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Wednesday, June 16th, 2004

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Folsom Wednesday and Thursday from 6am to about 10:30 pr 11:00am .Fished the Norht fork using a crank bait ,had good luck in the rocky coves ,no much on timber though.Fished mainly the front sides of the rocks were the wind was blowing into them with a lucky craft crank bait caught a total of about 15 fish alot of small ones with a couple in the 3 to 4 1/2 pound range .TIed some plastics and topwater without any luck ,so I kept throwing the crank bait it has worked good for me this year as well as last year .Good luck & tight lines
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Only tip I can think of is if you want to try crankbaits try the lucky craft baits there all good .

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

      Report: went to laffeyette reservoir yesterday.man there are some huge mother truckin bass in that lake.my first cast i catch a 10 pound lunker bass on a night crawler. i also coaght a few small crappie on a minnow but thats just about it.
      City: san bruno

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 76 - 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Evening bite, 1700-2200 hr., If the wind is a blow'n and the waves are a roll'n fish top water, BIG TOP WATER luers like the Jimmy Huston Super Spook. Work main lake points, wind blown cuts, not coves, and hold on to your rod, they're inhailing em like no tomorrow. Flukes didn't work well nore did smaller top water that accounted for only a couple small fries, but offering them the big spook was what they wanted working it slow and pausing occasionally. Fish were on the bank to 40 feet deep. Of the 15-20 fish we caught 2-3 were under the slot the rest were all quality fish, pound and half to three pounds. Once the sun sank so did the bite. A couple rats on 8" lizzards and we called it a night. Great memories again with a Great Partner even though i had to spank ya. Your turn next time.
      City: turlock

      Tips: Big top water baits, main lake points/cuts, and wind. Stay away from stained water and coves if you're throwing top water it just didn't seem to be where they were or what they wanted.

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

      Report: Help save Del Valle. Call 510-544-2212 for information. Thanks
      City: Fremont

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Help keep Del Valle Open.Call 510-544-2212 and ask for information. Thanks
      City: Fremont

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Disappointment Slough today. Very warm with a cool breeze at 1o mph (just right. Caught 3 bass to 2.5 lbs. flipping the weed edge near tullies and riprap with current in about 8 feet of water. Used double wide sweet beaver texas craw and 10" reaction innovation worm, majic craw color. Wanted to catch a bass on a frog, but only had one strike all day. Saw a lot of good weed beds for froggin when it gets better. Water temp was 74.4 and ended at 74.9. Anytime now and the top water bite will be great.
      Fire Jon
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: Still learning the delta

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      Water Temp: 77-79

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: put in at Ladds, ran to connection slough. my brother hit 3 nice fish 2...3...and 5 pounds. as for me, well i caught one 11 incher.
      City: modesto

      Tips: watermelon sinko/red flake

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: shasta had some of the best fishing ive had in a long time. i pulled up a big old bass on a green yo zuri deep diver.
      City: anaheim

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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: when out at 8:00 sight fishing caught 10 pounder on red senko
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: good luck

Monday, June 14th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to take my friend out for a little bassin' at Berryesa. The fishings been pretty darn good the last 3 trips there. We launched at 5:40AM at Capell- some poor dude burnt up his tranny the night before and was parked on the ramp next to the dock. We cruised over to an area that has some submerged trees surounded by a big flat. I tossed a spook and he used a lizard t-rigged. For almost an hour we got nothing. We slowly worked around each of the submerged trees- by now I was using my trusty pig & jig and he was still tossing the lizard. I pitched it up against the base of the tree on the shady side and felt that familiar thunk- I yanked back on my flippin' stick and snapped my 20 lb. leader at the jig. Maybe 3 seconds later the fish comes up out of the water shakin' her head trying to get rid of my jig. She repeats this 3 times over the next 5 minutes. The head was impresive but it was the tail that got me excited- looked to be about 7-8" across. Probably a 6 plus. Right after all this excitement- my buddy pulls on his spinning rod and starts reeling like crazy. He sort of forgot all about his lizard but the other bass next to the tree did not! This one came up shaking its head also- just as I grabbed the net it came unbuttoned. Darn to say the least. At least it got us wide awake after the slow first hour. If I'd set a little softer and he'd set a little harder we would have had a nice start to a good 5 fish limit. We let them all go anyway. The rest of the trip was pretty slow. My friend caught 1 smally just under a foot long and I ended up with 3 14" smallies. Three of the fish came on trolled crankbaits- those smallies eat 'em up all day long- if there is some wind blowing onto the bank. The 4th one came on a football head grub. The wind was only blowing maybe 6-9 MPH- I'd hoped it would blow harder- it is a pain to control my aluminum boat in but the fish always seem to bite harder and more often.
      City: napa

