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Wednesday, November 27th, 2002

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: trolled today 9to4 9trout all small 1 6in black bass all still in the lake.
      City: remont

      Tips: most ish caught near surace to 16t green and white rainbow runner, castmaster small,seps spoons.

Tuesday, November 26th, 2002

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

      Report: Caught me a atty lumpkin yesterday.

      Tips: get those lures in the water!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 53 - 54 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club held its Tournament o Champions at Clear Lake on November 23 & 24, 2002. Winning weight (10 ish) was 27.39 lbs. Nice bass o 6.82, 6.54, 6.30 & 5.99 lbs came to scales. Key presentations included swimbaits, jerkbaits, some Rattletrap ish, & jigs. Also, some good ish were showing up on weeds o shoreline.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: To check out all the results & photos, go to our webpage, http://scbbbc.homestead.com, & click on "Schedule."

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've been on the lake quite a bit lately and rom all the people I've talked to, you can pretty much catch nice keepers rom cranking shallow to what ever you preer in deeper water. The shallow bite is very tough but 3 to 4 lb. spots are available i you can get them to bite. I preer ishing much deeper and have ound 3lb+ spots that will eat airly consistantly in 35 to 60 t. and can meter bigger ish a lot deeper. I'll be going out on Thur. with my old buddy Larry Hemphill and see i we can put something together. I think I'll bring along the Catch Cam to see what those massive marks are on a couple points up the south ork, I can see them on the meter but can't get bit on anything I've tried so ar.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: From 10 to 35 t. I've been getting ish shakin' green/craw 6" worms and drop shotting 4" Morning Dawn Flashtrix. 35 t. and deeper I've been using black/chrome duh spoons and black worms.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started in Piney Creek area & ended up,up river...Caught 16 Spots,most were 13-14 1/2 in...Fish were caught on Texas riggs,drop shot & skirted grubs..6 in worms & a varity o colors...We ished rom 7 am to 12:30 pm..all caught in deep water...
      City: Riv

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: no meter

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: morning bite was great. no big ish. i only have a small boat, so wind limited me mostly to the dock area. caught 3 blacks all 1 1/2. ish were on the bottom 10-25 t. only bait they would bite or me was a smoke tube. they hit hard but had to let them take it beire setting the hook. later on i got gutsy and went around the corner towards angels. ished 35-45 out rom wood. got 2 small 1 lb. hit very hard. nothing but smoke tube worked or me. drited and gave small twithes.
      City: modesto

      Tips: smoke tubes on the bottom 10-40

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: never looked

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got a late start got on the lake about ten o'clock. i haven't been to the lake in awhile i can't believe how low it is we launched at the spill way you need 4 wheel drive to launch and it is single lane they are working on the main ramp right now. the wind was blowing pretty good so we thought that we would run up the south ork to get out o the wind but that didn't work we still manged to pull two ish in the south ork on was 14" on the dot and the other was 13" so we thought that we would run up the north ork a little bit and we ound a little cut back and caught two more ish one 14" and the other 17" not to bad or oroville wind was coming up again so we thought we would bring it home and try another day tried or about ten minutes and caught a small trout at the ramp. quit at two o'clock
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: the ish where right on the bank o rock walls and rock to clay traners we caught our ish on 6" magic worms greeny weenie and yamamoto spider grubs cin-black lake never tried or a reaction bite but it could have been there

Monday, November 25th, 2002

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA this last weekend, and my partner and I weighed in 10.67 pounds with a 5 ish limit. I started out the week on tuesday preishing catching 16 pounds or 5 ish.and then on thursday I caught a six pounder. All o my ish preishing came on blades ishing windy points. On tounament day things changed the wind stopped blowing and the bite had changed. The solor chart said that sunday the prime bite was going to be 2:30 pm, and it was pritty accurate. I had to change all my tactics to ind the ish and never did ind the once I caught on tuesday. I ound the ish shallow alright, but they did not want any reaction bait. They wanted a 6 inch craw colord worm rom MGM. Don't know the number o it, but it is brown, with a light bottom. We had a good stringer o ish with two o our ish being in the 2.60 pound range. They looked like clons. Anyway I guess one o the reasons we carry so much gear in our boats is to be ready or anything! By the way guys ABA pays really good money they have some awesome side pots that my partner and I unortunitly did not putin or. We still did OK with 590.00 bucks.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Be ready or anything, urther keep an open mind cause these ish changed daily.

