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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

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent 4 days and 3 night at amador. Wow , did my dad and I have a good time. First day we ound out real quik that there was not a reaction bite. The ish were only inerested in one thing. We had to resort to sight ishing. Had no problems boating 20+ ish. But they were all males up to 2lb. That night we desided to try the night bite. Glad we did. the toads we saw early in the day were eeding. We caught 15 rom 2lb to 5+lb. every day seemed to be a mirror o the irst. sight ish in the day catch nice ish at night. Thursday was the best we caught 2 4lbers 1 5lb and topped it o with a 9+ (spawned out) o my avorite point. Most all ish in the day were caught on baby brush hogs. At night it didnt matter what we threw everything rom lukes to jigs.
      City: Turlock

      Tips: ish at night slow

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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and buddy took o or Amador at about 6:30 , got thereand had a great breakeast ,hit the water around 8:30. Thewind was tu and ishing slow. My partner got into a 4lband 1lb trout on a kastmaster and I managed to get twoBass on 4" worm in 30' o water. Then it began to rain and rain hard nothin ater that
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: 40's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me, my dogg Chie, and my two roommates decided to head to lake Almanor or our spring break and some good trout action. Arrived right ater a big storm. Lots o snow but lots o sunshine. stocked up with plenty o beer and 4x4 wheeled down to a closed camp on the west side. Took a couple o hours and a 12-pack but we inally made it. water was gin clear and still as a arm pond. Took my little 12' alum. trolling and started hooking up right out o camp. Nice bows and browns. Got cold at night, reezing temps. I highly recommend George Dickle #12(excellent or cold nights) Next day caught a ew more small guys and then a lunker 8lb. squaw ish. Bashed his head in on the side o the boat then he sank like a rock. HA HA! This place is beautiul especially with a pocket ull o Humboldt Cryptanite!!!!!!(Bring your BONG)
      City: humboldt county

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing about 11am. Picked up 4 ish in the irst hour in jackson. They all came in 30+ t and barely keepers. Caught 2 more around 3pm both about 1 l/2 lbs. All ish bit on 4 in. O82 with dart head. My partner was texas rig. He got skunked. It looked like the trout isherman were having more un than us.
      City: Turlock

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went tubing wih wie on saturday night,it was a very late bite or us.Up until 12 am we had only managed 3 ish at 2 to 3lbs. then about 1am my wie hooks and looses a nice one, took it right o the bank and took o or deep water no chance or a good hook set,then I lost a big one in the rocks, cut my line on some rocks,then my wie inally lands a nice one a 7lb+ ish, then a 3.5lber right ater that these came at 3am.(my wie is a beginer at bass ishing but has out caught me our last 2 trips and sure loves to rub it in!)
      City: tracy

      Tips: ish were right on the banks,large plastics. note sleep untill 11 or 12 beore you even go out there is usually a long stretch ater dusk until the ishing really turns on.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My wie and I ished riday night rom sunset to sunrise boated 13 ish no toads but a typical night top 5 ish going 23-26lbs. ish are up tight to steep banks.best approach was up close and let it ree all down down the dpop os,and then just let it sitand slowly take up the slack. And i you come across deep weeds (8-12t) just slowly pull your avorite plastic through it,(10"worm,brushhogs,jigs they all seem to work).Did miss a big ish 5 eet rom my tube at sunrise on a rico!
      City: Tracy

      Tips: I normally ish in a boat but my wie loves loat tubing, and you would be amazed that we catch so many ish.There are ish everywhere on this lake just be patient.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FOUND FISH CHASING SHAD WAS ABLE TO CATCH 10 THE BIGGEST GOING 2.3LB THE REST WERE DINKS. TOPWATER EARLY AND WORM OFF THE MAIN POINTS IN THE DAY .
      City: NOVATO

      Tips: FIND THE SHAD AND YOU'LL FIND THE BASS...

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Iwas the only bass boat on the lake thursday night.Between 5pm and 3:30 am I cought one 13in. ish.A major thunder shower hit then when it was over bam 6lb 13.5 oz bucketmouth!yeeehaaa!Nothing else until daybreak.The top water bite busted wide open.On the pop r and loating rapala we boated 20+ ish couple o 3s several 2s ect...Ended up with a 16-17lb limit.Since I was there on the 18th the lake has dropped 5t and is possibly still dropping.Thank god or that rain!
      City: manteca

      Tips: Shad all over the lake .Match the hatch.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Basin Bassmasters o Loomis held our August tournament at Amador the night o the 18th. Split weigh-ins with two 5 ish limits. Mark O'Sullivan, club president and his partner Mike Const won the event with 8 ish or 23.36 pounds. They were ishing red shad Berkley 7.5" power worms and black buzzbaits in the Mountain Springs arm. They had a 6.22 and a 5.90. Second place went to Ken Royall and Don Pearson who had the events big ish at 8.56 pounds caught o o the dam on a 3/4 oz Rat L Trap their total weight or 10 ish was 21.96. Mysel and Dennis Gregory inished 3rd with 10 ish or 19.36 pounds. Most o our ish came on 7.5" Berkley Power worms on main lake and secondary points in 10-20 eet o water.Overall the club's 6 boats weighed in 48 ish or 106 pounds.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Dark power worms on points is good bet or numbers. Seemed to be one ish per point or the most part, but you could return later and catch one again on that point.

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      Water Temp: ~83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing Mon.aternoon with the temp around 103. Started ishing around 400pm.Went into the back Jackson creek and started throwing white spinnerbait,manange to catch a 4# on my second cast.I continued west and caught a 3.7# on a spook.wentback through and never got bit.Ran into Rock ,started on the east bank at the mouth and worked my way all the way around the creek.Managed two ish with the biggest going 3.1#on a buzzbait the other on a salt cwaw.It was dark by now, so I worked my way to Mountain Springs, I cought 2 more on saltcraws(2.6, 2.8#). I cought 1 more ish on the north bank heading towards the dam(3.1#)on a saltcraw.I quit ishing at 100am.Had a wondeul metor show .
      City: Salida

      Tips: Fish top water prior to darkness, then switch to small dark bulkyplastics or numbers o ish 5-20 t.

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WENT TO THE LAKE TO FISH IN WALTONS POND TOURNEY SAT. NITE BUT WE FOUND OUT IT WAS CANCELED . WE WENT OUT ANY WAY,AND WE'RE GLAD.CAUGHT A FEW SMALL FISH BEFOR SUN DOWN,AND MY BODY KENNY K. HOOKED HIS BIGGEST FISH EVER 8.5LB TOAD JUST AS IT GOT DARK ON A CAROLINA RIG POWER WORM 10" IN ABOUT 20' OF WATER.NICE.. DID NOT CATCH MUCH AFTER THAT JUST A FEW BITES,UNTIL ABOUT 5 IN THE AM AND I WAS ABLE TO STICK MY OWN PERSONAL BEST A FAT 8.25LB TOAD.CAUGHT MINE ON A 6" IOVINO SPADE TAIL ABOUT 12' OF WATER. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GOOD NITE. TO BAD WE COULDN'T USE THEM IN THE TOURNEY.WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.
      City: REDWOOD CITY

      Tips: FISH MAIN LAKE POINTS.ALOT OF BAIT TO CONTEND WITH SO BE PATIENT.FISH ARE WELL FEED.