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Saturday, August 9th, 2003

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

      Report: Just bought a 1997 ranger and took it out or the irst time. I love this boat. Just got home rom college in Chico and blew every penney I had on this boat. Had a great day. Launched at big break around nine. Got a late start. Too many beers! Fished around the break catching a couple o pound and a hals. Went over to isherman's cut lipping purple jigs and caught about a hal dozen more. All dinks. I don't know the delta or shit. Anyone that can Help I will trade or a day o ishing in my private 66 acre lake on one o the islands in the delta.
      City: moraga

      Tips: I own a great private lake. Anyone local who can help me igure out the delta just a little is more than welcome. Even might trade or a once in a lietime goose hunt this winter.

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      Water Temp: perect

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I SAW THE NEWS AND RAN OUT TO THE DELTAWENT OUT OF THE LAIR STARTED OUT WITH BLADE CAUGHT SEVERAL ON ROCK TULE MOVING WATER NO BIG GIRLS.SLOWED DOWN WITH JIG AND SENCO BAM CAUGHT SEVERAL 2-3.5!! I THOUGHT HERE WE GO THEN RAIN STARTED DOWN AND THEY STOPPED. MOVED OUT TO MAIN CHANNEL MOVING WATER THREW BLACK BUZZ AND GOT A PECK PER CAST AND SLURP A BUCKET HEADED 9.1 INHALED IT IF SHE HAD HER BELLY SHE WAS EASY 10.5.DAMN!!!
      City: stockton

      Tips: MOVING WATER REPETATIVE AND ACCURATE CASTSA BAD CAST WILL COST YOU A FISH ALMOST EVERY TIME WHEN THE BITE IS ON!!!!

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      Water Temp: didn't check

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my three-year old, Jake, out or a couple o hours in the boat. Targeted catish and caught 2 16-17" channels. On the the way back to the dock Jake was running the trolling motor and I put out a luke or the heck o it. Ater about a 100 eet hooked an 11 inch largemouth. The thing had a gut on it like it was spring time! Let Jake reel it in, he had a blast. Just beore the dock I say some pretty good ish suracing so I went over there and caught about a 13 inch largemouth. It too had a huge gut on it. Some o the swirls I was seeing had to have been stripers but it appears the largemouth are ollowing them/eeding out in the main lake on the shad. Marked a ton o bait/ish on the depth inder out in the main lake. My three year asked me i we were going yesterday. I think I have a ishing partner!
      City: Concord

      Tips: I I were only bass ishing I would use lukes or bass assassin shad baits. Pitched the rog a little bit but most o the ish I was seeing were on the shad.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beneit tournament or an Elk Grove Bass member who's house burned.....August 23rd...e-mail or ino....thanks to NCBF or their orum.........EGBassPres
      City: Carmichael

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I don't know why this lake gets so much negative attention. It was my irst time ishing this lake. Yes it is a long,dirty drive to get there. In my experence the hard to get to lakes are the best. And the 10mph speed limit keeps the jet skis and water skiers away. We did not ish or bass but we did catch plenty o kokanee and trout to make it worth another trip.The irst kok was 19inchs. Not bad or a kokanee. All o are ish were over 15 inchs.The 2 o us caught 3 koks and 3 trout in 4 hrs. We did lose a ew others. But it was a great day.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Kokanee bugs tipped with white corn or the koks. Wedding rings tipped with a single wormwill catch both trout and koks. Use a downrigger to get down to 50-60 eet. Troll at 1-2mph. Watch or trees on the bottom. I did lose one cannon ball and lure.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the bank saturday morning. I walked over the bridge and down the bank on the back side where all the trunks are in the water. I caught 7 o senkos most 1# and soem dinks . My budssyd had luck throwing buzzes and cranks in there.I liek to park on the street in the back. Anyone no the name o the street behind the pack ponds, so i can get there beore 6 or stay past 9 with them locking the gate on me. I got a tube on the way. Whats the best area back there or a tube?
      City: Dublin

      Tips: tight lines, SENKOS WORK FOR ME..

