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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.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 52.9-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Reports: Hello all you bass hunters here is how my tornament went.Arrived at lake at 4:30am.weather cloudy,wind calm,water temp 52.9-53 degrees,water clarity 20 plus t (makes it tough)Launched sae light rom mocassin,2nd out gate.I had rods riggedwith a crank bait , jig-pig , blade , texas-rig.but the only rodthat seen any action was my 6t berkley im7 med action riggedwith 8lb trilene,2/0 light gamakatsu hook,split-shot.That souldtell yall somthing right there.ished rocky pionts 10-35 t o waterRon and I nailed 2 nice 2lbs. each right away. no ish or about 30 min. then i set in to about a 4 lb. we seen it.And yesi know how to ish i stuck my rod in the water upto the reelbut he jumped at boat and THREW MY HOOK!!!!(I CRIED,ALMOST)same thing happened to Ron but his ish would have went 6lbs-7lbs. we caught 4 more that day. i was using a MGM HAND POURED 4 in. in pumpkin with chart. tail and red blue lakepartner was using a ghost worm.At weigh-in winning weight11.30,big-ish 2.80(WHAT A JOKE) winning weight caught on6in. ox-blood worm split-shotting 10-35 t o water.but takenote the ish are holding on points,but i noticed the bigger ishcame o the points with big like boulder rock points(hint,hint)i am originally rom Grand Prarrie Texas and beore i moved out hereall i heard was caliornia was the sunny state and it never rains.well BULL that seems like all it dose here,I eel sorry orthe ish they start to move up and this wierd weather pushesthem o over and over.ladies can you imagin here you are ready togive birth and because the weather rains,drops a degree or twoand the doc sends you home!well i you are anything like my wieprobaly not.(that doc would have no choice,ha,ha)Well i hope this helpsand good luck to all you PEDRO-BOUND.My next torn. is at clear lake onmay 15th and 16th we are going on the 14th and camping outto pre-ish but any ino anybody has would help,e-mail me.thanks Dominick
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Seasonal tips? what season is it really? as or baits4 and 6in worms(oxblood,ghost,pumpkin w/chart/red/blue glitter) FISH SLOW,PATIENCE.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: it's been pretty tough but you can still catch a ew nice bass.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: try shaking worms now, i've been having luck vertically shaking in about 15 eet o water.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out cloudy and then, bam SUN. I orgot what it was like to get hot out on the lake. In all o the excitement I couldn't get mysel to ish slow enough untill around noon. 4 inch green handpours in 20-30 eet, crawled on the bottom. Hooked 7 landed 2.
      City: Yreka

      Tips: n/a

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a weekend!!!!!! Pre ished on sat, during the, uh, storm. Rain and cold was the word. Tried the Dry Creek arm,shook o 8-10 bites on jigs and brush hogs.Water temp was 52'. Nailed twoapprox.2lbs each. All ish were in the wood, and or points.Got o the water at noon,just couldn't take the weather.Even got a Motel. Sunday ished the ABA team with my son.Still rain and cold.(Hadtalked to members o a Modesto Bass club Sat.,who's leader had 15 lbs.,I'm all o sudden not so cold).We drew #47 out o 50.What a start.Then my shallow ish disappeared. We ended up draggingbrush hogs in 15',carolina rigged to get our whopping 6.59 limit.Several boats let early.I don't know who won or what the weight was,but I did hear thar big ish was a 6.50.The water temp dropped to 50' and the ish deinately moved out,way out. I guess I'll try it again sat.in a club tourney.I hope the ish move back up.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Weather de.turned the ish o,they'll be back up,maybe this weekend.

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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went tubing @ Yorty Creek with 2 other guys on Sunday aternoon. Caught 3 bass, 2 on crankbaits & 1 on carolina-rigged lizard. Front blew thru while we were there & we spent the last hour ishing under beautiul, sunny skies. The use is lit on this lake - it's going to blast o soon. *** Note to Float Tubers/Kick Boaters: The Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club is ishingSonoma on 4/24. E-mail me i you would like details. ***
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Front seemed to push bass into deeper water than expected. Based on past experience, though, the bite will heat up this week i the weather orecast is right. Lots o 2-3 lb bass will be inthe shallows.

Saturday, April 10th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club draw tournament yesterday, my first in two years. Started at Frank's throwing a white spinnerbait picked up one 5 and then the tide quit and so did the fish, moved south to the windmill cove area an started fishing rockie points with a red Speed-Trap that was the ticket finished the day with 38#s in the boat. John finished with just 24.69 and I had 13.72. Andy C : thanks for the info on speed Traps
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips: Fish Rockie points until the weather changes and the water warms. Red speed-Traps worked the best but I think any color will work . the action is the key The bite is very, very lite (it feel like your hung on weeds but its a fish!

