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Wednesday, August 28th, 2002

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

      Report: Jim Syvirathphan - you didn't leave an email address. Email me about your incident. I'd like to ollow up on it with the US Forest Service. They have a concessionaire running that ramp. This type o ino needs to be report.Scott V.
      City: Redding

Tuesday, August 27th, 2002

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: warm ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: rind and i ished the dam and south end o lake.tried top water,crank baits,worms,brush hogs,nothing but a bunch o dinks.ish had lock jaw. hope you do better than we did.
      City: sonora

Monday, August 26th, 2002

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 65?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at around 3:45pm, headed to the back coves. Drited jumbo minnows rom Coyote Bait, caught one black bass (?) at about 2lbs...put a nice ight or the little squirmel. Towards the evening ish jumping everywhere!..Tried zara spook and some other poppers, no luck.....time ran out sun went down Ranger wanted to go home had to leave
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I would say use the Senkos rom the reports below

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass Busters o Santa Clara County Night Fishing Tournament 8/24/02 - 8/25/02.It was a great night to be out on Clear Lake. Just a slight wind, clear skys, and mild to cool temperatures during the tournament. There were only 8 boats and ishing was pretty good or most o us. Fish were caught any number o ways. The winners said they caught a lot o ish over 3 with a dropshot rig and their limit came on Jigs, Senkos, and Dropshot (>21lbs.) We took second place and had a good night also. Me and my partner Ray H. caught our ish on Spinnerbaits, Frogs, Powerworms, and Jigs. We had 16.78 lbs. or our 5 ish and missed a lot o good ish on the rogs. We are both now determined to igure out how to increase our hook up on rogs. The next 2 teams tied or 3rd with just over 16 lbs. They also took there ish on a varity o baits; Spinnerbaits, Worms, and Topwater. Great Tournament or almost all the anglers. I we could have put a ew more ish in a couple o the boats it would have been perect.As ar as rogs go. I've seen Larry H. post about his green rog. Well I was using a Green Sumo Frog and my partner was using a White Tournament Frog. We had probably about equal blow ups on the rogs and we both only put 1 ish in the boat on the rog.I we learn how to increase our hook up we easily could have had our 25 lb. night, what we were shooting or.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Just get up there and ish this lake. It was a great time and your not inessing them!

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This was my irst time on the lake. Launched and ished out o Lakeport. I was on the water by 6:15am with a limit by 10:00am. First ish 5.02lbs. on a prop bait, irst lip with a senko, 4.00lbs. Five or six more on senko's, one crankbait ish (shad were busting) ended the day with a 5.06 ish on a FROGZILLA rog bait. Best ive ish 21lbs. 12oz. my largest limit ever. I think I like this place...he..he..he. The only negative was the Lakeport side o the lake was covered in weeds, every where I went. It was kind o hard to run in a small boat (14' / 15hp). Another side note....stay away rom the mexican resturant on the water in Lakeport, bad service...high prices
      City: Modesto

      Tips: This was my irst time on the lake. I wouldn't want to bet the house on how I ished, but then again it worked or me. Good Luck

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

      Report: had a great time till i got back to packers bay had 17 nails in 8 tires.this is the irst time i have had a problem in over 22 years o coming up to shasta.ishing was great caught ish everyday,mostly worms.
      City: dublin

      Tips: put sealent in your tires.