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This was our irst trip to Trinity during the summer time. We usually go during the spring (we live in the Modesto area). We ished the south end on Thursday. During the day we caught mostly small ish o o grubs. Picked up one keeper with a white spinner bait on the islands across rom Cedarstock. Couldn't get much in Papoose. At night, we ished the island across rom Cedarstock again and caught a ew ish that were a little better size. We then started ishing the main lake points and caught a #4 and a couple o #3's. On Friday we ished the north end. We caught a ew in the tailings o o 4 inch worms out deep but nothing up tight. We then headed to squirrel gulch and picked up several nice ish but they were deep. For those ishing the tournament Sunday (one local said there is a tournament Sunday) We graphed a lot o ish in squirrel gulch but they were deep. We caught several keepers one that was #5. We caught most o the ish o o the island out deep where the creek channel runs through. We caught them on 6" keeper worms in pumpkinseed and a chartreuse tail. You will have to be patient and work or them. We did graph a lot o ish in the tailings out deep in squirrel. My question is, why do people not night ish more at Trinity? We didn't ish the north end at night, but I am sure that we could've caught good ish at night in squirrel or in the tailings. O course, you would have to have a good moon to ish the tailings. Great Experience. Happy Fishing.

Friday, August 8th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out o paradise today at 6 am with my son and his riend . ishing in a 18 t. champ today it was real cramp. big boat is in the shop ,damn i missed it today. me and my son have been going at it or 6 straight days now and the last 2 days he has stayed even with his pop, but today not 10 minutes in he bangs in a 2 1/2 pounder on a splash-it a couple o casts later he boats yet his biggest bass a 7 3/4 on the same lure now this kid is cocky and he's hella talkin trash cause his riend there so i put away my splash -it and i pull out the 6 inch chug bug chrome with blue back my big ish lure in a two hundred yard stretch i bang o 5 ish biggest 4 1/2 smallest going about 2 so now i'm talking the talk , when all o a sudden he gets slammed i knew it was another big one ater a ew seconds o ighting the ish he boated a 4 3/4 pound ish , that's what i get or talkin trash he also slapped the back o my head with his ish that was kind o unny all in all we had a good time we caught between 10 to 12 keepers with our best 5 going 21 lbs good day on the water we were o by 11 am. or those o you who are keeping score dads 6 keepers sons 4 keepers.
      City: sacramento

      Tips: we were throwin topwater lures over the weed beds even in low tide i you don't my picking the weeds o your lures you can get some pretty quality ish

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: morinig coee at 7-11,$3.gassing up boat and truck,$60.paying launch ee,$10. losing your lure on the irst cast,$5.getting a back lash on the very next cast and having to re-spool your reel,$7.not getting a bite all day,a waste o time.but landing the biggest bass o your lie time,priceless.i dedicate this to all the bass guys who will one day catch "THE BIG ONE".ish_n_ool.
      City: antioch

      Tips: never lose sight o your dreams.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First night trip o the year or me. Started o lipping 3 ish about 1.5-2 lbs beore dark. Went to good deep area or dusk bite, which was nonexistant. First 3.5 came at 10:30 on rocks. Rattlesnake arm was stingy as the island gave me nothing. An oshore rockpile produced a 4.5 on a jig ater I ished the whole thing w/a brushog. Back to lower lake around 2am and 1/4 mile o ishing inally produced a 3.5 on a weightless lure. Boy, I hope it gets a little better. I have never seen so many boats ishing at night on all the spots I like to go to. BTW, the wind didnt quit till 2:30am.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It is getting warmer this week.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished with texas rigged baby brush hogs and plastic worms near the south end o the lake. caught 1 bass mist a ew bites but very slow ishing.
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: ish in the weeds near the south end with anything that is weedless, you will or sure catch a ew bass but be pacient

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 75-ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: well, last year i came up to shasta around june and i had a blast. so this year beore i went up i wasa ready. i got all the colors i thought i ever need. all the spider jigs i could get and all the senkos i thought i could imagine thayt would work....o-ya and lots o hooks....so this is how my trip went...the irst day i got a dink on a spider jig and that was it...the second day nada...the third day i decided to concentrate in the PIT. so i went to a cove and started throwing a black and white rapala jerk wait. as it dropped WHAMM!!!..i was like,"WHOAA">..played it out. my loomis rod was bent straight down. all i could say was yes this what i been waiting or. ish big stu and deep water, bypass those damm dinks. i sure did alright, i got a big CAT!!! well i wasn't as happy but i was releived. so my trip ended on thurday and my total was only one cat and 12 bass...i was expecting atleast our times the amount....so do i still love ishing..HELL YA..and would i go back to shasta....another HELL YA!!!
      City: san rancisco

      Tips: the water is warm..the pit arm is easier to ish...ish deep...and i everything i your box ails get circkets!!!

