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Tuesday, July 30th, 2002

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 81.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bailey Cove is out o the water, lake at 53.34 t down and dropping 3/4 to a oot perday, air temp 70 and in at Jones Valley, the ramp is down to 2 lanes, the island is up and should be usable or parking in 2 days, the loat is on the beach making loading and unloading a problem. in at 430 am and stated throwing a MGM shasta crawler in root beer or 7 rom 1.6 to 2.4 and no dinks by 6 am with one more on top water all inside jones valley, skiers and jet skiers started at 0600 so I headed or the ramp throwing a rip bait but no ish, carp jumping all over the place and swimming around sucking air on the surace, no dinks today or a change.
      City: Redding

Monday, July 29th, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: KME,I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU SORRY THE BOAT IS FULL BUT GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR FISH HEY.MAYBE YOU CAN START A WHOLE NEW TREND OF YOUR OWN THERE @ LOMA.JUST PLEASE IF YOU COULD STAY BACK WHEN YOU SEE MY BOAT ,THAT WOULD BE GREAT GOOD LUCK,KE.MI.ER
      City: pittsburg

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well I did not no there was moss back there,Sorry about that senko Dom.And ater I read that about your ishing rod ,There is a competive edge rod NICE!.Hey Tom what do you say Sunday morn. 6:00am boat ramp.We can maybe ish together since I did oer.Fishing has been a little tough or me would love to see some other methods.FISH ON
      City: Pittsburg

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: HEY,SENKO DOM THAT MOSS MOST BE THE SPOT.I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN MOSS ON LOMA YET.SINCE THEY HAVE TOOK ALL THE WEEDS AND MOSS OUT .MUST BE THE HOT SECRET SPOT KEEP ONFISHING AND WOW A COMPETIVE EDGE FROG SERIES ROD,I THOUGHT THEY ONLY SOLD LURES,PLASTICS,SPINNERBAITS.WELL WHAT DO I NO.FISH ON SENKO DOM
      City: P-TOWN

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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished the weeds edges and clumps in the morning with topwater. I caught two real quick. Both were about a pound each. Missed some good ish on poppers. Pete caught a 6.5 on a popper. I caught ive on a chugbug, the biggest was 3.5. Started lippin' brush hogs and zippers;caught another 3, a 1 and a 5lbr. Pete caught a 3 on a brush hog. All ish came o o the weed edges with poppers and worms. Didn't get charged or entry again so it was another great day.
      City: Salinas

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went sat 7/27 & sun 7/28. Caught nice LM 2+ lbs on popper, missed a second nice one on the same popper. Fished the rest o the day trying everything - spinners, cranks, jigs, all color worms...no other bites. There are plenty o bluegill to pass the time. Sun was a lot o no bites ishing a lot o the coves. The lake looks like a bass heaven...wonder where they are?
      City: Los Altos

      Tips: Water is warm...caught the only bass on top water.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing wasn't good but ok. Got there about 6 p.m. in the evening, with a buddy. About the third cast my buddy landed 2 hal to 3 lber. 5 minutes later he landed another, just bout the same size. Twenty minutes or so later, I caught a 5 to 6 lber, ollowing that, I caught one just a tad smaller. Than ater that, it just went quiet to about 9 when we let. I also observe the water level dropped bout one oot or so..
      City: sacramento

      Tips: black lizard with chartreuse tail.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 78+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Customers have been reporting good ishing in the Cottonwood area. Reports o quality ish being caught on buzzbaits in the early morning right o the banks. Spinnerbaits are also working well in the aternoon ished in the mudlines. White or shad pattern are the best.
      City: Merced

      Tips: For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK @ 137 W. Main st. in Merced or give us a call at (209)722-0800.

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in at Trinity Center At 0500, ishing by mysel so I ran up to the tailings, 5 blacks to 2.5# all on MGM Shasta Crawlers in rootbeer color. Next stop outside o Eastork to the south and main lake points throwing MGM black hooktails on 1/4 oz. darterhead, caught appox. 15 smallmouth with the largest going 2.3#. I ever a ish had more to give in the eort to stay out o my boat I have not caught one! Those Smallies are all heart. Out o the water at 10:00 or my drive back to Redding.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Fish Shasta Crawlers on 3/8 ootball head jigs a throw to the bank.

Sunday, July 28th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out o rivers end @0600 and went straight to my buzzbait spot and they were there in orce alot o small guys rom 1/2 pound to 2 pounds buzz bite izzled out ater about 45 min. went to victoria and began to blade the jig the rock wall and tule island, nobody home although i did miss a ew key bites on the jig. we decided to ish my uncles rog water and proceded to miss quite a ew blow ups some small some big. i did manage to hook a couple o them only to have them all o at the boat :-( oh well. o the h2o at 1130 beore the major heat and the crazy joy riders got to bad. kev you will hook one o those rog ish eventually :-) peace
      City: san rancisco

      Tips: got current? got mats? yes, then you got ish

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the island & by the bridge. Made my-sel get into some tight cover,only to share with Black Widow's. "Well", it was well wourth it, 5lb inhalled my Sumo Frog with about 10lbs o moss & tulles with a great ight it gave my 8t Compettive Edge Frog rod. Threw Senko's , landed about 6 more, avg. size about 2lbs. Thats was about it or the day.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Senko's, Frogs! Everything else will be let to your imaginary..."FISH-ON"...

