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Saturday, February 22nd, 2003

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: not sure no tem

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stockton Bass day today I wish I was in the tournament with some one. I got a late start this morning. Hit the water by 10:00 am. As a scout trip tried all my usual spots close to marina. No bites. Ran to Caleveris river no bites. Ran out to Windmill Cove. Finally hooked my only ish 1.5 lbs. at 1:30 pm in about 12 eet, mojo shotting a 4" zipper at the mouth o the cove next to Wind Mill Cove. I'd like to say thanks to the team that asked permission to ish around me. I here whats going on out in the water. I wish all anglers would be more polite with each other. No body owns a certain spot or even the Delta, only our Lord Jesus does who created us. Sorry, church tomarrow just getting in the mood. Any ways I'd like to say to the team I met,"I hope you did well and maybe hook up some day to ish with you."
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Water still cold to the touch. Work slow around channel area or try to ind warmer water. Windy conditions and weekend boat traic made a little tough or me today. Need to ind calmer water. Next time plan on heading or Big Al's and love to make the trip all the way back into 14 mile slough. I need a whole day though with just 20 hp Mercury.

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      Water Temp: not sure no tem

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stockton Bass day today I wish I was in the tournament with some one. I got a late start this morning. Hit the water by 10:00 am. As a scout trip tried all my usual spots close to marina. No bites. Ran to Caleveris river no bites. Ran out to Windmill Cove. Finally hooked my only ish at 1:30 pm, mojo shotting a 4" zipper at the mouth o the cove next to Wind Mill Cove. I'd like to say thanks to the team that asked permission to ish around me. I here whats going on out in the water. I wish all anglers would be more polite with each other. No body owns a certain spot or even the Delta, only our Lord Jesus does who created us. Sorry, church tomarrow just getting in the mood. Any ways I'd like to say to the team I met,"I hope you did well and maybe hook up some day to ish with you."
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Water still cold to the touch. Work slow around channel area or try to ind warmer water. Windy conditions and weekend boat traic made a little tough or me today. Need to ind calmer water. Next time plan on heading or Big Al's and love to make the trip all the way back into 14 mile slough. I need a whole day though with just 20 hp Mercury.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out again today to the same sloughs that we ished yesterday. A lot more windier today. Didn't catch any black bass today, but we limited out again with stripers (all 6 were in the 9-10 lb range). Not the quantity that we caught yesterday (only released 5 keeper stripers), but the quality was better. We ished the outgoing tide again (11:00A-3:00P).
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Same strategy as yesterday and the same color o Rat L traps.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sac. Bass Wranglers tourney on Saturday. Good job Glenn, you had the mojo with you!! I had a pretty good day with a limit or 11.96 lb. (good enough or second place.) First ish came on Norman DD-14 Chart./ blue on 4th or 5th cast on a rip rap steep bank on main body. Everything else came on 1/4 oz. darter head with 6" Green Ghost straight tail worms. all healthy & at and all up the river. Did not ind one location holding large numbers o ish; rather they seemed to be a pretty well spread out. Moving around to several secondary points seemed to be the ticket, at least or me. In all I caught 10 keepers but wasn't lucky enough to ind that kicker ish. The bite was pretty subtle, mostly just pressure while shaking, but once you set the hook they ought like heck. A beautiul day on the water. These ish seem like they're just aching to come up shallow and start doin' their thang!! Should open wide up within a week or two.
      City: sacramento

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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sacramento Bass Wranglers club tournament Saturday. Tough conditions with only a ew limits. 4.6# big ish. 12.86 irst place and 11+# or 2nd and third. Shaking worms and spider jigs worked or me. I caught 8 keepers ishing horse island, the narrows and the middle area o the lake. Caught 10 on Fri in preish. shaking worms and jigs. Hit and miss. No concentrations o ish. Fishing picked up as the water warmed ater 10AM. Good luck. and keep posting.
      City: Shingle Springs

      Tips: Green weanies on 3/16 darter and 5 inch Yamamoto spider jig (watermellon with red lakes) on 1/4 or 1/2 oz ootball head jigs. Sot bite on weanies but they just slammed the jigs.

