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Friday, February 13th, 2004

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To the ellow who was looking or the back ponds: There is a map at the bottom o this link. The back lakes are the ones at the bottom middle and bottom right o the map. You have to go over the levy to see them.http://www.ebparks.org/parks/shadow.htm
      City: Santa Cruz

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

      Report: Fish are deep in channels.Water is very cold.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Use dark colors, drag and jig slow.The only hits I got was on a purple Brush Hog.

Thursday, February 12th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 7am out o Markley with a whole lot o og on the lake. Too dangerous to run to the North so we started in the Narrows and caught 2-2lbers within an hour. Fog started to lit so we let or the North and caught an early spawner with a at belly going a little over 2lbs. On this day it seemed a little early or spawners and most o our ish came rom the narrows, but give it another month with this warming weather and lookout or the big mommas!
      City: Sac

      Tips: We used brown jigs and worms in 20-30t

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out o Lauritzen's at about three. Got three largemouth to about 3 LBs. and three stripers to 4, 7, and 10lbs along with a couple o tail slaps. The ish were incredibly aggressive or 52 degree water. I was surprized. Tide was lat low at 3:00. Started catching ish as soon as it started movin' briskly.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2004

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i use the 6'' slug-go in a silver white or anything resembling shad o course......ish it realy slow,once the water warms a bit more the reaction bite should heat up...ish the rock piles and points.cast across the point let the bait sit or atleast a minute then retrieve it slowly this is a big ish bait...also try a castaic swim bait they seem to worm well to this time o year....but i can never say this enough ish slow...
      City: sacramento

      Tips: tight lines!!!!

Monday, February 9th, 2004

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

      Report: Well, its sure changed rom last week. Caught a ew trout but really had to work or them. It was tough and nobody was doing very good. Also, threw the swimbaits or an hour or two with not as much as a ollow.
      City: Vacaville

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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the river arm. drop shotting a 4 1/2 robo worm caught a couple o decent ish. We were ishing in 30-45 t o water.overall ended up with 12 ish altogether.we also caught about a 4 pound trout as well.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: stay in 45+ and ish slow. we were the only bass isherman on the lake. i you can avoid the trout isherman it makes or a good day.

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

      Report: I hate to use the report section or questions,BUT I need help! Im going to Clear Lake or only my 2nd time to ish and need advice on swimbaits.... sizes / color / brand / etc. I appreciate any help I can get. Tight Lines To Ya!
      City: Chowchilla,Ca

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: quick note.went out this morning on ish,no bites.still a little early in the year.water color on westside was pretty clear.
      City: antioch

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey chris how about you chill out. I you walk in rom the west side at the bridge you can't even see the two big bodies o water. This site is or help and not to rage on people
      City: livermore

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished WON Bass on Feb. 8-9 and they were great during day one early morning bite beore the sun hits the water..the weather was rather reezing in the morning. Caught the limits in an hour and then culling the next hal hour beore the sun hits the water anyway. Day 2 was dierent cuz I was the last boater out since I was the irst boater out on day 1. The bite was tough on day 2 since it was wind blown out the lake. The waves made it impossible and plus the bass seems to be way deeper and managed to catch 4 that day..tough bites!
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Day 1..did use darthead jigs with inesse worms..great bites..then day 2..tough..managed to catch them on carolina rigging down 40-60t with brush hogs.

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY LADIES AND GENTS. I FISHED MAINLY THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE AND MANAGED TO PICK UP 5 KEEPERS. CAUGHT 4, ALL ABOUT 13" & 14" ON DROP SHOT AND ONE ON A GRUB, ABOUT 2 1/4 lbs. THE DROP SHOT RIG WAS MARGARITA MUTILATOR I IN 4". THE GRUB WAS A BLUE GILL KALIN'S. NONE OF THEM WERE DEEPER THAN 15' AND ALL OF THEM WERE CAUGHT ON PRETTY STEEP BREAKS WITH DEPPER WATER(30') NEARBY AND LEAD IN SPAWNING AREAS. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SLOW ABOUT IT AND ALMOST LET THE BAIT WORK ITSELF WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE WATER. JUST A LITTLE ACTION TO IT.
      City: SAN JOSE

