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Wednesday, March 12th, 2003

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took o rom work at the satellite station around 2:30 and walked in to the back side o the lake to see i anyone was biting. Water looked really good, and there is grass in places it has not been beore. That is good news or this lake. Picked up a 3 and a dink on a blade on the way to the back. Not a bad start. As soon as I got to the end o the lake, I got a pair o twin 4's o o a ence line on a jig. Got to the very back corner where the creek comes in, and caught ish just about every other cast on the blade. Size anywhere rom incerdibly dinky to about 3 lbs. Mostly dinks though. Got tired o throwing the blade(literally) ater probably 20 ish, and started in with the brush hog. Kept catching, but the brush hog was producing less bites, although they were generally bigger with a ew in the 2 lb range. Probably had in the neighborhood o 30-35 ish total, but most were dinky. I let the ish biting at about dark since the lions and coyotes own this place at night.I wish I had a kid to take with me and get him/her hooked on bass. That was the kind o aternoon to do it.
      City: middletown

      Tips: I you can ind a concentration o ish on this lake, you can catch them until your arm alls o. Just about any bait will do it. Don't use expensive plastics, because those little ish will break the bank with the way they tear them up. Fish any cover you can ind and you should be severely rewarded, because this lake has very little in the way o good solid cover. Fish this aternoon were on submerged ence posts, and creek channels.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2003

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Tue.3/11 with Frank & Lance rom Sacromento and had a wonderul day! Easy limits but on size today, just good better then keeper ish. All ish came trolling biat around 30 t deep in 100+t o water around Gooseneck and the Dam. Didn't see many ish caught but one person said they had a 13 pounder, so there must have been some bigger one's out there.John@justish-n 209 5298364 trips still openwww.justish-n.com stripers, trout, bass
      City: modesto

      Tips: Keep ish-n bait slow or broken backs astGood luck

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the narrows, ish seemed to be concentrated on creek channels, and on points leading to creek channels. Caught 10 ish, best 5 9-10lbs, 3 largest were 2-2hal clones. Fat and sassy, ull o eggs. Plastic, palstic, 10-20t. Brown grub worked the best.
      City: sacto

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: its senko not sinko.....crank baits and senkos are both a drag to ish to me...i cant think o anything more boring than deadsticking a senko but it catches ish and ill do it i its the only way and cranking is almost as boring but it sometimes is the only way to go....to me ishing a good ol texas rigged worm gives me what i want....that bump....the eel o worm ishing is what i love....buzzbaits are close but i love the eel o worm ishing...just some thoughts...im going out tommorrow and ill start with a worm and probably end up cranking,throwing a jig or deadsticking a senko because i need to catch some.last year i was getting like 20-30 stripers a trip on white jigging spoons but this year i cant get much on the spoon...wondering i others have had the same experience
      City: union city

      Tips: the only tip i have is to enjoy ishing and im wishing you tournament anglers would make sight ishing illegal in tournaments just as trolling is...personally i dont and never will ish tournaments and i i see a big ish spawning i leave it be and i i happen to catch a big spawning emale i release it right back near its bed...good luck to all

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started at Red Bud and ran north. My butt isstill sore rom the ride to Lakeport. Startedthrowing spinnerblades and a deep NormanCrank all the way down rodman. Not a bite,threw senkos also with nothing. Then wenta ew points over and caught a 2lber ona swim bait. Next pitched some docksall around rodman. Caught two buckerooson a jig, and that was it. Not bad orabout two hours... but droppshottin? Thatsor wussies. Ha haAll the big ones have been caught, I sayeveryone stays away rom the rodman areaor about two weeks.
      City: Angwin