Sunday, August 25th, 2002

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Long time reader, irst time poster. You know the kind. I just purchased and installed a "like new" X-85 and igured I'd head out to the pond and see i it worked better than my WW II era Humminbird Wide Eye (unctional equivalent o an etch-a-sketch, but even harder to use - the etch-a-sketch is erased by violent shaking, but even the roughest ride back to the ramp didn't erase some o the worst days I'd had on Folsom).My buddy Steve S. Steve called in sick, so I arrived alone at the ramp at about 10:30 and went through the trials and tribulations o launching all by my lonesome. As I backed the truck down the ramp I noticed an angler grinning ear to ear holding what looked like a 6 or 7 lb Folsom pig. I said, "Where'd you get that?" He said, "Out there on the lake." and laughed. Thanks... Well, it's a Folsom Largemouth tipping the scales at 4.7 lbs. Like I said, I thought it looked about 6 or 7, but he said it elt light. It was much bigger than my average limit o Folsom rats. I thought back to a trip a ew weeks ago... I gotta give props to my partner, Gillnet. In the midst o some classic Folsom summertime plastic action (boatload o .8's) he decided to pick up a Senko and throw it at the only tree on a barren, rocky bank in about 5 eet o water, where my splitshot could ind no purchase. Well, much to my chagrin, he stuck a 6.5. It's head was like a dog's. This was the same type o ish that Zipperworm descriped - a poor specimen. It should've weighed about 9 lbs. Apparently Folsom ish don't eat much.I guess I gotta break o some ino sooner or later, so here it goes. I'll start o with a thanks to Zipperworm or the Zip Decker karma. I had a much better day than I have in recent past. I spent most o the early aternoon trying to get the right location and angle on the transducer. Once I did that and ound ish, I oered jigs and plastics and ended up with a limit o 2+ pound ish. I didn't ocus on bait, but rather ocused on isolated ish on points. They were eager to eat. That's all.Phil
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: The ish I caught were deeper than 20 eet. I patiently battled ski boats and held position on the main body. That's where the bigger ish (my ish aren't that big) were.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My expectations were not high, it's close to a ull moon, and I was bringing my 5 year old boy to get him started on casting gear. I did expect to pick o a ew keeper spots tossing buzzbaits and reaction around rocks. Nothing by 9am and I had worked my way to the end o the rock gardens. My ABA partner said I would die with a spinnerbait I had been using the last couple seasons, and today was the day. Give it up or my boy, not a single backlash he could not pull out himsel. Eventually the day did produce 7, best 5 maybe going 11lbs. I got out the darterhead but rigged it with a stand-up jig head. It had a ar superior action in my pool rigged with the at bodied sotplastics I've been tossing this season. It doesn't seem like darterheading anymore. I toss it on light baitcasting gear. It's more like inesse jigging. Caught a keeper but predictably, the stand up head snagged more requently. I was complaining to my buddy Swimbait on the cell and he reminded me about how many darterheads I snagged when we ished a month ago. I'd lost the touch o detecting when your head is pulling through a crevice. I guess I needed to pull my head out o my crevice. About 10, I schlepped the bait up on a slab and nailed a largemouth that went 4lbs 7ozs. Most o my riends say they have been catching more largemouth this season. They say the bigger ones have all been specimens in poor condition. Until now I could not comment. This one was dark colored and red inned- you know the ones, big heads, boogely eyes. The action was still pretty tough up north, but the wind had sat down and it was time to return to the main lake. Throughout the summer there's been a pretty sti Delta breeze blowing accross the open main lake early in the morning and today was no dierent. It was mostly spent when I rolled up around 11. Wormed the rest o the ish there. At the ramp another angler said he had caught a 6 that had the head o an 8 a couple weeks ago. He was launching a pretty red Nitro about 2pm when I was putting mine on the trailer. He said he was merely going out to test some new electronics. I said go or it, all my ish had come ater 10am. He said ok, and lashed a peace sign as he motored away. He probably did well- he got touched by the Zip Decker karma at Folsom. I usually mix in some takes rom my bassin buddies that ish out here. This is a non ishing take, but worthy o mention. Blademan, in addtion to being a very proicient bass angler, is an amatuer liter and he competes in the benchpress. Over the weekend he put up 518lbs at the national championships and lost! He's the reigning world champion or the past two years, but he got knocked o this time at the nationals. 518lbs and he competes in the 164lb class. I'm glad he's my buddy. He'll meet his rival at this year's world competition again in December, and the more his game is ocused, the more his bassin game is ocused too.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Some o the ish spit up lots o bait when hooked. I'm on crayish imitating now, but baiish imitating never goes out o season. Once again Swimbait was so sysinct when he asked me i I noticed bass are not holding on to the sotplastic nearly as long as they do in the spring.

