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Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This evening I went ishing with my dad rom 6:20-8:00. I stuck one ish today on the island in that cove by the boat ramp. It came on a Whte Snag Proo and went 2lb. 3oz. My biggest rog ish so ar. Not a huge ish but not a bad one. Ater that my dad and I went over to this little spot by channel point tha thas some scum and stu. On my irst cast I missed one that was probably a pound. He took it and I set the hook and he came undone ater 2seconds. I should have waited a little longer. I missed another small one that hit my rog but didn't suck it down. My dad trew out to this spot by some tules and a bass nailed it. I herd some splashing and looked over and then the ish came o. It was probably a good 3lb. ish too judging by the size o the splashing. That was all the action or the night and then we let.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Try rogs in the scum and matted weeds. White has been my best color so ar.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2003

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

      Report: Hey guys. I was just wondering what type o line you use and would recommend or spinnerbaitin' on the Delta. Just email me with your suggestions. Thanks.
      City: Antioch

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: new2Bass'n(Ken) You need to ind mossy type mat and pitch a rog on the bank then move it slowly on to the mat, then start retrieving slowly stopping when you pull it over pockets. Throwing a senko or a tube bait into shady areas can be deadly also. Shade can mean mat but usually means under trees and shaded banks. Bigger ish have been coming o o rogs and senkos.
      City: Tracy

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First o...FROGGIN'RULES. Second...Tom was right about the good overcast weather. I went out this evening to see i I could get some topwater ish. I ished rom 5:15pm-8:40pm. I got my irst limit o bass at Loma. Whoohoo! The irst ish came on my ith cast o the day on a Chart. Snag Proo Frog. It with about 5lbs o weeds. Haha. It went 1lb. 6oz. and it even gave me a little present. LOL. In the mix o weeds was an old Hula Popper colored like a bird. I got one{1lber) on a buzzbait about 45min. later but it came o. I went on the island and went right and ished the mats o vegetation. I switched over to my white Snag Proo and on about my 10th cast got one. It came up to th rog and boled on it but didn't take it. Then I gave the rog 2 more twitches and then it nailed it. It went 1-5. Then Ten minutes later right as my rog came o the mat and hit open water one hit it. I couldn't see my rog so I reeled down, elt the ish tuggin', and set the hook hard. Big ish o the day, 1-9. I then went over towards channel point and ished with my rog in this little area o about 1t o water. On the way over I oun a pop-r and snatched it. I missed a good 2lber because I set too early, another one because o settign too early, and another one that hit it twice but couldn't even take it under. Then I got an 11ozer on the rog. At about 8:35 I got one on a Pop-r that went 1lb.4oz. My mom picked me up at 8:45.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Frogs, rogs, rogs! Twitch 'em ontop o weed mats and scum. I don't know i it made a dierence, but I had a wide black bar on the bottom down the middle o my Chart. rog and spots on the bottom o my white rog. And I know that this made a dierence...I was using the EWG Gamakatsu Frog Hooks. Every ish I got on the rog was hooked in the bony part o the top jaw with both hooks and the hooks went all the way through. Try poppers when it gets later.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 86.3-83.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in at Hirz Bay at 105 degrees, 117 in town, lake down past 36 t and heading south in a hurry now at nearly a oot per day, wind out o the north at 5 lots o traic as i went upstream in the McCloud. Met up with Ue Gustason and his wie and kids camped out in Kamloops on a holday harbor houseboat, He is up rom Oakland and on a little vacation rom his two businesses, we ran upstream and he gets one on with his second cast but it hops o at the boat, we were throwing hula grubs, we ished out way south to near Dekas Rock or 12 with twice as many getting o, got a double near mahles creek and both were decent, Ue went a little larger at 2.4, mine was 2.2. didn't lose any good ish tonight. no moon so it was black as the inside o a cat. Lots o wakeboard traic and we had a atality in the mid mccloud this evening when 2 jet skis collided killing one operator. things slowed down traic wise about 10pm but we still saw boats towing skiers and running with no lights on at 1030 pm. Went back to his boat or a little snack and shot the breeze or a ew hours. Got out at 0230, 74 degrees, upper McCloud very dirty as was bailey cove. Hirz bay north will go out o the water soon as will bailey, probably around the 14th o August.
      City: Redding,Ca

      Tips: hula grubs on 1/2 oz ootball heads and 3/8 oz darter heads ater the ish moved up tight to the bank around 1130pm.

