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Friday, February 12th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: lanched from Havens Acres in Lathrop at Noon with the Frenchmen, Marko Beard. Conditions were overcast with muddy, muddy waters....After a short blast to Ladd's, we picked up a 3 lb. er flippin a black and blue jig in 10 feet of water. Took a ride back to Havens Acres, dodging floating crap everywhere... Put the Skeeter back on the trailer and put back a Heineken before leaving for the afternoon at 4pm. Overall I think we could have caught more if we kept heading towards the clearer water. We fished muddy waters...probably not the best idea.. Maybe toward Big Break would have been a better call? Who knows? The whether ended up being overall very pleasant.
      City: Lathrop

      Tips: Tips: Warm clothes and lotsa dank.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Reports: caught 3 ish on a green 6" rubber worm. biggest was 2 lbs. ished middle bay all day. lost a nice one.
      City: Denair

      Tips: green/dark rubber baits

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had the pleasure o spending the day on the water with ellow nutcases Dan F--> and Chris. Got a ew short hits but that was about it. As I was strictly looking or a big bass bite I was tossing a modiied castaic sot body trout and working it like a rip bait & also like a dying ish. Also threw out an unmodiied castaic trout and deadsticked it over main points and around the dam area. Got one huge boil on it and that's enough to keep my interest up.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: From reports I heard at the ramp, sounded like a crankbait was the ticket or some ish, but not many limits that I heard o. Gold Country Bass Club was there and the winning wieght was 10+ with a 6+ kicker or three ish.

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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in both orks and main body. Caught small limit by 11:00 on cranks in main body. Spent next 2 hours in the north ork without a hit. Finished in the south ork around NYCreek (very muddy and colder than main body) - no hits. Main body bite was airly shallow 5-14 eet and turned on when the sun hit the water.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: Big luctuations in water depths means ish will be suspended. But, when water stabilizes or 2 or 3 days, the ish should move shallow very ast...great rip bite on points and spinnerbait bite on lats at that time.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great day! Fished until noon, 5 largemouth, 1 smallmouth, 1 trout. All came o deep main lake points with deep cover. (30-50t). Big bass was 4lb 6oz.
      City: Pine Grove

      Tips: Use small plastics and ish SLOW.

Thursday, February 11th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched today from Big Break. Nailed a 3 lb. Largemouth near Lauretzens on zipper. Rain heavy and steady with lots wind. Motored south and fished Frank's Tract. No relief from wind. Went to Sandmound and attempted to split shot but wind made it tough to feel bites. Started throwing rattletrap and picked up a 4 lb. striper. Called it a day at 3pm due to wind and rain. Still beats a day at the office.
      City: Danville

Wednesday, February 10th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Berryessa on Wednesday, at the damn end, slow bite only caught 2 fish, one spot and one smallie. Fished jigs and spiner baits. Water still prety clear. Looked for streams running into the lake, and found none. Temp guage broke so no temp. reports.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Tips: Work small coves and main lake points, fish slow and around 15to30' deep. Some smaller fish closer to shore.

Tuesday, February 9th, 1999

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Those ishing Trinity get ready because the best time to ish is soon to come. Fish the North end using, pumpkin seed gizits.Fish the bottom with slow retrieve. You will get them. It never ails. We need to get some ino. or Trinity. Its a tough lake because o the lack o baitish but it has some mossback bronzebacks.
      City: McKinleyville

      Tips: n/a

Sunday, February 7th, 1999

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on monday, slow bite. Caught a couple at the rock wall on Putha creek. Heard that the fishing was a little better at the other end of the lake. Fish around markley cove, on the banks that are at a 45 degree slope.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Tips: Shake a 4" worm in morning dawn or a double red craw. I think a Jig would also work well. Fish in the 15 to 30 feet of water.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 44-46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launced out o Lakeport, and did'nt go any urther than Rodman.Fished mostly docks that had tule s in between them.Caught six ish up to 4# on traps and jerkbaits,lost a biggun by the boat that was over 6# i'm sure(chartruse trap). Lots o muddy water lowing in. It looks like the lake rose 2-3t rom a week ago.Tips n/a
      City: Santa Rosa