      Tips: Fish seemed to be in about 6 to 8 eeto water.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I'm going to keep this one really short. I've got too much homework to do, but I couldn't help but report. All I'm going to say is...5 bass today or nearly 25lbs o ish. WooHoo! Yay or spring!!! HAR HAR! What's the magic bait? 5/16oz blk/blu Bass Stalker Jig with a big blk w/ blu lk Yammamoto twintail trailer.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Flip those tules!!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry or all the same post stupid computor kept messing up and i didn't know i theywent through.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: $

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I had several ideas I wanted to try in the last week, but none worked! First, with the warm weather, I went looking or some early largemouths in Jones Valley. They may be there, but none were on my line. Then I tried jig/pig on shallow points, and caught one close to 3#. But to be a pattern , one needs to repeat the eat. Nope. Well, how about suspended ish on pilings? Again, nope. Although my techniques on that may need improvement. To catch ish, I did what has been working or me- steep rock banks using dart-head plastics. Depth 10-30 eet, Mother's Finest #1, #2, (green weenie with more chartreuse), Rainbow #6 (blue ghost), baby brush hog watermelon. About 30 ish Monday or two anglers.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 56-58+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put on a warm shirt,grabed two sets o rain gear and made my very irst trip ever to this pint size lake or some ish'n and a turkey scout(got a draw or end o a month). Got out o the truck,(rain all day) asked a guy which way i should go he pointed to what i believed to be north? Fished or about an hour nothing. Then, about 8am got bit, and it never really let up, no big'uns, just one every 10-15 minutes or so. Jigs worked best(brown) brushhogs also(pumk).Carolina (4 inch worm) would get bit every time but too many dinks. Fish were rom 1 oot to 20 eet must 5-10 oot area. Look or rocks, muddy banks had no ish grass areas OK. Had no luck on hard baits or spinnerbaits. Didn't put a senko in the water. why? Don't know.(to much wind. thats my story) Quit at 2 or so with 15+ 1/2 to 2.5. Gonna take an extra day during turkey season to ish this lake again. Hope to see better ish then. Other wise, what a cool little lake, so don't tell any one.

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      Water Temp: 56ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is on right now. It's not diicult to get a limit....or two or three. By the looks o other reports, just about anything will work i you're in the right areas. As or me, I've been tossing reaction baits on main lake points and pre-spawn staging areas and having a great time. Lots o smallies in the mix, some o decent size (2-3lbs).
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Make hay while the sun shines. You can't get ish i you don't get out there. Grab a kid or someone without access to a boat and go get 'em!

Monday, March 10th, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: To all youguys that can't ish I would deinenly stick w/ the sinko as it will produce. Everyone else that wants to learn to catch a ish and be sucessul on all water experiment and try and learn how ish reacts to dierent baits. I have been catching a good sacks 20lbs plus evrytime out or the last 2 weeks. The outgoing tde in staging areas either rippin or crankin is easy right now. The jig also is a good choice a little slower than I like but good choice or quality. Bites are very strange right now as posted below. I have switched to a huge pork trailer and they are hanging on to i better. For everyother prto be through that sinko as your lucky it came along.
      City: senkoman

      Tips: senko's or dummies

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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey guys remember to check your uel tanks beore going out, I orgot mine. Ended up just ishing around the mouth o 14 mile slough and the main channel all the way back to Ladd's. Cuaght 1 striper and 3 bass using cranks and plastics. Bite is tough in the area. Big ish only about 1.5 lbs. Congrats to Dee Thomas at Stockton Bass, I heard bite was really tough Saturday. Hopeully more and bigger bass next month.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Look or warmer water, need a temp. gage.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner & I ished a Caliornia Bass tournament a new circuit put on by ken at valley bait in lodi on sunday we caught about 15 ish & were culling 2.5lb ish using 5" camanche jack's leeches #101 & 6" green pumpkin lizards in 15-25t we weighed in 13.10 or 5 ish & came in 4th, Jose' Luper & his son won with over 20lbs & a 10lb kicker on jigs ken puts on a good tournament & needs support, our club is putting on a Troy Brawley Memorial Tournament on April 19th with a huge rale & BBQ you can get ino at www.geocities/oromadre.com
      City: Lake Camanche

