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Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was ishing the north end o the lake this past weekend. The swim bait bite was antastic. We had stopped at Tackle It in Lakeport and spoke to Ross, he set us up on three patterns which all worked great. He had us throwing swim baits, rip baits, and blades. Talk about puttting us on the ish this guy gave us the color time o day and where to go, this was the best trip to Clear Lake I have ever had. I you are looking or big ish try Clear Lake now. Be prepared to throw those big baits and then just hold on.Thanks Tackle It
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: We were throwing Swim baits (Charlies, Ospreys). We also were throwing Luckycrat Rip Baits in the Pointer 128 series (Ghost Brown, American Shad). We also through some blades at the new tullies (Persuader in Chartruse). Great Trip

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 55 to 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Storm ront moved in over night,on the water at 6:00 and headed to barn cove and missed one on a spinnerbait, headed to another cove were I had 2 the night beore and did'nt even get a nibble. Cloud cover thickening and temp dropping. Ran to big cove and got one small one in the back o the cove on a spinnerbait. A little break in the cloud cover started to get the ish a little more active and brought the shad and the stripers up. A buddy that went with me got one striper on a spinnerbait and a couple o bass rom 1.5 to 2.5 lbs, one smallmouth at the back end o the cove on a big lat. It was just a small school o stripers today, they actually suraced right next to the boat tearing up shad, it looked to be about a dozen ish or so. Continued around the cove covering water with a spinnerbait and lucky crat bevy shad, picked up 5 more on the spinnerbait one healthy 3lb 5oz'er and the rest in the 2lb ot 2.5lb range. Let big cove and went over to the dam area and picked a 2.5lber. Buddy got a good smallmouth on a spinnerbait on a shallow point about 3 to 5 eet deep. Weather started getting real nasty and was o the water by 3:00. Tough day, but still managed a couple o good ish.
      City: Ukiah

      Tips: Get the lake right now while its hot, not alot o bass isherman, mostly striper isherman on the lake right now. Through blades and crankbaits to cover some water and locate ish, i you ind one there are usually a ew more there. The good weather seems to turn the bass and the bait ish on. Fish Hard and Be Patient.

Monday, March 24th, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out or a ew hours today, inally saw ish on beds, was out last thursday and didn't see any. Temps are rising ast now. I was very rusty with the sight ishing, ended up spooking more ish than actually went ater. Ended up with three, nothing big. But the big news is they're here! Can't wait to get back up there this weekend, should be great.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Clean your polarized glasses buddy, it's time to ind a big un'!

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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out or a ew hours today, inally saw ish on beds, was out last thursday and didn't see any. Temps are rising ast now. I was very rusty with the sight ishing, ended up spooking more ish than actually went ater. Ended up with three, nothing big. But the big news is they're here! Can't wait to get back up there this weekend, should be great.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Clean your polarized glasses buddy, it's time to ind a big un'!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started around the docks behind Ladds.High tide was just going out.Caught 5 ish on a micro-spinnerbait,(chart&wht)all dinks.They hit my blade just as it would pass the corners o the docks.Made my way into the cove lipping a pumkin brush-hog.....slam!!!! landed a 10-2 pig!!!She was at the end o the cove in 2' o water.She did'nt put up that big o a ight,just peeled line and then quit.Fished rom 7am-12noon
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Pay attention to the tides!!!

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      Water Temp: 56-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One person guide trip, out o Lundborg Sarted in taylor with a nice high tide I igured it would be good, wrong just 2 little runts on a speed trap, then to ranks or the high switch looking or shallow ish and ound only some small ones, on the out go started running south ish special little spots, ishing jigs and speed traps got 15 ish including an 8lber most all cranking
      City: Concord

      Tips: Fish are not quite up yet, should be any day

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      Water Temp: 56-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One person guide trip, out o Lundborg Sarted in taylor with a nice high tide I igured it would be good, wrong just 2 little runts on a speed trap, then to ranks or the high switch looking or shallow ish and ound only some small ones, on the out go started running south ish special little spots, ishing jigs and speed traps got 15 ish including an 8lber most all cranking
      City: Concord

      Tips: Fish are not quite up yet, should be any day

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish in a tourney with B.A.N.C. this Sat and Sun. The ish were not on bed but ishing still ok. all most everyone had limits we were team ishing, but the big ish were not there many small ones big ish was about ive lbs. nad a lot o un.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: Everyone was using Rip-bait, Senkos and swim-bait. When the water warms up it will be on.

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Redwood Empire Bass Club held its March tourney on Saturday 3/22. 29 anglers total and only 4 limits. Tough conditions or everyone under pre-rontal conditions. Top 3 anglers ranged rom 10 to 12 lbs. Many small ish caught, 2 largest were nearly 7 lbs, caught on blades. We talked to many anglers on the lake pre-ishing or next weeks big tourney and everyone we spoke to had the response, where have all the ish gone?
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: As the weather starts to warm the bite will turn on. When it warms throw rip baits, cranks, and swin baits. Fish still have not moved up to the spawning areas.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Oh, I almost orgot to mention...she was indeed released alive and lookin' GREAT! I released her just to the right o the boat ramp.
      City: Antioch

