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Tuesday, August 19th, 2003

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

      Report: Don, Thanks or keeping this project rollin'. I went with you and Jon to one o the hearings last year, and helped with the planting and I am glad you are keeping this going. I am looking orward to it again this year. THANKS!! -Joe
      City: San Leandro

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 79.7-80.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: let town at 0330 at 77 degrees, got in at Jones Valley at 0412 at 71 degrees, lake down past 46 t, went over in to Cowpasture Cove and got bit on the irst cast by a 2 lber, moved eat down the bank and in between the humps and caught 6 more between 0430 and 0530, all on jigs and everything came to a halt at 0545. tried top water, worms and cranks and not a touch till 645am when I missed 3 in Fort Creek, all three hit short and ripped the tails o my grubs. Very little boat traic, 2 on the ramp when I arrived and only one more ater I pulled out at 0715 to go clean up the boat. 75 degrees coming out, 106 yesterday and on its way to 102 today. the lake is getting into the mid-80's during the day and that is killing the bite. Can't wait or mid-October, will have to stick with the late evening stu rom here on out.
      City: Redding

Monday, August 18th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing about 7:30pm without many takers. Decided to have dinner and try when the moon came out. Andrew caught a nice 2 pounder on a shad spinner bait up in Jackson around 11:30pm. ater that is was quiet until I hooked up with a nice bass near the dam on the boat dock end. Unortunatly I did not remove the clear plastic protector rom a brand new spinner bait rom Bass Pro Shops and at the boat he got o. Andrew swears it was the 6 pounder I have been looking or to break the 5 pound barrier I have been in. Monday morning we ished again with no luck, lots o ish near the dam busting the surace ater shad, but no takers or anything we tried. Maybe its time to call Larry or a trip and learn how to ish this lake!!
      City: South Lake Tahoe

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished our local club tourney Saturday night and boy, I orgot how long that night can be (or should I say how long the next day can be). Had a great partner who ended up "schooling" me on the iner points o dropshoting at night so that was a plus. We started out in Lakeport throwing topwater and missed a couple o big ish just beore dark. How a 6+ bass can knock a lure loaded with laser sharp hooks 5 eet in the air and not get hooked when I end up with all 3 buried in my hand just opening the box still amazes me! When the rustration got to us, we broke out the dropshot rigs and put 4 in the boat on 4" worms beore it got dark but nothing over 2 lbs. We then headed or our avorite rock point and spent the rest o the night trying not to donate too much to the "terminal tackle gods" and actually caught enough ish to keep us awake all night. While I was throwing big worms and creature baits and catching ish that were smaller than my bait, my partner was dropshoting 4 and 6" worms and wearing me out with the net(which broke around 10:00 pm just to make the night more exiting). I did hook a good ish on a black blade but had to duck as 1 14 ounces o Ledgebuster went lying by my head about 3:00 am. It was a great night weather wise with shorts and shirtsleeves the norm until 4:00 am. The ish seemed to be pretty shallow, most came in less than 8 eet o water with my blade ish hitting in about 3 eet. We ended up at long tule point at daybreak and I redeemed my sel-esteem with a 3 12 on a buzzbait. We ended up winning the tourney with just over 16 lbs but it wasn't hot by any means. By the way, Lunker Larry was right, BUGS BUGS and more BUGS.
      City: Ukiah

      Tips: Beore dark, topwater and dropshot did o.k. though the topwater ish didn't seem to be biting as much as just slapping it. Ater dark the ish seemed to move up once the bright moon got overhead. Dropshot bigger proile plastics seemed to do the trick that night anyway. We did hear a ew carp rolling (Larry) but nothing like we have seen in the past when the bite was great.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I guided or the irst in a long time on a Saturday night and saw some o my riends rom the Yuba City/Marysville area ishing a tournament. The evening was nice to all o us - not much wind, bright moon, warm, and lots o BUGS! Those suckers are hard to get o your boat when you hit them at 50 MPH!!! While our night wasn't great, it wasn't bad. We started drop-shotting some 4" Senkos and we all caught some bass up to 2 1/4 pounds. We moved over to Konocti Bay where I tried the new GULP Worms that Berkley sent me. Since I did well on the camo Pulse worm in a previous trip, I used the new 7" watermellon TurtleBack worm. About 7:30 I got a real good hit and boated a 4-2. I thought Berkley had another winner! Just beore dark my client had another good ish on a drop-shot Senko. A real good ish!! Unortunately he got a little too excited and it broke his 12# test line. Ugh! Ater a nice dinner at the resort, we went back at it. The hightlight o the trip was the act that one o the clients was a regular, but the other had only gone once with me and blanked. Not this time! Ater the moon came up, I put on a black/chartreuse 6" Berkley lizard on or him and he soon nailed the biggest o the night at 4-9, his biggest bass ever. He was excited! He caught our bass total. I had switched to the 10" black/red lake TurtleBack worm and got slammed at Dollar Island and got another over 4 pounder and a 3-10. Boy did that bring back memories o early '93 when I was able to ish the irst 10" Power Worms at Clear Lake - at Dollar Island no less. Those irst two bass however were 9-0 and 11-1. All the bass I caught on the Gulp Worms hit them unusually hard. I will be using them much more!! We ended the evening at Kono Taye with one or two more. Had we weighed in at the tournament we would have had 18 lbs 5 oz - give or take an ounce or two (by 3 am). Though my clients missed a ew, they landed 7 between them and I mananged 5. I was pleased with the quality but we could not get a real big bite.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was interested that the two 4's we caught at night were quite shallow - probably because the water was cooler. No jig hits this night. I tried a black spinnerbait quite a bit with no results also. They just wanted a worm or lizard worked very slow. All o my clients who insist on liting the worm o the bottom rather than slide it along the rocks seem to struggle more. Folks that I can get to move the rod tip ever-so-slow seem to do much better. Quality bass will not oten be ooled by a worm or jig hopping up and down at night. Just my opinion.

Sunday, August 17th, 2003

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      Water Temp: HOT

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT...at B&W Resort on the Delta, August 23rd, Saturday..or a member who's house burned.....e-mail or details or just show up, $100.00 per boat, 50% or amily, 50% being split 70/30 or winning bag and big ish....help out a ellow angler....thanks to NCBF or their orum..tell a riend.......thanks EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: HOT - SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 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

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: HOT - SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 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

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: HOT SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 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

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: HOT see below

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT AT B&W RESORT ON THE DELTAor a member who's house burned....$100 per boat, 50% going to the amily, 50% going to the winnings (70% or the heaviest bag/30% or big ish) August 23rd, dawn till 1:00 PM...help a amily in need!...thanks to NCBF or their orum ...e-mail or more ino..or just show up...thanks EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

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      Water Temp: HOT SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 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

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: HOT SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 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

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: HOT-SEE BELOW

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 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

  • Alameda 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

  • 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

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

      Report: BENEFIT TOURNAMENT AT THE DELTA.. August 23rd....dawn to 1:00 PM or a member o our club who's house burned.....e-mail me or details...thanks NCBF or their orum....EGBassPres@aol.com
      City: Carmichael

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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

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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