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Sunday, November 9th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA team Tourney found fish during pre fish on saturday holding at 15 to 30 feet caught two spots 4 smallies and one largemouth to two pounds. Fished putah creek on sunday and had a tough tournament, caught 11 keepers to 1.5 pounds dragging footbal l head jig with yamamoto spider jigs. The tournament was reportedly won with 17 lbs for five fish throwing blades.
      City: Windsor

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Stockton Bass held its final tournament of the 1997 season with the team of Hose Looper & Gary Gentry took big fish with 4 lb 10 ozs. Jack Strock (Wacko Tackle) & Larry Fraser took third place with a weight of 14 lbs. 10 ozs. Jesse Germano & Darion Fari as took second place with 15 lbs even. The winner was the team of Al Munoz & Vernon Gilbert with a total weight of 17 lbs. 10 ozs. First tournament of 98 will be January 18 at Buckley Cove. If you can't wait that long Delta Bass Masters 10th Annual Turk y Shoot will be on January 1st at Buckley Cove. Information & Entries call (209) 473-BASS or E-Mail JKMB@AOL.COM or ENPRINT@CWWS.NET. tips: Crankbaits, spinner baits & flippin.
      City: Stockton

Friday, November 7th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I picked the perect day to go to Clear Lake, 20 plus mile an hour winds and the coldest day o the year. Cranked ish with little and big normans white with a ligtht purple back. Carolina rigged brush hog with red lake. All o o rock. While you were crankin you really didn't know the ish were there crank just kinda stopped wobblin. Couple o ish hit right at the boat. Crank as slow as you possibly can and make sure your diggin rocks. Could have weighed 7 ish or about 20 lbs.No big ish just some good 3 plus lbers. Caught ish all day long. Stayed and ished into the night, wind got worse, but was able to pick up 1 that was over 6 and another that was over 5 plus some smaller ones. Fishin the same, rocks, just switched to12in power worms.
      City: Suisun City

Thursday, November 6th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 62.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Preished or the Gold Country Tour on 11/8/97. Caught a ton o ish on darthead worms. Morning Dawn, Magic worm seemed to be the ticket about 20 t deep. Fished points and ound ish in all areas o the lake. The tournament pays $100 a pound so there should be some real money won in this one.
      City: Marysville

Tuesday, November 4th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished the southork or two hours in the aternoon. Caught eight ish. six were over 15in slot. used a Rattlin Rogue in trout pattern to locate ish. then I threw a 6in roboworm in black grape. I also caught a largemouth on a Rio Rico in the Cisco P attern. TIPS: use ripp bait to draw ish up. i you don't catch them, toss in a worm, texas rigged with brass n glass.
      City: Marysville

Monday, November 3rd, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 67-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 3rd WON team on Saturday 1-1-97. Took 18lbs for 5 fish to win it. Barrack & Bryant won the thing. Scary part is Bobby's just now starting to throw a crank bait. He's finally figured out that in the fall, if ya can't beat em, join em. He got a 7 1/2 lber kicker on a Speed Trap. Rick & I ended up 6th with just short of 13lbs. Where was my damn kicker! Fish have moved into their full fall patterns. Fish the outside edges of grass pockets and weed lines along rock levees with plenty of current, in-8 feet of water. Best bite right now is throwing a crankbait in either craw or shad patterns. The really bigger fish are holding on this same stuff just deeper. Use deep diving Poes or Norman cranks to get down to them. Our best fish came on these same bn ks with submerged wood. If they wouldn't hit the crank, after 3-4 casts, I would pitch a jig and WHAM! Also look for big weed flats on points, during the low tide. Come back and crank em when the tide is up. The fish are really stacking up in these typeof areas. Rick & I caught 25-30 keepers on Saturday.
      City: Oakley

Sunday, November 2nd, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The striper are stealing the spotlight now but, Salmon and black bass anglers are also having success. Hair jig anglers are working both ends of Mayberry Slough with success.
      City: Tracy

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 61-67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Shasta Cascade Bass Angler's Fall Classic. Field o 74 teams. We ound ish pre-ishing during the week but with the shad constantly moving, we had problems inding the active bass on tournament day. No problems inding the shad, but there were so many shad balls, inding the active bass posed problems or us. We got 3 keepers on blue ghost 4in worms in 15-35 t. End o the day, w/30 mins let, we inally ound bass busting the surace, in a very shallow cove with 67 degree water. Picked u 2 chunky #2+ spots and several dinks on topwater beore we ran out o time. Our 5 ish weighed #7+. Took about #12 to get a paycheck. Winners got their #16+ on worms way up the Pit. Second place got theirs on worms, spinnerbaits and jigs....they oun shad on the bank being pushed there by active bass. 4th place had only 4 ish but they went or #13.5 ....all on spooks.
      City: Redding