Sunday, November 24th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54-55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my dad and bro-in-law to the Delta or a trip this past Sunday. Conditions were nice - light winds and overcast skies or the whole day. Well, suice it to say that just about everything was biting that day, as we caught blacks, stripers and even a catish! Found a bunch o birds moving on bait in the Disappointment Slough area, and proceeded to catch the majority o our ish on Flukes, Blades, Rat-L-Traps and Senkos. Between the three o us, we probably caught 20+ blacks, but the majority were small - only 5 keepers to 3lbs. Similar story with the stripers - o the hal-dozen or so we caught, only two were keepers, the biggest approx. 4lbs. Better quality blacks seemed to come on the Senko, but most came on the Fluke. All in all, a lot o un, but next time, I think I'll seek out some deeper rip-rap banks (10-15') to try and improve the quality.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Find the birds and bait, and the ish will be there. I'd stick with a Senko to try and entice a better quality bite.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Does anyone know i they started planting trout in the lake yet? And i so, has anyone tried ishing or stripers using large trout imitators? I so PLEASE let me know.
      City: Antioch

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: mid 50s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I seem to be the only angler posting on this page. I'll try to give you your money's worth, but some o ya'll's kicking my bass out here. I've been on a un pattern catching numbers and an occational 3lb. I'll re-cap a ew trips I've done recently. 6 month's severance pay can get a guy on the water a couple times a week. That pay won't last orever and it's like having a ticking clock on your boat. For the moment non o ya'll can say hey Zip, it's about these posts: don't quit your day job. Anyway, except or one big storm earlier this month, the conditions have been stable and mild. The day's activity varies with the subtle changes in the day's conditions. The little ronts that come through hardly make any weather, but they slow things down ater they pass. It sends the shallow ish I've been catching down to somewhat deeper water. About 6 to 10 eet deeper. I've noticed the rip bite picks up on prerontal. The big storm did create some run-o and as a result the lake level has held steady or nearly a month. Who da thunk. Typically the all is when the eds drain the reservoir to create lood capacity. It's been the seasonal norm since Folsom Dam was completed, however the near miss in '86 ocused the need or additional lood control. Auburn Dam baby! Last season on December 1st, the lake sat at 384t- 26 eet lower and 20% less o it's capacity than it is right now. The lake level has remained so constant it's allowed me to learn some banks so intimately, I can return every trip and catch ish. I'm shaking darterheads and getting the numbers. It's alot o un. I'm averaging a ish every 45 minutes or so. Scrappy keeper spotted bass where about 1 out o 5 are 2lbs or bigger. Fishermen winning tournaments out here are ishing jigs. Jim Scarberry and my buddy Blademan might get ewer bites, but they get the quality. Blademan's o the water or now. His engine is down and he's headed to Europe to attept to win his 3rd consecutive gold in the world benchpress competition. He's doing 535lbs in training. He weighs 165lbs- glad he's a riend. Last December another club buddy caught 18lbs in an Angler's Choice tournament here and lost. That tourney is coming up again on December 8th. Andy Cuccia got a 13lb and an 8lb and had a limit rom outer space. He told our club i you want to catch kids, throw hotdogs. I guess he's throwing a 20oz Porterhouse.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: I predict the shallow ish will go deep when the cold weather arrives- that's genius.

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

      Report: no water in oro so went to shasta they are 90 something eet down and shasta looks ull compared to oroville!!!!!purple/brown worms darthead ish are shallowcaught a ew blade ish no biggins though,just nice to get on a lake that has water in it.
      City: chico

      Tips: is it true i you threw the pond ish bass pellets out in the same place everyday at the same time or a span o one week or more then on tournement day you show up on your spot a little beore that eeding time those ish will show up waiting or you to drop your artiicial bait down where they are in a renzy. it is not considered stacking and you are not using live bait or bait on game day the other thing this guy tells me i 50 guys take there ish and dump them in the same place and you have nothing to do with the stacking and have no knowledge o the stack it is not illegal. this guy has been taking ariel photos in his job and says he has ound humps on oroville and shasta that can only be seen rom aboveI am new to this sport and can ind no rules or oganazations who prohibit these tacticsrom a sportsman stand point not ethical,but rom a proessional standpoint proitable.