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

      Report: The Fairield Suisun Bass Reapers are holding their 22nd annual open bass ishing tournament on April 12, 2003, At Spanish Flat Resort and Marina on Lake Berryessa. We invite all interested teams (two people) to join us. The entry ee is $100 per team and includes launch at Spanish Flat the day o the tournament. As always, the tournament proceeds will be used to complete projects such as placing structure like x-mas trees in Lake Berryessa or stocking Florida strain bass. Over the past 10 years we have purchased and planted over 20,000 o these ish. For urther details and an entry orm on the web, Go to www.geocities.com/bassreapers/open2003.htm. go to "clubs" on this site and ind the Fairield Suisun Bass Reapers, get an entry orm at Longs in Fairield, or call Curtis Beckwith (707) 448-9113 or Dean Meyers (510) 724-3660, (between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. only please).
      City: Fairield

      Tips: Please promote your business and assist our und-raising eort by donating to the tournament rale. The majority o the unds raised or our structure and ish plants are raised through the rale. (Most o the entry ees are paid out to the ield) As each item is raled, the donor is announced. A list o rale donors is distributed to all participants. Last year we raeled o about 15 quality rods including 2 custom rod's built by Todd (o Angler'd World; thanks Todd). Participants really pay attention when a rod is being raled and we'd like more this year. I you have questions about or can assist with the rale, please call:Irving Shirley, President(707) 429-3239;

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Bass Classics o Santa Clara Valley had their tournament at Don Pedro on March 22 and we had a pretty tough time. There were only two limits caught out o 22 anglers. The winner with 11 lbs was Patrick McMurray he was ishing all the way in the back o Woods creek and caught 15 ish using Morning Dawn worms on a light Carolina rig with brass & glass. He was ishing rock piles and shale back in the skinny water in the back o the cove.The ish seemed to be sunning them selves on the rocks in shallow water. In second place was David Malley he was using Carolina rigged cotton candy lizards or three keepers and he had three on Spider grubs mostly in the same area near the ive mile bouys in Woods Creek and in between two points in 20-35 eet o water. In third was Izz Byrd he was using Carolina Rigged Senkos to catch his ish in the back o the Moccasson point Cove in 20 - 30 eet. He also had one o his three ish on a spider grub on the main lake on the side o a secondary point. There were also ish caught in Moccasson cove on Witches T worms also deep 20-30 eet in the creek channel. We all had a great time the night beore when orteen o our club members rented two houseboats that stay at the dock and we stayed the night playing cards and Bar-B-Q'ing steaks. It was only 100 per night or two nights and we split it between 6-7 guys so it was a good deal and very comortable. They provide all the blankets and sheets and everything to eat on and cook with, they have a microwave, a stove, and oven and two rerigerators and propane Bar-B-Que. We all recommend i you want to stay at Don Pedro the houseboats are a great way to do it. Right now they are haveing a sale beore the season starts.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Spider Grubs in the cinnomon Brown color and Carolina rigged lizards or worms but the majority o the ish were deep.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished sun up to sun down out o FlemmingMeadows. Caught 8 LM-bass and 1 SM-bass.Fish are scattered amd sluggish hanging in the 25-40t range. Talked to guys ishing the Tournament and they reported not much success. The ish are gettin at and starting to bed. We caught 9 ish total1ing 19.7 lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Strike zone is small so be ready to set the hook. We used small plastics and ished'em slowly. Good Luck

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

      Report: The Fairield Suisun Bass Reapers are holding their 22nd annual open bass ishing tournament on April 12, 2003, At Spanish Flat Resort and Marina on Lake Berryessa. We invite all interested teams (two people) to join us. The entry ee is $100 per team and includes launch at Spanish Flat the day o the tournament. As always, the tournament proceeds will be used to complete projects such as placing structure like x-mas trees in Lake Berryessa or stocking Florida strain bass. Over the past 10 years we have purchased and planted over 20,000 o these ish. For urther details and an entry orm on the web, Go to www.geocities.com/bassreapers/open2003.htm. go to "clubs" on this site and ind the Fairield Suisun Bass Reapers, get an entry orm at Longs in Fairield, or call Curtis Beckwith (707) 448-9113 or Dean Meyers (510) 724-3660, (between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. only please).
      City: Fairield

