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Wednesday, December 16th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 44-45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in and around Frank's Tract. Caught and released over 50 Stripers in the 2 to 6 lb. size. Used Hair Raiser and Roadrunner lures. Made for a very exciting day.
      City: W. Sacramento

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Tuesday, December 15th, 1998

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fog in the valley at sunrise. arrived at 10:30 am. Launched two boats. Threw plastics or about 10 min. Opted or the trout bite since the plant was only 2 days new. Fished until nearly dark. Boated 20+ keepers on mostly Silver/blue 3/8 oz. Kastmaster trolled on top.Highlight o the day was the local bass tourney...Big ish-3lbs.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: Fish shortly ater plant or trout. Bass are taking brown colored plastics,jugs, grubs.

Sunday, December 13th, 1998

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46-47

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Departed Lakeport ramp around 1pm. Fished around rocky point area. Started ishing wooden piol docks in 8' o water. Pitchedrod and strainer brown and orange jigs with Christmas tree spit tail grubs. Caught a three pounder within the irst hal hour. Went towards rocky point, ound rock pile in a bout 30 ' o water. Was able to pull another ish around three pounds out o it. Lost the big ish o the day, between 4-5lbs. Fished with a crank bait long and hard, but caught nothing. Departed 3:30pm.TipsI you plan on throwing a jig, don't hop it drag it very slowly, and only about ive inches at a time. I you eel something that just don't eel right, set the hook.
      City: Yuba City

Saturday, December 12th, 1998

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED OUT OF THE LUCERNE/NICE AREA. FISHING WAS SLOW AT THE BEGINNING(7AM-8:30am)COULDN'T DRAW A BITE. FINALLY ROLLED UP ON A SET OF DOCK AND BEGAN TO PICK UP A FEW FISH IN THE 2 TO 4 PD SIZE. HIT SEVERAL FISH UP TO 3PM.ALL FISH WERE WORM FISH. NO SPINNERBAIT OR JIG/BRUSHHOG FISH AT ALL! THESE FISH SEEMED TO BE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE DOCKS BUT IN 2 TO 6 FOOT OF WATER. ALSO ALL FISH CAME IN THE WARMER(51DEG) WATER LOCATIONS. WITH 3 OF US IN THE BOAT WE CAME OUT WITH 14 FISH.TipsTHE COLD FRONT HAD THE FISH TURNED OFF IT SEEMED AND I FEEL A LITTLE FINICKY. REPEATED PITCHES TO EACH SPOT AND DEAD STICKING THE BAIT WORKED BEST. USED A PADDEL TAIL WORM IN 6IN. WITH SOME SORT OF FISH SCENT TO IMPROVE THE BITE DEFINITELY HELPED. HOPEFULLY THE WATER CAN WARM A COUPLE OF DEG WITH A LITTLE RAIN AND THE FISH MAY TURN BACK ON.
      City: Yuba City

Friday, December 11th, 1998

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 55.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bait ish in backs o coves, Bass active in depths o 5'+. Magic plastic worms in original #1 or any light translucent color. Split shot worked better then Texas style. Lot o ish graphed to 40'. Spoons didn't seem to work at deeper depth, nor did doodling. Active bite in shallower depths. Water temp airly consistent all around North end o lake. Laucnhed out o Limesaddle marina at about 9 a.m. Heavy cloud cover and air temp drop at about 3p.m., active ish turned o.
      City: n/a

Thursday, December 10th, 1998

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the bank in water between 6 and 10 eet with various color plastic worms. Best colors seemed to be purple shad, and a Culprit Tiger Tale ( Green with orange Tail). Hooked 4 but it seems like they're in an agressive mode where they'reattacking a worm but not trying to eat it. I kept getting the back section o my plastic worm bitten o. Switched to a 4"worm and did better
      City: Roseville

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished or 3 hours and caught 5 keeper bass all in 25 eet or more. The lake is ull now and the ish appear to be in the winter pattern. Light breeze today ished areas with steep drops near the spillway.
      City: n/a

Sunday, December 6th, 1998

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club outing with a good riend. WE ished rom 7:00am until 1:00pm. Caught a total o 12 bass. Could have had a lot more but insisted on trying or bigger ish or the irst 4 hours. Finally started worming and ound ish rom 25 to 28 eet deep and rocky banks. Smaller rock was best - baseball sized or less. Fish were hitting green and brown worms. Avergae size was about 2.lbs. Best ish were 2.7LM, 2.4 LM, 2.4 SM.
      City: Orangevale

      Tips: Work worm very slow. Find holding depth and then ih should be at that depth most places you stop. Mud and silt bottoms are not holding ish, when you el rock withyour split shot, that's the time to slow down and expect a bite.

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ?Reports: Slow Day or us, one small ish between two people. Others told us that they had done better earlier in the day.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Strippers are deep. We caught one on a minnow o the bottom. Others "said" they were biting on worms in the deeper water.

Saturday, December 5th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers Club launched out of Orwood resort. Me and my no boat headed north aroudn quicmby island and he boats a 3+ which is big fish for the tourney. Hampton comes in and wins it with a small limit, he's throwing bomber crankbaits workings his boat paralell real tight to the bank, I hooked what appeared to be a hog in moving water but I must have damadged the line on a snag prior to that, my crankbait broke and the fish was gone, fish were also being stuck on plastics. The typical delta pattern "there isn't any". Looking forwrd to the coming year. For more info on American Bas anglers club refer to the organizations listing. Happy Holiday :-) Pete
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: USe whatever you have confidence in..