Monday, July 28th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out with guide Randy Pringle today. Fairly hot day with a good number o ish. Quit counting at 40 bass. Mostly smaller with a ew in the 4lbs range, plus one 8lbs striper. Worked topwater in AM, worms and crankbaits in aternoon.Look or shade,cooler and moving water.I you are having trouble catching ish on Delat get ahold o Randy. You will learn how and where to catch them. My ishing, on my own, has gone why up since getting a ew trips with Randy.
      City: Oakland

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went ishing in the evening only or about an hour with my dad and my little sister. I anly ished an hour because my little sister was bothering me and wanted to go right away. The water level is way down. I got there at 7:15 and ished until 8:15. I started o in the cove by the boat ramp. There is a pretty good sized mat o cheese over there. I used my white snag proo or about ive minutes and got a blowup. I wasn't looking at the rog and just started to continue my retrieve and the I elt weight but beore I could set the hook he spit it out. It was only about 1.5lbs. About 5min. later I got another blowup rom a little guy about 5t. away rom where I got the other hit. I didn't set the hook too early like I have been doin and looked or the rog to see i it was gone. But it wasn't. That ish probably wasn't even a pound though and hardly even big enough to eat the rog. Ater that I ished by the boat ramp by some matted vegetation but didn't get any blowups. I caught one little 4in. bass on a Trout Magnet and then let.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Try twitching rogs ontop o the cheese. I'm sure I probably would have gotten at least one ish out o there i I hade ished it a little longer or got there earlier. Pay close attention to your rog so you can see the strike i you don't hear it.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 9pm to midnight with only one taker; a 2.5 lb. largemouth who ell or a topwater. Tried jigs but nothin. Walked the bank and watched the shooting stars on a gorgeous windless night.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Topwaters were the only thing that worked or me.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Main reservoir by the Romero Visitor area or about 1 hour late in the aternoon on my loat tube beore he wind orced me out. Many were out ishing the banks with a ew caught -5# range. Fished the 152 bridge @ night w/ cut bait & no success. Fisherman jigging mudsuckers on 3-way swivel caught most o the ish amongst all the isher people. Most ish rom 16" - 24".
      City: San Jose

Sunday, July 27th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 76~77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Skunked again! Out or about 4 hours in the aternoon around Franks & Sandmound. All new areas or me. Hot & clear. Lots o wind & traic. Not a bite. Tried weightless & T-rigged Senko's, white Wiggle Wog, popper, and drop-shotting (or the irst time). Maybe no deep water near the lats I was ishing? Maybe not enough shade? I was ishing incoming and trying to ind areas where current passed by a point or tulle clump.
      City: Pittsburg, CA

      Tips: Any tips appreciated! How deep is "deep" and do weed mats -i.e., hyacinth pads count as "shade"?

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out o Lads. On the water at 5:15am. High tide. Threw a Wiggle Wog most o the day. Caught ish but they were all SMALL. Most too small to suck down the bait. I think those things SUCK. Even though it is against my nature I dropshotted or some nicer ish. Shade was key. Once the tide bottomed out the bite shut o. Saw some guys with a 9+ and an 8+ at a turkey shoot weigh in. Heard buzzbaits irst thing in the AM.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Alot o talk about cranks and blades. Still have them tied on. Try drop shotting on lats near deeper water. And its no secret SHADE.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with bass guide Mark Lasange (925-787-3474). Had a great time on the water. He is very knowledgable and answered all my questions about ishing the Delta. We caught about 30 to 35 ish today with a 19" striper bonus. Most o the ish came on crankbaits and were small. We had six ish over 2 lbs. 2 going 4 lbs. one on a rog and the other on a salt and pepper spinnerbait. The day ended with a 7lb. bass exploded on a white rog! On the hook or about 2 seconds enough time to get a good look at it and away it went. Kevin and I learned more in one trip than all o our own trips combined. Well worth the investment and a lot o un. Thanks again Mark!
      City: San bruno

      Tips: We had around 15 blow-ups on a rog. Fish it hard and you will get some o the better quality ish.