Saturday, February 6th, 1999

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Reports: Fished rom 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and only got one bite...got rained out at 1 o'clock. my grandpa caught a 3lb bass on a brown rubber worm...uncle caught a little on noodling...that's all that was caught...both about 20-25 eet deep.
      City: Waterord

      Tips: brown rubber worms pig n jig

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: There was a good rip bite early on clown rogue. Had a limit in 45 minutes with a 17" trout and a small salmon mixed in or un. Also caught a 5-1/4 lb spot on a trout pattern AA lunker swim bait.
      City: Orangevale

      Tips: n/a

Friday, February 5th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got to the hook about 10:30 & wind was blowing hard & had a low tide so i ducked in P.G.&E.& fished around there.threw a crank that didnt get bit so i threw my trusty fluke.3rd cast & thunk, a 22 incher that went a little over 5. caught & released about 10 keepers w/ 3 fish for 10 lbs. another boat came by & threw a red crank &caught about a 4lb. & 2 keepers. not a bad day in any kinda weather......
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED 12:00 FROM BANK BY HOLLY SURGAR. CAUGHT A NICE FAT 3 1/2 POUNDER ON HOMEMADE BLACK AND BLUE JIG/BLACK PORK FLIPPING TO TIMBER CAUGHT 2 MORE 1LB. EACH I DONT OWN A BASS BOAT SO ANY TIME I CAN CATCH A FISH FROM THE BANK ,I CONSIDER A GOOD DAY. I DO PRETTY GOOD OFF THE BANK IVE BEEN FISHING THE DELTA FOR 3 YEARS MY BEST,10LB 2OZ ON A STRIKE KING CHART. SPINNER BAIT. WELL IF ANY BODY LIVES NEAR TRACY AND WANTS TO TAKE ME OUT ON A BASS BOAT I MAKE A GOOD FISHING PARTNER. E-MAIL ME THANKS BANK BOUND.
      City: TRACY

      Tips: Tips: n/a

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Clear Lake on Friday 2-5-99 caught 20 nice Bass in about 2 hours. Didn't get started until about noon. Fished the south end o the lake, in 10 to 17 eet o water.TipsThrow a no. 7 shat rap work it slow. Fish are just hanging on to the lure.
      City: Clear Lake

Thursday, February 4th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to fish a spot off the main channel. I pitch my favorit jig again. On about my fifth pitch I boated a 3 pounder. Then I moved up on a pump that was running and pitch my jig tight to the shore. That was when I set the hook on a fat 8.9 pounder. I don't know whats up but that was my third fish in two weeks over 7 pounds. For you pros out there that's just another day on the delta. For me with only a years experence on the delta, I am starting to get some confidence in my ability to catch quality fish on a regular basis. Well any ways I ended up boating 5 more fish from 2-3 pounds. Not bad for two hours of fishing. hope my spots hold up for the tournment this weekend.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Tips:build your confidence using a jig. It has made me a better fisherman.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 52-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went and checked out Del Valle..Fishing was tough or us, only two bites rom 7am to 2pm. Both were nice smallmouth though, 2+lbs each. Both came deep on jigs. I we keep getting storms blowing thru it's going to be a while beore they charge bank.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Throw what ever you have conidence in...There were a couple o reaction ish cought there today by a riend who was also ishing ...but water is pretty blown out so give it some time.

