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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

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

Friday, September 5th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Terry Davis and I fished on wed 9-3-97. We caught several keeper fish, flippin 10in berkley junebug worms. We also caught a couple nice fish on red crankbaits. We caught most of the fish in Franks Tract area. TIPS: use red spinnerbaits and crankbaits. flip big plastics from berkley, i.e. powercraws and powerworms.
      City: Marysville

Monday, September 1st, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished east delta Saturday 8/30. Decent jig bite early on outgoing tides. Bite off after 10 am. Too much holiday boat traffic ! Should have known better but you go when you can.Would appreciate info on consistent fall pattern. Best colors seem to curren tly brown jig with yamamoto trailers and june bug worms. All fish on primary channel breaks.
      City: Sonora

Thursday, August 28th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The ish were'nt as aggressive as the last couple o days. I did however pick up a couple o good ish. Got then all on blades (white). Best ish was 5 1/2 pounds. This one came o a small bunck o willow & rock in about 3 eet o water.
      City: Orangevale

Tuesday, August 26th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WCB Team Tournament on August 16th. We caught approximately 15 bass between 16in to 22 1/2in flipping red Iovino worms in the Big Break/West Delta area and won the tournament with 7 fish for 25.02 lbs. We prefished the weekend prior to the to urnament and caught 4 bass over 3 lbs. flipping plastics. We knew we were on big fish, but unsure if we could catch 7. The bass were definately in a fall pattern with rocks and weeds key. We caught most of our fish on the outgoing tide prior to 10:30 a . Reaction baits have been producing smaller fish.
      City: San Jose

Monday, August 25th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north ork rom 4:00pm until 8:00 pm. Caught 10 ish over 13in with nothing under two pounds and the best going just over 3. Mostly largemouth. Most o the ish came on a Zara super spook. One came lippin a 10in power worm! another on a zoom luke and two on a blade. I think they would take whatever you were throwing. last month you couldn't hardly ish topwater with all the recreational traic (jet skiers and water skiers) but the traic has thinned out and in a couple more weeks we can get the lake back!!!
      City: Orangevale

Sunday, August 24th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a total o nine ish. Five overs, pitching a luke on a 1/8 oz. Darter Head around the stumps in the south ork. Also ripped ish over creek chanels, in the back o the river. Bigger ish came ripping, Large Mouth came pitching. Tackle purchased at R.A. Strike Fishing Supply, at 5250 Olive Hwy., Oroville. In Cosby Shopping Center. Stop by and see us or current ishing update.
      City: Oroville

Saturday, August 23rd, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Saturday aternoon. Couldn't ind any pattern but caught several dinks on cranks and a couple on plastics. Was pretty windy and even got a little rain.
      City: San Jose

Thursday, August 21st, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out last Thursday, out of Holland, on a whim. Two consecutive days of clouds & rain. Had to go! I get on the water, Blue Bird sky, no wind and 90 degrees. Add in the back side of the full moon, tough day. We started out with three nice fish in the 4- 5 lbs range first stop on 3 consecutive casts to the same pocket with poppers. Thought we were in for a spectacular day. NOT! As soon as the sun hit the water, never caught a keeper the rest of the day.
      City: Oakley

Tuesday, August 19th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the final West Coast Bass Delta Region team last Saturday. As usual the wind blew and fishing was tough. You know it's tough when we keep Barrack & Dobyns out of the top 5 places. That was not the case for the brother team of Todd & Cliff Gyotoku.T hese two guys came in with an outstading weight of 25+ lbs for 7 fish. Awsome for this time of year. The 2nd place team of Garcia & Lambrose also weighed a great bag at 23+ lbs. The weights dropped from there. We had 16.58 and got 5th. Top water is stillo ff. Top 2 teams caught most of their fish flippin big plastics; worms, lizards, reapers & craws. Next four teams flippin jigs. Crazy fish seem to be moving into their fall patterns.
      City: Oakley

Monday, August 18th, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was preety slow except or early mornings and just beore sundown. It was hot hot hot! My wie and I used 4in purple power worms and 3in June Bug power grubs with good success in the nmorning ish averaged two pounds....nothing much bigger than that. Then it got hot and the ish got real lazy. We ished a lot o deep cover (shrubs and trees). In the evenings we did well with Horizen ghost minnow blades. I ound a nice 4 pound bass hiding in about 1 oot o water in the back o a cove just ate the sun went down. tips: Dont ish between 10:30 am and 6 pm....Get o the lake and ind a nice shady place to down a ew cold ones. Its just to hot! Fish slowly with dark colored power worms or grubs in the deep cover. The ish are there but they arereal lazy.
      City: Redwood City

Tuesday, August 12th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: As predicted Barrack & Bryant won the WON Tri-State team championship on the Delta last weekend. Bobby & Greg weight a consistant 20+ for both days with a 2 day total just over 41 lbs. Guys from Oregon, Nevada & California flowed to the Delta on Wednesday & Thursday and just slayed em. The reaction bite was incredible. There were numerous reports of fish being caught over 10lbs. By tournament time on Friday the temp dropped 15 degrees and the wind was blowing. Needless to say this confused a lot of fisherman as there were only 3 bags the first day over 20 lbs out of 99 teams. One encouraging thing I noticed at both weigh-ins was the number of big fish. The warming trend moved this fish from their deeper haunts to accessable areas. Although the temp drop and wind drove them from the shallows, look for those fish to begin staging for what they think is the fall turn. Over the next couple of weeks when you catch a good fish, be sure to thouroughly fish the area as you may find a honey hole!
      City: Oakley