  • Palo Pinto County
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      Water Temp: hot

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: catching good ish just bank ishing lots on buzzbaits and senkos ish in 3to5lb range any questions drop me a email good ishin
      City: watsonville

      Tips: ish late use buzzbaits

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 77-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: IN AT JONES VALLEY AT 1PM LOTS OF BOATS OUT ON A SUNDAY. WENT OUT TO MAIN POINT ON THE WEST SIDE AND WAS WAITING FOR BRYCE AND SUSAN TO SHOW UP. STARTED FISHING FOR A WHILE AND BRYCE AND SUSAN SHOW UP WE HAVENT GOT BIT YET AND SUSAN DROPS DOWN WITH ONE OF HER SPECIAL PLASTICS AND NAILS ONE, I CAN SEE WHY SHE BEATS BRYCE ON THE CATCHING END OF IT AT TIMES .I SITCK ONE ON A BLUE GOAST THAT WAS ABOUT POUND AND A HALF SPOT. WE ALL DECIDED TO HEAD UP TO THE END OF THE SQUAW ARM AND GIVE IT A TRY.STARTED FISHING MUD LINES AND ROCK WALLS AND CAUGHT A MIXED BAG OF SMALL MOUTH AND SPOTS,A COUPLE OF THEM I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ON A STRINGER FOR A TOURMENT.THE CATFISH BITE WASNT TO GOOD BUT THE COSCO QWEEN (( MY WIFE )) MANAGED TO GET A NICE NINE POUNDER AND IM STILL HEARING ABOUT IT. NEXT TIME ITS SUSANS TURN. HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE LAKE WITH GREAT FREINDS. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ON SHASTA LAKE AT NIGHT YOU ARE MISSING OUT , ITS AWW SOME
      City: ANDERSON

      Tips: FISH WERE CAUGHT ON 4IN AND 6IN WORMS IN BLUE COLORS. RIGGED TEXAS STYLE. LOTS OF SUPPENDED FISH SO DROP SHOTTING SHOULD WORK WELL.

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      Water Temp: 77 to 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 2:30PM. Met up with Gene and Ginger rom Anderson at Jones Valley Point. Stuck a couple small ones right o, in the trees. Moved up to the upper Squaw and worked some o the rock walls and ended up with 9 and the blonde caught 7, largest went about 1.7, at least I beat her or a change. Fished till about 7:30PM and then went to the lower Pit to ind Gene and Ginger who were going to show us one o their catish spots. Ginger showed us alright, a nice 9lber. I caught one that had a 5lb head and a 1/2lb. body, he was all mouth. Oh, by the way Gene did inally catch about a 2lber. and the blonde--she got skunked. Better luck next time. We had a ball telling stories and watching the boats run up the lake ull speed at night, there is a bunch o crazy people out there. We inally pooped out and went back to the ramp at about 1:30AM. Looking orward to the next trip. The almost ull moon was beautiul.
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: MGM Shasta Crawler in root beer, blue ghost and Rainbow #99 caught most o the bass. Nothing on topwater.

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      Water Temp: 77.2-79.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Chad Hulbert called last night so o I went to pick him up, got in at Jones Valley at 0345, lake down past 70 t, air temp 59 degrees and a ull moon with a slight breeze out o the east, bunch o drunks out near the ramp whooping it up and keeping some campers awake, ran up to clickapudi and had 4 in the boat in 10 minutes with one at 2.8 and another at 2.5 on the MGM shasta crawler in pumpkin(color#115) moved north to Reno Canyon and ound the houseboat that chad was on and caught 2 more behind it as he slept the night away, one was a 1.6 and the other was a 2 and ull o shad. Starting talking at him and his wie awakened and kicked him as I said"I ain';t never seen a isherman in bed at 4AM unless he was sick". That got him stirred up and moving. We went back to clickapudi but couldn't get any to go, moved over to a hump in the lower pit and chad puts 2 in the boat and I get 1, all were small but legal. The sun got up a bit and we ran to the upper pit just south o Stein Creek and I stuck a couple more that were good sized, moved a little north and got into some more in the stumps, chad got a couple o decent spots and a nice smallmouth. I managed a ew mysel and a good smallie at 1.8 Things slowed around 915 so back down the pit we went to the houseboat, I had 16 total and chad must have had a dozen all on ootball heads and all o mine on the shasta crawler save or one on a yamamoto twin tail skirted grub. dropped him o and got back to the ramp at 945 and had to wait or a ella trying to get his tri-hull out o the water. airtemp at 79. very pleasant early morning and no other boats near us till 9am.
      City: Redding

