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Friday, June 20th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was a tough day on the lake today. We decided to start ishing at the crack o dawn. Fished the same areas as my last report 2 weeks ago with the same lures. Didn't catch our irst keeper until 10:30A. Ater 11 hours, we went home with 8 keepers (nothing big - 2lb smallmouth was the largest). Caught a lot o undersized bass again.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: All keepers were caught on spinners - white and chartruse/white with dbl blades. No keepers on Rat L Traps today.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Alex and me went out today or our King o the Loma III tourney. No one else showed up. We start out ishing on the east bank wiht poppers. I get a blow up, and like a retard, set the hook beore I even eel the ish. It was my irst topwater ish other than buzzbaits so I got a bit too excited. Lol. So we go on over to the dam and Alex starts drop shotting and I realize that I let my Gerber multitool on a tree back down a ways. I go back and look or it or a while but can't ind it. That sucks. So I go back over to the dam with Alex and start throwing a crankbait. I got hung up and tried to get it out using a technique Alex showed me. And once again, like a retard, I drop my rod in the water right in the rocks. A rock dented in my reel which is almost brand new. Oh well. Alex got a ew today but I'll let him tell you about it. Anyways I got one on a buzzbait in the back cove by the dam. That was it or the day.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Topwater.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: warmer than col

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I caught a huge 6 inch trout on a powerbate
      City: rohnert park

      Tips: try the powerbait

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 79.7

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Jack and I o again out o Packers, in at 645 pm, air temp 88, lake down just past 11t, ran to the lower Sac over by Deadmans and got on ish right o the bat and a couple o nice smallmouth on jigs with Jack throwing a worm, wind up pretty good out o the west, get 4 o one point and run over into elmore bay and get 4 o o 4 points and move towards Marshmallow point where we get bit on every cast or about 10 minutes but the wind made things tough, got 3 in the boat ater missing 30 or having them hop o, ran again as it was getting to dark to see over to Slaughterhouse but couldn't get anything going, went back to packers and ished the points on the north bank and Jack got the best o the evening a 2.0. Didn't get a lot o dinks and most were legal but still thin post spawn looking ish. called it a night at 1030 and got out at 70 degrees. Red Blu caught a lot o rain this evening but hardly a cloud in the sky or us. lots o olks on the lake, houseboat in every cove, water in the main body much cleaner than the upper arms. Didn't throw Mr. Fuller's secret bait, too much wind, don't care to duck them treble hooks.
      City: Redding

Thursday, June 19th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Middle Delta rom Orwood. Fished white Bobby D. buzzbaits, Pop'rs and rats. Pattern or me was Buzzbaits on top,bite lasted as long as there was shade. Then to Pop'r and rats in shade pockets in current. Caught open water ish under tree's and docks, had to wait or rings to settle on casts and twitch the bait. Bites or better ish came ater letting bait sit or a period. Fished until 10:30 with 15 to 20 ish to 3lbs. Fished on top all morning.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Shade and tule huts ater sun up

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well, ater I got word rom Cooch today that he'd be more than happy to pair up with me or the Snag Proo Open in August, I decided that I'd better start honing my roggin' skillz! So tonight I went over to the lake or about an hour and a hal with just one rod and a couple o rogs...and would ya believe it...I stuck mysel a couple o rog ish! Nothin' big, a couple o 2lbers, but I was still happy with rog ish. d:o) I had 3 hits and caught 2 ish...but the other hit didn't really count because he didn't eat it at all...just bumped it. So it wasn't my ault I missed him. LoL.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: White...walk that rog!!

Wednesday, June 18th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Taylor Slough, Frank's Tract, and Fishermans Cut rom 5:30 am to 12 p.m. Caught 20 ish rom dink to 4 lbs.. Buzz bait bite until sun hit the water then weightless Senkos in watermelon, cinnamon, or motoroil.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Buzz bait early then switch to Senkos in the weed pockets. Also cranked a ew w/Speed Traps.

