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Sunday, October 26th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Clear Lake or the irst time saturday the 25th......I cannot even begin to tell you what and absolutly incredible lake this truly is. I you have never ished it beore-sell your house,hock the kids-do whatever you have to do to go there and ish! I used 1/8 oz darter heads with Roboworm Aaron's Magic 4 1/2" straight tail worms.I ished strictly docks and ound the loating docks held ish but very ew came o pilings/raised docks. In 3 hrs I caught 11 ish with the best 5 going better than twelve pounds. Now I'll tell you I caught some beautiul,at,picture perect bass,but I did catch several dinks 11-13" long but I'm not a meat isherman-I love 'em all. We also attended the Bassmasters weigh-ins and were lucky to see exactly what the lake is capable o-I believe the big ish o the tournament was 9.8 (???) but the amount o 5's,6's and 7's was staggering-this truly is a one o a kind ishery-dont pass up any oppurtunity you get to ish it. Also just a quick pat on the back to Bob Higgins o Limit Out Tackle in Clearlake Oaks-he won the amatuer division by a landslide and is truly a gentleman-bo by and tell him congrats and see the huge selection o tackle he has (along with his trophy!) Also a big pat or Skeet and Jimmy Reese-go boys go!
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: Fish this lake or die trying!

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went to Loma today with my cousin, Chad. We got there at about 2. I got one small ish to attack my ripbait but I didn't get him. Then Chad lost a small one on a Senko. We tried to do some roggin in the island cove. Chad ended up catchin a big bullrog. We went a little past Channel Point and threw Senkos. I ish started takin o with my bait and I set. It started peelin out line so I went to tighten the drag and the ish burried in the weeds and spit the hook. It sucked big time! It was at least a 4. I know that or sure. Then I got bit by this one ish twice and then Chad got him. It went 1lb. 1oz. Then we went over to cat tail. I hooked into another nice ish on the Senko again and it swam into some tules and I had to break it o. We didn't get jack ater that and let at about 5:45.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Senkos!!!!

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Elk Grove Bass held its October tournament on Folsom on the 18th. 10 boats attended with the winning weight at 9.87 lbs. with second at 9.78 lbs. All boats caught ish except one. Most ish came deep rom dropshots. Big ish was 3.52 lbs. Our next tournament is at Collins on the 15th o November, come join us, you do NOT need to be a member to join us. Check out our website at: members.aol.com/elkgrovebass or more inormation. Don't be a beater and ish the same old waters, join EGBass and ish a variety o water thru out the year....
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: Thanks to NCBF or their orum....

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was excellent. Started at irst light. I accidentally dropped my last "popum" o my boat, just then a 5 pounder slammed it. I was amazed. He then jumped into my boat and starting going ater my chocolate milk. Ater that, he lead us to some shad balls that were 26 t down. Me and my partner spooned about 200 bass in the next ew hours. Our arms got tired, so we went to the marina where some Hooter's girls were cookin up some killer hot wings. C'mon dude. 100 bass?
      City: Sac

      Tips: Don't believe everything you read. Just go ish and i you get a ew, that's great. Enjoy nature and a cold one. God bless Hooter's girls

Saturday, October 25th, 2003

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      Water Temp: 68.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my Pa ishing today. And caught two ish, line them up and you get 10". Tough day today. Tried topwater early on. Cranked, Nada! Dart headed the two dinks. I am going to Oroville on Sun.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Cold Cold Cold, Need Some Cold Weather

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

      Report: Fishing was kinda slow..caught only three bass under 3lbs and my buddy caught one over 3 lbs on drop shot. I caught three on zipperworm along the weedline. Been on the lake rom 6 am till 2 pm. Shads were everywhere and I tried to use some lures relates to shads and nothing works.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: drop shot or texas rigging will do or now

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I ished the irst WON Bass tournament o the season. We only scratched out 1 ish, but it was large enough or 2nd big ish o the tourney. Caught it on a mojo rigged senko. Drop shotting provided a ew dinks. Tough ishing right now with the hot weather. Can't wait until it cools down.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Try carolina or mojo rigging senkos. Fish main lake points with a lot o depth and rocks. Fish are still deep. Look or the bait ish.

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      Water Temp: 68.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my Pa ishing today. Caught two ish, line them up and you get 10" Topwater early A.M., Cranked some, Nada!, Dartheaded the two dinks
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Cold, Cold, Cold! Need some cold weather.

