Fishing Report

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Saturday, April 20th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA on 4/20. Started with a 10.21 on second lip, caught about 20 more but couldn't put any together to go with her ended up with 18.50 or 5. All ish caught in 2-3' with senko's.
      City: Vacaville

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey guys this is bill dance now this delta is really goodi caught 20 largemouth bass and 5 o them where 10-12 pounds i used a spinnerbait terminator since you losers can catch that many ish i dont want to say anthing else.But ceap on watching my show that way u may catch that many ish.
      City: Nashville

      Tips: A spinnerbait and some 4-inch wroms .

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers Club launched 6 boats rom Orwood Resort- 6 limits o ish were delivered to the scales. Big Fish was in the mid 4 pound range. First place won with 14.77 lbs. or 5 ish. My non boater and I determined that the bigger ish were holding on the deeper outside weedlines. Pitching and lipping to the tule pockets didnt produce. My non boater was ishing 5" green Senko's and and small brown power worms or a 10+ lb.limit. I threw crankbaits or 4 o my ive ish and 1 blade ish, crankbaits were LURH JENSEN crystal minnow speed trap and MANN'S crawdad in 1/4oz. Most ish came rom around 8t. deep. Thanks to the Pro's & Guides who put reports up here.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: When catching smaller ish tight the bank or burm back o alittle and the bigger ones will most likely be there in the deeper water and near current low.Good LuckPete

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      Water Temp: 60ish

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Preished Friday then ished the BFL(nonboater) today out o Big Break. Friday we just ished in and around Big Break until 1pm. It was very windy and tough ishing. We caught small ish(1-2lbs) on senkos and lipping. Today was spent around Franks and the middle delta. I got two ish(3lber&2lber) on a rico within the irst 20min. I then went without a bite until about 12:30. During this time my pro caught a limit and culled twice or about 12lbs. It was pretty rustrating to watch but you can't give up. I then got a 3lb lip ish, a 6lb rog ish, and a 2lb lip ish in about 30 minutes. I also lost one 2lb lip ish at the boat. I ended up with 16.14lb or ive. I you haven't tried the BFL your missing out. A nonboater has the chance to draw a great pro, like I did today, and learn a ton. This with only a $75.00 entry(a lot cheaper than a guide trip with the potential bonus o winning some money). I you ish all ive tournaments(total entry ees only $450.00 or nonboaters) and are in the top 30, you make it to the regional where the nonboaters ish or their own $30,000.00 Ranger bass boat. For the price you can't beat it.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: The lip bite seemed more consistant since the ish are just getting over the last week's cold ront. I also think the topwater bite is starting with it warming back up. I would throw topwater or size and lip or numbers. Good luck, Pat.

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The wind/cold real messed up the Delta. Fished the ABA and we caught a limit.(i thats what you call these rats) All about the same size everywhere we stopped. Flipped a CO worm 7" black/ chart tail (my go-to-bait) Flip tight to tullies and break threw lay downs, they are under them. I out ished my partners Senko. Hope the weather warms, so the blade bite turns on.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: untill the weather gets better, lip plastic tight to berms and break threw lay downs.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished sencos a little, lost a nice one. nothing on spinners. ished up by walnut grove.

      Tips: june bug colerd sencos

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What the HELL, Nobody telling anyone anything about the delta bass ishing or what. Lighten up, share you reports! Ron
      City: pleasanton

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-63?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: T'was a beautiul 420 morning, got in the water around 7am and headed out to Swallow Bay, not alot o action, so we picked up anchor and repositioned ourselves about 200 yards south o the launch ramp. Threw out the poles and waited, and waited....then about 9am the ishing was red hot! Limited out by 10am, other boats near us were not as lucky, we ound a hole and tossed the *ootball* weight with our *bait* and hooked up almost everytime in that spot! An older group cruised by and asked i we were doing any good, I told him to anchor right where he was , right over the *spot*/hole and once he dropped his line in FISH ON!!....they were now having un ater a morning o getting skunked. We didn't mind he was over our spot since we had only one more ish to go or a limit.Can't wait to go back....biggest ish was a 3lber....smallest was the Super Cuts little guy ....tight lines!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Fish till it hurts

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at irst light and headed north.Caught a couple spinnerbait ish irst thing and then hit the tree's when the sun came up.Last week the trees were the hot ticket but with the latest storm ront that came through ,it seems to have backed them o.Did stick a number o ish even though it was nothing like last week.I then moved out and started split shotting 4 inch reapers and preseated to rip some lips only to have the wind come up and end that un too.All and all a very good day.
      City: C.H.

      Tips: Catch & Release Remember these ish are spawning and should be released ASAP. GO KINGS!

