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Monday, November 24th, 2003

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To "Joe Basserman" : Not really, at least or me. Though my target isbass, I don't mind seeing report or other kinds o ish. Actually,even it's a trout report, it still contains useul inormation such aswater temperature and clarity to help you success or your bass ishing.To raymc, Thanks or sharing your day. I enjoy reading the report and keepus posted.Peace.
      City: Palo Alto

      Tips: Please respect your ellow anglers.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My deepest apology to JOE BASSER MAN AND ncb and all other bass ishermen i have oenDed when they go to the QUARRY LAKES REPORT and ind a trout report.just wanted to share my day with you who read my report.IDO CATCH BASS NOW AND THEN AS IS ALSO ENTERED IN THE REPORTS AND THEY ARE LEFT FOR THE REAL BASS FISHER MEN TO TRY AND CATCH. HAVE A NICE DAY
      City: remont

      Tips: FISH AND ENJOY THE OUTTING

Sunday, November 23rd, 2003

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I just completed one o my most amazing trips in recent memory. My previous report mentioned the incoming storm south winds during the trip - this time it was reezing north winds with bluebird skies - tough conditions! Plus, one o my clients had never bass ished beore. We started about 9 am and I realized right away that drop-shotting would be the way to go or them. We ound the bass about 10 am and the action was great - including a double hookup or them. We bested the previous late all Collins trip o 23 with 26 keeper spotted bass rom 1 to 2 pounds. That is all that would bite I guess. Ater catching several largemouth including a near 4 pounder on Wednesday, they were nowhere to be ound yesterday. This is why guides love spots - they bite no matter what! I caught one spoon ish and one jig ish. The rest were drop-shotted on 4" Camanche Jack's green craw worms and Arron's Magic worms. We ished the river arm mostly since that was really the only place we could hold the boat. I guess the results o this trip will be in my memory or a long time - I would have never guessed!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: These bass are spitting up more shad than I have ever seen at Collins, yet big bait balls are hard to ind on the meter. As I mentioned beore - the ish are eeding well and are at! Most o our ish were caught in the 30 to 45 oot range and had to be released immediately to keep them rom going belly-up. Very ew bites - just pressure!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent most o the day ishing shallow, thinking that ish might have inally moved up. No luck. Decided to back the boat up or the last ew hours and caught 3 keepers in the last hour. Caught them all in 30+ eet o water using a dropshot.
      City: Placerville

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 19 members ished a local club tourney and 16 weighed in limits w/only 1 member skunked. Winner had a 13 lb. 5 ish limit and said he ished the lower lake w/all his ish coming rom 20' or less. His 4.5 lb. big ish came at 2 pm in Cottonwood. 2nd & 3rd place both had over 9 lbs.. I managed 3 keepers ater weeding thru 20+ dinks. Fish were caught split shotting, drop shotting, ripping, and jigs. Best colors were blue or purple ghosts and watermelon.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Decent bite just have to work thru the dinks. Slower presentation works best.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: chillin

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Would all you planter trout ishermen please dont submit your report on this site. Nobody cares about the trout. who look at these reports. This is NCBF thats Northern Caliornia BASS ishing. Hello do you think my 5 year old could catch a planter trout. I hope so they dump enough in there. Lets see some bass reports instead o the trout. I I wanted to see the trout reports I would go to anglersedge.com to see them. shouldnt you?
      City: Fremont

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trolled last riday caught and released 8 trout.again today caught 11 trout 1 smallmouth all released.ish seem to like the rapala plugs trolled on top and down 10t.1 trout was 30 plus inches long.all ish gave a nice ight.
      City: remont

      Tips: try dierent colored lures you may be suprised what colors catch ish. i was.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing on Saturday rom 3:30-5PM. Water was death calm today. Caught a small one about a pound on Bomber7A. Let at 5PM due to the park was closed.
      City: Stanord

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Heard the trout bite was exceptional,but my partner and i had a heck o a time.We looked or trout bustin the surace in green springsand also spent time spooning or bass in the same area.we moved to the bridge and he caught a 13"smallie on the pillers.Pretty tough day on tulloch!Has to be the cold weather!
      City: oakdale

Saturday, November 22nd, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Another cold & windy day at the lake. Air temp in the mid-30's when we started at 6:30. We started c-rig'n a 7x cut tail worm on main lake points and caught 2 keepers down at 30'. Drop shotted another at 35' deep then the wind blew us o the main lake area. Ran down to the dam and Markley and caught a ew dinks dragging a hula grub. Tough weather conditions and a really slow bite. I hear that Sunday was much better because the wind laid down.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Fish are still deep, 30'-50'. Drop shot 3"-4" worms on and around points. Look or concentrations o ish on your graph, there all over. Colors: watermelon or green pumpkin

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

      Report: The day started out slow with only 2 stripers probably 4 to 5 pounds each by Holland marina. We moved over to middle river and noticed anothe rboat ollowing diving birds. We went over and started throwing rattle traps into where the birds were diving and did not get a bite then my brother looks at the graph and says all o the ish are on the bottom so we switch over to 1 ounce hopkins spoons and we started catching one ater the other. We probably had 10 doublw hookups. The ish were ranging rom 4 to 15 pounds. We landed about 20 ish each. Then it stopped as ast as it started. We caught maybe 4 more each. Not a bad day.
      City: Hayward, Caliornia

      Tips: Look or diving birds or watch your graph and when you ind ish drop a hopkins spoon just o the bottom and start spooning.

