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Sunday, March 30th, 2003

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Folsom Bass League on Sunday. Fished main body, points and rocky banks. Caught 20-25 bass up to 2.75 lbs. All ish came on shad colored worms in 15-20 eet o water. Better ish came rom the deeper rock piles. Best 5 ish weighed 11.90lbs. Fish wanted a very slow presentation.
      City: W. Sacto.

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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: MUCH tougher than expected! My dad and I went out Sunday or what we igured would be a leisurely and productive day o ishing. Well, sorta... Wind was blowing pretty good irst thing, so we started with blades and rip baits in the South Fork irst thing. I inally stuck a 16" smallie on a Pointer 100 immeditately outside a major spawning bay. Caught him on the rear treble... barely. Hmmm... Dad had one bump the blade pretty good, but even with a 3/0 trailer hook in tow, no hookup. Hmmm... Next ish (17" spot) also came immediately outside a spawning bay on a Super Fluke, also on a treble stinger hook. Got the picture? Fish are simply NOT very aggressive, and seemed to be barely nipping all our reaction bait oerings. Ended up with 5 more ish on a drop shot (3 dinks, 2 keepers), 1 more keeper Fluke ish and 1 keeper on a split-shot. Nine ish total, with 6 keepers and 3 dinks. TOUGH! Best 5 might have gone 8.5+.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: ALL ish were caught immediately outside major spawning areas in the South Fork. There was 25'-30' o water within a cast o every ish. No sign o beds yet, and very ew males roaming shallow. Hopeully, it will break out soon.

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: trolled o quien sabe point today. landed 5 ish (all legal). ish kept were 10# and 15# s (released an 8#er). trolled herring @ 40-50 t. water was lat, but ull o algae.kevin 'padrino'
      City: san jose

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      Water Temp: just warm enoug

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Spring is darn sure trying. Did a couple hours at Soulajule Reservior. Score: 8 bass, none over 2lbs, none under 8", and six ticks! :-) Couple nice warm days sure livens things up at this time o year. Used a small 1" chartruse/white clouser and a 2" orange and black woolybugger. Clear intermediate line. Short, steep, small coves were OK. Fish took at about 2'-4' deep. ....lee s. ....lee s.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: Warmest water is real near the bank. Work'em slow. Most takes on the drop.

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      Water Temp: Up to 70 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club ished Spring Lake on Sunday, March 30th. 29 anglers participated. Winning weight was limit o 15.31 lbs, anchored by 5.48 lb dawg, caught on Senkos ished by tules. Big ish o day went 6.48 lbs. Tough bite or most. Only 2 limits caught or day.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: To check out photos & details, go to our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com.

Saturday, March 29th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7 am to 5 pm. First time on the lake, so take that into account.Caught six ish, the largest about 3 lbs -- nice ish, nice ight. Didn't see many people catching more bass, but saw some nice trout being pulled out by trollers. Lost two big ones, including one that dived under my boat and disgorged the hook. Too bad, but that happens.I tried a little bit o everything, but caught all o my ish on red w/black speckled Yamamoto 4" grubs. No luck in the main channel but did OK in the coves. Graphed a lot o ish on the bottom, in ~ 30' o water.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Like I said, red w/black speckled plastic was the only thing that worked or me.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched our o Capell Cove early morning with my younger son Guillermo, visiting rom San Diego on spring break.Fished Skiers Cove early in the morning and moved to the Narrows ater midday.Tried some reaction with little luck. Guille caught two small smallmouth on a popper, I couldn't get a bite ripping. Changed to split shot and ended up with more than twelve ish beetwen the two o us. Best ones 4.3 lbs and 2.5 lb, the others around 1-1.5 lbs. The majority o the ish, including the two big ones took a salt and pepper ProWorm leach. Couldn't get much on the nice rocky walls, did better away rom points. Fisnished with a weight o 10.34lb on my Cull'em Rite scale. Even got a picture o the big ones! Great day, although the lake got rather busy later in the morning, and the wakes o other boats were rather anoying
      City: Fairield

      Tips: Fish deeper, the two good ishes came out o 20+ eet and away rom points.

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      Water Temp: turnover

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went North and as in my last report the water was a little stained which I thought was rom the rains except this time it has been clear or several days. Sometime I'm a little slow so when I dropped the trolling motor and read the temp o 50.5 I knew what had happened . The lake is turning over this weekend which was conirmed by the putrid smell in the back o the coves. Around the narrows, Wyagg, Markley you still have decent visability and around 60.0 in the pm.
      City: Sacramento,

      Tips: Lake is turning over . I would give it a week or the silt to settle and the largemouth should be on the beds. Only caught 4 ish, 2 jig and 2 crankbait. Spent most o the day looking or the big girls and working out with an osprey. Thanks to Fish Chris or the EWG trebble .

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my Brother (Steve) and Son (Niko) out or their irst bass trip this year. Launched out o Rivers end and headed north. Got 20 bass with the biggest going 4 lbs. Caught ish on everything Plastic, blades, cranks and even got a ew rog ish to go. Brother even hit a 3 lb cat on a crank and I got a 14" crappie on a spider-grub. Fish are picking up and water is clearing.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Throw everything, the ish are hungry. Don't be araid to throw a rog, I did and it payed o with my irst rog-ish this year. Good luck... Catch you on the water..