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      Water Temp: 68.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my Pa ishing today. And caught two ish, line them up and you get 10". Tough day today. Tried topwater early on. Cranked, Nada! Dart headed the two dinks. I am going to Oroville on Sun.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Cold Cold Cold, Need Some Cold Weather

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

      Report: Fished Clear Lake this past weekend, didn't know I was going to be sharing the water with BASS. Hit the normal places that hold ish and o course they got hammered. Talked to Jim at Tackle It in Lakeport he sent me out with some LV 500's, Crank Baits, and some Robo Worms and got me on them in the north end. My biggest ish was a 6 on the LV 500 in American Shad. Total ish or the last 5 hours o the day was 17.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: LV 500 in American Shad and Chartruse Shad, CB350 in American Shad. Robo Worms in MM III and Aaron Magic. Thanks Tackle it

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my Kennebeck pontoon tube out or her maiden voyage today. (Sat) with 2 other riends. On the water around 8am. We ished the hwy side by the dam. Dan landed a total o 7 (guess who's staying home next time?) me only 2, one dink the other maybe 2.5 lbs. Tunis inished the day with 5 Most ish were o the bank and 20 to 25 t down. Wind came up around 11am so we called it a day. I enjoyed my new tube! Need lots o rain!
      City: Scotts Valley

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

      Report: Fished Saturday the 25th and the ishing was slow and the wind was bad, all size boats were coming o the lake, rom 12 t boats to 21 t bass boats even some deep V's. I ished rom 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM and got one ish on a drop shot 3 inch morning dawn leechin the only cove we could ind that was calm in the very middle o the cove in 20 t o water. When we got back at 11:00 we ound that both o our rigs had been broken into and my tool box, tackle box and all o my clothes were stollen, the took the same rom my brother car, they ripped open my camper shell and cut the line to my gas tank and drained it and through a rock the size o a basketball through my brothers side window.According to a local guy and the Sherri there has been a lot o break in's at Jones Valley public launch ramp, why they do not have it posted I do not know. I it would have been posted I would not have let $800.00 worth o stu in my truck. Between me and my brother there was about $1300.00 stollen.
      City: SAN JOSE

      Tips: Do not leave valuables in your rigs. Drop shot natural colors and make sure the orcast is not or wind because the white caps were 5-6 t.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58-62'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the middle and South end o the lake. Only two keepers drop shotting a purple worm,(not much over 13") several dinks.Very slow. I ound ish in the backs o coves.I saw a couple bass boats lipping the bouys near the dam, in deep water. I wonder what they were doing?
      City: Redding

      Tips: this lake is conusing to me!

Friday, October 24th, 2003

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      Water Temp: 63 to 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We started at 8:00 morning the irst ish in the boat was 12.1 lbs. striper.We are using rat-l-trap in a chrome/black.The next cast we hook a bigger one on the rat-l-trap it bent the hook out and came o.We also in up catching 10 largemouth bass on jigs and worm and traps. The biggest largemouth was almost 4 lbs.Are total ish we landed was 25.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: the main thing is to ind the shad the ish will be in there

Thursday, October 23rd, 2003

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

      Report: Hey ishing p,I'm not sure that you're aware that the quarries are strictly catch&release or the bass.Please let all the bass go to get bigger and eat the trout.the smallies in these lakes are very special and you'ld have to drive many miles to get on good smalies like these so lets protect our ishery. Thanks swmpy
      City: remont

      Tips: please release all bass!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

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

      Report: The post below this one should have been dated 10-18-2003...Sorry about that...
      City: Roseville

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      Water Temp: not tested

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well ater seing all the reports here I inally decided to check this lake well I never thought it was as good as it was told well caught 3 bass ranging 3-3.5lbs in less than an hour damn using wave worm 5" pumkinmy buddies caught Catish trout and bass this lake is ull o ish by the way they dumped 1700lbs o trout this thursday you might wanna check this lake out especially on bass
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Thank to Tom and Alex or posting a "honest" report thight lines guys Catch and release I'll be going this sunday hope to see you there guys

Tuesday, October 21st, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What almaden lake are you putting ishing reports or? is it the one o old almaden back in cuts, or is it the one that is a park? i just want to know because i ished the one o old almaden and its not to bad but i want to know where you guys are gettin all these ish
      City: San Jose

Monday, October 20th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: cooling

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Not at liberty to say where we ished but we ound the ishing slow also until about mid-day when we got on top o a school o ish and we began to pick up some decent sized ish. The reaction bite or us was also non-existent. We managed 5 keeper bass w/the biggest at around 3 lbs but it took all day to catch them. All o our ish were caught on plastics o one variety or another. The water is gradually cooling and the lake should turn over completely any day now.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Fish plastics and keep ishing them until you are exhausted.

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      Water Temp: 79.0-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing last week and man we got there at 4.00am and it was warm we got alot o or ish in40-45 eet o water we were using robo worms drop shoten got about 10. then we switched to a dart head got alot o dinks managed to get a 2lber not bad let at 11.00am Too HOT!! atleast we did'nt get skunked.
      City: Yuba city

      Tips: Fish deep dropshoten robo worms and dart head in about 40- 45 eet o water GOOD LUCK!