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Saturday, February 7th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 47 to 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to ish or un as I have not been to Berryessa or over a year.On the water at 9:00 am at Markeley Cove,once I got out o the cove I was amazed at all the bass boats.Every point or obvious spot had a boat on it.Oh well, ound some spots that were'nt so obvious and did airly well.Ended up with 9 total bass, 8 on jigs with Yamamoto D.T. grubs and one on a split shot reaper 4 ''. Had three that squeaked over two lbs and the rest were 1 to 1.5 lbs. These were the most skinny ish Ive seen in a while,they all resembled a lounder more than a bass.one o the largemouths was 19.5" long and weighed 2lbs 4 oz.Im used to Folsom spots that have all looked like ootballs lately.
      City: Granite Bay

      Tips: Jigs in brown with purple tails

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

      Report: My buddy Zup and I decided to try a trout and bass combo at good old lake Chabot. I posted some pictures o some quality size bass to 10 1/2 pounds that I caught during these past 3 or 4 months. Recently got a scanner working. Today I didn't catch the lake record, but we did manage to catch a ew nice size trout to 4.2 pounds (all ish were photoed and released). I jig and pigged and bounced a lizard o the bottom at a ew trusted spots with no luck. Going back this aternoon to ish some deep drop os in the bass cove area.
      City: San Leandro

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 49 - 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Today we went out with my ishing buddy, Kevin and his ishing riend, Russ. Morning was really cold but the day turned nice. Kevin and Russ know Sonoma well and put me on ish. I caught a couple o keepers early in the day thanks to my "guide" Kevin. I keep telling him that when he's the guide, he doesn't have to catch any ish, but he is not convinced and wants to catch a lot o ish too! Guess that's why we need our ishing buddies to keep some rivalry and competition in the mix. I caught some ish with a Yamamoto Hula Grub and others with my "secret" lure (sorry guys, its too new to share). Fish are holding between 10' and 20' o points with a sharp drop o. Check out the points and you can catch them i you ish very slo-o-o-wly!Good ishing!Ciau
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Natural colors work - smoke, browns, etc. but ish it slo-o-o-o-o-o-wly

Friday, February 6th, 2004

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: had a great day i you consider 11 trout all under a pound being cought in under an hour.it kinda helps when they plant that morning.all were cought in a 1-2 eet o water on a gold 1/4 ounce kastmaster.
      City: antioch

      Tips: please be spring,please be spring.nope not yet.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 49-50 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Beaver, Hog, and Sycamore sloughs or stripers since bass bite is slow. Got on the water at 9:00A and ished the outgoing tide. The 3 o us had our limits by 11:30A. Fished 3 more hours trying to catch a black bass. Mo black bass, but ended up catching and releasing 6 more keeper stripers. Biggest striper was 12.5 lbs. The rest o them were around 4-6 lbs. No shakers.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Rat L Traps - 1/2 and 3/4 ounce. Caught most o the ish in the middle o the sloughs.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 47.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north and south orks today. I will keep it short and say THANK GOD I DIN'T PAY FOR A TOURNAMENT TODAY!! Nothing has changed, cold clear and Folsom lake still REALLY SUCKS!!Back to the Delta or me. I know Folsom has it's times that are good but it is not happening right now, not or me anyway. GOOD LUCK!!
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Find a new lake :)

Thursday, February 5th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a couple o hours today so put in at Cappell Cove around 11. Had to spend some time solving gear troubles so only ished about 90 minutes, all in the main body outside Cappell. Claimed 2 nice spotties, both around 2lb, both on rubber crawdads in pumpkinseed/pepper. Also tried rip baits and a jig with no luck. Fish were real lethargic: the bite was nothing but weight, and they didn't make any runs even on 6lb test. Fish were around the 15' line. Tight lines!!

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      Water Temp: 47-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pat Dilling and I inally got to make our trip to Berryessa yesterday - a trip I donated to last years Western Bass rally. We both were concerned with the post ront conditions ater two dark, stormy days. Let me tell you that the post-ront conditions rom a human point o view were some o the best I have ever seen in the winter - a great day to be alive!! Air temp reached near 60 in the aternoon, wonderul white puy clouds against the background o the green hills and blue water. What a day. Never saw a boat or the irst hour! The north wind tried to come up - sputtered - and died. The lake was dead lat calm most o the day. So - did the bass love the weather as much as we did - not! Pat and I took the challange and beat the odds somewhat. We landed 4 largemouth, 2 smallies and 8 spots, with our ive best spots going 10 1/2 pounds or better. The largest was about 17 inches going about 2 lbs 6 oz. Pat started o right away with our only reaction ish - a beautiul 2 1/4 spot on a rip bait. Ater that we threw dierent color jigs in the narrows with my avorite again being the best color - brown/orange with #180 Yamamoto grub. It seemed every new spot I showed Pat, we would catch one bass on it. I'm sure glad Pat didn't say: "Boy - these areas are loaded with bass"! Pat threw Hula grubs too and caught several. We had about 6 tail biters and missed several others. The jig bites were very subtle on this post ront day, but we got some o 'em! Pat is a great ishing partner and we had a great time, lots o laughs, and inally, a little sunburn!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We ound some shallow ish in the narrows, but the deeper we went, the better quality ish we caught. 15 to 35 eet produced most o our best ish. We targeted points and some o my avorite structures - underwater lats. We did ind some ish o the lats near the Ranch House that had probably moved up in the aternoon sun. We tried spinnerbaits some but no luck. They seemed to want a very slow moving jig.