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Slough (Whiskey) this morning rom 6:00am till 9:00am. First ish (3lb'er) came on six inch black/blue senko. Second ish (8.5lb'er) came on a modiied senko. Went out or an evening session and caught ive more ish (1-1/2lber's) all on ive inch watermellon/black senko's. Best time to ish lately seems to be in the early part o the am and on the low to lowest part o the outgoing tide or the blackies. The last couple hours beore dark each o the last three days I've seen several decent sized stripers suracing in the slough. Neighbor caught one on chrome/blue rattle trap aprox. 4lbs.
      City: Holt

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 52-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the week o the 24th-28th on the Lake. Actualy ished 3.5 days there. Weds was windy as you know where. Then I let at 1pm on Fri. Anyway, Boated 45 ish during the days I did ish. My 3 lures o choice were the 5 inch Bacon Rind (Black with Red lake), A Jig and Pig (Brown/Black Jig, Brown with red lake Plastic) and a 6 inch watermelon Lizard. Real slow presentation near cover and lats.
      City: Klamath Falls

      Tips: As soon as the weather stays a little consistant, Watch out!!

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out to the lake at about 8:00 a.m. I noticed that the water level was all the way up today. I started throughing a Terminator Tiny T spinnerbait in the cove by channel point. Had no luck. I went across the bridge and ished over there. I pitched a 6" Chartreuse w/ black lake senko in by the tules a ew times. On about my 10th pitch I saw my line start to move away and get tight. So I set the hook. Reeled in a nice at 2lber. Ater that I didn't catch anything but a tiny 4" bass on a Trout Magnet. I saw a bunch o bass, big and small, swimming around and tried to catch them. But they could see me so I couldn't get any. Fished until 4:00.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Senko.

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6:30 am to 11:30 am in Fleming, Rogers, and Middle Bay. Caught 7 keepers rom 1 to 3 lbs including a at smallmouth. Spawn isn't on yet but it's close.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Fish caught on a variety o plastics in 10' to 20' on steeper sloping banks.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 54'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Getting close now!!!!! Went out thursday aternoon or our hours to test my new "Pinpoint" 7420, I bought rom "jerry". Worked great, and the ishing wasn't bad either.Although it took two hours to igure them out on the Pit arm, I got 17 total, with three over two pounds. They seemed to be stacked on secondary points and pockets, also on lats next to deep water. they chose to eat 4" lizards on lite line.
      City: SF/Redding

      Tips: no aternoon reaction bite, nor jig bite.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 48-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On Mar 20 I purchased a 7' med. action Berkley Series One rom Vince Holson at Longs Drugs here in Weaverville. The next day this rod caught an 8 lb. LM, a 6lb 7 oz. SM, 2 5lb+ LM as well as several other smaller (2-4 lb) ish. The second day that it went ishing, which was today, It was in the hands o Terry Sexton o Redding, and it caught a 6-4 LM (irst cast) a 4-14 SM ( a ew min. later) and several other 2-4 lb ish. My question is this: Is there a Hall o Fame or ish poles out there somewhere, bcause i there is this puppy is on its' way.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Thanks Terry or a great day. Nothing takes the pressure o a guide like catching 2 lunkers in the irst 10 min.

Friday, March 28th, 2003

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6:00 am. to about 11:30 am. with minimal success caught several ish but no size. Most were taken on ripbaits ished on the main body. Lost a nice jig ish in 20 t o water, snapped my 17# line. Water wasn't very clear but I didn't spend any time looking or bed ish.Caught about 7 ish biggest not even 2 lbs! lost several ish as well. Had un regardless o the small ish.
      City: Carson City, NV

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

      Report: What is goin on over there at Anderson? Is the lake still producing bass? Has the water temp risen above 60 yet? And is anyone still goin to this report page cause the last report was rom a long time ago.
      City: San Jose

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Todays excuse as to why I didn't slam'um is wind and lots o it. I this weren't a amily site I say what I really eel. However ished the areas that had the least amount o wind and got bit early and oten.Backs o coves mainly with brown jigs and brown senkos, to only name two. Just wished I could have ished the main part o the lake, it's has got to be wide F*@#?% open. "opps amily thing sorry" Throw every thing it will all work right now. Go easy on the senkos they are too costly to use up on all the small dinks. In all no bigs just a lot(35+)o ish 2lbs or less, and the thought o what could have been or will be next week.
      City: woodland

      Tips: rent a boat, buy a boat, steal a boat, tie logs togeter,(the damm ones in markley will work) just get there and ish. Just pick a day with no wind.

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

      Report: Launched on Friday around 1pm. Caught a dink splitshotting. Moved and ished points with chart. cranks. Ended up with 9 ish up to 4lbs. All o the ish were over 2lbs (except the irst one). our emales with eggs. All ish were shallow and were aggressive hitting the crankbait. Caught one o them on a jig. Fish are very close to bedding. O the water around 5pm.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite at this lake is getting better each day. This morning was the best bite I have witnessed all year. I ished or two hours this morning beore work and caught 8 ish all between 2-5lbs.I worked the deeper water by the big dam today. Will hit it again tomorrow.
      City: san jose

      Tips: TIPS: In the early aternoon i the wind and/or the boat wake creates some mudlines. Slow roll some Colorado blade w/chart.