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Monday, June 17th, 2002

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

      Report: Much better day today then last week. Launched at 4:45, started throwing spooks and poppers, with a few hits but no fish. Headed out to a favorite spot of mine on the main lake, since the wind died down early (WHEW). Nailed a keep on first cast, then got nailed by a 6lb+ largemouth, but he just wouldt get hooked, and before he could come back and get it, another keeper dink took it. Headed over to small island, split shotting magic worms. Started off throwing morning dawn with only one dink, then switched to new color and landed 4 nice largemouth, (3) 2blers, and (1) 3 lber. Very nice berryessa bass. Off the water at noon, very fun morning and I look forward to next week! Devin
      City: vacaville

      Tips: GET OUT EARLY OR FORGET THE HOT BITE

  • Santa Clara County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I tubed Calero Monday rom 8am to noonand caught nothing but dinks until the windpicked up around 9:30. Once the wind pickedup, I downsized to 3 inch plastics on a dropshot, just outside the weedline inabout 9-12 eet o water and caught solidish until I had to leave. Well over twentyish and most between 2-3lbs. The bonuswas a 16 inch 2.2 lb Crappie. Fun stuon an Ultra light setup !
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Calero has a massive submerged weedlinealong it's entire shoreline...get outsideo it once the sun is up.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o B+W at 7.30 am. Fished till 2 pm. Dad and son ishing trip. Son home or a week rom College to turn 21. Dad caught a 2 lb large mouth on a senko and lost another on a pig+jig. Son lost 1 on a june bug. We are new at this and its un.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Use the sun block your wie packs or you so you don't have a taco shell sun burn on your head rom wearing your hat backwards like I do.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BOAT FOR SALE : 1996 ProCrat 185 DualExcellent Condition /Non Toury Boat/Every Option/Plus Wheather Guard Cover/Mercury 150$ 16.500.00Thank you BassrancherBrthe3@aol.com
      City: visalia

      Tips: Buy This Boat And Have A Great Time Fishing !

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 6/16/02 Fished coves in the north end o the lake Father's day. Picked up 3.5 on a black rog around 10am. Then picked up two more on green Senkos o the tule points. Water is still remarkably clear and could see some big cruisers. Headed up Rodman in the aternoon, way up Rodman. Thought I had my lake record on a black/blue jig but instead landed a 12.5 lb cat! Luckily I had on braided line as it put up a heck o a ight. Right ater the cat I picked up a 2.5 and 3.5 o a green pumpkin seed Senko. Weather was beautiul with just a slight breeze.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I you want to ish the north end this summer, go now. The weeds are really growing with the water clarity. Much o it will be choked o by July. As is, had to clear the prop several times.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing today during the school break. Fished rom the shore rom 3 to 5:30PM. Got 3 ish upto two and a hal pound on Carolina rig 4 inch worm. Good news is water continues raising.
      City: Mountain View

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Black Bass still biting at Los Banos Creek got limit at 9:00AM, used night crawlers or bait. Oh! by the way I'm a bank ishing.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: Find the deep water at this time o the year, it works or me.Good luck.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The guy who caught the catish caught it rom the North shore, in the Pacchetti Ranch area, approximately at the point where Bear Meadow trail (?) intersects Stevens Canyon Rd. He was ishing rom shore and using chicken livers, I believe. It was a nice sized cat'.
      City: Belmont

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Where was the guy ishing or the catish, what did he use?
      City: Sunnyvale

Sunday, June 16th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my son and his wie out Saturday. We caught 3 limits. On spinner baits, rogs,senkos and speed traps. Bass went rom 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. Cranked 5 stripers and handed the rod o to my daughter in-law (pulled her arms o ha ha!)
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish were scatter o the bank. Work everything rom tight to the bank to the outside edge o the grass beds. Colors o the day were blue/gold l. senkos - white rog - crawdad red speed trap - white spinnerbait.

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished McClure saturday evening rom 6:30 to 8:30pm. Bites were many but we caught about 7 or 8 spotted bass. Most were small 10-12", biggest one went 15". Fished in Arnold bay on rock walls. It was tough to keep the boat still due to waterskiers.
      City: Merced

      Tips: Try KEEPER 1001B supergrubs or sharks in same color. Would have used YAMAMOTO salt & pepper supergrubs i I would have brought some. A ew ish caught on SPEEDTRAPS (spook, crystal texas shad or parrot colored). Good Luck! For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK @ 137 W. Main st. in Merced or call (209)722-0800.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 68-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sac arm rom about 0530-0900. Nine in the boat, only 2 good ish, one to 2 lbs. Spots and one smallie. Couldn't get a topwater bite at all (missed the only strike I had). Banged a spinnerbait on shore the rest o the time. What little bite there was slowed way down ater 0800.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I think the evening bite is better. Also, too many houseboats and assorted other watercrat on weekends. Wednesday and Thursday evenings are my avorite times.But what do I know...

