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Friday, May 10th, 2002

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Fishing was not very good but I cought the 7 pound spawning monst bass with buzz bait.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: buzz baits

Thursday, May 9th, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wind howling in early morning couldn't get in until around noon. Fished North side o main body East o marina around tules and ound a 3 pounder and a 15" er on brown and orange jig with a split tail trailer. Brother in law caught a 2 lber on a small shad colored swim bait. Tried reaction baits but no luck. Only my second time on the lake so I haven't got the pattern down yet. The scenery is the reason I like this lake so much. Looking east over the dam you can see snow covered Mount Lassen and looking North you can see Mount Shasta. The dam is built between two buttes that are the home to many predatory birds, and watching them sail in the wind will sometimes take your mind o the slow ishing.
      City: Marysville

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Out o Lundborg today, no wind in the morning, suprise! Mid outgoing tide. Stayed around Franks most o the morning throwing a Cht/Cht all metal persuader buzz bait #96112 got the irst 3 that bit 1.5 to 3lbs. We then just ran around ishing rocks and weeds with a little current and got bite ater bite, some good one and a lot o little ones. It seems just behind the current with some sparse weeds is where the ish are. We would catch a 8"er then a 2lber all sizes were every where, I had one giant ish blow up where I thouhg I would catch a little one. I believe ther just cruising the bank eating shad. Ater misisng 10 or so a added a trailer hook and landed a 1.5lber then missed a bunch more and the missed ish would not hit a ollow up bait but you have to try. Ater Franks we ran south and only had a couple o bite then ran to whites and caught a ew there but the tide was too low. We had about 30+ bites on the buzz bait and 5 on the rog. A un day but no size on 3 over 3.
      City: Concord

      Tips: The top water biite is on, the right spot and you will get the right bites. Throw it ALL DAY, we didn't start till ater 7:00am

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: -----------

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: You can go to Coyote Bait and Tackle. They have JUMBOS (but there not that Jumbo or big....) And i think they have regular minnows too. Hope that helps. Im going up May 11th and 12th to Del Valle and going or Striped Bass with JUMBOS.
      City: Santa Clara

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I agree with Newman and Phil. Went out Wed. evening and caught a ew inthe trees at my avorite spot, but nothing like it has been. Then hit shallow rock piles aroubd the peninsula with grubs and caught 13 more.Went out thursday evening or a ew hours beore the Kings game and only caught 3.I think most the ish have spawned, hopeully more will move up.
      City: G B

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      Water Temp: Low 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tubed the ponds with my buddy. He caught 2, I caught 8; not much size except one 3+ lber. All ish caught on Senkos, color didn't seem to matter. No bites on jigs, lukes or variety o other plastics.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Stick with the Senkos. Gary Yamamoto's gotta be making a ortune o these things...

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: n.a.

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out o Jones Valley ,had a great day ishing was great.I was not going to post ater seeing 2 guys in a cove in Jones Valley,one was holding up about a 5lb. unspawned emale. I watched them take a picture,then hook it on a stringer. They were ishing beds with live minnows.Maybe there shoud be some kind o law during to stop the larger ish being harvested during the spwawn. Catch & realese. I they want a meal there are pleanty o 12inch ish.
      City: Corning

Wednesday, May 8th, 2002

  • Napa County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 4pm for 4 hours ,got 5 fish all on Senkos(214)Tried cranks ,blades,lizards with no luck.Most fish were tight to cover.One 2lber banged the senko the second it hit the water.7 lb limit for 4 hours and hardly fireed up the big motor out of Cappell since ttime was short.
      City: Napa

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: u.k.

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Again, it was windy and cool. Fished only the aternoon and got 8 ish up to 5lbs... all on senkos. No jig bite today. Fished the south delta and the water quality was all over the place. Lots o guys on the water or the middle o the week.
      City: Brentwood

      Tips: Fish still are well away rom real current. My neighbors in town (Brentwood)say that this has been a very cool (even cold) spring.

