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Sunday, August 17th, 2003

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      Water Temp: HOT..see below

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT ON THE DELTA AT B&W RESORT AUGUST 23 DAWN TO 1:00 PM....or a members amily who's house burned...$100.00 per boat, 50% to the amily, 50% to the winners (70% to the heaviest bag, 30% to the Big Fish)...e-mail or more ino o just show up and help a ellow angler, ree hot dogs and soda or all participants...thanks to NCBF or their orum and B&W or their support...thanks again EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: HOT-SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT ON THE DELTA AT B&W RESORT AUGUST 23 DAWN TO 1:00 PM....or a members amily who's house burned...$100.00 per boat, 50% to the amily, 50% to the winners (70% to the heaviest bag, 30% to the Big Fish)...e-mail or more ino o just show up and help a ellow angler, ree hot dogs and soda or all participants...thanks to NCBF or their orum and B&W or their support...thanks again EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: HOT-SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT ON THE DELTA AT B&W RESORT AUGUST 23 DAWN TO 1:00 PM....or a members amily who's house burned...$100.00 per boat, 50% to the amily, 50% to the winners (70% to the heaviest bag, 30% to the Big Fish)...e-mail or more ino o just show up and help a ellow angler, ree hot dogs and soda or all participants...thanks to NCBF or their orum and B&W or their support...thanks again EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: HOT SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT ON THE DELTA AT B&W RESORT AUGUST 23 DAWN TO 1:00 PM....or a members amily who's house burned...$100.00 per boat, 50% to the amily, 50% to the winners (70% to the heaviest bag, 30% to the Big Fish)...e-mail or more ino o just show up and help a ellow angler, ree hot dogs and soda or all participants...thanks to NCBF or their orum and B&W or their support...thanks again EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

Saturday, August 16th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: had EGBass tournament out o B&W Resort saturday with the winning weight o 15.59 coming rom the winners, nice bag o ish considering the bite turned o or most anglers around noon....Beneit tournament August 23rd, or a member who's house caught ire, launching rom B&W Resort (thank you B&W or your support!) at or shortly thereater dawn, ishing till 1:00, ree hot dogs and soda or the particpants, $100.00 per boat, 50% to the amily, 50% to the winners (70% or the winning weight, 30% or "Big Fish", e-mail or details..and thanks to NCBF or their orum..EGBassPres
      City: Carmichael

      Tips: i you could let us know i you intend to ish beneit,,or just show up i it is a last minute decision....thanks again NCBF

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      Water Temp: 75-85

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My Dad and I went to Eastman saturday-got kinda a late start and didnt get on the water till around 7ish. Lake is reeeeeally getting low and the usual algae illed water was between 75 and 85 degrees in various parts o the lake at various times o the morning. We went to the northeast corner o the lake and started with oshore rock piles.We inessed 4" green/black/gold lk roboworms on 1/4 oz darter heads and I caught a ish on my 3rd,4th and 6th cast! We continued north and the water got shallower and shallower-I'm talking 2' deep 30'o shore! We also lipped the timber with jigs and senkos-I caught 1 ish on a jig that was well over 3 lbs o timber in less than 2' o water reading 83 degrees! Dad had a ishless morning and I managed a total o 6 by 10 am.It got hotter than hell when the normal breeze didnt blow but all in all considering the water clarity and etc we did ok or the middle o summer! Good luck and tight lines to ya!
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: ish sloooooow and shallow-small baits,light weight and as always tight to rock and/or timber.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 74-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished our club tourney ... bite was tough ... i had three ish or 5.78 and inished second . tourney was won by a guy with ONE ish but it was a seven plus. he said he caught three ish on his irst three casts and then didn't get another bite all day . i caught my three ish in cherry creek on a white terminater spinner bait. boat partner got skunked.. guy that caught the seven caught it split shotting a our inch brown worm ....
      City: SUNNYVALE

Friday, August 15th, 2003

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tubed the aternoon,lot o small ish on plastics...worked a white buzz in the last 1/2 hour o light or our better ish up to 5.2
      City: San JOse

      Tips: Work tight on the outside o the weed lines

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 78 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in comeing tide at the mouth o Mousurwith buzzbaits. Caught lots o ish 2-4 pound range. When the sun came up, buzzbait stopped working. Started with a senko (watermelon black and red lake). Continuously caught ish until about 9 am.Caught about 13 ish in about 3 hours. Best 5about 21 pounds. Can't wait to go again in the morning!!!!!! Hope I can beat all the tournament anglers!!!!
      City: Stockton

      Tips: More hits on buzzbaits came on 1/4 oz. Most hits came on outside edges o weeds. Senko bites were tight on tullies behind grass beds.

