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Saturday, March 13th, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished part of Thursday and Friday in south end but no fish. On Saturday, fished the north end and caught several small bass to 15 inches drop shotting and ripping a shad colored lure. Thanks to Ross at Tackle It Sport Shop in Lakeport.
      City: Novato

      Tips: Have patience and fish slow.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 56-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish Anglers Choice with my great partner Joe Bruce.Caght about 30 fish all at mid day on splitshot four inch worms in the upper lake..Weighed 20.46 for third.Man it was hot outside..
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Be patient if alot of fish are in the area.They will bite at sometime..

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      Water Temp: 63 to 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started around 6:00 am found fish up shallow in the weeds and rocks. After about 45 minutes of fishing I had one small fish then caught a 4 pound largemouth, then two casts later caught a three pounder. My partner was struggling to get a fish in the boat. We covered a lot of shoreline and found an area loaded with fish where we hooked up with a double, and caught a couple more fish. Went across the lake later in the morning and my partner was able to hook up with a fish. After not seeing alot of activity near the front of the lake we went back to where we had started. I was throwing a jig in about 5 to 15 feet and hooked up with a good fish. So we stayed in the area for a while and caught some more fish ended up leaving around 2:00pm. There was alot of fishing pressure, but everyone can catch some fish. My best five fish would have went around 17 pounds with two 4 pounders and three 3 pounders. Good day on the water and lots of fun, I caught 10 fish total and my partner caught 4 fish.
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: Look for bass moving around in the morning, the big ones seem to be crusing in the middle of the day. Cast a variety of baits around for them and make a lot of casts that is the key, cover as much water as you can. Good luck and God Bles.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started morning with top waters, caught 6 and missed a few more in the narrows, highlight of the morning was my 7 year old son hooking up with a 3 lbs. top water fish that hit on the way back into the water. "That was cool dad!" Fished Cottonwood area until mid afternoon. Saw a lot of big fish suspended around cover. Used mostly carolina rigged worms. Best 5 for boat was 20 lbs. a lot of quality fish.

      Tips: Fish later into afternoon. Bite only got better. To bad we had to go.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the WON bass tourney from april 13-14 and turns out quite well. Gary Dobyns wins again! Anyway...they were in shallows hitting on darthead, texas rig worms, jerkbait and jigs. They're in early prespawn stage. At least I did quite well being on top 40.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish slow and try dead sticking the lures.

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: DID A LITTLE ON SHORE FISHING THIS MORNING WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND FISHING WAS GREAT CAUGHT 4 FISH RANGING 2-4LBS OFF THE TOWER POINT.
      City: MORENO VALLEY

      Tips: USING A VERY SIMPLE SPLIT SHOT RIG WITH 4INCH TEQUILA SUNRISE ROBO WORM.

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: weather was great, no wind. water was in great shape. no other bass fisherman around. not even a bite in 5 hours. 3rd time this year, only lost one fish.
      City: El Cerrito

      Tips: get a guide or fish another lake.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52 - 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Same old thing

      Tips: Fish slow. If you burn more than 2 quarts of fuel you have moved to far from the ramp. Green six inch worms are the hot item. Jigging, what some very new rookies call

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First time float-tubing. A lot of fun plus a lot of challenging. (I had some difficulties setting a hook. The tube tended to go forward to the fish on the hook-setting. This reduced tension in the line and I ended up loosing some fish. And most of the time fish swam toward the deep water (which was me) and I couldn

      Tips: Look for heavy cover or floating trash.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite has dropped off dramatically the last few days on the lake. The major flood control releases that have made the river unfishable for the past few weeks have finally effected the lake as well. The lake has gone down a couple of feet in the last few days and the fish have gone with it. 3-4 days ago Fish were biting good in the 15-20 foot range,now the fish seem to be holding at 30' and are not much interested in biting. We've gone from 25 fish/day to 5 fish per day. As soon as the lake stabilizes or starts going up I expect that the fishing will be right back on hot again. Until then go deep and slow.
      Fish with three guys from the Morgan Hill area the last couple of days, and to say that they made the best of the situation would be a gross understatement. Thanks guys for a great time.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Fish Gitzits on Trinity. On Thurs past I witnessed or participated in the following catches on a Gitzit. 1 6lb 4oz LM, several 3lb+ smallies,1 5lb 8oz Rainbow, and a bullhead cat approaching 4 lb. Wonder why I like throwing Gitzits?

