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Monday, September 22nd, 2003

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      Water Temp: 1000

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Small Harry...your so ull o shi......
      City: San Jose

      Tips: get o your high horse!

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trolled 8am till 11am 7trout 2 smallmouthweather hotter then hot.ish looked to be in good shape.lots o bait ish.had a good time or what the lake has to oer at this time.put pay take.a little advice or drum beaters.the lake is making progress little by little.rome wasn't built over night.there are people enjoying the lake or what it has to oer.or those who had to jump the ence and ish elegaly the trip is over.now you have to share. i also helped with the xmass trees and buy a yearly purmit.
      City: remont

      Tips: rainbow runners,boyants septs lasher and grubdown riggers at 20t.use deptinder.

Sunday, September 21st, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ok, I decided to write a report on this lake because no one else is. Went out yesterday with a buddy o mine at about eight and started with top water, and got nothing. Stopped at about nine and started hiking. We didn't get any hits untill we got to the steep clis. We ound the ish by working the banks real ast with blades and rattles. Once we ound them, we started using jigs, brush hogs, and senko's. By noon me and my buddy were making bets on who would catch the 100th ish! Even though we were still catching em every cast we called it a day. We lost count at 150 but guessed that we had about 180 ish up to six pounds. A lot o the ish were small, and some times you would reel your trape in with two ish on the end. I'm only giving this report on this lake, because would like to have another angler to talk with. Out o the three years I have been going thier I've only seen ive ishermen. Write a report i you go! Good luck
      City: Mill Valley

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

      Report: From the shore. Got a 3.5 pounder on white spinnerbait w/smoke-black-hologram grub. Casting at an angle and retrieving through gaps in the weeds. Rod tip up, bringing it in shallow. This pattern has been working well the last ew weeks. Two more 1 pounders lipping 4" smoke-black-hologram senkos between rocks and edge o weeds.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Shad Colors - White/Grey/Silver/Black

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out o Ladds rom 6:30 am to 2:30 pm.Started out cranking the meat wall w/a rapala jointed craw while my partner cranked a craw pattern Speed Trap. I hooked but lost a 3 lb. largemouth and he boated a six lb. striper. Headed to the Port area and continued to crank the same baits w/me boating dinks and my partner boated a 13" and 14" largemouth. Headed to the Fourteen Mile Slough area and by now we were both cranking Speed Traps. He boated another keeper and then I inally boated my irst keeper. Continued to crank the same baits and boated several more dinks. Hit some weed mats and while my partner tossed a rog I threw a wht. & chart. buzzbait along the outside weed edge. No blow ups on the rog but I boated a keeper w/the buzz bait. Went back to the Port o Stockton area inishing the day o there. I boated two more keepers lipping a watermelon Senko and my partner inished o his limit cranking the Speed Trap. His ith ish tipped the scales at 7 lbs. 3 oz. and had inhaled the Speed Trap.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Crank craw pattern cranks along the rip rap and pitch a Senko in weed pockets and outside edge o the tules.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: Mod 70's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to give Clearlake a try this last Sunday. Been a while. I was not disappointed. Found and awsome topwater bite that lasted rom sunrise till about 10 am. Most were in the 2-3 pound class with a couple o 5's and one 8+. Patern was spooks and ripping. Fished the north end most o the day. There was not a lot boat traic up here. Fisged the rest o the day on docks on the east end ishing senko's catching many ish in the 2-4 pound class. All in all a very good day. Best ive went 21+ pounds. Fish the north end, no one is up there.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Spooks and rips in morning in shad patterns. A lot o bait all over the place. Senko's on docks later, watermelon and shad patterns.

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      Water Temp: 75%

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It was realy hot this week end! got a ew dinks, sat.& sun. My buddy Kyle got a 3,lbr. On riday! Lots o preshure on the south side this sat. the boats stirring up the silt. The biger ish were caught on the main lake in sparse weeds. We got some savage strikes but they turned out to be little dudes. we stay'd at the campgrounds and donated blood to the mosquitos! Oh lord bring the bug spray!
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Hot Hot Hot, bring lots o water! Fish the shade o sparse weeds. any thing weedless, senkos, texas riged worms. also cast grubs paralell to the weeds.

