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Saturday, December 27th, 2003

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 50 to 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We got on the lake at about 8:30am and roze our butts o. Caught 2 steelhead,on a tube and senko,1.9 largemouth and a dink spotted bass. The day was slow ,but it was a nice day on the lake.
      City: Paciica

      Tips: dropshot with dark colors

Friday, December 26th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 47.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake again looking or a ew big dogs. Grabbed up the largest minnows i could ind and headed to the lake. Well this day was very dierent than our last trip out. The wind was blowing hard big rolllers on the south end. We tried to hide in Jago...didnt work....Konocti...didnt work so we headed to Buckingham we were protected but no ish...Wind laid down a tad so we went over to Henderson and Shagg (snag) rock...nothing at all...headed towards water treatment plant where we caught some nice ish the Sunday beore and our course the wind started up again...waves so big i started taking water over the bow...(i have a 18.5t Nitro) so they were some big waves...headed to a protected spot and sure enough we started catching ish...we caught over 30 ish but with only 2 or 3 keepers...i mean 13" keepers we ound the nursery...i noticed some ish in about 24t o water and thought hell ill try spooning..well they were ish alright a huge school o crappie..or the next 3 hours we caught a mix o baby bass and huge crappie...partner landed one about 2lbs we caught plenty o 1-1 1/5lbs alla in all a good day we roze a bit caught some ish and ound out how lucky we are inding all those crappie...
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Bring crappie jigs just in case...i had 1 in the boat we dropshotted and caught ish bass and crappied on roboworms very ew ish on minnows or some reason get a weather report we did and it was asle the wind did blow rekin weather.com liars....

Thursday, December 25th, 2003

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

      Report: This message is or Donald C. Osborne....Mr. Osborne, you appear to be very much in tune with the events that transpire in and around the Quarry Lakes area. Can you ill us in on the "Shocking" o Largemouth, Smallmouth, and even Stripers rom all o our surrounding bodies o water to stock the Quarries??! This includes Chabot (which has a population o bass I could probably count on one hand!) This was done without a permit-But o coarse, "IN THE NAME OF GATHERING DATA" right? I you have zero knowledge o these events, pardon me. I you do.... Give US all a break, please?!
      City: Fremont

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

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

      Report: Should I bring some plastic ties?? I remember last year we had some trouble with the small ones. I could bring some bigger one i necessary. Let me know.
      City: San Leandro

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 46-47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In a whim I decided to hitch up the 520 and go to Clear Lake so I would orget how to get there!! My wie said I was crazy - like she hasn't said that beore! I knew the og wouldn't be too bad with a ront coming in, and I thought the night bite would be ok since it wasn't too cold. I started at 10 pm, throwing a black/red brush hog. I was ishing one o my avorites ledges near Rattlesnake Island. The 4th cast produced a heavy eeling and lo and behold I had a ish on! It turned out to be 6-13, and at!! I called my wie right away on the cell to see i she still thought I was crazy. She did!! She probably had the last laugh since or the next 4 1/2 hours I got 2 bites and one o them was 1 pound!!! Boy, there went my average in a hurry!! I ished several good areas, but to no avail. I don't understand why it was so dead, but it was. Anyway, the lake was beautiul with the cloud and og ormationss and dead quite! I didn't see or hear a soul, except the coyotes!! Interesting - just beore it started to rain - about 2:45 am, carp started to roll just like someone had turned on a switch. But not one turned on the bass. I sure was happy with the one I got - a beautiul, clean bass!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I just ish brush hogs and Weapon jigs - didn't try much o anything else. I saw ish on the bottom, catish or bass, but they wouldn't bite. There is a possibility that the eed soon ater dark and I missed it. I really had some quality time however! Sorry, the only tip I can give is - enjoy your Christmas season!!

Monday, December 22nd, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out in the morning and it was very oggy. Drove around or a while and ound where we were going. Got one on a 1/2 ounce yamamoto spider jig right away, and went til noon w/nothing else. inally ound several ish dropshotting in 35' o a blu wall. then got one about 4 lbs o some stick ups on a submerged island at about 3 00 with a speed trap.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: drop shotting in 35' produced the most ish w/magic worms.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 54.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: while trolling saw christmas trees being delivered at middle shore o horseshoe lake.hope they are put them into the lake in a constructive manner this year.maybe weighted on the base o trunk so they sinb trunk down.caught no bass,see anglernet.net or troutreport
      City: remont

      Tips: ish and enjoy the outing

Sunday, December 21st, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fog made the irst Far West trip a challenge, but my buddy and I still managed to boat quite a ew decent ish. Most around the 2-2.5 lb. range. You deinitely want to head up the southern most river arm where the biggest rocks are. I'll take Far West over Folsom any day.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Fish are around 20 eet. I used a carolina rigged Senko all day. Fish dark colors.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my partner or next weeks FOLSOM BASS LEAGUE event out to show him around a little and or the 2 hours we were out we stroked them on about every spot we stopped on. Dropshotted and darterheaded all o our ish in depths rom 25 - 60 t. All o the ish spit up smelt on the way up including one very grateul smelt that lopped out the ishes mouth on my deck and was thrown overbaord to swim or another day. O by 5 PM and home or dinner. Total 6 keepers with the best 5 or about 8 lbs.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Jigs and reaction up shallow or the early AM bite then back o to your avorite island top to dropshot & darterhead the rest.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, the darn home lake has been kicking my bootie since the turkey day week and today was no dierent. Two ish one, on a Dropshot and one on a darthead. I threw cranks and rips rom o"dark thirty until 9:00 am. with no takers covering lots o water on the main body. I guess I have lost my touch! Went to the inesse to boost my ego beore leaving. Oh well two weeks o and plenty o time will be spent on the pond!!O the water at 11:30
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: None rom me

