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Sunday, March 7th, 2004

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hi, I was at Don Pedro a couple weeks ago and left a report on here, but it's not showing up. I was just wandering if anybody else has been up to Pedro lately so I can see how the fishing's been. Has the water heated up at all? It was at 54 in the warmest area and the fish were holding from 20-45 feet deep. Seemed like people were having the best luck with purple and white lures, any change? I'll be back up there in a week or two, James
      City: Modesto, CA

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 49-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished my nephew's senior project tournament today. Started off at a community hole where I'd ripped fish previously. Two other boats there, but I picked up two and missed 2 more. One was a nice 2.5 largemouth. That dried up as the sun rose, so I moved to the peninsula where I got a 2.6 spot jerking a pointer 100. Fished all the way to the tip of the peninsula w/o another bite. Moved up to narrows and darthead for a while w/only one fish to show for it. One other bite up here on a jig. From 10am till 2:30 I marked many fish but never got touched dragging worms, jigs, rip baits. So much boat traffic in pm that we went back in some coves near the narrows and found a rockpile about 2 feet below the surface and finally boated #5 after I missed it the cast before. We had 5 for 8.6 or so. I know guys caught some fish on worms, but I dragged them for hours and never got touched. Had a fun day, and in retrospect, would have skipped the worming all together and ripped all day if my forearms would have let me.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Daybreak, shallow, reaction. After that, look for warmer water.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water at 12 pm and started getting bit around 12:30 caught 4 fish in 3 hours dropshotting clear\with bright flake anything. all caught from 40 to 60 ft. deep all pound to a pound and a half.
      City: oakdale

      Tips: bright colors

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished forebay this weekend. Weather was awesome with no wind. Caught 6 small stripers, biggest was around20 inches, on ratlletraps. Water was real muddy, but warming. Lake level was dropping during the day. Water clears, the bite should go real good. Caught most stripers around check 12 and dam.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Red and chartruese 1/2oz rattletraps. Fish clear water and current lines.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Floated the main lake today from 3 to sundown. Floated the far shoreline, and the far corner closest to the road. Started off Carolina rigging a crawdad imitation, got 2 hits but missed them. Finally landed 2 fat fish, around 2 lbs each. Then switched to A.C. Plug. Cast into a cove, wiggled it twice then BAM. Turned out to be only 3 lbs, but still alot of fun! A bunch of trout in the 8-14 inch range are being caught.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Fish real slow, wear warm clothes!!

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

      Report: fished from 7 to 1 caught 2 small largemouth on plastic worm and dropshot. fished the pit arm and mcCloud
      City: san bruno

      Tips: worms and dropshot

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      Water Temp: 47.3 to 50.1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In a Packers at 9:00am, fish out Packers Bay for 3 to 2.2.lbs. Moved down the main body for 8 more about the same size with a couple of dinks thrown in. The Blonde in the back is recovering from shoulder surgery and still managed to best me by one. She said "I beat you with one arm tied behind my back". We had a fun day on the water, nice seeing the warming temps.
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: All fish came on jigs, 25 to 40 feet, real slow presentation.

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      Water Temp: DON'T KNOW BUT

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: GREAT WEATHER FELT LIKE A NICE SPRING DAY, FISHING WAS GREAT WENT IN AT BAILEY'S COVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND LIKED IT, SAW A BUNCH OF HAPPY BOATERS OUT THERE, HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE GETTING MY OLD FIBERGLASS BOAT STARTED BUT SHE FIRED UP AND HAD A GREAT DAY ON THE LAKE. WENT UP THE MCLOUD ARM FROM BAILEY'S TRYED SOME COVES AND SOME POINTS AND HOOKED UP WITH A TINY BASS WITH A CAROLINA RIGGED PLASTIC WORM WITH A GREEN TAIL ON HIM. HAD A MINNOW ON A SEPERATE POLE WITH A SPLIT SHOT ABOUT 3 FT. FROM THE MINNOWS HOOK CAUGHT 2 SMALL ONES THROUGHT THE DAY USING THAT SET UP. DID NOT SEE AS MUCH ACTION FROM OTHER ANGLERS AS I DID THE LAST TIME I WENT OUT BUT I HAD FUN REGARDLESS THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND IS GOING TO BE GREAT THIS WEEK...HEADED BACK TO BAILEY'S CAUSE IT WAS GETTING LATE TRYED A COVE NEXT TO THE DOCK HAD MY MINNOW SITTING OUT IN THE MIDDLE AS I WAS THROUGHING OUT A CRANK BAIT AND SURE ENOUGH HOOKED UP WITH A NICE BASS WITH MY MINNOW.. HAD A GREAT TIME AND REALLY ENJOYED THE NICE WEATHER
      City: RED BLUFF

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      Water Temp: was 48'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: especially for CVBC members coming up this week!
      Tough winter,and the fishing has been tough, however spring has sprung,finally. Talked with Dave Rush and Howard Hughes yesterday, and the water is clearing and the fish are moving up on the flats. If it's windy, throw a blade in the A.M.,calm, throw a rip bait. After that, jigs,and carolina rigged worms and lizards should do the trick. Going out tomorrow to give it a try.See ya all friday night at my house!
      City: Redding

      Tips: water temp should be in the 50's by now!!!!!!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55 to 62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday from 7:30 to 3:00, Fished up Yorty and Cherry early, got nothin, located fished on the X-135, but could'nt get the to bite. Fished main lake, nothin, still muddy everywhere. At the end of the day went up warm springs and started throwing a brush hog right up on the shoreline, picked off 3 fish, a dink, 2.5 lber and a nice 5lb female. All fish were still white which means they had just come up from deeper water to feed. That 5 lber was a good fight, took some pics and let her go. Anyday and this lake is going to blow up, be ready for some hot fishing.
      City: Davis

      Tips: Stay persistent and try to find a pattern as early as you can in the day, Thanks Dad and Allison for a beautiful, I love you both!!
      Tight Lines and Heavy Sacks!

