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Monday, July 5th, 2004

  • Alameda County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 5" inch watermelon roboworm drop shot got me a nice 3-pound smally in about 20' of water at the drop off by Hetch Hetchy Group camp area around 2pm on July 3. The wind was blowing 10-15 MPH but didn't keep the fish from biting. I was simply drifting and had 3 bites but boated only one. But that one put up and good fight and made the day worthwhile. Del Valle is a great bass lake.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Fish deep along dropoffs. Bass are deep this time of the year.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The fish are killing shad like crazy right now. I don't even bother float tubing. If the weather is hot the fishing is too. I fished it 4 times last week from the shore on the 17 side. Plastic bite is slow and you catch a lot of dinks but there are quite a few 2+ lb footballs lurking out there. Tried spinnerbaits, crankbaits and jerkbaits, nothing works. It's all about rattletraps, vary your retrieve, fish the flats and the points.
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: TIP: Put bigger, better trebles on your lures or you will lose fish! Stock hooks suck on rattletraps. Evening bite is on, Broad daylight has been good too. Tight Lines. Z

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      Water Temp: 77 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Okay Hogan fisherman, It has been a long time since i have seen any reports for this res. Tried searching for the surface bite for stripes was pretty dead yet maybe in a couple of weeks.
      Went out mid day and fished the rock walls and main points for blacks.
      Even though the boat traffic was insane I managed to catch some pretty nice fish about eight from 2-5lbs These fish are some pretty strong fighters. Been fishing the Delta so long I forgot what it was like to have fun out on the lake.
      Caught all the fish throwing plastics.

      Success to all,
      Phil
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Fish hard even though the sun is smokin hot!

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 78-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished the north fork today for the first time. I did not get as many fish as I would in the south fork but I landed 7 large mouth all over 2.5 lb it was great I have never caught a large mouth there caught them on 4" plastic.
      City: yuba city

      Tips: take a kid fishing I took a nine year old with me and he caught the first 3 fish of the day and now is hooked on fishing.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Pardee the first time this year and it was a slow day for us. We boated a total of about 10 bass in all, a couple spots and the rest L.M., no smallies. All fish came in about 30 feet of water near shaded areas on downsized finess baits, with a couple on crankbaits. The water was so clear you could see about 30 feet deep, and that didn't help us out any.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Not much in the way of tips other than to downsize bait and line diameter. Green colors worked for us on the few we caught.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 4TH time out.
      Fished all day. Tried eveything you can imagine.
      Not a single bite all day..........!!
      City: bolinis

      Tips: DONT WAST YOUR TIME HERE!! THIS PLACE SUCKS

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I don't think there are any stripers here. Fished from about 7am to 12pm. Tried top waters for about an hour with no takers. Tried casting and retreiving a grub on a p-head. got nothing on that either. Tried a magic worm c-rigged and picked up 2 dinks and 1 about 2#. Tried a Senko from the boat launch area and hooked one about 3#. Caught another dink from the same area on the c-rig. Tried a brush hog along the bank by uvas road and got another about 1.5#.
      City: san jose

      Tips: apparantly the fish were at or near the bottom. The main "cover" at this lake is probably on the bottom- changes in bottom contour, rocks, old creek beds etc.

Sunday, July 4th, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: Didn't even che

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Stevie "Guitar" Miller, fireworks, and a wide open drop-shot bite!Man,what a cool 4th of July!After the party on the water(there must have been over 500 boats),wife and I motored South and tied off at windsock point(don't know the official name).They have placed a steel pole w/flashing light and ROCK sign at it last week.We fished until the moon came up big over the hills,when I decided to sleep for a while.The self appointed drop-shot queen of Clearlake continued to splash my face with bass thrashing in the water until she got tired of unhooking them, at least 25 fish from the same spot!They went from tourney keepers to over 5lbs.and it didn't even make a difference what color ya used.They're also on the jig bite pretty good.4th of July on Clearlake, highly recommended,just watch out for drunk a-holes in boats! God bless America,Rich.
      City: Hidden Valley Lakes(Middletown)

      Tips: We used purple neon,rythem & blues,arrons magic, and what ever old stuff I had in worm bag. All nose hooked w/14" leader.Brown jigs w/dark trailer seemed to work good too. Also,pinch down barbs on drop-shot rigs to make it easier on all dem bass so they can become Clearlake trophies!