      Tips: Please promote your business and assist our und-raising eort by donating to the tournament rale. The majority o the unds raised or our structure and ish plants are raised through the rale. (Most o the entry ees are paid out to the ield) As each item is raled, the donor is announced. A list o rale donors is distributed to all participants. Last year we raeled o about 15 quality rods including 2 custom rod's built by Todd (o Angler'd World; thanks Todd). Participants really pay attention when a rod is being raled and we'd like more this year. I you have questions about or can assist with the rale, please call:Irving Shirley, President(707) 429-3239;

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club (www.scbbbc.homestead.com) held our irst tourney o the year and an amazing 32 "tubers" came out to participate. The bite proved tough or many but it still took over 11 lbs to get into the top three with irst place getting a limit or 14.3 lbs. Fish were caught at all depths and presentations. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, carolina rigs, jigs, and senkos produced the majority o the ish. Again, ish were caught between 1 t o water to over 30. Big ish or the tournament was 4.99 lbs with plenty more in the 4 lb class coming to the scales. Hit our website or more details!
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Fish with what you are comortable with. I you like the backs o coves, go or it. Same deal with the outside points or i you like to ish deep or shallow. The ish are around and i you stick with a couple comortable techinques you'll catch your ish.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Fairield Suisun Bass Reapers are holding their 22nd annual open bass ishing tournament on April 12, 2003, At Spanish Flat Resort and Marina on Lake Berryessa. We invite all interested teams (two people) to join us. The entry ee is $100 per team and includes launch at Spanish Flat the day o the tournament. As always, the tournament proceeds will be used to complete projects such as placing structure like x-mas trees in Lake Berryessa or stocking Florida strain bass. Over the past 10 years we have purchased and planted over 20,000 o these ish. For urther details and an entry orm on the web, Go to www.geocities.com/bassreapers/open2003.htm. go to "clubs" on this site and ind the Fairield Suisun Bass Reapers, get an entry orm at Longs in Fairield, or call Curtis Beckwith (707) 448-9113 or Dean Meyers (510) 724-3660, (between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. only please).
      City: Fairield

      Tips: Please promote your business and assist our und-raising eort by donating to the tournament rale. The majority o the unds raised or our structure and ish plants are raised through the rale. (Most o the entry ees are paid out to the ield) As each item is raled, the donor is announced. A list o rale donors is distributed to all participants. Last year we raeled o about 15 quality rods including 2 custom rod's built by Todd (o Angler'd World; thanks Todd). Participants really pay attention when a rod is being raled and we'd like more this year. I you have questions about or can assist with the rale, please call:Irving Shirley, President(707) 429-3239;

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Finally got my boat in the water early aternoon or the irst time out this year. Steve Garlo, a casting machine, caught the irst o two bass we hooked. About a 2 1/2 pounder, on a brush hog. My old stand-by, a night crawler, got me on the board with a slightly smaller bass. Both ish were in 8-10 eet o water. No more action, but a beautiul day and we were ishing!
      City: Healdsburg

      Tips: Spinner baits should have worked, but we had no luck with them. Next time...

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got to the irst pond heading west at 10:15 am and started casting a luckycrat lash minnow in chartreuss shad.....and a 1/8 darter head with an MGM green grub(maybe 109???) got a spot to 1.7 lbs on the lucky crat and that was it...I got there late.....the water is low...its really hard to ish right now without a tube....
      City: redding

      Tips: downsize line..and lures..and slow retrieves...good ishing and email me i ya wanna go out and do some bank or tube ishing.

