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Tuesday, April 20th, 1999

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had a great time dispite the wind. I had three peopleishing on the boat. My girlriend, a good riend, and mysel. Three guesses on who cought the biggest. My girlriend landed a 4.5lb bass. It was also the irst o many ish that day. Plastic worms were the hot ticket.I had a couple o strikes on crankbaits as well.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: When working a plastic bait take it slow. Lori ollowed this advise and within the hour had the big ish o the day. Not bad or her irst time bass ishing.

Monday, April 19th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 65-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WON Sunday with Dana. She spanked me with that brown Jig-n-grub all day long. It did seem that either most of the fish had been removed from the visable beds due to the BASS or they had backed off. Not near as many fish setting up like the three days of the BASS tournament. Most fish were caught real tight to a rock levee bank with grass flats to about 4 feet of water. We found spent fish in the backs of shallow flats and fat staging fish in the transition areas, these were the better fish for us that day
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Tips: Stay shallow and toss something that imitates a blue gill or bream in browns and green colors. Heavy test line, tight drag and fish slow.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 57 - 63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught plenty o ish on white spinnerbaits and albino lutes, just no big ish, the largest we had was ive and a hal lbs. My partner lost one over 8lbs and another large ish we never got to see. Most guys that had large ish were sight ishing ish on beds.Tips The ish on beds were right next to stairs in trailer park sometimes one or two on bouth sides o the stairs going into the water. White jigs or any really bright colored worm or lizard will work just stick with it. white spinnerbaits in sparce toolys and willows will work, I was using 1oz with #7 gold willowlea.The albino luts were weightles in the same stu. good luck J.D
      City: San Jose

Sunday, April 18th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of capel cove about 8am. First spot was dead. Threw rip baits and weenies. Second spot was hot. Caught four fish, two on medium crank baits, two on weenies. My girlfriend lost a nice fish in submerged wood on a crank bait. Actually saw the fish shake'n the crank bait after she broke off. However the crankbait came floating up, saved $4.00 lure. Anyway she caught one off a submerged bush with a shallow diving crankbait went 3lbs. Then, the biggest fish was caught by my 9 yr old daughter, it was 100 lbs. She fell on her crankbait and got the hook stuck in her hand. Had to leave early. We caught total of 9 fish in four hours. Not a bad day., considering.
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Tips: Don't go directly into the coves, fish outide edges and creek channel going in. I saw a fish in 7 foot of water. I'm guessing went 15 lbs, huge fish, but I spooked it with the boat. A lesson learned!

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      Water Temp: 55.2-67.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I went fishing started at 7:00am to 4:00pm. Between the two of us we manage to bring in 25 fishing a lost about 10 at the boat.
      City: Redwood City

      Tips: Tips: worms in the crawdad color fish radically on the bottom by means of carolina riging next to weed beds.

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      Water Temp: 55-67.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISH ON THE LAKE FROM 7:00AM TO 4:00PM CAUGHT 25 FISH ALL KEEPERS BETWEEN THE RANGE OF 1.5LB TO 4.5LBS WHAT A DAY FISH EVERYWHERE STAGING AND SPAWNING
      City: REDWOOD CITY

      Tips: Tips: n/a

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well on with the report. I fish for 4 days to get ready for the REDMAN on the 18 the in the delta. I only fish the Delta when I have to, I just don

      Tips: Tips: Work all yor baits slow.

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      Water Temp: 64 and up

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Water muddied up and I sucked big time. Only caught six in 6 hours. Most on spinners, a couple on floating worms. All in the 1 - 1.5 lbs range. Caught one with DF&G tag. Was both depressed and inspired that over 300 fish were brought in by the BASS tournament that day. So far, the closest I've come to seeing a live fish over 12 lbs. Holy Cow!
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time bass fishing out on the Delta. First time fishing a pig n jig. Caught 5 fish for the day, biggest 6.1 lbs. Had a great time.
      City: Danville

      Tips: Tips: Fished points and wood with Fire tiger speed traps, black & blue jigs with black trailer and chartruse tips.