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided one o my avorite clients Sat - a good isherman and un guy - or an update on structure at Berryessa. It was another beautiul day as was my trip earlier with Pat with two exceptions - air temp was about 15-20 degrees cooler (that means very cold!) and a ew hundred more bass boats, har!! Again we started in the narrows trying to catch some reaction ish but the cold morning stopped that - at least or us. I did catch a nice spot on a white/chartreuse Terminator spinnerbait about 10 am in 10 eet o water. My client was on the stick right away with quality bass and he caught all the good ones except or my 16" smallie at 2 pounds. I ound it interesting that he was using a brown/purple jig with the #180 Yamamoto grub and I was using my traditional brown/orange jig with the #180. He was either the better isherman or the bass liked (as they do oten) a shade o purple. Probably a combination o both!! We wound up with 12 bass with the ive biggest at 11 lbs 4 oz. His three best were largemouth at 2-9 and 2-4 and a spot at 2-7. We missed a lot o ish - I should say I did. He nailed most o his. We worked hard and the ishing seemed to pick up in the aternoon a bit, though it didn't seem to warm up much.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Just as at Clear Lake, I was showing him how to target underwater rocky areas. The last two trips have produced bass near rocky areas with a drop-o. We caught most o our bass rom 15 to 35 eet. We ished the narrows, east shore, and the Big Island area.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main channel out o Ladd's rom 7 a to 3 p. Partner used a craw pattern Speed Trap to crank up an 8.5 lber. near a pipe then a black jig w/twin tail grub to boat another 2.5 black. Two more ell to a Texas rigged 6" june bug lizard and then I inally managed to crank up a 2.5 lber w/a craw pattern crank. Best ive went 18 lbs.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Tough bite but keep on cranking and lipping mainly rip rap.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 49-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the North end or the irst time this year and did pretty well. Launched around 7:00 with lots o og and cold weather. However with only one ish 2lber rom a dock near lakeport, the og started to lit and the sun warmed the water. The increased temperature must have turned on the ish. Hit the points around the state park and tried the luck with the trusty swimbait. Got 4 total with the biggest about 8lbs. My dad caught a nice 6lber on a ripbait and a ew 3lbers on a spinnerbait in the tules. Overall not a bad day, nice to be back on the lake.
      City: Alamo

      Tips: Focus on either the outside tule line or the openings between the outside and inside. Fished the swimbait slow and around wood to get some good bites.

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well, got up at the south end at 12 noon, headed over to a popular stretch o docks and ished speed traps the whole day, my dad and i caught 9 ok sized bass, biggest was 2.5 pounds, kinda pissed me o that i didnt get any o clear lakes known whoppers, oh well, another time.

      Tips: speed traps and crankbaits all the way, shad and red crawish, seen other ish on dropshotting, good luck, catch and release only

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

      Report: Three o us in a blue ranger. Got on the lake around 2 p.m. Talk to a ew guys said the ishing was no good, they only caught 1, and they said don't ish the south ork. So we headed up north. Was a little worried because all the pressure on the lake the day beore rom the Newby tourney.. But we managed to catch ive between us on a drop shot, ish were shallow 15'-20' biggest was just over 2# can't give any specs on location. See you on the water.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: 15-20 on a hump that was close to deep water. good luck

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: To previous report: Are u blind? there are signs everywhere that say back lakes. I suggest that u park in the parking lot with all o the other cars that is usually where everyone parks. U can put your tube in where it says lake access. I you can get there have un.
      City: livermore

Saturday, February 7th, 2004

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out on saturday to anderson. very windy. ish seemed to be in a late winter mode. you had to put the bait right in ront o them. caught 11 ish 8 on dropshot and 3 on c-rigged. Worms used were the yamamoto cuttail in daiquiri and roboworm sclupin x series, and a small ribbon tail worm. every thing we caught was small biggest going 2lbs.5 biggest weight 5lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: slow slow slow slow and more slow

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the irst 100% wine region tournament on saturday. Focused on points all day and got 11 keepers at about 1.5 - 2 lbs each. Most o the bigger bites came rom a watermelon hula grub jig. Fished that and a mixture o plastics dropshotting to ill the seven ish limit. most o the ish in about 10-15t o water. However towards the end o the day we did get a ew aggressive largemouth inside a cove on a spinnerbait. Finished I think 11th with 11.97lbs total. Winner had 20. something. However happy with the result or only the ourth time on the lake.
      City: Alamo

      Tips: Slow in the morning worked or us. Focus on the edges o the points. As the water continues to warm the ish are only going to get more aggressive. The reaction bite should turn on i it hasn't already.