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Sunday, June 1st, 2003

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

      Report: Went out on Sunday and managed to ind a bevy o small ish. Caught over 30 ish in the 1-2lb range. Fished new water looked or Rock with deep water drop o. Didn't hit the water until 9:30 AM. Started with Jig and caught a small limit in the irst hour then put her down and used drop shot and zippers or the rest o the day. Best ish were caught on 3/8 ounce brown/red with pumpkin seed trailer. Lot's o bites and more boat traic than memorial day weekend. Fished the Middle Delta...o the water at 3:00 PM
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Still inding solid jig ish in the 8-12 oot water level. Drop shot ish were small, but did hook quite a ew in a short amount o time. Caught two solid keepers with witches 'T' zipper. Threw a rog or 1-hour without any blowups. Stay sae...TG

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: ?????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was wondering i anyone checking this sight would know i I can use a loat tube in this lake please let me knowthanks
      City: San Francisco

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Walked the bank today, saw around 6 bass between 2 and 11 pounds most o these ish where spawning so they spooked easy. I ished orm 5:45am to 9:30am with not so much as a nibble, but since it was a nice morning I guess I won

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Clear Lake this past weekend, man all these reports are write on. Senkos and Drop Shotting was the game plan. We through all the colors we had, picked o a ew 2 to 3 pounders on senkos around docks. Caught a ew more Drop Shotting out in the tule breaks. Ross at Tackle It in Lakeport set us up on the color's or the plastic but also turned us on to the tail end o the swim bait bite. Wow, what a ride, my irst swim bait ish, an 8 pounder, Thanks.
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Rig the senko wacky, I didn't even know what that was till I visited the tackle store. It made all the dierence.

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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well I guess this lake shuts down on the weekends. Preishing or the uture pro event I was catching our and ive pounders all over the place. Mostly on beds in the south end. However Saturday came and all the spots I had some ished tucked away were gone. Instead I caught about 15-20 ish that measured 10-12 inches. Did manage to ind one quality bedish at 6 pounds and a smaller male at 2 pounds. Weighed in those two and one small 13 inch ish to have a total o 9+ pounds. Did have one heart pounding moment when I thought I caught the biggest bass o my lie, but it ended up being a 15 pound catish. Isn't that great or the nerves with 15 minutes let in the tournament.
      City: ALamo

      Tips: Well during the week I ished beds and around docks. Senkos and tubes. Try topwater in the morning and a rog here or there. The ish seem to be all around the spawn or post-spawn modes. And you can ish or catish with tubes now.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: been haveing good days but had to write in about an 11 lb trout I got on a spinner bait.I had let the kids out at the ramp to use the restroom and nailed an 11 POUND MONSTER on my 3rd cast.
      City: livermore

      Tips: hold on u never know what u will get

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wie & I ished out o our Champion while my partner Dave Ranes & his son Travis ished out o their Bass Cat. Launched at 5 pm & ished until midnight. We started in Rogers & Dave headed to the Canyon. For us action was steady rom 6 to 8:30. Nothing on top water or jerk bait. caught 20 keepers rom 12" to 15 1/2" split shotting 4" green weenies and motoroil curly tail worms. Mostly bites were just pickups like bed guarding males. Lost one 6+ when line broke o. Dave caught couple o 12 inchers in the canyon then headed to Blue Oak area at dark. He ended up catching a 5 lber and a couple o 3 lbers split shotting a 6" black w/chart. ring worm.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Slow drag a split shot conidence worm in grassy coves.

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is realy low. Launched at 4:30 and beore that had 3 ish while waiting on a riend with a boat. 2 on sinkos and one on a poper. Bite turned on around 6:00 and we caught a ew. Most on sinkos, Ox blood worms, watermelon tubs. Near dark, my riend caught a ew on a poper.All in all, not a bad evening.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Who Knows

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished rom 6am to 2pm. We started the day on the south arm, shad cranks about 4 to 6 eet deep were the most productive. West shorelines with rocky points were best all day. We caught 18 bass all on shad cranks on west shorline on both the north and south arms. Kreg- gates open at 6am they say, but I have arrived every time beore 6am and they are already open and 4 or 5 boats already in the water.
      City: South Lake Tahoe

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got on the lake about 10:30 ished a ew coves or some bass with no luck on the side o the lake opposite o the reeway trolled the lake caught a trout on some spinner bait buddy o mine hit the reeway side or bass and caught 3 bass throughout the day
      City: campbell

      Tips: the trout seem to be hitting alot with white power eggs tried many combos but 2 whites do the trick

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at 7:00am started drop shotting. Fished a ew coves and caught 15 ish, all spots. Good day on the lake lots o un.
      City: San Lorenzo

      Tips: Drop shop 4" aarons magic brown/purple and 4" oxblood.

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

      Report: Took the tube up to Yorty at 0500 this morning to try out a new rod and new plastics. On my second cast to a submerged stump I got hammered by a spawned-out emale that went 9.9 on the digital. This beats my previous Sonoma personal best by about 3.5 pounds so I was pretty stoked. Got her to hit a wacky-rigged mossy mud colored Dominator by Reaction Innovations. I think that these things just came out, but they outished the old-standby o Senko's today 2 to 1. Caught ive males in the 2-4 pound range guarding beds later on the Dominator and motoroil senkos. Best ive went 21.2 and was o the water by 1030 when the bite shut o. All ish were released to be caught again.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Try out the Dominator. A guy at the Outdoor Pro Shop in R.P. turned me on to them, and rom what I saw today, the unky looking plastics work pretty good, plus they hold up a lot better than senkos. Fish early in the morning beore the sun hits the water, because when it does the bite shuts down.