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water @5:30 out o B&W.Found no topwater takers or blade bites so my partner went to the old senko and the pattern was set or the morning.We continued to pull ish out o the weeds and tules on the outgoing tide till noon.The wind kicked up big time and we headed home with the best 5 ish weighing 15.5 lbs.
      City: Napa

      Tips: Shore side o weed line during high tide held most o the ish we got today,Good luck!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Im looking or some inormation on the places to ish on Mather Lake. I havent ished it much, but in know there are big bass in it. I anyone knows what sides o the lake or areas, that would be great. Only place i have ished on the lake is the small dam area. I someone could respond with areas and good baits to use, that would be great.
      City: Rancho Cordova

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went there about 10:00 am Wednesday I was going or bass but no luck decided to get some trout, guess what trout are no chalenge catching I caught 57 trout (this is real)no kidding release 52 took home 5, 3 are about 2 - 2.5lbs the other 2 one is 8lbs the other is 6lbs you'll see my picture in the bait house by the way 35 o this ish including whopper are caught on a castmaster green ront silver back.I think San Pablo is still #1 in trout ishing, on Bass ???? and i think Quarry is also begining to be popular on trout i rank #2 on my opinion. again tight lines and ishing is all about having un
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Castmaster have a variety o it you'll never know which one is hot, sometimes you'll never know you might hook a bass on it like my riend Ben did

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 80.8-79.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Jack Kemper is up or a visit with the in-laws and his wie and son, picked him up at 545 pm and went to Bailey Cove and in the water at 615pm, lake at 10.30 t down, air temp going in was 88, ran upstream in the McCloud near Ellery Creek trying to get away orm the ski boats and jet skis with no luck, started ishind downstream throwing worms and jigs and Jack gets the irst dink on a drop shot, we ish down to Moore creek and end up with 30 to 1.8 on jigs worms and Mr. Fullers secret top water bait, the biggest came on the jig, water was a very muddy red color with all the traic, no wind to speak o and thing sinally quieted down about 845 pm but so did the ishing. We had 27 between 730 and 930 pm. color didn't seem to make much dierence, most caught o o rocky points with the chunk gray rock being the most productive. got out at 1115 pm, air temp down to a pleasant 76, going back out Friday night.
      City: Redding

      Tips: the later you put in the better, i will put in around 830 next time to avoid the ski and jet ski crowd.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out with my riend tom tietz, on the water by 6:45. -around awhile throwing top water plugs o the points catching a ew small schoolies, as darkness ell headed up to jackson creek. didn't catch another ish until 9:00 a nice 4Ibr that ell or a jig in 25t o water.pulled up on a point that had a real steep side and a slow tapered side with weed growing 20t deep or so.we threw brushhogs on the steep side working the baits down the weedline when tom stuck a nice 6.5Ibr 18t down.The wind died down and so did the bite , so we headed down to carson arm and ished "my honey hole" cathing a ew small ones.about mid night the wind picked back and the bite picked back up as well.ished steep rock points catching a ew more nice bass. continued that pattern utill about 4am when we headed back to my honey hole and on my irst cast stuck a nice 8.5Ibr.the irst light was showing so started to ish the corner o the dam.I caught a 6Ibr and 7Ibr on back to back cast, one with a brushhog and the other with a white spinnerbait. our top ive went close to 40Ibs and our top 10 close to 60Ibs, caught and released 25 to 30 ish.I told tom that we were gonna go to war with these ish, I didn't expect to win the battle and the war, we kicked there b-ass.
      City: sac

      Tips: dress warm, and use stealth and lots o smelly jelly.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out to the lake at 2:30p.m. Started throwing a popper to the right o the bridge on teh island. I had a bunch o bass, 2-5in., ollowing it. Then a bass that probably went 3lbs. came right up behind it and sat under it. I gave it a twich and it took o. I went on the bridge and saw a bunch o small bass sitting in by the tules. I pitched my senko in to them and saw one swim down to it. I saw my line twitch and I set the hook. It was just a little guy that probably only went 10inches. He was pretty at though. I went to my spot where I usually get a bite on the buzzer where I caught the 8 but didn't get any blow ups or anything. I also tried the popper with no luck. I stated going down to channel point and saw a bunch o spawning ish. They were red ears though. There were about 20-25 o them either guarding nests or spwning. I put on a Trout Magnet and caught 3 o them. They were pretty big. The biggest was 9oz. I could easily put my thumb in their mouths. I went over towards the swim lagoon and started out using the buzzer that has been doin good or me lately. I was reeling it in and looked down at my reel and beore I could look up I heard a splash and a tug at my line. I got the bass up onto shore and weighed it. 1lb.3oz. Not bad. Didn't get anything ater that. The wind started blowin pretty bad so I got out o there.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Senkos and buzzbaits.

