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Thursday, May 2nd, 2002

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

      Report: JUST GOT BACK FROM SHASTA AND OROVILLE, GREAT TIME...JUST LETTING YOU KNOW PHILS PROPS CARRIES A FULL LINE OF MARKS TAILS 1-800-462-3917, OR GIVE THEM THE NAME OF LURE AND A TRAILER WILL BE MADE TO MATCH IT IDENTICALLY. ALOT OF TOURNAMENTS ARE BEING WON ON THESE TRAILERS.I ORDERED RICO 519 FROM MARK WHAT A DIFFERENCE FROM THE WHITE TAIL THAT FALLS APART AFTER LITTLE USE. GOOD FISHING ROBERT
      City: REDWOOD CITY

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 58.6--61.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out o Jones Valley this am at 0545, air temp 49 lake down to 8.78t, slight wind out o the north, ran over into blue canyon or three on a spook but not a lot o ish back in the back, went to Arbulckle and stuck 15 with one going 2.2 on jigs all in under 12 t o water. tons o cruisers and some bedded ish but I let the bedded ish alone, never been much o a bed ishing type. Ran back south to clickapudi or three more around some willows on the MGM 156 but no size, got back to jones valley at 1010 air temp at 63 and a nice guy gave me a lit to the top o the hill, I drove him back down to pull out.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, May 1st, 2002

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

      Report: Got on the water about 8 a.m. out o Ladd's with my brother and went to Middle River and ished tules and weeds. Just went right down the bank trying everything that looked good and some that didn't. We had a good time and tried a ew new spots. We caught 26 with the biggest going 6.0 and the rest were 3 lbs. and below. All the ish were caught on a black/blue lake senko. Tried a chart. spinnerbait and a speed trap without any luck, not even a strike. Everything we caught was as tight to whatever cover they were using as they could get. Miss your spot by a oot and there was nothing. It had to be in their ace.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Most o the bites we had were just swimos, not very agressive.

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: With a good buddy living in the oaks, I should ish up here more oten but rarely make the trip. I guess I could have picked a better day. We started about 9am at Rattle snake Isle. I Picked up a 2 pounder on a senko ishing the edge o some thules and my buddy did manage a 6 pounder on a minnow (his only ish) Fished back in the keys a little and I caught another 2# and a 4#, both on senkos. That was it or the day. Both ish in the Keys were almost grey. Maybe rom the cooler water or some kind o stress??, strange!
      City: Lotus

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: To answer the guy about the carp - they were up and around but most have headed or deeper water with the cold weather. I did see that biggest carp spawning that I think I have ever seen in Jago Bay - had to be 25 to 30 pounds. Wow! Anyway, I launched my Ranger 520 with a great client yesterday morning and couldn't begin to say how excited I was to see the water temp at 54 degrees! I think the calendar said April 30!! We inally ound 61 degree water in the back o Paradise Cove in the aternoon. Most areas about 58. At least the sun was out. We saw some crusing bass as did other olks - but they showed no interest. No bed ish at all (south end). We did manage three bass or nearly 12 pounds - the biggest a spawned out 4 1/2. My client caught a nice one nearly 4 pounds at Anderson Island on the new Senko #306 (natural shad). Both o mine were caught on the bluegill Senko #214 - the irst ones o the year on that color. Talked to two other boats with no ish. It was pretty slow. Lots o ishing pressure and unstable weather really make it tough or the time being. Think I will stay away this weekend!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Senkos started o slow this year but they are making up or lost time. I can't get bit on a jig lately. Maybe the crawdad population is down some. We targeted tule/wall combinations.

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the NewBass tourney on 4/20 & 4/21. Threw everthing in the box on Saturday and did not get a tap. Average ish per boat on Saturday was one ish with big ish at 9.85 and one boat with ive ish. Sunday wind was calm and water clear. Went south to redbud and picked up 6.95 on a senko at 9:30. Caught a 8" on a jig a ew minutes later. Went back to Konocti Bay around 1:00 caught a 1+ then lipped under a dock and got a 6.5. First day was zero and second day came in with 14.5 and 7th place. Watched as all the BASS rigs came driving in on HWY 20.
      City: sacot

