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Wednesday, February 3rd, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of big break today after school. It was a nice sunny day. Went into the break to fish some deeper weeds. While watching my graph was fan casting over shallow weeds and caught a good 2.5 pounder. Thought i would give these weeds a harder look. Caught 5 more over 2.5 pounds. Bite slowed at about 4 pm. Went to tules in deeper water and pitched them. Caught a 3 on the second pitch. 10 minutes later hooked a 4, next pitch hooked another 4. Good Day!
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Tips:Move the bait faster than you would expect and make those fish hit. The fish will slam your lure.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 1999

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8:30 to 11:30AM. Caught three fish. 2 on a brown jig with purple pork and one on a brown/chartreuse worm. The two jig fish were caught in 6 feet of water on the submergered island with the hazard cone on top it (right before you go up the creek). The worm fish was caught on the rocky point across form the launch ramp. Largest fish were caught on the jig.
      City: San Martin

      Tips: Tips:The jig bite is very soft. You only feel a couple of taps like with a worm bite, No Kerthunk.

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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8:30 to 11:30AM. Caught three fish. 2 on a brown jig with purple pork and one on a brown/chartreuse worm. The two jig fish were caught in 6 feet of water on the submergered island with the hazard cone on top it (right before you go up the creek). The worm fish was caught on the rocky point across form the launch ramp. Largest fish were caught on the jig.
      City: San Martin

      Tips: Tips:The jig bite is very soft. You only feel a couple of taps like with a worm bite, No Kerthunk.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on Tuesday, caught about 10 ish wityh 4 over the 15" limit. Fished the north ork. ished the steep banks.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Shacking a spot spanker in 20to50 eet o water. Light bite, look or a little extra weight, and set the hook. Also try a red colored worm in the 4 to 6" size, shake on a dart head.

Monday, February 1st, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out and fished the first Anglers tournament this past Sunday. Day started off pouring down rain. Under these conditions Korny and I gambled for the win in hopes that we could run into a big fish bite. Made a long run south. Rain stopped round 8:00a and by 11:00 not a single bite. We then decided we needed to at least go get a limit and get us some points. Made another long run and pulled into an area with some clearer water and lots of weed growth. Started to split shot a 4" Iovino worm and started getting bit, then thunked a 3 pounder in about 10'. Korny then got one on a dart head. Dang fish of his was 17" long but only weighed two pounds, skinny little rat. Had to fish extremely slow, not moving the bait at all, very painstaking to do out on the Delta for this power fisherman. I then missed a very nice fish. With about an hour and a half to go we decided to get on this rock levee and just crank the begeebers out of it. Manage to catch 4 more fair fish and end up with a limit of 5 for 12.74 and took 12th place. Got $280 for our money back. As it turned out the majority of the successful anglers caught their fish either slow crankin or dead sticking worms, one team even reported shakin worms in 10-15' of water. The bite is very slow right now and you have just got to methodically work for em. Can't emphasize the need to slow down. If ya think you are going too slow, slow down some more.
      City: Oakley

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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at 11:00am in taylor boat a nice 3 1/2 on a jig. My partner got one about 2lbs on a speedtrap. Fish for another hour and caught two more dinks, maybe a pound if lucky. Decided to go to a spot on the deep water chanel. We started slamming fish. I was throwing the same jig while my parter had on a speedtrap. I made a pitch under a bush in about 2 feet of water when the fish of my dreams hit. At first I thought it was maybe 4-5lbs then I thought it might be a stripper by the way it run out into the chanel. The fish turn out to be a 11.2lb hog my biggest on the delta ever. I was shot the rest of the day. I couldn't even think straight. I weighed the fish and release it on the same bush that I caught it on. I wish I could of caught that fish on tournment day. My parter ended up getting one about 5 1/2lbs. It was one of the best days I have had in a while. We ended up boating about 15 more all from 1-3 1/2lbs.. The fish were all caught in 2-4 feet of water on incoming tide , don't figure.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Tips:If you want numbers throw a crankbait, quality throw a jig or a big plastic. Fish shallow for the active fish. The shallow fish are only there for one reason at this time of year and that is to feed.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I went out ater school with a little iness jig and caught a 3.5 maybe 4. i walked around the lake lookin or a new spot but i didnt ind anywhere good they are all deep. we went to the shallows os honker bay and saw a butt load o carp and we put on some power bait to catch em and my riend pulled out a 16" trout!
      City: castro valley

      Tips: ish jigs slow and deep

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake at 1000, cranked, bladed, wormed and jigs, nothing till 1400 then the bite turned on or i ound them. At that time it was easy to catch them. Got all o my ish throwing a crank bait in the south ork. Fished the step walls with the wind. 3 ish in 5 min. smallest was a 2 lb. spot. Got a 3.5 lb. large mouth, a 2lb. large and a 2.5 large. The bite was tough till then.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Crank [slow]

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well ater 135 boats two weeks 30 on sat. our 16 teams hadA tough day o ishing. the morning started out pure h*#~to launch the boat you had to have your big motor in reverseand on the gas or the 50+ winds put right back on the trailerater blast o you got to ride the 3+ rollers till noonthe wind was out o the south with a sprinkle o rain thruthe day. almost all the ish where caught on 4" oxblood wormsand a ew on jigs, black/blue we had to hide on the backside o points out o the wind and throw out to 25 to 30eet o water. wining weight was 4.19 one over and 5 under.
      City: concord.ca

