Fishing Report

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Saturday, August 17th, 2002

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

      Report: Fished the 1st annual Snag Proo Frog Open out o Big Break...305 BOATS!!! Overall the tourney was well run considering the crowd. Partner and I ished the middle Delta and caught a small limit (3) o 5.0lbs. I had 6 blow ups and hooked 5...Landed 4...culling 1. Delta window opened at the change rom High to Low and lasted 45 minutes...Partner was less ortunate as his blow ups were not overly aggressive...It doesn't get any better than catching a Delta bass on Frog even when they are o the smaller variety.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: The traditional black and white weren't the ticket today.. Fished green/white belly and suicide mixture o green/ch/red...Use Braided line or orget it on mats...Had a 3+ lb ish I lost break 50lb spiderwire and continue to jump around the boat or several minutes with my rog in her mouth...Stay sae and release your catch. TAKE A GUIDE TRIP WITH BOBBY BARRACK and watch a rog master at work...He helped my hook up ratio go rom 20% to over 50% on one trip...Thanks, BOBBY. TG

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

      Report: Fished with my boys or three mornings and had good ishing in the windsor area, chalk clis and around the island. We were throwing jr. spooks, buzzbaits and 3/8 oz. spinnerbaits. Caught smallmouth and largemouth up to 4.5 lbs...cover lots o water and slow down ater a blow-up and work slower with a spook. Main and secondary points near deeper water produced best. A ive ish tournament limit should be about 18 to 20 lbs. I was pleased to ind the numbers o smallmouth...the lake is healthy and the habitat program is working...thanks
      City: Upland

  • Westchester County, California
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 7:30am to 11:00am, I caught onlyone 13-inch trout around 10:00am using yellowPowerEggs. Yes, I have to pay $8 or parkingand ishing permit, but I don't mind, I'mhaving un with or without ish being caught.I heard a lot o people with this kind oslogan: - "Why don't you just go to the marketand buy ish?" These people with such sloganare NOT REALLY A FISHERMAN. Buying ish in amarket is totally dierent eeling vs ishingon the lake. Fishing on a lake is sport, youhave to spend money. I you care so much aboutmoney, then just eat chicken, cheaper than ish!
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: Fish morning time (7-11am) Friday to Sunday.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 14 large mouth. All small, less than 2lbs. Caught on a variety o methods rom jigs to drop shot to carolina rig. Deeper water rom 20-25t.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Not top water bite even in the early overcast hours. Go deep early with plastic

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

      Report: Made it out on the lake ater a 3 week hiatus and it sure was a pleasant suprise. Ater all this heat the ish are still accessable in 15-20'. Did real well on smallies to 3lb and LM to 4.5 on a Gitzit.Caught a dozen keepers ( best 5 about 14lb ) rom 7 till 11. This sure beats some Augusts I can remember. The lake lice didn't even get too thick until 10;30.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: In response to the previous report and his comment about the locals, I am pretty sure I know who you are reerring and he isn't a local. In act I suspect that there are very ew locals on the water these days as they realize that in another couple o weeks we can go ishing and not have to put up with the summertime rude behavior.

Friday, August 16th, 2002

  • California
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the evening, irst time my buddy and I have been skunked at lopez. I had 1 sot hit on a spinner and my buddy had 1 tail slap at a buzzbait. Weather was major actor in ish in-action air temp was upper 60's and the water was cold, it was the coolest day in the last 2 and a hal weeks. Water level was down almost 4 eet since last time we went in mid July. I spent 10 minutes cleaning grasses and other water plants out o my prop when we ended up driting into a patch o plants, but it was nice to be out on the lake again.
      City: San Luis Obispo

      Tips: Past winners at Lopez have been spinners at stick lines and rattle traps across rocky points. Remember the worst day ishing is better then the best day at work.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 79.6-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got in at Jones Valley at 0445, the damn loat is 40t away rom the ramp, thanks a bunch Shasta Recreation Comp, lake down past 64t, air temp 72, slight breeze out o the northeast and not too smoky rom the ires up north, tossed a bit in Jones Valley but only one bump, went over into Fort Creek tossing a shasta crawler romMGM and got 6 on six casts but only 2 were legal and one more a 2.75 smalmouth, that is it was 2.75 inches long on Mr. Fuller's avorite early morning suace bait, don't know what the little guy was planning to do with the lure as it is an inch longer than he was. Ran up near clickapudi and did some shaking around the newly emerging stumps and caught 3 more on Barry Ng's rainbow worm #99 and the best o the morning a at 1.8 chocked ull o shad. Caught 5 more on the MGM 109 4 inch on a darter head, deepest ish came out o 34 t at 740 am with most in the 8-14 t area. Boat and houseboat traic slowing down now and the water is getting cleaner, got out at 840 am, air temp 84 with a cooling trend orecasted or the next ew days
      City: Redding

      Tips: MGM root beer shasta crawler on a 3/4oz ootball head, rainbow 99 and the MGM 109 did the trick this am

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My son and I started out at dawn in the the North lake, tried buzzbaits, pop Rs, spinnerbaits, jigs and senkos, but did not get bit. Went to the south lake, and I was throwing a rog while my son threw a senko, he caught 1 ish, but I kept throwing a rog at the pads, ater several hours o this he had missed several ish so I changed to the senko and boated 5 more ish beore loading up. It was a great day ishing with my son on my avorite Oregon lake.
      City: Roseburg

