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Wednesday, January 14th, 2004

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

      Report: According to Tamara Shear o the Parks Dept., *Final Inspection* on the ramp/acilities renovation is scheduled or 1/16. She didn't say what day it would open or launching, but someone told me they heard no earlier than the 20th. Looks like it should at least be open by the end o the month, with the 23rd probably a sae bet.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to custommize and try a couple $1.00 Renegade Spinnerbaits 3/8oz.Chartruese and White skirts and head.Stripped the blades o and put a single size 4 Silver Colorado Blade on with a 4" White twin tail grub on as a trailer.Fished with Rat`l Traps and other spinnerbaits with no bites.Then decided to put on one o the custom spinnerbaits about an hour beore leaving and wham! A nice 3'plus and one just over 2'.Go igure?Love the South Delta around the Tracy area.(E-mail or speciics.Glad to help ellow ishermen and isherwomen!)
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Slow roll so you can eel the bait hit the bottom and whatever plants and or structure.The bites were very suttle.Like something was hung up but you were able to pull it along.Feel that? Set the hook!Good luck and good ishing to all!!!

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

      Report: I am thinking o going to San Luis this coming Friday and was wondering how the ishing is now. Anyone been out there lately?
      City: Hayward

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      Water Temp: 70+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: WIll somebody start posting reports. It is a simple thing to do, but no one will do it. I love this lake but i live so far away that i just cant take a trip and go fish it. I wanna hear some feed back on it to see if its worth the trip.
      City: santa rosa

Tuesday, January 13th, 2004

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

      Report: Don, I was one o the volunteers or dumping the trees and just wanted to say thanks or organizing this. Where were the trees dumped last year?
      City: Castro Valley

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I can't believe nobody is ishin this lake right now. Last post 12-26-03. Does anybody have any tips or clues? Minnow bite? Anything?
      City: Roseville

      Tips: I am guessing the minnow bite has started but who knows. Catch and release

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This report is strictly tips or all you Pablo anglers that struggle to catch ish on a lake that I think ranks as one o the best in Caliornia. I've been ishing San Pablo or about a year now and let me tell you I usually average 20 ish a trip sometimes more. This lake has a tremendous amount o 5+ lb. ish and the amonut o 2's and 3's is staggering. With a surprising population o ish over 12 lbs. In the past year we've seen ish up to 6 lbs. landed o my boat and more 2-3 pounders than i've ever caught anywhere and this is without ever picking up a swimbait seriously or ishing last year's spawn. WATCH OUT THIS YEAR!
      City: MTZ

      Tips: First o all San Pablo has a lot o underwater structure o shore. So any technique that can be worked along the bottom deep to shallow will be eective i.e.(drop-shot,carolina rig, split-shot etc.) the plastics colors I use are very simple i my presentation is on or near bottom stick with darker colored plastics, my colors are (blk/grape,wtrmlon/red and green weenie) i i'm drop-shotting i like lighter colors to mimic the shad(oxblood/cinn.,wht,baby bass or any other shad pattern) this is how you'll usually pick up better quality ish. On the reaction bait side try rip baits,crank baits,spinnerbaits or top water. For the rip baits I like Lucky crat's bevy shad in ghost minnow or numbers and a pointer 100 in rainbow trout or ghost minnow or size. Spinner baits in 1/4 oz. wht/chart willow nickel blades will produce very well around trees and on wind blown banks always use a trailer hook. Topwater I like spooks,sammy 115 or lucky crat splash tail all in shad pattern will produce early and on cloudy days. Crank baits I like anything in a brn/crawdad patern around trees, points or drop os. Well, besides those and a trout pattern swimbait your set. p.s. or anyone looking to see actually how thats done I will be starting a guide service on SP e-mail me or rates and other ino Good Luck And i you see Fish Chris he'll probably have another toad so ind out WHERES HE FISHIN'

Sunday, January 11th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We inally got back out on the water ater a two month dry spell. Fished southern areas o main body. Water was clean in some areas and stained and even muddy in others. Weather was beautiul, really nice day. We launched around noon and ished till 4:30. We got three total. All spotted bass, all keeper size. We ound the going a little slow, tough to entice a bite, had to REALLY slow down. Threw cranks and spinner baits in the mud, nothing. Small platics in 10 to 15 t. o water got our ew bites.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Deadsticking got most o my bites.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish on sunday and had very little success. Hits were ew and ar between. Tossed worms, spinnerbaits, ripbaits and jigs. Caught a 6-lbs bass on a brown-rattle jig
      City: SJ

      Tips: real muddy water, go with loud lures

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished "The Hook" tourament. As everyone knows it was a hard bit. Cold and muddy water did not help. We threw plastics and rattletraps. Got 15 bits, 10 to the boat and only 6 keepers. Niko (11) caught our 3.32# kicker on a rattletrap and on the next cast he hit a 12# striper. WHAT A FIGHT and A MEMORY. With only 6 ish we headed to the wieght in. 6 ish or 10.33# was good enough or 4th, a check and a plaque. Great job son and everyone beware, He is only 11 and I taught him everything. Thanks to everyone who show me a ew tricks. We are a Father and Son Team...
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Look or 3 water. Got hit these bass on the nose, cause they can't see in mud.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well i went up to del valle,my avorite local lake, and turned down by the new lady @ the shop or a boat rental. couldn't beleive it. she said it was too early or rentals and she hasn't warmed up any o the boats yet.....u don't know what was goingt trough my mind....hear i am driving 80 plus to get there as early as possible and come to ind out there not ready or us anglers...WHAT KIND OD CRAP WAS DAT..owell...so i walked the bank pass a ew dozen trout anglers and so on...got to the irst decent spot i could ind. ater loosing about nine lures i nail a ive pound largemouth....
      City: san rancisco

      Tips: never give up....don't let anyone stop u rom ishing ....be patient....and stick to your pattern.....o yea WATCH THE WEATHER...

