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Thursday, April 17th, 2003

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

      Report: This message is concerning smallmouth bass. Ater years o catching nice largemouths, I'm very anxious to try some smallmouth ishing. I have caught several tiny smallmouth rom Del Valle, but I was told that Quarry has some that commonly exceed 2 pounds. I've ished quarry once or bass, and I had my success in the small lake with some quality largemouths. I tried some steep drop os with small grubs looking or a smallmouth with no success. Does anyone ish Quarry or bass anymore? I anyone has any tips I'd really appreciate it, such as which lake holds more and better ish and what type o presentation has seemed to work best. Thanks, Dan
      City: Castro Valley

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      Water Clarity: Clear (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!!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (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!!!

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (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!!!

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (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!!!

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ohhhhh, Chang Jr. me have nice day Shasta. Saw big ish in wirrows. Many ish. Fish swim away wom Chang other days. Not today. He stay. Chang cwouch down cast cwawdad. Chang Jr. grab wod weel ish in. I say Chang Jr- Ohhh that big ish ow this pond! Catch many big ish. Famiry eat good.
      City: Nagasaki

      Tips: Cwouch low hands on knees

Wednesday, April 16th, 2003

  • Mono County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Opening day '03 was one or the record books. Me: 115 ish, 2 to 6lbs, most on pig/jig (all day) with morn and eve buzzers/sammy's, drop shot 4'when it got "slow"...to keep my jig rod rom overheating threw DDcranks...all got bit...INSANE! My THUMBS!!! My Girlriend "only" got 55 because throwing jigs makes her wrist hurt with the hookset. Everyone on the lake got 'em...I ish this lake a ew times each year but this was a once in a lietime day! Miraculous. Worth the 1 1/2 hour o re-dialing to ticketmaster it took to get the tix!
      City: Beverly Hills

      Tips: tips or a day like this? show up.

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

      Report: I just moved to the area recently so I thought I try bass ishing at chabot or the irst time. I walked up the hill rom the San Leandro side and came to the damn. I don't think your supposed to ish it but I saw a nice little trail leading to a cement drop o which was too tempting to pass up. When I got down there I noticed a 5-6 lber sitting beneath the ledge. I ished her with dierent plastics until inally she hit a small grub. While I was realing in, the comotion enticed 3 huge bass to take a look. I hid so they couldn't see me and dropped a 10 inch purple worm. Ater 30 seconds o twitching it, bam! Weighed a little over 12. I knew there were 2 bass that looked a bigger than her so I ished it in or a nother hour when I got my next bite. This one weighed 13lbs 10oz. Ater another 30 minutes I took o not wanting to get a ticket. Some times you have to take a chance to get the real big mamas.
      City: Oakland

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: berry cold.....

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: (ished on Sunday April 13,2003)I did a lil' ishin here or the irst time with a couple o my buddies. I caught a 2 pound largemouth bass and 2 smallmouth bass. My buddy(wick-ed....worm-e) caught 1 smallmounth and my other buddy (J-biizzzzeee o da hizzzeeeee) caught a HUGE (gorrilla) trout. We where only there or no more then 2 hours.over all.. it was pretty un catching our irst smallmouth.WOooooOOOooooOOoOOOoOoOooOOOo!!!!!!
      City: San Jo....reppin da bigadeeee B side holla side

      Tips: *watch out or the rocks i your ishin rom the shore*have a variety o lures*come CORRECT or don't come at all*muahahahaaaaaaaaaa

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

      Report: Every species is up right now. Caught ish rom 1/2 lbs to a 5 lbr (lat tire).
      City: Folsom

      Tips: You know what's up. My big ish hit when it started to rain.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today or the irst time in my lie, and caught hella ish. They were like so big, and at, that I couldnt even pick them up. That was hella tight. I saw some bass swimming around so I caught a small bluegill and used it or bait. Within two minute I was holding a 15lb. bass! I am the best isherman to ever live.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: Use bluegill and you will catch ish like me.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Does anybody no i you can take a boat out yet? Thanks
      City: Pittsburg

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out on the water today at 8:00 am and ished the Yorty arm. I picked up 2 o o a point that were each 2+ by about 8:30, then didn't get a bite or the next two hours. The bite was way o compared to how it has been or the last three weeks or so. Then at about 12:00 picked up a 5.5 emale that was completely ull o eggs on a lat in about 20'. Ater a quick pic. I released her right back to be caught again. That one made my day a success and was o the water by 2:00. Big ish came on a texas-rigged 3" grub.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Talked to a ew guys today who said the bite has been pretty tough. When the weather warms up, hopeully so will the bite. P.S. Everyone knows this small lake gets its air share o ishing pressure. I saw a guy on the bank today with about eight bass on a stringer, none o which looked to be over a hal pound. I you want meat, go to Saeway, i you want to be able to catch a ish here in a ew years, throw the babies back.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I am going to be down the Santa Rosa area this april 20th-25th. I was just wondering i anyone had any ino on spring lake. Like what cover its got,water clarity, what they have been hitting and i you could what the water temps over there are like right now. Any inormation would be good thought. Thanks-CR
      City: hinham

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the second pond heading west on 2999 at 3 o clock. Fished till sundown with 19 bass between us(13 or tyler, 6 or Ryan) most ish caught split shotting 3-4 inch green baits, caught 2 drop shotting a 4 in. ox blood worm, and one on a homemade brown and purple jig with a smoke and purple yamamoto twin tail. Biggest 5 went 9.5 lbs. Tyler caught 2 2.5 lbers. and 2 1.5's I got 1 1.5 largie.
      City: redding

      Tips: split shot w/ 3-4 inch green baits..also try a drop shot..no reaction ish or us...

Monday, April 14th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Keeper size ie.. 12"+ didn't keep the ish
      City: Livermore

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 54.5-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Terry, managed 52, one at 3.6 and 3 more over 2 the rest were dinks with most caught below Dekas, let at 130PM.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 55 +/-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Red Blu Bass Anglers ished a team ormat (7 ish) this Sunday (4-13) on Shasta. First place was just under 16.5 lbs and second place was just over 12.5 lbs. Big ish was a spotted just under 5.5 lbs. Most ish were caught on Senkos next to submerged or partially submerged willows. Hey Jerry, howd ya do thursday?TerryA
      City: Red Blu

      Tips: Lettin Senkos all next to and into the willows was workin. Some rip ish and some spinner ish.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: about 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Trinity Center around 10 am. Weather has been horrible, downpour, snow, cold, you name it. Hit the usual areas just kind o looking around, nothing much happening. Could not ind anything. About 4 in the aternoon I am on a lat in 15 oot o water and inally commit to just throwing a jerkbait. Next hour put 2 good smallies in the boat but by now the weather is getting to me so I call it quits.
      City: Arcata

      Tips: I thought the inluence o the lunar phase would be stronger than the eects rom the ront. Man was I wrong. Water temp has dropped and apparently it has killed the bite. I had to ish the jerkbait real slow with long pauses to get bit. From what I saw ish are suspended right now, never got bumped on bottom presentations down to 25 oot.

Sunday, April 13th, 2003

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      Water Temp: poor

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: CATCH AND RELEASE LET THEM GROW, WHY DO U HAVE TO KEEP A 1LB or less? very disapointing, i the belly's at throw it back. Our isheries are taking the toll.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: lets ill a swimming pool up with water and ish it( Quarrys come to mind)