Fishing Report

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Monday, December 9th, 2002

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Taking pops up to ish a new lake, can anyone tell me where a couple o big ish area's are and a little on what to do?
      City: Hermosa Bch

Sunday, December 8th, 2002

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

      Report: Fished Hook tourney on Sunday. Very oggy. Ran to Coney Island ishing on rocks, got one keeper and a bunch o dinks on baby brush hogs. Ran up to Union Point with one dink no keepers. Ran to Indian slough at about 1:30 and got our second ish about 3 pounds. That put us at 4.84 or the tourney and 39th place. Not great, not horrible. Right where we should be. (First year ishing the Delta) Fish slow and use and ringworms and other small plastics in dark colors in muddy water and lighter colors in clearer water.
      City: Vacaville

      Tips: By the way, Dave Reggeti, o Turlock. You must not ish the Delta much. Stipers are one o the most exciting species out there. And yes, their ull name is Striped Bass. And this is a Bass website. I dont see what the problem is. You should be lucky to get such great inormation on how to catch these ish. I'll be sure to leave more striper reports rom now on, start paying attention, and you might have some luck out there.Devin

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went with two buddies to check out the hot Oroville bite this past Sunday. Fun, un, un! Ater inding all o my avorite points, humps and creek channels a hundred eet above the waterline, it was time to relearn the lake somewhat. Starting in a historically good area in the South Fork, we immediately located a hump out ront o a small secondary point in 25 eet, dropping into 50 eet on the channel ledge. With bait stacked on the hump, we caught 7 nice keepers in short order - 4 drop-shotting, 2 on a dart-head/4" worm combo and one on a spoon. Ater about 30 minutes, the action died o, so we point hopped or the next couple hours with limited success. We inally moved out to the main lake, and ound a large round point at the mouth o a major eeder creek. The point dropped into 45 eet and was immediately adjacent to a small island. In between the island and point was a "unnel" area where the saddle between the two came up to 8 eet and then dropped to 45 eet on either side. BINGO! In the next our hours we proceeded to catch and release close to 40 bass, most above the 15" slot, but nothing over 17". Most ell or the dart-head/worm combo, but we did catch a ew split-shot and Fluke ish as well.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Fish are eeding heavily on schools o pond smelt, so we ished mostly shad colored baits. Anything pearl colored did the trick. Most bites came rom 8 to 40 eet, and shaking the baits really seemed to help. Water in the main lake is approx. 1 degree warmer than the South Fork.

  • Monterey County, California
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water at about 9:00, ished main lake points rom 15' to 35' at the north end o the lake, very slow. Tried drop shotting, split shotting, jigs and spinners. Got one nice smallmouth (about 2lbs.) all day on a spoon along the clis at the south end o the lake. Sunny but it was cooler. Beats work anytime!
      City: King City

Saturday, December 7th, 2002

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

      Report: Fished the sloughs and aqueduct in the Byron/Bethany area or only a ew shaker stripers. Anybody ever ish Bethany reservoir with any success?
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Rattletraps and swimbaits were the ticket today.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We started o ishing islands abt 6:30 am..no bits,hit the main lake banks & caught 20 plus,all spots. Up to 2lb plus.Caught one keeper on a skirtted grub & one hit, largest ish came on a 6in keeper worn & one 8in on the 6in worn....Rest o the ish were caught on 4in worms. From 10 t to 60 t deep..Most o the keeper ish were caught shallow,but close to deep water..No hits on a spoon or pork & jig..
      City: Riv

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED A TOURNAMENT AND PERRIS AGAIN PROVED TO BE A REAL HARD. IT WAS A NICE DAY, EAST END CLOSED TILL 1-DUCK HUNTERS, ONLY 8 FISH WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED, RANGING FROM 7.4 TO 1.6. EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE KITCHEN SINK WAS USED, BIG BASS WAS ON PLASTIC, GRUB, IN ROCK CLIMERS COVE. THEY ARE THERE, BUT GOOD LUCK, YOU NEED IT.
      City: RIVERSIDE

      Tips: PRAYER MIGHT BE GOOD.

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

      Report: Results o the team bass tournament held 12-07-02 out o Bridge Bay ResortPLACE TEAM LBS. CHECKBig Fish C.Keller/E.Clark 3.56 $356 1st R.McDaniel/T.Seaton 11.55 $11552nd B.Townsend/J.Riley 11.41 $5703rd B.Quinn Sr/B.Quinn Jr 11.27 $5634th D.Hill/G.Dodd 11.19 $5595th J.Thompson/R.Thompson 10.61 $5306th G.Lamons/K.Gordon 10.44 $5227th S.McMaster/W.McMaster 10.10 $5058th B.Benson/J.Guterding 10.08 $5049th P.Strader/M.Hiser 9.90 $49510th R.Hunt/M.Hartsell 9.58 $47911th A.Hunt/M.Gordon 9.57 $47812th B.Sarder/B.Woord (balance) $239Come join us next year, Dec. 6th, 2003.
      City: Cottonwood, Ca.