Saturday, January 10th, 2004

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 51-52.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday and it is slowly improving over last three visits this year.We endend the day 9:00 am -4:30 pm wih 10 keeper ish and weighed the heavest 5 or 12lbs. One largemouth at 3.2 the other 4 top 5 were Smallmouth. There was a club tourn with 20 or so boats and the top weight was 11 and third was 8 something.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Fish are in a pre spawn staging pattern and the smallmouth are in 15-25 oot depths moving up on lats i the sun comes out in the pm. We picked ish up on a variety o tech, drop shot, westy rig, carolina rig baby hog, strolling 4 inch split shot rig, and unlike other trips nothing on a reaction bait, ie, no rip ish or me today. It's only going to get better as mid- Feb approaches.

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

      Report: On the lake by 8:30 and o at 4:30. Four ish caught. This was the slowest I have ever seen it at Calero. Big ish was 3lbs. Drop shot, carolina reg with each ish coming on a dierent color. Not much o a pattern.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I wish I had tips to give!

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

      Report: ished sugar slough early, tossin baby brush hawgs, caught one right o the bat, around 4 pounds easy, real nice ish. missed a couple, had a ew good bites, then tied into something that pulled my rod in the water, broke my line. I retied, turned the boat around, and tossed back to the bank, wham, on again, (this time with my drag way down)wound up ighting this ish or over 5 minutes, winds up being a 13 pound striper, on a baby brush hawg???? caught a smaller one on a rattle trap an hour later, that was it, nothing at all ater 11:30 or so, no bite, so went home and cleaned the ish or a nice dinner.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: slow and slower, light bites

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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED TRACY BASS TOURNAMENT. HEY WE WON SLOW DAY TUFF BITE. 3 FISH FOR 11.84 BIG FISH 7.52 THAT WAS THE HI-LITE OF THE YEAR. FISHED BABY BRUSH HOGS IN JUNE BUG. AND BITE STOPPED AT 11:10 OR SO WE MUST HAVE TRYED EVEY THING IN THE BOAT FOR 2 MORE FISH NOTHING WORKED. MUST HAVE BEEN OUR LUCKY DAY.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: FISHED WOOD ONLY WORKED IN THE MORNGING. EAT LUNCH BECAUSE FISH WON'T BITE AFTER LUNCH MUST BE FULL. HA! HA!. OH SLOW SLOW SLOW.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at sunlight, irst boat there. Me and my partner started by the dam in 50 to 60 eet. No bites until about 9:00am, and then it was on, irst ish was about 2.5 pounds caught by my buddy in about 45 eet. The little ish hit like they were monsters, and the big ones were very hard to detect the bite. We caught ish all day some slow times but a great day on the water, was almost like spring warm and not much wind. We stayed in one general area all day ishing rockpiles as well as dropos. Talked to a couple dierent boats, and they said they were having a tough day. We inished about 3:30pm with 17 ish total. What a day in January, ish were all nice and at with the biggest at 3.2 and the average about 1.5, but we did have two ish that went 3 pounds and a ew that went a little over two pounds. We will probably be back here next week since hensley is a little tough right now, I went last week and only got one ish.
      City: coalinga

      Tips: Fish are still pretty deep here about 40 to 50 eet being the best area to ind ish, dropshot worms and you should get them to bite, in a couple weeks we should see the bigger ish start to go a little shallow. So have un and enjoy the nice days to come.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the McCloud arm and caught 11 spots on Saturday. Big ish was 2.01 on the Berkely scales. The 4 other best ish were a 1.14, 1.13, 1.10, 1.08, and a 1.06. These were all very healthy ish. Smallest ish was just under a pound. I caught two ish on 3" hula grubs and then went to a 3/8oz brown jig with a 3" black pig. The bites on the jig & pig were very agressive. Key on the muddy points with patchy rocks. Ater you catch the one ish on that point, move on. Seemed like there was only one ish per point. All in all, a pretty good day. Enjoy your ishing!
      City: Redding

Friday, January 9th, 2004

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The latest rains have raised the water level up about 15-20 t! The level is still way down though, but it's looking more promissing! A ew more good down pours should do it!
      City: Scotts Valley

Thursday, January 8th, 2004

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: late aternoon, partly cloudy. Fishing the point on the south side between the swimming pool and Tule island hooked a 5# bass on a panther martin #4 holographic. It was quite a ride since I was targeting trout w/ ultra-light tackle. This is the third 3#+ bass I've caught on a trout spinner since Thanksgiving. It was on the retrieve and not the all. Also earlier that day I got a CARP in the small cove on the west side. I didn't even know there were carp in here. Should we be releasing Carp? I also noticed large schools o extremely small(1-1.5") shad swimming just under the surace. Perhaps the bucket mouths are relating to the miniature bait ish. It looks like we're going back to yellow alert, so perhaps they'll let uslauch again soon
      City: Antioch

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Heya Juan....been to the lake lately???My dad came by last night and said she is WAAAAy up!. Wish you listed your email so I could email you! Let me know if you've been up and how you've done when you read this!
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: Tight Lines!!!