      Tips: n/a

Sunday, January 31st, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 44-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner Vince (Hurricane)and I fished the Anglers Choice on the Delta. We didn't pre-fish so the pattern that we found came late in the day. It was to toss a dark jig-pig up against the tulles and leave it there, just like fishing for catfish! The fish would pick it up and move off. We only had 4 fish for 12.85 lb and finished 11th. got a check for $305 that paid for the trip! Cool!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tips:Dark jigs. Pretend that your fishing for catfish and don't move it!

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      Water Temp: 44-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Foggy and ccccold. No sun today, day before a storm. Fished in South and Central Delta. Caught 11 fish on Drop shot method. Best 5 went about 13 or 14 lbs. Fish were caught in 10 ft on grass beds or isolated structure. Fishing painfully slow still. Most of the bites were soft.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Tips:Still fishing slow, with a grub on drop shot.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the south ork until game time. cranked my butt o and the only thing I caught was a cold!!! somebody needs to tell the bass that there is a crank bait bite.
      City: Sheridan

      Tips: water temp was 3 degrees cooler than riday look or em deep.

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished South Cove on Super Bowl Sunday until the game. Caught three limits o trout, biggest going about 5 pounds. It was a great day o ishing. Even saw little children catching them. Everyone limited. Evidently they stocked 5 thousand pounds on Wednesday.
      City: Laayette

      Tips: I used glitter powerbait and light line.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish the Walton's Pond monthly tourney at McClure this Sunday. The bite was extremely tough, we ished the slot. This means you weigh-in ish that are over and under the 12-15" slot limit. The weather was rotten again. In the AM, the wind blew hard and rained all AM. The weather inally settled down a little towards the middle aternoon. My partner and I only had a ew ish in the slot so we didn't weigh in anything. The top three all weight-in ish under the slot! Go igure.
      City: n/a

      Tips: n/a

Saturday, January 30th, 1999

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 44-48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish big break area today. Flipped most of the day. Caught seven fish 1 1/2-2 1/2 pounds, lucked out and landed one hog, 7lbs. 10oz. on a jig with a plastic chunk. All fish were caught in 4-6 feet of water. All and all not a bad day. Can't wait till this weather warms up.
      City: stockton

      Tips: Tips:Find clear water and fish real slow. Try and make several cast to your target sometimes the fish won't bite the on the first cast. Stick with bigger baits and dark colers for quality fish.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 44

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: clearlake has really been on all winter. not only numbers o ish, but many quality and BIG ish have been caught.many o the isherman have been using minnows....... (still practicing C&R, thank goodness!) and catching large numbers o ish and ish up to 13 pounds! i ished with a guy who used minnows last weekend and almost kept up to him using small 3" worms on a 1/16th dart head. most o the ish at the south end o the lake r between 0'and 20' deep. i am catching more ish in this month o january than i do in the summer. As o last weekend, the rip bite has turned on and the hotbait is a Rattlin' Rogue - chrome w/blk back.Tipstwo good crank bait choices at this time o year are a Rattle Trap and a Speed Trap. (color o your choice)
      City: Clearlake Oaks

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake at appx 08:30 and ished the north ork. Graphed ish on the usual stu (points and rockpiles) but could not get ANYTHING to bite. Worms, darterheads, cranks, jigs - nothing !!! Do the Folsom bass know that they are supposed to start the pre-spawn migration ???? What's the deal ???? Let the north went to Beals, Dike 8, and the south and stayed till 3:00pm....same story. Maybe the ish are waiting or the results o the Clinton trial...(they must be Republicans)
      City: Roseville

      Tips: I don't know...somebody please tell me.

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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 0900 till 1400 caught 3 trout on crank bait in the south move to the north and got 1 3 lb. spot in 10 eet got 1 on a worm 1.5lb. went back to the south to inish up the day and got another dink on a crank bait in Anderson. Talked to a ew others who had nothing.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Char. and blue crank bait. Summer Moss 6 inch worm

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here's my report or "eliminating" water! Mostly threw big plastics (10-12 inch worms) and slow rolled 3/4 oz spinnerbaits with large grub trailers. Just looking or good ish. Worked shallow to 40 eet. Had a ew tail biters (probably spots or trout) on both baits but no takers or the big baits. From watching and talking with others, it was obvious that there is a good crank bite going.
      City: Fair Oaks

      Tips: n/a

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished rom 11:20 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. or Rainbow Trout. I used Chartreuse Glitter, Rainbow Glitter, and Nightcrawler Flavor Berkley Power Bait Trout Bait, nightcrawler/marshmallows, and Chartreuse Power Bait again. I didn't catch a darn thing. Oh well, it was a beautiull day on the lake, and hopeully I'll have better luck next time. Though, someone did weigh in a 7-1/2 lb. Rainbow Trout right beore I got there, and other people limited. It just wasn't my day.
      City: Clayton