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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out to try for some crappie, at the lake at 8am, tried crappie jigs on bobbers, without bobbers, with snap shots. no takers, saw some bass swimming by the shore. pitched the jigs at them and got one taker, didn't weight him but he was about 17 inches long, too him and went him to eat. yummy.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: wasn't bass fishing but they are out there

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is as full as you will see it this time of year. Mellow morning with light boat traffic..We started at 6am and worked our way from the narrows to the Dam. Two nice fish early, one on topwater that went close to 6 and second on a jig that was a solid 5. Few more topwater fish and a couple on the dropshot and jig in the top 20ft and things started to die with the heavy holiday boat traffic around 10am..Lake is in good shape and we cought a mix of smallies and largemouth. Weekdays are best with the topwater lasting until late morning in some areas. Tons of bait in the top 10ft with suspended bass right under. We cought all of our fish on main lake points with deep water adjecent. Half day and off the water by noon. PopR,#208 hula grub,shad drop shot baits worked for us.
      City: San Jose

Saturday, July 3rd, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING GUIDE SID SILBERBERG DID VERY GOOD DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE DAY .
      City: sanfrancisco

      Tips: FISH IN THE MORNING 3-6FEET OVER GRASS USE BUZZ BAIT FLUKES OR POP R DURING THE HEET OF THE DAY GO TO 18-23 FEET OF ANY MAJOR POINT WITH PLASTICS.

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      Water Temp: 74-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING GUIDE SID SILBERBERG DID VERY GOOD DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE DAY .
      City: sanfrancisco

      Tips: FISH IN THE MORNING 3-6FEET OVER GRASS USE BUZZ BAIT FLUKES OR POP R DURING THE HEET OF THE DAY GO TO 18-23 FEET OF ANY MAJOR POINT WITH PLASTICS.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This weekends boat traffic was slower than I would have expected for a holiday weekend..Last few trips on the Delta have been up on the Sac River starting at Vierra's and going all directions from there with fair to excellent fishing depending on water conditions.. Best bite for us has been low outgoing. Fishing heavy jigs on channel bend breaks with deep wood and fast current. Heavy tackle is also critical so you can get back most of your hang ups and have the abilty to turn fish out of the junk once bit. 10-18' has been the ticket and just keep the bait moving and bumping thru cover. Brown/Green jigs or hulas. 1/2-3/4oz. can't get a good topwater bite going on the smallmouth but if you want numbers they will eat blades and cranks thrown in the likely spots..for quality in the 3lb class and a few bigger than that stay with jigs. You'll lose some jigs in deep wood/rock so bring plenty.
      City: San Jose

  • Alameda County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've had a little luck at Indian Cove with crankbaits. Small fish, pound to pound and a half. Haven't seen any big cruisers. Plastics have been slow for me. Bass seem to be in 4-5 feet of water, near rocky shoreline or weed beds. I wish there was a way for a bunch of bass fisherman to pitch in and have the lake stocked with thousands of big bass, as well as more bluegill and crappie. Make the lake a real fishing lake. I'll contribute money for the cause. And we need to make it mandatory to catch and release until the lake becomes a great bass lake.
      City: danville, ca

      Tips: Reel slow and pray for hot weather.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the South end of Coyote for the PM bite, 4:30 to 8:00 PM, float tubing. Weeds are heavy in this part of the lake, so float tubers may want to plow through the marsh area at the end of the lake and avoid having to go through/around the weeds. Nothing on a senko, spinnerbait, or small swimbait for the first three hours, frustrating day w/ fairly high winds. Tossed a Texas-rigged Brush Hawg into trees, etc., and nailed a nice 4 pounder at about 7:50 PM. I would have kept fishing, but during the battle with the bass, my tube was punctured and I started losing air. I'm a pro, people! Had to head for the shore. So, caught a nice fish, but had a few battle wounds to show for it.
      City: Belmont, CA