Thursday, August 7th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at 7:30 pm with a good riend and ished until 2:30 am. Fishing was very slow - we got about 7 ish, all about 2 lbs. and under. My riend got one big bite and missed it. Even though the day was pretty windy with the Delta breeze, ater 9 pm it almost dead calm. We igured the cooler weather and nights without cloud cover had a lot to do with the poor ishing. It should pick up Saturday when the warming trend inally arrives. There was no topwater bite. The best (still pretty lousy) action was when the moon set around 2 am when we picked up a ew 1-2 pounders on crankbaits and jigs.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Crankbaits, worms and jigs. Fish were pretty deep except or the crankbait ish.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 1 bite,1 ish,1 lost lure.that about sums it up.
      City: antioch

      Tips: dont cast into a tree.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2003

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

      Report: Headed out o ORWOOD at 2:30 on Wednesday. Headed South to a long rock and weedline with current using Iovino T-Rigged worm. Caught two keepers the irst hour, a 2lb and 3+lb. The tide was low and I began throwing the rog without a single look. Moved upriver and threw the rog or another 2 hours without a single look. Decided to pick up the worm again and started hammering quality ish. I caught 20+ ish in the next 2 hours (10+ in the 2-2.5 range) and a 5.6 to cap the day. Great day on the river with little boat traic.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Green weenie and R+B T-rigged were the ticket on this day. Work rom the bank to deep water and you will get solid ish. Didn't think a rod could make that much dierence but I am now convinced they do ater trying out my new LOOMIS IMX 7-oot heavy. The sensitivity and strength o this rod is worth every penny. Current, Rock, and patience will prevail. Still having a diicult time inding a consistent rog bite. Stay sae. TG.

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

      Report: Wind and cool weather created one o the best crankbait bites I have ever had. Fished rom 5pm to 8pm and caught around 20 ish up to 3 lbs. Most were spots but big ish was a largemouth.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Fished wind blown shores "uphill" with Lucky Crat Moonsault CB 350 in Pearl Ayu color. Anywhere with trees, I would cast out past them and "kneel and reel." Otherwise, I would look or shallow banks with a drop o rom 7 eet down to 15+ eet. Most bites came rom suspended ish right ater the crankbait hit the ledge o the drop o. Key was ishing uphill with the petal to the metal on the trolling motor set on 3.

  • Calaveras County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 6 am to 12 pm. Stayed mainly in Black Creek. 2 blowups on topwater but no hookups. Nothing cranking or on spinnerbaits. Boated about 30 blacks rom 12 inches to 2 1/2 lbs. Fish caught on weightless watermelon w/red lake Senkos and split shotting green weenies and shad pattern worms.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Senkos or split shot and all ish caught in 5' to 10' o water.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Those o you that think I can't write a short report - watch!! Monday morning was very cool with og over part o the lake and a sti breeze. My client and I launched at the Oaks around 6 am and ished rocky areas around Rattlesnake Island looking or a big ish. We also threw a little topwater and some rogs - nothing - which didn't surprise me. This was the coolest morning in many weeks. I decided not to target big bass. We caught a ew smaller bass and I did lose a 3 to 4 pounder on a #214 Senko. Ater that I taught him how to dropshop and we spent the rest o the trip ishing a million docks without weeds and actually landed 50 bass - give or take 2 or 3. I lost count ater 40. About 10 were in the 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 pound range. Never hooked a big one though I saw them on the meter. We ished the east side o the Clearlake arm mostly - Pirate's cove, etc. It really was un - non-stop action! My client caught the biggest and the most and I think he had a great time! I know I did.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was dropshotting a 4 inch #240 Senko most o the time and I had my client using a worm that has been working well at Clear Lake lately, a Roboworm called Margarita Mutilator. With a name like that it better be special - and it was. Size didn't matter to the bass - my client used every 4 and 6 inch worm in that color that we had!! I ound it interesting that the 2002 spawn ish were in the 10 to 15 oot range and the bigger 2001 spawn ish were hangin' in the 15 to 25 oot range. I guess that makes sense!

Monday, August 4th, 2003

  • Yuba County
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      Water Temp: 85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Camped at Collins or two days. Found a good top water bite early and late on shad color poppers. A mix o largemouth and spots. Fished the endes o the newer brush piles and the east side o the lake. Could't get a worm bite going. Kids had a ball with the bluegill during the day.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Poppers early and late. Fish the deeper brush.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: i want to thank tom and alex or letting me join there ishing tourny.i had a good time and would love to try it again some time.you might call it beginers luck that i won today but i owe it all to the big red crawdads.i saw in the water today they were all around the lake.i thought early to my sel i there are crawdads bass got to be eating them.and they sure were.i cought all my ish today on a crawdad color crank bait.the biggest going about 3and a hal maybe.2 two pounders and 2 pound and a halers.my biggest strength in ishing is throwing crankbaits.something my dad tought me.thanks dad.again thanks to alex and tom i had a great time.seeya guys next time. ish_n_ool
      City: antioch