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Saturday, March 13th, 1999

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing mostly in the Whisky-creek area I was able to catch a 5 ish limit o spotted bass weighing 17# 14oz. With a4# 9oz & 5# 5oz. spot. also 5 ish limit o smallmouth- 6-1/2 lb.also 5 ish limit o largemouth- 8# 4oz.also 5 ish limit o squaish- 23# including an 8#, 6#.+ 2 Rainbows. All ish caught on a Pointer minnow.
      City: Redding

      Tips: When that water starts to warm on the red muddy points,Whiskytown catches ire!Lake

Thursday, March 11th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from sun up to about 12:00 from holland tract to sandmound. Caught one jig fish(3+) in about 1 foot of water in a flooded bush. I finally skunked my dad!! Got a few other bites on the jig nothin else.
      City: tracy

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Signups are being taken or NCC IV.5 at Folsom Lake - April 3, 1999. On the line is TopNut, BigNut and OddNut honors. Go to http://www.ncb.com/olsomncc.html or more ino.
      City: Soquel

      Tips: Join us or the un!

Wednesday, March 10th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Big Break and surrounding waters today. Caught some good fish(3)in the morning on blades in the break. Then a dark cloud came and the bite died for about 2 hours. As soon as the sun popped back up started throwin cranks in the tulles, this produced 5 bass, biggest being 4+. Also caught 2 steelhead on 1/8oz speedtraps.
      City: tracy

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of Herman and Helen's Marina and fished the surrounding area. Threw an assortment of lures but had the best luck with speed traps, spinner baits, and brush hogs. I ended the day with 10 bass and my partner had 4. The fish went between 1 and 3 pounds. It was a beautiful day but I was only able to fish from 9-3. Can wait to hit the delta again.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: Brush hogs, spinner baits, jigs and speed traps

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 54.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water is warming up but ishing is stii toiugh using artiicals. Today my partner and I caught 20 plus ish using live crawdads. 2 under 12inches and 4 over 15 inches one about 3 lbs. You still must ish in 30 plus eeto water we did not see any bedding ish. We stayed in the main lake all day inthe creek channels leading to spawning areas. The weather was calm but cold.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Fish in at least 30 t. o water.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Today at Margarita it was cold and windy with a storm on it's way down.I spent most o my time at the lake utzing with my new trolling motor, so thisisn't much o a ish report but Dean Ericson at Angler's Outpost was out ishingand did ok getting three bass on a crankbait with two small ones and one niceone at 4lb 13oz. Other people I talked to picked a couple o 3 pounders oncrankbaits as well. The county trout plant got postponed until the 23rd or 24thI can't remember which, and DFG planted last week so don't expect anything untilnext week around Thursday.
      City: Santa Margarita

      Tips: go or a deep diving shad colored rapala.

Tuesday, March 9th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: low 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took Saturday to fish at Berryessa this past weekend with a couple of friends. The weather was partly overcast and cold. We managed to catch 7 fish between the three of us in half a day of effort. All fishing was done from the bank. We fished nightcrawlers of all things at a snail's pace, REAL SLOW. Bass were timid and would not strike hard. Average size was 14-15 inches weighing 1 to 1-1/2 lbs. These fish are all pre-spawn and the females were fat with eggs. We caught only one large mouth. The rest were spotted. Can wait for the water to warm a little more buit hopefully not till mid-April, my next big trip up.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: Fish slow and deliberate. Bass were not willing to chase any kind fast moving reaction baits.

Monday, March 8th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 44-46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 10 bass for around 20lbs. Seemed to be a good bite. Fished the franks track area. Just about any area at times will produce fish.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Tips: Black and blue jig with a blue frog trailer. Fish slow at the edge of the tules. Drag or shake, feel for the bite, at times it will be soft, other times they will hammer it. Have a good time.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We went ishing rom the shore at tuttle town, to the right side o theramp.At irst I tried some plastic worms, but nothing. then I tried the cranckbaitsand WOW! irst I landed a 2+lbs, then I landed a nice 8.1 Lbs. on a bright green deep diver. I was retrieving veryslow and stoping or a second, the ish just took o about 40 yards and startedto jump. ater about 15 minutes I got it close to shore and a guy who waswatching everything rom the begining helped me to get it out o the water.
      City: lathrop

      Tips: I was using bright colors, and retrieving slow.

