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Saturday, May 17th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 6 largemouth rom 2 - 4 1/4 lbs. in warm springs arm. Early morning were hitting on top water poppers. Switched to Texas Rigs ater 7:30 am. Not much action ater 9am. All ish caught close to shore at base o rock clis, and submerged road. Shad, blue, and brown lures/worms worked best.
      City: Petaluma

Friday, May 16th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was ishing over near the S.S Relie caught 3 trout and 1 smallmouth. All were keepers. Using the banjo minnow in the purple color. it took a while but ater about 1/2 hour things were looking up. good day o ishing.
      City: Sacramento

Wednesday, May 14th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Plenty o small schoolie ish o rocky points in the morning. Caught the smaller numerous ish on the Magic Worm illusion split shot rigged. Larger ish caught between 2-3 pounds were caught on motoroil colored ringworms and brown/ chartruse colored Megabait wooly worms. These ish were caught in the upper arm o Dry Creek. One Large Crappiie.
      City: Marin

Sunday, May 11th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I AM GOING TO CLEAR LAKE WED 5-14-97. HOW IS THE FISHING. IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT THE FISH ARE HITTING ON. WHERE CAN I FIND THE FISH. HOPE THIS ISNT ASKING TOO MUCH. HOPE I CAN RETURN THE FAVOR. I WILL REPORT WHEN I GET BACK.... FISHON....PAPPY..
      City: San Jose

Saturday, May 10th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main body mud lines.white blades dbl/wiilow.Lots o ish.I didn't get on the water till8:30 Am. I hear there's a early top water bite.Good luck. Keep a Sti Rod! Dennis
      City: Orland

Friday, May 9th, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a ew small bass in and around the Mormon Creek arm on white single blade spinner baits.
      City: Pine Grove

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 60s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lime Saddle Hitting white grubs, spinnerbaits and even on chuggers! Fish along trees and brush. I landed two both 1.5 -2 lbs. I saw at least twenty ish caught by other anglers. KEEP THRE REPORTS COMING!
      City: Chico

Wednesday, April 30th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: report: Me and my riend decided to do some shore ishing in Brown's Ravine,we only caught three decent ish, 2 pound spot, just under 2 pound largie, and a keeper, we were mostly split shotting zoom lizards, there was a lot o other anglers there, others said they caught a ew also, but they have been there or6 hours, all o our ish were caught late in the evening.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Fish when you can get awy rom the skiers when you can, they can be a pain in the..... sometimes

Friday, April 25th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished upper end o main lake & skunk cr. arm or 7 days , lots o ish to 2.5# on whitch's tea worms. some ish on shad raps & at ree shads, a ew ish on pop r's at dusk.
      City: Eureka

Thursday, April 24th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fish at putah creek 6:30 a.m. to noon. my friend and i caught six large mouth bass from shore inside the bay around boat area. All of them were weighted approximetery one pound 12 inches to 14 inches. salt and pepper worms recommended by pro shop. In the afternoon, weather gets little too hot so better fish eary morning if you can. tips: clear worm, salt and pepper worm, gary yamamoto grab any color
      City: San Mateo

Sunday, April 20th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ished a 2day club tourney and ound the bite to be wide open. Think we had limits down to 25-30 places. It took 28#s to win and 20# to inish in the top 10. Great bite all around the lake, ish were caught mostly on plastic, but some were also caught lipping trash piles and on reaction baits. Most o the ish I caught were in the pre-spawn mode.
      City: San Jose

Thursday, April 17th, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday or 3 hrs. Major rip bite.9am - noon. Fished main river arm with Shad Colored Rouge orange belly.Biggest 4.23 with eggs.Fish actively chasing baits rom submerged brush and trees.
      City: Sonora

Monday, April 14th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Topwater bite is starting to happen!!! Fished from noon till 6pm mostly topwater. Most of the fish were small,but three were 2lbs plus Trees & rocks held 99% of the fish. With the 80 degree weather this week it should be RED HOT by the week end. Tips: S tay in the coves. Look for 65 degree water. Fish the laydowns (trees) and rock piles. Any topwater will do..Don't fish it too fast. Hits come on the pause's sometimes.
      City: Vacaville

Sunday, April 13th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED OPEN TOURNEY ON SAT, GREAT TURNOUT! CAUGHT LOT'S OF FISH CRANKING SOUHT END OF LAKE IN 2 TO 30 FEET OF WATER,FISHED GRAVEL BANKS IN COVES. WEIGHED IN FIVE FISH. BIG FISH OF THE TOURNEY WAS A 7.88 HOG! FISHING WILL EVEN GET BETTER!BROWN PIG'N JIGS AND GREEN CRANKBAITS WORKED WELL.TOURNEY WAS PUT ON BY CHICO BASS CLUB. GREAT JOB!
      City: Doyle, CA

Saturday, April 12th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 56.4

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 9 ish to 3.5 pounds on 4 inch purple weenie by Buda Bait with a green glass & brass. In the trees & o points. Good ishing in Yorty. The main lake is still cold about 51 degrees. Good luck & tight lines.
      City: SF

Thursday, April 10th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent 4hrs in south ork. Caught 2 ish, one 4 1/2lbs. and one 2 1/2lbs. Spent the rest o the day in the north ork. Caught about 18 spots ranging rom 2 to 3 1/2lbs. Caught all ish throwing spinner bait. Had many other hits but even with trailer hookthey were not getting it. Very productive day.
      City: Palcerville

Wednesday, April 9th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Redman Regional 4-6-1997, Skeet Reese & LeroyBertolero tied or 23lb 8oz. or 5 ish. Jim Reese took 3rd with 21+lbs and I took 4th with 20lb 4oz. Mark Seeters took 5th with 20lb 2oz. Mike Reynolds took 6th with 19+lbs. The weights dropped o to 15lbs rom there. Big ish was a 9lb 8oz.Top inishers caught bed ish with grubs on dart heads. I never saw a bed ish and concentrated on the transition areas looking or pre spawners. Caught all my keeper ish on 1/4oz. Bobby Delimeter smalliejig with a Havasu Hurst craw on spinning gear. I did though ind an outstanding splitshot bite using a brown shark. Actually anything brown worked. Only problem was they were bucks under 13 inches.
      City: Oakley

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7:30am to 5:00pm had limits o small ish by 10am. I cranked the dam and had several ish on, but only landed one. I caught the rest o the ish in warm springsusing worms, paddle tails, plastic craws and crank baits. I ished on points and in the trees. It was very windymost o the day (approx 30 mph. The ishing can only get better so get out there and get those lines wet! Good Luck!
      City: San Bruno

Monday, April 7th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: mid50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Two bites all day. Fished rom about 1pm to 8pm. Fished thenorth end o the lake, till late evening, then tried my luck by the dam.Threw everything but the kitchen sink, and i I had one, I would have tried that too. One bite came on a spinner bait, the other on a worm. Saw large numbers o ish on the depth inder. The majority o them are in water between 10 to 30 t depths.Talked to a guy on the way in, who had caught one, and talked to a another guy on the way out, and he and his partner had caugh our. Using worms and grubs. Lets hope or a warm spell soon, to turn this lake on. Good luck to all.
      City: Novato

Sunday, April 6th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake on Saturday with my amily (9 & 10 yearolds). Spent most o our 4 hours on the lake up in the middle ork and caught 8 total. One would have gone 3-4#'s, she was at ull o roe. Released all ish so we can catch them again!!
      City: San Jose