Wednesday, February 3rd, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, wouldn't you know, I got SKUNKED AGAIN on Saturday (although I got a strike like a FREIGHT TRAIN on a Carolina-rigged, craw-patterned zipper worm! I think it was a BIG-un, maybe an 8 or 10! Alas, my LEADER snapped -- frayed line from the rocky bottom, I suppose. Had 'er going for a minute or so, though!). A couple of my Bass-n-Tubes buddies were out there: Joe P. caught a nice 3.9'er on a dartheaded reaper (junebug?), plus another one crankin' a Wiggle Wart. Dave R. caught 4 keepers on a 4" dartheaded worm. A couple of guys on the shore (yo, Nicolo!) said they caught a 4 -1/2'er on a jig. Thinking back, I probably should've been throwin' jigs at the shore, too, maybe darkish little 1/4-ouncers with a 101 pork attached. I think all of the above-mentioned fish were caught in less than 10 feet of water (which stayed at a flat 50 degrees all day, by the way). I didn't chart much of *anything* from 15-30 ft. A couple of boats continued to hover out in the middle much of the day; I guess they were droppin' spoons (never saw' em pull anything up). Although the storm clouds threatened all day, the weather turned out to be quite nice, right up to sunset. ATTENTION FELLOW FLOAT TUBERS & KICKBOATERS: The Bass-n-Tubes tournament schedule opener is coming up soon @ Naci (Feb. 27-28)! Call John Lake for details (408-263-6174), or E- me from here. The balance of the schedule, as I've posted before, is as follows: March 28: Lake Berryessa (Capell Cove) /// April 25: Pinto Lake (Watsonville) /// May 16: Lake Sonoma (Yorty Creek) /// June 26-27: Delta - Middle River (2 days) /// July 25: Pinto Lake /// August 22: Delta - Middle River /// Sept. 19: Woodward Reservoir (Oakdale) /// Oct. 9-10: Clear Lake (2 days) /// Nov. 7: Los Banos Creek Reservoir ///. Get on out & join the fun! Meanwhile, we'll see you at the Sportsmen's Expo!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips:Jigs, craw-patterned crankbaits & light line techniques seemed to be the ticket. Wish I could've seen what was on the end of my Carolina rig, too!

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, wouldn't you know, I got SKUNKED AGAIN on Saturday (although I got a strike like a FREIGHT TRAIN on a Carolina-rigged, craw-patterned zipper worm! I think it was a BIG-un, maybe an 8 or 10! Alas, my LEADER snapped -- frayed line from the rocky bottom, I suppose. Had 'er going for a minute or so, though!). A couple of my Bass-n-Tubes buddies were out there: Joe P. caught a nice 3.9'er on a dartheaded reaper (junebug?), plus another one crankin' a Wiggle Wart. Dave R. caught 4 keepers on a 4" dartheaded worm. A couple of guys on the shore (yo, Nicolo!) said they caught a 4 -1/2'er on a jig. Thinking back, I probably should've been throwin' jigs at the shore, too, maybe darkish little 1/4-ouncers with a 101 pork attached. I think all of the above-mentioned fish were caught in less than 10 feet of water (which stayed at a flat 50 degrees all day, by the way). I didn't chart much of *anything* from 15-30 ft. A couple of boats continued to hover out in the middle much of the day; I guess they were droppin' spoons (never saw' em pull anything up). Although the storm clouds threatened all day, the weather turned out to be quite nice, right up to sunset. ATTENTION FELLOW FLOAT TUBERS & KICKBOATERS: The Bass-n-Tubes tournament schedule opener is coming up soon @ Naci (Feb. 27-28)! Call John Lake for details (408-263-6174), or E- me from here. The balance of the schedule, as I've posted before, is as follows: March 28: Lake Berryessa (Capell Cove) /// April 25: Pinto Lake (Watsonville) /// May 16: Lake Sonoma (Yorty Creek) /// June 26-27: Delta - Middle River (2 days) /// July 25: Pinto Lake /// August 22: Delta - Middle River /// Sept. 19: Woodward Reservoir (Oakdale) /// Oct. 9-10: Clear Lake (2 days) /// Nov. 7: Los Banos Creek Reservoir ///. Get on out & join the fun! Meanwhile, we'll see you at the Sportsmen's Expo!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips:Jigs, craw-patterned crankbaits & light line techniques seemed to be the ticket. Wish I could've seen what was on the end of my Carolina rig, too!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48.5-50.1

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I decided to fish in white slough today. Found some water in the 50's, decide to see if I could get a reaction bite with a spinnerbait but only got one dink maybe a pound. Then started to pitch the old trusty jig. My first bite was a nice 4 pounder off a fallen tree with some current running through it. Fish for another few hours and boated another 4 fish in the 2lb class. Had to cut it short so I could get to work on time.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Tips:try to use big baits, you want a bait that moves a lot of water when the water is muddy. Try a black jig with a bright tailer.