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

      Report: Fished in the morning at the trash pile. Caught 1 ish at about 9:30am but the bite died o. Fished a ew other spots with no luck. Went back and ished the trash pile at 2:00pm and got into them. Caught 3 ish in about 15 min. and had our limit. Fish were small but did catch ish in the 3 to 5 pound range. Fun day!
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Used live minnows in 40 eet o water or irst ish and dead minnows in 60 eet or last 3 ish.

Saturday, September 20th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I spent Wed, Thurs, and Fri guiding olks that are soon to be ishing tournaments at Clear Lake. The ino here will be general because o their upcoming competition. I wish we were in a tournament Wed - what a day!!! We started ishing topwater and cranks, but because the lake temp had dropped several degrees, I wasn't too excited about our chances, though we did catch a ew 2 pounders. About 9 am we Senkoed and drop-shotted with some success. The weather was warming up and I told them when we started that the bite might pick up later. Well, guess what!! About 10 am I was excited to stick an above average ish on a drop-shot rig - 4 pounds even. Soon one o the clients sticks a good ish drop-shotting which turns out to be 5 lb 11 oz. That made the day I thought! Little did I know that this bass was his warm-up act!! About 11:05 he sets on a good one! I had borrowed a net that was air size (mine had blown out o the boat) and when this bass made its inal jump at the boat I put the net under it and hoped that most o her would all in the net. It worked and I struggled to lit her in the boat. Using my three scales we did our best to get her to 10 pounds but he caught her a month too early. We were all pretty excited about 9 lbs 13 oz however!! What a beautiul bass or this time o year! Maybe I am crazy, but to put 19 1/2 pounds or three ish in the boat in an hour drop-shotting - well - I didn't think that was possible. I wish I could tell you how and where we did it, but I can't. We wound up with 26-2 or our 5 best and caught 19 total. Thurs and Fri trips were very similar with 23 bass being caught each day. We could have caught more but we spent a lot o time running - looking at dierent areas. Most were cranked, drop-shotted, and Senkoed. Thursday broke my string o big bass trips - the biggest was only 2 1/2 pounds. Friday we managed a 3-10 or big ish and another near 3 pounds, with lots in the 2 1/2 pound range. I hope my Friday client does well - we ound a "sweet" spot with lots o quality 2 to 3 pound bass. I wish them all the best and it was really un to help "prep" them.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Thurs and moreso on Fri we tried rogs, again to no avail. I saw a ew mats o-shore with bait all around and not a single blowup. Amazing. There were balls o shad everywhere on the meter and we saw several dead ones loating. There are some colors that are working best, so experiment 'till you ind a good one. I went out night ishing rom 10:30 'til midnight just around Rattlesnake Island or un. What a waste o time - I got one small bite. I'm sure they ed sometime - but not when I was there. For those that are interested - I heard one retarded carp roll the whole time I was out! Again, no carp activity - no bass activity. It works or me (unortunately sometimes!).

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pardon me but I orgot to mention Mr. KNUCKLEHEAD, I do walk on water, in a 107 mph Sanger latbottom, my nonishing boat.
      City: Los Gatos

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To those it may concern.I'm about as real as it gets.I've been chasin' ish since I could walk and I've got more rods and reels than ingers and toes, mostly Fenwick thank you.And as or what else I do, I probably built your house AND the piece o s@#*! building you work in, IF you have some type o gainul employment.
      City: Los Gatos

      Tips: To show my gratitude to my new socalled anclub, here are a couple o REAL tips. Fish the eastside o Lexington in the ugliest water you can ind. Remember, it doesn't matter what it looks like to you, only to what you are trying to catch! And here's another, the Campbell perc ponds are RED HOT right now and I don't mean or planter trout