      Tips: Get out and GOGOGOGO. First brush on lotsa sunscreen then take 3 more jugs of water than you think you'll need and don't forget the 5" Zoom watermelon/red lizards. See ya out there- back to back 4 day weekends- yahoooooo. P.S.- Thanks for posting all those good reports Lunker Larry- I learn something every time I read one-you're a good man!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Last week I had 2 trips up to the lake. Most fish were caught on a carolina rig with 4 inch Robo worm. I switched colors from Xmas purple,Arons magic, and morning dawn. These colors also worked well on the drop-shot rig. White spinner baits slowrolled over the flats on the east shore did good in the am as did chug bugs worked on the surface. Rip baits have slowed down. West shore below pope creek had alot of fry and shad to get the fish going. Did well in the narrows with the drop-shot rig.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Don`t be affraid to try diffrent baits when the tried and true do not produce.
      Practice CPR (catch photo release)

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: any crppie stories out there from berryessa
      City: san brun

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had a Guide trip on the day after Memmorial weekend. The fishing in the morning was not so good. We where up the river above the bridge. I decided to head back out to the dam area. This was a good choice as we got into fish right away along the rocks. Carolina riged Robo worms did the trick.
      City: Sacramento

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

      Report: Arrived around 6:00 pm, threw a buzzbait for a while with no takers, switched over to a white spinner with gold blades, many hits. Landed one nice size largie around three pounds. threw some spooks and poppers with no takers. Nice lake, great potential. I'm going back to throw some senkos and frogs, we'll see what happens.
      City: san jose

      Tips: find your own pattern and fish it with confidence.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Has anyone fished Tahoe in July. looking for tips. Will be fishing it from shoreline at the north end of it.
      City: Daly City

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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just to add...I do not keep hogs, only 12-13 inchers if I decide I want to clean and cook them. I understand that we must preserve the big fish for sport. But complaining about it here isn't going to change anything. Need to get the regulations changed.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: AGAIN.......HAVE FUN FISHING!

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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just a comment, black bass are my favorite fish to eat. I don't eat alot, I release more than 95% of my catch...what I can't stand is other bass fisherman that insist you release all the bass you catch, Last time I've read the regulations, you can keep 5. So why do people get mad when they see someone keeping a legal size bass? These people are not breaking the law. I see fisherman keep bass all the time and it doesn't bother me one bit. Keep an open mind and just have fun, if you don't want people taking bass...write to the correct people to get the regulations changed to lower the limit. FYI...I hate cleaning fish.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: DON'T HATE!!! Have fun people...that's why we fish.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 69-70'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a nice jig bite on the upper McCloud arm Tuesday. Fishing wasn't red hot, but did manage 7 nice keepers over two pounds, fishing points. Home by noon.
      City: Redding

      Tips: 1/2 to 3/4 oz green pumkin jigs., in 12-15'.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake around 5:00 PM and fished until just about dark. Got three nice ones from shore, the last one was close to four pounds and I had an audience yelling and honking their truck horn. Nice fish. Beautiful hot afternoon. Tried some top water, but no takers or swirls.
      City: San Rafael

      Tips: Senko Senko Senko all three were on the same #214.
      Catch and release....my friends think I'm crazy

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      Water Temp: 70-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the bank around the corner from the boat ramp for a couple hours in the morning. Caught 2 small bass on a Senko and 1 on a 4" Roboworm. Not much cover at this lake.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Small plastics.