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Saturday, March 22nd, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I'm beginning to doubt mysel. Me and a buddy did not catchanything. Although we did see 3 small ish get caught very near us. itlooked like green weenies and chartreuse spinners did the job. We ished the lower arm, i've never been there beore. Mybuddy Dave Ne did bring one to the surace but his drag was loose, he never set the hook. and it got spit out. see ya up there 4/12 I'll be working dry creek area.
      City: Sonoma

Friday, March 21st, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the last two weeks with great success. Fishing the north end o the lake on 3/14/97 with two partners boated 30 plus ish. Most o which were caught on 4 inch pumkin seed ring worms, the others on jerk baits.The next week was not as good, but me and one other partner put 15 ish in the boat,with one going 6.5lbs. I think the key right now is to ind the areas that warm up the astest. The north end is still a little o in color, so cover is not that important right now
      City: Woodland

Thursday, March 20th, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we got 10,11 ounce bass and we all so caught 1,ten pound bass he was a lunker.let me tell you that son o a gun ought like the dickens,then we also caught 4 three pounders.It was a good day ishing on Lake Camanche i loved it.
      City: St. George

Tuesday, March 18th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was out three times Mon,Wed,Sat, last week. Great rip bite rom noon on...Sat with the clouds blue neon zipper worm bite, caught 15 keepers in the aternoon. Only going to get better.
      City: Sacramento

Monday, March 17th, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Didn't catch anything. Fished rom about 7 to 1. Fished with my dad and brother. Used blades, jig n pig, worms, and crankbaits. Talked to some other ishermen and they didn't catch anything either..
      City: Sebastopol

Sunday, March 16th, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good ishing in the shallows, near or around stick-ups, in the upper lake. Good success using plastic worms and catapillars in green or camo patterns. Many ish caught in the 2-4 pound range. Largest ish caught was 9 lbs, 4 ozs on a six inch green weenie in six eet o water near a stand o submerged brush.
      City: Fremont

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: No action, lottsa rain. Worked small coves o skunk with pig n jig and lizard. My buddy stuck to spinners o various colors. Still learning boat too. I think that heatwave were expecting is going to bust loose this lake. Some men ish all their lives, never knowing it was not the ish they were ater I orget who said it but it seemed appropriate.
      City: Sonoma

Saturday, March 15th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm and landed 9 bass 11in to 2 lb. and lost about as many. Fish came on 4in salt & pepper ring worms. Weather front was moving in fast with occasional sprinkles and heavy rain as we left the lake. Fun afternoon.
      City: Concord

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was real good, considering the time o year, ished Saturday and caught 45 ish the largest was a nice 4lb 1oz bucket mouth, all the rest were averaging 1.5 lbs. Most were caught with a Rapala huskyjerk in the morning ishing backs o coves with muddy bottoms in 1 to 10 eet o water.
      City: San Jose

Thursday, March 13th, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had good action ishing shorelines 3 to 6 eet depth in rocky areas.Most ish in the 1 to 2 lb range.Largest taken today was 3 lbs.
      City: Elk Grove

Saturday, March 8th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished new bass tourney sat , very nice day, slight wind. 97 + boats almost everyone wieghed in. most ish taken on light colored blades, shade type crank baits,worms, most ish cought up shallow, but my partner and I stayed in main body around granit bay,dragging worms in 15 t water in middle granit bay , we were culling by 8:00 am some good ish 3plus lbs . most ish on dark colored 6 inch worm. couple on blades , colorado blade style, water is starting to warm up and clear up ishing is good , ever on catching ish . we took 13 th with almost 14 lbs.
      City: Citrus Heights

Wednesday, March 5th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good bite fishing 10 to 20ft with jigs. Fished main body and river both were good. Brown/purple jigs seemed to be the best color in 1/4 or 3/8oz. Lots of keepers from 2 to 2 1/2lbs. good fish'n
      City: S. Lake Tahoe

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good bite ishing 10 to 20t with jigs. Fished main body and river both were good. Brown/purple jigs seemed to be the best color in 1/4 or 3/8oz. Lots o keepers rom 2 to 2 1/2lbs. good ish'n
      City: S. Lake Tahoe

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the West Coast bass tournment this weekend at Folsom. Caught one spot weighting 1.60. That was the only ish I weighed in. Judging by the other bags coming in I wasn't the only one having trouble getting ish to bite. It didn't help that there wasatournment the day beore. The winner o that tourny won with around 24 pounds with a 9 lber. I heard he won throwing blades in shallow water. We got our ish on a Bomber Fat A in 3 eet o water. The ish are moving up the key is to be in the right placat the right time.
      City: Citrus Heights

Monday, March 3rd, 1997

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This week and last week I landed 3 ish up to 2.5 lbs. in warm springs area, around allen brush in the water, casting to the shore line and working out to about 10'. I started with a blue and black jig which produced hits but no ish. So I changed to a 6in zoom worm (june bug) with brass and glass and started to catch ish. Hope to see you out there I am in a 15' boston whaler with a 60 johnson out board.
      City: San Bruno

Friday, February 28th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is putting on a great show right now w/ average 3# ish on rip baits doing best, spinner baits produced lots o 12 & 13in ish. Topwater in A.M. is worth its time to throw it.
      City: Grass Valley

Wednesday, February 26th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 7:15 am stopped about 1:00 pm. Fished points rom the bank out to 30 eet deep. I tried steep banks, not a bite. I moved to a milder slope, no bites. There is clear water coming in rom the south ork, mud line near New York Creek. Talkedwith three other guys, they didn't catch anything either. I tried worms- morning dawn, witches T, oxblood & blue. Jigs- black & blue with brown pork and then red pork, a brown jig and brown pork. Spinner bait - white and a Rat L trap - chrome and blue.
      City: Shingle Springs

Saturday, February 22nd, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake was comming up an average o a oot a day. My riend and I were ishing with Larry Hemphill. He caught one all day and the rest o us got skunked. The ish were down there about 15'-20', the only one caught was on a chartruese rattling deep diving crank-bait.
      City: Grass Valley

Tuesday, February 18th, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good ishing o points split shotting plastic worms moving the bait very very slowly !!! Also ished grubs on darter head and got ish.
      City: Alemeda

Monday, February 17th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well it wasn't Florida but last weekend they set new lake records or ive ish per day limits in a tournament. For ten ish irst place had a total o 56.4 lb but second place only had 55 lb. Big ish was13.3 lb. ollowed be 12.5 lb, there was also 9 ish over 8 lb. Fish came on about anything you put in the water,rip baits, lipping, worming and blades all worked.
      City: Sacramento