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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wie & I took 4 yr. old grandson out at 8 am to 12 pm. He got to reel in six average 12" to 14" largemouth & one 2 lb. Crappie. He couldn't reel in the 4 lb. largemouth so helped the wie net it. Hooked one other 5+ bass but it made a run into a nearby weed bed then shook the hook. 15 to 20 mph wind help scatter the algae bloom but made boat control a little tougher. All ish came split shotting plastics. No takers on spinner bait.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Most ish appeared to be aggressive males either preparing beds or guarding them? Todays color o choice or majority o ish was june bug. 4" curly tails or small crawdad imitations.

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

      Report: Went out on Easter Sunday, about 2 PM. I ished at Horseshoe Lake (irst time ever to these lakes) ater about 45 minutes WHAM a huge hit. I landed the trout it was about 1.5 pounds, nice ish and put up a great ight. I stuck with Rainbow Powerbait all day, had great sucess. I Think I will try again this weekend.
      City: Sunnyvale

  • Merced County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the big lake and orebay 3-25, rom 6a.m. untill 5p.m. W/loat tubes (me and my son). Beautiul day, no wind no people and no ish. Used jumbo minnows 10t. to 65t. My son jigged tubes,lukes and tossed rattle traps. I got into a school o ish at 65t. that were sucking up my $1.25 minnows. Ater bringing up Two o these louzy weird ish(thought I was Having another o my strange dreams come true)I decided to move on.My son was laughing so hard when he saw what I pulled up and said they don't count as ish. Actually the bite was almost the same as the 25lber I caught a month earlier. Fished the towers in the orebay,nothing doing. Went to check 12 and my son inally caught a dink on a gits-it! Got home and read that a 54lber was caught near us that day. Oh-well!! Looks like we'll have to wait till the bait moves back into shore.
      City: Madera

      Tips: Water was crystal clear and cold.Fish were way o shore in thermal pockets.

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: N.A.

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Jones Valley at 6:oo a.m.,the ramp was very busy.Very light wind so I decided to go about 2 miles above Arbuckle.Tried rippin and spinner bait-nothing.Caught 5 on a Luer Jenson crawdad.Caught 4 on hula grub and 10 on a 3" senko.O the 19 ish 1 was a large mouth 5 were small mouth and 13 were spots. All ish were keepers best was 2 3/4.Senko ish were in about 10' t0 15'.Crank ish about the same depth,the rest in 25' to 35'.
      City: Corning

      Tips: It looks like the smallmouth may make it back,last 3 years showing an improvement.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY HAVE TO AGREE BASS SHOULDN'T BE FISHED WHILE BEDDING.I HAVE BASS FISHED FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS NOW AND PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE AND I AM AN AVID TOURNAMENT FISHERMAN AND BELIEVE THAT FISH SHOULD NOT BE FISHED WHILE BEDDING IN TOURNAMENTS OR OTHERWISE ESPECIALLY BY THE MEAT FISHERMAN. ALOT OF STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS AS FOR RETURNING TO BEDS OR HAVING BEDS RAIDED AND NONE WOULD SUPPORT BED FISHING BESIDES LOOK HOW EASY IT IS TO FISH BEDS DOES THAT REALLY TEST A ANGLERS SKILLS? I AM PLANNING A TRIP TO SHASTA IN MAY, FIRST TIME TO THE LAKE SEEMS NUMBERS ARE THERE BUT NOT MUCH FOR SIZE ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED
      City: Washington

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      Water Temp: Hot

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beore we go ater Joe Fisherman, Don't orget the Vietmanese keeping EVERYTHING They catch including Dinks under slot and everything else edible!! Anyone who launches at Centimudi knows what I am talking about!!
      City: Redding

      Tips: Protect our ishing rights!

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

  • Amador County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 3PM,with the trolling motor on high,took a look around at all the beds. Saw a lot o bass on or near beds, one was huge. The bigger ish were partial to the brush, very wise. Just beore dark I caught an 8 1/2 lb.bass on a purple magic Duh jig w/mad man craw in 25 t. up in Jackson, also had several more hits. I caught several more 4-5lb. bass on the same bait, mostly on steep rock walls, anywhere rom 1 to 20 t. Can't wait to go back and try something dierent, noticed a lot o suspended ish, should have tried a crankbait or spinnerbait.
      City: Sac.

