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Saturday, March 20th, 2004

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

      Report: Started at 8:30 a.m. and finished at 5:00 p.m. Great fishing day. Between the three of us we caught 25 spots smallest being 13". All released. Used 4" Pro Worms in blue streak and salt/pepper carolina rigged with mojo's.
      City: Colfax

      Tips: Take a kid fishing.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 65 to 67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 12:30 till 6:00. Caught three and lost one.saw lots of fish shallow. Caught one about 3 on a bed.two smallies on cranks
      City: livermore

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my partner were the second boat on the water, not much wind everything looked perfect. Started shallow 1 to 10 feet, partner caught one quick that went 2.5 pounds. We did'nt get bit for about another 30 minutes, it seems like this lake is just being fished very hard right now. We caught fish all over the lake, but most of them were small, I broke one off near the keep out bouy line. We caught them on jigs worms and brushogs, all shallow. Are biggest fish was just under three pounds. We ended up catching 14 fish but not as good as I wanted to do. Oh well it was still fun and a great day. Good luck!!
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: Keep fishing a wide range of depths, fish are from the surface to 15 feet or more and there crusing all over the lake.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time post. Decided to give back to this great forum. Anyway, fished from 6-11 and caught 15 up to 3.5lbs. Fished the main body, fish were 4-10ft deep and were caugth on worms. Most of the smaller fish seemed to be in the willows with the larger fish on rocks. Just a general observation. Family came out at 11 and my 2yr old caught his first bass!!! What a day!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Get out and fish! This weather is amazing!

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from shore for three hours this morning - knocking off around noon. There are a large number bass up in the shallows, probably due to the warm weather we've had for the last week and a half. Saw about a dozen fish today. Only problem was they saw me as well. Caught one in a group of four, on a "paddle fry" swimming minnow bait. Fish weighed about 3 lbs...and it was the smallest of the four. Released it right away.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: Patience is the key. These bass are not that easy to catch. Watch out when accessing the water from the shoreline...tons of poison oak everywhere.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 61-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished our small club tourney . lots of sunshine and lots of fish .. mostly smaller fish but winners 13 + was headed with a 7+ largemouth . bite was good early for me. i got six in the first hour including four keeper fish .. one being 3+. off to good start . got one mor keeper the rest of day . i caught all mine except one on a jerk bait or spinner bait. couldn't get a plastic bite going . even drop shotting wasn't working for me all tho lots of other guys got plastics going ?? i fished early inside the cove that has all the houseboats anchored.. then went up river and later in the day came back . fished by myself and dumped one about four as i went for net and then turned another about the same just long enough to see big white belly . anyway had almost eight . it took 10
      = to get in the money ....
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: ghost color jerkbait and chart/white spinner bait worked for me . all fish almost ready to spawn . get up there for a fun day ...

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 54-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished small club from Medford, OR on Shasta last Saturday. I caught only 7 fish and nothing over 2.5, but all were keepers. I caught most of mine early on Lucky Craft jerk bait. Bite got very tough late, but I had some luck on crank bait. I was 5th with 7.4 lbs. First place was only 9.4 lbs. Not Shasta experts by far, but we had a great day and a good time. I want to thank JERRY for going out of his way to give me some pointers. The information was better than the execution. Art
      City: Medford, OR

Friday, March 19th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 60 to 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 6:30 to 9:30 this morning before work, caught 9 on a spinnerbait that has been working really well for me at Berryessa lately. 3.5 & 2.75 largie and the rest smallies, 2.25,2.0,2.0 were the best Five. Good morning bite today, great way to start the day.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Hit em early!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7 to 10 AM. Took 5 on shallow running crankbait (shad) and 4 on watermelon brushogs. Nothing on spinnerbaits. Crankbait fish came from rock banks early morning and the brushog fished came from laydowns. All fish were small bucks about 3/4 to 1 1/2 pounds, all fish would have weighed. Good luck to all at the future pro tourney tomorrow.
      City: Suisun City

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 7-12 today at the rockslide at the entrance to the narrows. First two casts, two bites but no fish. Boated 2 dinks on plastic and one on a rattletrap. Got ready to go and the big motor would not crank over. Dan O'Sullivan, owner of Lim-it Lures, stopped to help. When the jumpstart did not work he towed me all the way to Cappell. Thanks again, Dan. A great lure and a really nice fisherman. I wish your company much success in the future.
      City: Woodland

      Tips: Check the meter on your batteries before you launch. Save yourself the aggravation.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out wed morn down south, fliped senkos and brush hogs in spawning areas. First fish went 5.0 followed by two more over three. Boated about 14 but the rest were all 2's and under. Fri went back down south, bite was slower but the quaility was up. Best five went about 22.5lbs with big fish pushing 6lbs. We were deadsticking our baits in very shallow water and the bites were subtle.
      City: TRACY

