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Tuesday, June 4th, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Saw lots o blow ups all over the lake how ever I could only get one swirl on a top water Got 3 ish a dink a 1lber and a 2.5 all on senkos Wat/Red lake 9l size came o tulie stickups o on thier own or in the deep channel right next to shore.
      City: Pittsburg

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Does anybody know what the lake level is? I am going night ishing riday and I thought maybe I could get a heads up on the level o the lake. thanks
      City: Hughson

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is still hot at McClure. Slot-size spotted bass are numerous and easy to catch. Big black bass are being caught but they are tricky. Crappie being taken while ishing or bass. Remember the slot limit 12-15" bass may not be kept. Trout can be caught trolling between Temperance and the dam.
      City: Merced

      Tips: Grubs in salt & pepper. Senkos in watermelon/black, watermelon/black & red, watermelon creme laminate, salt & pepper or white. Crankbaits and topwater in the early morning and late evening. Good Luck. Call (209) 722-0800 or stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK in Merced at 137 W. Main st.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went across rom the boat rental place, and caught around 12 trout. No net, so we dropped our o them.
      City: Pennsylvania

      Tips: Rainbow power bait

Monday, June 3rd, 2002

  • Mason County
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: One o my better days on Anderson. Got a late start - in the water at 1130 and out at 1530 (orced o by wind). Caught 20 ish to 2.5 lbs, all on texas-rig 6" worm (brown/ghost with red lake). All ish were caught in 5-15' pretty much o any point. Bigger ish were on rocky points in the main lake. Lake is down and continuing to drop in prep. or the boat ramp repairs in Sept. I was surprised by the amount o ski boat traic or a Monday - summer must be getting close.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Drop a 6 in. worm in 5-15' o water pretty much o any point. I suspect anything with red lake will work. Get it deep - the ish are hugging the bottom.

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: launched at Orwood at 7:00am, irst ish in the boat rom the backseat at 8:45 a 2.12 largemouth, kinda dissappointed because o slow start, then my irst ish in the boat goes 7lbs. even! now I'm awake. then I get a 3.8,4.7,2.6,2.0 between 9 and 3:30 but those were the only 5 keepers or me, not great numbers but good size, wish it would have been a Tourny, all ish caught on Senkos. backseat experimented with other rubber but not much, 2 keepers and some dinks. any day out ishin beats workin! Senkos, next best thing to nightcrawlers.God Bless. Matt.4:19
      City: castro valley

      Tips: let them take the Senko, use at least 12# test line in the Delta.

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

      Report: Does anybody need a partner? I've been dying to get out to Sonoma, but I cant aord to rent a boat..
      City: Santa Rosa

Sunday, June 2nd, 2002

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent Friday thru Sunday looking or some o Almanors amous Smallmouth--and did hit some ish to 3 1/2 lbs--though most ish were in the 12-14 inch range..Fished the north end with white on white blades and scored on the larger ish--just an casting over stumps in 5-7 eet o water...got a couple on topwater and some smaller ones split shotting an MGM watermelon/red 4 inch worm...did get a number o ish on small rip baits-but mostly small ish..May just be a week or two early or them to really break out..Good Luck
      City: Mt. Shasta

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On the water late 10:00 Fished all day and only caught 6 all small except or one that went a little over 2 lbs which was caught on a lizard. Nothing else seemed to work. Very slow. Talked to others that said the same. "Very Slow"
      City: Auburn

      Tips: Don't just pass a spot up without tossing at it at least 10 times. Had some chase a spinner but no hookups all small..

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry to stack up the reports at once some times time is in short supply. Two person guide trip, spinning rods Launched at Lundborg and ran to quimby 1st o but the ish were not biting on the high incomming tide so went back to washington or the high outgo and started catching ish speed traps and deep littel n's we then cranked our way down quimby to middle river just crankin and ended up with 45+ ish or the day most small but some 2+lbers mixed in. Had a ew rog bites and got me another client luckely he ducked an it just glanced o his head.
      City: Concord

      Tips: I believe in a hard set and i that rog ish lets go watch out! Fly'n rogs

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Saturday with riends. Our best ish came on Senkos. Color did not seem to make a dierence. Some rog ish were caught, but not the quality we wanted. My best ive were (2) 6 lbers. and (3) 3 lbers. A nice 21 lb. stringer. The ish we caught still were carrying eggs. Must be the last o the spawners?
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish deep pockets around grass beds. Fish slow and slower. Colors used were green w/pepper--brown w/blue lake--blue w/gold lake.