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey big harry,Are you or real or a ictitious character? Most anglers have to work or their ish. To imply that you can catch a lot o ish while drinking with your buds and playing with your dog (or was it the other way around?)seems a bit ar-etched to me. What else do you do? Walk on water? Raise the dead?
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Senko is spelled with a "K"

Friday, September 19th, 2003

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6:45 a.m. to noon. Beautiul day. Started at Yorty Creek with top water. One medium ish hit a buss bait. No other bites. At 7:30, drop shotted with several colors o robo worms. One 12" bass on a morning dawn worm. Then ished gigs, carolina rigged worms, texas rigged worms, and only one more 11" bass on a morning dawn worm. Two riends also ished today and caught three bass around 12" drop shotting. Not good - any tips? Just could not determine what they are hitting.
      City: Novato

Thursday, September 18th, 2003

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

      Report: On the water at 6:30 Am, ished just past the narrows and had my irst ish 7AM 2.2 lb spot ate a Fat Free Shad Suspending crank bait. That was the only ish that would eat a crank bait. Switch to Pro Worm's Mean Green and ished just outside the stick ups caught 8 more Spotted Bass, one dink and the rest rom 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 pounds...
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Comanche is coming up and cooling due to water released rom Pardee, which is really nice. All the ish I caught today were in 13 to 27 eet o water. Most o the bigger spots I caught would have another spot o equal size ollowing it to the boat...I was using a quarter oz Mojo weight pegged 5" above the hook equiped with a Mean Green Pro worm and I would drag it a bit and shake it a little. I like this lake and ish it every Saturday...

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      Water Temp: 75+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started o late ishing the north end,with 4" handpours in the oxblood.got many ish draggin across the bottom.ishing is good now that the lake is at it lowest..catish are biting pretty good right now too..
      City: sac

      Tips: ish are close to the bank.......

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We have been getting our limit everytime in the last two weeks. Last time ishing was yesterday. Using down riggers, 60 to 113t. Catching the largest ones with Red Rooster Tail lure; Hawaii Coconuts; any silver and red lure. Going in ront o Dam, and Digger Bay-also that irst inlet north/east o Dam, can't remember name.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a quick report. Fished rom 5 pm till 1 am. There was a good jig bite during the late aternoon, and a good crankbait bite at dusk. Night bite was next to dead. Most were about 12" with only a couple decent ish, a 2 and a 4.2. All ish came on crankbaits even though got some good hits on the jig.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Cover a lot o water during the evening until you ind the crankbait ish.

  • Mono County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got (3) 4-6 pounders on my irst 3 cast with a bass ry plug in the grass holes 2-3 eet rom shore. Most success on drop shot at greeen weenie colored reapers. Ended up with 25 ish. 20 ish rom 3-6+ pounds and 3-4 smaller 1.5-2.-3 pounders. Only ished until noon due to prior commitments. Cant wait to go back. this has to be one o the best bass lakes in the country when its on.
      City: Yorba Linda

      Tips: Slow presentation with plastics o any kind and keep a close look and eel on your line because the bite can be very light.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Tower Marina or the First time Tuesday morning. The ramp is pretty steep and it is not super easy to drop your boat in. Anyways, headed to Whites slough. The water was glass until about 11:00 A.M. threw lots o topwater and got a couple o 2lb bass on the spook. Switched over to a white/white spinnerbait. Got a couple o nice ones and then got slammed by a 7lb Striper, my irst on a spinnerbait. It started to get pretty windy so I headed or some protected water and got a ew more on various plastics. All in all a great day best 5 went 12.
      City: Walnut Creek

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started out at 6am and ound some good spots around the lake..catching them on drop shotting and spidergrubs around the humps. Big bass...5 1/2 lbs. Caught at least around 25 bass in 1-3 lbs. Will go back soon to preish beore the tourney.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: 6 inch worms and spidergrubs in motor oil color will do.