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Wednesday, July 10th, 2002

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

      Report: HAd the pleasure o ishing with Bobby Barrack today. WHAT A TREAT! we lauched at Lunborg landing and headed or the south holland area. spend most o the day there. We caught 15-20 ish with 4 ish over 7 pounds. used Jigs and Topwater on outgoing tide. had a ew small trap ish. I you are thinking o a guide trip, you should think seriously about Bobby. Its been a long time since I had this much un, a boy did I learn alot. thanks to bobby and good luck to all.korny
      City: grass valley

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on the loat tubes with a riend o mine on saturday 7/6. Fished rom around 4pm to 9pm. Overall we landed 4 small ish rom 11-14". We missed a lot o ish as well. The winds were blowing pretty hard so eeling the hits were diicult.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Throw rogs on the weedbeds and use senkos everywhere else. Maybe give buzzbaits or plugs a try in open water.

Tuesday, July 9th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I live in Los Angeles and will be ishing in the Fireman's Olympics on 7/14-16. I haven't been on the Delta or a couple o years. Just hoping that I can borrow some o your local knowledge to point out some areas and the best tides to ish. Thanks or any help. Tight lines!

      Tips: You can email me at dial911@dslextreme.com. Thanks again!!

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My client and I tried to see i it was possible to catch ish ater a major holiday weekend. I guess all we had to do was read the previous report! Thankully, we didn't have any wind problems but did have the usual recent Clear Lake problem - not many bites! We started ishing about 7 PM and tried some rog areas and a little topwater. Nothing! So I took him to an area that had been good just beore dark, and it paid o again - thankully or him!! He was using my avorite black/chartreuse 10" Power worm, and set into a good one in about 15 eet o water. Boy! - was I excited when I saw it, and DISAPPOINTED when I lited it into the boat. This bass either was the president o the underwater weight watchers club, or she had 15000 kids!! She was about 26 inches and weighed 6 lbs 6 oz. Talk about skinny!! She should have been 7 easy! But as those ish usually do - what a ight!! That was it beore dark. Ater dark, about an hour later, my client got another on the same worm - about 3 1/4. We ished several other areas with only a ew bites. Finally I was able to impress my client with a giant 1 1/2 pounder on a big tube bait. Lunker Lar strikes again!!! We moved to another area and the main man got another nice bass at 4 pounds - I think on the same worm. I ended the evening with another amazing ish - about 2 pounds! At least we got a limit - about 16 1/2 pounds. I went out or about 2 1/2 hours today, mostly to look around. I ished a little and did catch a 4 pounder on a 6 inch number 301 Senko, on the edge o a weed patch. Man, I love that color! I did get one nice ish to ollow a rog to the boat, but she waved and let!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Since my client is ishing a tournament, I won't mention speciic areas as is my policy in that situation. He should do well - he is a good isherman with a good hookset. I will say that I am really concerned about the weed slayers that were out in orce today in their airboats. They are spraying (pelleting) anything that moves, and in areas that they just don't need to do it. It is not a hydrilla problem - I think they need to spend their grant money. This is going to make or some tough daytime ishing I ear, not to mention that the un o rog ishing may be mostly over at Clear Lake. It won't help the night ishing either. For those o you that think that the bass "are still all there", and granted, there are still a lot o bass at Clear Lake, many o the bass that usually hold in certain areas this time o year are not showing up on the meter or on the hook. They probably have moved to new weedy homes!

Monday, July 8th, 2002

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

      Report: Launched rom Orwood at 5:00 PM and ished three hours. Fished in the connection slough area at incoming high tide. HOT!!!With almost no boat traic...Tried rogs or 1 hour without a bump. Switched to some clean rock wall and caught 8 ish on cranks. The ish were small in the 11-14 inch range...Headed or the barn and stopped on an odd looking tule coniguration and caught two on spinnerbait that went 2lbs.
      City: discovery bay

      Tips: The usual patterns apply...Cranks will catch good numbers o ish and keep your mind occupied. Bigger ish are coming on Spinnerbaits and topwater. Need to just sit down on some mats and not leave to get the real big ish...I'm still searching or answers mysel. Have un and stay sae.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Rivers end on 7-5-02. Fished the marina caught 1 on a white spinner. Headed up the river and caught 4 more on Senkos. Total was 5 ish or 4 hours. On 7-7-02 launched out o Ladd's in stockton with a riend. My buddy Mike threw a buzzbait irst thing and had 3 blowups and landed 1 ish. Ended up ishing Senkos the rest o the morning and caught a total o 11 ish total. Mike had 8 and I caught 3.( he can set the hook a little better than me )
      City: San Lorenzo Ca