Thursday, August 15th, 2002

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 70 something

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A later start than I wanted as we didnt get on the water till 8:20 or a little nonexistant topwater action. At dusk, Kris was getting dink bit up shallow on the windy side o rattlesnake island, so I drug my worm deeper and picked up a 4.3. Next point on island gave him a 6.7. Got a quick photo o his big ish or the year and I picked up a 5.7.---Wow, almost 17 lbs or 3 ish in an hour? Next rockpile we ished all around or 2 short ish. I picked up a nonworm rod and got slacklined and stuck a 5.0.....thank you god! Shag rock was dead or no bites, Henderson dead too w/50million bats hitting our lines.........next 2 spots dead also?? The only thing I can igure is a small ront came through as the south wind blew that night or a coupla hours between 12-2am. I dumped a 2 or so near wheeler and we each caught a 2 lb ish there a little later. Let @ 2:15
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I tried areas that produce during the day or me. Several were good, several that are usually good at night were dead.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Early morning and late evening topwater bite. As it warms up, ish main body points and creek channels 20-40' deep. Shad colored and crawdad colored worms are best. Ater dark, big black/red or black/blue worms.
      City: Merced

      Tips: For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK at 137 W. Main st. in Merced or give us a call at (209)722-0800.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is low. Be careul! Fish the dam and main body points and islands. Split shot 4 to 6 inch worms in crawdad or shad patterns. Buzzbaits in the late evening are producing.
      City: Merced

      Tips: For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK in Merced at 137 W. Main st. or give us a call at (209)722-0800.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 80's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Customers reporting Hensley is a mudhole. Fish being caught on green weenie worms.
      City: Merced

      Tips: For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK at 137 W. Main st. in Merced or give us a call at (209)722-0800.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing at 7:45pm and quit at 10:45pm. Started with topwater, not much action. Moved to main body points throwing 11" black/red worms. 7 ish boated all in the slot. Had a ew good ones hit that never made it to the boat.
      City: Merced

      Tips: For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK at 137 W. Main st. in Merced, CA. or give us a call at (209)722-0800.

  • Westchester County, California
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good News Please see latest ishing report at Lake Chabot I think everyone will be happy
      City: Castro Valley

Wednesday, August 14th, 2002

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

      Report: JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. FOR YOU THAT KNOCK THE LAKE. STAY AWAY,IT DOESN'T NEED YOUR $8.00. FOR US THAT JUST LIKE TO FISH CLOSE TO HOME THANKS THANKS TO THE FRIENDLY PARK RANGERS AND A GOOD TIME WHEN EVER I TAKE MY BOAT FISHING WHICH I WILL BE DOING OFTEN.
      City: remont

      Tips: DID CATCH MY LIMIT OF TROUT LITE TACKLE DOWN RIGGER RAINBOW RUNNERS REPELA PLUGS

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Top water is still working. some plastics, gitzit's jigged. early and late are best. just a short update, i interested. my partner and others have been catching somenice bass. alongwith the occasional trout that take thelures.
      City: susanville

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 79.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went in at 0515 at Packers just behind my team partner Bryce and his wie Susan, got my wie along with me and launched in the dark, made irst cast on the irst point out and caught a small spot on a jig, lake down past 60 t and still dropping like a rock, moved out to the island just coming up and miss a couple and the wie sticks a 12 incher while Bryce is across the way putting one in the boat on a top water bait, it got light enough to run so the wie and I ran up the Sac to Marshmallow point and picked up a bit o wind when we turned the corner at Sacramento Point, she boats another and we move down the point where we pick up some yellow jackets tht start buzzing around. The wie hates these bugs so I ire it up and run south to potty point at 70 and stop to toss a rip bait and 2 yellow jackets show up immediately, move down the bank a bit and here come some more, the wie is really getting nervous as I swat one and that seems to attract some more. O we go or the ramp and got out at 745 am, irst time a bug has run me o the lake, even ound a bunch buzzing around the parking lot at Packers, water a little clearer this am, in at 73 degrees and out at 79 degrees on the way to 106 ater 112 yesterday, most report very slow ishing including the trout and salmon trollers.
      City: Redding

      Tips: 1/2 oz jigs was all we threw today in pumpkin pepper and watermelon green.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: NO REPORT
      City: elverta

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The ishing continues to be good a Trinity with 2-3 pound small mouths on main lake points or rocky shorelines with stumps on them. Try the sort o east-west running shorline across rom Bragdon Gulch. We used 6 inch green magic worms and 4.5 inch Roboworms in Baby Bass color, to catch ish. More largemouth came this year than in years past but it was the smallies that gave the best time. Our pattern held in the mornings and mid-aternoon ater 3, when shadows began to all on the water.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Be wary o some o the locals, they are downright hostile toward ishermen rom out o the area and do not like anyone ishing within sight o them. There is one guy in a Whaler with a 70 Evinrude that is downright crazy.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2002

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I usually harpoon fish in the Pacific Islands...that's where I'm from. But I decided to take up bass fishing. I did quite well. I went out at 5am or so. Left at around noon. I got about 3 tournament keepers on a finesse worm(black and chartruese). When I switched to a Bomber, I got a few under a pound. I ended the day sipping my favorite beverage, pineapple juice...I love bass fishing!
      City: Dixon

      Tips: This is definately a plastic worm lake... Somoans do it better!