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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ishing was very good dispite the busy weekend.caught 15 ish rom 2 to 7lbs.all on plastic.some ish still on their beds and some crusing.i didn't even ish the nite but you know it's good.
      City: REDWOOD CITY

      Tips: ind the new weeds in 8-15 t. o water.smaller baits during high sun hours larger baits earling mourning.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Gold Country Bassers tournament today. Having never been to Amador beore, I just headed or a good looking bank that would have shade or a while. Picked up two keepers quick on a Rico and my partner Doug caught a 3.3 on a popper o some kind. This dried up, so we headed to a creek arm where he cranked 3, but only one big enough. No more luck here, so we went back to our original band and caught 4 more keepers on senkos. @9am, we ound a bank that still had shade on it where we put 2 more 13.5" ish in the boat quick. We both had a limit by 9:15, so I decided to do what Larry Hemphill had suggested; throw the senko deeper in search o larger ish. A coupla minutes later, I went to check my lures progress and I elt a mushy sensation......then my rod tip started pulsing. I set and knew it was a good one. It jumped and surged, but Doug inally got the net under the 5.75 lb ish. Cool, i we can get a ew more, we'll be in business. I never caught, correction, we never caught another ish ater 9:30 am on this day. I cranked a 2 lb catish @ 1:30 and Doug thought he had me beat at 2:45 when he set into a 7 lb catish!-----Whew!, that was close. 14 anglers ished, 6 blanked. I had 13.33 lbs or irst, Doug had 8.6 or second.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: All I can say is thank god we got them when they were biting. I dont have a clue as to what I could have done ater they quit to catch any more.

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      Water Temp: 71-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with a buddy on Monday or trout and bass. Landed about 10-11 cutbows. Biggest one went 9.04 lbs. Once it got dark we headed down jackson. Fished with speed worms, senkos, and magic worms. Landed about 6 bass. Heaviest going or about 4.5 lbs. Missed decent ish on Senkos.
      City: davis

      Tips: I've been out to the lake once a week or the past 4 weeks night ishing. It seems like we're getting ewer bights as the water temps rises and the lake water level drops. But the good thing about that is the bites that we are getting are coming rom larger bass. Only suggestion I have is ish with plastics tight to the bank. Darker colors seem to work better.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this lake or the irst time last week. BIG cutbows being pulled out o this lake. Couldn't wait to get back today. Awesome ishing and NO SKIERS! Fish being caught everywhere. Pulled out (4) 2-3lb. trout on lashers trailing a needle ish. Others were driting power bait with a split shot with about a 4t leader. Bass were jumping in the shallows but had no luck there.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Bring the kids here and they will have the time o thier lives!

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      Water Temp: 65-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: While I goled my partner made the trip over the hill again.With a brand new "Ranger" in the garage he ished rom his old aluminum "Tracker". (Didn't want to get Ranger muddy going over the hill). Caught several ish up to 8 pounds but mostly deep on main points. No ish at all on beds. Hens caught still had eggs. My guess is that due to recent cool weather sexual activity will not take place until the next ull moon. Most small high lakes are in the same boat. Request: will the ellow in the Ranger that met us last weekend contact me. ( I am, "i it lies it dies and i it swims it rys" ).
      City: WELLINGTON,NV

      Tips: Go goling until the 27th. Then get out your white tubes and have at it

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Found alot o Bass on beds lost one good one in the Carson Arm. Caught quite a ew smaller bass most came o o nests ound a ew big ones but not to many had one snap my 12# line he ell or a 7" black and blue senko deinately a monster took about 45 minutes to inally get her interested.all the other ish took about twenty minutes.Going back this weekend and I'll deinately remember the ireline. PLEASE RELEASE YOUR FISH. Saw Quite a ew people keeping ish,these ish are ull o eggs and i we want Amador to remain a prime bass ishery reproduction is a must so please release all o your bass.
      City: carson city,NV

      Tips: Senkos.Blue worked well or me

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday evening with one lousy bite not a good night ished or about 2 hours and just wasn't in the mood.Heading back in a couple o weeks hopeully things will have warmed up a little bit and the ish will move back up.
      City: carson city,NV

