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Tuesday, April 21st, 1998

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a Fish & Game Tournament Saturday & Sunday. Lots o ish in the Sacramento arm. Most o the ish came on worm's, with some on crank baits. Seccondary points were the key in about 10 to 15 eet. Folks talk about 40 ish days and this weekend was one o them. By the way, we won with 2+ pounds to spare.tips: Fish secondary points and i you ind willows hit the sides and then in the middle with a dart head.
      City: Hal Moon Bay

Monday, April 20th, 1998

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main body and South ork. Water temperature ios rising quickly with this nice weather. Caught one nice at smallie on a white/white 1/2 oz. blade. Switched to a Zara Super Spook and put 6 more in the boat. Nothing over 3 or under 2. Had another 20blow-ups on the bait. Going back on Tuesday. tips: Males are up shallow. Isolated willows seemed to hold most promise or a strike. Working close to shore on steep banks also brought response. Rocky, boulder type outcropping worked too.
      City: Orangevale

Sunday, April 19th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I launched out of Markley Cove and fished a few coves before the Narrows. Hooked about 15 the entire day, and landed 11. Lost 1 nice 4lber right off in the morning. Water was very clear, sky was clear, and the temp was hot. I saw more fish than I coul d count, but only a few would bite. The only bait I had success on was a 4inch unweighted orangegreen magic worm fished in any shade or shallow, brushy banks (especially sunken trees).
      City: San Mateo

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Stockton Bass held a team tournament at Buckley Cove on April 19th. 30 boats competed for first place with Aaron Buckholz and Jeff Berg bringing 33 lbs 9 ozs to the scales to claim that honor. In their bag of fish was a 10 lb 5 oz big fish which also gave them big fish for the tournament. In second place was Gary & Mark Howell weighing in 33 lbs even. Third place went to Bill Spence and Ron Blackstone with a weight of 25 lbs 1 oz. Steve Sapp & John Varanai took 4th with 22 lbs 9 ozs. The father so team of Dennis & Mark Ding rounded out the top five with a weight of 22 lbs even. Next Stockton Bass Tournament is scheduled for May 9th at Buckley Cove. No associations to join, no point standings, just a full 80% payback and hundreds of $$$$ in boatr aws from local sponsors. For more information E-Mail: JKMB@aol.com or Kenprint@cwws.net. Or call 209-478-0215
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Stockton Bass held a team tournament at Buckley Cove on April 19th. 30 boats competed for first place with Aaron Buckholz and Jeff Berg bringing 33 lbs 9 ozs to the scales to claim that honor. In their bag of fish was a 10 lb 5 oz big fish which also ga ve them big fish for the tournament. In second place was Gary & Mark Howell weighing in 33 lbs even. Third place went to Bill Spence and Ron Blackstone with a weight of 25 lbs 1 oz. Steve Sapp & John Varanai took 4th with 22 lbs 9 ozs. The father so team of Dennis & Mark Ding rounded out the top five with a weight of 22 lbs even. Next Stockton Bass Tournament is scheduled for May 9th at Buckley Cove. No associations to join, no point standings, just a full 80% payback and hundreds of $$$$ in boatr aws from local sponsors. For more information E-Mail: JKMB@aol.com or Kenprint@cwws.net. Or call 209-478-0215
      City: Stockton

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sat. my partner (Back Seat Willy) and I ventured to Oroville. We arrived at 9am, ished till dark and did very well. Big ish 6lbs. 8ozs., caught burning Rainbow trout 1/2 oz. Rattle Traps, on steep walls in the north ork. We caught aprox. 40 ish with a lot o ish in the 2-3 lb. range. So i your heading out don't orget your traps. Hawg Man
      City: Chico

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: IN THE WATER AT 3:30 PM BY 6:30 PM EIGHT BASS TO 4LBS. BEST METHOD ? I'L LET YOU THINK ABOUT IT. A CLUE ! IT COSTS ABOUT $3.00 AND YOU GET SEVERAL TO CHOOSE FROM
      City: Sonoma

Saturday, April 18th, 1998

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 4/18/98-4/25/98- Caught 25-40 ish per day. 70 pct o ish were 12in-16in. Bigger ish came throwing spooks and blades around trees in 80'-100' o water in creek channels up the Pit. On 4/21, water temp had reached 70 deg, then the cold ront hit. Fishedcompany tourney(on 4/25), big ish caught was 6.6 lbs and 5.4lbs. 6.6(largemouth, McCloud Arm) was caght by someone ishing the willows in backs o coves with Fin-S lure. 5.4(spot, Pit Arm) caught irst thing in AM on a spider jig(watermelon seed). I caugt ish on spider jigs, blades, and swimmin' a grub, all on steep walls up the Pit . Also some descent ish on chart./blue crank bait.
      City: Morgan Hill