      Tips: Senkos work.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 76-79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Monday evening 7-08-02 3pm to 9pm weather was warm and wind was calm. Had six bites by bass and one 12lbs. cat. 1-3.5 on a spinnerbait in the weeds. 1-2.5 on a spidergrub on rock. 2-3to4's on a spook and missed a nice blow up on the spook. Also had one hit a buzzbait but came undone. The 12lbs. cat came a crankbait. It was nice not having the big crowd rom the weekend. I ound that the ishing was best or me up shallow but near deep water.
      City: San Bruno

Sunday, July 7th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8am till noon on 4th of July sunday. Launched out of Markely, fished two spots in south end, nuttin'. Moved up to big island area, nuttin'. Moved to flats, one dink on a crankbait. Phooey on the fish, we went and ate lunch and went swimmin' for a while, man it was hot, pushing 100.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: We drug both split shot and dart heads, with several colors, never got a bite. Only hits came on the crank bait, I think I'll stick to night fishing till the boat traffic chills out.....

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the morning around Bailey Cove. I irst used buzz baits, but nothing. I switched over to Senko and caught one around 2 pounds and another around one pound.
      City: santa clara

  • Solano County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Luanched at B&W and was on the water at 5:30am. Didn't expect so much wind. Made the rough ride to isherman's cut and caught a 2lber on a white blade and that was it. Headed down toward Frank's and ished the channel on the north side and picked up a keeper and a dink in a watermelon red/blk lake senko. Missed a couple on the senko also. Decided to get out o the wind so I started heading back toward B&W on my way to Oxbow marina. Got so wet on the way I decided to head home instead. O the water by 9:30.
      City: Isleton

      Tips: Fished a buzzer a little with no success. Senkos always catch ish. Not much action on the blade. I dont have a clue what to do. I its not the pleasure boaters its the wind. Have your choice.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 77-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out several mornings and evenings over the 4th holiday. Used cranks, spinners and topwaters. Most o my spots were taken by houseboats, even rocky steep banks. Saw many isherman's delights though. Got a ew ish each outing. Many dinks hit and miss. Usually had 1-2 over 2 lbs and got one over three. Mostly pulling ish up rom 15-30 eet o water. inally got a spook working well and enjoying the new bait.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Can't wait or October when we get the lake back.

Saturday, July 6th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I said, I would not go out this holiday weekend, but I could not stay way. I started out at irst sae light. First ish came on a buzzbait 3 lber. Ater working a buzzbait over a pipe I threw a senko, BANG a nice 2+ lber. Worked my way around an island with a rog, I looked out inront o me I saw wood sticking up. So I threw a senko on the wood. Every piece o wood had a 2+ or 3 lber waiting or me which I was happy to put in the boat. Went around the corner to a rip-rap wall BANG 2+ lber. Here comes the water skiers, so I moved o to an out o the way spot. Low tide with muddy water and no current. BANG a 8+ lber ell to a watermelon red lake senko worked on a rock pile. (HAPPY HOLIDAYS FOR ME!) I started cranking grasslines picking up more 2 lb ish. Moved to an under water edge throwing a crankbait hooked up a 4/5 lber. which threw my bait back to me. Moved to some gin clear water with trees Threw a trick worm BANG BANG BANG BANG and losted all 4 ish in the trees.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Color did not seem to make a dierence. My senkos colors were; blue w/gold lake--watermelon w/red lake--Green w/gold lake-- blue & black My buzzbait was purple & black. My rog was white & I colored the underside black & red. My crankbait was red.

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      Water Temp: Beats ME

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and my riend went to a spot by whiskey slough or an hour we took a little aluminum boat out with a trollingmotor i started with a pumkin color senko my second cast i landed a 3 pounder it was pretty nice about 10 min ater that my rend with a crank bait got a 4 pounder ater that i got a 2 1/2 with a buzzbait ater that it was slow right beore we let i got 1 more o the buzz bait i was about 2 pounds
      City: Stockton

      Tips: pumpkin senkos and picaso buzzbaits been doin good the past couple o weeks

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched out o rivers end @ 600 and decided to ish around the marina or 30-40 minutes while i waited or my ishing partner to arrive. i threw buzzbaits to no avail until i decided to take a trip up the main channel and continue to ish the buzzer i got an immediate blow up and scored a 12 incher i continued with the buzzer and picked up several bass beore i got the call my partner was on the launch. picked him up and went directly to the spot and picked up where i let o THE BITE WAS WIDE OPEN on the buzzer we picked up close to 20 combined with my partner. we decided to mix up the lures and continued to catch ish on blades, rip baits, cranks. we then went up victoria slough and my partner caught one on a plastic and i ished a rog and missed a couple blow ups and then scored my FIRST rog ish (1 1/4 pounder. just about ran out o gas so a run to bullrog marina and illed up. then ished some mats in the area. picked up my second rog ish (2 POUNDS) and called it a day. great numbers day with around 30 bass
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: damn pleasure boater/skiers/PWC were everywhere be careul i ound mysel airborne more than once, ride back to the launch was sooo rough i broke2 bolts on my trolling motor