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      Water Temp: 56 ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the carson arm and main lake points on Friday night and Saturday morning. Started Friday night in Carson arm and within twenty minutes got my irst bite on a black and blue v.p.r. jig ater a good 5 minute ight I landed a 13.4 pound cat, a monster. Again started working Carson arm throwing a junebug colored zoom worm and within 30 minutes landed a 4.4 largemouth ollowed up by a 2.1 got on the water at about 5:30 and was o by 6:45 so not to bad or an hour and 15 minutes worth o ishing. I was to lazy to try or the night bite so I went back to camp and hung out. Got on the water the next morning at apx. 6:30a.m. and started throwing the same black and blue jig right o the bat I got a hit a 2.6 pounder headed toward the main lake and stopped by a point. Started throwin a blue and pearl colored strike king crainkbait within 5 casts I got hit by a 4.5 pounder landed him and putted around or about another hour and a hal got o the water at 8:30a.m. All in all a pretty good weekend had a good time camping with amily and got to do a little bassin. Fish were airly active I didn't spend to much time on the water but still caught ish. Fish deinately getting ready to spawn.I was showing 56 degrees but that seems a little warm. Fish were short and at. All were caught in about 10-20 eet o water.
      City: carson city,NV

      Tips: Waitng or the ish to start moving up, didn't spot any bed ish but they are waiting to get rid o their eggs.Couple more weeks o warm weather and amador should be on ire. Jigs and dark color dead ringers seemed to be the ticket or me.

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish were shallow. Caught 2 nice 4 pound trout in 5 hours o ishing at the launch ramp using powerbait (yellow).
      City: Rancho Cordova

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Friday with a riend - starting at 5 PM. We looked around the lake and then started throwing worms and jigs in 10 to 50 eet o water. Between 6 and 6:30 I got two good hits on a black-blue Weapon jig I was using with a Zoom plastic chunk. One was a solid 3 1/2 pounder and the other was a slim 5 1/2 pounder. She did not look like a typical Amador bass - didn't have enough weight. Good strong ish, however. A small ront was moving in which dimmed the moon ater dark. We thought this was going to make or good ishin' since it was so warm. And then something happened that I have NEVER seen (or heard) at Amador, a lake that is usually sae rom weird wind events! We heard a loud roar rom the spillway direction, which was a wind line coming across the lake. When it hit, I had to look around and make sure I wasn't as Clear Lake. Someone told me that some strange things were happening in Sacramento that night. Anyway, it had something to do with a og bank that moved in. About two hours later, everything was back to normal. The ish started to bite a little and I caught 4 more, including a at 4 1/2 pounder - all on black/chartreuse Weapon jigs. So, I wound up with a 20 1/2 pound limit, and an extra 2 3/4 pounder. Three were caught shallow in the Mountain Spring area, and the other three were deep, in the main body. I could not get a worm bite. My riend did't catch any, but I didn't eel to bad or him - he usually catches the biggest!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The bass are all over the map as ar as depth is concerned. Warm conditions will bring them up, and a cool down will move them deeper. Jigs always work well in the spring at Amador.

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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I made a short trip with a riend Tuesday rom about 5:15 PM to 10:00 PM, when the og and cold just took all the un out o it - not that we were having that much un! I wanted to start just beore dark - the warmest part o the day. I'm glad we did! I was working a 1/2 oz Rodstrainer jig in about 40 eet o water in Jackson Creek when it just got heavy. Ater I set the hook, I still wasn't sure I had a ish, but I did - all 4 1/4 lbs o her. She elt like a block o ice and was underweight or an Amador bass. They probably havn't been eeding much lately. This was about 5:45 PM. My riend, as he usually does lately, got a nice bite on a Weapon Jig right at dark and set into a dandy. This one took a bit to bring in since it weighed 7 1/4 lbs! So, the trip was worth it, and it went downhill rom there. He got two more bites and missed them, and I landed my 6th ever Warmouth Bass on a Dead Ringer worm. It might have been 6 inches long, but still, a bite. I wish I had more good stu to say, but that was it!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We really didn't try too many ancy baits, just worms and jigs. No bites less than 20 eet deep.

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      Water Temp: 51'C

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well people, this is a hard one to write. Disaster struck. Kevin and I were all set to go and the weather was great. It looked to be a un illed day with good riends and good ishing. Then it happened. I was illed with excitment, ready to go. I backed up my chevy easing into the lake. I saw the bobbing o the boat, so I pulled out. Not having any idea that my partner put the trolling motor down( ya that was us). CRASH............. The trailer rips the motor rom the bow. That was horroriic. I know I needed a new one but damn. Anyway needless to say that we were ishermen that day. No ish just pain. So any donations to the dip sh*t und, or i anyone has a trolling motor or sale e-mail me and we'll hook em up. Thank you or your support. The catchermen crew will be back this weekend though. So we'll see you out on the water.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Never put the trolling motor down beore launching. Ha Ha. But then again, we already knew that

