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Sunday, November 2nd, 2003

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

      Report: Hit the Delta out o Oakley on Sunday or bass. Got a good striper irst thing, and pulled in 5 keeper sized largmouths along with some smaller ones in the morning and early aternoon. By mid aternoon, the ishin died o considerably. Got the striper on a silver and black rattle trap. The best lures or the bass were spinner baits (willow lea colorado tandem with black skirt) and senko worms (blue colors worked best)

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      Water Temp: droping

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was at work riday and saw those clouds and no wind and thought I should be in the delta ishing sat was nice and today was like riday got a striper early and it went 5 lbs lost two at least the same our bigger started on some large mouth and got one too go 6lbs nice ish best ive around 15 lbs good day lot o ish Got one more striper later in the day that went 7 lbs nice resh run striper really had good color un day too ish the delta.
      City: Pittsburg

      Tips: Fish topmwater early than throw shad type cranks bleeding shad has done great or me so ar .

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My brain was on overload driving over to Clear Lake yesterday - Saturday - thinking what in the world would I suggest to my clients with the summer to winter pattern we experienced in 48 hours. As one o my riends said: Autumn was last Wednesday! What would the bass be up to? I suggested we start at 9:30 am and ish 'til dark - taking advantage o any warming there was in the aternoon. Again, that worked or us! Ater launching in the still cold morning, I started showing them some areas in the Clear Lake Oaks arm and we started catching ish about 10 am. We drop-shotted several, including my biggest at 3-9. The other client nailed a 3 pounder. They both wanted to learn to ish jigs better and we did get a ew, with lots o tail-biters. Man, they love that Yamamoto #180 grub tail!! As I expected, the crank bite was slow but I did catch one on a Terminator spinnerbait about 2 1/2 pounds. We ished the south end with very slow results - even up to 4 pm. I was getting worried about my promise o better things to come. Suddenly someone turned on the switch and the jig bite was on! We caught 8 in the last hour with one o the guys boating his biggest jig ish ever - at 3-13. We probably had 20+ hits, but some were small ish I'm sure. We really had un on a bright chilly day, landing 17 bass with a biggest ive limit at 15 1/4 pounds - a real nice surprise or a trip that we were pretty unsure about. Since I was helping them prepare or a tournament - we looked around a lot in addition to ishing and still had a great day. We didn't get a big bite but I really wasn't expecting one. We talked to two other guys coming in and they only had 2 or 3 ish, but they said they did nail a 6 pounder.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Since they are ishing an upcoming tournament, I won't be speciic about what we were using or where we ished. I looked careully to see i the sudden cold weather had cleared the water any - not so ar! Some o the bait had dropped down to deeper water, though there were still Silversides on the surace. It was un watching 5 to 7 inch bass chase the bait - no wonder they are at!!! There are a lot o big ish - some have to be bass - in the 30 to 45 oot depth. Dragging a big worm in deep water could really yield a monster. I noticed that a lot o bass that had been drop-shotted under docks have moved out - somewhere - probably to the nearest ledge. That bite had really slowed or me in the last two trips.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 64 over cast

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my usual, trolled,4 trout at 21t. 1 small mouth at 35t 2trout or supper the rest still in the lake.nice place to relax.my mina kota co-pilot has been working great.
      City: remont

      Tips: ish serace to 21t thomas buoyants,minnow imts rainbow runners and what works best or you.

Saturday, November 1st, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 67-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got there at 7am and got a couple dinks o main points rippin. Went into Rock Creek and caught 12 trout rom 2-4 lbs on a speed trap. Fished there or an hour and had some un playin with the Cutbows. Ater that, I went and dropshotted Mountain Springs with not much success. I switched over to a splitshot and did much better. Not much size to the ish, 2.5 pounds was the biggest. I you go there, watch out or the Trout isherman. They are everywhere...I got quite a ew dirty looks goin by them, hehe.
      City: Elk Grove