Sunday, October 26th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main lake around big island down from Pope Creek. Stayed near rocks and picked up fish on cranks, spoons worms etc. Just didn't seem to matter much. Find some bait fish and print some fish and bam. Great day on the water. Fished rom dawn to du sk caught fish all day. Nothin you could put on the wall but numerous double hook-ups.
      City: Suisun City

Tuesday, October 21st, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing in the aternoon ound spots on deep sides o main lake points w/rock. Shakin 6in worms texas 3/8 bullet weight with glass bead on 10 pound test. Fished into the night, ished moved up catchin them on 10in berkely power worms but had tobite o about 4in o the worms as it seemed the ish only wanted the tail and were bitin short. Same main lake points right out rom Bridge Bay and under the bridge right side. Rocks and deep water. During the day caught ish in 30 to 40 t. At nightstill near the deep water but they moved up into 5 to 10 t.
      City: Suisun City

Monday, October 20th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 14 bass, range 1#4oz to 2#9oz. Morning bite 3 bass on Fenwick, crawdad crank, 5 bass on greenie weenies, outside weed or grass line for crank and 21-30', split shot weenies. Afternoon bite all on weenies in 15-31', split shot. Area Pope Bridge and Put ah Creek.
      City: Hayward

Sunday, October 19th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A Bassing America (Military Bass) tournament was held on saturday october 18th. The winning weight was 12.5 lbs and a nice limit o largemouth bass.Second place was 2 ish or 7.7 lbs third place was 3 ish or 3 something, overall the ishing seemed really tough or most o the ield.Lake Sonoma seems to be going through some extreme changes some o which are obvious and some which are not.For example the ishing pressure has been heavy or a number o years and the pleasure boaters now use the lake yearround.Anyone who has ished this lake is aware o this by trying to launch your boat on weekends. I have noticed the shad population to be in extreme decline but the bluegill/crappie have more than doubled over last year (guestimate)The lake level was lowr than I have seen it in a long time and during preish had two extreme days, one in the rain (productive) and one 88 degree bluebird day which had the bass a little conused.The ish were taken on a variety o methods including topwater to worming.... se below or more speciics anyone interested in ishing a inexpensive draw type circuit please E-Mail me and i will provide you with the inormation you need, most important the isherman are a great bunch o people and we all seem to have un even on theough days..
      City: Windsor

Saturday, October 18th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Saturday for a short trip and decide to fish the north end of the delta since I haven't fished the north end this year. Fished Snodgrass and the Meadows and managed to catch a limit totaling 10.45 pounds. All clones with the biggest going 4.10p ounds. Threw mostly blades and cranked. Saw a lot of big fish hiding under lay downs but couldn't pitch in close enough without spooking them. Unusual to find fish like that way back in the stagnant water. Lost one of my cranking rods when a fish struk , yanked it out of my hand when I set the hook. Must have been a big stripper, I have caught strippers over 20 pounds before fishing back there. A painful and costly lesson on remembering to have a good grip instead of palming your rod to loosely. So th end of the delta definitely has better quality fish.
      City: Sacramento

Friday, October 17th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 65-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Shasta Fri evening about 3. Launched at Bridge Bay. Started ishing main lake right across rom Bridge Bay. Found ish on the sides o points in about 30-40 t o water. Caught all ish shakin worms. Color didn't seem to make a big dierence. Browns or skipper worms seemed to work the best. Used 6 inch worms, 3/8 ounce brass bullet weight with glass beads rigged texas. Couple o ish go 3 pounds. Had to have some rock or wood. Also ished till about 12 midnight. Fish moved up to the banknd caught to many to count. Quite a ew 2 and some 3 pound ish. 10 inch berkley power worms, but had to bite o the ish 3 or 4 inches as the ish were just grabbin the tail. Tried smaller worms and grubs, but kept going back to the big worm. Guessit was the tail action. Fished same way Saturday and didn't start until about 3 pm as they had a West Coast Team TOC going on and didn't want to get in the way o those guys. Same pattern held true or Saturday. Fished longer that night until about 4 ithe morning. The night bite was antastic. Didn't catch anything over 4 pounds. Stayed main lake across rom Bridge Bay. Fished up passed the bridge right side the entire bank almost to Jones Valley Resort Saturday night and did real well. Boy is tat lake low.
      City: Suisun City

Monday, October 13th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 2nd WON Delta region on Saturday. Tough bite for most, as a cold front moved in after the Thursday/Friday storms. We found fish had actually moved shallow in about 6', real tight to dieing weed clumps. We pitched & flipped a black jig to catc h 11 clones between 3.00 & 3.37lbs. We ended up with 15.75 for 5 fish and took 2nd place to Steve Sapp and his son. They had 5 for 18lb with a 6lb 12oz kicker. On Sunday the cold front really kicked in and just shut the flip bite down. We started crankin Red Bombers at 8:00a and managed to get 11.87 for 7 fish. This put us 2 out of the money in 17th. Turns out of the 5 tournaments on the Delta Sunday, crankin was the ticket. This is typical of the Delta this time of year when cold fronts shut down the bit . The crank bait allows you to cover as much water as possible. The bait is in the strike zone for a longer period than say a jig or worm. You then pick off all the aggressive fish.
      City: Oakley

