Fishing Report

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Sunday, August 25th, 2002

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My expectations were not high, it's close to a ull moon, and I was bringing my 5 year old boy to get him started on casting gear. I did expect to pick o a ew keeper spots tossing buzzbaits and reaction around rocks. Nothing by 9am and I had worked my way to the end o the rock gardens. My ABA partner said I would die with a spinnerbait I had been using the last couple seasons, and today was the day. Give it up or my boy, not a single backlash he could not pull out himsel. Eventually the day did produce 7, best 5 maybe going 11lbs. I got out the darterhead but rigged it with a stand-up jig head. It had a ar superior action in my pool rigged with the at bodied sotplastics I've been tossing this season. It doesn't seem like darterheading anymore. I toss it on light baitcasting gear. It's more like inesse jigging. Caught a keeper but predictably, the stand up head snagged more requently. I was complaining to my buddy Swimbait on the cell and he reminded me about how many darterheads I snagged when we ished a month ago. I'd lost the touch o detecting when your head is pulling through a crevice. I guess I needed to pull my head out o my crevice. About 10, I schlepped the bait up on a slab and nailed a largemouth that went 4lbs 7ozs. Most o my riends say they have been catching more largemouth this season. They say the bigger ones have all been specimens in poor condition. Until now I could not comment. This one was dark colored and red inned- you know the ones, big heads, boogely eyes. The action was still pretty tough up north, but the wind had sat down and it was time to return to the main lake. Throughout the summer there's been a pretty sti Delta breeze blowing accross the open main lake early in the morning and today was no dierent. It was mostly spent when I rolled up around 11. Wormed the rest o the ish there. At the ramp another angler said he had caught a 6 that had the head o an 8 a couple weeks ago. He was launching a pretty red Nitro about 2pm when I was putting mine on the trailer. He said he was merely going out to test some new electronics. I said go or it, all my ish had come ater 10am. He said ok, and lashed a peace sign as he motored away. He probably did well- he got touched by the Zip Decker karma at Folsom. I usually mix in some takes rom my bassin buddies that ish out here. This is a non ishing take, but worthy o mention. Blademan, in addtion to being a very proicient bass angler, is an amatuer liter and he competes in the benchpress. Over the weekend he put up 518lbs at the national championships and lost! He's the reigning world champion or the past two years, but he got knocked o this time at the nationals. 518lbs and he competes in the 164lb class. I'm glad he's my buddy. He'll meet his rival at this year's world competition again in December, and the more his game is ocused, the more his bassin game is ocused too.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Some o the ish spit up lots o bait when hooked. I'm on crayish imitating now, but baiish imitating never goes out o season. Once again Swimbait was so sysinct when he asked me i I noticed bass are not holding on to the sotplastic nearly as long as they do in the spring.

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

      Report: My buddy Viphay and I ished the Visalia Bass Tourn. on Friday. We only caught little ones. Most o the guys took o beore the weigh-in. I guess it was ar rom what everybody expected based on how most did at this same one last year. Maybe the news o the 16 pounder threw everyone o. I think we'll let Kaweah stabelize a bit a try Success where a couple o mistakes at last months tourn. cost us 2nd and possibly 1st.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Once the water level is more stable the ish should ollow, check or muddy shores. The Keeper 411 gets some pretty hard strikes.

  • Palo Pinto County, California
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      Water Temp: hot

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: catching good ish just bank ishing lots on buzzbaits and senkos ish in 3to5lb range any questions drop me a email good ishin
      City: watsonville

      Tips: ish late use buzzbaits

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 77-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: IN AT JONES VALLEY AT 1PM LOTS OF BOATS OUT ON A SUNDAY. WENT OUT TO MAIN POINT ON THE WEST SIDE AND WAS WAITING FOR BRYCE AND SUSAN TO SHOW UP. STARTED FISHING FOR A WHILE AND BRYCE AND SUSAN SHOW UP WE HAVENT GOT BIT YET AND SUSAN DROPS DOWN WITH ONE OF HER SPECIAL PLASTICS AND NAILS ONE, I CAN SEE WHY SHE BEATS BRYCE ON THE CATCHING END OF IT AT TIMES .I SITCK ONE ON A BLUE GOAST THAT WAS ABOUT POUND AND A HALF SPOT. WE ALL DECIDED TO HEAD UP TO THE END OF THE SQUAW ARM AND GIVE IT A TRY.STARTED FISHING MUD LINES AND ROCK WALLS AND CAUGHT A MIXED BAG OF SMALL MOUTH AND SPOTS,A COUPLE OF THEM I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ON A STRINGER FOR A TOURMENT.THE CATFISH BITE WASNT TO GOOD BUT THE COSCO QWEEN (( MY WIFE )) MANAGED TO GET A NICE NINE POUNDER AND IM STILL HEARING ABOUT IT. NEXT TIME ITS SUSANS TURN. HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE LAKE WITH GREAT FREINDS. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ON SHASTA LAKE AT NIGHT YOU ARE MISSING OUT , ITS AWW SOME
      City: ANDERSON

      Tips: FISH WERE CAUGHT ON 4IN AND 6IN WORMS IN BLUE COLORS. RIGGED TEXAS STYLE. LOTS OF SUPPENDED FISH SO DROP SHOTTING SHOULD WORK WELL.

