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Saturday, April 19th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My irst time reporting. Water temp ended up to 62 degrees. Outgoing/low tide I guess. Launched out o Paradise and it is getting busy out there! All riendly though. COOL! Anyway, only ished 4 hours just lipping plastics to the tules or a big ish o 3 pounds. Maybe a tad more... Deep water got to be nearby.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: There are always lip ish to get, so that's all I did; till I learn a bit more about this river!! Don't be araid to throw translucent colors! Oh, i you use those Owner hooks, do NOT use your ingers to remove the hook rom a ishes mouth! The shank barbs are sharp too!

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      Water Temp: 61-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The custom Valco bass boat "BassBuster1" is currently going through annual cleaning and preventive maintenance, stripped down to it hull. Having a lot o un working my my boat. Making my custom live well right now too. Any ways I was envited out to ish with a buddy and had a good time. Ladd's was packed with two tournaments today. I pulled a rookie stunt and lost my hat during blast o this morning, oh well. We ran around several spots. We got 11 bites total between the two o us. The bass were just not that aggressive, hooked and landed only our out o elevin. Total wieght o around 12 pounds with a kicker going about 4 lbs. We igured we could have been close to 20 i hooked all 11 bites. We got bit on zippers and 5" & 6" senkos. Could not get any bites on spinnerbaits or buzzbaits. In the aternoon I even tried a little roggin ater stripping down to a t-shirt. It got nice and warm just a little breezy. With high blues skies and alot o ishing pressure we igured the bass were inicky and spooky.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: May have to make long runs to ind quiet isolated areas. Every corner we turned there were up to 5 bass boats in the area. Well with all the pleasure boaters out here as well its time to go back to week day ishing only to ind good areas.

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      Water Temp: 59 to 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Whites Slough on Thursday. Not the best conditions with it being ull moon, a ew light showers, and wind which got heaverier as the day wore on. Caught nine total but missed quite a ew bites, 1.5 to 4lb12 oz. Three, including the big one, were caught on blades, white and Chartruse and White. The rest were on Senkos, dark with blue lake, with red lake, and a brown with chartruse. No chasers - all were quick reaction bites. Didn't try topwater, but talked to one guy that did get a couple o larger ish on topwater. BASNFAN
      City: Davis

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished shoreline at north area with topwaters. 3 strikes with one caught. 2pound pregnant spot. Threw shad color senkos and broke one o on 8# spiderwire usion ! Had another straighten my eagle claw lazer sharp ! Had 3 or 4 others throw hook. All worm ish hit ater worm settled on bottom beore I started retrieve. Water was shallow and had to make real long casts rom shoreline.
      City: sacramento

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

      Report: I went up on Saturday to preish or a club tournament with the American Bass Anglers out o Walnut Creek www.ambassanglers.com that we will hold next weekend. But the overnight temp was 38 and in my search or beds at the north end, that was all I ound, beds. No ish, just beds. So I tried backing o to deeper water... nothing. Tried throwing senkos in rodman... nothing.Moved south to try rattlesnake area still nothing. I cranked, wormed, senko, lipped and my son spinnerbaited to two bites all day. I anyone has a suggestion or me, I would love to hear rom you. dmayne@ixorce.com
      City: Walnut Creek

      Tips: Wait or warmer weather and go sight ishing

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HAD SOME TIME OFF, DESIDED TO TRY DEL VALLE, SPLASHED THE VALCO SAT AM 6:30, HEADED FOR THE DAM AREA COVES, LANDED 4 BY 9:30, 2 SMALLIES, AND 2 BLACKS, ALL ABOUT 2 LBS, HEADED BACK TO THE LAUNCH AREA, TRIED ACROSS ALONG STEEP WALL , 10 FEET OF WATER, HIT 3 MORE SMALLIES, SAME 2 LBS. HAD A GREAT DAY OFF THE THE WATER BY 1:30 BE BACK SOON, SAW SOME GREAT TOP WATER AREA NEAR SWIM AREA, TRY AGAIN WHEN WARMER. CHAR SPINNER BLADES AND PUMPKIN/CHAR TAIL SPIN WORMS WAS THE BAIT TODAY, FISH ON RB.
      City: PITTSBURG

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 6:30 am to 2:30 pm. Started in Moccasin Creek split shotting 4" then 6" worms in green craw patterns and purple ghost. Boated our keepers beore heading down to Middle Bay and Jenkins Hill. Continued split shotting various plastics rom brush hogs to curly tail worms. Caught six more keepers. No size w/biggest going 2 lbs.. Saw several large bedding ish in all areas we ished but could not get them to chase anything.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Bites were pressure only w/most ish caught on 4" green craw or purple ghost. Fish came rom 5' to 10' and most oriented to stickups.

