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Friday, April 26th, 2002

  • Nassau County, California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lazy day, didn't start until 9:30. Drizzle and wind all day. Fished my way back into Kincaid. Didn't get bit until 12:00 on a Rat-L-Trap, then tried some Senkos, caught a small one. Tried dierent colors, but no more luck. Went over to Gill Cove and caught a atty on a twin-tail grub. Wind was blowing so it made boat control diicult in both areas. Went to South shore o North Fork - nothing, same or bridge area.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Weather ront turned o ish, change back to slow presentation

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: ?????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WATCH OUT FOR RATTLE SNAKES AT THE PONDS. I ALMOST STEPPED RIGHT ON ONE. WALK VERY SLOW AND LOOK WHERE YOURE WALKING. The ish were out though in the ront corner.
      City: redding

Thursday, April 25th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One person guide trip today, out o Lundborg, windy, overcast low outgoing in the morning. The water is starting warm back up. Started in Little Franks had 6 blow up on my avorite Buzz bait, (Cht/cht all metal blade in blade Persuader) caught 2 both small missed 2 good ones. As the tide bottomed out the could were coming in so I went to a nice weedy rock back with a good drop o. Client was using a senko throwing it up on the bank and dragging it through the weeds he had abour 30-40 bites losing lots o ish getting about 20. I was throwing the buzz bait and got 30 or so hits caught 25 most good oones a 7, couple o 5's, 4's, 3's. What a day we caught a ish or got bit about every 3rd cast or 3 hours. Best 5 about 25lbs
      City: Concord

      Tips: Senkos in the wind 5" watermelon red was better that 6" keep you rod low and drag. Buzz bait client didn't get any you had to put the bait on the bank an drag it o, i it sank under water no bites.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished one evening and ollowing morning. Hooked into three bass ( biggest got away, naturally)two on spinner baits, one on surace plug. Weather: Dark sky with showers
      City: Mtry

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      Water Temp: 60ish

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got 1 13in trout in the irst hour (8:00AM) not a bite till noon. ater noon not real productive. Orange powerbait seemed to be working o the dam. Too windy or the loat tube,
      City: Los Banos

      Tips: Looking or ellow tubers or local lakes. contact me via e-mailthanksBret

  • Kane County, Arizona
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LAKE POWELL FISH REPORTApril 25, 2002 By Wayne Gustaveson Home Page: www.wayneswords.com Lake Elevation: 3646 Water Temperature: 56-65 F
      City: Phoenix

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 59.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at centmundi again but the debris is really piling up and was 2 eet deep this am, air temp 49 lake at 8.32t and slowing down now, should start losing water any day now, ran to the mouth o Big Backbone and tossed a spook or about 5 minutes with 2 misses by small ish, started throwing a jig and got 18 in the boat by 7am, ran a little urther into the big backbone and got 3 more on a jig and went to worms as the sun came up ater seeing a lot o cruisers, 14 more on the MGM-156 and the MGM109 with the biggest at 2.9 on the 109, I let a dozen or so o the 109's laying in the sun which lightens them up and they worked great, 10 o the ourteen came on the 6 inch 156, caught 2 more on the way out, one on a 6 inch #54 spade tail and one on a new worm the mgm#158 hunter which won a tourney recently. Back in at 1010am airtemp at 69 and had a time getting out because o all the debris, u might want to go to Packers and avoid centimundi until the level drops about a oot or we get a good solid south wind.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: You Are Welcome J.T., I Tried The Lake Fork Spook With A Matching Marks Tail No.017, You Are Right, It Does Work Better, THANK YOU !!!!. Fished Pit And Squaw Caught Numbers O 2lb. Fish, Big Fish Just Over 3lbs. Spinnerbaits Working Well Also. Good Fishing TOM
      City: redding

      Tips: Buy Your Lures At Phils.....

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

      Report: Looking or Dan, Just got a tube mysel, looking or a ishing buddy. Contact i intrestedBret
      City: Los Banos

Wednesday, April 24th, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: With ino. that the ishing was good on the 23rd and a good moon cycle, I headed up to Amador or the Big One. Started about 8pm and ished hard. Finally about midnight, swimming a 10" power worm, I boated my irst Amador 10 pounder. Unortunately, it had whiskers. I guess with a little ront coming through, a bit o cloud cover and water temp dropping, the bass said "not tonight" Fished till about 2:30am, not a bass bite all night. Caught a couple o huge crappie in 25' o water on a rocky point split shottin' 3" shad grub. Long drive home at 3am w/no bass!
      City: Lotus

      Tips: Nope!

