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Tuesday, August 12th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 79-84

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club tournament on the 8th & 9th on Clear Lake. Winning weight was 24.21 lbs. or 10 ish. Quite a ew ish weighed in over 5 lbs. Buzzbaits and tournament rogs were the lures o choice around weed beds that are holding silversides in the North end. Deeper water and rockpiles were producing well in the South end. Fishing was a little slow but some nice ish were being caught. We did have a change in weather pattern on this weekend though.
      City: Kelsyville

Sunday, August 10th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main body (only b/c Rattlesnake bar ramp was closed). We were drited rom about 22' o water in to shore o big island o o granite bay. Had good readings o small mouth on ishinder. Used mainly sot plastic jigs with weighted hooks. Four hookups, two small mouths landed about 1.5 pounds. Couldn't ind enough cover or largemouth on that part o the lake.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Go toward rattlesnake or better cover. Small mouth were hitting sot plastic jig pretty consistently

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: lotsa ish suspended in the trees and chasing shad try crankbaits or smoke/blue reapers ished REAL SLOW
      City: Santa Rosa

Wednesday, August 6th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 79-84

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 3rd straigh 100% team tournament on Sunday. The team of Hewatt & Rehrmann made it a Tri-fecta. These guys have just been consistent as they come. Best bite still continues to be the flip bite. Both jigs & reapers catching fish. Top water bite still off. Most of the Delta is extremely muddy due to low tides and recreational boat traffic. Wind has died down the last 3 days as the temp has climbed over 100 degrees for 3 days now. Should provide for a good topwater bite on the weekend. WON is having th ir Tri-States team championship this weekend out at the Hook, Line & Sinker at Big Break. Barrack probably gonna win another boat.
      City: Oakley

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      Water Temp: 79-84

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 3rd straigh 100% team tournament on Sunday. The team of Hewatt & Rehrmann made it a Tri-fecta. These guys have just been consistent as they come. Best bite still continues to be the flip bite. Both jigs & reapers catching fish. Top water bite still off. Most of the Delta is extremely muddy due to low tides and recreational boat traffic. Wind has died down the last 3 days as the temp has climbed over 100 degrees for 3 days now. Should provide for a good topwater bite on the weekend. WON is having th ir Tri-States team championship this weekend out at the Hook, Line & Sinker at Big Break. Barrack probably gonna win another boat.
      City: Oakley

Monday, July 28th, 1997

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 73+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished both 100% Bass tournaments this weekend. Made for a very long weekend, as to circumvent the 6 hour rule they had split weigh-ins. This adds yet another stratigical aspect to the day's fishing. Both days the wind was blowing from start to finish and made for very tough conditions. The top water bite was completely off. Those that managed to catch fish did so flippin jigs. This seemed to be the best tactic both days. We had a 7.48lb on Saturday & a 4.86 on Sunday for big fish of each tournament. We a so took 2nd on Sunday. All our fish were caught flippin & pitchin jigs as well. What we found was that if you could find a rock bank, with shade, clumps of grass (not the thick weed lines) and current, there would be active fish. These fish were either at the base of the outside weeds or up between the bank and the inside weeds. This worked great for us as a team. I would worked the shallow side and Rick worked the outside. We never caught a fish in the middle of the grass itself.
      City: Oakley

Friday, July 25th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hook tail grubs, pumpkin seeds, brown sharteuse tail, both doing good caught 8 pound 7 ounce bass in early morning in cover near Lakeport. Hello RC
      City: Redding

Tuesday, July 15th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: lake shasta ish points and underwater humps in main body. tips: ish with top water early then worm
      City: Willows

Sunday, July 13th, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Friday to Sunday, 7/11 to 7/13 and the ishing was great! I caught and released over 50 bass over the legal size limit (even more counting smaller ish!) I ished Berkeley power bait worms 4in and 7in purple at 24 t to 27 t. I had three limits o 18in and 4 limits o 16in. My biggest was a 20.25in bass that hit a 7in worm at 10am. I estimated the ish at 8-9 lbs. I took pictures o it and let it go! Best eeling I've ever elt seeing that monster swim slowly back into the depths.
      City: Cupertino

