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Saturday, April 17th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was out fishing around 6:30 pm with my buddy Tim and we had hard luck with jigs and spinnerbaits on the flat. Saw another pair in a boat nailing 4# and 5#s off a deep cut bank in the current, and they said they first used what we were using and caught nothing, but they switched to plastic worms; red brown patterns, and they could not miss. So we switched over and about 10 minutes later Tim nailed an 11+ pounder. Lots of yelling and hollering, will never forget it! A 5-inch ox blood zipper worm on a 3/0 lazer hook, and new line is what did it. Took a quik picture and let her go!
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got there in afternoon fishing cranks and skipping tubes under structure. Caught some nice ones. Buddy cranking some areas in 4 ft. pulled in a nice 4 lbs. and a huge cat. 5 minutes later, I fished a top water and was slammed on the first cast. My line was pulling hard while the fish took off. Lost the fish. The line didn't break and still had the lure, but the hooks were straightened out. Boy, still thinking about it...
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: Check your drag before you cast.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED THE NORTH END WITH MY FATHER. LEFT THE RANGER AT HOME AND USED MY FATHERS TRI-HULL TOGET SOME TIME ON IT FOR HIM.IT WAS TOUGH WITH NO TROLLING MOTOR, BUT I THINK IT PAID OFF FOR US. MADE US CONCETRATE AND SLOWDOWN THE PRESENTATION. I HAD ONLY 8 FISH, BUT ALL GOOD SIZE. STARTED THE DAY WITH 3 FISH JUST OVER3PD ALL ON A CLOWN HUSKY JERK. IN 4 FT OF WATER. PITCHED COVER WITH NO SUCCESS. MOVED NORTH WEST TOSMALL CANAL AREAS JUST PAST RODMAN SLOUGH AND REALLY GOT INTO SOME NICE FISH ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES OFTHE WEED LINES IN 6-8 FT OF WATER I LANDED TWO 4 PDS AND A 6 1/2PD FEMALE ALL 3 ON 4 1/2 INWITHCHES-T MAGIC WORM. MY FATHER ALSO CAUGHT HIS ONLY 3 FISH OF THE DAY ON THE SAME WORM SET UP(1-4PD, 2-3PD). THE FISH STILL SEAM TO BE PRE SPAWN. THE 6 1/2 HAD NOT SPAWNED OUT EITHER.SAW SEVERAL BOATERS TRYING TO BED FISH AND NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK THOUGH. ON THE WAY IN WE STOPPED ATTHE VERY CORNER(NORTH EAST) OF THE LAKE AND SAW 3 YOUNG BOYS(10-12YRS) FISHING FROM A 10FT BOAT WITHA TROLLING MOTOR JUST HOLLERING AND LAUGHING. IN 2-4 FT OF WATER THEY WERE RUNNIN AND GUNNIN ANDHITTING FISH. THEY HAD AT LEAST 4 FISH AS WE TALKED TO THEM. THEY WERE THROWIN INTO THE BUSHES ANDTREES WITH A ZOOM FLUKE AT BED FISH THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEE AND HOOKING UP BIG. I THREW A COUPLEOF TIMES AND GOT MY LAST FISH A 4POUNDER, AND MY FATHER LOST ONE THE SAME SIZE AT THE BOAT. PRACTICECATCH AND RELEASE ON THE BIG FEMALES!! I DID!Tips JUST KEEP IT SLOW AND METHODICAL. THE JERK BAIT PRESENTATION I MADE WAS SLOW. I WAS PAUSING INBETWEEN EACH TWITCH OF THE BAIT 3 SECONDS SOMETIMES LONGER. I CAUGHT ONE OF THE FISH AS I TALKED TOMY FATHER AND THE BAIT WAS STILL! THE FISH MAY MOVE ONTO THE BEDS THIS WEEK SO FISH INSIDE TOOUTSIDE. DON'T RUN A WAY FROM THE SMALL FISH AS THE WILL BE HEARDING UP THE BIG FEMALES TO FORCETHEM ON TO THE BEDS. AGAIN PLEASE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE!!
      City: Yuba City