      Tips: Bite was tough. It seemed as though senkos were the only thing that would make them react.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to the back lakes today. Put my tube in the water and kicked out on the island pond. Tried Kastmasters, Rooster tails and Power bait and got no bites. The salmon were just not biting today.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: I would try using some bread

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57 to 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Bailey Cove at 7:30AM. Had the pleasure o having my Dad with me this morning. He's up rom Salinas enjoying our sunshine and no og, and great ishing. First stopped at Ycotti and threw a 1/4 oz. jig and bang, irst cast, boated a 12incher. The race was on, I boated about 5 or 6 beore dad got the hang o the sot bite. There was no tap, the line just got heavy and the ish was there. Followed Jerry, my team partner to Nosini and he went down on side and we went down the other, boating numerous small ish. At 11:00AM Jerry headed back home and we headed to Ellery Creek area. From 11:00 to 11:30 we caught ish on almost every cast along the east side bank. We ished back down to Nosini and by then Dad's arms are about to all o rom catching ish. Out at 3:15PM. IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY ON THE WATER FOR A SON AND HIS FATHER.(and the son gave his dad a ishing lesson.)
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: Jigs at 20 to 30 eet. Worms later in the day.MGM #156, 157,127 and 11/with chart. tail....Sot bite, eel extra weight and set the hook.

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      Water Temp: 57.6-59.1

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got in the water at 0525 at Bailey Cove, irst one there this am, air temp 45, water at 8.69 t and starting to drop, heavy overcast with slight drizzle and lat water, pulled o the loat and threw a spook right o or three quick ish on the irst batch o willows on the let going out, tried a crank bait with no takers, ran to the caverns erry or 4 more on the spook in the willows in the back, moved over to Ycotti and went into the back or 11 on my jigs, all small but legal, saw my team partner out in ront o Ycotti and moved over to say hi to his Dad rom Salinas, he showed me his new stick and o we went upstream to Nosoni, caught 3 out in ront and went back inside or 11 more and all small, best was only 1.6 and no emales, did see one on a nest that might go 4 with a bunch o little guys around her, picked o 2 o those but she just swam o, went most o the way back in or 3 more with another 1.7. caught about 30 but no size, three on worms, the new 158 by MGM called the hunter, the rest on jigs, lots o ish in the willows and cruisers galore. out at 115, air temp at 54, college kids due on mothers day, get up here and ish beore they show up and enjoy 50 plus ish per day as long as you can hit the lake with whatever your throwing!
      City: Redding

Tuesday, April 30th, 2002

  • Plumas County
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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished annual Forest Service tourney this past weekend.There were some big weights brought to the scales with over 32# as the winner. The tremendous reaction bitedied with the poor weather-what a shame! Plastics were therule. My In-laws ished well and inished seventh throwingSenkos and Drop-shoting Predator worms-CongratulationsSteve and Jim!
      City: redding

      Tips: Senkos in watermelon/black & greenpumpkin/black.3" Predator worms in colors #758 & #790. The #758 is a Bluegill pattern which works real well when targetingpost spawn ish. Good luck!

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

      Report: I am going to the delta on 05-04-02. Can anyone help me with where to go or striper. Trolling or casting or baitishing. thanks.
      City: hughson

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I am new on senco ishing and I was wondering i anyone had any good tips or ishing them in the summer
      City: antioch

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Coyote twice last week mainly using dierent types o swimbaits. Although I saw 3 bass that were probably trophy size and many more over 5 pounds, I couldn't get anything to hit. I tried Jigs, senkos, and a spinner bait with nothing. This week I'll try some 7 inch senkos and see i that could get me a trophy sized bass. Live bait is tempting to use or these big boys but artiicals are more rewarding.

      Tips: Any tips or me?

