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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

Friday, April 4th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing out by Beek's bight, ished rom 7 am to 9 am. Tried 6in morning dawn but no bites. Then switched to a 5in Ripple Lip Ripper worm (color was the Blues). Caught a 2 lbs. Lg. mouth in 4' o water. Then caught a 1 lbs. dink right aterward. Fishing was pretty slow. Saw couple o boats come by throwin blades and crankbaits but they had no luck.
      City: Orangevale

Thursday, April 3rd, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived aternoon o 4/3. Wind was very bad, managed 1 keeper bass, 2 rainbow trout deep cranking near glory hole. Friday, 4/4 was much better, Wind was down in AM and picked up 10-12 bass, most small using plastic worms and deep cranking near Tuttletown Launch. Water seemed to be warmest in this area. I it warms, ishingshould really turn on.
      City: San Jose

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arms are clearing. I didn't land any but i saw and couple o two pounders get caught on worms.
      City: Chico

Tuesday, April 1st, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Gates open at seven. My plan was to launch as early as I could. I wanted to beat the strong winds in the later morning. I ound ish in the south ork orm 1-21/2 lbs. All small mouth. Dropping purple worms at about iteen eet.
      City: Sacto

Monday, March 31st, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ishing is good! water is very clear. I caught ish rom ive to twenty eet deep. I used red worms purple, blue, brown and grey. It didn't seem to matter. ish were hungry.
      City: Sacto

Saturday, March 29th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I PULLED A FEW SMALL MOUTH OUT OF THE GRANITE BAY AREA. I USED GRUBS LITTLE BITS AND SPINNER BAITS. FISHING WENT WELL UNTIL THE JET SKIERS ARRIVED. I THEN WENT TO THE SOUTH FORK TO LOOK FOR LARGE MOUTH. I ENDED UP WITH TWO LIMITS OF SMALLMOUTH. WATCH OUTFOR FLOATING LOGS. THE LAKE IS STILL UNSTABLE WATER IS MIRKY. I'D GIVE IT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE FISHING REALLY GETS GOOD.
      City: Sacto

Friday, March 28th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time on the lake, launched from Berryesa MArina went over to the red banks and fished all the coves to the right I caught 15 fish in about 3 hours on a Witches Tit, I found fish on submerged trees and in the shallows, I also caught 3 fish on a tiger colored crankbait. My partner caught 4 fish on GitZit Salt-n-Pepper and a Brown w/silver flakes also he used a crawdad colored crankbait. All the bass were 1/2lb to 3lbs. It got really windy about 11:30 so we hit the coves on the other side of the islan s the marina side caught a couple and called it a day.
      City: Novato

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Out at Beek's Bight rom 1pm to 3pm, caught a dink splitshottin a 4in smoke pepper worm. Then caught a 2 lbs. smallmouth on a red Lip Ripper worm rom Fran and Eddy's. Last ish o the day caught on the same red worm near a christmas tree, it was a 5 lbs. largemouth. All ish were in 4' o water holding tight to brush. Slow and low is the tempo.
      City: Orangevale

Tuesday, March 25th, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished this lake the past weekend or the irst time. Great lake i you can aord the entrance ee. I caught 10 bass in our hours, all over 15 inches. Most o the bass came o o secondary points, in shallow water around brushy cover. I had good luck spilt-shotting rootbeer grubs. It seems like the ish are moving into the spawning coves,however I didn't see any nests. Good Luck!
      City: Blue Lake

Sunday, March 23rd, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom noon until about 4:00 pm. Caught 4 ish about 2lbs on purple our inch Power worms. Weather was clear and warm.
      City: Antelope

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