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Thursday, March 12th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the delta 3 times in the last week. Each time it got a little better than the last.Today went out of big break, fished from 8.00 am till 1.30 pm, Caught total of 15 Bass from 1 lb to 5.8 lbs,great day. Find clear and warmer water, and and you can't miss. Best lure today was the speed trap, It's bound to just keep getting better as water warms.
      City: Oakley

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the ishing is alright i caught a couple 4 pounders tips: top water seems to be the best right now
      City: Noble

Tuesday, March 10th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 53-67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just spent 4 days on the Delta fishing for the Viper tournament. The Delta bass are now starting to move to the shallows as the temperature starts to climb. Right now there are an abundance of big males moving onto the bank, especially on warmer days. Las t week provided a wide open bite with the bigger fish really slammin jigs. There was a report from many of the guys who were prefishing, that they also found a good blade bite. This bite was mostly in the areas of Big Break, Sherman, Franks and Mildred, all around the deeper tules. The better fish on jigs can be found in areas near these places that provide a transistion path way to the spawning grounds. Look for long meandering levees that wind and bend providing long stretches of edies with no current Due to El Nino these fish are probably a month behind schedule with the water being below 60 degrees. In some areas you can look for these males to begin staking out their territory in the spawning grounds. The big females should be close behind with the passing of the full moon. Normally at this time of year, we see the first spawn in March. I don't think it will happen until the first full moon of April. This will be good for the bass fisherman as we now will have an extra month to catch some really ni e fish. The next two weekends, we will see some extremely large bags weighed at the WCB & Hook team tourneys as well as the Anglers Pro-am the following weekend.
      City: Oakley

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Have hit the aternoon bite the last two days and have done very well. A ew days o sun have really helped. Fished the Northern steep banks with 4 inch worms mostly on dartheads. Prespawn spots in about 15-25 eet. Seem to have also stoped pulling waterw hich is helping out the bite. Look out or logs. Good luck.
      City: Chico

Monday, March 9th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW....slow Muddy and stained water and the recent storm kept the fish quiet. Fished all over and caught 3 fish total....biggest was 1.5 pounds. Used worms, spinners and cranks.
      City: Sacramento

Sunday, March 8th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the large bay around Steel Park and Spanish Flat. We caught 4 largemouth and 1 smallmouth,all 1#ers., in 10' to 20' of water. Caught them on everything; brown jig/pork, 4 1/2in red Berkley worm, 6in black ringworm and splitshot 4 1/2in greenweeni e worm. 2 fish were on a point, 3 were in small coves.
      City: Concord

Saturday, March 7th, 1998

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Metro Newbass tourney on 3-7-98. My partner and I caught 4 ish crankin Beals pt.(9lbs) The winning weight was 17lb++.Most o the ish caught during the day were caught on lizards(draggin) in the main body.Big ish(6lbs++) and 2nd Big ish(5lbs++) caught on a jig in the north ork. tips: Crank, Rip,and spinnerbait the rock piles in the peninsula,Beals pt and Dotton's pt.They'll be hot in a week.
      City: Vacaville

Friday, March 6th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 10:00 to 4 with clear blue bird skies in the southern to mid part of the lake. The fish I caught were at 30 feet and lathargic and white.The bite was as if they werent even thinking about eating!
      City: Windsor

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got ive bass in two days, plus a trout on a purple-back crankingplug. One bass in a channel running between submerged treesnear the south launch ramp in 20 eet o water. One on black jig with blue plastic rog trailer, broke the hook on the jig when I set the hook ona ive pounder that got away. These two were at the edge oa submerged clump o trees in the back end o a eeder creek cove.Caught three on red shad Culprit worms, texas rigged with no weight. Got them in shallow brush clumps inhe back o eedercreek cove. The local reports said to ish the submerged islandswith 4 inch worms. We were new to the lake and wanted to lookaround, so we didn't spend any time looking or those islands.
      City: N/A