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club tournament today. First time ever fishing a tournament for me and my partner. Took third with just over 17 pounds. winning weight was 24 with a 7.5 for big fish. A great day for us, moslty on cranks. Alot of boats with no limits though. New to the Delta but already love it, can also see myself getting hooked on tournaments.
      City: Los Banos

      Tips: Tips: n/a

Friday, April 9th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers Club Tournament- Launched out of Big Break Numerous 15lb Limits of 5, an 8.5 weighed in for big fish- By Richard Smith, 4 Fish at 5lbs or better, I flipped a 5+ on a black jig - denney brauer triple rattle with a plastic small zoom blue pork, also caught a 2lb. on a bubblegum fluke, my non boater picked up three on a craw colored speed trap crank bait fish were mostly shallow total fish wieght was 100 lbs.+ for 8 boats, for the most part the weather held up ,with some clear weather next week the California invitational should be real interesting.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Tips: Red craw color cranks seems to be the forage of choice in warmer water keep making repeated casts the the same areas to get em to go. Tight lines - Pete

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished the isolated islands in about 8 to 10 eet. Using a carolina rigged cotton candy lizzard dragged just ast enough to keep contact with the bottom occasinally ripping it o the bottom . I I missed the ish I just stopped and they would pick it back up. Never got to manysolid hits mostly just light pick ups.caught about 25 -30 bass all spots at and over the slot about 2-3 pounds with 3 our pounders.
      City: Grass Valley

      Tips: early morning rip rip rip 8 eet o water long points silver and black huskys(suspending) then drop down to carolina rigging ater 9-9:30

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was ishing or trout or about 4 hours. Caught one trout all day. I decided to work some plastics in a near by cove or my last hal hour o ishing. I don't own a boat so I walked the shoreline throwing a 7 inch blue leck sickletail power worm (my avorite). Ater about 20 cast I hooked into a 7.5# Largy. It was un watching the people in a nearby boat watching with threr mouthshung open.
      City: Richmond

      Tips: Please release ish, while they are in spawning.

Wednesday, April 7th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 50-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: JUST YESTERDAY I CAUGHT A 10.5 LARGEMOUTH ON A YELLOW AND GREEN SPINNER. THIS WAS A GOOD FIGHT. MY BUDDY CAUGHT A 8.5 LARGEMOUTH WITH AN JIG N PORK THAT WAS YELLOW AND BLUE. WE CAUGHT THESE BAD BOYS BY THE DAM.
      City: Yolo

      Tips: Tips: IT LOOKS IF YOU FISH WITH YELLOWS YOU WILL CATCH A BIG ONE. USE SPINNERS AND JIG N PORKS. HOPE YOU GET THE LUCK WE DID

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 64-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I kickboated from about 10am - 4pm today. I caught one 4 pounder off a bed early on a tube bait and lost two others on a crankbait. Brent caught two small fish on plastics. Lots of small males up on the shallows. All seemed very spooky though.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: I don't know. I can't say for sure what stage of the spawn these fish are in even.

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      Water Temp: 64-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I kickboated from about 10am - 4pm today. I caught one 4 pounder off a bed early on a tube bait and lost two others on a crankbait. Brent caught two small fish on plastics. Lots of small males up on the shallows. All seemed very spooky though.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: I don't know. I can't say for sure what stage of the spawn these fish are in even.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It was a horrible day today. Went out of Holland tract and fished lots of water. Low tide is not my favorite time to fish either so that didnt aid me in my hunt for a hawg. The wind was howling but I did manage to pull out a 3.9 and a 3.5 on blades in timber. One of my worst days of the year. Hope others did better.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with my dad. he caught a 3lb on a purple worm w/lourescent tail. i caught 5 ish...all over 2lbs on pig n jig. purple jig with no rattle. blue pork. had 6 ish equalling 15 lbs. great day but it never stopped raining.
      City: Denair

      Tips: jig ishing is hot!!!

Tuesday, April 6th, 1999

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Saw a report posted by "buzzman" and decided to give that spot a try yesterday. Went out in the morning (around 7am) in my tube and went straight across to the inlet across rom the bench. Threw out a white/chartreuse buzzbait and nailed a nice 2 lber on the irst cast. ished that area or about 3 hours and must have caught 25 ish...all on the buzzbait. Thanks or the tip Buzzman!
      City: Dublin

      Tips: BUZZBAIT

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A group o us are comming down april 18-24th taking a house boat out o Jones Valley and ishing mostly the pit arm @ arbuckle lat. This is our 8th year we have been comming down to shasta. We have HEARD that ishing is a little tough so ar. Please keep up on ishing reports. we sure like this web page. i anyone has any helpul hints to make our ishing trip a great one Please let us know. THANKS AND GOOD FISHING
      City: n/a

      Tips: n/a

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Morning and evening bite was good. Crankbaits and rattletraps in about 6-8 t. Fish werebetween 1-3lbs. Lost 3 ish on brush hogs.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: n/a

Sunday, April 4th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished earler this week, went all the way back up Putha creek. Had good luck for nice smallies up to 2lbs. Lost one over 3lbs. Cought some nice large mouth up to 5.5lbs. We had 5 fish for about 13.5lbs. Probely cought about 20 plus fish. The bite is still slow.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Tips: Fish a jig or a brush hog, also a white spinner. We used a brown jig and a brown brush hog.