      Tips: leeches,lizards & jigs 10-30t lots o ish they are moving up, the bite is on!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 53-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: In response to the question concerning water clarity in the North end - CLEAR! The nagging question that remains or me, however, is where have all the quality ish gone? Ater seeing some heavy tournament weights the past several weeks, the tournament this past Sunday had surprisingly low weights or some pretty darn good anglers. And we ared no better on Monday. A buddy and I ished rom sunrise to 4:00 PM, with only 8 keepers to show or the day -6 o those in the last hour. We stayed North all day and ished basically the west side, Lakeport, and Rodman. We began throwing blades, swimbaits and rippin' on the west side. Had one quality bass roll on the blade, but missed it completely. Targeted the mouths o deeper canals with the swimbaits, but no takers. Boated one small keeper on a Senko about 9:00 AM, then decided to move to Lakeport. Caught a 3 lber. on a Senko and missed a Fluke ish at Rocky Point. We then headed or Rodman in the hopes o inding a blade or lip bite. MUCH more color in Rodman, but not a bite ater 2 ruitless hours. Moving back to the west side about 2:30 PM, we pulled out the light stu in an attempt to salvage the day. Targeting a major bay, we backed out into about 10' o water and (oh, the horror!) proceeded to dropshot 6 keeper buck bass in the last hour. Bucks are actively cruising, but wouldn't touch any o the reaction baits we oered. So, again I ask -Where have all the ladies gone?
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: With water temps. hitting 57+ in the aternoon and a small ront moving through, we had all the makings o a great day. Well... Lots o small keeper buck bass or the taking - i you're willing to play lightly. Still scratching my head, I'm araid.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: How clear is the north end o the lake?
      City: Napa

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: As o March 9th, the water clarity was about 12 inches.
      City: Stanord

Sunday, March 9th, 2003

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      Water Temp: warming

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got out around 1:30. irst spot nothing then my next spot i hit a huge ish. Throwing a 4" lizard and there goes my line. then i see it in the shade, most be over 14 pounds i think to mysel. It inally hits the sun and its a stupid carp. Got it in and it went probably 20#'s. this ish was huge. So anyways got 2 bass about a pound each. I was throwing a 4" lizard 6" lizard and a brush hog. nothing on a spinnerbait.
      City: LIVERMORE

      Tips: Water is warming but don't let the weather ool you. Still ish slow. Be patient.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or about 7 hours and not a damn thing. Jigged or Bass and trolled and bait ished or trout. Talked to a lot o other people and not a lot o luck out on the lake today. We tried everything, but nothing seemed to work. Only one spot had catchable trout, next to the boat launch, but it was so damn clogged with people it was impossible to get a spot. Maybe next time.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Graphed lots o Bass o almost every point. Probably need to ish it slow.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My irst post, I read all the time but had to post today.Luanched at B&W ished old river, and Franks area. Great day!! No lie. 1-6lb 1-5lb 2-4 lb 1-3lb All on Senko, all on tule points.
      City: Elk Grove

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      Water Temp: 56 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Splashed at Sun Set again sat 7:00 AM , ished till 2:00, caught 6 , going 2.5, 2.7, 2.0, 2.0, and 2 went 3.0, all on cahetruse gold willow blades. no wind again today. ished same area as last sat, islands near Sandmound Slough, tried new areas no luck, alot o 2 pounders chasing baldes, but would not bite, lost 3 at the boat , an all another great day in the delta, water was very clear. I keep going back to the same spots to get the ish, wish i could ind more, i any body knows a good area near ranks track, please reply on this site, gotu go, ish on RB.***
      City: pittsburg

      Tips: INCOMING TIDE SEMS TO BE BETTER THIS TIME OF YEAR, BLADES ONLY SO FAR, PLASTICS WILL BE HAPPEN" SOON**