  • Alameda County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: John Walton rom Waltons pond and I went to the parks Dept board meeting on tuesday. It seems the biologists didnt have a permit on record to transport bass to the quarry lakes. We have had an overwelming responce to this issue. Thanks to people like you it can make it easier to get something done about this matter. There was one biologist there that so he said wasn't in the boat that took the bass, but he was caught between a rock and a hard place. He ound out that we meen business about this and it better be stopped asap. ears about this. This could be growing problem because quarry lakes are already ished out or the bass and talks were made o going to Dell Valle to get the ish. Talks about a petition have been scratched. It wont do any good. We have done better! An investigation has been started by Dept Fish and Game on this ILLEGAL transportation o game ish. Keep Tuned and I will ill all you in on outcomes in the weeks to come
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Please support catch and release not catch and kill. we will do our best to stop the shock and ship. we will need your help to make the dierence. I will post the next board meeting o importance on this page so keep inormed

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just like the guys in the last couple o reports, things seem to have slowed down or at least changed. Been pretty much slaying em since the end o March, good weather or bad.The last couple o trips (5/6 and 5/8, both evening) It was tough. Caught ewer and smaller ish using the same patterns. You can still ind a bed or two but the ish are VERY spooky and I seem to waste more time than it's worth. Personally, I think the ish are still in the trees and on and around rockpiles but have changed THEIR pattern. Last month you had to put the bait in ront o them and the bite was light. Now, ish seem to be chasing. Ater dropping Senkos in the trees rom 20 t. and only getting hit on the ast retrieve close to the boat, I inally tied on a spinner bait and picked up a couple o nice ish out o the same trees I had been throwing Senkos in to. Maybe the Senkos have been working SO well or SO long that some o us have orgotten that other baits exist. I did have a 4 or 5 pounder ollow a Senko all the way to the boat. Oh well, I guess i there WAS only 1 bait in the world...........
      City: Lotus

      Tips: EXPERIMENT!

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      Water Temp: 63-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Finished work early so i headed out to the lake around 3:30.Went straight to the trees where i've been banging them or at least a month.To my dismay they were no longer there.I did catch a ew but most were the 13-14 inch rats that tear up your bait.Looks like they've either moved out or there not on a evening bite. I did try top water(spook)and didn't get one blow up.
      City: C.H.

  • Butte County
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      Water Temp: 62 -68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: TOOK SOME REALLY NICE CLIENTS OUT FISHING FROM 6A.M. - 4P.M. STARTED OUT TOP WATER, BUT WAY TOO WINDY. TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WIND. FISHED A LITTLE OF THE WEST BRANCH, NORTH FORK, AND DARK CANYON. CAUGHT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 FISH RANGING FROM 10"-18" ON GITZITS. BEST FISHING WAS LATE AFTERNOON. FISH SEEMED TO BE UP TIGHT. WE HAD A BALL!!ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS CAUGHT THE LARGEST FISH OF THE DAY - A 3-3 1/2 LB. SPOT. BUSY WEEK WITH CLIENTS, LOOK FOR FUTURE REPORTS. GOOD LUCK, AND GOOD FISHING!!!
      City: Paradise

      Tips: FISH GITZITS ON 1/8 -3/16 OZ. DARTERHEAD. CAUGHT FISH ON ALL COLORS.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: THROW SPOOKS ALL DAY "OKIE SHAD" ESPECIALLY IN CANYON CREEK YOU WILL CATCH MORE LARGEMOUTH THERE THAN ANY PLACE ON LAKE.THE LARGEMOUTH ESPECIALLY LIKE THE LONG "A" BOMBER IN CLOWN THAT SUSPENDS ESPECIALLY IN CANYON CREEK. THIS IS ACCURATE INFORMATION GO EARLY IN MORNING AND RIGHT BEFORE DARK. I SPENT 3 DAYS DIVING & FISHING AND CANYON IS WHERE THE LUNKERS ARE AND OVER TO FOREMAN CREEK.ALSO FISH FIRST COVE ON LEFT IN MIDDLE FORK (NORTH BIDWELL HILL)AND SYCAMORE CREEK HAD ALOT OF BIG LARGEMOUTHS.UNION CREEK FISH WERE DEEPER. CAROLINA BROWN/BLACK SHARK OR PUMPKIN/WATERMELON LIZARD.
      City: CHICO