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

      Report: ANYONE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A BASS BOAT. I HAVE A 1986 SKEETER STARFIRE175. FULLY LOADED. HAS NEW MINN KODA 74 LB TROLLING MOTOR. POWER HEAD WAS REPLACED 18 MONTHS AGO. FULL FLIPPING DECK. EAGLE FRONT AND REAR. NEW TIRES AND RIMS. JUST TUNED UP SERVICED LOWER END. EXCELLENT TOURNAMENT BOAT- READY TO GO. ALSO HAS A HOT FOOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
      City: SUISUN

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 58-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two Person Guide Trip, Cool and Windy all day. We ished the west Delta all day ishing weed lats with the early high tide. Using 5" Tubes, Blk & Brn Jigs we lipped sparse tules or some reason we all missed or lost our irst couple o ish, then scored a 2.5lb then a 3 and another 3.5 or about two hours we caught and released about 12 ish 2.5-4.5lbs most on tubes but had 3 good ones on a 1/2oz Assassinater. We then ran to check out some spawning areas and caught 6 more all good ones. We caught a ew on the Assassinater but most would miss it, then real quick ater the miss we would throw a Senko and wham got um. Ater that we caught some bed ish at low tide with a pink senko. Great day over 30 bass 5 over 4 and a bunch o 2.5-3.5lbersI seem to have ound quality ish but just can't ind the big bite and would mind a tip or two.
      City: Concord

      Tips: The ish are shallow and starting to spawn, but this ront will most likley push them back. How bout a report rom Bobby or Dee?

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ANYONE LOOKING FOR A BASSBOAT? I HAVE A 1986 SKEETER STARFIRE 175 18.5 FT FOR SALE. HAS MERC 175 NEW POWER HEAD ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD. NEW MINN KODA 74 POUND THRUST TROLLING MOTOR. EAGLE FISH FINDERS FRONT AND REAR. CUSTOM BUILT FLIPPIN DECK WITH LOTS OF STORAGE. NEW TIRES AND RIMS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD. HAS A HOT FOOT AND 2 EXTRA SEATS. THIS BOAT IS TOURNAMENT READY. IF YOU NEED MORE INFO, JUST E-MAIL ME WITH A DAY TIME OR NIGHT TIME PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU. GOOD FISHING. PS. REASON FOR SELLING THE BOAT. I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 SKEETER.
      City: SUISUN

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ANYONE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A BASSBOAT. I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 SKEETER. I HAVE A 1986 STARFIRE 175 SKEETER FOR SALE. TOURNAMENT READY. HAS NEW MINN KODA 74 LB THRUST TROLLING MOTOR. NEW POWER HEAD, LESS THAN 18 MONTHS OLD, EAGLE DEPTHFINDERS FRONT AND REAR.HAS CUSTOM BUILT FLIPPIN DECK WITH LOTS OF STORAGE. NEW TIRES AND RIMS ALONG WITH A HOT FOOT. RUNS STRONG. IF YOU NEED MORE INFO JUST E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU. GOOD FISHING.
      City: SUISUN

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ANYONE LOOKING FOR A BASS BOAT? I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 SKEETER AND NOW I'M SELLING MY 1986 SKEETER STARFIRE 175. HAS NEW MINN KOTA 74LB THRUST TROLLING MOTOR. NEW POWER HEAD- ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD. HAVE EAGLE DEPHFINDERS FRONT AND REAR. HAS CUSTOM BUILT FULL FLIPPIN DECK. HAS HOT FOOT. NEW TIRES AND RIMS JUST PUT ON LAST SUMMER. THIS BOAT IS TOURNAMENT READY RIGHT NOW. NEED MORE INFO, JUST E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU.
      City: SUISUN

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey Fishy! My wie caught a toad 8.5 rom the shore a couple weeks back. Boy was she ever tickled!!!!! Bigger ish than I have ever caught. Caught her ish on rock bank north o launch ramp on lead headed oxblood magic worm. The cove next to this bank holds some good ish. There is some grass in this cove. Good luck
      City: San Jose

      Tips: patience or the toads!