Friday, February 21st, 2003

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Whent to the very back by the two ponds and cought lots o ish. Me and my dad went or 3-4hr's. we had to o cought over 10 a peace. Once the worm hit the warter it only took 3 or so sec till your line started to move. All ish were 1-2 bls with three going over 4bls or so. ish were close to the shore and next to cover. Had had a great day and will be going over the weekend.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: Fish light with worms tex rigged no wight let sink and jerk every 15-20 sec. Be read or a good spring and good luck.

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 52 to57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Another tough day with the very beautiul, but bluebird conditions. Worked hard, and threw everything at them at all depths. My back seater landed two, each just under two pounds, on plastics. ished the narows and points and steep walls. All bites and ish came in 10 to 20 eet, but metered ish 25 to 35 but could not coax a strike. It should really turn on soon! BASNFAN
      City: davis

      Tips: Patience, it will be happening soon.

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

      Report: 3 o us ished Hog, Beaver, and Sycamore sloughs today during the aternoon outgoing tide. No wind - perect ishing weather. Caught only 2 keeper black bass (1-1.5 lbs) near the banks, but caught 20+ keeper stripers in the middle o the sloughs. The 6 that we kept weighed between 6.5 and 12.0 lbs.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: Used mainly 3/4 oz Rat L traps - chrome w/yellow or chartreuse. Caught a couple on a Big 0. Upgrade the hooks on Rat L traps to 4x 2s or 4s.

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      Water Temp: 55-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Only went out or a couple o hours. Went back into the creek. Water was 62 and gin clear. No beds, no males, no bait ish. Went out basically to set up a pattern when those ish start to move up to bed. Caught one male on the drop o at the south bend o the main chanel. mabey 3+. Fished a couple o points on the main lake no luck.
      City: gilroy

      Tips: I the rain on monday is warm this hole should be on ire by next week. Very windy. Jet skiis and wake boats really muddied up the shallows on the main lake. less than one oot visability.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took a very nice retired couple (they looked too young to be retired!) to the lake yesterday to teach them how to approach the lake and how to ish certain kinds o baits. It was a beautiul people day but not a good ishing day because o bluebird post-ront conditions and a pretty sti north wind. We started at 8:30 am, hoping the aternoon would be warmer leading to more active bass. That proved to be the case as we got more bites later in the day. I wanted to go to the south ork, but was araid o the wind, so we chose the middle ork. The bass were all suspended or on the bottom in deep water and had to be hit on the head to make them bite. It was tough or my clients to detect a bite in the wind, but they did manage to land 3 apiece on morning dawn and green craw worms and one on a white jig. Larry Hemphill used the "Hemphill" special jig mentioned by Clay on the previous report and was 1 or 8!!! Most o the jig "bites" yesterday were bass blowing them out - didn't even eel the pickup. Talk about ickle!! I did catch some on the Berkley Pulse Worm. We wound up with 11 in the boat and 4 o them over the slot - barely. The gentleman did get the biggest - probably about 1 3/4 lbs. I know these olks are ready to tackle the lake on their own and the ishing can only get better!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was really surprised to see just how tough it was, but that how winter ishing is - good or really slow. I was telling my clients that it will be better today and tomorrow at we will be having warm days and that will move the ish up some. The biggest bass was caught at the mouth o a creek, but most o the others were caught on walls with direct sunlight on them - something I always want to do in February and March. Deadsticking was working the best - just let the bait set or a second or two. Most were caught in 20 to 35 eet o water and appeared to be males. They sure were skinny!!

  • Sonoma County
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      Water Temp: 53 to 59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught and released our ish to 2.7# with a 4 inch Senko, and three ish using a Carolina rig and a our inch worm. Fished the Warms Springs Creek arm.
      City: Novato

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      Water Temp: 60-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Whent to the very back by the two ponds and cought lots o ish. Me and my dad went or 3-4hr's. we had to o cought over 10 a peace. Once the worm hit the warter it only took 3 or so sec till your line started to move. All ish were 1-2 bls with three going over 4bls or so. ish were close to the shore and next to cover. Had had a great day and will be going over the weekend.
      City: petaluma

      Tips: Fish light with worms tex rigged no wight let sink and jerk every 15-20 sec. Be read or a good spring and good luck.