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Sunday, February 16th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 48-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Shasta Cascade club tourney out o the spillway ramp. 17 boats w/12 non-boaters. Out o the 29 ishing, 19 blanked. Water was cold (48-50) on the main body but we did ind up to 57 deg. water in the back o a cove up the middle ork. Most all keepers (15i n+) caught came in 1-5 t. o water on both jig n pig or on worms. Most threw brown on brown jig n pigs or dark colored worms. No active ish in the coves. Most were still ound on the main body. Fish came on steeper banks in chunk rock. Graphed lots ando ts o suspended ish but couldn't coax any with a spoon. Water was very dirty; visibility was about 1 t in most areas. There was also an ABA tourney out o the spillway ramp (65+ boats?) so there was alot o pressure on the lake that weekend. Next clubtourney at Clear Lake on 3/15-16.
      City: Redding

Tuesday, February 11th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7:00 till 1:00 without a bite. Visibility still horrible. Water still dropping. Browns Ravine is the only ramp open. The good news is the 5mph was lited. I the conditions don't change the up comingWest Coast Bass tournment is going to be a tough one.
      City: Citrus Heights

Saturday, February 8th, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 15 keepers (blacks and spots) on variety o lures - spinnerbaits, purple jigs, split shot purple/brown worm and dart head w/ paddle tail grub. Fish were 5-20' and most active with cloud coverpresent - sun came out about 12:00. Spots were at andlooked ready to spawn. Fished east o the narrows all day
      City: Livermore

Tuesday, February 4th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good fishing on Rocky points and rocky banks with structure in 4 to 6 feet of water.
      City: Pollock Pines

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the north ork and caught about 15 ish, 4 over the slot and all the rest just inside. I used a salt and pepper jig and a shad rap. Each caught ish.
      City: Chico

Monday, February 3rd, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a B.A.S.S. ederation tournament on 1/25. Very wind and rainy day, 25 to 30 MPH winds. Fished a 3/8 oz rog hair jig all day - 15 to 30 t on breaks - 4th place with 11.4 lbs (5 ish) my non-boater took 3rd with 11.8 lbs - irst place was 11.12 lbs, - almost - caught 8 ish all day - big ish was 2.15 lbs - lots o 1-2 ish limits weighed in. Fished a club tournament the weekend beore and caught a 15 lb limit (7 ish). It took 20 lbs to win that one. I the wind lays down , the ishing can be verygoodthis time o year.
      City: Manteca

Sunday, February 2nd, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 50-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 1:00p.m. By 3:00 had seven pounds with two ish. Four pound bucketmouth and a three pound spot. Browns ravine ramp was the only one open. The whole lake is still only ive mph.Water visibility is horrible. Caught the largemouth in15 eet o water, shaking a paddle tail worm. Nailed the spot in two eet o water on a 3/8 oz. little deep N. Go igure!!!
      City: Citrus Heights

Saturday, February 1st, 1997

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Pre-ish or up-coming West Coast Bass Pro-Am. Water level very high. South end o lake is clear, north is very stained and muddy. I cranked, ripped, lipped jigs, lipped silver grubs and caughtnothing. Finally ater our hours I caught two small 13 inch ish shaking worms under docks. Lots o ishermen out today pre-ishing and everyone I talked to caught very ew. Brandon Youngblood didcatch a our pounder in 30 eet o water at the Boatworks. He was ishing with minnows however (cheater).everal ish did ollow my rip bait to the boat. I think i the water warms up our or ivedegrees the rip bite will start.
      City: Rio Linda

Monday, January 20th, 1997

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good fishing off main points with brown pig and jigs
      City: Alemeda

Sunday, January 19th, 1997

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bassers ished our monthly tournament on Lake Oroville. Very tough conditions with cold, muddy water that had risen, then dropped rapidly in the weeks prior. With 11 boats and 18 ishers, only 7 ish were caught by 5 people. Winner had 2 ish or 5.4 pounds and had the big ish at 3.29 pounds. His ish came on a jig. 2nd had 2 ish or 3.8 on plastic worms and 3rd had 1 ish or 3.17 also on a plastic worm. Our next event is at Folsom Lake on Feb 8th. Meeting at Big Jakes Pizza in Marysvillet 6:30 pm on Feb 3rd.
      City: Marysville