      Tips: TAKE A KID FISHING,PASS IT ON-.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It's been a while since I've ished Soula', but the crappie was outstanding, though most were small. You could honestly catch a hundred or two! A small 1/64 1" tube or grub in chartreuse (or your avorite color) rigged tandem a oot apart a couple eet under a tiny bobber, tipped with a wax worm i the ish were touchy. Ice ishing jigs were also good. From the dam let as ar back as you cared to walk. Caught a ew nice ones (2lb) ishing plastics or bass, but most about hand size. A long ultralight rod, a backpack, and good hiking boots with a ew jigs and your set. Well that's how it used to be. Good luck!
      City: S.F.

Tuesday, May 7th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 62-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just out ishing today, looking or smallies out o Hog BackReally windy I was only able to throw reaction baits. The bite was sparse most o the day with a ish here and a ish there, using a Persuader 1/2oz wht/cht Spinner bait slow rolling, the ish would crush it then nothing there. This happened about 10 times then I bright idea "trailer hook" and then I started hooking them. Also ound a bird wrapped in ishing line stuck to a tree, had to run up on the rocks to cut it loose b8ut it was worth it to see it ly away. I ran around a lot then at the end o the day I ound a bank that was loaded, the tide was up and I caught smallies to 2.5lbs on about every other cast using a Cht/blu 1/8oz speed trap. Most o the sparse smallies were on little points just behind the current.
      City: Concord

      Tips: I stopped by the Master Baiter in Isleton and learned a lot o good ino on crawdads. They have a big tank ull o them.Cover water ind the ish then ish or those ish.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Team Bass Tournament on Saturday May 18th. $75.00 entry ee. BBQ ater weigh in, ree or all entries Trophies up to 3rd place 70% payback plus Prizes Proessionally organized No membership required 5 ish, 13" on a lat board No live bait, Catch and Release, Dead ish penalty Check in and sign-ups at 4:30am at North Shore Blast o at 6:00am Weigh in at 3:00pm Any questions call Shawn O'shea at (916)331-8174 or email Heath at heathp@pacbell.net
      City: Folsom

      Tips: This is an extremely un tournament to ish in!!!!!!!

  • Leon County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went ishing or bass, and tried most o the coves on the East wide o the lake -- nothin' doin'. Tried Senkos, crank baits, and various jigs with no luck. Saw a ew nice ish, but couldn't get them to hit. Finally switched over to trout lures (minnow crank baits), and pulled a hal dozen nice rainbows out, to 18".
      City: Belmont

  • Mariposa County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started ishing around 3pm-8pm, boated 30 ish. All ish caught on worms, grubs, senkos. clear/blue blood line worm, senkos-white/blue pearl,white/green,rainbow color. Most ish on clear salt/pepper grubs. Very windy.
      City: Merced

      Tips: ish around trees and rock walls, most hits were 5-10 t away rom the shore, slow presentation.

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      Water Temp: 63F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Customers o STEVE'S BAIT SHACK @ 137 W. Main st. in Merced are reporting ishing at McClure is hot to say the least. Fishermen reported over 100 ish caught per boat this past weekend. Bass are taking oxblood worms, salt & pepper grubs, brown/green worms. A ew big ish have been taken in the past ew weeks on Senkos. The urther up the main river channel towards Bagby more ish are being caught. Spotted bass are agressive and hitting anything that moves. Topwater bite has been good in the early morning, Zara Spooks and Rebel Pop-Rs doing best. Crankbaits have been producing well in the evening. For crankbaits use rainbow trout Speedtrap or Ambush Stealthdivers in shad patterns. We have the latest hard to ind lures and several lines that are exclusive to STEVE'S BAIT SHACK. Come and see us or give us a call @ (209) 722-0800. The ishing advice is always ree!
      City: MERCED