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      Water Temp: 77 to 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Jones Valley at 2:30PM. Met up with Gene and Ginger rom Anderson at Jones Valley Point. Stuck a couple small ones right o, in the trees. Moved up to the upper Squaw and worked some o the rock walls and ended up with 9 and the blonde caught 7, largest went about 1.7, at least I beat her or a change. Fished till about 7:30PM and then went to the lower Pit to ind Gene and Ginger who were going to show us one o their catish spots. Ginger showed us alright, a nice 9lber. I caught one that had a 5lb head and a 1/2lb. body, he was all mouth. Oh, by the way Gene did inally catch about a 2lber. and the blonde--she got skunked. Better luck next time. We had a ball telling stories and watching the boats run up the lake ull speed at night, there is a bunch o crazy people out there. We inally pooped out and went back to the ramp at about 1:30AM. Looking orward to the next trip. The almost ull moon was beautiul.
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: MGM Shasta Crawler in root beer, blue ghost and Rainbow #99 caught most o the bass. Nothing on topwater.

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      Water Temp: 77.2-79.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Chad Hulbert called last night so o I went to pick him up, got in at Jones Valley at 0345, lake down past 70 t, air temp 59 degrees and a ull moon with a slight breeze out o the east, bunch o drunks out near the ramp whooping it up and keeping some campers awake, ran up to clickapudi and had 4 in the boat in 10 minutes with one at 2.8 and another at 2.5 on the MGM shasta crawler in pumpkin(color#115) moved north to Reno Canyon and ound the houseboat that chad was on and caught 2 more behind it as he slept the night away, one was a 1.6 and the other was a 2 and ull o shad. Starting talking at him and his wie awakened and kicked him as I said"I ain';t never seen a isherman in bed at 4AM unless he was sick". That got him stirred up and moving. We went back to clickapudi but couldn't get any to go, moved over to a hump in the lower pit and chad puts 2 in the boat and I get 1, all were small but legal. The sun got up a bit and we ran to the upper pit just south o Stein Creek and I stuck a couple more that were good sized, moved a little north and got into some more in the stumps, chad got a couple o decent spots and a nice smallmouth. I managed a ew mysel and a good smallie at 1.8 Things slowed around 915 so back down the pit we went to the houseboat, I had 16 total and chad must have had a dozen all on ootball heads and all o mine on the shasta crawler save or one on a yamamoto twin tail skirted grub. dropped him o and got back to the ramp at 945 and had to wait or a ella trying to get his tri-hull out o the water. airtemp at 79. very pleasant early morning and no other boats near us till 9am.
      City: Redding

Saturday, August 24th, 2002

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 73.2 - 76.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WOW, what a tough day!!!! I do not Harpoon fish as the poster below so I do not have as an exicting report. Firgured i could get away from the skiing maddnes in the Narrows at Berryessa versus my usual Folsom/Orovile Haunts NOT!! Baby Spook and a Pearl white fluke for an hour produced three followers no takers. Darthead salt and pepper Grub one smallmouth for my friend and I had three strkes your out!!!! Left at Noon tough tough morning
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Lots of Bait and marked arcs in 40 - 55 ft But I could not get them to go.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started o at irst light. Had to work my way through the og. First stop started out slow. No senko ish so I went to a trick worm and a nice little keeper ran o with it. Moved o to grass bed when the sun was up strong, and started working a rog. First ish went 4+ lbs. she totally inhailed the rog. Wind kicked up so I moved behind an island and threw rogs all aternoon 5 ish weight went 14+ lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The last 2 weeks have been good or me on a rog.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started o at irst light. Had to work my way through the og. First stop started out slow. No senko ish so I went to a trick worm and a nice little keeper ran o with it. Moved o to grass bed when the sun was up strong, and started working a rog. First ish went 4+ lbs. she totally inhailed the rog. Wind kicked up so I moved behind an island and threw rogs all aternoon 5 ish weight went 14+ lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: The last 2 weeks have been good or me on a rog.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Fri late PM in strong wind. Started on points with no luck. Finally ound a mud line in a cove that showed ish. Picked up 2 on drop shot and one on a jig in 15-20 t all in the 3lbs class. Fished Sat and it was really slow or me. No top water ish but didn't try that hard. Nothing on senkos. Only ish came on drop shot 4" zipper worm in deep water.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: In the aternoon when the wind is howling ish the mud lines with sot plastics or crank. AM try top water but don't waste too much time beore going deep with plastics.