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Tower Park Marina at 8 with the wind blowing pretty hard. Fished Beaver Slough with no ish seen at the mouth, midway, or ar in. Other boats had same experience. Ran down to Disappointment, and ished Senkos, loating pink worms, lukes, white spinners, brush hogs, 5" tube Texas rigged, rattle traps and speed traps. Tried tight in tullies, inside and outside weedline, and on the rip-rap. Pulled one 1-1/2 pounder rom the tullies. Only a couple o other bites all day. Ran into one boat that said they had gotten "15-20, using this and that". I guess we never did ish "painully slow", like some o you have suggested.
      City: vacaville

      Tips: According to one o the regulars, Hog opens up beore Beaver and Sycamore. Never had such a tough day on the Delta, but usually ish out o Big Break. Any suggestions or the East Delta appreciated.

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      Water Temp: 60-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put in at Granite Bay at sun up to white caps . Ran up to Rattle snake bar area to get out o wind ound a ew calm coves with willows and wacky rigged senkos (186 5") and pitched into the cover,scored a ew 3/4 - 2 pounders.Wind remained most o the day until 4pm or so when the wind calmed down and water warmed a bit used same rig in open water,in 9-15 t depth range at beeks bight area start catching spots to 3 lbs. and the bite was more requent and aggressive.
      City: Sacto

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 3:30 ater work. Fished rom the bank at Beals Point until 7:00pm. Caught 11 ish up to 3.0lbs in the trees. All ish were released! Caught Spots, Smallies, and Blacks, including one Black with a $10.00 tag! Had un, great stress reliever...
      City: Fair Oaks

  • California
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      Water Temp: 61ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out in a Float Tube at the campground. Got a ew hits and some small bass. most hits came on repalla 10 oot deep. Noy much being daught by anyone today.
      City: Los Banos

  • California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake at 4:30pm to ish all night. Went up the irst creek past trimmer all the way back and ound bass busting shad in the grass. Started with a top water plug and it was a wide open bite at around 20 or so till dark then it stoped. caught a ew trout at night on minnows but no bass. went to sleep around 2:am just in time or it to start raining, bummer... The bite was on again at 6am on a 5" clear senko with black lake all over the creek area. best ight o the day was a 21 inch squaw ish that hit a crank bait, I thought it was a muski and I was dreaming. that ish just about spooled me on 8lb test, what a ugly smelly creature. good trip, go get um in the creeks.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: always pack an umbrella in the boat

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 56 to 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at 8:15 at Packers. Ran over to Waters Gulch and stayed there till 3:00. 20 total, 1.5 largest 5 o them were smallmouth. Tried senkos or the irst time, had a ball. Caught 5 on weightless senkos the rest on jigs. The wie caught her 10 on darter heads and carolina rigged worms. MGM #54, and 4" zipper in june bug color. The wind died down ater noon and we had a very pleasant day. By the way, thanks again Jerry or the 2.8lb. spots you boated or us in the WON Team last Sat. I anyone was in the McCloud at 3:00PM I sure you heard us hoopin and hollerin. Next month at Oroville.
      City: Cottonwood

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: From 3PM to 8PM I caught several nice ish. Useing a Chart. Duh jig, chart. Basstrix JP shad and a 5" shad colored sinko. My best 5 went 10/4,9/13,8/9,7/2 and 3/6. I lost a big one just beore dark that would have made a much better total but I'm not dissapointed. The ish are busting shad all over the lake.
      City: Sac.

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

      Report: This is or Pat Wilson, just wanted to congratulate you on the Delta BFL win. Great job! I'm glad you came through in the back o the boat at the Delta. It is kinda rustrating ishing in the back in the Delta, at least or me. See you next month at Shasta! Good luck. Splunkah Man
      City: Antelope

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 64-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I took mysel to Collins today and though I didn't catch a big one, I did catch 22 bass - 18 spots and 4 largemouth. What impressed me was the quality o the spots - averaging about 2 lbs each. Biggest was pushing 3 lbs. I ished all over the main body, but caught most on the east shore. It was a very warm day and the bite started in earnest about 1 PM. Saw one giant bass in a tree, but there were no big bass on beds. Caught a ew on Power Tubes, but most on Senkos in brush. They seems to be in shadows o trees and brush.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was using the popular #194 Senko, but the top producer was a new color - #301. They really ate that one - even hit it sometimes. All bass were 1 to 10 eet.

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

      Report: went ishing with my brother-in-law i didn't catch anything but he caught a 4.5 large mouth at the south side o the lake
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: use white spinner bait