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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well,went out today on the water at 6:00 am.Thought today might be to windy,but the lake actually was almost like glass.Started out ishing the north side o the lake with a crankbait,And my partner within 5 minutes hooks up with a nice bucket 5lbs.That would be the size or the day,With the trip starting out like that it seemed that it might be one o those great ishing days.My partner also hooked one more at about 1lb,Me well I got about 8 buckets,Biggest going i only 1lb.Some o my ish were almost the size o my lure.Not a good day as ar as lbs,I really like a little more chop on the water when I throw cranks.The bigger ish must be deep,And I sometimes have a hard time with patience with my plastics.Well there it is not a bad day not a great one,My stripes were gone to today, ish on.
      City: pittsburg

      Tips: The biggest ish came on a lure we both were using,Hit 5 yards o the rocks,Fish em ast or slow when it hits you will no hard strikes

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: 75 - 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Came out there around 4pm. All boats were rented out. Fished on shore near a big bed o weeds. Caught two bass( >2lbs) with 4in. senko worm (drop shot) around 8pm. Had a great time. Saw alot o top water eeding but didn't have a boat to reach the spot.
      City: livermore

      Tips: Look or top water eeding and try to hit the 3-4 t down. Use deep diving crank bait.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: hey id like to do a tourny but i dont get back rom vaca till the 6 o Aug. so maybe u can do one when i get back to thanks..
      City: livermore

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey, I'm sorry but I was wondering i we could make it the 4th or 5th o August because i'm going out o town or 5 days. Also I was wondering i you guys wanted to make this a monthly thing. You know monthly tournaments, I was thinking (ish or un )tourneys. No money involved!$$$$ThanX ellas,C.B.
      City: pleasanton

      Tips: P.S.I'll post a message on calishing on this subject!!Lets get this thing rolling!!!!!!

Saturday, July 27th, 2002

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 79-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Amador night tournament and got skunked out. Couldn't even get a nibble. I did ish a cove where two guys in a rinky dink Coleman Crawdad were pulling ish out like there was no tomorrow o o a point. It was a ully loaded Crawdad including a black light, blinding spotlight, ish inder, and build-in cooler. They told me they were catching bass up to 5 pounds on Senkos. Not sure o the color or rigging though. All I kept hearing in the dark was "Get the net, it's a big one". I'm glad someone was catching.
      City: Ione

      Tips: I'm digging out my Crawdad rom the basement, my Ranger didn't cut it Sat. night.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at about 5am rom Honker Cut.Looked like a tourney going on-all my avorite spots were getting hit hard. Started ishing Disappointment area with the irst 4 ish coming on blades-all little guys. Got around some docks with slop on the top-no rog ish or anything good on a buzzbait. Went to a drk green senko and got 2 more little guys beore sticking a 4lber at a dock.Continued getting little ones on the senko around any docks and blades around any weed clumps.Did get another 4lber on a blade-slow rolling through weed patches with lower tide.Also ound a nice crankbait loating-ended up getting one on the 4 cast with it-Great ind.Good day all around-about 20 ish with the biggest 5 going 15lbs
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: white spinnerbaits slow rolling or bigger ish-dinks seem to take ast pace-drk senkos will get anything as usual.

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      Water Temp: 76.1

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: we put in about 5am got 2#1s right away on a pearl sinko, but was the only bites we had or a while till the tide went out, ished the weed lines with a watermelon with red/green lakes and boated another 1#2 pounder, My partner boated a couple o rats with a blue 6inch lizzard and later near the leavy ater the tide went out he boated 2 more 2 ish about #3s each... just all around a hard day o ishing we only stayed till about 2 pm...... good luck guys and have un
      City: riverbank

      Tips: sinkos work best along the weed lines

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey let me know where were going to meet or the tournament, so I can win! J.K.This tournament will be great i we can communicate a little better!Go to www.calishing.com the loat tubbers spot and post all the ino on the tournament, trust me this will be worth it! Today I had a great day so i'm eeling conident!
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Show up or the ToUrNaMeNt!!!!!! Go to CalFishInG.COM!!!!!

Friday, July 26th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Made the choice to try dierent water. Bad choice the wind was blowing hard accross open waters. Rough boat ride or no reason. I did throw blades on a sunken barge or a nice bass. Turn around and ran back to some protected water. Hooked up a realy good bass on a senko, and did a good job o breaking my line. Went out and cranked current or some nice 2lbers.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Cranked ish on a crank bait that I totaly modiied mysel. A small deep diving, shad pattern with extra red markings. Feels good to make and catch ish on something you had a hand in making.