Friday, August 23rd, 2002

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

      Report: Sinko's early in am. til the sun hits the water. Crank baits are still working wonders. Fish have shrunk a little bit compared to recent weeks.
      City: Bakersield

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      Water Temp: 71.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I hooked a big bass today, about 10 or 11 pounds. I got a good look her because she jumped twice, then she headed or the bottom and that's when I lost my grip. I lost my rod, reel, and ish. Jerked it right out o my hand.I hope she can get loose so she wont die.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Use two hands and hold on tight.

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

      Report: to let you boat users with trailers know that i now have taken the task on o removing the rocks in the water on the launce ramp. i use the ramp on a regular bases so by removing rocks will save yours and my boat and trailer and a ew turned ankles ENJOYFISHING WISE FISH CAUGHT LATLY, TROUT, NICE SMALLMOUTH, VERY LARGE CARP.NICE PLACE 5MIN FROM MY HOUSE.
      City: remont

      Tips: FISH DEEP TROLL OR JIG 25 TO 30+ FEET RAINBOW RUNNER CAUGHT CARP ON ORANGE AND SILVER SPOON LAKE IS FULL OF SUPRISES

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In the water at Bridge Bay at 0520 and start on the electric motor. Headed down the bank throwing a buzzbait or 5 blowups and 4 ish to 14". Pretty good action until about 0615 then it seemed to die o. Kept trying until 0700 then decided to move. Head up the Pit but houseboats in every cove (when are they all going home?). Stop at Arbuckle Creek and get one on the buzzbait on the outside point. Keep moving inside but nothing so turned around and got hit again towards the outside or one more and miss a nice one that made a huge splash but didn't get the hook. Sun up now so start worming and get two more shaking worms (6" 109)at the base o trees in about 25'. Tried several other places but nothing. O the water at 1000 - too much boat traic by then. Water skiers and jet skis active starting at 0800.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 78.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Let a message thurs night or Chad but I guess he didn't pick it up, called Ryan and o we went to Jones Valley, In at 815pm, lake down just short o 70 t, air temp 79 and the ramp was packed, some guy with a broken down inboard tied up to the loat while he worked on it and he eectivley has most o it blocked, we get in and go up to clickapudi and get bit right o but they jump o, Ryan loses a good one then I do the same thing in about 12t on a pumpkin shasta crawler by MGM, Ryan was dropshotting a robo worm, We move down the bank and get short hits and nothing in the boat, we pu;;; out and head or Squaw point and get on some ish quickly and end up with 7 in the boat to 1.6 and I had 5, we missed twice that many and got out at 1115 pm under a beautiul ull moon and light wind out o the east, houseboats everwhere and a big bore inboard running up and down jones valley at ull tilt boogie, no cops around unortunately, air temp getting out a very comy 73 degrees, all ish came out o 10-12t and the bite improved as the moon came up but Ryan has to work in the am. come on Labor day!
      City: Redding

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: were ar all the reports?????????the last won on hear looks to be back on the 18... is this thing not working ??
      City: elverta

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

      Report: Sat. 8-17, Fished 4pm til 10pm threw everything at em cept kitchen sink!! One 2 1/2# smally on purple/clear 4" weenie worm and missed one on crawdad jig 9' - 12' deep. Tried up by poker lat, but 5mph water must be the best place water ski. took 15 minutes waiting in line just to launch.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: best ishing in aternoons during middle o week w/ small inesse worms in coves 8' to 15' deep. Has been real consistent up til last trip.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

