.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I just moved to Tracy from McMinnville, OR. I really enjoy bass fishing and am looking forward to all the fishing in the area. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on even where to start on the Delta. Any info. would be greatly appriciated. Also I am interested in purchasing a boat and have narrowed it down to a Ranger or a Triton. Any pros or cons on either.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a couple on Sunday aternoon, ishing rom shore ('the point' o hiway 17, near the 3 isolated eucalyptus trees). One was a healthy 2-1/2 -to- 3 lb'er, the other just over a pound. Both were caught on a Carolina-rigged, craw-pattern zipper grub(pointed-tail, not curly) -- one green, one red. Nothing on a jerkbait or spinnerbait. When the drizzle started around 6:45pm, Iheaded or the SJ ponds o Coleman Ave & caught several more (same rig), but all were barely 1 lb. apiece. One guy said hesaw a *10 pounder* caught there a week or so ago, reportedly on a 'Rooster Tail.'
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, split-shotted grubs & worms, Rat-L-Traps, Carolina rigs -- they allwork here this time o year.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 62/64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Partner and I got on the water late 8:30 or so. Fished the spillway right o, with not much luck, one keeper and a ew small ish.Next went past the dam to the irst arm to the right.Started to carolina rig, and the irst cast a keeper, this was the start o a very good day. Most ish were gotten on Keeper summer moss by me, and Keeper brown with chart. tail by partner. Westayed in this area 'til 4:30, and got ish the whole time there. The end o the day about 30/34 keepers, with another 12/14 short ish. The bigger ish to 3 1/2 lbs, they were at and sassy, andall bucks. Bigger ish rom 7/8 eet deep, guess still not moved up. Good nes.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: n/a

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On sunday my riend and I caught 40 bass and one big trout. All the ish were between 12-17inches no real size, but had alot o un. Crankbaits along the shores was the best bait we used.
      City: Gridley

      Tips: CRANKBAITS CRAWDAD COLOR AND SHADRAPS ARE THE BEST BETS

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 6:30 am and ished til 12:00 caught 10 ish on jerk bait,jig + pig,tube and zipper worm. First ish I caught was almost 6lbs and had already spawned and was real beat-up, theremainder o ish were small and mostly smallmouth. Light rain ell most o morning and turned cold around 10:00 and ish got lock jaw. All ish were caught in river arm.
      City: Diamond Springs

      Tips: n/a