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Wednesday, November 24th, 2004

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Rick Tietz and I decided to tackle Amador after a rather long absence! We started yesterday about 2:30 pm and fished points and offshore structure. I wasn't too optomistic about how the fishing would be because of the upcoming third really cold night of the fall. We saw fish everywhere on the meter but the bite was slow. We caught 5 before dark, all on jigs, up to about 3 1/4 lbs. After dark we bundled up for a cold winter's night of fishing!! The bite started slow but did pick up surprisingly well after 10 pm. While the night jig bite was dead, the worm bite was alive - and we wound up with 10 night fish in the boat up to 2 1/2 pounds for a total of 15 for the trip. Because the bite was timid, we missed a lot of fish - some just being tail biters. I could feel one bass just hold on to the tail of my 10" Power Worm - and then rip it off the hook! Hope he enjoyed his meal. Just when we decided that this was not going to be a big fish night - I threw an 8" Dead Ringer worm into some submerged trees and felt a good bite. I set the hook hard with my 30# test Fireline and nearly broke my elbow! After setting on the smaller bass, this was a shock. I could not move the fish towards me and after she moved sideways for a few seconds, she was gone. She opened the hook slightly and that might have been the reason. That has never happened to me before - maybe a flaw in the hook? That would have made the trip for sure!! We had a great time, lots of action, and good quality bass, though no big one this time. I know where this big one lives now!!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We both were very pleased to see the lake down about 30 feet. It makes structure fishing more fun and may help to diminish the weed problem which has taken some of the fun out of fishing the lake. We found a lot of our bass in underwater wood - look around until you can find some. Spooning is usually very good about now, but wasn't yesterday. I did some cranking and rippin' with no results. The bass wanted slow stuff!

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fishing deep around dam cought 19in fish lost a couply
      City: sj

      Tips: fish deep with green plastics

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This is for the fellow from Albany Oregon, I sent you the info but your address came back "undeliverable".. You can go to the links section on this site, go to bass clubs and down to "Shasta Cascade", click on that location and the info you want will come up.
      City: Redding

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bite has slowed WAY down. Water levels dropped about 3 1/2 feet in the last week and the bass bite just stopped. Worked all day for 1 fish in 10 feet of water. Graphed a lot of fish in 30-45 foot but they seemed very innactive.
      City: Antioch

  • Leon County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I got limits of trout in less than an hour. All on power bait and kastmasters. ALmost all five pounders. This lake is the awsome

      Tips: Find where the trout are schooled up and throw kastmasters. You'll get them. Good luck
      P.S If you want bass they are few and far between right now but drop shot all docks that have no thick weeds around them.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 56.6-58.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: took the ride north and put in at Sugarloaf at 0740, no one there, 32 degrees at the ramp with a bit of wind out of the north, I am getting to old for this! Moved over to the rock walls adjacent and started south throwing some top water stuff(lucky craft, spook etc) and not getting bit. No shad activity at all, moved further south near Salt Creek inlet and get on some fish and get three in the boat but they are small from 1.54 to 1.63 on the MGM hoo-dun-it. Break out the same bait in a new color and try it for a bit and get a few better fish, a 1.78 and a 2.01. These fish were deep, first at 47 ft and the second a bit under 54ft. Tried some more top water along rock walls south of salt creek and nothing going. The mist is blowing out of salt creek and my swimming pool thermometer says 28. I am freezing to death so I go south to get some sun down near Little sugarloaf and pick up one more fish on the new color(a darker watermelon green with large red flake, don't know the number)it went a bit over 1.5. Continue south near Deadmans Gulch and get one more off a point in about 6ft on a darter headed #23 twintail, a dink that might have weighed a pound. Fished for 3 more hours without anymore bites and ran back to the ramp and out at 1230. Most came off of steep rock walls except for the two biggest which cam off the deep end of a long red mud point with softball sized rock on it. 68 degrees getting out and the lake is 102.4 ft down. Sugarloaf ramp in good shape after some mud was removed. 2lanes and a 1000 acres of parking.
      City: Redding

      Tips: The color # 109 is still my go to color in HDI's and twintails, the new color has promise but I only had a few and only one left after busting off a bunch in those rocks up north.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: cool

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hard fishing today. Some fish, but of little quality. Think they might of been short biting or something. Gray told me today to work topwater but I had no luck with. Buggers!
      City: Junction City, California

      Tips: Take warm clothes. It is very cold!!

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went out with a buddy that wanted to learn to bass fish on Berryessa, while this is not my home lake I have done well in the past. We got a late start, wetting the boat at 9:00AM, clear skies, no wind, beautiful day. Decided to try the bank before working deeper. We quickly realized that it was going to be a tough bite. No fish on blades,cranks, tailspinners, or split shot worms. The key turnout to be salt & pepper grubs on a darthead jig. Lots of little fish with a few keeper.
      City: dixon

      Tips: Fish the rip-rap. Swim the grub on the fall, letting it come to rest. Raise your tip and let it fall again. Of course, they will hit it on the drop.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the lake for just about 2 hrs and managed to land four small bass. Bite was on plastics and worked slow.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Fish it slow and crank it slow...........