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 62 to 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 4:00 pm crank bite, on the shaded side o points. absolutly no takers on the sun washed shores. 6 ish, 3lb the largest
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: crawdads are the natural eed, shad or crawdad cranks sing.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Kevin and the Dave's are heading up to a houseboat out o Shasta Marina on Thursday the 22ndor a ew days working the Sacramento mainly, with some time on the McCloud. The reports page hasbeen a little sparse and we'd sure like to have some updates. We will certainly reciprocate aterour trip. I'll assume the creek inlets will produce, but any reports o a top water bite in thewillows? How about any spinnerbait bite? Worm colors?Thanks or any input. We'll report back oter the 28th.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: n/a

Friday, April 16th, 1999

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      Water Temp: 52-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is really starting to pick at Blackbutte Lake. Since there was no major releases rom the dam this winter,the bass ishing will be good to great all spring and wellinto the summer. The water is still stained because o thehigh inlow and winds. Split shoting worms o steep ledges and jerk baits have produce most ish so ar.
      City: Orland

      Tips: n/a

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tax day is drepressing so I went fishing in the south delta. I didn't have a very succesful day but I managed to catch 4 keepers and lost 2 keepers at the boat on crankbait's and flukes. I caught maybe 6 dink's and my best was only 2#'s. Keep your line wet.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: n/a

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Found ish suspended at 6' in 12' o water close to trees. On the water by mid day had 2 ish on reaction.Used a Rapala Jerk in blue and chrome. Not much more to oer.
      City: Shingle Springs

      Tips: n/a

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished dry creek in our club tournament (CVBC) CAUGHT A FIVE FISH LIMIT FOR 12.85LBS WINNER HAD 17+LBS FLIPPED FISH IN THE MORNING,THEN THRU A JIG THE REST OF THE DAY CAUGHT OVER 20 FISH FOR THE DAY. EVERYONE IN THE CLUB HAD A GOOD DAY (EVEN TORRIO) JUST KIDDING WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES THE WEEK BEFORE HAD A FIVE FISH LIMIT FOR A WEAK 6.59 LBS DELI OUT
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: BRUSH HOGS AND JIGS.

Thursday, April 15th, 1999

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished around Rocky point rom my stump jumper rom 10 until dark on Tuesday. I had 10 lipbites on jigs, brush hogs and tubes on any wood cover or males to 2.5, one big ish tied up intree. Not much o a reaction bite or me one each on spin, crank and jerkbait. Just beore dark i pulled in along a west acing sea wall nailed a 4# on irst cast with worm and a 5+ came up with it.Put on a Yammamoto Senko and ish were blowing up on it right on the surace. In the next hal hour had ten more bites all on the surace. In the excitement I didn't check my line and busted o thebiggest ish o the day, 7+ hit right at the boat.Tips Water is warming ast and ishing should be excellent by now. Always check your line ater a decent ish, that was the second big ish I have dumped this year in a lurry o bites because I didn't take a second to retie. Rookie mistake!
      City: Arcata

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ON THE WATER AT 12 NOON FOR A AFTERNOON FISH. SPENT THREE HOURS ON THE WATER STARTED BACK IN ANGELS CREEK, MY PARTNER CAUGHT ONE AND LOSS ONE USING A WATERMELON BRUSH HOG. WENT TO THE BLACKBART COVE AREA NEXT AND ONCE AGAIN HE CAUGHT ONE ON THE SAME BAIT OUR LAST STOP WAS IN THE MORMON CREEK AREA ON A MUD LINE AND HE CAUGHT ANOTHE ONE ON THE SAME BAIT. I USED A BROWN ON BROWN JIG THROUGH OUT THE DAY WITH NO RESPONSE. ALL THE FISH WERE 15 - 20 FEET DEEP NEXT TO SLATE ROCK.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: n/a

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Yorty with 2 other tubers on Thursday. We combined to catch 18 ish, the largest at 3.6 lb. Bass went or usual stu. Did see a pair o bass on their nest (no, we didn't try tocatch them). Water warmed rom 55 F in AM to 64 F by the time we let at noon. Clarity is great - about 3 to 5 t, with a nice green tinge to it. Fishing should be good this weekend.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: *** Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club is ishing Sonoma on April 24. E-mail me i you would like details or ino on the club in general. ***