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

      Report: began pursuit around 830am. took buddy with me who has not caught a mama bass over 5lbs so told him be a slight chance at this lake and reminded him o the 80 lb limit caught here in 1981 i believe. Larry Hemphill, is that still the state record or 5 bass? (our hometown heroe or bass catching, but didnt teaching students bring you more joy? i thought not.)keep up the good ishing reports,Larry and hey, dont you ever age? all o the pictures we've seen o you in the magazines seem to be rom the early 80's.i guess ishing keeps you looking young. anyways, back to the report. started with some topwater, in chartreuse, and caught 2 bass with little size.my buddy, using a hula popper in rog pattern hooked into monster shortly ater, appeared to be over 6lbs or so but will never know since he became too anxious bringing it in. SNAP! bye bye.he was crushed. but told him it was still early.I then ished with a Matzuo crank upon the ledges o jackson arm, and sunk into a good one. weighed in at 7.9lbs. pretty largemouth ish, perect stripes down the middle. things got slow or a ew hours, as it tends to do, but picked back up or the better. we were throwing SENKOS and PB pulse worms and the un was on........are you ready?.....ish on! Fish on! etc...4.4#..8.3#..6.0#..2.5#'s...then...bam! a 12.1lb godzilla on a beat up senko ished backwords on the hook. it was my buddies hook up and he ished it beautiully as I swore to him he'd be taking a swim i he lost it. the last 45 seconds o the ight,it damned near broke his rod, you could hear it hum beore letting it take some drag."dont give it to much!" i screamed. then "let him run!" it was worth its weight in gold just to watch him ight this ish. it was what ishing is all about. you could have stuck a sotball in this monsters mouth! About 15 minutes later, it was my turn... tossed a senko green with blue lake that had been soaked in extra salt, cast,sink,sink,twitch,pull,sink,reeled slowly,slowly, i said "here we go" as i elt something then...bam! a quick battle that awarded me with another lunker. but not as big as his. only a mere 11.5lb beauty! i can live with that.Sorry guys, but my buddy kept his ish as it was the biggest hes hooked into that wasnt caught in a river, but mine was released back to the waters o Slamador.caught 8 more throughout the day, hal o them over 3lbs. although you shouldnt expect days like this too much, always have aith. oh, and by the way, we will be doing our TROUT ishing here in late october to do battle with the cutbows, and yes Justin W, i may report our catches on this sight. i have not orgotten rom last year but let by gones be by gones, i tried emailing you to get together and ish, but you did not respond...lets do this! and to the one who brought their dog on the boat who decided to jump in and ish himsel, thanks, he attracted the bass today, but please keep him in the boat next time, i dont think many would have been happy to hook a 40lb mutt! as he scouted the banks or over 10minutes.Sorry. (and to leave you with a "ish story", me and my ishing partner were trout ishing at Upper Salmon Lake in the lakes basins o the sierra nevada last month or so, me using yellow power bait, him using chartuese Crave, i started getting bit, but then it stopped, a ew seconds later, hes reeling in his line with a nice little bend on his pole, while he doing this, i kept trying to tighten the slack in my line, but it wasnt working, so i deciding to bring in my line and as i did, my line started heading towards him about 10t away rom me, so i quickly brought in all the slack and then my rod bent, which was an ultralight, the ight was major and thought or sure my pole was about to snap, and at the same time my buddy is reaking out but not being able to land his ish. then we realized our lines were directly aimed in the same direction, and as i pulled, his pole bent, as he pulled, my pole was bent, so we thought our trout had tangled up in each other. so i let him bring in his ish irst, and try to ree my line, well as it turned out, i no longer had a ish to reel in as he removed the hook rom the side o the 18 inch rainbow trouts mouth, as my hook was ound deep in the gully o the same ishes throat. we were ighting over the same ish.it obviously swallowed my bait, and proceed straight to his crave bait to eat it too, and didnt think twice. so we ended the day with him landing 10 and one hal trout, and me landing 17 and one hal trout.(one hal trout, try explained that one to listeners)happy ishing to all!
      City: yuba city

      Tips: go with your insticts and have patience. and put your dogs on a lease. or take FIDO to a slough,ditch,bybass, whatever, and let them do some "CAT"-ishing.just kidding. Fido was our lucky charm that day.

  • Mason County, California
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom the dam area on right side, 4 ish. ished rom 5-7pm.Used split shotted senkos (purple with emerlad lakes), crawdad colored crank, rattletrap, and a buzzbait. The sammler are swimming in schools.
      City: san jose

      Tips: use chase lures or best results. shad or crawdad cranks. and chartuese buzzbaits

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

      Report: Started out at 7:30 am throwing buzzbaits around the rockwalls which was the wrong thing to do. Eventually, I made my way to some weedbeds that were 8 - 12 t deep. Since the water was so clear (+10 eet visibility), I tied on a jerkbait - which was the RIGHT thing to do. The ish were sitting down at the bottom o the weedbeds looking up and waiting or one o the many shad schools to swim by. I caught a nice 2lber on a 3" shad jerkbait. Then I caught a small 6" bass and while skimming him across the surace and making alot o splashing, a large black object ollowed the bait in but turned deep just beore getting to the boat. The trick was to make as much surace disturbance as possible and keep the lure moving ast. Ended up hooking 10 and boating 7 - all rom the weedbeds. O the water at 4:30pm.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Use 2" - 3" jerkbaits in shad color (black and chrome). Possibly using a prop bait would have been good. Water is crystal clear. Make long casts to weedbeds.