Monday, June 16th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69-71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My son Steve, and I launched out o River's End at irst light. Once we were out o the marina area, we turned North toward Discovery Bay. We spent the next 4-5 hours ishing the rock walls just past the pumping station.Caught 15 bass, but mostly smaller ish. Biggest was only 3 lbs. 1/2 were caught using Yum 4" watermelon/blk lake tubes.The other hal were caught using a weird (to me) setup. Used a 5" shad/blk laminated Senko, w/3/16 bullet sinker and a red bead. Majority o ish were caught on the dropo, where the water went rom 5 to 18 t.We let around 11:00 a.m. because o the lake lice. Back at the launch, the scene was worse. Small launch area, 10-12 ski boats TRYING to launch, 10 min average launch time or each one.I'll stick to ishing during the week rom now on.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: We were ishing a high outgoing tide. Fish seemed to be congregated on the dropos.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 75 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with Daughter Kirsten in cove o North ork....used senkos, brown with blue lakes. Caught many small slot limit bass. Kirsten caught a nice 17 incher and I caught a 19 incher....nice ish....all caught pretty much deadsticking the senko...most ish appeared to be holding right at the drop o rom mudline to clear water.....
      City: Oroville

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished rom 3:15 to 7:00 p.m. Once again I started throwing the buzzbait again in the spot where I got the 8. Didn't get any hits or about 30min. So I went over towards Channel Point and stopped at the little clearing beore you get to the dock. Some kid was trying to get my attention while I was reeling in the buzzer and I looked over at him to see what he wanted. When I looked back I saw a 4lb+ bass swirl on my buzzbait but it didn't get it. These ish just aren't eating these buzzers very good. So I went over to Channel Point dock and threw the buzzer parallel to the dock and I saw a 3lb. bass come out and kind o ollow it. Didn't try to get it though. So then I go over by the swim lagoon and throw the buzzer or about 10min. Ater a while I get about a 3lber to jump almost cleat out o the water to get my buzzer. It gets it but doesn't hook up. I'm going to try a smaller buzzbait next time to see i they will eat it better. So then I go over to cat tail cove and don't get hit with the buzzer. I work my way down towards the dock over there and get on to hit the buzzer. And once again no hook up. Stupid ish need to eat these buzzbaits better. I work on down to the cove kind o by the dam but don't get anything. I go over to the spot where I caught the 2lber on the buzzer on riday and start lippin a senko. I get a bite and set the hook but no ish. It elt like a pretty good sized ish. It bit my senko right in hal. Lol. So I quickly rig up another senko and pitch out to the same little clump o grass about ten times. I get a bite and set the hook, this time getting the ish. I reel it in and put it on my digital scale. It went 6 even. 6ozes that is. Hahaha. Then my mom calls me and says she's coming to pick me up to go out to dinner or ather's day. I would have stayed longer and tried to get them on the buzzer once it got a little later.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: The bass are still hitting buzzbaits but not eatign them all that great. Maybe i you try down sizing they will eat it better. I was using a 1/2oz buzzer today.Next time I go out I'll try a smaller 1/4oz buzzer.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7 to 12 AM. Tons o boats on the water. Started with buzzers and Pop R along the weed line. Could not convince the ish that it was a perect top water day and spent too long trying. Finally switched to sot plastics and picked up 12 bass and one Catish. The bass were suspended in about 17-22 t o water. They would only hit the bait on the all. Used 1/8 oz dart head 4" worms or a slow all and the ish liked it. Swithced to drop shot 4" and they liked that also. Finally swithced to hula grub and a 5lbs catish liked that. I knew with the wide head shake that I either had a huge bass or a dumb cat. Pretty good day considering the huge ishing pressure and clear skies and no wind.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: 4" worms dart head and drop shot were the only thing that worked today. Top water - no, Senkos - no, working the bottom - no go. Slow alling bait worked (but not Senko or some reason)

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Father's day moring with a buddy and started out with a topwater spot on the second cast. Continued to work the topwater and spinnerbaits or an hour with no success, so gave up or the plasitics. Proceeded to dropshot/splitshot or another seven ish, ive o which were dinks. Saw a ew ish cruising, but ish landed came out o about 15' o water. Fished north ork coves/points with rocks and wood, which is just about everywhere right now.
      City: Folsom

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 76'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got my Father's day wish, and inally got one over 3lbs., actually, it was a 3.10 oz spot. Launched out o Bailey, on a beautiull Sunday morning with my new neighbor, LeRoy. Fished deep water acessin the Sac. arm and immediately started getting ish on senkos. Color didn't seem to matter. Found ish on the outside and inside o creek chanels. Senkos and darter head worms all morning. Quit a noon, with 25 ish. Best ive over 14 lbs. Hot Dam!!!! good day.
      City: Redding/S.F.

      Tips: 5'-25' all over the place. Shade and brush produced best when the sun hit the water. 5" senkos, whacky rigged.

Saturday, June 14th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out o paradise about 7:00 two blow-up rist thing on rog then na-da or about 4hrs then 2 dinks on senko tough day today
      City: Modesto