Saturday, December 20th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out or stipers on Saturday. Hooked on 10lb salmon spooning or what I thought was stripers. Could not get any stripers on Saturday. Moved to the west delta on Sunday and ound clearer water. Got 2 keeper to 19in and some smaller ones all on rattle traps. When high tide hit we ished or blacks and got 4 with jigs on rip/rap walls with tulles.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: Fish or anything that is willing to play this time o year.....looking orward to the spring.

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      Water Temp: ? "cold"

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bank ished on the 16th and 17th near Byron or about 1/2hr.-45mins. at the last part o each day. On the 16th got a 15 1/2lb. Striper when the water was low and on the 17th I got a 25+lb. Striper when the water was up. (our scale bottoms out at 25lbs!) Caught both ish jiggin with a Berkley Bat. Night ished the Middle River also on the 17th. and came away with several small keepers and one ish around 10-12lbs. Smaller ish came on Sassy Shads and larger ish came on the Berkler Bat.
      City: Holt

      Tips: ot bad considerin

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a report or Clearlake even i it's lousy.Took a kid ishing with minnows and almost blanked on bait!Launched at ramp in Rattlesnake arm and ished rocky stu rom 3'to 28'without a bite.Fished the deep water docks at Windlower,nada.Frasier Point,nada. Finally got 1 keeper o Wheeler Point.Called Bob @ Limit Out or a tip,and he sent us back to the steel wall in Rattlesnake, where at least the kid could get some dinks drop-shotting(he caught 7or8).Finally got 3 decent sized ish(with bait)o the rock blu near Keys opening.Cold rain sent us outta there by 2:00 pm. Would like to read a better Clearlake report than this one. Merry Christmas!!!
      City: Middletown

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 47-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught ish 10 Dropshotting 3"-4" worms browns and purple 44'-62'.I you could see them on the meter you could catch them. Caught bigger ish to 4lbs when it would rain and wind would blow.Caught 2 ish on a 4" spider grub brown with purple lake 30'.All ish were close to points.Fish sloooooow!
      City: Livermore

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here is a report or all o you who don't want to hear the same old "the ish are all in 60 eet o water". There are ish there, but the last ew times I've been out, they are up too! I've been throwing 1/2oz brown jigs, and a majority o my bites have been coming on the all! The water is rising some ella's, there are going to be ish up, you just need to ind those places they like to hang out. I ished everything rom points to cuts, didn't really seem to make a dierence. Fished about 6 hours partner and I caught around 30 ish. Starting to pick up some really chuncky ish, its nice to see some at healthy spots.Merry Christmas
      City: Chico

Friday, December 19th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished Friday the 19th. Intended on ishing or striper but ended up catching bass. Started around Mildred and caught a couple o nice 2-2 1/2 pounders on rattlin rapalas, my buddy spooned up a crappie. Then moved rom Disco to Orwood to Holland and caught several more bass rom 8 inches to 2 pounds. All ish were caught on the rattlin rapala.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Chrome/blue rattlin rapala

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 47-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just a brie report on the past two trips - one last Friday with a riend when the water temp was 51. We caught 20 bass in about 4 hours, using 6" worms, drop-shotting, and Rodstrainer jigs. We had lots o quality spots, but only up to 2 1/2 pounds. Yesterday I guided a regular client or most o the day, and what a dierence in the mood o the ish ater several very cold mornings! The water temp had dropped 4 degrees and they would barely take the jig. My client even lost a big bass ater a good hookset - couldn't understand why. A lot o the ish had moved too since the lake has come up 9 eet. We did manage to land 18 bass with the biggest a largemouth right at 3 pounds that just thunked a jig - best hit o the day!! My client got a nice 2 1/4 lb largemouth too. We caught several that were barely 13 inches and even 2 that were undersize. Still a good day under tough conditions.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We were targeting steep walls and underwater ledges. Most o our bass were caught over 25 eet deep. The sun was warm in the aternoon, but all it did was to turn them o. Go igure! There was NO late aternoon bite. So we went home!!!

Tuesday, December 16th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Another great ishing day at lake Berryessa.Stared 7:30 am Fished the narrows and hit the walls.Dropshoting caught a ew.Switched to Carolina rigthat

      Tips: Water is cold presentation must be slow.Caught most o the ish 25 to 30 eet.Caught about 10 little onesI did not mention above.They were and caught in 5 to 10 eetbut un Good Luck.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out slow today and thought maybe it is inally going to be tu...WRONG..Found the ish deep and it got better as the day went.The aternoon was antastic.Ended up with 27 keepers to 3lbs.Most o the ish were about 1 1/2...All dropshot..Going back tomorrow..
      City: sonora

      Tips: ind the right depth and your in...

Monday, December 15th, 2003

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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The old man had two on and one other bite or 3 hrs. o ishing. Using Power Bait. South-east side. Bites real sot. I watched him let one run, and it still did not stay on.
      City: Pittsburg

      Tips: Be patient. Bring boots!