Saturday, October 11th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tournament day. We decided to start in the back o Silverthorn to see i we could get any good ish early on reaction baits. I started with a white Poes 300 and my partner started with a Bill Norman Deep Little N in a shad color. We started catching ishright away but nothing big. The graph was loaded with bait and ish. Another boat came in and started on the same bank about 50 yards down on a roadbed. They caught one o the big ish o the tournament there on a white spinnerbait. We continued to ish te entire cove on the east side. We caught alot o ish but only two keepers. We decided to stay with the cranks until we stopped getting bit. We went to Allie cove and cranked two points that came together. in about 15 minutes we caught our last three keeers. It was 10:30 and we had about 8 lbs. We went to the back o the MC Cloud and stayed there until about 2 pm. We caught a ew more ish and our big ish o 2.3 lbs. We culled one and the rest didnt help,we now had a little over 9 lbs. I ended up throwig a crank all day long and my partner switched o through out the day. The tournament was won by the other boat in Silverthorn. They said they caught all their ish throwing white spinnerbait all day long. They also had a couple o points in the sacrameto arm. There was one 12 lb weight, two 10 lb weights and eight 9 lb weights. The rest o the 184 boat ield that had limits wieghed in between 5 and 7lbs. All o the good weights were caught on reaction baits o some sort.
      City: N/A

Friday, October 10th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started the day ishing the north side o the main lake between the MC Cloud and the Squaw.My partner and I caught alot o ish on brass and glass using six inch PRO worms in the blue ghost and the cinnamon with blue neon bloodline and red lake. We alsothrew alot o jigs today trying to get better quality. We spent about 2 1/2 hours ishing this area and caught over 30 ish but no size. We went back to the mouth o The Pit to see i the ish on those points were still there. The bait had moved and so dithe ish. The Pit was getting hit hard so we tried to ind something dierent. We went to Silverthorn and ished alot o the no nothing banks and caught a couple o 1 3/4 lb ish near the backend on the East side o the cove. We went to a couple o morecoves located on the south side o the main lake looking or similar type banks. We ished Allie cove and ound a couple more areas that were holding ish. We decided to go to the back o the MC Cloud and check the bait I had ound the day beore.. The ih were still there and we caught a couple o more ish in the two pound range split shoting the same worms. We tried throwing all dierent types o reaction baits but had no luck except or a ew spoon ish. Most o the ish we caught were in 15 to 30 et. My riend who was also up there said he had caught ish on a crank bait and in some cases two ish at one time. he was ishing in the squaw cove and sacramento arm. another riend had caught about 25 spinnerbait ish trhowing it all day long.
      City: N/A

Thursday, October 9th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pre-ished or ABA T.O.C out o Bridge Bay. Fished the Mc Cloud arm where I had caught good ish in the past with no luck. Went to the mouth o the Pit and ished steep wall pionts with a 1/4 ounce darter head and a Six inch morning dawn PRO worm with a curl tail. I caught ive ish in a short period o time but no size. it seemed the average limit on worms was about 7.0 to 7.5 lbs. The weather got ugly about mid-day.I went to the back end o the MC Cloud and ound alot o bait activity on steeper walls.was able to catch a ew more ish but the wind picked up and made it hard to hold on the balls o bait.I pulled o the water about 1 pm. The trick seemed to be ind the bait and the ish were close by. The only two places that I ound holding a concentrtion o bait and bass were in the Pit and the back o the MC Cloud.
      City: N/A

Tuesday, October 7th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED IN THE PIT RIVER ARM . CAUGHT FISH IN ABOUT 15 TO 30 FEET OF WATER SPOONING , AND DRAGING WORMS ON THE BOTTOM!! OX BLOOD N BLUE WORKED BEST . THE BASS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ARE STARTING TO BUST ON THE SHAD .GOT SOME NICE FISH CASTING TO BOILS WITH A SMALL SPOON OR SHAD COLORED GRUB ON A DARTER HEAD . THEY WOULD HIT IT ON THE DROP. IT SHOULD ONLY GET BETTER WITH COLDER WEATHER
      City: Alemeda

Saturday, October 4th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7 a.m. to dusk,caught a lot ish on traps and blades through out the day.VERY WINDY!!! Caught most o the ish in Yorty Creek and Dry Creek.Try shad colored blades and traps.Also try craw cranks,pig'jigs,reapers in shad colors. TIGHT LINES!!!!!
      City: Rohnert Park