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Stripers are on the move. Catching plenty of keepers. launch from whiskey slough. head thru turner cut. start trolling 13/15' of water.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: Water is about 54 degrees. in the active spots. Use 1 oz cordels's or rattle traps. Troll fast about 4-5 mph, lead core line is good. Use Mono Leaders/30 lb. test.

Friday, December 4th, 1998

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass are hot mostly small but with some 3-4 lbs.+. the Bass are at all depths. Shad are all over the lake. the trout are all over the lake rom the top down 20 eet. the average ish is 16" to 24". A ew Browns are showing. Troll any area on the main body where you see the shad. (upper Squaw Creek, Jones Valley Cove and Ski Island)

      Tips: For Bass use Spook's on top, cranks and rips part way down and worm down deep. For trout Cripplers in gold pattern, Humdinger's in white, red or silver. Any shad imitation lure in silver will work. For the Brown use Rapalas, Castmasters.

Saturday, November 28th, 1998

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was out at Folsom last sat. What a pretty day to be out on the water! I got on the water about 9AM and went to the north. I ished the top 25 eet o water. Did not have much size but did get about 5 ish or the day. No blade or crank ish. All my ish were on rubber in smoked or clear colors, tio5-6 eet on rock. We came back in about 1:30PM.
      City: n/a

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on Shasta around 7am. Headed straight to the pit arm. Found ish in 35-350 eet, o main points. Spooned long and hard or about one hour beore I ound ish. Caught six keepers beore 9:30 am. Largest one around 1 and 1/2 lbs. All keepers wre caught on perk minnow, didn't matter what color, however, the 1 ounce worked best. I also ished carolina rigged six inch worms #39 green craw. Caught only one keeper on it. However, caught around 6 ish total on it. I let the lake at around noon. My ive best ish weighed was around 6 lbs.

Thursday, November 26th, 1998

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Jigged main points in 30-40t caught lots o small ish in the one pound class in the pit arm. Mainly used silver hopkins spoons.

Sunday, November 22nd, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing in the Delta has moved strongly towards the winter patterns. With the effects of El Nino and the latest weather patterns of the last two months, the Delta bass really never got into their normal fall, slam bam thank you mam fall feeding frenzies. Best results have been found out of the major tributaries with minimal current. 4 weeks ago I made a major change in my jig fishing from plastic to pork and it really put some big fish in the boat. I truely believe this gave me an edge in tournaments when most folks were still tossig plastic. Concentrate on areas with big rocky levee banks and depper water close by. By deper water I means as low as 12 feet but as depp as 25 ft. Locate wood in these areas that are isolated and you have a fish magnet this time of year. Find areas that would most resemble conditions in a like where fish can live all year long. This will help to isolate and locate concentrations of fish. In these areas I have been most succesful with a brown or black jig and working it methosically on the bottom. Have both tied on and ready to go, the fish will indicate which they like best. Also tossing a red 7a bomber or small speed trap will produce some excellent fish first thing in the morning. The key is to work thses cranks 10-15 feet off the bank in 8-12foot of water, and work it very slowly. Also take close note to where you can catch the bigger fish, especially those over 4lb.s. Those fish will tell you wht every other 4 pounder is doing.If your stuck on 2 pounders and are happy, duplicate that anywhere on the delta and you'll catch two pounders all day. But if you catch a 6 pounder on a piece of wood, on a bank, in the middle of tules, hit a hundred spots like it in a day. If ya can catch an 8 pounder next to a dock pilon with rippin current, fish every dock you can find. This is one constant variable the winter time bass on the delta will follow. What one size group is doing and how they relate to habitat, is a pattern that can be repeated.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Tips: Soon the ater temp will beign to drop int he mid 50's. As thi begins to take place, look for fish to start to stack up in locations. One of my favorite techniques to catch winter bass on the delta is to toss either a lipless crankbait, Manns BB Shad or a Rodstrainer Single #8 colorado SpinNee spinnerbait. I work both lures very slowly in 6-10 feet of water over the tops of the raminaing grass beds in the middle of sloughs. You can't work that spinnerbait slow enough. If you were to see me out there doing this, at this time of year, you would think I was striper fishing.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Folsom or the aternoon or the irst time in 4 years, launched out o GB. Went up the North ork and hit some good looking banks, I hit the irst and only ish at 20t in a couple o minutes on a six inch morning dawn. Ater that we could graph ish that semed to be schooling up but no takers. I concidered throwing the tackle box in, but decided against it. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
      City: n/a

      Tips: Dynamite and a net!!! OK DFG, just joking...

Friday, November 20th, 1998

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Bass are hitting good. But small ish to 1.5lbs. They are rom the top to 30 eet deep. Use a worm, blood, brown or pink. For top water when there is a cloud cover use top water lures, a spoon that looks like a shad or spinnerbaits.

Sunday, November 15th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was up at Spanish Flat fishing from shore and caught #10 bass right by the boat launch! I was working the edges of the boat launch pad and had a blast! It was just before dusk and the bass were biting on a pegged bullet sinker 1/8 oz. 24" away from a #1 worm hook with a 4" black berkeley worm, it was lots of fun! The only person around was my 7 year old son and I would set the hook and let him reel them in! I love watching my son catch bass and he loves it too! I have a home page of my own if you want to chcek it out the address is http://members.castles.com/jdt1133 email from the page and I will try and get your tips on the page too!
      City: n/a

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The club had it's last event of the year on Sunday out or Orowood. Fished Italian, Victoria and coney all day and used crankbaits and jigs. At 12:00 only had 3 small fish, but ended up with 5 for 14.75 with a 6.75 lb. kicker. Cranked 4 little one a flipped 2, 2,25lb. fish and the big one.
      City: n/a