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out most o the day and ished all the trees and brush in the south ork. The depth was about 8- 15 oot deep. Caught three 2 pound spots and a 5 pound largemouth. Caught one spot with a zara spook and the other spots and largemouth on senkos. Had 2 more on with senkos but lost them.
      City: Rocklin

      Tips: Use 5 inch senkos that are bightly colored like bubblegum. Get right next to the trees and brush and ish slowly.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Mysel and a riend picked up to spotted bass both on plastic worms 6 inch curly tail watermelon with red lake
      City: concord

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was very slow. Saturday was the end o the ront. There was not a cloud in sight and no wind until the aternoon. Threw topwater and rip baits or awhile then started drop shotting and throwing zippers and tubes in 15-20; no luck. Finally hooked up on a drop shot rig in about 20 eet. I caught three dinks, one on a drop shot and two others on gizits in the shallows. Austin caught three also, all his were caughton a drop shot rig.
      City: Salinas

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

      Report: Red Blu Bass Anglers begins their year next sunday (4-27). Now is a good time to come out and ish with us. The meeting or the tourny is this tuesday (4-22). Red Blu Bass Anglers ish 6 or 7 dierent bodies o water in the N Cal area and we are looking or 1 or 2 new members. Start our new year with us now. Email or details.TerryA
      City: Red Blu

Friday, April 18th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Not a bad morning on the delta out o Orwood. Launched at 6 am, boated the irst 2 lb crappie right away, then a dink, then a at 8lber on top water. Not long later another 5lber on top water. Ended the morning at 11 am with 10 ish caught.
      City: Tracy

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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Dixon this morning with ew small males on beds. I was able to land one o them in the 2-3lb range using a white jig with a white TnT curly craw trailer. Not very amiliar with the lake and I was having trouble inding some structure to work with. I did not see any big emales but this cold ront could have pushed them in a little deeper or maybe the are not holding tight like the males. Early this week a 17lb was taken with a white jig also.
      City: Escondido

      Tips: Jigs or bedding ish and it seems everybody is using white becuause it is easy to see.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 57.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started in woods creek area and around houseboats in Moc. ished untill 1:00 p.m. with one dink on a carolina rigged 4in. ring worm. Fishing was so slow and only seen two ish cruising around. Water temp. needs to come up a bunch. Threw a jig and a swim bait all day with no takers. My dad in the back o the boat had the only ish.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Fish deeper around 25 t. and drag a carolina rig real slow. Wait or temp. to come up.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED OUT LATE 8:00A.M. PICKED UP 5 NICE FISH ON SENKO'S IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES 3-5FT OF WATER.ENDING UP WITH 27 FISH BY NOON.BIG FISH 5.96 BIG BED FISH ARE COOMING UP TO SPAWN LOST ONE WELL OVER 10LBS.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: GET THERE EARLY AND FISH SENKO'S AND KEEPER WORMS ALL DAY UNTILL YOUR ARM FALLS OFF AND THEN THROUGH WITH THE OTHER ARM. THEY ARE THERE AND VERY AGGRESSIVE.

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 52.5 to 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with a ellow member today and had a great time the captain didn't catch anything, but he put Mike on some ish. Mike hooked his biggest black bass aroung 6 lbs. and long-line released his ish while I try to get my new multi-old net to untangle. Next time I will have the net put together irst. Fishing was pretty slow. We missed two other hits and Mike Landed one more. Fish were in the back o coves where the rain run-o met the lake. The temp was 52.5 in the main body and as high as 56 degrees in the creek arms. Fish were caught on green lizards 4" with black lake. We through everything at them. Two more weeks and 61 degree water and watch out. Mike thanks or the lunch we will get you another big one hooked and landed next timne.p.s. next time leave the barb on! j/k
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: wait a ew weeks.

Thursday, April 17th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: You ishing at Almadedn(coleman) what bait set up you using? are you bank ishing?
      City: sj

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My dad and I ished up at San Pablo this thursday and we seemed to do well. Got up there around 6:00 AM barely any people. Weather was great and so was the ishing at times. We were ishing at Pines the whole day. Around 9:30 AM things started to heat up and the ish were hitting every 30 minutes. We caught 8 all together, and must o had 11 bites. We caught one 6 pound catish and everything else was trout. Ranging rom 13 to about 16 inches. I had one big trout on which must have been at least 7 pounds but my line snapped ater a 10 minute battle. But or the most part ishing was great and conditions were excellent.
      City: Millbrae

      Tips: Use nightcrawlers but not the whole thing. Cut in hal and use one hal o it. Inlate with air and put attractant on the bait. It is okay i the hook is exposed just as long as the worm is moving. You can put powerbait or any kind o sot bait i you want. And last, is to make sure you have a long leeder around two eet. GOODLUCK!!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out and ished rom my loat tube or the irst time on the Delta. I ished in White Slough and didn't do hal bad...caught 5 ish, but missed TOO many bites. Probably missed 10+ good hits...rusterating. Anywho, the 5 that I caught were good or about 18.5lbs with a 6# bein' the biggest.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: All bites and caught ish were on a watermelon w/ red lk 7.5" Toledo Tickler (a zipperworm-like bait made by ReAction Lures). All hits and ish came by lipping pilings and by ishing ledges.

  • San Francisco County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Tom - What Lake where you ishing North or South. Did you go rom shore or did you take a boat.I have never ished this lake or bass but have ished it a ew times or trout. Any suggestions that you might have would be greatly appreciated.
      City: hal moon Bay