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      Water Temp: 56.8-59.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Congratulations to the team o Randy McDaniel and Terry Sexton, 11.55 lbs won it and got them a good pay day, it took 9.90 lbs to get a check. Mnay o the guys that normally do well struggled today and the sacks were light compared to a week ago. Bryce and I could not get the rip bite going save or 1 ish that Bryce caught, the rest came on jigs and mostly in the stumps o the lower pit. There were(I think) 58 boats and the big ish was only a 3.68 spot. The weather was great with some wind out o the north but the aternoon saw temps in the mid 60's. Good time had by all, Terry your my hero! Stay away rom small dogs! and that's another story!!!!

      Tips: most o ours came on 1/2 oz ootball heads with MGM shasta crawlers threaded in 6-25 t o water, the root beer lavor was the most productive.

Friday, December 6th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: great striper day! ound the water boiling with stripers and caught 12-15 ish 10-12lbs. what a day with my buddy, unorgettable! thanks Ta or the phone in guide service. God Bless
      City: castro valley

      Tips: sassy-shads & gitzits

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out o Lauritzen in Antioch Friday looking to land a ew schoolies. Fished by pier and landed about 40 ish up to 18in using jigs vertically and sot plastic shad imitations with 1 ounce lead heads dragged quickly across bottom. Once the tide started to come in went on other side o bridge and drited across the deep drop o and limited out. The biggest went 12lbs with three just under 10lbs. We have ished this spot a ew times and have only seen one boat besides us ish this area. When the tide is right the bigger ones will be there.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Had no luck on topwater or with traps. Everything o size came on Gibbs minnows 2 ounce preerably so you can keep contact with the bottom. Plus they have treble hooks so i you are slow you just might hook them anyway. Blue and Chrome are my avorite color but my buddy likes black and chrome either will catch you ish. I you want lots o ish stay by the pier, i you want bigger ish then ish that visible break on the incoming tide only. Just west o the Antioch bridge.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: dont go swimmin

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: wide open bite . ished the south ork spot spanker worms worked well but when we started throwing crank baits o o chunky rock it was awsome ish ater ish at least 10 over the slot. Fish were mostly on the points but we still did catch them down the bank as long as it was rocky, look or structure
      City: brownsville

      Tips: chartreuse and black striped crankbaits

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-59.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Its on or tomorrow the 7th o Dec, The Cottonwood Bass Team annual $100 per pound event will blast o out o Bridge Bay at sae light. Check in starts at 0330, $150 per team with a 5 ish 13" limit(you can ish by yoursel)check in will close around 0630, winners gets $100 per pound and big ish gets $100 per pound, 2nd and on will get $50 per pound until the money runs out, awards and a rale immediately ollowing at the tail o the whale with some great giveaways and super rale prizes. Sign up orms available at Bridge Bay in the am and also available at Phil's. The weather is going to be ideal with a steady barometer the past 5 days with the lake at 57-61 degrees.
      City: redding

  • California
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      Water Temp: ------------

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey, I just go a new Fishin Buddy ish inder or my loat tube so I can go to SCR and ind those long lost ish!
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: See You on the water!

Wednesday, December 4th, 2002

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

      Report: anybody have any inormation about any striper bite in the delta right now. any ino would be appreciated.thanks in advance

  • California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite is a little slow but quality ish. Full winter pattern. Drop shotting in 30' produced several 14"-16" spots and I spooned a 3.5# and 3# largemouth in 50'. This is my third trip in two weeks and I haven't caught a small ish yet. Lots o snags since the trees are just under the water. Erich
      City: Reedley

      Tips: Get over them with your graph and work 'em over.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: pretty cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Threw a swimbait or 3 hours with only one ollower... a 3 lbs trout! Decided to inesse ish with a 10" worm. Wasn't happening and started to dig through tackle box or next magic lure, then elt a yank yank. Did a back lip setting the hook but missed the "most likely lake record." Spent the rest o the day throwing plastic but to no avail. Saw people catching mondo trout on everything rom power bait, worms, lies and spinners. Oh well, another day, another $21!! $8 day use ee + $7 ishing ee + $6 boat launch ee!! They should apply some o these ees towards ridding the shores o trash and improving the dam road.
      City: Ione

      Tips: Tip #1

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught me some carp on my secret bait, took em home and grubbed.
      City: Oaktown like what!

      Tips: ish or carp, theyre good eatin.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught me some carp on my secret bait and took em home and grubbed.
      City: Oaktown 700 like what!

      Tips: ish or carp, theyre good eatin!

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Scott,There is not any boating allowed on Folsom ater Dark, so ishing would be a problem. Launcing as well, since they close and lock the gates.I am not saying it has not been done beore!!!! but......not suggestedMark
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: BYW The bite is hit and miss right now