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Sunday, November 23rd, 2003

  • 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

Saturday, November 15th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I guided a very smart client yesterday (Fri), helping him prepare or a Saturday club tournament. Not only did he learn some good spots rom me, but read Dean Sault's post about the Yamamoto #284 hula grub, which I had mentioned to the client also. The big news is that he won the tournament today and took big ish just as Dean did last week on the #284 hula grub - except this was a bit bigger - 11 pounds 3 ounces! Wow!!! I won't say any more in case he wants to post the story. Our trip started Fri at 9 am since that was as soon as he could get there. Rain was orcast or later in the day and o course it started when we launched! We ish Markley Cove and the dam area with a ew bites but no ish. We ished a lot in the narrows and did pretty well. The wind got bad and did hurt us some. We ound two good points and caught several and let so as not to spoil them. He did hook a big spotted bass which broke his 6 pound test. "O with the 6 said I!" and he replaced it with 8. Between rain squalls we ish areas in the main body down to Big Island and ound a lot o ish - on the bottom where they should be! The jig bite, which he wanted to work on really didn't happen, but drop-shotting Basstrix minnow imitations were very good as was a green craw 6" worm. We could have caught a lot o bass even though the bite was slower than we expected with bad weather. We hit several areas or a short time - but wound up with 11 ish - several in the 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 pound range including several largemouth. As I said - the client was smart and saved the big bite or when it counted! Congrats!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: As I saw at Folsom earlier this week, the bait has broken up some and many ish wern't relating to the bait as much. Most o our ish were 15 to 35 eet, thought I caught a nice spot in 5 eet o water on a worm. I really though we would get a big bite on Fri but the sudden weather change might have hurt our chances. We really saw the ish begin to school up - when we ound one there were several. We really did try some topwater o and on but not a touch. He cranked too - not a touch. We had plenty o action to keep us busy however!

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

      Report: ished our club tourney .. tough day or all..even our winner who had ive ish limit or 9+.. we had 25 isherman with 9 people getting skunked.. i had our keepers or 5.29 pounds. man was tough to get a big bite. i caught 20+ ish cranking a red/chrome speed trap but only two were keepers . lost a 3+ at the boat . i was ishing alone so when i turned to get the net he became unzipped. he was barely hooked so i was araid to try to swing on board. i ished.. woodward, victoria.. main river between them and then by cruser haven . was raining when we started and rained steady ( but lightly) until noon . o and on till three. also it was airly warm or a rainy day .. couldn't get a spinner bait or buzzbait bite .. only action i could come up with were the speed trap and a 8 inch dead ringer ..
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: slow way down.. stay warm and se..

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We had our last club tourney o the year here and ishing was pretty good. First place was 14.45 ponds or our ish. This bag was anchored with a beautiul 10.20 hawg. Fish came on a senko early. Second place was a limit or 11.00, with a 4 1/2..He reported all o his ish came in shallow grass drop shotting. I had third with 9.35 and spent alot o the day conused. I dropshotted main lake humps with 1001G keepers worms or a small limit o smallies and spots at 18 eet.About one thirty I ran up river and started cranking yo-zuri vibes on rocky lats. Caught two nice smallies and culled up. Moving urther up river I nailed two nice blacks on blades out o stick ups. Went back to cranking and caught a ive and six lb. striper..Damn they had me excited.
      City: sonora

      Tips: Fish and bait here are still shallow.The guy who caught the ten lost a bigger one.Another angler reported losing two giants on blades.And one member caught a 10.40 preishing...This is a good lake..

Friday, November 14th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: high 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished our usual sloughs in the NE Delta. Started at 7:00A and quit at 1:30P. Mixed bag -- 2 salmon (8 & 12 lb), 1 striper (8 lb), and 3 bass (1 lb and 2 in the 2-2.5lb range).
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Rat L traps or stripers and salmon. Dragged bass out o the weeds using white/chartruese spinnerbait.

Thursday, November 13th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my Girlriend ishing or the irst time on a major lake (Been ishing the Delta since Summer began). We put in at Markley Cove at around 7:30AM and ished the points thru the narrow's with just two keep's to show. Went into Wragg's Canyon with little sucess. The condition's were lat, which isn't good or that area, I need a breeze, so I booked it up to the Northend o the lake and ound the condition's quite dierent, a Breeze rom the Northwest was happening. We ished the eastside in 12-17t o water with a Don Ivino S-20 6inch Worm and proceded to catch 9 ish in a matter o 2 hour's (1 spot). the Key to catching them was "Grass" isolated.Ripp'in was out, didn't produce anything. Crank'in I had chaser's. It was a subtle bite. Sorta igured it maybe being it was right ater a major ront. Condition's were bright skie's, you couldn't buy a cloud that day.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: or shallow ish look or stained water, the clear the water the deeper the ish. Shad seemed to be in 17-35t o water on the windy side o the stucture (wall, point, bank). I your ishing down south look or large ormations o Rock. In my opinion this would hold larger ish. Jig's in Brown and Purple should work.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WE ARE HEADING UP ON FRIDAY, ANY RECENT REPORTS? ANY TIPS WOULD HELP ALSO THANKS. COME ON SMALLMOUTH!!!!!!!
      City: SANTA CRUZ

Wednesday, November 12th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished dutch slough. Out going tide. White blades. Just outside o the weed-line. Caught 26# or seventeen little guys take your pick. Nothing over 2.5#
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: The wind is your riend

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out at Holland on riday, tough bite or me (but im a little rusty). But that`s not why im writing. What`s up with the sea lions. I saw 2 on ri. morning bashing stripers. Scared the crap out-o-me. Is this a common occurance? I hope not, besides, can`t be good or the ishery. Look orward to your comments.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Wish i had some, mabey next time.