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got skunked! Had 2 hits rom dinks all day. Fished the Warm Springs Arm with rattling jig & pigs, plastics with glass beads or noise and chartruese spinnerbaits. Water clarity is only 3-4in and the lakelevel has been alling 2' per day or the past 2weeks. It is now at normal ull pool.
      City: Concord

Friday, January 10th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished South Fork rom 7:30 to 12:00. Fished rock / gravel banks directly adjacent to deep water (35 eet plus) started catching ish at 25 - 30 eet. As it got later and ront moved in (ie: rain) ish started moving up and were in 10 eet o water. Two anglers caught 7 ish or almost 16-1/2 pounds. Biggest ish was 4.4 largemouth, next 3.5 spot. all ish on worms, split shot or brass & glass. Browns & greens. One ish, 3.5 spot, came on spinner bait, wind blown rock pile, 3 eet o water....tips: The ish would pick up the bait and then just sit there. they were very nicely colored but not real aggressive. Stay ocused and connected with bait on bottom. Also they were all hooked in lip, not swallowing bait.
      City: Orangevale

Tuesday, January 7th, 1997

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 48.7

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hadn't been ish in a couple o weeks so I just had to try... 5 MPH speed limit on entire lake and debris everywhere. I caught several small ish shaking worms in brush piles.. That was it.
      City: Rio Linda

Thursday, January 2nd, 1997

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Even though it's winter I elt an urge or bass ishing. I decided to go to Camanche and let early in the morning. I was on the south end o the lake, in about 14 eet o water that dropped to close to 21. I wasjiggin' a tube worm along the break whenI hooked a 4 1/2 pound bass. It was a good ight, but the only ish all day.
      City: Rocklin

Tuesday, December 31st, 1996

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a small tournament on Sat 28 Dec. It had 28 boats with 22 having a limit o 5 ish over 15 inches. More than 100 lbs o ish were weighed in and all released alive. My partner and I had the winning weight o 15.38 and big ish o 3.85 lbs. The bite seems to be awesome right now.
      City: Marysville

Wednesday, December 25th, 1996

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished prerontal weather conditions, which I thought might turn on the bass, but we only caught our to 1 1/2#. Three o the ish came on rootbeer colored twin-tail grubs at about 20' deep. The ourth bass was caught on a chartruese spinnerbait with twin willowlea blades in brass. It hit at about 5' deep, just ater the lure hit the water. The lake is about 6 eet down rom ull pool and rising.
      City: Concord

Saturday, December 21st, 1996

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Oroville with riend Mike Niemi. Rainy and windy most o the day. Had decent ish on jigs ished on or near points in the middle ork. Fish were mostly less than 20 eet deep. On several occasions had ish run right at us ater being hooked. As soo n as they reached the surace, they would roll and spit the jig out. Bites started out a deinite thump, but were much soter later in the day.
      City: Marysville

Monday, December 16th, 1996

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished last riday on a nice sunny day. Only 3 other boats on the water. Water temp is beginning to drop and but there are some big bass to be had. Fish in about 25-30t with Carolina rig or use 25+ tcrankbaits chartreuse and red.
      City: San Bruno

Sunday, December 15th, 1996

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 8:00 till Noon and had my limit by Noon. Caught all ive ish that were around 2 to 2 1/2 lbs. average size in 30-40 eet o water o rocky steep banks using worms with an open hook dead sticking.
      City: Roseville

Saturday, December 14th, 1996

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Today Bandon Youngblood and I went to Hog hunt at Clear Lake. Last year at this time we caught several ish over 7 pounds, and lots o ive pounders. We launched at Redbud Park around 6:30 andheaded to Jago Bay. This is the general area that we've doneso well in the past. We irst started lipping the docks with grubs and black pig & jigs. Nothing ater the irst two hours.. We then went toWindlower and did the same thing. NOTHING... We then went to Kona-Tee and worked all along the deeper docks. Iaught three small ish along these docks but they were only 1 1/2 pounds. We then decided to go back to Jago Bay, as the sun should have warmed up the water. We decided to crank red Poe's 300's ...BINGO. Branden caught a 6.8 pounder on the second cast. Ihen caught a nice 5.7... We caught several that weighed three to our pounds. We ended the day catching over 30 pounds... Not bador a day o un ishing.
      City: Rio Linda