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Saturday, November 23rd, 2002

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: NA

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Whipped the aqueducts close to San Luis and and caught many Stripers, but all had to be let go. Hopeully, the bigger ones will bite my bait soon.
      City: san jose

Friday, November 22nd, 2002

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: is anybody ishing clear lake? i'm going down rom oregon on sunday would like some tips. any help would be nice.
      City: rogue river

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      Water Temp: 60.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 09:00. ater three casts Eric hooked a 3 1/2lb bucket mouth. As he brought it up another the same size was ollowing to about 3t, then broke to cover o hydrillia. This ish came rom 20t on a crawish tube, watermellon / red lake Jigged with inness. That was all or the day. Pulled out at 2:00 P.M. Wind was cool and a nusince. I you would like more ino or a picture o this ish contact me.
      City: Watsonville

      Tips: Fish slow and use light weight. I saw many more patroling. Remember take a picture not the ish so our Grandchildren can enjoy a day ishing. SLOW!!!

Thursday, November 21st, 2002

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a dierence a day makes.....Yesturday's bite was decent, today was tu.Between three o us, one ish 2.6 on a hog in 14 eet. We marked very ew ish.Tried dropshot,blades,jigs,traps and rogs,but what little action we had was dragging hogs.Talked to others out there and only heard oone other ish being caught,
      City: San Jose

      Tips: No tips here

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

      Report: Caught me a couple o attys.

      Tips: use walking worms

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Rick Teitz and I went to Amador last night looking or the big bite! We started ater dark and while the ishing was pretty good, we only got one sort-o-big bite, and as he oten does, Rick got it! He caught it on a Dead Ringer worm in Jackson Creek at midnight and it went 6 lbs 13 oz! He said he had to catch that one to keep up with me and I did have the hot stick early on. In addition to several quality keeper bass, I did land a 3 and a 3-9 bass on a black/chartreuse Weapon jig with a 6 inch #135 Yamamoto grub - my avorite color during the ull moon. We wound up with 14 bass (and one trout on a crankbait) with a ive ish limit at 17 1/4 lbs. There are big ish showing on the meter all over Amador, but do not seem to be active at night. Most o the ish we caught were in the top 15 eet - some on the bank even in the bright moon. In the winter there arn't many shadows because the moon is straight overhead. It really was a beautiul night - cold - but bearable.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We ished points and walls - all over the lake. We looked or shoreline areas that had the steepest dropos. That seemed to be the key to inding quality ish. The water is still pretty warm or this late in November. In addition to worms and jigs, we did get a ish on a spinnerbait and one on a rattletrap, plus the trout on a crankbait.

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I tubed Calero today rom 12:30-4:45. The irst two hours were slow or me, but I didmanage a 3.2 on gold blades o a rocky point in about 8 eet o water. Kinda interesting as unlike most ish out o Calero, this ish did'nt have any marks in it's mouth rom being caught beore. Eventually I ended up at the submerged islandand ound ish on the south side in about 10-14 eet and took 6 o them between 2-3 lbs ona green pumpkin Brushhog. I talked to a guy in a Pro-Crat, he said he had been out allmorning without any action, then he headed to the shallows in the aternoon a naileda decent 4.4 on blades. It looks like thebite is starting to pick up a bit, but most action seems to be in the aternoon.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Not too many suspended ish, most ish I marked were hunkered down on the bottomand near structure. Get o the lake on time,or prepare or a lecture....killin me

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: instead o workin', I took my head o employees out ishin in the delta. chrome rattle traps got us about 10-15 small stripers, biggest one about 5# caught by the krackhead that didn't want to touch it. un day rippin lips.later krackhead!
      City: castro valley

      Tips: chrome rattle traps

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom 8am till 4pm caught 30 ishcaught most ish on atreeshads, rattle traps and pop r, also caught some in deep water on carolina rigged grubs. no size though, biggest was probably 2 lbs.
      City: los altos

      Tips: ollow the birds

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the irst hr. or those little planter trout, got a limit real quick when i ound them in about 3t o water. Spent the rest o the day drop shotting or blacks. I could not ind a ish less than 30t deep. Got some nice ones in the narrows and swallow bay. I was throwing that 6in trout made by MegaBait, it is the best looking and swiming bait I have ever seen.I was hoping or a striper but no luck.
      City: San Lorenzo