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out o Vierra's on Saturday around 9am. There were a ton o Salmon Anglers around. We, however, were searching or Largemouth and Stipers. I started with a Chartreuse Spook Jr., my buddy Aron was tossing a Chrome RatLTrap, and my other riend Bob was using a Lucky Crat Pointer (yellow w/white).At around 9:15am, Aron sticks a 4lb Striper (Bob switches to RatLTrap). At 9:20am, Bob sticks a 13lb Stiper (Greg switches to RatLTrap). Ater that, nothing or about three hours but a couple o hal-hearted strikes. Around Noon, I hook a 2+ lb Largie o some Tules(Still using a trap).An hour later, I catch a Sacramento Pike (one ugly ish) o a Chrome w/Yellow w/Orange RatLTrap and then on the next cast caught a dink Largemouth. Then around 2pm, Bob caught a 4lb Striper on Chrome w/blue RatLTrap. All-in-all, less ish than we had hoped, but had a un day out on the water. Best ive went 25lbs (mostly on the back o that nice 13lber).We stayed airly close to Vierras and Rio Vista the entire time and threw mostly traps the entire day. We did spend a little time casting JigsNpigs (purple), Spooks, and Sencos (Watermelon).Greg H.Orangevale, Ca.ggh4@pge.comP.S. Saw some nice Salmon being caught (both Wigglewart and Quikish). Probably 1 or 2 per boat (some in the 22lb range).
      City: Orangevale

      Tips: Looks like the Stiper bite was on early and we just caught the tail end. Throw bigger traps and hang on.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The water is VERY LOW!!! Be very careul where you go and make sure you know the depth. I almost got stuck and ruined my outboard in a very shallow part o the lake (in the narrows). My ish inder said it was about 1 oot deep. From then on, I stayed close to the water's edge.On to the ishing. I didn't catch anything. I got one bite going or striper, but didn't get anything else. I saw a ew others catching trout, but no bass were to be ound.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Go to the Delta and catch some striper and salmon right now beore they're gone.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 6 boats, 12 anglers ished a club tournament on 11/1/2003. Clear water, clear sky, cool day. water temp in the low 60's. quite windy. We caught a lot o small ish but only 4 o us caught 5 keepers (13" or longer).I did not go north o Moccasin in Tuolumne River as originally planned because it did not seem it would make a dierence where we ished. Instead, I ished:1. Rocky walls north o Graveyard Creek2. Sole piece o rock at Red Mountain Bar3. Stuck-up bare trees across rom Red Mtn. Bar4. Island across rom and South o the Aquaduct Islands5. Buzzard PointMe and Scott caught many small ish but only one keeper each at spot 4 above. We drop shot with shad color innesse lures and 4-1/2" straight tail Aarons Magic worms. I caught the big ish, all 1.68 lbs o it. It was that tough.
      City: Chatsworth

      Tips: Fsih 17' i you want to catch small ish. Fish deeper i you want keepers. No guarantees.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ater the irst cold ront o the year, the bite seemed to improve. Caught about 20 keepers between 1.5 and 2 lbs. Much better than the previous week. There is a reaction bite early, then dropshotted ater that. Most ish came on points between 15 and 35 eet. You can see ish on every point with your graph but you work hard to get them, still heavily eeding on shad and not very committal to baits, but getting better.
      City: Madera

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

      Report: Anglers- A reminder that the irst B.A.S.S. ederation tournament is Dec. 14th on Shasta. Flyers are at Phil's prop or you can go on the website @ www.caliorniabass.org and download an entry orm. Cut-o date is Dec. 8th. Please contact me @ 243-7348 i you have any urther questions. Good luck and see you on the water. Tony
      City: Redding

Friday, October 31st, 2003

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a trout swim bait,caught a 8.5 and a 7.5 on the same spot the weather was cloudy only 4 or 5 boats on the water. Rained heavy ater lunch. There was only one other boat beside me then. Caught another niceish Jigging. Had several very nice ish ollow the trout to the boat. A blessed day
      City: Oxnard

      Tips: Its time to throw those trout baits.Remember God who created all this and thank Him or everthing. God Bless, and Good Fishing.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Scott, the biggest bass caught at Loma sure wasn't 3lbs. LOL. I have caught 9 bass at Loma this year over 3lbs including: a 3-3, 3-11, 3-13, 4, 5, 6, 6-ll, 7-8, and an 8-6. The 8-6 is my biggest bass ever. I thought it was the second biggest out o Loma but I guess you got a bigger one than I did. Exactly how big was that one you got on the spinnerbait? Just curious.
      City: Antioch

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I Would Like To Know What Is going On At shasta Lake? Have ished It For 20 Years, Have Been there The last Two Days & Caught Two bass, Love the lake, Help Would Be Appreciated.Tried Plastic, all Kinds,Minnows,See ish On The screen But No Takers. Thanks Richard
      City: Tulelake

Thursday, October 30th, 2003

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      Water Temp: Who Knows?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught about 4 dinks rom the shore to the let o the dam on +oz RT's (shad pattern)SLOW retrieve.Fish are chasing shad. Smoke tube on a C-rig banged a 3lb and about 3 more dinks, not bad or LOW ASS waster and 2 hrs rom shore. Rain PLEASE!
      City: Los Gatos

      Tips: Anything that looks like shad will rip em, pre winter eedbag is on...Spinnberbait, Rattle Trap, smoke plastics. Fish slow, these ish are COLD!