Saturday, June 1st, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took three fellows to Berryessa Saturday during the 38th cold front of the year. the wind calmed down a bit from 7 to 10 AM but then got very gusty during the rest of the trip. With that problem and all the boating activity, my guys had trouble feeling all the bites and missed several fish, but we still managed to put 15 in the boat with one of the fellows landed a spot a shade over two pounds and a 2 pound largemouth. One of the guys hung a good fish but lost it. Five of our bass were largemouth and three were smallies. We fished the narrows and Wragg Canyon. Because of the cool weather I guess, the fish really didn't move into the mudlines that were forming. They might have after we left. I tried to see if a topwater bite would happen, but only had one boil. We found some fish still in the backs of coves and some on main lake points. The green pumpkin 4" Berkley Pulse Worm was our best bait - the morning dawn Magic worm worked too. Could not get a decent bite on Senkos.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Since there were so many in the boat, we didn't try crankbaits. Jigs didn't work either, just worms - at least on Saturday. All of our bass were tournament keepers except three. Did find a few fish already relating to ledges - beginning of summer pattern!!

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

      Report: Headed to Franks hoping or a topwater bite, but hte delta breeze took that option away. Got only 2 buzzers, both small. Went to middle river, got about 6 dinks on senkos, lost a good one also on senko. Threw 6" zippers WAY back in tules to get a couple 2.5's. All the rest very small.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: Small ish are easy to catch, thrwo big baits to up your chances o bigger ish (at least 8" or a 7" senko)

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished at Heli-Pad. Got one ish about twoand a hal pound. Very windy.
      City: Mountain View

  • Benton County
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      Water Temp: ~60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake was closed Thurs & Fri or algeatreatment. There was still copper sulphateloating on the water. We started out by the boat docks limiting out with worms catching planters, we dropped live crawlwers down to the thermal and bam. Then, about 9am we headed around the lake casting or BASS.Tough day or bass, only landed 2. First was a 2lber, Second was a 4.2 lber. We tried all patterns,(spinners,jigs,cranks,jerks,popers,drop shot....)Caught the 4lber on a pumpkin/green 5"senko weightless with a 3/0 ewg gama hook.The other bass was on a 6" watermelon wormcarolina rigged. This Lake is beautiul.No gas motors allowed. They rent row boatsor $5.00 per hour,(bring your trolling motor and battery).Nice break or the other area lakes that are polluted with annoyingskiers,jet skies,skim boards and those idiots with thier 1000 watt stereo's blastingwhile they cruise around the lake.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Alot o reakin troutTough or bass but peaceullots and lots o bluegill that were attackingour bass lures.Great or kids to catch trout and Bluegill/Sunish

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

      Report: irst o the logging road isn't bad when i went. i was camped at uller grove, NW end o lake, and went casting or bass in the evening using a crank and caught a big rainbow. the ish were eeding very agressively in the evening cruising the shoreline. i ended up walking/casting to the most NW corner o the lake and then went bobber ishing with worms. ish were hitting let and right. a riend was ishing o the bottom and doing just as good. in about 2 hours i caught 6 ish. two nice rainbows, 15"+, two smaller ones 10"+, and a squawish. next night was just as good. during the day on sat i caught one good rainbow with bobber/worm. basically ishing is great in evening along NW shore. large trout were even hitting a rat-l-trap, go igure.
      City: san rancisco

      Tips: ish rom shore using #10 bait hook with split shot 1.5' above hook and bobber 1.5' above split shot. make sure no part o hook is showing or they won't even pay attention. i you get a bite check the hook to make sure its not showing. they are also hitting on small cranks and even rat-l-traps. spoons in the 1" to 2" range in trout patterns also produced. ish a ew hours beore sundown to sundown.

  • Westchester County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: had to get out o house... Kids were driving me crazy... Opening day at the quarry the had a ish pond or the kids to take the trout... Really nice o the EBRPD to stock and provide all the services today. The rest o the lake was slow my daughter caught a our pound carp... also seems to be alot o mitten crabs, oh well at least we got out today... the weather was okay. Still saw a ew trout being taken.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: A great place to take a kid ishing... Powerbait what else.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Zoom trick worms???
      City: Cst Vly

      Tips: worms?

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Yes Fonzy the weeds will stay all year be-cause there was not enough water this winter to lush them out. zoom trick worm blows away senko any day.
      City: cv

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well I was out at Shasta memorial weekend and it was rough. We were camping in jones valley (We were the ones with the HUGE lag) N E WAYZ Boat moter ended up breaking so we had no boat and had to resort to loat tubes. Went out on the tubes a ew times and My riend STICKS was the only 1 who caught a bass. It was about 2lbs. On the other side o the story the rangers and police ended up RAIDING our campsite with GUNS drawn and everything. It was 5150. They ended up writing a ew tickets or under age drinking but thats it. We catished a ew nights also with nothing. The lake is very ull!!
      City: sunnyvale ca

      Tips: Dont go camping to shasta Lake on a 3-day weekend.Make sure your boat engine works and WATCH OUT FOR THE POLICE! Have a good 1