Friday, March 12th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a good angler Thursday and went with my good friend Charlie Meyer from the Fish Sniffer today - in his new Triton TR-22. I think it is called a "ship"! Though the fishing isn't great yet, we caught 19 on Thurs - fishing the narrows and Wragg Canyon. Today, Charlie and I explored the north end and the east and west main body. We landed 23 for a limit of nice smallies near 10 pounds. Today was the first day (for me) of a good reaction bite, all on crankbaits. Charlie caugh good smallies on his favorite crankbait and rattletrap. I used my new Strike Pro citrus shad small crankbait and caught a lot of bass on it, including a 2-1 smallie and a good size largemouth. Several hit right at the boat. What a terrific lure - even Charlie was impressed! The worm bite that had been so good for me and clients died today as did the jig bite. Charlie did catch several on his favorite Yamamoto grub and one or two on a Carolina-rigged lizard. The bass yesterday were a bit smaller - I think because of the previous days north wind. Also, the bite has changed some. Instead of the afternoons turning on, the fishing slowed as the water warmed. Weird!! That happened both days. My Tuesday trip was just the opposite. The bites are mostly still pressure bites - even on the crankbits. Since the water still has a lot of color, I would suggest a bright crankbait or ripbait. We tried spinnerbaits today - one of Charlie's favorite techniques, but no takers!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Still not many bass in the back of coves. Both days we fished some off-shore structure with breaks and humps. We found a lot of smallies around rock. There has not been a mass migration to the shallows yet, so the spawn is still yet to happen. This great warm spell came just a bit early for the bass. Sure is great for the anglers though!!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Ladd's with my buddy. The fish were not in the usual spots for Mid-March and 60+ water temps. Water was Delta brown, but very fishable. Had a tough time in the morning, catching only one 2 lb. bass. We had better luck in the afternoon. My friend caught a 7.3 lber on a lizard, then I followed with a 6.4 lber on a buzzbait. We also caught a couple 2-3.5 lbers. on a worms.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish areas with green weeds, shade and current.

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My brother and I launched from Holland Tract and fished Mildreds Franks and BIg Break for 5 fish total. Blue/Chrome rattle traps and chartruese spinner baits were the ticket. One largemouth went to maybe 4#'s, the rest were dinks. Shoulda went to Berryessa!
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Water needs to clear and warm up some!

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      Water Temp: 59-64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: One person guide trip today, got 16 fish 2 little ones the rest 2-4lbs. The fish were way off the bank today., Cast to the bank and half way back is were you would catch um. Fished from Franks to Mildred in current. Most of the fish came on spinnerbaits all white 1/2 oz persuader then in the afternoon the Cht/Wht assassinater was better. The 1/8oz speed trap was also good today, crinkin really slow. We caught thre fish on Jig Brn/Ppl and those fish were in 6-10ft of water.
      City: Concord

      Tips: The fish are not on the rocks or rocks and weeds. Try , try , try experment my 3rd day out and I finally caught some.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: high 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i got out to the lake at 6 am and fished all the way to the dam. got one at 11:30 about 13 inches or so. fooled him with a texas rigged brush hog. got 4 more between 5 and six o clock, all of which were on texas rigged worms. i tried drop shotting but with no luck. this lake is getting good, i can't wait!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: seems like during low light periods should be good for some top water action. gonna bring my spook for my next trip. good luck guys..

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiful day out there on Collins, big fish. Asked boat patrol if any big ones he said every year someone pulls out up to 15 pounders largemouth, me and cousin pulled out a 3 1/2 pounder, a 5 and an 11 dropping a jig and an alabama shakey tail
      City: Penn Valley, CA

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

      Report: started off around 7am. cruised some of my favorite spots. ended up with 2 nice size trout and 7 bass. the water was alittle dirty. it was also hot up there. the water is pretty high. so just don't get fusturated when your looking for numbers of fish. it's just thta there is more avaible hiding places.
      City: san francisco

      Tips: keep fishing..................lolZ..and tight lines and a sensitive rod.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: For all you non believers. Please feel free to meet me at the ramp. I'll gladly show how many fish I'm trully catching. And for anyone who wants a first hand display it is $150 for a full day.
      City: Martinez

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 51 to 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In at Packers at 12:30PM. Fished the Sac for 10 spots and 1 smallmouth. Largest went 1.8lbs. All fish came on jigs in 10 to 25 feet of water. Fished main lake and secondary long tapering points. Out at 5:00AM. Had a better day Wed. with 15 and only two under 2lbs. Fished from 8:00am to 1:30PM and didn't catch a fish after 11:00am. Best fish came on a Staysee. OH YES, yesterday I bested the Blonde in the back by one!
      City: Cottonwood

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 57-61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off by heading up Yorty, Water still pretty muddy. My buddy and I threw spinnerbaits , jigs , and watermelon plastic to no avail, Landed our first fish around 11:30 am on a Root beer senko in less than 10 feet along the tree off the main lake. Went up to Mountain Spring and started to pull fish off wood in 5-10 feet. Caught 6 on Senkos and brown jig with purple trailer. Around 3pm, my buddy nailed a nice 5lb on a natrual color yum worm that was tight to the bank. Caught a couple dinks on plastic worm and reapers. All fish were tight to the bank along any type of rock.
      City: Gold River, Ca