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Wednesday, April 14th, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 45ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Evestart @ clearlake, man it was tough, (for me!) my pro had is game plan set on bed fish, but the wind stained most of the water. That was great for me.Caught two 2-3pounders on white spinner bait.Late morning caught another on green 8inch sinko in one of the sloughs. My pro cought one on a sinko all day.Swimbait and jig were not working for us today. My second day pro did very well drop shotting with 15inch leader on a 4inch green weenie.He caought 14 pounds the second day to put him on the top 20 to continue the Everstat series,. I cought two for 6 pounds drop shotting.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: fish tight on tulies and points drop shotting!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: to whom it may concern. thank the los gatos rowing club (faggots) for elimanating power boats and ALSO for breaking the dam. vent pipe to loud? i know.

      Tips: let's bail. late

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4/12-4/14 with the kids. Most fish caught on drop offs or right on structure. The carp are spawning --- big time --- and causing things to be tougher.Most fish were 2 lbs with a 1 or 3 mixed in.Soft plastics worked best with a few on a white spinner bait also.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2004

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on my big bayliner and just drifted left of launch ramp. Got there at about 9:00am. Used senkos(pumpkin) and carolina rigged power worms. My buddy hooked a 7.2lbs bass on the drop with a senko. He said it was a very light hit. I caught a little baby on the carolina rig. Seen lots of readings at the points at about 12ft of water. Those weren't hitting though.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I'm not one to give tips but everybody says platic worms are the ticket for this lake. I need tips though so help me out.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 59-61'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, what a differance two weeks does for the fishing. Launched out of Antlers and ran South to fish some coves and pockets off the Sac/ arm. Did very well on jigs and senkos in 10-20'. Every spawning cove looks good and has fish at one stage or the other. I wish I could catch a big mama though. 30 fish in four hours, up to three lbs.
      Glad to see Gerry posting again.(didn't know you were going out today!!!! I didn't get wet up there!!!)
      City: Redding

      Tips: find a cove and fish it. it's "on" brothas!

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      Water Temp: 60.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got in at Centimudi at 0605, debris all gone with the south wind that has blown it back out into the lake, 52 degrees, overcast, south wind a 8, ran over into the lower Sac arm for 12 fish by 0830, most came on rip baits thrown right on the bank and a couple of crank bait fish, didn't even get out the jig rod. My uncle is coming from Indiana this Friday and he loves a crank bait bite so that is why I used them this am, cooler weather forecasted for next week with showers off and on, went on home when the first rain drop hit me on the head, only 6 rigs in the lot, wind up to 15 when I got out, lots of debris out in front of the dam.
      City: Redding

Monday, April 12th, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WON team tournament on Saturday. My partner and I lost count after catching 20 or so 2+ pounders. Caught one 6.3 pounds and another about 4.5 pounds. My partner Lost one about 10-pounds and one about 6-pounds. Caught most fish on watermellon MoMan 5-inch tubes. We weighed in 18.74 pounds, but should have done better.
      City: Cameron Park

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      Water Temp: dunno

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I was using a Texas Rigged 5" YUM Watermelon Seed Zellamander with no bead though and a Gamakatsu. First cast after switching to a Zellamander got the 5 pounder. I have never tried fishing for bass at night. It was really fun. Im going tomorrow night too. I dont know if the water was stained or not cause it was night but when i shined the lantern at the water it looked clear to me. I was fishing by the first picnic area after that narrow stretch of road where only one car can fit. It was a really shallow area. We were gonna night fish at calero but the ranger came and said that you cant night fish their and told us that we could night fish at coyote so we went their instead. If you have any other questions just ask me. Me and my friend fish anderson all the time in our float tubes.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: The Bass Fishing if you ask me is excellent at Coyote during the night.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Don Pedro for the 1st time on a 3-day houseboat trip w/ the wife. Had a great time. Managed at least a limit of keepers each day. Best was about 3.5. I had luck hitting shallow flats/backs of coves at sunrise and sunset. During the day, found most of my fish on main and 2ndary rocky points. Only got 1 hit on purple. They seemed to prefer greens and browns.
      City: Newark

