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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

Sunday, June 15th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a West Coast Team tournament on 14/6/97 inished 16th out o 65 teams. We caught alot o ish but couldn't get much weight or size. The bite seems to be 5 to 26 t on jigs and worms. Some topwater but we couldn't get any going. I you are takin g a riend or kid ishing this is the lake to go to. Just get on a steeper bank and throw a worm and ish down the bank.l
      City: Marysville

Saturday, June 7th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the coves off the main lake early and the northeast end later in the day after the masses hit the water. Boated 10 smallmouth to 2lbs using small (3 inch) plastic crawdads on a Carolina rig in 20 feet of water. Caught 3 of the same off the coves ne ar spanish flat on a crawdad crank about 3pm.
      City: San Ramon

Friday, June 6th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The fish were hitting buzz baits early, I had alot of short strikes early. We fished with fat free shad cranks after 8:30 and boated fish until we left at 1:30 PM. The fishing is great right now and there are plenty of fish to be had remember to run cra nks between 10-15ft.
      City: Travis AFB CA

Sunday, June 1st, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday Operation Christmas Team Tournament. 47 teamswith several limits mostly small post spawners. 14.5 lbs 1st place or 5 ish. Big Fish 3.4lbs or $840. Finished 5th with big ish honors. TIPS: Top water early then as sun rises ish are on20-25 oot ledges. Decent crankbait bite on mud lines. Poe Plugs in chartruse. Carolina plastics chameleon rib worms 6in will take ish with occassional 2- 3 lb'ers.
      City: Sonora

Sunday, May 25th, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing 5:30 am top water all the way .bait rico cought 20 most were small did pull in a three pounder and two two and a hal pounders not to bad or three hours ishing.
      City: Jackson

Friday, May 23rd, 1997

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spring storm blew through this day - ishing was tough with 2-3 oot waves on the main lake, and wind blowing in the coves. On the lake rom 6AM-12Noon, with a good bite right beore 10:00am when the weather turned nasty.
      City: Pine Grove

Thursday, May 22nd, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was ishing the main body on Wed. 5-21-97 and had a toad come up under a splash-it. It spooked when it saw thw boat. Went back on Thurs. 5-22-97 and went up to the willow again very quietly and started throwing a Zara Spook. I hooked up a ish in the 6to 7 pound range and dumped it. Three casts later I hooked up a 9 lb. 10 oz. largemouth. Fish was in about 10 eet o water.
      City: Orangevale

Monday, May 19th, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 62-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished clear lake rom wed eve. til sat eve. upper 90's during the day. 70's during nite. ished north to and into rodman slough. water extremely clear. used every thing excluding dinamite. between three o us, 6 ish caught. all small, real small. usedjerkbaits, crankbaits, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, rubber worms, lizards, rench ries,rogs,pop r's , spooks,jitterbugs. nothing worked well. all the ish seem to be in the south end o lake. some still on beds. try near konocti harbor. this is where the turny ishermen had the best luck. good luck...ishon... pappy.
      City: San Jose

Sunday, May 18th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 25 to 30 mixture of smallmouth /largemouth/spots. Nothing over 2 pounds. All caught with small plastic on the bottom.
      City: San Ramon

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