Saturday, August 24th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 73.2 - 76.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WOW, what a tough day!!!! I do not Harpoon fish as the poster below so I do not have as an exicting report. Firgured i could get away from the skiing maddnes in the Narrows at Berryessa versus my usual Folsom/Orovile Haunts NOT!! Baby Spook and a Pearl white fluke for an hour produced three followers no takers. Darthead salt and pepper Grub one smallmouth for my friend and I had three strkes your out!!!! Left at Noon tough tough morning
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Lots of Bait and marked arcs in 40 - 55 ft But I could not get them to go.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started o at irst light. Had to work my way through the og. First stop started out slow. No senko ish so I went to a trick worm and a nice little keeper ran o with it. Moved o to grass bed when the sun was up strong, and started working a rog. First ish went 4+ lbs. she totally inhailed the rog. Wind kicked up so I moved behind an island and threw rogs all aternoon 5 ish weight went 14+ lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The last 2 weeks have been good or me on a rog.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started o at irst light. Had to work my way through the og. First stop started out slow. No senko ish so I went to a trick worm and a nice little keeper ran o with it. Moved o to grass bed when the sun was up strong, and started working a rog. First ish went 4+ lbs. she totally inhailed the rog. Wind kicked up so I moved behind an island and threw rogs all aternoon 5 ish weight went 14+ lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The last 2 weeks have been good or me on a rog.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Fri late PM in strong wind. Started on points with no luck. Finally ound a mud line in a cove that showed ish. Picked up 2 on drop shot and one on a jig in 15-20 t all in the 3lbs class. Fished Sat and it was really slow or me. No top water ish but didn't try that hard. Nothing on senkos. Only ish came on drop shot 4" zipper worm in deep water.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: In the aternoon when the wind is howling ish the mud lines with sot plastics or crank. AM try top water but don't waste too much time beore going deep with plastics.

Friday, August 23rd, 2002

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

      Report: to let you boat users with trailers know that i now have taken the task on o removing the rocks in the water on the launce ramp. i use the ramp on a regular bases so by removing rocks will save yours and my boat and trailer and a ew turned ankles ENJOYFISHING WISE FISH CAUGHT LATLY, TROUT, NICE SMALLMOUTH, VERY LARGE CARP.NICE PLACE 5MIN FROM MY HOUSE.
      City: remont

      Tips: FISH DEEP TROLL OR JIG 25 TO 30+ FEET RAINBOW RUNNER CAUGHT CARP ON ORANGE AND SILVER SPOON LAKE IS FULL OF SUPRISES

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In the water at Bridge Bay at 0520 and start on the electric motor. Headed down the bank throwing a buzzbait or 5 blowups and 4 ish to 14". Pretty good action until about 0615 then it seemed to die o. Kept trying until 0700 then decided to move. Head up the Pit but houseboats in every cove (when are they all going home?). Stop at Arbuckle Creek and get one on the buzzbait on the outside point. Keep moving inside but nothing so turned around and got hit again towards the outside or one more and miss a nice one that made a huge splash but didn't get the hook. Sun up now so start worming and get two more shaking worms (6" 109)at the base o trees in about 25'. Tried several other places but nothing. O the water at 1000 - too much boat traic by then. Water skiers and jet skis active starting at 0800.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 78.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Let a message thurs night or Chad but I guess he didn't pick it up, called Ryan and o we went to Jones Valley, In at 815pm, lake down just short o 70 t, air temp 79 and the ramp was packed, some guy with a broken down inboard tied up to the loat while he worked on it and he eectivley has most o it blocked, we get in and go up to clickapudi and get bit right o but they jump o, Ryan loses a good one then I do the same thing in about 12t on a pumpkin shasta crawler by MGM, Ryan was dropshotting a robo worm, We move down the bank and get short hits and nothing in the boat, we pu;;; out and head or Squaw point and get on some ish quickly and end up with 7 in the boat to 1.6 and I had 5, we missed twice that many and got out at 1115 pm under a beautiul ull moon and light wind out o the east, houseboats everwhere and a big bore inboard running up and down jones valley at ull tilt boogie, no cops around unortunately, air temp getting out a very comy 73 degrees, all ish came out o 10-12t and the bite improved as the moon came up but Ryan has to work in the am. come on Labor day!
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: were ar all the reports?????????the last won on hear looks to be back on the 18... is this thing not working ??
      City: elverta