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Thursday, March 11th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in @ 10:30 out of Markley, picked up 3 fish in the first hour on a brush hog around structure, all tourney keepers, nothin big. Zoomed up north to putah creek and it was not worth the trip, muddy cold water and debris. Tryed to find fish in the small coves around the northwest bank and did'nt get any bites. Went back to the narrows and threw blades, got a nice 2.5 smallie and 2.0 spot, stopped in Markley Cove just before the launch ramp and nailed 2 spots on blades, 2.75 & 2.0. Still learning about how to fish this lake.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Targeted banks with shore structure going to deeper water, found all my fish tight to the cover and the bank.

  • Santa Barbara County
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      Water Temp: 59-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: West end of lake clear and east end is stained. Caught fish from 0-15 feet on cranks and rip baits at both ends of the lake. Largemouth to 5 pounds and smallies to 2 1/2 pounds (all fish weighed).

      Tips: Cover lots of water.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day on the Delta with BOBBY BARRACK.. THIS WAS THE BEST DAY I EVER HAD ON THE DELTA IF WE WERE IN A TOURNAMENT LOOK OUT,,.5 FISH WOULD HAVE GONE 28 PLUS 7 FISH 35 PLUS, THANKS AGAIN BOBBY. CLIFF
      City: san leandro

      Tips: TAKE A TRIP WITH BOBBY

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ran the custom valco bass boat to 14 mile. had a hard time locating fish on the high tide. on the out going tide fell back to a junction point and started nail some some nice bass in my remaining 1 hr 30 min left. chart/white gold bld spinnerbaits. 3.6, 2.3, 4.1, and lost a hog about 8. he gave me back only my blades. that was my favorite spinnerbait. now i have to make myself a new rebuilt with all the left over parts i have. maybe go buy some new ones too. nice to get "BASSBUSTER1" back on the water again. cya guys out there.
      City: stockton

      Tips: waters clears alittle bit on the out going tide.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I too have a alum. bucket so not all guys in buckets fish with bait and keep to many fish hope someone puts an end to there fishing days if this is true
      City: p-town

      Tips: My bucket has an american flag on the side of it the side you will see those bass being fliped in from my jig and then put back fish on

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all day Thursday for six fish, biggest 4.4lbs, best five 17.4lbs. Three fish off one rocky point, north end. Friday I tried to focus what was working well and changed my presentation slightly. Wow,sometimes all the stuff you read and hear helps! Best five fish for 20.3 lbs topped by a 5.6 beauty, all before 11 am.
      City: Benicia

      Tips: Slowwwroll 1/2 oz blade, work sparse tule flats next to deeper water.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 3/4 of the boat dock is floating now! Water still very muddy in color.
      City: Scotts Valley

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at the lake around 11:00 and found the temp to be about 58. Put the boat in and while waiting for my partner to park the truck had a fish on at the dock using a 5in. stick bait in silver/blk back. The same bait produced another 4 fish with a bunch of short strikers barely missed. Lake appears to be in prespawn with some smaller male fish moving in and out of the shallows. The best bite was at the end of the day on a drop shot rig fished right on the dam (the structure) wall that produced many fish, with about a 2lb. spot being the biggest.

      Tips: don't just sit there, go get 'em!

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just checking if anybody knows about the 04/24/04 Ca. Trout day for kids at Lake Merced.
      City: Daly City

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish were not in active mode. Found a few males prepping beds in shallows. Did not find the ladies, staged or otherwise. Took four cookie-cutter fish - all 2 to 2 1/2. All on worms. Fifth broke me off in last 5 minutes. No response to cranks, senkos or jigs.

      Tips: Had to hit them on the head with something small and subtle. Try black w/ red flake. R

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: why don't you just post the picture up and let us decide?
      City: windsor

Wednesday, March 10th, 2004

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: water somewhat muddy .. caught 6 keepers all on spinner bait .. partner caught 5 2 on drop shot one on jerk bait and 2 carolina rigging a lizard . lots of wind .. thought the jerk bait bite should have been better but ??? i couldn'.t get hit on anything other than the spinner bait... of course it being my favorite way to fish i fished it a lot more than anything else... i love it when fish are biting spinner baits . all fish caught appear to be males in the 1-2 lb range....
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: its spring..... get out there and hope you are there when they go on a feeding frenzy !!!!!! those days are CLOSE !!!!!!!

