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Monday, September 8th, 2003

  • 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.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND BE SURE TO CATCH & RELEASE MERCED BASS,SEEING HOW IT IS A DYING LAKE!
      City: DALY CITY

      Tips: ANY CRAW PATTERN WILL WORK

Thursday, September 4th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well got on the water today at about 4:30 today to do a little ishing just to get out and wear the dust o o the old rods. havnt been able to ish or about a week at spring rom the loat tube because o school. but anyways as i was walking down i looked at the mat rom the hill and saw that the water level had gone up a lot with the rain. then i realized that i hadnt come prepared. all i really planned to do was ish the mat and do some cranking, but i should have been ishing deep in the tules and skipping bushes and trees. so i got to the mat and on about my 10th cast had one suck it o and take it set the hook and missed. i kept going around the mat and when i made a ull rotation i had a nice one blow up on it and totally miss it, about 3 casts later he nailed it again, hole body coming out, but like the last hit, he didnt even touch it. it was a nice ish though based on its side, probably around 6-7 lbs. well ater leaving that ish i crossed to the north island and try the new weeds there with the rat and got jack. saw one swirl inront o a mat, not at my bait though. i tied on a buzzbait and ished the cut by the middle island, right at the mouth hooked into a really nice ish, this ish made a 10 t run sideways straight into the tules, i went in right ater it reaching about 2 eet down, but only to eel my buzzbait hooked into the tule. that ish had to be 8+ i have never had a ish pull like that. on the other side o the middle island had another nice ish ollow it out o a tree and swirl it, another good ish too. worked my way down the shore with the buzzbait and had only one more hit, but this one was a small ish and totally missed it. worked my way back in with the buzzbait without a hit. igures that the only day i dont bring a senko or other plastics i miss out on perect conditions or using them. i also tried cranking the deep weeds or a little bit with no success. heard a couple ish blow up deep in the tules, and i mean deep. will be out there again skippin the trees, and i inally ound a perect swimbait spot, about 5 or 6 boulders together in about 4 eet o water. hopeully there will be a hog there next time waiting or one o the last trout on spring lake to swim by on top.
      City: windsor

      Tips: with the rain raising water levels ish deep in tules and shallow cover. oh yea and always bring a ollowup bait i your ishing a buzzbait.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake around 6am. Fished the weed beds at the south end rom tubes and got one ish that was a keeper. My buddy Kyle got two, we both missed a couple bites. We saw some splashes but they were carp, also saw some scools o trout. Couldnt get the bass to rise or a rog or popper. they were all near the bottom o the weeds and cought on senkos. Slow day but we had un trying.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Senkos in brown or water mellon, ished slowly neer the bottom.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2003

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 77.6-78.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: just had to go look, in at Jones Valley at 0600, one other guy ahead o me and NOBODY on the ramp and 2 let in the lot! They have gone home!!!! ran down the lower pit and dropshotted 3 small ish on a 4 inch MGM 127. Took o and cruised around a bit and saw only 1 jet ski and one ski boat, maybe hal a dozen houseboats all heading in. Water still very warm and the lake is 49.4 t down, Bailey Cove will be out beore the week is over. in at 63 degrees out at 1030 and 89 degrees, heading or another 100 degree plus day but the nights are cooling o nice.
      City: Redding

      Tips: dropshotting in this warm water during "normal" business hours is the way to go. At night, blades, and hula grubs will get you better ish.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: RE: Carson's ish posted on the "photos" page.Hey, I hope you let that ish go. Our lakes need to be protected rom overishing and it's not like you needed it or the ood.
      City: Petaluma

Monday, September 1st, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had good top water bite Saturday and this morning. 3 5lb + on spooks and some 2-3 lbr's on blades and buzz baits. Had 2 - 5 lbers ighting over the same blade while one ish was already hooked...tried to take it out o the other ish's mouth..absolutely amazing aggression. Targeted high tide over the weed beds. Today outside weed line with a 200 series Lucky Crat in SHAD color did very nicely..Also nailed a nice striper...
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Topwater still is active early...slow down or the good blow-ups....Clacker buzz baits seemed to work better than standard blade. Slow roll right in the thick stu...in between clumps..

Saturday, August 30th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First boat to blast out on this early labor day pre ish cluby. Dropping water and warm temps. Out the back o my pardners Ranger. Started out on top; the only thing on top were trout and the 2inch bruegill hanging onto trebles. Blasted up north and stuck a genny craig with a at head. Went up past the bridges and spooned a crappie. Hit the east side ,all the good stu, nothin, Went to a couple o other spots and decided that all we needed was a trout to ish or the cycle! They are there, i you can dig em out. They are hiding and hungry, ew and ar between. A ish an hour is possible here.
      City: Auburn

      Tips: We ished to shallow today, throw a plastic with conidence and toss it or hours without changing. See you on the 6th outing

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

      Report: Got on the lake with my brother at 8:15 AM. Fished until around 2:30 PM. We caught a lot o little ish on inese plastics. My bro caught a 5.5 on a white buzzbait right in the middle o a big patch o matted weeds on the dam side o the lake. I changed to split shot 6 inch plastics in the late morning and started hooking up bigger ish in the 2 lb range.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Most o my ish were hooked using green pumpkin plastics on the outside edges o the weeds and at rocky points. Both worms and lizards were working. My brother was catching bigger ish, but not as many, using a white buzzbait right in the middle o the weed beds.