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80 surace

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time on lake in over a year.Tried many dierent styles and the dropshot won. Hands down best bite. Caught one quality smallie pushin' 3lbs next to the tower section o the dam. The ish was about 30' down. Then went to some northern points that extended way out into the lake and started inding some nice blacks. They were on the bank down to 20+. They seemed to be spread out pretty good so moving steadily down the banks was a good way to ind the active ish. I could see many very nice sized smallies and blacks cruzing the rocky points I was ishing but everytime I could see them they we're looking at me and would bolt o. These ish seem to be very smart and tough to catch and that is the draw or me to this lake. It is great practice and the rewards this lake can give you are truely worth the eort. All ish caught were busting at the seams as this lake has alot o good orage or them.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: 6lb line and 6" worms on dropshot was what worked the best or me. No crushing hits, just subtle takes. I did get two ish on topwater later in the evening and missed a ew.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished the lake 7 times in 7 weeks. nothing. not even a bite.i usually i'm ishing ater 4pm til 7pm. ished around horseshoe point.water is way down. i need get my canoe on the water.i splitshotted 4" ring worms, panther martins, pop r, blades,and wee r. i did get some 8" ingerlings chasing it up.i think i'll have to start ishing or trout.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: ???? no idea

Friday, July 5th, 2002

  • Ventura County
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      Water Temp: 78.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Lake is really low, it was airly calm with some morning coastal og until about 12:30pm I started throwing a mega bass giant dog-x top water lure. never have I ever caught so many bass at lake casitas like this day. All morning I was cacthing Bass rangeging rom 3 to 5 pounds, also caught a 7.5 pounder using the same bait. I also lost about 4 other bass that might have been in the range o 5 to 10 pounds but I had my darn drag set too tight, so I kept ripping lips. inally I set my drag just right. I continued working the shore lines. throwing my bait believe it or not I was still catching bass in the 5 pound range till about 12:30 pm. As soon as the sun came out the bass scatterd like roaches into deep water and the un was over.I also caught about 2 more bass just dragging a reaper. but nothing else, just about then the wind kicked up and I thru a lucky crat top water bait to the shore line and caught 2 more bass in the range o about 3 pounds each. Thats all the ino that I have or you. Good Fishing
      City: Hesperia

      Tips: This time o the year bass are more agressive in the morning, do to the act o the water temp,being just right. and more bait travling along the shores in balls. Bass will move in and out orm shore eeding on shads. and an ocasional crawish i they can ind them. My tip to you is to work those shore lines like crazy untill the sun comes up. work the water anywhere rom 4 20 eet deep, and yes they will come up and get that bait even rom deep water.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Once again, went out to look or some bigger ish in the loat tube today. Went straight out to my rockpile and ished everywhere rom 5-30t o water. Spent most o my day here tryin' to get some ish to go. Just didn't happen though. Tried a c-rigged worm, spinnerbait, drop-shottin' inesse worms, various t-rigged worms, crankbait, and a jig. Tried them all at all depths. Nothin' produced. Best I got was I had a good hit on a t-rigged Toledo Tickler worm made by ReAction Lures that bit the worm right in hal. Ater spending a couple o hours on the rockpile without an succuss, I looked around and started makin' my way to those new rocks at the swim area. First pass, threw a jig, nothin'. Second pass, crankbait, nothin'. Next pass, drop-shottin' a 4" baby ring ry made by Lake Fork Tackle...picked up 6 bass. These were no small bass either. I ound the better ish inally. These were all in the 3-4lb range and I even lost one that would've gone maybe 5-5.5lbs. I caught all 6 o those bass within the last 45 minutes beore I had to leave too.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Try drop-shotting around the rocks in 7-10t o water or the better ish right now. Suspend your bait about a oot o the bottom...

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing on Friday rom 8-10AM. Fished rom shore along Alma Bridde Rd. It's really shollow on this side. Saw many ry all over the place. Threw crank bait and worm with not much luck. Got a ew bites.PS. On the previous report, it's June 31, not July. Sorry or the typo.
      City: Mountain View

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: me and my buddy tubed the back ponds on the 2nd. we caught nine bass, not much size with the biggest being around 3 and a hal coming on a spinnerbait. most were caught on senkos and a zara puppy. there were a lot o ish chasin baitish right on the surace, so a spinnerbait and topwater through the schools o baitish worked well.
      City: danville

      Tips: out in the middle throw topwater and throw topwater along or over the weedbeds. senkos along structure....o course