Thursday, August 14th, 2003

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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water close to 7:00. Started trowing a spittin image on the west bank, losing two and missing another. Switched to a crainkbait with not bites then to a drop shot again with no bites. Changed areas and caught our in our casts with drop shot rig at 30t. All together, I caught 12 on a drop shot and 3 on spider jigs all between 30-40 eet on rocky shores.All the ish were dinks, our made it past 12 inches.
      City: Scotts Valley

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 79.6-80.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: let the house at 92 degrees, jones valley was 88 at the ramp, lake is 44t down and the hump is up at jones valley so stay well to the let o the 5 mph buoy on the way out, got in at 2030 and motored over near squaw point on some submerged humps, cranked up 4 between 2040 and 2130, all small and one at 1.65 but at and chocked ull o craw dads, move a bit to another underwater hump at 2130 and pick up the jig rod and throw it on top in 10t, turned the handle once and the jig came to a halt, turned it over about a hal a turn, eel some pressure and stick it hard and a good one goes away pulling hard on the drag, goes about 15t and stops and I get a ew turns back and o it goes again so I reach up and turn on my headlight and grab the net, get the net stuck between my legs as it stops again and I gain some line and pray this thing doesn't come running at me like they usualy do, it doesn't and ater a ew more runs I get this at 4.65 spot in the boat. nice at ish, I turned it loose and retied to catch 6 more or a total o 11 and the bit shut down ast the moon got up a bit. Shooting stars showing up and shoud get a bunch over the next week are two. Got out at 2330, air temp at 70 with a little wind out o the east.
      City: Redding

      Tips: deep diving norman dd22 or the irst ew then a 1/2 oz ootball head with a MGM shasta crawler in rootbeer or the rest and the big one.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the west side o the lake near the bridge. Caught 9 bass most on pumpkin texas rigged baby brush hogs and a ew on 4 inch purple grape robo worms. Caught a at 5 pound bass in a cove near some wood and weeds. Caught it on a baby brush hog. A lot o little ones but i you ish hard enough, you will get a big one. Mist tons o bites near this little creek area by the booies and caught a bunch o ish too. Awesome day o ishing.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: ish the coves with texas rigged plastics. i think any plastic will work. the bass are really active and boy are they hitting the baby brush hogs. always pay attention because ive mist a ew bites lookin somewhere else and they tapped the tip o my rod.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: TOOK A GUIDE TRIP WITH BOBBY BARRACK .....WHAT A GENTLEMAN.. ished rogs all day ..started in mildred and then went to big break ... he caught 7 ( and could have caught more but was more interested in me catching some) i caught ive.., biggest was 5.5 but aew ours and rest 2.5 to 3.5 .. all nice ish ..bobby would sometime give me irst couple o casts to spot beore he ished. i you want to learn rog ishing .. GO WITH BARRACK ..he also answered all questions and volunteered ino even beore i asked. get him to show you how he modiies his rogs.. works great
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: low water seemed to work best . one spot we tried bobby said water needs to drop about a oot more or here. about hour later we came back and he said oh this looks better . and it was .....

Tuesday, August 12th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: SORRY THE REPORTS A LITTLE LATE(FISHING). HIT THE WATER ABOUT 10PM OR SO, FISHED THE DAM, BOUY SIDE WHEN MY BUDDY CAUGHT A FISH ON HIS FIRST CAST. BAAAAD LUCK! RAN INTO GILL, HE SAID THE FISHING HAD BEEN SLOW BUT TO STICK IT OUT, SO WE DID. DIDN,T CATCH ANOTHER FISH FOR THREE HOURS OR SO ,FEELING A LITTLE TIRED AND FRUSTRATED WENT UP TO JACKSON TO TRY AND CATCH SOME WISKERS BUT FAILED AT THAT TOO! SUN WAS COMING UP SO WE FISHED MOUNTAIN SPRINGS. MY BUDDY CAUGHT A BUZZ BAIT FISH GOOD FOR 2IBS. WENT BACK TO THE DAM AND FISHED THE BOUY SIDE AGAIN! AND TO MY SURPRISE I STUCK A 6.2IBS ON A 10IN. POWER WORM. I PROCEEDED TO THROW A BIG BLADE 2OZ WITH A GIANT TORRO TUBE FOR A TRAILER,(WHICH WAS A GOOD CHOICE)WHEN A BIG FISH HIT AS SOON AS MY LURE HIT THE WATER,IT PEELED LINE SO FAST THAT I COULDN'T TURN HER AND SHE CAME UNBUTTONED. BUT ON THE NEXT CAST I CAUGHT HER TWIN SISTER RIGHT AT THE BOAT, SHE WENT 8.4, A GOOD ENDING TO A SLOW NIGHT.
      City: SAC

      Tips: IF YOUR GONNA GO NIGHT FISHING STICK IT OUT TILL THE MORNING FOR THE PRIME BIG BASS PERIOD, IT ONLY LAST A SHORT PERIOD (30MIN. TO AN HOUR)YOU CAN REALLY SCORE BIG.

