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Thursday, September 11th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, hit the Delta about 7 A.M. out o Sugar Barge. Strange weather on the Delta today, cloudy, then windy with rain o and on. Tried topwater early with no takers. Downshited to the drop shot and caught about 30 or so. The biggest was about 1.5 lb. I even caught a catish on the dropshot. Tried some blades and cranked or a while with no takes. Tried a little trolling or Stripers with no luck.
      City: Walnut Creek

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To all those who ish here this lake sucks and will always suck as long as ACWD has control over the EBRPD. Last years christmas tree planting was hard work i know i was there or many hours trying to use some dumbass tie wraps to tie a tree to a chain. When the water luctuates (as it does so much here) the trees look and do nothing more than make my eyes hurt and litter the banks o which i have ished since beore the perimeter ence was even put up !! it makes me riggin SICK to think that all that time we spent was wasted cause now the trees don't provide much at all and why don't they just pull them out to the deeper water because ACWD wont let them. Chabot on the other hand is beneitting more rom this program my advice orget QL save the trees or chabot thats or you DON i u want advice and help i'll give it to ya but the truth hurts sometimes unortnately!! - OQB
      City: Fremont

      Tips: let the trout isherman have this place!! but i someone happens to catch something well CPR it as don says

Wednesday, September 10th, 2003

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

      Report: Surace bite has been un lately, most ish between 2-4 lbs, with an occasional 5+. I ya want to stay busy, try inesse plastics just outside the weeds with a ish every other cast...not much or size. Most large ish have been o blades or me....white.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Bussbait in the middle o the day, but tight to cover....or over lats with weeds just under water.

Tuesday, September 9th, 2003

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: Hi 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Ranger said they may close the ramp or the rest o the year ater today, I would call in advance beore going.Nice to be out there even though I did not do well. On the lake at 8:30 and out at 4:00 and only 4 ish o no size. 10:15 dink on a drop shot 4" wacky senko, 10:40 1.2lb on a baby brushhog split shotting, 1:20 dink watermalon senko drop shot, 3:00 dink watermolon senko again. Wind was a actor all day and the water was muddy by 10:00. Fished rom 35' into shore tried blades, cranks, jerkbait, dragging a senko even a topwater. The small ones I caught were on plastic drop shot or splitshot. I did see two nice LMB in the 4 lb range sunning themselves all the way back in the last cove on the right in 3 t o water. Tossed my bait up on the hill behind them and let it roll o the shore and they still spooked big time.
      City: Paciica

      Tips: Better than working anyday!!!!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: Mid 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out late, about 8:00am. Stayed south around the Orewood area. Too many people in the north end rog ishing. Worked the grass lines that butt right up against the current drop shotting. The ish are thick in the grass. Caught just as many at low tide as I did high tide today. Must have had something to do with the ront that went through. Using 4" worms, anything bright with a chartreuse tail. Finally stuck one over 7 pounds. Caught about 20-25 ish while I was out. Should have brought my son today. He would have had a blast, I did. Take a kid ishing. Any kid will do. Keeps them o the streets. God bless.
      City: Rodeo

      Tips: The big ones are in there. Keep picking through the dinks, you'll ind them. Fish the grass lines that are right up against the current. The grass lines urther back are ull o dinks.

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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water around 5 pm. With irst 4 hook up on cranks at the beginning o rock creek.Moved up about 200 yards and boated several more on senkos. O the water by 8 boating 9 ish nothing over 2.5lbs. Cranks ish caught around 12 eet, senkos 0-3 eet.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Water very low...Launching in the mud with no dock..Make sure you have a partner to help with the launch.

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

      Report: E-mail me, I live a minute rom the road that leads to the creek.
      City: Livermore

Monday, September 8th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: while ishing in the delta i hooked on a 10 pound 9 once biggie also caught a 4 4-6 pounders but the irst was the best. I released him ater a picture, i anybody wants him he's out there hidding in the weedsi ound him now its your turn.
      City: remont

      Tips: caught him in the weeds using a a snag proo rog that was chaurtruse, i ran the rog over the ar side o the weeds skipped him across the weeds and let him all in a clearing. the 10+ pounder hit it on the all and wham hooked him.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stated 7am North shore Spinnerbait Third cast 3lb Largemouth and other two went 2lb. Sun came out had to put the blades away. Draged the rest o the day. Ended up with 33 bass. 15 were largemouth rest spot's. See ya on the water, and look or the little guy in the blue and white ASTRO.
      City: Antelope

      Tips: They like baits that bump the bottom rocks.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 5:15pm and tried drop shotting in 20-30 eet o water near Dike 8 with no action.Switched to working brush piles with Rapal Fire Tiger Broken Back around 6:30 and proceeded to boat 5 ish. Two dinks with the largest keeper going 2.5 lbs. Was casting past brush and working it back as close to brush pile as possible. Bites seemed to come ater lure hit brush, then a slight hesitation on the retreive, then slow retrieve and bite would come.Overall a good 2 1/2 hours on the water.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Clouds started to roll in the ar west around 7:00 making or a beautiull sunset and quickly darkening sky. Full moon was rising as I was leaving. Another angler at the dock said he had an incredible bite up the North Fork on Rip Baits.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Big harry... I think you miss the key word "lately". I post the question like thisbecause no ishing report is posted since July.And the very last reports are posted by me.Peace, B.A.
      City: Palo Alto

      Tips: Catch & Release.