Saturday, June 15th, 2002

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

      Report: ished the delta out o rivers end in the H20 @ 0600 OUT AT 1200 ished victoria slough and old river with keven and his son nickolas. caught ish on a variety o lures including spinnerbaits, plastics, senkos, buzzbaits. ish seened to be a ew eet rom shore inside the weedline. ish ranged rom 1-3 pounds.
      City: san rancisco

      Tips: kev according to my calculations we ended up with the same aount o ish AND i was ishin rom the back :)

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      Water Temp: 66-68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Rivers End at 6:00, Ran to Victoria and there we stayed til 12:00. The 3 o us (Fred, Niko and I) hit and missed ish on Blades and buzzbaits in the open areas and lipped plastics tight to berms. Hit and missed 20+ bass to 3 lbs and my (9 yr old)son Niko got his irst buzzbait ish. Sorry I back seated you Fred, but great ishing wth you again. Hard to out ish my special handpours
      City: Fremont

      Tips: throw a buzzbait, the ish were active today and should get even better

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Basin Bassmasters held their month club tournament 6/15. Winning weight was a little over 7 lbs. Most o the ish were caught 7-15 eet drop shotting or spit shotting baby brush hogs, leeches, and magic worms and some on cranks. All ish were spotted bass. Big ish was 3.6 pounds. Very slow all day. Camp Far West promised they would have the gates openend at 5 a.m. but ailed to do so. We do not get in until 6:30. Shame on Camp Far West...
      City: Auburn

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on the shore, right side o the marina. We ished rom 6am to noon and caught two large mouth bass 1.5 pounder using carolina rigged lippen tube. My wie caught two two large mouth bass one around 1.5 and the other around 3 pounds using senko. Couldn't rent boats due to high wind.
      City: santa clara

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There have to be a ew ish in this lake, because I saw them jump, but I ished everything in my tackle box and had nada to show or it. I tried crankbaits, jigs, Senkos, and a variety o other plastics, Texas rigged and Carolina rigged, all with the same result; 10 hours on the water without so much as a bite. I didn't see anyone else doing much better. Well, I guess that's not true: I did see a guy who nailed a ~6 lb. catish. But I ished the entire lake and didn't even see any bass.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Bring a walkman and an extra measure o patience ;-)

Friday, June 14th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Some reports are just more fun to do than others and this will be a FUN one!! I'm not sure I have every guided on a Saturday night in the summer at Berryessa, but thank goodness I did last night! We launched out of Markley Cove at 7 PM and fished some in the narrows but the Spanish Armada was still there - talk about crowded!! So we headed to some areas around Big Island and caught two before dark - one client with a smallie about 1-14 on a witches T magic worm. After dark we fished near Berryessa Marina - dodging boats at night - but still with success. The other client - a guide himself, caught a nice smallie about 2-6 and lost another big one on the next cast, darn! I did get one on a jig, but soon we were all using my favorite night worm at Berryessa, the black 7 inch Power worm. The delta breeze was blowing at a pretty good clip, but we were still able to fish, getting another 2 pound smallie and a good spot, about 1-13. This year, my clients have caught most of the big fish, which pleases me to no end. But last night was to be different. About midnight I threw my Power worm off the side of a point and got nailed in about 5 feet of water. I couldn't believe the power of this fish and soon one of the the guys netted my 7-10! She had a flat belly as they do this time of year, but what a fish. After a few more in the boat by my clients, I again fished off the deeper side of a point, staying out of my clients way. I cast up shallow as I always do in the dark of the moon, moved the worm out to about 5 to 7 feet of water, and nearly got the rod jerked out of my hand!!!! This is about one in the morning. As I am fighting this huge fish, I look around and realize I am NOT at Clear Lake or Amador. This really is Berryessa! Finally, after about 2 to 3 minutes, we get this huge bass in the boat which will NOT quit fighting and even jumps back into the water. We freaked!! He nets it again and I thought we were going to have to lay on it to keep it in the boat. Finally we were able to weigh it - 9 pounds 3 oz, with no flat belly. A real Berryessa toad. Both fish nearly swallowed the worm on the hit. I still don't believe it, but I have photos to prove it!! It is interesting to me that this is my second Berryessa "double" at exactly 16 pounds 13 ounces combined. We wound up with only 11 in the boat because we missed so many. The five biggest weighed 22 1/4 pounds. We only had one dink. What a night! Now I am really looking forward to my guided trip next Sat night - maybe thats when the big ones bite!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: So, why were these two quality largemouth in 5 feet of water? One could be a fluke, but not two! I am convinced it was the wind that triggered a movement to shallow water after several days of dead calm water during the hear spell. The funny thing was that it wasn't a wide open bite! The key was fishing off the side of a point for more quality fish - in other words - access to deep water. The smaller bass were on the points, at least last night. These fish seemed to want the worm worked a little faster than normal, probably because of the very warm water. And believe me, these fish were hot - great fighters!!

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise Point around 8:30 a.m. I have houseguests, so could only ish 'til 11:00. First stop was back in Pixley at high tide. Flipped jigs, white spinnerbait and Senkos. Nothing but a couple o undersize bank runners.Made the short run back to Disappointment when the tide started moving. Picked up a ew more small bass on spinnerbait and Senko.Very slow or the next couple o hours.Finally managed to stick a 5# on the way back to the ramp. Fished or an additional 45 mins with nothing but a couple o more dinks.The 5# was the only legal sized bass I caught, but no complaint here.
      City: Manteca

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

      Report: arrived on the lake at noon began ishing at about 1pm o by about 5pm with a ew small ish. 6-15-02 started at about 8 am what a day on the water began catching right away in about 18' o water. biggest 9lbs even. we were culling 3 lbers by 11 am. biggest 5 went 28lbs. 6-16-02 very windy didnt ish very long this day due to the wind and broken trolling motor but caught a ew smaller ish in the tullies. 6-17-02 started about 9 am still real windy and broken trolling motor so ound an area out o the wind behind rattlesnake and ished till 1130 and caught a bunch o 2 to 3lbers.
      City: visalia

      Tips: rocky areas in deeper water produced our 28lb limit. a lot o weeds this year.