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 12-16-01 FISHED THE BOAT DOCK FROM ABOUT 11:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M.SAW SCHOOLS OF CUTBOWS ALL DAY ABOUT 7-10 FEET FROM DOCK,A FEW HIT BROKE BACK RAPALAS AND ROOSTER TAILS.GUYS ON THE ROCKS WERE SLAMING TROUT WITH MINNOWS AND THOSE BROKE BACK RAPALAS.OFF THE DOCK KEEP CRAWLERS OFF THE BOTTOM,SMALL BLUEGILLS TAKE THEM ALL DAY,CAUGHT A FEW CRAPPIE ONCE LIGHT CAME ON USING MINNOWS.WAITING FOR THE SPRING SPAWN OF CRAPPIE,AMADOR IS FAMOUS FOR THOSE TASTY PAPER LIPS.
      City: ANTIOCH

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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Tuesday evening with a good riend, and we did air, considering that the aternoon provided a vicious north wind - even or Amador's standards. It was gusting about 30 mph. My buddy got a nice crankbait ish right ater dark near the spillway - about 2 1/2 lbs. The wind did die down, but it got very chilly. He caught a small one and then I missed one on a Frenzy crankbait, but inally landed one on that bait about 1 3/4 lbs. About midnight, things looked up, just as they have been doing at Clear Lake. He got tapped, and set on a at 2 3/4 lb bass, using a 10" Power worm. I though I would try the Larew "Hoo Daddy" that I have been trying lately. Ater about 10 min, ishing in about 25 eet or water, I noticed in the black light that my line wouldn't sink back down ater I lited my Loomis rod. I knew that I was stuck in at tree - or..... - I set - and yes, it was a bass. No bite at all. It turned out to be 4 lb 3 oz - good way to end the trip. We were ishing the main body. So, 6 bass - 5 biggest about 12 l/2 lbs. Not great, but I've seen worse at Amador - oten!! I ished the next morning or awhile and only got one 2 pound bass on a Power worm. The bite was dead.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Bass were much deeper this trip, and so was the bait. North winds will put everything down, except the trout! Work your bait slow, stopping it oten. As the water cools, shakin' works well sometimes. The jig should get better in the next month or two.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the carson arm rom Tuesday until Friday morning,caught alot o ish in the 1-2# range but surprisingly I didn't LAND anything over 2#.I decided to try cat cove on riday evening but to no avail,though I did miss a couple o ish.I was to lazy to try to get the night bite by the time 8:00 rolled around I wasn't sure wether I should go back to camp and drink beer or stay on the water casting aimlessly to what looked like the shore,I never stayed on the water past 8:30.Caught ish on topwater and missed some BIG bites or some reason they would not get the lure almost like they were hitting to the side o it,also bagged some ish on rubber worms and a couple on a sot jerkbait [shad colored].I was a little disappointed in how many bites I missed some o them seemed like some big ish.I did hook one that elt quite heavy but it didn't stay on or to long beore pulling loose.I will probably return in the next month or two or a ollw up hopeully I won't miss as many bites.The water level is verylow,watch out or lumber.
      City: carson city

      Tips: make sure you try the night bite I regret not ishing later but there was no one to ish with and that gets boring ater a while.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6 pm till only 1 am. Got a 7.4 right at dark in 5' o water on jig and a 12 incher at 1 am. Pretty slow! Wait till more moonlight - then it'll be better.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tubed riday night caught 6 ish between 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 pds.all ish caught in between 15 and 30 eet dragging worms. did tie into something real big elt like a log heading the other way(probably a big cat)you can catch all the little ones you wanted pitching into the weeds.Sunday we caucht 11 ish again nothing bigger than 3 lbs thogh nt smaller than 2 lbs.This night my wie lost a real big ish, For some reason we have been broke o 5 times so ar this year on big ish think I'll have to igure out whats up there. or all the small schoolie bass you might what.persuader makes a baby bass 3" put it on a trout pole and small jig head .
      City: tracy

      Tips: dragging worms,dark. tried the bungee worm worked very well.