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Turtle beach or schoolies.Mossdale
      City: Manteca

      Tips: Jigging,Rat-L-Traps,Broken Backs,Mud Suckers,Jumbo Minnows

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      Water Temp: 51-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was good but you won't know it or the 300mph winds. But we did ight the wind or 21 ish total. biggest 2.5lbs tied to ish points and weed lines o points.when we could but was still un. stay warm and sae
      City: Modesto

      Tips: 10-12lbs test line. baby brush hog(warter melon/red/blk) 1/4oz pegged 2in up. and sweet beaver cal. color with 5/16oz texas rigged. hope it helps

Friday, November 21st, 2003

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: All you need to throw up there is a jig and pork. I caught some nice ish using the jig. All were caught shallow. No more than 15 eet. My 5 best ish weighed in at about 22lbs(7,5,4.5,3,3). All caught on or near wood. I you ind one, there should be more. Be patient and ish that jig really slow. You can't beat a jig this time o year whether it's sunny or cloudy. The best part about it(the jig) is that you can eliminate all those other rods and know you're gonna get quality ish with the jig. One rod and one bait. I love it. D.B.COOPER
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: 1/2oz brown and orange Skinny Bear Bass jig(ootball head) with brown Super Pork(senior). You need to slow down and get it in your head that you are looking or quality bites. At some point during the day you're gonna run into them and get hammered just like I did. Don't give up on the jig. Thank you Scott Green. D.B.COOPER

Wednesday, November 19th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a small limit on jigs and shakeing 6"worms, The ish came o steep banks and quick tapering points. You can catch dinks shallow, ish 15 to 20 eet or bigger ish. I missed alot o ish, slow reaction on my part, its been awhile sinced I last ished. Used standard colors or this lake, brown/purple 1/4 oz. jigs and peanut butter/jelly worms.
      City: salida

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished south arm main lake. Fish were up on bank early and picked them o with everything rom jigs to cranks. When the wind layed down had to ind bait and ish were near bye. Three over and many in the slot. Keep Moving!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Shad colored cranks and earthtone jigs and plastics.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: For those expecting a juicy report...sorry...But or those interested in the state o the lake's shoreline, you should know...IT SUCKS!...I have noticed, on recent trips to the lake( I irst ished the lake 12 years ago and only started ishing it again very recently), just how much garbage is let behind on the shoreline by "Fishermen". Bottles, cups, orks, worm containers, beer cans, cigarette cartons, anything and everything!...I was there doing a little ishing today and spent a little time picking up some o it. It quickly became overwhelming...The more I picked up, the more I ound. I didn't even have to look or it. I could've picked up more i I; irst, had more bags; second, more help; third, MORE TIME!!!...And here's something that I didn't even notice until today...There's a @#%!! garbage bin right by the lake! What the hell is wrong with people!?(You know who you are) And I know it's only a small percent o lazy, selish bastards ruining the beauty o the lake and the outdoors or the rest o us, but those ew seem to make a pretty big mess. I'm sure most o you out there who might read this are responsible and respectul outdoorsmen, so you are probably as angered and disappointed as I am when you see this stu going on. It's rustrating that no matter what we say or do, nothing gets through to people like that...They-just-don't-care!!!...And we have to keep picking up, cleaning up and wiping the butts o these 3 year-olds...That's just how I want to spend my ishing trips...At what point, in these people's lives, did they learn and think that it was okay to drop and leave their crap where ever they eel like? I'd ask the question, "Would they do this in their mother's house?", but the answer(or reality) would probably be, "Yes."...Those "Fishermen" need to stop embarrassing themselves and everyone else, and learn to be respectul. With that, I'd just like to say; Go ishing, enjoy the outdoors, pick up a little i you can, and i not, at least, don't leave anything behind, and I'll do the same. Maybe our caring and respect will rub o on others.
      City: Dump

Tuesday, November 18th, 2003

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 62 nice warm da

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started trolling 7am using plugs on top.repala and mega bait minnow imatations, nettle ish. hooked 15 trout kept4 great day o ishing.
      City: remont

      Tips: troll just under serace when wind creates arile on water

Monday, November 17th, 2003

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

      Report: SOMEONE ASKED HOW TO GET TO THE CREEK IT IS ILLEGAL TO FISH DOWN THEIR. BUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANY WAYS AFTER YOU PAY YOU GO STRAIGHT OVER THE BRIDGE AND THEIR IS THE CREEK.
      City: Bethel Island

      Tips: DON'T FISH IN THE CREEK UNLESS WANT TO GET A VERY LARGE FINE.

Sunday, November 16th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out o del's 6:00am went to honey hole was still holding ish 3 weeks now.nothing big Most went 1-2lbs big ish or the day 3.5lbs.Partner and I spent most o the day in same area or a total o 18 ish best 7 went 14.49lbs not real good but works or us. Fog was nasty in spots took hours to burn o.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: Out side weed lines and just inside in shallow spots in low tide.Incoming tide, tight to bank in 2-5t water next to wood and rocks with weedline outside. lipped plastics allday.Hope it helps