Sunday, November 21st, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56 degrees

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Cold and windy w/low tide bottoming out at 8 am. Finally found fish in Beaver Slough. 5 keepers and four dinks. 2 on blue & silver Shad Rap, 2 on blue & silver Speed Trap, and 4 on split shot 4" green weenie style worm. Average keeper only 1.5 lbs..
      City: Delhi

      Tips: When cold & windy stay home & watch football.

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 7:30 am to 12:oo pm no bites on anything. Tried jigs with 3 different trailers to no avail.Did all the rest,dropshot,texas rig,spinnerblade,splitshot,and spoons.That north wind never helps.Had to try this lake as I was a ferry service taking kids to and from Woodleaf camp.I won't hurry back.
      City: Sacramento

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water level is steady at low pool now..Weather Sunday was miserable to say the least with cold winds gusting to 30+mph..Started off in the am with reaction baits and caught three quick smallmouth of no size..I then started looking for bait in cuts and boated a couple of spoon fish in the 40' range but again just keepers. We then parked on some deep points with plastics and caught numbers through out the day with two nice fish close to four for my guest..wind died around 330 making for a pleasant ending. Larger plastics on the drop shot worked best. Find some fish on deep bait and they will pop a spoon too. Just hard to stay with the spoon fish with the wind we had. Most fish caught in 35-40. With an occasional deeper fish in 50+.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Some BIG solitary stripers moving around. If your in the right place at the right time you can hang a slug on a topwater bait so keep one handy. Or if you have the stamina to throw a big plug ALL day you have a good chance at getting bit.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Not a report; I am wondering how the fishing is at Lake Merced for bass? I have never fished it, usually spend my time at south bay lakes. Is it worth the effort? Do people nail some decent bass here? Pattern and lure suggestions, hot spots? Any info. would be most appreciated. Looks like the reports are very mixed: some people catch bass here, others say it is the worst lake around. If you can clear the water (no pun intended), let me know.
      Thanks
      City: Belmont

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this lake from 8am to 3pm and was targeting the fall catfish. I was fishing the deepest parts of the middle of the lake that I could find and my bait of choice was wax worms. Well the first fish to come was a shaker trout DFG size, second was a three pound trout w/ bugged out eyes from coming out of the deep water I guess. And finally at about 2pm I got my targeted species a nice 2lb channel cat.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Fished it slow and crank it slow.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the road into Jones Valley will be open until the 29th of Nov. Centimudi is down to one lane as is Packers, Sugarloaf is in with two lanes,Bridge Bay is in but in the sand. The lake still hovers around the 102ft level.
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Cottonwood Bass Team and Angler West TV will be co-hosting the 11 Annual $100/lb Team Bass Tournament at Shasta Lake on Sat. Dec. 4th, 2004. The tournament will be going out of Bridge Bay Resort. Check-in will start a 3:30 AM. Signups will be taken a Phils Prop Shop or you can download an application at www.anglerwest.com. A buffet breakfast will be served at the Tail-o-the-Whale starting at 4AM. There will be an 80% payback with $100/lb going to first place and $50 /lb to second place on down until all monies are payed back. Also included in the entry fee is a Big Fish payback (1) at $100/lb. The entry fee is $150 /team. Blast off is in order of signup. Signups will be taken on tournament day until blastoff. Checkin times will be announced prior to blastoff. The awards ceremony and raffle will be immediately afterwards at the Tail-o-the-Whale Restaurant. As an additional bonus the first place team will win a trip for the two team members on a guided Salmon/Steelhead/Shad trip of thier choice on the Klamath River with Marble Mtn. Lodge. Air transportation from Redding is included aboard Redding Jet Service. The trip will be recorded by Angler West TV for broadcast on one of thier shows. For any additional info contact Dave at reddingwings@aol.com or at 530 547-5751. Looking forward to seeing you on Dec. 4th.
      City: Palo Cedro

      Tips: Sign up early and avoid the rush tournament day.

Saturday, November 20th, 2004

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got scunked!!!water is real clear and cold
      City: sj

      Tips: find deeper water and murkeyer water to find the fish

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got scunked!!!not much happinin water is real clear
      City: sj

      Tips: find deeper murkeyer water and you will find fish

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got scunked!!!not much happinin water is real clear
      City: sj

      Tips: find deeper murkeyer water and you will find fish

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stayed on the main lake all day. The lake is coming up an inch or two a day so they must have just pulled the plug on Coyote up above whatever reason. Fish were in the 10-15 ft range eating jigs until noon or so then my guest and I moved off and caught fish shaking and dropshotting in 25-40..Fish mudlines to catch better quality. My guest for the day had a 5+ come unbuttoned on a jig. Greens and browns for the jigs and shad colored baits for plastics. Boated 20 or so keepers.
      City: San Jose