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Sunday, April 4th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good using cranks at slack tide. Turner cut area, three triplets in the 4 - 5 lb category, on points in sloughs. Had to have tules, and/or wood of somekind. Was testing new electronics for Bottomline, so only fished for two hrs.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: WARNING: Holland Marina was broken into on Sat. night, and my truck was hit on Sunday along with one other guy,parked in the lower lot(field side). The ironic thing is we both launched around 11-11:30 am. Came back at 5., and both trucks were parked next to each other. Busted my small window. They tore the other guys dash out, and got his wallet, stereo,and cd's. They only took launch money from me,and some cd's. Funny thing though, where they got the cash, there were 6or 7 cd's they didn't take. Guessd there not into Floyd or the moody blues. Anyone who may have left the water there on Sunday, and saw anything happening around the silver & black dodge truck or the white dodge truck, please contact the contra costa county sheriffs dept. Det.Ost? Thanks in advance, and keep those alarms on now at Holland till they get those guys. (If Ever) Tightlines Eddie

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      Water Temp: 55.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with my son, had a great day, yes there was wind but there was also fish. Started at 7:00 wet to Disco, Quit at 2:00 picked up 11 fish, 1 at 1.5#s 5 at 3# to 4#s 3 at 4.5 to almost 5# then came a 8.2# at 1:00 thought the day was as good as it gets than at 1:40 came a 9.7# all were caught on cranks. Used a med. sized fast tract bass color for 5 fish and son used a Crawdad color Poes.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Easter Sunday- Windy, Second thoughts about going,Subconcious says yes,Call the partner and he can go, another plus, get to the ramp and it,s windy , go south and find slack water,commence to throwing the blade and start picking up little bucks, and keepers (2), then WHAM! 5#r, This is starting out good, not even 8'O'clock, the partner picks up (2) I decide to check another spot(slack water)throw my favorite and Another little buck, pick up the new Crank Bait and test it, make four casts to the same spot, the fifth one and It's -Stopped Dead- Set the hook and start reeling, look down at my reel and the spool is not even moving, like reeling in a wet pillow, tighten the drag and -yank yank- told my partner its a HOG, Get it to the boat and he's scared to lip it,GET THAT FISH!!! It's An 8#r, OH WHAT A FEELING!! Launched out of Orwood-guess where I fished- Happy Easter To All
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Tips: This time of year Look for slack water-slough's- Bays- and make repeated casts to the same area's. Ciao

Saturday, April 3rd, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: whoa was it windy. started early in the morning and caught a limit before 7:30. fished until 12:30 before the wind, rain & hail beat us down. total for the day we caught 10. a couple of 4 lbers a 3 and the rest were 1-2 lb dinks.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started around 7:00 AM and really windy. Current was strong and choppy. Morning bite was slow pulling in 3 fish between 1.5-3 lbs. despite the conditions. The wind lessened for a short time and found a relatively calm area along a stretch of rocks with strong current on each end. Pulled in 8 more fish the biggest being 4 lbs.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: Fish were cought on cranks in craw color and tubes.

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      Water Temp: 56.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a day to be on the delta. Put in at Paradise Point and quickly headed for cover. That wind almost blew me off the river. Got back in some cover and managed to catch 4 bass, the largest 3 lbs. Spent 3 hours with a chartruese crank bait and called it a day. Hope you all made it home safe and sound.
      City: Lodi

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wind was SUPER BAD. fished three hours in the morning, caught 4 fairly nice fish. Biggest being about 4.5. All on crankbaits. Couldn't handle the wind anymore. Would Have been a good day if it was a little calmer.
      City: Los Banos

      Tips: Tips: Don't go out when there is a small craft advisory. DUH

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Reports: My partner and I launched at maccosin around 5:30 to pre-ish or our clubtournament on 4-11-99 very windy,clouds,with sun breaking through every once in awhile. my partner caught one 2lb. good keeper ish he was using a oxblood color worm. I caught a limit or a little over 11 lbs.(5-ish limit). but i am not going to tell yall what i caught them on untill i report ater tournament. i will tell you we ished main lake points15-25 t. deep while every body else was ishing back o coves,not much luck rom what i heard. we loaded up about 12:00 pm and headed home.Then i heard a guy caught the new lake record(17-4) at 12:36pm on that same day not to sure o detailsso i any one has details eel ree to e-mail me at dom-b@pacbell.net.SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK!!!! Well wish me luck on sunday,i will report ater tournamentthanks Dominick
      City: Tracy

      Tips: DOWN SIZE,FISH 15-25 FT DEEP

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Northern Team tourn. with partner, Randy Parker. Tookthird place with 7 ish limit o six spots and one smallmouth,Total weight was 16.50 lbs. Took two in main body and iveso.ork. o rocks and in trees. Also got two 13 inchers and acouple dinks.
      City: Shingle Springs

      Tips: Try reaction baits early, then move to inese baits, then reaction baits again in aternoon. Main body can be treacherous when windy.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water @6am. The wind was howling ished Carson Cove had six ish by 8am. 2 on crankbaits 3 on worms and 1 on blades. all the ish were in the 13-15inch rangegot caught in the hailstorm and was o the water by noon.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Chartruse crankbaits and 4" berkley powerworms.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy, up to 50 mph and maybe more. We caught 12 bass rom 3/4 to 2.7lbs. Fish were mostly deep in 15 to 25to water. They took jigs, grubs, lizards. It was sowindy it was hard to eel your line most o the timebut, here's a little tip. Load up your bait with smellyjelly and the ish will just chew on it. Waves were inthe 4 to 8 oot range depending on where you were butwe ished all day.
      City: Sebastopol

      Tips: Carolina rigs worked the best and produced the biggestish. I you tie up to a snag, make sure its a solidone and not near a dead tree that may topple over. Wewere about 100t rom one that was blown over that day.

