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Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

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

      Report: Launched rom Orwood in the early AM and headed to the middle delta. I went with the purpose o throwing topwater and rip baits so I let my avorite stu at home. Managed 30+ ish to 3lbs. Fished topwater with PoPr and buzzbait. PoPr produced 12+ ish once the sky went rom dark to dawn. Buzzer produced NADA...Then began rippin' and produced 15+ and having a very large ish jump and throw the hook back to me. Pleased with the result since I don't throw rip baits with enough requency to igure them out. I will bring with me on all uture trips. Let the water at Noon. (Five best went 13lbs or so).
      City: discovery bay

      Tips: Rock with sparse tules and weeds work best or me. For topwater, the bites were aggressive and I didn't have a single ish come unbuttoned once hooked which is not common or me. The rip bites were equally ierce and let little doubt the ish were chasing bait. Keys seemed to be a long pause on top and with the rip. The color which produced best with both baits was Pearl White.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Russo's at around 1:30pm and went straight out into Franks Tract. The wind was ierce, especially or my little 12 oot inlatable, but I managed to have my most quality day on the Delta yet. Fished tight to the tulles around the edges o the tract, tossing a brown 3/8 oz jig with watermelon brushhog trailer. Boated ten ish (all keepers) in about 4 hours o ishing. Biggest ive had to go about 18 pounds (great or me especially on such a wild and windy day!!). I don't have a scale, but will be getting one ater this adventure (a riendly bassman weighed in one o the bigger ones at around 4.2 pounds). The ish were pretty tight to cover, but would roam a ew eet to grab the jig even when I pitched poorly. Didn't throw anything but the jig.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Flipping to tight cover - the key seemed to be the highish tide and inding the areas where the tules petered out with deeper water above the hydrilla bottom (4-5 eet as opposed to 2-3), essential to have good cover mixed in with standing tules (allen tules seemed even better than thick hydrilla as coverage).

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Whoever did this is gay.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Probaly Armando I'll beat him up anyway's

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 70 over cast

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trolled again today.5 trout 1 small mouth kept the trout released the sm looked at the bottom here and there with my catch cam.saw sand rock and many carp.talked to a ranger who said they caught the supplyer who plants cat ish also dumping carp with the cats.
      City: remont

      Tips: trolled bouyents, seps grubs 20t

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two person guide trip out o Viera's What a mad house it was in the morning, Silver carp isherman everywhere. We started ishing close to the launch and boated a 2lb spot right away on a white helix, then got a 1lb smallie on a white 3/8oz Persuader with gold blades. Tide was med outgo. We caught ish all along the rip rap where ever there was a current change, like a pint or a bend in the channel. Clients were spinning rod isherman and had a little trouble decting the bite. They ish the helix all day and got 6 ish between them, best one was a 2.5lb smallie. I got about 12 ish on the 3/8 persuader and the new green craw speed trap. (looks like the delta craw but it green) A week eariler I ished smallies out o Hog Back and caught about 15lbs on the white persuader w/gold blades
      City: Concord

      Tips: Rear the river, look or changes in the current. I a guy was to ish up htere and aroun Hog back during the Persuader Tournament you could get 10-17lbs o spots and smallies

Monday, September 22nd, 2003

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake around 2:30 in an eort to take a check out o the boat ater some service and headed north into the 5 MPH zone and ound some submerged trees and brush and couldn't resist throwing a Senko ater my partner had already stuck a nice 3+ on a jig o a rocky point. They were hanging tight to the brush and managed 4 nice 2+ ish then saw them busting bait on the surace and couldn't get my topwater ast enough so lobbed the Senko, twitched it a ew times and had another 2+ with a big at belly. Boat and ish are all ine and got o the water around 6:30,
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Steep rock walls with a brown/orange jig, Yamamoto #180 trailer. Senko was weighted with 1/16 bullet and used cinnamon/blue lake tight to brush.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Didn't get there till about 11am and ound a ew small ish in 20t. so I went deeper and ound some huge schools o bass in creek channel at 35 - 40 t. and spooned one ater another. All 2 - 4 lb. bass, mostly spots. Went home at 2pm. too hot!
      City: Sacramento

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at 5:30am, suprised that I was not the only one waiting at the gate. Started in the South Arm and ound ish in the trees hitting white spinner baits. Continued in the South Arm alternating with the spinner and a white crank bait. One other 2 1/2 punder on the crank bait beore heading to the North Arm to get one more with the spinner bait. Fish were in the trees in the morning but then I ound them o the rocky points in the shade later in the morning. O the lake by 11:30am with 3 in the boat, un day.
      City: South Lake Tahoe

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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"