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Rented a boat and caught about 6 bass. The biggest was about 2.5Lbs. we fished around indian cove by the tulles and got sooooooooooooo many hits. all fish were taken in about 10ft of water or less.

      by the end of the day, we headed toward the island... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      we saw bass that were easily 13Lbs!!!!!!!! no joke!!! i saw at least 3 that were that size and a bunch more that were in the 5-8lb range.
      we tried everything to hook these bad boys but had no luck. my friend used a jig and kept casting it in front of one... he pissed it off a few times because it hit, but my friend never hooked it. that one was easily 7Lbs.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: fish VERY slow. make sure you try several colors and if you can see the fish, the fish can probably see you... so get further away and keep trying.

      also, you definitely need to rent a boat or take your own to catch the bass.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Everybody I talked to said they got one or two fish today. Went to Alder point and meet some cool people who helped me out due to the fact that I am really new to fishing. Thanks Coolcatt!

      Anyways, no luck for me despite staying for 5 hours but everybody I spoke to said they caught 1-3 fishes. Anybody want to fishing tomorrow and teach a newbie? I'll pay for the boat, you teach me the basic! Thinking of going doing Chabot again or Del Valle either tomorrow or Sunday.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Talk to people, everybody is really nice.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a difference two days make. fished from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Skunk day only two bites and didnt hook them. talked to two bass boats and they had only two small fish each. Slow day for every one I guess?
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: can some one else post whats working? I shure dont know today.

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      Water Temp: 67-71 depending

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass fishing with my friend JJV of Madera.
      Probably 40-45 fish total. A lot of 12 inch males and some healthy 17-18 inch fish. Most were close to shore with some around rock piles. Berkley 7" power worms, Berkley 10" power worms, Keeper 6" "camo" worms, pig&jig and others. They were definitely on the bite.
      But the bonus of the day.....
      Around 8AM I was playing around with a Berkley worm on "drop shot" in the north cove and a fish hit that bait like a freight train. I was using 12lb. Trilene with a spinning rod. I fought that fish for at least 5 minutes and I was sure I had the new world record for large mouth bass. The drag on the reel screamed. My arm ached. I could see my name in the newspaper... I finally wore it down and brought it close to the boat and I could see that it was a huge fish. Yes, a giant CARP. 32" long and about 18-20lbs. Oh well, it was fun. And it was a beautiful day and I spent time with my friend JJV.
      City: Los Osos

      Tips: Wear your sunsreen! SPF45!

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

      Report: Some of the years best fishing is taking place right now and all you guys can talk about is some guy keeping a fish to eat! Get over it! I catch and release the vast majority of fish that come into my boat, yet I do keep some for the table. Remember the experts at fish and game have place a five fish limit on bass. If an angler wants to keep a fish that's fine. When you get down to it thats what the sports all about. The key is keeping the fish that you will eat right away and letting the rest go. Game hogs are the real problem not a guy keeping a couple fish for dinner. As sportsmen we need to be united not divided. Keep it real! See you on the water on saturday.....and by the way I've been taking bass to six pounds split shotting morning dawn magic worms in 15 feet of water near standing trees...and yes I did keep one smallmouth for the table last week....great day and a great dinner...good luck all.
      City: auburn

      Tips: none

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 67 - 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched about 8a fished till about 2p caught more than 30 fish mostly smalleys most fish were 14 to 16 inches a few over 3lbs best bait of the day was a Keeper 082 in the Fat Mini style. water is very clear and you can see the fish on the beds have fun. Was told by the guy in the office that takes your money for launching of a new lake record was caught last week a Large mouth over 15lbs...
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Keep casting you can see the fish and they will bite just keep throwing it at them.

Thursday, March 18th, 2004

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: only had about a 3 hour window today. just stayed around the meat wall and the sail boat club. threw rattle traps and plastics. 4 bass biggest one weighed 3.3lbs. had fun but had to get off the water early. lot of cruzing bass in the shallows in the very back of ladds. very spooky as well. cya on the water soon.
      City: stockton

      Tips: having fun with spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and zippers.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 56 to 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 11:00 to 6:00 found fish on submerged rocks with crankbaits and pink worms. moved into some warmer water around eddie murphys 65+ had to put on a top water plug three casts later 1.5 spot yes top water in march i love it. altogether caught 4 on cranks 1 on worm and three on top water. biggest about 3 lbs.
      City: meadow vista

      Tips: top water and crankbaits you can always catch them on worms.

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 45 to 50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: South end of the lake is fairly clear (3-4 ft). North 2/3 is muddy.Water temp was 45 at 9:00am but warmed up to 50 on large flat at south end of the lake in the pm.Tryed spinner baits,soft plastic,spoons and crank baits. grand total was one trout.. no bass seen on the flat.Still to early for good bass at the lake.weather was warm and the wind came up after noon..
      City: Eureka