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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday aternoon rom my loat tube at Yorty Creek. Wind was a little strong!Caught one largemouth on a spinnerbait. Talked to other tubers and boaters who got shunked. Thewind really decreased the water clarity to around 2 eet.
      City: Sebastopol

      Tips: n/a

Friday, April 2nd, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went out to the south delta yesterday and had a good day despite the moderate windy condition's. caught and released 15 and the biggest weighed 6.7 lb's.
      City: Union City

      Tips: Tips: I caught my fish using a firetiger frenzy crankbait and a black and blue jig.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the main back pond via loat tube. Found a tiny pond through an inlet locatedstraight across rom the bench (near the two large trees). Fished nothing but buzzbaits and killed'em. Caught 17 ish within 4 hours, 24 or the day. Fish were active all throughout the day.
      City: Byron

      Tips: Strongly suggest a white buzzbait with as slow a retrieve as possible. Forget the blue andblack pig-n-jigs, springtime is here!

Thursday, April 1st, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: CAUGHT A NICE 8lbs. and A few 4lbs. Fishing is still a little slow but picking up. Also seen a 12lbs cat pulled in on goverment cheese.
      City: WINTERS

      Tips: Tips: ANY THING THAT RESSEMBLES GOVEMENT CHEESE. I WOULD ALSO RECOMEND ANY LURE THAT YOU CAN FIND AT WALMART FOR UNDER A BUCK.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Franks Tract,,,tough fishing for me.Ended up with 3 fish all flippin the outides of moss beds using small zipper worms in dark colors. see ya out the. Bugs
      City: Woodland

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Delta March 23 thru March 29. Saw the good, bad, and the ugly. Stayed at Russo's Marina on Frank's Tract. Too much wind to fish the Break or Sherman Island. Fished the old River, Little Mandeville, Discovery Bay etc. Had one 14 fish day. Cranking and spinner baits in the tules. Red rattle trap and white/white blades. Also had a two fish day on our last day. Wind was howling. Ed Slatter and Chuck Russo came in with a 10 lb and an 8 in their live well that same day. They ran south and found some warm water in the backs of coves at high tide. Pitching and flipping in 3-4 of water. They also had several 5s, 4s and 2&3s. Pretty discourageing to catch two fish and see a string like that come in. The barameter and the water temp was up and down like a yo yo while we were there.
      City: Bend OR

      Tips: Tips: If the bite is poor and the water is cold, find some warmer water! There are 10 and 8 pounders swimming around the docks at Russo's Marina!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my grandather went out on monday. The ishing was toughand between the two o us we cought 9 bass all about 13 to 15 inches.We got the most bites on blue ghost slugo's. It was cold and windy but un as bassin usually is.Dress warm and prepare to start wormin!!!!Also look or rocky banks and red clay.We put in at jonesvalley and maybe you should to!!!
      City: Redding

      Tips: Try dark colered worms in a Texas style rig.Fish slow and be patiant.

Wednesday, March 31st, 1999

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED OROVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, SINCE I WAS OUT OF TOWN! 0NLY HAD 7 FISH FROM8:30 TO 3PM, BUT THEY WERE AL GOOD FISH(1-18 1/2IN, 3-17IN, 2-16IN, & 1-15 3/4).FOUND ALL FISH IN 15 TO 20 FT OF WATER STAGING JUST OFF OF SHALLOW WATER AREAS TOWARDS THE BACK OFSELECT COVES. FOUND LOTS OF SCHOOLED UP FISH OFF OF POINTS (20-35FT), ALSO SEEMING TO STAGE, BUT WASUNSUCCESFUL. ALL FISH WERE CAUGHT ON AN OXBLOOD MAGIC WORM(4.5IN) WITH A CAROLINA RIG(BRASS ANDGLASS- 18IN LEADER ON 12PD STREN CLEAR SUPERTOUGH LINE).HAD 1 FISH ON A ZIPPER WORM(BHUDDA BAITS). GOOD LUCK IF THE WATER EVER WARMS UP THIS SPRING, OR ISIT A FOREVER WINTER,THEIR SHOULD BE SOME REAL QUALITY FISH THIS YEAR!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: THE FISH ARE STAGING FOR THE SPAWN, BUT THE WEATHER/COOL WATER AND THE EXTRA/NEW MOON IN MARCHMAY HAVE THE FISH A LITTLE CONFUSED. IT WOULD LOOK OUTSIDE AND WORK IN SHALLOW.I HAD LITTLE SUCCESS WITH A RIP BITE AS OF YET.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: blading in shallows caught ish rom 2:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. picked up a couple ish onjigs down to 10-15 eet over all a good aternoon o ishing
      City: Modesto

      Tips: slow roll blades