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      Water Temp: 81TO84

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WELL HAD AINTERESTING TRIP TO AMADOR.I HAVENT BEEN BASSIN MUCH AS OF LATE BEEN CHASING SALMON IN THE RIVA.BUT I NEEDED TO GO DO SOME NIGHT BASSIN BADLY.HAD A BUDDY AT WORK WHO DOES NOT GO BASSIN AT ALL.I TOLD HIM TO COME GET A BASS BOAT RIDE AND CHECK OUT THE GLOW OF THE LINE UNDER THE BLACK LIGHT.WE SHOWED UP AT ABOUT 5PM AND NOTICED SOME FAILLIAR BOATS SHOWING UP .HMMMM WALTON POND TOUNEY..HOW COOL I USED TO FISH ALOT OF THOSE WHEN I LIVED IN NEWARK.A CLASS BUNCH OF GUYS AFTER A HOT LINK AND TALKING MY 100% ROOKIE INTO HANGING AROUND TO FISH THE CLUB TOURNEY.WE PAID OUR 1 MILLION TO LAUNCH AND FISH.WE CAUGHT SOME FISH QUICK AND THEN NOTHING!!!IF WE GOT A BITE WE GOT A FISH THEY WOULD HANG ON..WE WEIGHED IN IN ABOUT 5TH PLACE IN FIRST HALF NOT BAD FOR A LONG LAY OFF..BUT MY BUDDIE GOT TIRED REALLY QUICK IN THE SECOND HALF.HE WAS READY TO GO HOME AT 3AM..HAD SOME FISH TO WEIGH IN BUT AFTER WITNESSING A 17FOOT TRACKER RUN OVER A GUYS BOAT AS HE WAS SQEELING STOP STOP LOOK OUT BOOM CRASH CRUNCH AND THE TRACKER GOES FLYING OVER THIS GUYS BOAT AND JUST KEEPS ON GOING!! THAT IS BULL POOP!~!!YOU HAVE TO STOP TO SEE IF PEOPLE ARE ALLRIGHT THE GUIY HAD HIS NAVAGATIOAL LIGHT ON I SAW IT 40 FT IN FRONT OF ME ON THE POINT TO ROCK CREEK!!WHITE FORD TRUCK AND TRACKER BOAT PLEASE NEVER COME TO THAT LAKE AGIAN!!YOU ARE A THREAT TO ALL OF US!!I TALKED TO THE GUYS THEY WERE SHAKING BUT OK THANK GOD!!!LEFT THE LAKE EARLY BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE NO LIGHT'S ON..THAT IS OK BUT FLASH A LIGHT WHEN SOMEONE IS A CUPPLE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY SO THEY KNOW YOU ARE THERE!!THIS IS A MUST FOR SAFETY ON SMALL LAKES OR ANY LAKES...WALTON THROWS CLASS TOURNEYS WITH GOOD PEOPLE THAKS JOHN ..LETS KEEP IT LIKE THAT!!!
      City: SAC

      Tips: FLASH YOUR LIGHT PEOPLE THIS IS A MUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Weeds, Weeds, And more weeds.. Caught two dinks on a shallow running crank in Carson Arm, Fished Friday and Saturday night, Weeds extending 1-10t out, Very tough to crank and especially tough to jig and worm ish, Waiting or the warmer weather to push the ish in the 10-25t range, at least you would not have to hassle with the weeds, It is out o control, I due agree the cost to launch is high but what about the ishing acess or the day $6,, Now that is bad, I know they stock those nice rainbows but they should take in account is durring the summer trout are not the hot item, They should give you a break on that... Well i hope the weeds don't get any worse..
      City: Gold River

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      Water Temp: 70-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 4:30 pm . Wasn't sure what the state o the spawn would be in but ound out its still on. Saw lots o cruising ish and ish on beds . Most o the bed ish were skittish and would take o. The bulk o the beds were located on the back side o the weed beds (acing the bank 4-6' deep)Found one pair that were locked on but they wanted nothing I had. (senkos, gitzits,&lizards in several colors) Decided to cover water with trolling motor and ind areas with lots o beds and come back ater dark . Threw senkos and brush hogs while looking and only caught dinks. Went back to the bedish ater dark and only managed one bite that ripped my worm in hal.I couldn't believe I wasn't getting bit ater a couple hours o casting so I got out my spotlight and veriied the ish were still there,they were( at least until the light hit them). I knew the moon would be up way ater midnight so I decided to get some sleep . Woke up and started ishing again at 2am. Worked my way down to the dam .Finally at 4am caught a 5lb bass on black 7 1/2 " exude worm by rental boat dock. At 5am the moon was inally visable thru the cloud cover but too little too late. At 5:30 caught a 3lb bass on same worm -point across rom rental dock. The sky was starting to lighten up now so I went to spillway and started throwing a spook over weed beds. Caught several 2-3 lb bass in short order there . Overcast was heavy so I was hopeul this would extend the top water bite and it did . Started ishing main lake points with spook and boated 6 lb bass ,5 lb bass ,more 2-3 lb ish . Lost bass between 5-6 lbs ater it jumped and had a really big ish blow up on spook and I missed it. Quit ishing at 10 am. I ended up with 13 or 14 keepers with the best 5 going about 22 lbs. My night ishing was a disaster but the morning topwater bite more than made up or it.
      City: Pioneer

      Tips: Hopeully all those cruisers and skittish bass on beds will lock down and be easier to catch. I tried throwing the spook in the aternoon over those bed ish with no takers so the cloud cover in the morning had to be the key. These ish are incredibly strong and the bigger ones all jumped repeatedly .Use heavy line and make sure your hooks are sharp. Good luck ,Hydro