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      Water Temp: 68 at 6am

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a short note to let everyone know when you find a buck staged up and prepairing or sitting on a bed, in my past 7 days on ther water every buck I found I would have 2 big females back out a little deeper or actually on the outside of the weedline waiting for the male to come out and signal the nest is ready. I mainly used worms and a few gitzits to catch these fish on an average most fish were 5 to 8 lbs........Micster
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Tips: green worms...smoke gitzits.....work very methodical and or slowly when a fish hits you will usually feel them tearing out for deeper water its not the usual thump thump, the smaller fish seem to thump it, with the bigger ones you would feel a little tick tick kinda like a blue gill then all h*$% would break loose.......have fun!!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish are a ull moon away rom spawin and they are spooky. Down size baits. Flukes andloatin worms in white. There are still rip ish and blade ish to catch but you need a little windto help that bite out. The lip bite is better towards the evening. lots o beds!!!!!!!Tips When you go rom cold to warm this time o the year and these ish are in spawn mode down sizeand slow down. you know the ish are there just make repeated cast to an area and be patient.These ish aren't chasin much. Pray or a little wind this time o year!!!!!!
      City: Suisun

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a weekend! Just had to go ishing. My ishin' buddy, "Deep-cranking" Dennis and I decided to go to Lake McClure ora change. The wind was up at times but that didn't stop usrom catching a bunch o ish, about 40 in all. Nothing to reallybrag about but some nice slot ish. Only a couple were caught with plastic worms, ox blood in particular, all the otherswere caught with crankbaits. Dennis had the hottest bitewith a Rapala Rattlin' Fat Shad Rap. The best part about itwas we had the lake pretty much to ourselves.
      City: Clayton

      Tips: n/a

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On lake by 7:30 out o Tuttleton Rec area. Worked islands o to let o marina. Boated 8 ish, biggest 3lbs.The surprising thin; one cove, excellant visability, up to 10 to 12 eet. Must have spotted 50 to 75 bass in submerged trees. Ran & hide rom crank baits, sure jumped all over Berkely Power lizard inBlack/Green color. Hate to count how many ish I missed. Need more practice, must go again.
      City: Linden

      Tips: n/a

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on 4/18/99 Caught all my ish on yamamoto grubsound ish in river arm. Many small ish but also got 6nice keepers , all ish released the big ones looked like they were in spawning mode.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: clook or boulders that create a shel. cast on to the boulder , then drag it o. the ish were picking it up right when it would start to drop.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Shasta last week. Water is clear clear clear. Lots o ish on the points throwin worms. Anywhere you can ind water runnin in on sheer banks with wood you can catch a bunch. Anywhere you can ind willows back way o and throw lukes with a little weight. Let it sink in ront o ther willows and hang on. I the water dirties up a little try rippin those willows. When your throwin the worms don't try shakin these ish are takin it while its just sittin there. Caught worm ish rom 2 to 30 t. Chase shade all day.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: n/a

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Whooaa!! Have not had that good a time ishing in a while. The ish were on ire. This is not a tip but it is my belie that you could have ished with a dog terd and hooked up! Fished rom 10:30 till 4:30 and could not do wrong. Crankbaits is the word o the day. Boated 21 ish between the 1-3lb. range.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Dont be so quick to pass up all the shores while headingway up the lake. The banks and points that everybody was lying by were the ones that produced. Shad paterns worked well.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 7 ish in the 1-2 lb range using live minnowson the bank opposite the launch ramp.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: n/a

Saturday, April 17th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 63-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sat., 4-17 out of Berryessa Marina. Landed 12 and lost two from 11" to 15". Lost one 3#er at the boat. Split shoting caught most, though I did manage two on topwater and one on acrankbait. Fished from about noon to 7pm. Nice day.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Tips: Fish appeared mainly 6-8 feet off the bank. Many fish moving up to spawn.

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was spectacular today. Weather was perfect, fish cooperative. Launched about 8am from Capell Cove. First honey hole had no bites. Threw rip baits and weenies. Second spot we caught 4 fish and lost two. They were all young males, prespawn. My girlfriend pick two off submerge trees on a shallow crankbait. Caught a few off a medium crank baits and a few off weenies. Had to get off the lake early because my daughter fell on her crankbait and got the hook stuck in her hand. Left about 12 o'clock. But as she put it, we had 6 fish and 3 that got away, and she caught one about 100 lbs, (herself).
      City: Fairfield

      Tips: Tips: Water and air temp. are getting warm look deep in the coves, also before you go into the cove throw deep baits or worms in the mouth on shelf of the cove, before spooking the deeper fish. then go for easier fish. Don't get the spawners. Practice "Catch & Release".

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      Water Temp: 59-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished the north end of the lake all day.Plenty of 13-14'' fish on points in the morning then moving to shallow coves in the afternoon. Had one on a blade one on crank all other fish were taken on worms & brush hogs.I fished by myself and didn't work hard at all to boat several limits....so if I can.......any one can!!. OH water temps...started at 59 surface and at 5:00 it 69.. it won't be long before the bigs ones show ! see out there, Bugs
      City: Woodpile

      Tips: Tips: n/a