Tuesday, March 3rd, 1998

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Found ish in creek channel. Not very aggressive but went or small plastics. Had some chase crankbaits and blades. They are shallow now . Chartreuse is the major color right now. In two weeks rom now the ishing will be awesome.
      City: Orangevale

Monday, March 2nd, 1998

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING WAS GOOD SHAKING BERKLEY POWER WORMStips: TRY FISHING WHERE CREEKS THAT ARE DUMPING WATER IN FROM ALL THE RUN OFF WE HAVE BEEN HAVING .
      City: Alemeda

Sunday, March 1st, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51-56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the West Coast Bass Tournament in the Putah Creek arm. Blast off was delayed due to fog. We found fish in the 25 to 30 foot range in the morning. In the early afternoon the water had warmed & the fish had moved up to 10 feet or so. Tough bite unle ss you found fish. We got ours split shotting and using brass & glass with worms and lizards for a sixth place finish. Winning pattern was crank baits & worms.
      City: Half Moon Bay

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      Water Temp: 51-56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the West Coast Bass Tournament in the Putah Creek arm. Blast off was delayed due to fog. We found fish in the 25 to 30 foot range in the morning. In the early afternoon the water had warmed & the fish had moved up to 10 feet or so. Tough bite unle ss you found fish. We got ours split shotting and using brass & glass with worms and lizards for a sixth place finish. Winning pattern was crank baits & worms.
      City: Half Moon Bay

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 54-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I had a chance to check out conditions Sunday 3/1/98 to see i things had started up. At best 3 - 4 inch visibility. Used avocado/pepper Kalin grub with brass and glass in 10 - 15' o water next to trees and picked up 3 keepers in 1 hr. First one was 6.8lb! There almost here!
      City: Cloverdale

Saturday, February 28th, 1998

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: dirk tenbrook and i fished the island area and spanish flat.we caught we caught 6 keepers cranking and plastics.we confirmed similar reports with other boats. pray for clear weather!
      City: Santa Rosa

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of Orwood, caught five fish, three four pounders, and two under two pounds. Lost one about five pounds.
      City: Bay Point

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a beautiul day to be on the water! Only caught two 1#ers; one o a rocky point in 10' o water and the other o a bush in the back o a cove in 10' o water. Both were caught on a Yamamoto twintail grub, rootbeer w/green lake. Fished deeper withjigs but didn't hookup. I was suprised to see such clear water ater all the rainsand runo. I guess Camanche doesn't have the soil type that muddies the lake like, say, Lake Sonoma has. The lake level is 15' down rom ull pool and drawing down each dy. Don't know when they will stop the drawdown.
      City: Concord

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom noon to 4:00 pm. Caught 8 keepers, one on a crankbait and the rest on blades. Best ish 3.2 Smallmouth. Best ive went 13.5+. Fished isolated rock and long points leading to spawning areas - all in main body.
      City: Orangevale

Tuesday, February 24th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Delta was opened to no wake boating last weekend. Took advantage of this opurtunity to hone some rusty skills. Been almost 3 weeks since we've been able to fish the Delta now since the last Redman on February 1st. I was the only boat to launch out ofB ig Break last Saturday and was quite surprised at how well the fish were biting considering the conditions. The wind was howling, rain coming down in sheets and the tides were very high. I caught 14 keepers between 2.5 - 4lbs. The fish were scattered ando n various shallow structure. Caught em all flippin jigs.The water is very muddy everywhere you go. There are very few, if any clear areas, except in the far back reaches of Disco Bay. Keep in mind that this is March, the temp is climbing and the Delta bas is just a regular old bass. He's very predictable this time of year. There are a lot of unpressured fish on the move following the warmer water in anticipation of the pre-spawn feeding frenzy. Although the lakes are slow to hit that trigger temperature,t he Delta appears to be there and fishing for the next 10 weeks should be awsome!
      City: Oakley

Friday, February 20th, 1998

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Delta is Closed to all recreational boating until otherwise noted. CDBW will re-asses Monday 2-23.
      City: Oakley