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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

Wednesday, October 1st, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 100% BASS on Saturday 9/18. Made a long run up north above Rio Vista and fished deep weed lines in 10-18 feet. All fish came using a 3/8 oz Black R&B round rubber jig with a Yamamoto grub. Use of this grub has become more wide spread the last f ew months. It is working on the Delta much better than other trailers. It allows the bait to fall faster to the bottom where the better fish are holding as the water temp is dropping. The bait must then be worked in an erratic fashion, litterally crawling on the bottom, until a bass eats it. We ended up in second place with 19.98 lbs for 7 fish. They were all clones in size. We then fished the Oakley tournament on Sunday but had little or no tidal movement during the outgoing tide. To catch these deeper fish there must be some noticable but not rip snorting current present. As a results we had a very tough day and only caught 5 fish to 10 lbs total. I then fished the Redman Delta Regional on Sunday 9-28, had the perfect tides and won the tournament with over 17.5 lbs for 5 fish. I caught over 30 keepers, all over 2 1/2 lbs.
      City: Oakley

Tuesday, September 30th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On September,14 1997 I Billy Quinn caught a 48 pound Striper Bass. On that morning I was ishing the clear virgin waters when he hit I ought this ish or around 15 minutes.
      City: Pomona

Monday, September 29th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: mid70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 4:30 pm to 7:15 pm. Caught three ish on zoom lukes around willows. Switched to a Baby Bass Splash-It when the Sun started down and caught 12 - 13 more ish real quick. No real size to them, though, 12in - 14in. A couple o them had HUGE shad in their mouths. Lots o schools o shad on top. Seems that they are making a comeback - or a long time it was mostly pond smelt.
      City: Orangevale

Saturday, September 27th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught one dink early in North Fork on a jig. Wind orced us to move to the South Fork, no luck there. Then moved to Middle Fork where we ought the wind or an hour beore landing a 2-1/2# spot and a 3-3/4# largemouth both on Zipper Worms in about 15' wa ter.
      City: Marysville

Thursday, September 25th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to the delta on Thursday for a short trip. We fished the Big Break area and found fish fairly shallow. Got on the water with the start of an incoming tide. We caught all our fish throwing buzzbaits, Splash-its, and flipping. Had a toad that w ent 7 pounds with a couple of nice 3-4 pounders. We had overcast skies on and off throughout the day. We found strippers boiling on top and started fishing for them the rest of the day. We were hooking up practically every cast and caught close to 50t rippers. The only problem with this is they were all 6-8 inches. Shouldn't of have wasted so much time fishing for them, but it was a blast watching my Splash-it get mobbed by two or three strippers all at one time.
      City: Sacramento

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 4:00 to 7:00 - Caught 7 bass - 2 largemouth & the rest spots. Caught all but one on spinnerbaits. Fish are shallow. 3 - 4 eet deep.
      City: Orangevale

Wednesday, September 24th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This lake produces quite a ew double-digits. I ish this lake ater hours. I just got back rom another night o HEAVY DUTY action. Total weight or Five ish; 34 1/2.LBs. Gear Used: Berkley Pulse med.heavy rod, Shimano Calcutta 251, Fire Line 12/30. Baits: 3/8 Jig & Pig, 1/2oz. Brass & Glass All Star Spinner Bait, Berkley 10in Worm. Last year I produced a 37 LBs. Five ish limit. Almost happend again. You can bet I'll be out here trying to break my old record. PS. I Would like to give special THANKS toryan Chapman at Reed's sports shop. He custom tied my jigs, along with suggested throwing Brass & Glass All Star spinner bait.
      City: San Jose

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Granite Bay and while waiting or my partner to park the truck. I stuck two nice spots on a Splash-It. One went 3.7 pounds and the other went 2.3. I should have known that catching ishing on the irst cast is bad luck. Couldn't indanymore top-water ish or the rest o the day. We ound ish down deep in 25-30 eet o water under shad balls. We managed to spoon up some nice spots and smallies and make two limits. Tip: try and locate shad balls on your graph, you will usuallyee larger ish under-neath them. Easy pickins, just match the spoon with the shad and hang on.
      City: Sacramento

Sunday, September 21st, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Day4... Last dayon the lake and decided to go back up the Sac arm. Went to an area we ound the irst day which had good water access and lots o bait... the key to the whole trip. Fish were irst located at 20t but were better concentrated at 30-32t. Again all ish were doodled. These ish were not as nice as the Pit arm... most in the 1.25-1.5# range. Tried a ew other similar areas with onlt smaller ish to catch. Not as good ishing this day, but still managed a tournament limit quick. But no wind tday, hot in the mid 90's. The lake still dropping about 1t / day.
      City: Eureka