      Tips: Power bait or the slimies and 4in tan and pepper hand poured worms or the blackies.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58.9-62.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiul morning this am, in at Packers at 645 am. lake at 90.1 t down, air temp 49, went up into the lower McCloud to look or some ish or a club tournamet on Sunday, didn't throw much but when I did it was dinks. used a jig or most and could not ind any rip bite. The ramp at packers is down to 2 lanes and the one nearest the bank is ull o mud, as is centimudi which is really loaded up, sugarloa is good, antlers is out o the water as is bailey cove, hirz bay has two lanes but very muddy, when you go to get your boat out ride the brake a bit or risk coating your boat with a lot o red mud at Hirz Bay, Jones Valley is now on the secondary ramp with the loat in place and a dusty drive in and out i the ground isn't wet and muddy i it is. Did not see any surace action this am and ound the bait to be in mid-channel and deep. looks like the winter pattern is here, the temp warmed up quickly in the 79 degrees air temp at 1pm when I got out.
      City: Redding

Monday, November 18th, 2002

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

      Report: Horrible day out there today. O course it wasnt the same or everyone, but the majority o anglers in the hook tourney would agree. We ished Jigs, blades, senkos, cranks, even split shotting. Ended up with 3 blacks, only one keeper going 1.7 lbs, 2 river pike, and a striper. Very cold, very oggy, very tough bite or my partner and I. Better luck next time though!
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Fish slow or bigger ish, patience is key. Got a 5 and a 3 yesterday just sitting jigs in tules. Dont go too ast.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: High 50's? (col

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A riend and I rented a boat on 11/16 and ished the Honker Bay area rom 7:30AM till 12:30PM without a bite. The weather was ideal (very little wind)and was able to ish very thoroughly but no takers on Senkos or Texas rigs. I've noticed over the past years when the water gets murky, the bite seems to really shut o. The water is pretty cold too. No tips this time, but we tried!
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Looking orward to the tree planting in January. That is a great start or this lake.

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

      Report: Ted. From what I hear you could launch without much problem, now. They have workingon the ramp and area. I you did run into some trouble, someone would be around to assist you out. It is being worked on and made ready or the tournament this weekend. Yamamoto Open..
      City: Susanville

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I would like ind out i anyone uot there can give me a report on the launching at Oroville it seems I can't lauch with uot a or wheel drive or the lake needs to come up three eet.

Sunday, November 17th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took rental boat out o Paradise Point Marina at 9:00 a.m., headed or west end o Disappointment Slough (between Honker Cut & San Joaquin River) to check out new area o Delta or us (my son, John, and me). Tried variety o presentations (mainly jigs with pork trailers by me, per Cooch; lots o casts with downsized stu by my son) Water temp in mid-ities dictated slow presentations, but it didn

      Tips: Stay o the San Joaquin River in 16

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      Water Temp: 56-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished "The Hook Tourn" "Alone" Partner got a new job and had training on a SUNDAY!!!! I could have used his help today and we could have taken home a check. The og was to thick to run, so I ended up in Disco all-day. Dragged plastics all-day or 20+ bass and 35+ bumps, tugs, pick-ups and drop. Who knows what they were. Darn ish... I ended up with 5 or 10.79 and a 4.30 kicker, taking 16th out o 88 boats. Feels good.... It not oten I get to do this, I'm still learning the delta.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Water temp is alling, Think about down sizing and slowing things down. "That is what I did"

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Out o Ladds and ished outgoing tide rom 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Launched into the og and it did not burn o until almost 11 a.m.. No hits on spinner bait and only one black cranking. Caught a 5 ish limit o blacks and culling by 9:45 in the 14 mile slough area.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Weightless Senkos, watermelon or cinnamon, on the outside weed edges.

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at 11:ooam, o at 4:00 pm6 ish, largest 4lb, largest 5 weighed about 12lb. all caught in or near deep water (10-25t). could not catch a ish up on the lats

      Tips: lake report suggested ish caught on shallow lats early and late in the day. Was the total opposite or me!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished club T.O.C. irst ish came on jenkins hill on yama grub 1/4oz. darthead next ish caught in big creek 35 t.deep splitshotting pro-gold,Next ish caught on black and red crankbait-muddy point, overall real tough bite my 3 was 5.96 toc was won with 7.32
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Fish were suspended, and scattered, tough combination.