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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started fishing the break throwing top water, Frog, buzz, Ricos, had two blow-ups small, most likily small stripers. Went in to break water throwing crank (speedtraps) and found my baby bass. 6 bass about 6lbs. had fun. went into Sherman and started sticking stripers to 5lbs, that was fun until I inpelled myself with a 3/4 oz rattletrap in my index finger. day over instantly.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Don't take lures out of stripers mouth without pliers

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      Water Temp: 62 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished the san joaquin river today below Mosdale.fishing was tough river is still muddy and the water temperature is still to high.Still a little early.Idid catch 5 keepers all on jigs no crank fish or spinnerbait fish .
      City: Manteca

      Tips: river fish are hard to figure out. time on the water and keep checking it is the key.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Club tourney out of Kings Island. Pre-fish on Friday and the wind howled. Caught a 2# early on a frog twitching along the tules like a pop r. My boater got several dinks on a pop r. Spent alot of time in various places looking and caught lots of small fish on speed traps or jigs. Stuck a nice 10# salmon on a speed trap. Saturday's tourney: only short fish early on top water. Finally found keepers on speed traps on the outside edge of the weedlines. Got one keeper on a jig/grub combo in flowing water out of a cut. All keepers were small. Wind howled all day Saturday too. Missed Sunday's tourney. Had to go home due to fires in Redding.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 68 - 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Windy! Fri - went out with hooksettr, flyinV & hook's brother. We sucked. Tried a lot of stuff but it was a challenge finding areas that weren't blownout. Biggest was V's 2+ lber on a followup to a frog. We couldn't land a keeper. Sat - Windier! CVBC tourney out of Paradise. Fished some different areas, figuring all we did was to find where the fish weren't. Caught two early, then got blown off. caught dinks rest of day. only two limits caught by club.
      City: belmont

      Tips: wait till the wind dies down.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started early am Ist spot I fattened up my first fish with a couple of good ole salty worms, never managed a hook up though,strong incoming current kept washing bait a little to fast,and being in the very south when the pumps kicked in all HE$% broke loose and time to fly . Ran up in the holland area, fished a small dock with moderate current, it had plenty of small 2+ keepers all caught on worms,wind started to pick so I worked my way back south thru Woodard, no bites,but I was actually just doing a hit and miss thing and fishing to fast,wind blew hat off in floor- time to go- off the water at noon....saw Bob Santora and he said his luck was about the same.better days ahead.....
      City: Tracy

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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WINDY!! Blowing steady most of the day. Bite was tough for me. Managed a small limit on jigs and worms. Rock and tule clumps just outside of current. Cranked a few rock walls, but no takers.Incoming tide was strong today and the wind made for a tough day to be out there.
      City: Tracy

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my daughter and I fished the %100 bass team round up this weekend,and had a two day total of 33.77 not bad for 8 fish, we only managed 3 fish on day two. We did however crank up some bigguns on sat morn using dd 22's on various rocky points our best was a 9.70 followed by a 5.85, our best on sun was off Anderson island with the same dd 22 I cranked up another 5 + the good ole s-20 spade tail Iovino done the rest fishing in 8 to 12 ft of water. I would graph the points first and if they showed any larger fish I would stay until we caught one or two then on to the next....good luck to all those attending the WCB TOC next weekend,it was said many fish were caught using frogs,but when the crank bite is on its hard to do anything else.......Micster
      City: Tracy

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      Water Temp: 68-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Round up , didnt do as well as I wanted but had a great time.The whole event was run as smooth and professional as any large tournemant i'v been to! We had some morning fish in practice that would eat Husky Jerks and jigs of shallow flat's close to deep water in the south end of the lake. We shared the areas we had with 20 to 25 other boat's and couldn't get those fish to go during the tournament. Ended up going after are afternoon fish to try to stay in it but it just didn't happen.Had two fish the first day on frog's from the north end , a 4 and a 5 , and couple of blow up's on spook's that broke are heart! And struggled the rest of tournament with only one more 4lber on a frog sun. Congrat's the team's that did get on and do well , they earned it! Dave
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Stay focused and dont let the pressure of other boats throw you off track , I learned alot from this one.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today before school but after a brake job. Got out at like 9.20. Threw out all the hype and even my experience in the last 3 wks and fished shallow. Fished laydowns and standing wood. Stuck a few good fish, but all of em were SILVER. Not a speck of black on em. Not even round the lateral lines. These fish were up in 3 ft of water and the calrity wasnt that bad. I assume they decided it was time to move up and start bitin. Hope it is a sign! All fish on laydowns and stick ups were on reaction baits. Then moved out and flipped "hard tules" in 3 ft and stuck some jig fish..also silver...hmmm, think there is sumtin going on here? I wonder.....Also checked on the deeper fish..they were there too.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Do what you do best and just go out there and pound pound pound. But dont use a steady retrieve...shake um up a little.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of Orwood Sat afternoon % Sunday morn. Getting used to the long boat. Found decent jig bite just outside of Orwood Sat afternoon. Also did OK on worms and brushhogs. Nothing huge, though. Best five would have went maybe 10 - 12 lbs. Sunday, good morning bite. so foggy i couldn't get on plane. Partner got a nice buzz fish on fifth cast. Fished rock and disco. Best five would have gone 12 - 14lbs.
      City: belmont