Sunday, March 7th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA Pro Team yesterday and found very favorable conditions for a change. Stayed in the North end all day.It didn't matter where, as long as you fished a"point". We caught 25 fish up to 3 lbs., on jigs, carolina rigged hogs,and crank baits.(never went into the "narrows".) Color didn't seem to matter.The fish moved up to feed and get ready to do the "wild thang".
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Tips: The fish were pretty aggressive yesterday,but with this front that just moved in, we start all over again. Downsize and fish slower.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thunked a nice 5 lb'er on Sunday, on a Carolina-rigged zipper worm -- about 20 yards & 10 minutes away from going home SKUNKED again on a terribly windy, not-much-fun day on the water! Amazing how my attitude changed with that one fish! Got out there a little late, around 2 p.m. After battling the wind all afternoon, trying to find a patch where the big boys would be hanging off the wind-driven currents, it wasn't until I came across the small inlet to the left of the launch ramp -- with the ranger hovering with watchful eye, watching the sun go down as I'm paddling in -- that my bait got SLAMMED with a terrific hit, in about 6-8 feet of water! Thanks, Paul Mibach ('FIT'), for your custom-poured, electric-blue 'FIT Plastics' zipster worm! I'll forward the photo once I get it developed, for your promo files! Tight Lines!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips:n/a

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Thunked a nice 5 lb'er on Sunday, on a Carolina-rigged zipper worm -- about 20 yards & 10 minutes away from going home SKUNKED again on a terribly windy, not-much-fun day on the water! Amazing how my attitude changed with that one fish! Got out there a little late, around 2 p.m. After battling the wind all afternoon, trying to find a patch where the big boys would be hanging off the wind-driven currents, it wasn't until I came across the small inlet to the left of the launch ramp -- with the ranger hovering with watchful eye, watching the sun go down as I'm paddling in -- that my bait got SLAMMED with a terrific hit, in about 6-8 feet of water! Thanks, Paul Mibach ('FIT'), for your custom-poured, electric-blue 'FIT Plastics' zipster worm! I'll forward the photo once I get it developed, for your promo files! Tight Lines!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips:n/a

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55.3-60.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: had a great day on blades in back water slough, mouth was 55.3degrees back end up to 60.5 degrees. Found a few big fish in the warm water all staged in or next to trees. All hit slow rolled White/chartuese large colorado blades. Caught in the neighbor hood of 50 fish alot of males with a few nice 5-6lb. females. good luck and good fishing.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: Slow rolled blades, Black and blue pig and jigs.

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      Water Temp: 53-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Killed em again on the 5th. After a slow start in the morning. Low tides, cold water and cold weather. I knocked out over 20 keepers to 4 pounds mostly on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. The fish are there and on the grab when the water warms up. All fish were caught in Big Break.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: No need to get up early if it's cold out.

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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went and did some pre-fishing. Saw a lot of 4 lb clones at staging points heading into sloughs. They were holding close to the eight foot mark right near channels. Black and blue jig. Didn't run into the momma bass yet. Will keep looking.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water temperature varies on the Delta right now with the North, central and west Delta hovering around 55-57 degrees. There are reports that some areas in the south tip the 62 degree mark. The full moon of the last week drew the bucks to the bank. 30 fish days were the norm on cranks, jigs, brushhogs and spinnerbaits. Not to many fish over 3 pounds, but a lot of fun catching numbers. Seems the bigger fish were right behind them, they tend to hang out a little deeper and are tougher to catch. You can fish for these fish all day long and not get many bites, but when ya do, it'll be a good one. Slow rolling white spinnerbaits and jigs in that 8-15' range, way off the bank seems to work best. We saw a drastic temperature drop this week and fishing has slowed some coming into this weekend. We should continue to have outstanding fishing for the next 3 weeks as long as we don't get any major cold fronts like this last week. The water temperature should be just right come the end of the month when the full moon hits, which should put our first wave of fish on the beds.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Tips: Nothing less, than 20# test! You want a pig, fish with a jig! To avoid that blank, toss a fire green crank!

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south end today with marginal success. Threw ripbaits and shook texas rigged brush hogs. My partner caught 7 ish stacked up onone ramp. All ish were between 2 and 3 pounds. The cold ront really shut othe bite.
      City: Laayette

      Tips: Rip baits when the ish are active. Otherwise, work brush hogs slow.

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished rom about 9AM-4:30PM rom a paddle boat Sunday. It was aslow, slow day. Pitched jigs and plastics tight into the shoreline cover, romthe marina down to the back end creek. Also tried spinnerbaits and crankbaitsor a little. We didn't bother the ish a bit, not a bite. Nobody else we talkedto had caught anything either. The water was clear, up to 8 eet visibility.Didn't see any bluegills or nuthing tho. Good luck.
      City: Palo Alto

      Tips: n/a

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Middle Fork, spring Hollow area, ound spots on isolated rockpiles, 15'-20'. South Fork, north bank, isolated rock piles, same depth.Oxblood/blue worms on darthead. Pressure bite. 4 ish in 4 hours, 1 over. GoodLuck
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Any worms with red in it. They seemed to be on edge o rockpiles.