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

      Report: Launched rom Orwood on Monday aternoon around 3:00 PM and headed to the deep South Delta. Fished Rock walls with worms and drop shot...GREAT day on the Delta. Caught (9) solid ish in two+ hours rom 2 - 5 lbs. Eight came on worms including the (5) and a 3+ on drop shot. Best ive was 16lbs or better. All ish were quality. Caught a in excess o 15 ish. Work the bait to the deepest water (15+) eet. Bites were mostly pressure. Also, caught 4 catish all in the 4-6 lb range...must be the ull moon. Went out Tuesday evening with only a rog rom Orwood and had a good bite in open grass in the middle Delta. Best rog bite I've hit this year. White and Green did the trick or 5 ish in the 2-5lb range.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Worm o choice is R&B Iovino T-Rigged. Green Weenie also works but not as well or me. The drop shot will always catch ish the quality o which is getting better. I've just been getting on a wall and going ishing. Find areas with deep drop os.Lucky rog bite that has been a real challenge or me lately. I stopped looking or mats and decided to ish open water and managed to get 6 bites and 5 ish in our hours o ishing. The bites came at the change o tides and beore and ater I was thinking about throwing the worm I had in my rod rack...but then, WHAM...45 minutes (the Delta Window) came and went. I don't think color matters as much as throwing the darn thing until your arm alls o. Stay Sae. TG

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

      Report: Actually- this is a question. I have never been night ishing or bass and am going to spend a week at Shasta 8/21-28 (where it seems everyone ishes at night!). Can you tell me what types o ishing equipment I need (ie-lighting, etc.)that I would not normally use during the day and also some helpul hints? Thanks!

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      Water Temp: cool on top

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HIGHEST Ive seen this lake during the summer! wow! Anyone know how it got so ull? Went out in my loat tube rom around 3:30-7:00 ishing mainly the cove right next to the launch ramp and the one next to it. When i was ishing near the launch ramp all the sudden i look down and there are a bunch o small 1-3inch baby bass (i think they were) They ollowed me everywhere I went but they didnt bring any o their parents along with them...so i ended up with nothing except a missed, what looked to be, 5lber. using a green 6inch senko.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: LAKE IS HIGH! AND CLEAR!!

Monday, August 11th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 7-1-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I agree with Curtis that the night ishing has slowed a lot, which is to be expected with much cooler weather. I too elt the water had dropped some 10 degrees. Clear Lake bass love heat in the summer. Unortunately or my clients last night - the trip was miserable - the worst wind I have seen in two years. There was no getting out o it and I am an expert at that ater dark. It really is a shame we have to ight that battle so much - how can one teach people to ish under those conditions? All o us caught a ew drop-shot ish beore dark and one o them caught one on a shad Frenzy crankbait. We ished some areas in Konocti Bay and any nook and cranny we could ind. The worm bite was air but we did better on black/chartreuse Weapons jigs - believe it or not. The biggest was right at ive pounds. Two more rom 2 3/4 to 3 lbs ell or jigs. We caught 9 bass total with a ew lost ish - one a good one. Day ishing will probably be better this week until it warms up.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I know you are dying to know - ONE retarded carp rolled the whole night. Is my theory holding up?!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80.2-79.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 2105, lake is 43 t down, air temp was 88 in town and 75 at the ramp, ran out in the lower Pit passing my buddy Bryce and Susan, didn't even see them in the twilight, over near Squaw creek point started throwing some hula grubs and managed 17 in the irst hour and all small, threaded on an MGM #26C 4 inch zipper with a hooktail and started throwing that at 2230 over near the rockpile and caught 5 more in the next hour and the size was much better with the biggest a 2.86 spot in about a oot o water. A couple o others were twins at 1.8 and I ran out o the zippers, only had 6. I usually use them on Trinity and had never thrown them on Shasta. Kinda unny how you end up pitching dierent baits at dierent lakes. Guess i will have to break that habit. Beautiul moonlite night with Mars about 12 inches to the let o the moon, had a little breeze come up around midnight so i got o at 0030 at 59 degrees, Had 22 total which was more than I expected.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I threw the zipper on a 1/4 oz darter head right on the bank and got the bigger ish that way.

Sunday, August 10th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Paradise around 6 pm or a quick trip with my iancee. First time ever in that area - ramp was ull o ski boats and the like. Headed south to ish in the discovery bay area and had a rough go o it due to the wind (I ish out o a little inlatable rat with a 15 HP motor and oars...no trolling motor to help position the boat). Only got one small ish in the 3 hours we ished, but lost a medium sized ish. OCuldn't really ind the thick weed mats or to ish the rog (which is what I had come to do), so ended up throwing a senko and a buzzbait (had a couple smacks but all small ish). ANy help as to where to ind the thick weeds??
      City: San Francisco