Sunday, September 7th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I waxed my boat over the weekend and i this helps with great trips like yesterday, I will wax it more oten - or give up night ishing!! This report will be brie (ha) since my client is ishing tournaments real soon. He and I started at 6 am Friday morning and I can already tell it is September - lots o bass boats! We started cranking in the morning as I do every Sept. - I had him using a white-grey Norman and I was using a blue/chartreuse Berkley Frenzy deep diver. Though the white won (glad I gave him that one!), we had 10 bass and 5 or 23 1/4 lbs in a little over an hour! There is nothing like casting when the bass are chompin'!! I had a local take a photo o guide and client with 4 or over 20 lbs beore we released them - cool!! His second ish was the biggest at 6-13 and his next was 5-5. I managed a 4/14 on the Frenzy and a 3 1/2 on a Terminator spinnerbait. He got a 2 1/4 pounder on a spook to boot. He is an excellent isherman and really knows how to put them in the boat - great un! We drop-shotted, wormed and Senkoed (mostly docks) or the rest o the trip and wound up with 14 tournament keepers and some undersize bass. We ished rom Henderson Point south. Ater the trip I napped or awhile and then pre-ished a little or some night trips next week. I had an almost thrill as a 6+ came out o the water ater my buzzbait at sunset, but she missed it. Darn, that would have been un!! I had about 10 hits ater dark or the 3 hours I ished and landed 4 up to 3 1/4 pounds (crankbait). No big ish hits. The night really turned cool.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The crank bite seemed normal or late summer as bait is everywhere. The rog bite was not normal or us - just can't get it going in the south end. It is improving in the north rom what I hear. For un, the drop-shot bite can't be beat. Some days it is like ishing Oroville or Berryessa, but the ish are bigger - averaging about 1 3/4 pounds. Imagine the possibilities or Clear Lake in about 2 to 3 years. How 'bout drop-shoting average 4 pounders! Nothing wrong with dreamin'!!!

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

      Report: Caught a couple over humps in about 26 eet o water by beals point dragging spider grubs. ished up the north ork in 6-15 eet o water lippin' senkos and drop shottin morning dawn by trees and brush. caught about a dozen up to 2.5 pounds in the late aternoon.
      City: olsom

      Tips: senkos always produce at olsom- just match color to orage.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: just got home rom the club tourny on olsom thought i would put in my report, no topwater bite or us this morning couldnt get any reaction going at all, dont know why but we couldnt some other teams did. we wormed all o our ish drop shotting aarons magic in 10-15t. we ended up with 9.29 not to bad or this time o year. could o done better lost about a 2lb irst thing this morning
      City: orangevale

      Tips: dropshot split shot 10-15taarons magic

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good to hear you let it go.That's the attitude that will keep it a quality ishery.
      City: Petaluma

Saturday, September 6th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water by 6:00a.m.. Caught ive small ish on shad poppers and worms. About 8:00a.m. my brother-in-law nailed a ive and a hal pounder on a three inch Zoom Fluke o a point. Our biggest bass to date. Can't wait or the irst ten pounder.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Fish early. Bite died at 9:00a.m..

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68 thru 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a day on the Delta. Started at sae lie launching rom Tracy marina. Went with guide Dwain King. What a great guide. We started out heading north, stopping at spots where we both were into huge bass. Dwain say's put this on; and put it right there. Bammm 6.8lbs. next stop BAmmm another lunker weighing in at 5.2lbs.. and it didnt stop there. Two 3#, and countless ish weighing between 1 to 3#. I could not have asked or a better day, or a better guide. Five ish 20.10lbs.
      City: Escolan

      Tips: Look or bait and current.

Friday, September 5th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 5:30 AM and started with shap poppers. Was quiet until about 6:15 and then things got un.Five ish were boated in the next hour or so with the largest going 2 lbs. Small ish but lots o un as it was my athers irst experience with a top water bite. Two or three more ish were lost on the hook set.Swithed to worms and jig-n-pig ater 8:00 with no action. Then tried drop shot rom 10:00 til noon. I you're going to go out during the day get there well beore irst light and be ready or the top water action.Thanks to Bobbie, Larry and Shawn or their suggestions.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Shad colored poppers.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 5 ish in 2 hours! only two keepers but lots o little ones. the two bigest ones I got on senkos in the weed beds. the others were on the yamamoto grubs and little jig heads, swimming them on the outside weed line. How come no one is posting there catches? I know you guys are still ishing this lake!
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Senkos in brown or watermellon, grubs in smoke sparkel. around the weeds dude!

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

      Report: Four o us let the boat dock at 7:00 am to troll or some stripers, withen 2 minuntes my riend Urbano caught a monsterous 20 pound striper .... was exciting to see but the rest o the day we got skunked. .....i there are any tips on ishing del valle would be appreciated.
      City: remont

      Tips: Urbano caught the striper on a broken back rebel that looked like a trout, and he was out 60 to 75 eet out.