Friday, April 17th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake early around 6am. Went to north side first thing. Caught three keepers(1 to 2 pounds) before sunrise. After sunrise hit points that were sunny caught 7 keepers(1 to 2 pounds). Caught fish on mostly grub jigs(motoroil color) on a 1/4 ounce wei ght. Worked lure slow bouncing off the bottom. Also, caught a few on a 1/4 ounce white spinner bait. The rest were on a deep water crank bait. All fish were caught in about 12-15ft of water. the fish are not attacking the lure hard. Fish are still lazy an for best result use a spin cast rod (med. to light weight), light line (8-10pds) for best feel. Had no luck catching anything after 12pm. The sun was out but no action. Fished the sticks later in the day with no results.
      City: Fairfield

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake early around 6am. Went to north side first thing. Caught three keepers(1 to 2 pounds) before sunrise. After sunrise hit points that were sunny caught 7 keepers(1 to 2 pounds). Caught fish on mostly grub jigs(motoroil color) on a 1/4 ounce wei ght. Worked lure slow bouncing off the bottom. Also, caught a few on a 1/4 ounce white spinner bait. The rest were on a deep water crank bait. All fish were caught in about 12-15ft of water. the fish are not attacking the lure hard. Fish are still lazy an for best result use a spin cast rod (med. to light weight), light line (8-10pds) for best feel. Had no luck catching anything after 12pm. The sun was out but no action. Fished the sticks later in the day with no results.
      City: Fairfield

Thursday, April 16th, 1998

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: put in 5 hours around Lime saddle with no luck. NO PIKE!
      City: Chico

Monday, April 13th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WCB team on Saturday April 11. Steve Sapp won this tournament wih an unbelievable bag of 38+ pounds. Barrack & Dobyns took 2nd with ove 33 pounds, Reynold & Stitch took 3rd with over 32 pounds and I believe maybe Dee Thomas had 28 pounds for 4t h. With the passing of the full moon it did bring out the big fish in the South Delta. Knowing these top four guys, It was a big time jig bite! The water tempeature in most of the Delta is still too low to trigger spawning. but in the South end, it does w rm up faster and by the weights appears that bite is on. Rick & I struggled with the Jig bite in the Central Delta. We than found one good bank that I cranked 7 fish to weigh 17.42 pounds. Purty poor showing for this team.
      City: Oakley

Sunday, April 12th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: had some sucess using a smoke color super fluke and a black and blue jig. fish were holding tight to cover. found most of my fish tigh to wood.
      City: Hercules

Saturday, April 11th, 1998

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 59.2

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 12:00-18:00 One Bass 2# one Stealhead 2#. Windy!! hard to ish in a canoe. 3in-5in visibilty, ish in the bushes rom 5'-15'. Worms Rule!!
      City: SF

Friday, April 10th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 17 fish mostly Large Mouth, all shot'n purple worms in about 13 to 20 feet. Fished from about 11:30 to 5:00. Stayed in the narrows. Alot of fish were beat up, must on their nests. No reaction bite, although I tried.
      City: Sacramento

Thursday, April 9th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCHED LATE,9AM,TRIED EAST SIDE FOR A FEW HOURS,VERY SLOW,FEW FISH DRAGGING 4 INCH WORMS.HEADED INTO PUTAH CREEK,MORE FISH,SAME SIZE 11 TO 13 INCHES.HIT MOUTH OF POPE CREEK FOR SHORT TIME.SAME STORY,SLOW BITE,SMALL FISH DRAGGING 4 INCH WORM.NO FISH ON C RANK BAIT,FLUKE OR SPINNER BAIT.WEATHER WAS CLEAR TILL LATE AFTERNOON,THEN CLOUDY.WATER REAL CLEAR IN CREEKS,LITTLE CLOUDY IN MAIN BODY.BOATED 25-30 FISH FOR TWO ANGLERS.BIGGEST WAS 2.5 lbs
      City: Fairfield

Wednesday, April 8th, 1998

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: water is muddy aroud the edges but ishable. water level is ull. get there as early as possible. I seen some trout taken that looked like salmon. BIG. not much ishing pressure now but when the weather gets better more people will show up. Lots o boats around the marina. Try the dam as well. could be big ish there.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: It's always good to use power bait, but night crawlers, lies,and any shinning spinner will work. I use power bait on a #16 or 18 treble hook with 1/2 oz. sliding egg sinker with about a 24" leader. any color power bait will be ine.good luck?????????????

Tuesday, April 7th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 56.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the northern part of the lake from 12 to 4 and caught 9 fish to 2lbs. Blades and carolina rigs. 1 crank fish.Cold front conditions with showers and 10 mph wind.
      City: Windsor

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I caught 4 ish with the biggest wieghing 4.5 lbs. I was throwing a Brush Hog and retrieving it as slow as possible and would let the ish take the bait about 4 or 5 eet beore i would set the hook. TIPS: Throw Brush Hogs into the bushes and let them sit there or about 8 to 12 seconds without moving the bait then slowly reel the bait in dragging it on the bottom.
      City: Clearlake Oaks

Sunday, April 5th, 1998

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: lime saddle marina in the coves with blood red magic worms 4-6 eet o the banks working them downward real slow biting not aggressive yet pre spawn stage.
      City: Magalia