Saturday, September 20th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Day-3... Again decided to go up the Pit arm. Seemed the better ish were up there. Went to an area where we caught ish the day beore and again looked or the bait level. Bait still was moving at 30-40t. Started doodling the deep water cuts and startedcatching ish immediately. Had a decent tournament limit in an hour... 1.5-2# spots. Worked the area hard and sat there or about 2hrs catching nothing but 2#-2.5# ish. Went arther up Pit and again ound ish in the previous areas. All ish were again dep except very late in the day when we ound some decent ish up in the cuts shallow. Very little wind and hot.
      City: Eureka

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Day-3... Again decided to go up the Pit arm. Seemed the better ish were up there. Went to an area where we caught ish the day beore and again looked or the bait level. Bait still was moving at 30-40t. Started doodling the deep water cuts and startedcatching ish immediately. Had a decent tournament limit in an hour... 1.5-2# spots. Worked the area hard and sat there or about 2hrs catching nothing but 2#-2.5# ish. Went arther up Pit and again ound ish in the previous areas. All ish were again dep except very late in the day when we ound some decent ish up in the cuts shallow. Very little wind and hot.
      City: Eureka

Friday, September 19th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Day-2... Went up the Pit arm and looked or bait. Found lots o activity at the same level as the day beore... 30t. Concentrated on areas that had good deep water access and bait. Caught LOTS o ish in the 2#-2.5# range with a Smallie/hybrid that went3#. Again most ish went or ddoddling at 30t, but did get a ew cranking later in the day when we saw breaking ish.
      City: Eureka

Thursday, September 18th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Day-1... Started working in the Packer Bay area with only small ish to show. Started looking or the bait up the Sac arm and located some deep. Started doodling ish that we could see in the 30t range and started catching 1.25#-2# ish. We located two areas this day. Caught about 30-40 keeper ish.... post ront... but no wind ...North winds expected tomorrow.
      City: Eureka

Tuesday, September 16th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 4:00 until 7:30 pm. Had numerous blow ups on a Zara super spook. only hooked up one, a 2.5 pound largemouth. Caught one spot on a white spinnerbait with brass/nickel combination blades. Best ish o the night came on a jig. 3/8 ounce Brown/Orange with a grub trailer. That ish went 3.7 pounds. Fish came rom north ork above Anderson Island. Nothing deeper than 5 eet. tips: Throw white blades around rocks and willows. Toss a Zara sppok i it is calm.
      City: Orangevale

Monday, September 15th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 75-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We fished the morning of the full moon and the bite was tough. I have a tournament coming up and could sure use some hints for whats going on. We caught a few fish on flukes early and then the bite died for us. We decided the bite was slow due to the ni ghtime feeding that occured with the full moon.
      City: Fremont

Saturday, September 13th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday & Sunday. Both days found fish in 10-15' of water on deep weed lines of tule berms. Fish are just now beggining to stage for that fall feasting period. All fish caught on black 3/8 oz jigs. Partner on Saturday caught a 5.90 and took big fi sh in club tournament. Between us we had 5 over 3lbs. Sunday's bite, with the cloud cover, was much better. We also found the fish moving into shallower water tight to brush, wood, pipes and pilons. This shallow bite was non-existant on Saturday. Flippenh e jig worked real well all day long both days. With the constant changing fronts, these bass are doing something different day to day. Yet they are clearly moving into their fall patterns. To stay on em you need to fish shallow to deep. Once you findt he right depth & structure they are, on you can count on fish in other areas doing the same thing. As water begins to drop below 70 degrees look for the Delta to just explode! That long awaited fall reaction bite is right around the corner. When thisim e comes the fish will position themselves at ambush points with lots of current. You will find fish feeding all day long.
      City: Oakley

Thursday, September 11th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Made a quick trip to the Delta on wednesday, 9-10-97. Spent about four hours fishing from 10am to 2pm. Caught a total of five bass from 2 to 3 pounds. All were caught around rip rap with deep water nearby (10+). Two came on gitzit, two on 6 inch worm, and one on a crankbait. They were all caught within the hour of high tide. Very windy today, but fish came in protected areas. TIPs rip rap with current and nearby deep water.
      City: Sacramento

Sunday, September 7th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the FBT tournament there on Sunday. This tournament didn't produce the usual large fish as in previous tournaments. My partner did fairly well in the morning throwing black buzzbaits while I threw a blade. We decided to fish Victoria and still co uld not get a bite on the blade. We then decided to flip the rest of the tournament and I managed to bag 3 keepers before weigh in. My partner ended up winning the tournament with just under 9 pounds. This is almost half the weight that is usually weiged in. Tough bite. Fish the current and look for sparce weed patches and isolated tules. Threw the usual brown and orange pig as well as flipping a camo craw.
      City: Sacramento

Saturday, September 6th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday with Willie Page. Water temp seems to have come up a few degress since last week-end. Caught quite a few small fish, had some top water early on Spittin' Image and buzzbait. Best fish were caught along riprap with loose weeds. Brown/Or ange Jigs with a grub and shad pattern flukes produced the most and best fish. Biggest of the day was a little over 3 pounds. TIPs: Jigs and flukes along riprap with weeds and current.
      City: Marysville