      Tips: Plastics into heavy cover, this is always a good strategy for S. end, see below reports if you won't take my word for it. For those of you who are frogging enthusiasts (I am planning on trying it soon), those weeds in the S. end look like paradise.
      HEY, IF YOU FISH COYOTE, POST A REPORT. KEEP THE BASS FISHING COMMUNITY INFORMED

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was the first person to launch. Suprisingly there was no one there for a major weekend. Fished for 4 hrs. Boated 9 fish, nothing big. Caught one fish with a tag on it. Caught our fish on buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, and green with black flake lizards.
      City: Moraga

      Tips: This is a great lake. To bad you have to drive so slow. No biggie. Fishing was pretty decent

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 3-6:30 PM along the highway 17 side. The action was very slow. There was no bite on the carolina rig that worked really well last week. Ater ishing about 2hrs, switched to the crank bait. Caught a a 3 pound ish on a silver count down rapala. Fished about an hour more, but with no bite.
      City: Mountain View

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: trolled 6 small mouths 1 cat fish all put up a good fight.orange rainbow runner.orange buoyant.
      GO FISH AND ENJOY THE OUTING I DID
      City: fremont

      Tips: GO FISH

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 74+-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry I havn't posted much lately. It's been typical Trinity. Hot one day, dead the next. For the first ABA Tourny I had a client out the day before and found smallies on main lake points, or I should say, just off the points but within a 100 yds or so. Did real well, about 16lbs. Tournament day to start,NADA. I felt like the fish couldn't have gone far so we stayed on the lake side of the points, and started picking up fish 100-200 yds from the point. We targeted deep stumps and were culling by 8. Ended up with 13.33 good enough for 2nd. The following week I went out Sat. early and found some LM which were spawning deep (17-20'). I stumbled onto this pattern a few years ago, and when the water level,temp, and approaching full moon are right, the hogs are there. I picked up a 6+ and a 7 and loaded my boat and went home. Sat night I had dreams of a 20 lb sack. Sun morn I mad-dashed to the honey hole and they just wouldn't go. They were there.(Do you know what 6-7lb bass look like on your chart in 17' of water?) Anyway, I stayed way too long throwing the tackle box at em and when I finally left I found that the fishing was tough all over. I picked up 3 3lb smallies on steep walls on the way back to the weigh-in and finished 6th.
      Yesterday I took a buddy out and the spawning was still going on. He picked up a 5-15 right off the bat and I got a 4-15. Guess where either one of those fish would have put me last Sunday.
      Ah Trinity-I love it.
      Yesterday after the LM flurry we just ran around and fished the usual stuff. Caught lots of smallies to 2.5 and generally had a great day. Still couldn't get a crank or jerk bite going but had a lot of fun fishing slow.
      Vince Holson, who used to run Longs' fishing dept. is opening up a new tackle shop where the old furniture store used to be. I'm going to make sure he carries the stuff that works on Trinity,(He already has ordered from Pro Worms) so stop in. He'll know what is happening on Trinity, I promise.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Don't put all your eggs in one basket....

Friday, July 2nd, 2004

  • Mason County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great Day to go fishing...We jigged a watermelon yamamato grub for most of the day. Caught 3 on that and mist a lot of hits swimmin it back up to the surface from deeper water. Then we also caught one on a senko and the other on a ratltrap. They were all small fish. Fished the west side of the lake going south of the damn.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: i seemed to get a lot of hits swimmin this weedless football head yamamato grub back up from deeper water, so it might be a good idea to cast the grub in about 10 to 20 feet of water maybe even deeper and just let it sink to the bottom and varie the speed of your retrieves (try slow or fast) back up to the water