      Tips: blues and purples with a touch of chartreuse, and PB & J worms/hogs. black w/red/purp jigs. slow fall. they semmed to be taking it on the first crawl, not the fall.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the hook team w/ my dad. My first event as a boater. My dad's first tourney period. He had a good time. We had a bad day out there. Hadnt prefished all week. Decided to fish a backwater pool area, crankin' just like evryone else. Only had 5 fish for 9.72 but had a 6+ at the boat, but my dad's inexperience failed to land the fish...he wont hear the end of it for a while since I had the big fihs for the tourney + would have had a top ten. But his first tourney so it is ok. Besides the loss of fish I found em. Gonna get em next time! People fished around us...but not like us...could miss us, Bright orange trihull!
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Fish Isolated cover on other cover, its like a double header. Fish reaction baits until fish get onto the fall bite. Jigs will catch fish but you will do better MAKING the fish bite. Dont leave an area till you are SURE there are no fish there.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: SAN PABLO BAY STRIPERS WENT OUT EARLY MOURNING SAT.FISHED BOUY 5 and 7 PUMP HOUSE. CAUGHT AND RELEASED 17 STRIPERS BETWEEN 8 AND 21 lbs,.SEEN OTHER GUYS TROLLING LIMITED SUCSESS MOST FISH 5 TO 9 lbs..SORREY WE WERE USEING BULLHEADS.
      City: VACAVILLE

      Tips: START FISHING WEST SIDE OF BAY FIRST, SANRAFEL PUMP HOUSE,THEN FOLLOW FISH WITH DEPTH FINDER EAST AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS THE STRAIGHTS, THROUGH OCT. AND NOV.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Oops I messed up the date!! The Delta Open is on Sunday Oct 3, 1999 Bill
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Westside Bass Club Tourney Today out of Ladds. 15 boats, only 1 limit of 17# which won. We had big fish that was 6.25 and two other fish for a total of 10.5 for 5th place. Lost a 4+ that would of easily put us in 2nd. Alot of small fish, most caught early in the day. never got a hit on anything but Speed Traps.
      City: Los Banos

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on the big rig, my 10 foot kickboat, launched from the Howard Ave. Bridge into Middle River. Went twords Union Landing. Well it was a fantastic day, for fishing, but not catching. I threw a buzzbait for a dink and a blade for a dink. Both came off of wood as the tide was going out. A great day on the water though... I would like to say HI to Flip, Bluegill, and the family. Thanks for holding fire! And yes I did see the clammers and yes they were still clamming! But you did not see all of them, there must have been 25 - 30 people down stream!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I am open to suggestions. I have sore arms from blading! Lockjaw has set in on the great muddy, at least for this weekend...

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of antioch in the new rig, well my new rig. Tough bite out there. Went to a bank with a ton of weeds on it, real lowtide. I got one blade fish of the inside edge by a stickup. Then moved down the bank with no more sucess. Went to a wooded bank and put tow fish in the boat off one 'ol tree. Then moved down some more and another blade fish off an laydown. NO JIG FISH! But thats ok. Then fished some HEAVY current eddies with a crank and picked up a deepwater fish...so silver i thought it was a sacramento pike. Not bad for a deep water fish though. I think all the bite I got were reation bites. It was a kind of repeated presentation deal. Not a good day, limit not good enough for a check but woulda beat Cooch's..HAR HAR HAR! Just playin Cooch, well see on the 18th right?
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Throw a blade on wood...over and over and over and over and...well you get the point. I'll be out there tuesday...maybe see you out there.

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      Water Temp: 80+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished between 2pm until dark,many fish 2 to 3 lbs using white or shad flukes (shallow),on thursday had 3 over 4+ using greenie wienie worms (t-rigged),fishing out side weedlines 6 to 10 feet off the shoreline in about 8 to 10 feet of water,on rocky banks ,also there was a little current in these weedline areas from an incoming tide.......
      City: Tracy

      Tips: the fuke bites were easily detected as the fish were very aggressive,but the worm bites were very subtle, and you had to pay close attention, as they were simply picking up the bait and swimming out to deep water....

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      Water Temp: 74.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On Thursday went out of B & W Resort. Took 6 bass to 2 1/2 pounds towards the end of the minus tide in the late morning. No definite pattern, 2 on crankbaits and 4 on plastics. Friday, my partner and I launched about 5PM to fish the last part of the incoming tide out of B & W resort. We only took two fish, one about 2 1/4 pounds and a HAWG at 7 pounds 5 oz. on the scale. The smaller fish was on a brush hog and the hawg was on a zipper worm.
      City: Susin

      Tips: Fish the back points of isolated tule islands. Use dark color plastics (Junebug, blackn'blue,etc.)

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      Water Temp: 70-72.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of Vierra's on sat. Started around the marina for a couple keeper buzzbait fish, then worked my way up river stoping at anything that looked good. Cranked and threw blades most of the day, caught a dozen or so , smallie largemouth mix. Boat traffic was a little sketchy but doable. Fished up past WalnutGrove , up into Snodgrass and those areas for more consistant fishing.Went early stayed late to get 12 or 13 fish , Tuff bite for the most part.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: 1/4 oz Jigs

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I have been fishing the Sandmound area 3-4 days a week, AND ITS BEEN BAD!! Well today something broke, 15, keepers, few dinks, best five 15-16 lbs. Not a great limit, but the way things have been lately, one word Wahoo!! Started fishing around 9am ( not going to set my alarm clock with the way the bite has been) low tide, 5 keepers off docks with a smoke & silver Flute. That bite died around 10:30, moved to the mud banks, cranked a SpeedTrap, (Craw color) for 3 keepers, finished the day fishing the outside of weed lines to pick up the last 7 keepers.. got off the water around 1-2pm.....About time the bite started.
      City: Bethal Island

      Tips: There is alot of quality fish hanging out on docks that have a cross brace at the end of them, stay off them, long casts. Blades, using a huge RS, white, 1/2oz, two willows # 6-7 I think (2 1/2") Long casts, fish the weed beds and Burn It!!! Good Luck !