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      Water Temp: 48 to 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Came down rom Tahoe to visit and get the tube into Loma. The water is and has been down or a month or so.This time my buddy Paul and I got snued.We put in around 9am and let at 3:30 .Dropshotting mostly 4-6in Roboworms in various colors,cranking craw pattern suspending and deep divers,blades,senkos and whatever else.Turned out to be an educational trip seeing where underwater cover is and where some good holes and dropos are.Feast or amine, I luvs tha LOMA.

      Tips: I tubing while it`s this cold,try ootwarmers or don`t eel your eet.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 42-44

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out or a while and ound things as to be expected. Not many bites with the water this cold but a ew nice smallies have moved shallow. The weather report or the next week is promising with lots o sunhine, which means more ish will move up every day. Guess I'll plan to meet them there. I'll post again as soon as it gets hot. Should be in a week or so.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Slow way down when the water is this cold. Past experience indicates that the longer days and slightly warmer temps should start a rip bite. When it starts, hang on.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2004

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 51.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got to the lake at around 10:30 and went into Carson Arm and started dropshotting Roboworms in 15-25', the 3rd cast I elt a couple taps and set the hook on a 3lb Trout. About an hour later I elt another tap and up came another small Trout. DAAAAANG...is there any Bass in this lake! I started throwing a sinking Castaic swimbait and ater 20 minutes I got absolutely slammed in Mtn Springs but no hook up...my swimbait was mangled ater that. We dragged some jigs around or a while and had no luck. Went back to drop shot rigs and my partner and I ended up with 3 bass each up to 3 lbs. The bite seemed to pick up ater 3:30. A very slow day but still un to be out there. Watch out or the Trout isherman there! We had 3 boats trolling come right in between the points we were ishing and us. Absolutely no common sense or no respect...one o the two! Oh well, what are you going to do???
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Fish slow and be patient...bring a big swimbait to throw at the Trout isherman when the cut you o!

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, went up to the lake to do some bass ishing and never really got around to it. I only spent an hour or so chasing the bass rom shore. I ended my day with a 2 lb. bass, 6 trout in the 5 pound class, and countless smaller trout. I'm sure the bass are there but the trout were just too much un!
      City: Vacaville

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Make that 2/4/04 or that last report:)

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      Water Temp: 46.2-49.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished today with a riend rom work. We got on the water about 11am and started in the main body. Not a bite till 3:15 in one o the cove onthe south/east side. We ound the ish sitting on a ledge in about 25t. Pulled 7 ish othere..me using carolina rig,2t.leader, 4" magicworm in morning dawn color. My partner used split shot with 4" blue ghost color. We worked the south back (large Flat area) to pick up 3 more. All were spots 1 to 2 pounds. Word o advise/// the dock is not very deep at the launch ramp. They need to move it deeper i they want me back at the lake. You can still launch, however it would be very hard i you are by yoursel. good luck and good ishing, Phil
      City: Roseville

      Tips: 20/25 t deep using 4" worms will pick up a good amount o ish, however I believe a good jig bite will turn on any day or the big ones.

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Been out to Perris in the last ew weeks. Haven't had much luck here in the winter time. Cold water kicks my butt. However, my club had a tourney a couple o weeks ago and I got teamed up with the new kid in the club(only 17). This kid knows his business because o all the team tournament experience he has. He showed me how to ish cold water and now I have more conidence in it. Caught my ish carolina rigging a watermeon super luke and his on kinami watermelon spider jig on a 3/8oz ootball head. We dragged ish rom 40 eet deep around the island and rock climbers. Draggin slooooow. An old dog can learn new tricks. Water was between 52-54 and ish were caught all in the morning. Mostly 2lber's.
      City: Anaheim

      Tips: Fish real slow. I was using 14lb lourocarbon with 10# mono leader. Did I orget to mention to ish very slow??

  • Bayfield County
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      Water Temp: 40-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day. Bass are not ready yet. 5 hours o tossing various patterns yielded only one keeper, a LMB. Great day on the lake though. Except or a little wind in the early morning, lake lat most o the day. Frost remained on the shadded areas in the p.m.
      City: Fortuna

Monday, February 2nd, 2004

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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Alex or Tom I just wanna know i they already allow loat tubes on this lake (loma), any updates too please let me know I'm planning to ish this week Thanks
      City: San Francisco

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ok, so I've walked around and can't ind any pond back there that looks good enough to ish. Can someone please email me and tell me where I can tube and where I can get ish. Where do I park, where do I walk.Thanks
      City: San Leandro

Sunday, February 1st, 2004

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and the Palie hit this lake or the irst time. Wind and blue bird skies met us like a head on truck wreck!!!! One ish all day and he was so cold that I could hear him saying....take me home with you and cook me...I need the relie. Not many ish caught by others...just a sorry day on the water! Good ishing.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Bait ish were really deep...so ish deeper and slow.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 48 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rough day or Bassmeout and I. No bites the entire day (a couple salmon on the drop shot is all)!! Fished typical patterns or Oroville, in typically good areas. Weather was cold and cloudy, shoulda been a good day or ish to move up. Nothing shalow or deep. No answers rom me.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Fish hard all day. Yer gonna have days like this once in a while.