Wednesday, July 9th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 65-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A numerous amount o Smallmouth Bass ranging rom 1-5 pounds are going or nightcrawlers early and late in the day just opposite the marina in 2-8 eet o water, and during mid-day are striking 6-inch morning dawns in 10-15 eet o water. TIPS: Your best bet or bait would be nightcrawlers or redworms, and or lures small sot-plastic baits will erratic motion works the best. Bright colors are not needed, because o the clarity o the water. Crankbaits and spinnerbaits are slow, but might produce.
      City: Walnut Creek

Tuesday, July 8th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Found school o bass 2-3 lbs each. looded trees 10 oot o water used 4.5 inch worm (split shot) bass was picking up on all or I had to shake worm or hit. caught 7 bass rom this school, then a number o smaller ish.
      City: Shingle Springs

Monday, July 7th, 1997

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started 5:30 am neer arbunkle ats pit river arm.started whith top water. with no luck. changed to a smoke sparkle 2 inch grub with great results. me and my wie both got 2 spots in the 14-16 inch range. as the morning went on we could not ind any more that size but ther was boils o very small ish in the 6-10 inch size.they wher a BLAST! they kept us going till 10:00 am. TIPS: lots o small shad right now. try small grubs or tubs in smoke or white. sparkels are allways good.
      City: Salinas

Sunday, July 6th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Most o the bass are in deep water now. ound several near points in the lake, where you can hit deep water o shore. tips: Try Rattle Trap with chrome and black back. or buzz bait in the morning and early evening.
      City: Hayward

Saturday, July 5th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 80+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a night time un tournament Saturday night. A ew 5 ish limits weighed in. My partner and I were having a Laurel and Hardy night, break os, missing strikes, snags...did everything except kick a rod over the side! Then about 11 things turned a round when I caught an 8.33 lb largemouth on a zipper worm! Followed up with one more 15 inch keeper. Best bag or the tourney was 12.35 or 5 ish, was another with 12+ and one with 10.3, My partner and I were 4th with 10.13 and the big ish prize. Hesometimes it's better to be lucky than good! Winners caught their ish on spinnerbaits and grubs. tips: Topwater bite was disappointing, stick with bottom type lures like jigs and worms. Night time is the best ticket right now.
      City: Marysville

Tuesday, July 1st, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Between 10 and 1 pm we caught only two largemouth in 2 pound range. We tried every bait under the sun and inally hooked up with bright collored shallow blades. We tried minnows, worms, salta and pepper and spinner baites. We were over by rattlesnake bar in a inger area o about 10-15 water. Any help is welcomed.
      City: Roseville

Thursday, June 26th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lime Saddle Top water early and late. Others nailing them on live crawdads.
      City: Chico

Wednesday, June 25th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 6p -9pm off the Big island,most fish came on a blue chrome rip bait. Started w/ topwater but not much happening there. Points held most of the fish. Caught 11 & missed 4 others. Biggest was 3lbs, mostly largemouth. tips: Rapala's work well whe n ripped. Give them lots of stop & go.Some of the strikes almost rip the rod out of your hands.
      City: Vacaville

Tuesday, June 24th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished willows on the south side o the peninsula or about 4 hours up until dusk. Caught 5 keepers, the best o which was a 3.2 lb largemouth. Caught all ish on Zara Spook and Splash-it.
      City: Orangevale

Saturday, June 21st, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass are really hitting on top waters. I went riday and caught 30 bass on a pop-r, zarra spook, and banjo minnow. The biggest one I caught was 8.57lbs, the rest were in the 1-4lb range.
      City: Stockton

Thursday, June 19th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on Sunday the 15th, athers day. Launched at sun up and hoped or an early top water bite. Only got two dinks to even surace. Threw 4in plastics,blades,grubs,cranks,rip baits i.e. rapalas and suspending rouges. Fished everything rom steep wall s to lats inally in desperation ished the docks in Bidwell marina, skipping small bass assins' under house boats and back in slips, picked up two ish. The two ish I caught were ull o the new bass hatch. Also graphed many huge balls while out on the water. Just too much ood or them to want the ake stu. Tough day. P.S. Be Careull on the water loating deberis everywhere. Good Luck
      City: Chico