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, way to go, twoody. Seems like you igured out the same thing I did today. LoL. Only you had it igured out yesterday. haha. I just got home rom ishing today and saw your report. But yeh...go senkos! LoL. First o all...since there are no boats (or loat tubes) allowed in the lake right now, o course I just banked it today. Well, today just goes to show ya...you never know when big momma is gonna come along. LoL. I stuck mysel my irst 8lb Contra Loma bass today. It was a beautiul thing. Har HAR! There is a pic over at the ranger's station...not that great...the lady stood a little too ar away...LOL...but I took my own pics, and hopeully they turn out better and I can post them on the site here. Anywho, she weighed 8lbs 1oz and was caught in about 1.5t o water. That was the irst ish o the day, then I proceeded to catch 4.5, 3, and 3.5lb ish. LoL, ater that 8, I tossed those ish back in the water like nothin'. haha. Also, I ound some small males bustin' on the shad again in a cove, so I tried a little somethin' dierent this time and had some un with them. I proceeded to catch close to 20 o the little males in the 10-12" range. I used a little Roostertail spinnerbait with 6lb test. That was pretty un. haha. I also stuck one good Crappie close to 2lbs in the mix eeding on the shad. Oh, and the 8lber was caught on the same bait that caught the Delta record last year...Black w/ Blue Flake Senko!...also, don't know i it makes much dierence...but I was usin' a bright red shiny hook. LoL. PLUS...I had the senko rigged backwards. The ront end was already all ripped up rom doing a lot o lippin' earlier...
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Don't even worry about movin' that senko...dead stick it. Every bass I caught hit the senko within 5 seconds ater it hit the water and the way down...

  • Mendocino County
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      Water Temp: 57 to 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Headed out late monday, on the water by 4:45 pm. Headed straight to big cove and started throwing blades down the north bank, grey skirt w/ silver and copper blades. Just about to the end o the cove, threw one cast right along a grass line, two cranks later a nice 5lb 3oz emale with a ull belly hammered the blades, a good ight, ripped some drag. Got one more in big cove, smallest ish all year a dink. Ran over to a cove just south o barn cove and landed 2 more nice 3lber's eeding on shad piled up in the back o the cove. Hit barn cove just beore it got to dark and had a hawg hit it right at the boat and throw it just as quick as he hit it. I estimated a good 6 to 7 lber, gaugeing by the size o its bucketmouth I saw my spinnerbait come out o just as it came to the surace. STILL FEELING BITTER! Finished the night o good with a 3lb 10oz largie on the last cast. O the water by 7:00 pm.
      City: Ukiah

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 48.5 to 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ater a month o weather and projects around the house we inally got back out on the lake. It was a beautiul spring day and the weather was great. We ish rom Slaughter House around to Grey Rocks and then ended up at Bass Point. We had 18 in the boat with the largest going 1.7, our o those were smallmouth. Football head jigs rom 1/4 oz. to 3/4 oz. accounted or all but two that came on a 6" MGM Oxblood rigged on a 3/16 oz. darterhead. Most ish came in 20 to 30 eet o water. We did go back in one cove and picked up two small ish lipping a 1/4 oz. jig in the willows in 3 to 7 eet o water. We had a un day on the water and we only saw three other boats. Oh yes, I made a late run and tied the Blonde in the back, 9 to 9.
      City: Cottonwood

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Yorty on Fri. and Sun. and had good luck on plastics in about 10-15'both days. Threw carolina rigged purple senkos and red bug brush hogs all day sunday (riday was less exciting) and ended with 16 total. Most were between one and two pounds with one going 4.55 and one at 3.8 Both o the larger ish came on dropshots. Not too great, not too bad. Maybe i the water temp heats up in the next ew weeks it will improve, but right now it is pretty slow.
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: ish slow. You had to kind o eed the bait to them ater the intital strike. ound ish on windy points and deep drop-os (20-25'). Does anybody know o any loat tube tournaments that are coming up locally?

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

      Report: Come on guys. I know you tied into some lunkers this weekend. Let's hear about them. Don't be bashul.We know who you are.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Go GIs..

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

      Report: Anyone ish this lake lately?
      City: San Jose

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday aternoon rom 2:00pm to dark. The smallie's are done in the North end and the carp are loaded in the usual spawning lats. Water was dirty with only 3-4 inches o visability. Went back towards Markley with much cleaner water and slightly cooler, 57-58. Picked up 5-6 ish on L.C. 90sp rip baits and Frenzy crank baits, a 3.0 largemouth on a carolina rigged baby hog and 2 or three senko ish beore I caught my biggest ish this year , 11.4 on my scale which is about 6 oz. light. Perectly marked at and ull o eggs, what a ish. I had not seen another boat bass ishing all aternoon and I really wanted a picture o this ish beore I released her hopeully where I caught her and not at the ramp. Went around the corner and in the next cove was another bass boat who was nice enough to oer when asked to snap a shot. They had there own "Big Girl" too. Since they did not have a scale I oered mine and their ish went 9.6lbs, what a pair o ish. Ater the picture I put her in the water and moved her in a couple o igure eights and then she gave me the tail.
      City: Sacramento,

      Tips: Smallmouth are done in the north and about done in the south as I say alot og empty beds. The large mouth are just starting and should be locked on beds this week. Please remember to release the largemouth as soon as possible and where caught so she can do her duty. Do the smallie's and the large mouth a avor and keep a limit o spots.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Headed up to some down town spots this time doing some cranking and spinnerbaits. Cuaght 1 small striper and one bass about 1.5 pounds. Scouting around or some spots water still cold to the tuoch.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Looking or warmer water.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished central Delta and ound good topwater bite in the early AM with highwater. Fish were on tight to rocks, no tule topwater or me. Spent rest o day sight ishing with a spinning rod. Lots o ish still on or around beds with bucks protecting. Boated nothing over 4 lbs but there were plenty o 2 to 4 lb. ish to be caught. Saw some big ish cruising and sitting in deeper weeds. Couldn't get them to go.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Look shallow and use stealth mode.

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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished a couple coves with my belly boat,caught many ish on 6" wtrmelsed,ish were real active,there coming up.i caught ish in 2t o water to 20t o water,but most were in around 4-6t.
      City: sac

      Tips: any color plastics,camp ar west is an awsome place to ish,i love it.