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 3 hrs Sat and Sun. Totals or the 2 days was 10 largies and 17 trout. Didn't spend much time bass ishing. Returned all ish to the lake ater lecturing each ish on how eating artiicial baits can be hazzardous to their health. No large ish. Bass were caught in 20-30 t with grubs and drop shot. Trout were caught on a rapalla. It was very cold out on that water.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: I the bass aren't biting switch to trout. Dress warm.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 61.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: out yesterday or a club tourney rom Packers, in at 0545, air temp 43, lake at 90t down, the hirz bay loat is out o the water, went out with 19 other boats and my non-boater Brian, we ran to the upper sac, the irst spot yielded no ish but alot were ound on the bottm, moved urther up stream on an island and got 7 o o one point to 1.4, let to go urther upstream to a donk where I always catch a ish or two and got one o o it on a jig, the previous ish were also caught on jigs, got over some more ish down by the gooseneck and dropshotted a ew withe the MGM blue ghost #69 but no keepers, ran back to the pit where Brian boated out biggest, a 2.25 on a jig and had a ew more dinks, moved over near the mouth o the Squaw but no takers and we made the run to the upper McCloud but didn't catch anything up there, went back or the weigh-in and weighed in my dinky ish but elt better as the weigh in continued when 3 guys only had one ish, My hero, Ralph White won(again) with 10.65 lbs. This guy is something else all the time but more so when things are tough. The weather was good with lat water, Most ish were caught using jigs and worms but one notable, Bill Quinn Sr. reported 11 ish right o the bat on blades. Mark your calendars or Dec 7th or the Cottonwood Bass Teams annual Fall Classic team tournament, $150 per team with the winners receiving $100 per pound and big ish receives $100 per pound, 2nd and below receives $50 per pound until the money runs out, the club returns all monies paid as winnings except or the ees paid to conduct the event. You can sign up at Bridge Bay until 15 minutes beore blast o(approx 650 AM) Awards to ollow immediately ater with some great rale ticket gits to be distributed including a shotgun, guided quail hunting trip, a large gass ired BBQ, a guide trip with Ralph White on the lake and other items.
      City: Redding

      Tips: 1/2oz ootball heads and a hula grub, #69 MGM blue ghost 4 inch worm, spinner baits, the rip bite appears to be over with.

Saturday, November 23rd, 2002

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: Na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried Calero or a ew hours and only got 3 dinks. The area ished was about 8 eet deepand matted by weeds. Sort o hard to ish 4 me.
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my 9 yr old (Niko) out o Orwood. Got out the water at 7:30 and went into Disco. Saw ALOT o poeple ishing or stripers and saw alot o ish behind boats. We dragged plastic and caught a ew small bass. At the end o the day we bait ished or stripers. Hit alot o small ones, then Niko had the hit that took o with the current. The ight was on... He got a 6 lber to the boat and said his legs were shaking. It made his day and out ished his dad again.
      City: remont

      Tips: Take your kids ishing, The stripers can be alot o un or them. Make sure there is current or ree swim live bait in Disco.

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      Water Temp: 50+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Ladd's with my wie and 4 year old son didn'get onto the water till 2pm it was a little windy, so I decided to move up the river and didn't get a bite until 3pm my son was so excited that I handed the rod to him not relizing that we just nailed a 6 1/2 lg. mouth at Turner Cut, and not even 10 minutes later my wie nailed a 5lb lg. mouth at Tiki Lagun as she's telling me (od damn I'm snagged again). All in all it was a un couple o hours.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: 6 1/2lb.was caught on a watermelon w/red lake senko 5" and the 5lb. was caught on a Yamamotto watermelon w/red lake craw and brass & glass on both 1/8oz let it sit.

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

      Report: I walked the edges throwing a plastic worm at any piece o wood sticking up in water. Three hours no hits. Then walked up to a guy who just got there and he threw out a small rapla. Thrid cast he landed a 3 to 4 pound trout. Four casts later he nailed another 1/2 pound smaller.. Two o the biggest trouts I have ever seen in that lake. The irst one had red sores all over it digusting looking, 2nd one was very clean. The water has cooled alot sense last week maybe bass moved a little deeper. I,m guessing that they are about 25 to 30 eet. Who knows though I could not ind them...
      City: San Leandro

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 20-25 bass,one black & the rest were spots..We ished rom 6:30 am to 2 PM...Got 9 keepers up to 2lbs...most were caught on drop shot rigs.Casting to sharp drop os & shaking the bait back to the boat,SLOW..First ish came on a Jig,ater that it was drop & Splitshoting.From 20 to 45 t deep..We ished islands & Main lake areas.
      City: Riv

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: hit lake early with 2 ishing buddies & the rising sun, very cloudy/overcast & cold..... caught 2 nice 2 lb bass early on surace popper.then bite went dead..ished the remaining day till noon, ishing with everything but to no avail... geno picked up a 1lb trout driting a worm on the bottom...i caught a 2.5 lb bass on 7in worm.... but then wind picked up & we headed in. as ar as joey better luck next time my riend....hehehehehe
      City: paciic grove

      Tips: wear warm clothes & be persistant. work poppers close to shore & slow