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Like busting o a post a ew days beore a bass club meeting. The boys say I'm entertaining- that's like being told your blind date has a good personality. Made an extra long tow to Rattlesnake or a couple reasons. Had to ish on the trolling motor only (engine still down), and I picked up a new tow rig- a mint 1 year old Toyota Sequoia, and I thought I'd test it out. Mint is the key word- what happened to showroom depreciation? More on this in a minute, Tony asked me to stick to the ishing irst on these reports. 15 or so, nothing over 3lbs. Senkos in the willows and darterheads on the walls. The bucks were up shallow and I think the actual spawners were just picking up the bait and moving it as evidenced by hal o your plastic coming back ater an unsuccessul swing. I downsized to 4 inch, and improved my ratio, but not the quality. Too windy to see the beds, and I broke my Solar Bat rames again anyway. Got a couple on blades too. Lake level is being held at 445 eet or two weeks now- interesting to know why. My rig turned curios heads. A newly aquired Sequoia with papers still on the windshield towing an engineless bass boat. The lower unit is still there, and there's wires and cables hanging out loosly with a couple zip ties. My boat has the used hard and put away wet look anyway. At a glance it obvious who wears the pants in this amily. Consider this: with the better hal proiling around, rolling up to soccer games in a real nice sled, I get a truckload o go ishing permission slips. (Hopeully)
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Take advantage o the unseasonal cool, cloudy weather- it's good ishing conditions.

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

      Report: Going to Oroville Thursday, Been hearing that there's a whole lot o debri in the water. Can any o you guys that have been there in the last week let me know how bad or not bad the debri problem is? Is it worse in the north or south etc.Thanks or the help,Bill
      City: Dublin

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

      Report: Took 11 guys on houseboat or 6th annual trip. Friday wentto Riverview and caught some trout, SAT made our way to O'Brien and you iceskate on top o the houseboat, weather was not good.Sunday the guys started catching bass like crazy. Should have the house boat in by 2.00 pm got in at 5.00.Too much un Me and my partner had to illet 24 bass or the city olks all legal.rom 12" to 15"Top wter ell o and switched to plastic grubs
      City: Lakehead

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      Water Temp: 58-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished annual Forest Service tourney this past weekend.Some heavy weights were brought to the scales with over32# the winner. Reaction bite went down with the weather.Plastics were the rule. My In-laws ished well and tookseventh place throwing Senkos and Predator worms.Congratulations Steve and Jim!
      City: redding

      Tips: Senkos in Watermelon/black & Greenpumpkin/black.3" Predator worms in colors #758 & #790. The #758 is aBluegill pattern that works real well when targeting post spawn ish. Good luck!

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      Water Temp: ----------

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I heard rom my dad who heard rom one o his co-workers that Stevens Creek Reservoir got emptied a couple o years ago........They took out all the ish and moved them somewhere else....So there arent that many bass but there are, i saw some.
      City: Santa Clara

Monday, April 29th, 2002

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two person Guide Trip, Launched at Lundborg, High tide in am, wind was howling 20 plus, Trying to stay out o the wind and ind a place these guysd can ish, one guy spinning rod only. Stayted local or the irst 2-3hrs and ished real shallow. Spinning rod guy w/whiches t 6" worm gets 3 close to 2lbers in the weeds draggin, guy up ront lippn june bug/cht 6" zipper get a couple then a nice 5lber. The whole time I'm dead stickin a rog in the tulles, I miss one air size, then I get a 4lber and miss one good one, the rog ish are in the tulles about 1 t o water, rog sitting or about a minute or two. We just ished down the weedy lat bank and caught ish ever 100 eet or so ishing real slow. Some ish pre spawn, some post. Th ewind died down a little so we ran ove rto a rock/weed wall a ew miles away. The spinning rod guy draggin the 6" worm gets a 5.6lber, had to weight it his biggest ever. (lake guy :-)) The guy up ront was throwing wtr melon senkos/red lake behind the weed line almost low tide and gets about 10 down the bank, I ind a 4lber on the Persuader Cht/Cht buzz bait and a couple on a wht/cht 1/2 spinnerbait. I give the spinning rod guy a speed trap and he starts inding a ish here and there to 3lbs. Stayed around Franks all day used 3 gals o gas and caught lots o ish. Best 5 a little over 20 could have used that Sun
      City: Concord

      Tips: Spawn and post spawn ish ish slow, we ound ishing real slow and quiet we caught more ish, especially when they are shallow

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

      Report: Me and my buddy went out on sunday, and ished the struture by the rattlesnake bar area and we caught 10 total in about 4 hours ishing, so it was pretty slow.We ished the points and ished struterted areas.I it was hotter i think they would be biting a little bit more, then what they did sunday.We were throwing black magic worms, and pumpkin seed brown craw magic worms.
      City: rio linda

      Tips: Use 6" inch worms, magic worms, mostly any color, but mostly balck and brown.And throw a spinnerbait once in a while!!!!!! goood luck!!!!