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

      Report: it was my first time out and i arrived on the water around 630am....boy o boy it was windy. i didn't get to fish frank's tract even tho i wanted too with all these stories i hear. but owells next time. i ended up with four bass and my friend 2 . all in all it was a great day.
      City: san francisco

      Tips: i think if i was to go up there again i would go get a long flippin rod. like 8ft or 8'6"...i really was interested in those "in the back" holes of those tule islands.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey boys took my grandson out today and saw them same boys in that alum. bucket soakin them shinners they put at least ten blacks in the chest i called the poachers hot line with no response we are loosing big females to the frying pan i think the only answer is to boycot all bait shops selling shinners these boys are always at or around the wrecks at big break i feel in my soul they are taking more then there limits daily
      City: concord calif

      Tips: keep an eye on them and use those cell phones

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Orwood late today. Battled the wind for about 5 hours. It was brutal! Me and my partner managed two fish, the biggest was pushing 5 pounds. Can't wait for that water to clear up a bit! Good luck out there!
      City: Oakley

      Tips: White and Chartreuse blades in sparse tule patches on rocks. Also stuck one on a sweet beaver, sprayed grass color

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the afternoon in the Rodman Slough area of the lake. Tons of carp rolling everywhere, but not a ton of bass!! Had a gorgeous day to fish - warm, almost no wind - but only managed to put three ~2 pound fish in the boat over a three 1/2 hour period, all on a 1/2 ounce chartreuse spinnerbait. Had a follow from a 10 plus pounder, but she wouldn't take the bait. Biggest bass I have ever seen inthe water!! Saw a nice bald eagle while I was out there. thanks to ross at Tackle It in Lakeport for the help.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: blades, seemed to work alright, although with the high skies a different bait might have been worth fishing harder. I threw a senko a little nad didn't get any takers. Didn't even try ripping, but I have heard that should work as well.

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Been out a couple of times in the last week. Fished all the usual places. A couple of dinks. Water is really dirty. As we pulled in boats were leaving. No one we talked to caught fish. We were already there so we gave it a go. Once the water clears up a little it should turn on.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Go to Anderson

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      Water Temp: 65+or-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried it again-this time with my dad. Today I managed 3 and dad caught 1. 1 on a darter,1 on a ripbait and 2 on senkos-both of the senko fish were a tad over 2 lbs. I guess I just dont have the hot hand this year yet-yalked to 2 guys and they were doing "pretty good" on flukes which looked to be in alewife. 9 boats already on the water when we got there at 830. STILL did not see 1 fish in the shallows as hard as I looked,but both the senko fish came off trash pushed up against the shore. Hope this helps somebody out-Tight Lines.
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: AGAIN ANOTHER boat in the closed zone and so blatant....they saw us coming across the lake and snuck back into the open area and as soon as they could tell we werent rangers or the warden right back in the closed zone they went! I just couldnt enjoy it constantly looking over my shoulder for the law could you?

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I hit the old pablo for the first time this year. I should have brought SP Rob because I got my ass handed to me. Not a bite all day. The water is up really high with tons of floating debris. I tried all my usual favorites with no takers. I did troll for a bit and managed to bring a 5lb trout to the boat. I talked to a few people on the lake and there was no joy from what I heard. I talked to a guy I knew from years past and he commented on this website and the new guide in town. We had a good laugh. I did get a few emails after my post about the new guide and they were all positive and funny. They all agreed that he was a joke. A years experience? I mean do you have a photo albumn that you show to perspective customers? Is your huge 6lb fish on the cover? If I were to hire a guide and pay him good money I want him to come highly reccomended and have more expierence than I do on a given body of water. If you are the man SP Rob start posting some photos on here. Oops I forgot you have to get some customers first. Good Luck
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Beats me, the lake is in pretty bad shape right now. Visibility was less than 6 inches when I was there. When in doubt book a trip with Sp Rob you will get at least 20 fish.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: my brother the would-be kayaker is an idiot.
      City: petaluma