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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing at sun up rom B&W. My partner caught alot o ish but all but 2 were dinks.Caught must o the ish on a drop-shot and senco's
      City: woodland

      Tips: ound lots o dinks all over try senco's deep.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with bass guide Mark Lasange (925-787-3474). Had a great time on the water. He is very knowledgable and answered all my questions about ishing the Delta. We caught about 30 to 35 ish today with a 19" striper bonus. Most o the ish came on crankbaits and were small. We had six ish over 2 lbs. 2 going 4 lbs. one on a rog and the other on a salt and pepper spinnerbait. The day ended with a 7lb. bass exploded on a white rog! On the hook or about 2 seconds enough time to get a good look at it and away it went. Kevin and I learned more in one trip than all o our own trips combined. Well worth the investment and a lot o un. Thanks again Mark!
      City: San bruno

      Tips: We had around 15 blow-ups on a rog. Fish it hard and you will get some o the better quality ish.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 6 A.M. It was beautiull till the wake bordes showed up! we ished the dam end didnt get a ish till 9: ound a honey hole and got 3 ish in 3 consecutive casts! the bigest was 3# the other were 2-lbs7oz.each. Thanks to Garry Yamamoto. I got 2 more ish and my buddy Kyle got 2 also. It got hot by 11: and we hit the road. Good day ishing or a dog day o summer!
      City: santa clara

      Tips: Tryed top waters and swim baits and nothing! Swiched to Senkos in plain colors no lake and no sparkels. Pay attention!

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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at irst light throwing buzz bait & partner throwing minnow type top water. No takers so I switched to split shotting a 4" Yamamoto watermelon lat tail worm & boated two iteen inchers so partner started split shotting a 4" purple ghost and he boated a couple o 15 inchers and then he boated one about 4 lbs.. Continued split shotting and boating ish until 8 am and then the bite turned o. We had started ishing the banks starting on the let side o the dam. Moved to the bank near the no boat bouys and then another boat cut us o and started working towards us. When we got within 50' the other boater boated a ish that went about 7 lbs.. He was throwing a weightless Senko. Last ish we caught was a 3 lber. at about 11:30 am. Got hot enough to make us get o the water.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Split shot plastics early.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the lake at 5:00am with ish busting the surace all around us. We were not able to coax any ish into the boat with anything. We tried spooks, spinners, cranks and plastics, but nothing worked or us. We ended our day at 11:00am with only 4 dinks in the boat on spinners and cranks in 7 to 10 eet o water o the rocky shoreline in the shade. Better than the best day o work though!
      City: South Lake Tahoe

Saturday, July 26th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started @ 6 am in 14 mile slough. Caught several small ish on senkos. Just beore noon started catching small ish on a red rattle trap on the outsides o the weed lines. Had one blow up on a rog.
      City: Modesto

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      Water Temp: high 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started o roggin ended roggin. Caught two ish on about 8 blowups. Started by the boat ramp. Water is real shallow. First cast I had a blow but no take. Finally got to the cove by the bridge. Theres a circle o tules in about 1 oot o water. Almost impossible to get a cast in there. But I did my best to throw over the top and as soon as it lands. BOOM. A nice 3lb ish jumps all over it. I had no time to set the hook or give slack. The ish jumps out o the water and is gone. I was still pretty happy. Nice little excitement on a hot day.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Throw a rog catch a ish. Right now anyway.

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      Water Temp: Not Tested

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well I Tried ishing today 6:30 to 10:30 caught 2 bass dinks lost 1 trout got 2 bite at the same time its unny i was realing I yank my 1st then i saw my other pole i had to run coz its a bit ar. let and right reeling in then i called my rien glenn guess what while he was reeling one snap the 4lbs test P-Line then reeling 1 close to shore hook came o damnn lost both then i was getting late or work i pack and let i hope i could ish longer next week
      City: San Francisco