Friday, May 30th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out there about 9 oclok in the morinin started ishing cat cove and woo!!!!!! amazing irst cast got a 3pounder!!!!! it was on a white spinner bait. took a nap woke up at 9 at night went to the boat launch cove and started casting twoard the docks and got 10 ish on a mix o spinner baits and worms.
      City: Walnutcreek

      Tips: i absoutley recoomend trying cat cove, jackson creek arm, and the boat launch cove especially at night with spinners and worms!!!!!!!!! good luck to all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 65 to 71 degree

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Headed out with a buddy around 4:00 AM. Wind was blowning hard in the morning but once we got passed Williams it slowed down. We launched in Clear Oaks near the Keys, and headed to Rattle Snake Island. I picked up one ish around 1.5 lb on #221 Senko. Decided to leave and ish the south end in Konocti. Buddy picked a 3 lber under a dock on 1st cast again on a senko. Fished the docks and banks or about a 1/2 mile picking up 12 ish and 2 over 3 lbs. (bed ishing was hard on account o the breeze and algea) Went back to the keys to try and ind ish in post spawn mode. Threw a blade or while with no luck. Buddy then landed another 3 lber which made it his 3rd to my zero. It was time or me to start picking it up. Started lippin a 3/4 oz chartruse and brown jig in heavy cover with no luck. Switched to a senko and picked up a 2 lber. Then I had this weired hunch about this one point with weeds and a dock and pulled out my jig again. Flipped into this little pocket in the middle o the weeds and there she was 10lb plus. Had her on top o the water when she snapped my 20 lb P-line. Worst eeling in my lie especially when my buddy turns and says "Wow you just lost the ish o your lietime". Anyways kept ishing but was still bummed about my loss, while I watched my buddy land 2 more nice ish 3lb 15oz and 4 lber. Continued to throw another jig or a while but got tired o watching my buddy catch ish. So I switched back to the senko and caught a ew more dinks(1lb to 1.5 lb) Until we saw a male and emale on a bed under the walkway to a dock. Took my senko changed it to wacky and pitched under there and out came the 7lb 8oz emale. What a nice ish, she should have gone 8.5 or 9 but she was skinny. All 24 1/2 inches o her. That almost made up or the one I lost. Just think my two big ish could have been what my partners limit was. Anyway, enjoyed a great day with my best riend and caught some ish too...
      City: Marysville

      Tips: There are plenty o nice ish on beds. Give the keys a try and see what you can come up with. Flip deep in the weeds or throw the senko under trees and docks. Some guys and the ramp said they had luck in there with a rog...good luck

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

      Report: were you ishing dinosaur point o the shore or boat? anybody have any ino on shore ishing here? how about weed growth?

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tore them up on a buzz bait (white o course). Boated at least 25 ish by 12:00pm. launched out o lads at 6:00am.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: white buzz baits

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing at 3:00 this aternoon. Started throwing a white spinnerbait into the windblown tules. Caught a 1.5lber. Found some came water and started throwing a chartruse buzzbait and caught a 2.5lber. Missed a couple ish on both baits. Bites were ew and ar between. Found a nice break on o the point by Marmoes. Threw a delta craw speed trap on the point and caught a trout. Then switched to a deeper diving crankbait with no luck. Ater that I switched to a carolina rigged lizard with not takers. Flipped a black/blue jig with no luck. I quit ishing at a little ater 7:00. It was a good day.
      City: Scotts Valley

Wednesday, May 28th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went out to the lake today and this crazy urge came upon me to take the kids so i did. BAD decision! anyway did bank ishing along the main launch and boat docks started ishing a 4" purple/pink inese worm around 5pm no luck! messed with the kid's tangled lines or a while... at 7pm decided to do some real-guy ishing tied on a 6" lizard purple/black landed a 5 pounder at dam, (good ighting ish) then tried another cast lost the lure to some rocks! inally ound a worm i wanted to try or some time now and tied it on ( white/grey salted 4"worm) landed a 3 pounder same spot...overall 10 ish 1-2 pounds also caught at boat launch ater sunset....had a good day kids caught some bluegill and smaller bass using live worms..
      City: sacramento

      Tips: smaller baits seem to work mornings-evenings using 4-6 worms at night had good success with larger plastics all around the lake....good ishing!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 64-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bed ishing was good today, landed around 30 ish, most o them 1.5 -2lb range. A couple in the 3 lb. range and 1 just shy o 5 lbs. All caught in the south end o the lake and on a lippin' tube. Used 1 tube all day long. The algae is getting out o control in some areas and I think they were spraying to kill it but I'm not sure. Does anyone know i the do spray or it or does it go away on its own. I do think the algae helps the spawn because its nearly impossible to see the beds, but you still can ind plenty o ish.
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: Find bed ish and sit on them till they bite. Some ish went easy, some ish it took 30 min.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: YUP! Still closed...
      City: Antioch

      Tips: TOPWATER!!!