Wednesday, April 14th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8-4:30. It was a good day. Caught fish flippin 10 inch worm early because of low tide had to fish the outside edges of tules in about 4-6 ft. Moved to tule island and caught a 2.5 on a jig same depth. As tide moved in fished some barges and wood and caught about 5 dinks and a 1 lb. Then as the tide moved even higher at about 3 and threw a blade in the muddy water up in the young tules and started catching bucks. Caught 5 bucks all about 1 lb. Lost a hawg on the 10 inch worm. Got her right next to the boat and she snaged my hook in a tule a got off. Lost my first fish over ten. I almost cried. at four moved to wood agian and caught some bucks there too.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Tips: Low tide take the outside edge. At high tide there are lots of male fish up on the banks.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pulled into tuttle at 5:00 am,to early to launch. so my dad and i stood around shootin the shit waiting or the sun to give the signal to launch our vessle.Finally the time was right and we were o to test the waters. We rolled out to the rear o the lake across rom the damn to a point that stays 12-15 t deep or a long ways. We ished the shallow side o the point,i was throwing aat ree suspending shad with a rattleon my ourth cast i put the 1st ish o the day into the livewell.Meanwhile my dad was throwing a spinnerbait but having no luck. In the next ew minutes Ilanded my next ish weighing 2 lbs give or take an ounce. All in all I landed 4 ish and lost 3. M dad had no luck except or a couple o bumps here and there. The weather was awesome,the ish were biting, and i was catching them. The time is here gentelmen, launch your boats now and enjoy the carnage,that is bass ishing.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: crank baits in the morning, slow retrieve. as the sun comes up the ish move deep so ollow them. brown jig with brown zoom trailer at 20-30t in the aternoon. have un FISHER KINGS! ! ! !

Tuesday, April 13th, 1999

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sky clear, air temp 60-65. It appears the cold ront that went through orced the ish deep again. It may take a couple more days to get them moving up again. Fished rom 4-20' multi locations. Tried many colors. 2 ish on red/pumpkin baby brush hogs in the AM. Nothing mid day.
      City: Jackson

      Tips: n/a

Monday, April 12th, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished from 1pm to 5:30pm. I only caught a 1 lber using a texas-rigged green weenie off the rip-rap across from the dam. It was a little breezy, but sunny. I tried spinnerbaits and crankbaits too, but no luck. I talked to one guy who caught a 4 lber using a chartreuse grub.
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Tips:Plastics with chartreuse colors.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished from 1pm to 5:30pm. I only caught a 1 lber using a texas-rigged green weenie off the rip-rap across from the dam. It was a little breezy, but sunny. I tried spinnerbaits and crankbaits too, but no luck. I talked to one guy who caught a 4 lber using a chartreuse grub.
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Tips:Plastics with chartreuse colors.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I went to Discovery Bay Sunday. I went with my dad. I caught 4 bass. They were dinks. I caught them on nightcrawlers. I was fishing when all of a sudden I look at my dad's little spinning pole bent like an upside down U. It was stripping line for about five minutes even though his drag was on eight! I went sprinting for my boat to get a net. When I came back, he had it on the dock. It was eight pounds!!!!!!!! It was 22 inches! It was the biggest bass that my dad and I have ever seen! I hooked it before and that was the first time I saw it. We quickly weighed it then released it to make more bass. We also caught two 14 inch strippers.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Tips: Catch and release!!!! Before they spawn, they are very important to make more bass.

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      Water Temp: 55-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 4/10 - East Delta in dead end sloughs and pretty water areas, high tide. Got twelve in six hours, better bite in the afternoon, most in 0 - 2 feet of water. Awesome spinnerbait bite. Under willows along levees. Most 1 - lbs., couple of threes and my first 5+ lb. fish this year. Good luck all.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Tips: Viper Spinnerbaits, pitch underneath willows, *soft* entry, stop & go retreive. Almost all laydowns produced a nice bucketmouth.

Sunday, April 11th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake in Discovery Bay all weekend and did better than most days out on the Delta. Caught about 30 fish over the weekend including one 7#er a few 4-5#ers and a bunch of 2-3#ers. Went out on my paddle boat and sidearmed Watermelon brush hogs into the tules and under docks. The bite was so subtle that oftentimes your line would start swimming away sideways before you knew you had a fish on. I plan on fishing it every evening this week!
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Tips: Flip into the tules and let it sit. The slower the better.