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice to have some aces with the names. I appreciate the advice rom both you guys. I am very new to bass ishin and am learning as I go. When you say ripbaits/jerkbaits what exactly are you speaking o. Brand?Plastics? I am hjealous o that 4 plus. Biggest I've gone is probably 3.5 on a speed trap. Also when you guys say the island are you reerring to the area where we crossed paths in the loat tubes? Thanks again.Sorry or using the reports page or checking in. Take care and good luck.
      City: Concord

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      Water Temp: 69 to 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We when back on monday to try again.We caught 5 small lg.bass. But we caught 30 to 35 stirper bass on chrome and black rat-l-trap. The guy at bait shop weighed are ish that we caught on sunday. The ish we caught were turn back to the water on sunday and on monday.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: The main thing is to ind the bait.Look or the birds in the water the baits.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was excited to be able to guide again at Berryessa ater what seemed like a hundred trips at Clear Lake. I wasn't too excited about how the ishing has been rom what I have heard. I suggested to my clients that we start at 10am and ish 'til dark - hoping or a longer topwater bite window. That proved to be a great decision 'cause the daytime bite was as tough as I have seen in years. It was hot, calm, and the water was clear - not the best conditions! We all had a ew hits and I inally land a giant 7" bass on a dropshot rig. I told them things should pick up around 3 pm and they did. They wanted to learn to drop-shot and one o the ellows got his irst drop-shot bass near Big Island - a 2 pound largemouth. I had him using a Yamamoto Kut-tail worm. About 4 pm we started to see some surace activity and about 4:30 we all went to Chug Bugs and the un begun - FINALLY!! Each client landed quality largemouth with the biggest at 3 pounds even and several 2 to 2 1/4. We wound up with 11 or 12 bass total with our ive biggest pushing 10 pounds. This trip deinately had a happy ending!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We looked long and hard with the X-15 to ind schools o bait. Most the the bait we saw was in Markley Cove. Places that have always had bait didn't today. The bait we did see was 30 to 50 eet deep! Wow!! So much or turnover!!! It was interesting to see trout in Wragg Canyon eeding on the surace in 70 degree water. That was a irst or me. As soon as the sun set, the ish appeared on the meter and the topwater bite took o. My clients loved it!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out at b&w at 6 sunrise and no more than 10 minutes into ishing i land yet the biggest ish o my lie. it was 13lbs on a senko. it took a couple o seconds o ighting but i landed it.then i ound a spot that blocked the wind.the wind wasnt too bad and i ished topwater. i love topwater. so i pulled out my repel pop r and i smashed them. i could 6 ish. best 5 going about 19lbs. thats pretty good or the water temperature at 63. over all today was a good day . some spots were rough because o the wind. got o the water at about noon.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: in the morning its very good or senkos.within the 10 minutes i managed to get alot o dinnks and one killer 13lber and topwater was good until it got later into the day and never give up!!!

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished main lake out o Bassalt with two partners on Tuesday the 28th. Started trolling with nothing then decided to ish accross the lake by the small rock wall along the hwy then it happend, Stripers busting shad along the rocks. We were in the right place at the right time and took ull advantage o the situation by tossing jerk baits and shad raps. Bite was wide open and the ish were 21 to 26 inches. Then ater 12 or so hookups it quit, they were gone. Then we went to the trash racks and ound nothing went back to the rock wall and they were back again. Same action, three hookups at once with keeper ish then again they let. What a great day, we were just lucky to be there.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Watch the shore or busting ish on the surace early and hold on or a nice ride.

Monday, October 27th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The quality o ish in this lake is outstanding. Between mon and weds last week we had 6 ish over 7lbs and 1 over nine. On ri I did a guide trip and we had 1 9lber and a ew missed stripers oppurtunities on the big baits.I moved back rom the Delta a couple months ago and have been shinning this lake on a little, what a mistake. I am a licensed guide and typically guide a ew private lakes and pyramid, castaic and San Vicente. This will now be on my list o available lakes.
      City: Palmdale

      Tips: Cory Dispensiero (415)336.1254 (661)272.0951Licensed Guide Silverwood, Castaic, Pyramid, San Vicente and privates Lakes