  • Tuolumne County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This is great...Fished rom our to six thirty and boated 33 keepers on blades.It is awesome..No big ones.A couple o threes.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Water is warming,water is getting color, and they is tight.Fish every stick!!!!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: When is a good time to ish top water here and on what?
      City: San Francisco

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here's a report rom a riend o mine that ished Pillsbury rom shore or about 1 1/2 hours on Tuesday, 4/2/02:In any case, I rigged some rods with crawlers or the kids - not much action so the kids decided to paddle instead (the water was a bit too cold or ull-on swimming.) We were ishing rom the shore, o course. The wind had picked up so I put a larger sinker on a rod rigged with a crawler and cast a bit deeper. I let it sit or a while until I got a good bite - result was landing a nice 2 pound largemouth bass. (I weigh and measure every decent ish I catch on a little scale and tape measure I carry in my tackle box)Well, now I knew that not only were the bass biting but I was in a good spot (at least there was one ish there) - so I shited to my avorite lures - sot plastics. Then the action started!Within the next hour and a hal I landed another ive (5!) bass, every single one o them over three and a hal pounds! My best was a little over ive pounds, 23 inches in length. By ar the best ishing day I have ever had - and ishing had not been my main objective!I experimented with many o the sot plastics in my tackle box - seems like they were biting on almost anything I put on. Everything was Carolina-rigged - 3/4 ounce - I was casting into the wind so I needed something really heavy. Very rocky bottom - so distinguishing between bites and hook-ups was a little tricky. I got the astest bites (and a couple o misses) rom a salt impregnated pumpkin color twin-tail craw impersonator and a red and black 'Bass Assassin' Shad impersonator. I also caught ish on a 7" Power Worm and a Power Craw - both pumpkin colored.
      City: Santa Rosa

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ished or about 6 hours. Caught one trout about 16 inches long with rainbow power bait. I was beginning to wonder i there was ish in this lake.
      City: hollister

  • Shasta County
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      Water Temp: 57-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WELCOME TO THE CITY OF JONES VALLEY !!!!!WHAT WAS CDF, N.FOREST SERVICE,DFG. THINKING ?????THEY CUT ALL THE TREES AND CLEARED THEM OUT SO JOE PUBLIC COULD SLAUGHTER ALL THE LARGEMOUTHS ON BEDS. IN MY OPION I THINK IT IS CRIMINAL. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT WEREING FISHING LICENSES AND OTHERS PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THEM. THEN THEY LEAVE THERE STYROFOAM WORM CUPS ALL OVER. ONE GUY EVEN TELLS ME THAT IF I USE MINNOWS OR CRAWDADS ON THE BEDS I WOULD DO BETTER, I NUTTED UP A THAT POINT,AND YELLED SOME THINGS I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE. I PAY BBAC DUES HOPING TO IMPROVE THE LARGEMOUTH POPULATION ON SHASTA.THATS WHO I AM CONTACTING NEXT,I DON'T BLAME JOE PUBLIC THEY BOUGHT THERE LICENSE,THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO FISH. I BLAME DFG FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BED FISH. 34 STATES HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON BED FISHING,SOME DON'T LET THE ANGLER USE BAIT UNTIL AFTER THE SPAWN SEASON IS COMPLETE,OTHERS PUT COMPLETE BAN ON BED FISHING, LESS THA 1% OF THE BASS IN SHASTA ARE LARGEMOUTH I THINK IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,IF WE DON'T MY GRANDCHILDREN AND YOURS WILL PROBABLY NEVER CATCH A LARGEMOUTH IN SHASTA,I HOPE DFG READS THIS I KNOW THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LICENSES THEY SELL,LONG TERM THIS WILL EFFECT THEM TOO. DFG GETS SOME BALLS YOU ARE A PART OF UNCLE SAM,I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT THE TURD. PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE MAYBE DFG WILL LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT....
      City: REDDING

      Tips: CALL DFG AND COMPLAIN TO THEM IF WE ALL DO IT THEN THEY MIGHT SEND A WARDEN DOWN THERE TO CHECK LICENSES, AND LIMITS AND THE LOWEST OF THEM ALL JOE THE SNAGGER.

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

      Report: On the water at nine--ished Yorty and back to dam. Two ish --one smallmouth and one large--or 5 hours eort. Used plastics and had little ish bites, but no connect. Wind was actor in blowing my 165 Tracker around. Pretty discouraging. Checking with other anglers, the rusults were similar except or a report o 20 small ish on rapallas.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: I wish I knew!!

  • Trinity County
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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at sae light and went to the honey hole on the North end. Bill Watson joined me in his own boat as I told him that I thought I could put him on ish. At 7:00 we weighed in our best 4 at 19 plus and I now have a photo o Bill with a six pounder in each hand. It was a good thing that we got there early because the breeze died about 8:00 and so did the bite. Bill caught his LM on Baby Brush Hogs while my smallies (to 3.86) came on darter head Pro Worms.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: I you're going to ish darter heads in the tailings take a lot o them with you.