      Tips: Dropshotting 4" roboworms in natural colors.
      Up to the bank early and late. About 10-20 feet out around the points during the day.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a difference a week makes! On the Water at 7am started catching fish at the Launch Ramps. Then headed for the East End Lots and Lots of fish all in the tree line. Got a little tired of that so I headed for the rock piles for several more fish and much nicer size. Wrapped things up at the Island with another handful of fish. In the End I had well over 20 fish mixed bag for size mostly keepers on the trailer by 11am
      City: Chino

      Tips: Slow presentation Split Shot, 4" Pumpkinseed was the bait of the day. with a few on White and Shad pattern shallow running crank Baits 6 and 8 pound line. Thank God for Loomis Rods!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water at 3:15pm off by 6:15 7 bites landed 4 san pablo is alive and well fished not to far from the launch interesting thing is that all the fish that were landed were spots full of eggs in lest that 5 feet
      City: san pablo

      Tips: fish shallow plastics the water is really off colored cant see any beds but the large mouth have not moved up yet sinec it stays so cold and windy up there i think may 2 to 3 weeks away before the you can get consistant large mouth bite but catching fish was easy I do wonder how many I would have caught if i was there a full day

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: how come there are no bass reports from here anymore. what happen to the bass fishing? anyone catching bass? i been skunked 4 out of 4 times this year.
      City: richmond

      Tips: go somewhere else.

Sunday, April 11th, 2004

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

      Report: Hey B Davis...... Try fishing the points in the narrows or any point outside Markley, I have been doing well on split shotin' 4in Aaron's Magic or any worm in brownish color. Or if you want to make a run to the main body try rippin' the flats on the east bank, north east of Big Island, look for the trees that are about 50 yards off the bank. Good luck.
      City: Citrus Heights

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Masterbassinator, what color lizard were you using and what area of the lake? I love to fish at night, I had my best bass to date at the damn the day before Thanksgiving '03, a 9 3/4 lber. Still haven't broken the ten pound mark though. Is the water still muddy?

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Easter Sunday and the bite was really good. Main lake points fishing plastics for fish in the 4-6 lb range. 20 fish day
      City: san jose

      Tips: green weinies at the 14 ft level and hang on.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: THIS IS NOT A FISHING REPORT BUT A FACT I HAVE FISHED SAN PABLO FOR ABOUT 20YEARS I EVEN WORKED THERE FOR 4 YEARS IN THE LATE 80S EARLY 90S AND HAVE FISHED IT ON AND OFF I HAVE HAD MANY 20 FISH DAYS ON SANPABLO THIS IS NOT THE NORM BUT QUITE POSSIBLE BUT LIMTS ARE NORMAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT THERE DOING
      City: SNA PABLO

      Tips: SAN PABLO IS SMALL JUST FISH BASIC BASS PATTERNS THE FISH ARE SHALLOW NOW BUT i AM FISHING OUT OF A BASS BOAT CAN FISH HALF THE LAKE IN A DAY ONLY USING TROLLING MOTER

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: low 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Stay away from Centimudi, the ramp is loaded with debris out to 20ft and its 2ft deep.
      City: Redding

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

      Report: Fished Yorty in my tube. Got on the water @ 630am. Took about 10 minutes or so before got first fish. Got 7 big fish went 2.3. Off the water @ 1115am. Was a quick fun day on the water.
      City: Sebastopol

      Tips: Throw spinners early(white) followed up with craw patterned cranks. Around 730-0800 start in with plastics. Fish banks tight. Wood is holding fish too.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on Sunday from 9AM to 1PM from a float-tube. Caught 2 dinks using zoom brushhog. Spawn season stated. Saw many on beds, including one about 5-6 lbs. Tried to get her mad, but it's me who got mad. She just nosed down to check but her mouth never opened. I gave up after 45 minutes.
      City: Palo Alto

Saturday, April 10th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out @ 6:30am for a few hours before work. Threw an AC Plug, no takers, started throwing a Lucky Craft Sammy, 5th cast yielded a 9.9lb Hawg. Short cast and 3 twitches later the fight was on. Beautiful fish, full of eggs and ready to spawn. There is nothing better than a beast hitting topwater first thing in the morning. Took some pics and released her back to her domain. Caught four more fish and headed home at 9:30. Happy Easter to everybody and god bless!
      City: Davis

      Tips: I love fishing!