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

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      City: san bruno

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry dude. I was the guy in the kayak that helped you with your fish. That fish was both fat and healthy but, I would estimate, was more like 5 or 6 lbs. Not 9 lbs and definitely not a 10 lb. This is not a put down on you, though. It was a great catch!
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Temp: no idea

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday from a float tube. On the water by 8:30 and launched from the main parking lot. Fished right at the shoreline from about 30 yards away at 90 degree angles. Hooked a 4-5# on my fourth cast. Nothing for the next hour throwing the same spinnerbait. Switched to senkos, robo worms, grubs. Nothing. Went back to the 'bait and hooked a fatty, about 9-10#. Took a pic with the help of a kayaker and released it.
      Both fish were caught in dirty 6' water. Slow, steady retrieve. Neither fought as hard as I would've expected, but it is still winter and the water hasn't really warmed up yet.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: Catch and Release.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 45-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake a little late today and it looked like a lot of guys have been reading my reports as there were 6 rigs in the lot. More showed up during the morning. I guess my having the lake to myself is over for another year. That's just fine though as Trinity is too good a fishery not to share.
      If I tell you how I did today EVERYONE will think I'm lying so I'll just say that I still haven't caught my first 5# smallie yet(came damn close though), still haven't caught my first 20# 5 fish limit of smallies ( came damn close on that one too). I've got clients coming the end of the week so maybe they can help me out a little.
      I'm hearing of a few fish being taken on spinners and jerks but I'm still having to fish real slow. I hope this weeks weather will perk em up a little. Until then we'll just do what we have to.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: The locals on this lake are a courteous bunch and understand that there is a lot of open lake out there, we really don't appreciate other boats dropping in and setting up a cast and a half away. We're willing to share but there's a limit. I understand that this is standard operating procedure on more crowded lakes, but until Trinity gets a lot more crowded cut us a little slack. Thanks.

Saturday, March 6th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 8a to 1p. Tried craw pattern cranks, spinnerbaits & jerkbaits w/no success. Caught 20 keepers, biggest 2 1/2 lbs., split shot and drop shot. Color did not seem to matter. Fished skiers cove, Markley area, & Spanish Flat.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Most strikes in 10' to 20' on steeper banks.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I fished the southern end of the lake from 8 to noon and got 4 fish about 1.5 to 2 pounds each. The Bass were about 4-6 feet deep.
      City: Pinole

      Tips: Down-size your bait and work slow.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: was perfect weather but the water was still pretty cold went it at buckhorn and headed south found a ton of trees submerged in water that would have been perfect i belive if the conditions were right . threw just about everything i had in my tackle box but did not get one hit . the weather was nice and warm hopefully it will stay this way and the bass will start hitting . first time i've fished this lake since i've been up here and i liked it there was no wind as i thought i might have to deal with and i can't wait to come back as we get closer to spring. water was pretty muddy
      City: red bluff

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 55-59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First time in a long time. Water is way up and a lot of the grass and brush that was high and dry is now submerged and should die off soon. I could not get anything to go on hula grubs, tubes. Tried tossing a chartreuse rattletrap way back in Bailey cove and picked up three very shallow along the shoreline. Lost 2 more because I was too lazy to change out the factory hooks. The first two were 2# twins that were hooked good in the corner of the mouth, but the 3rd was a 1-1/2#er that inhaled it.
      City: Newark

      Tips: Change out your hooks on your rattletraps! Fishing should really turn on with this weather and water will clear up soon.

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      Water Temp: 52-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hooked 5, but only 3 in the boat up to 3.5 lbs. Senkos and worms. Some shallow (< 5 ft.), some deep (20 ft).
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My son (Nicholas 11) and I made it to "The Hook" TOC. This is our first season fishing together as a father and son team. First I'd like to take Gene for giving the both of us this a awsome "HIGH". SAT, we ran everywhere to find 2 blade fish. At the bottom of the tide, we threw 7" plastic over rocks and weed next to deep water. 15 fish. Best 7 just under 15 lbs. SUN. The fish changed up on us and could not get bite on the same bait. So we changed up to drop-shotting the delta at 10:00 (go figure I never drop-shotted before) it works. 15 fish, 2 crappie. Best 7 just under 15#. Just under 30# for two days gave us 4 Place. A Fathers Dream. Great job Nicholas!!! See everyone next season... K
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Fish with as many different people as you can and learn something new. Thanks everyone who has taught me a little something. You know who you are..... Remember to Take a Kid Fishing...... There is a big reward at the End...