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      Water Temp: 60-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start with my buddy Steve at about 12:30. Fished about 5 hours. Nothing at irst, then start picking up some 1-2 pound spots on plastics. Tried Senkos irst, but ended up going to the 4-inch worms. No reaction bite. Pretty much any color worked. Ended up with about 17 bass, best going 2.6 pounds. Missed at least 15 that had it by the tail or dropped it. Not quite the Delta or size, but the numbers were pretty good.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Pressure bite. Don't assume it's the bottom.

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      Water Temp: 58.5 - 61.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What started out as a REAL slow day turned very productiveNO reaction bites to thrill you olks with but the WitchStick AKA Darthead and Mo-tex put 20 plus ish in the boat today. No toads best ive was about 11 lbs. I have been spoiled with the 20 plus ish days at Oroville the lat ew weeks and thought I had lost it. Bite picked up in the South Fork about 9:30 and got on a ew secluded protected Sun warming banks that were loaded with ish. God I love Pro Worms!!!
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Main Body had producing but with all the winds and weird weather the more protected arms produced. The bright sun shining on Northern banks was the ticket. Sorry my partner only boated Two.

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

      Report: Fished 8am - 3pm. I was skunked. Had some hits by Greasy, but no takers. Water was high. Saw some guys catching dinks at Horse Creek. The tournament guys did well though.Just not my day.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Take the wie along! I didn't catch anything, but I got my ill o ried chicken...Good luck all!

  • Benton County, California
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      Water Temp: 59 DEGREES

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: CAUGHT 9 RAINBOWS EARLY IN FOG TROLLING RAPALAS.
      City: carmel

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 61-63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a hal a day on the water, started just ater sun up. Brother hit a nice rainbow on a Yozurri minow right away. Nothing or the next 3-4 hours. Not a bite at all. Brother hit another nice bow on same lure around 11am. We tried it all, senkos, rattles, top water, spinnerbaits, carolina wormin with all kinds o colors. Didn't read many ish either. Started getting windy around noon, decided to call it a day.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: I really don't know! Everything I thought would produce, didn't produce anything! I ound some spots that should've been holding tons o lunkers, and couldn't ind em on the screen or on the line! Any help would be great!

  • Washoe County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: We arrived at 6.30am and went to the spot in yellow bar ishing was slow or crappie, Pat and I moved to a new spot and grat plenty o ish.I was using a 6'6 ast action lomis with two pound test.I was ish tiny 1 32nd jig smoked and yellow and white.We caught 18 carappie and over 20 bass smallies to 3lbs and largemouth to 4lbs.I also notice that all the crappie were males and not one emale in the bunch.I think the ishing or crappie will be good all week and will change ater the ull moon.I also went on sunday and nailed 12 crappie and about 25 bass a mixture o smallies and large mouth I also got 3 nice trout and a big bluegill.The bite is wide open i you ish light line.Good luck.
      City: sylmar

      Tips: light line and small jig or baits.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 55.3-57.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Won Bass team event this am, in at Bridge Bay with my partner, Bryce Fuller at 0 dark 30, lake up past 8t, air temp 42 with 6 mph wind out o the north, got everything rigged and swapped lies with our competition, o and gone at 0625 and dodging some minor loating wood into the main body o the sac arm, we got on our water about ten minutes later and start boating some dinks on rip baits, we both went to jigs about 7am and started picking up better ish and managed 2 keepers, rolled into our honey hole and Bryce sticks a 3.18 spot and we are slapping hands and whooping it up, continue on or 20 more and starting to wear ut the balkance beam again measuring the clones and replace the two smallest, move into some deeper watert and i manage a 2.8 spot while Bryce has a small smallmouth on, get it in and now we are getting pumped up, we ish another hour going thru 25 more and cull again on one ish. We pick up and run to waters gulch or some dinks and leave again about 1030 am or the marshmallow point area but no go except or one dink. We pull out and run 18 miles up into the McCloud and start boating some more clones and Bryce inally gets one that culls out another ish. Things are slow or 2 hours with only small ish and both are thumbs are starting to bleed rom lipping all these ish. It s about 255 pm and we are gonna have to run or the 315 weigh-in and we need at least another ish, I lucked out and stuck another 2.8 and we load up and run or Bridge Bay. We get in with a ew minutes to spare and get our ish ready. A riend comes by and says it looks like we will get in the money this time. We weigh 10.56 and inish 7th, Stewart Minugh o Phils wins again with 13 lbs. lots o 6 and 7 lb limits. My partners 3.8 bailed us out today! Early ish were shallow to 12 t, the 3 biggest came out o 25t plus water, The MGM 156, 157 and 109 produced the most ish, our jigs took 2 o the 3 larger ish, the 156 and 157 were good or at least 30 o the ish. We went through 60 plus ish or the limit we weighed. Bryce my riend, we are on our way to Oroville!
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thank You to Tom Jones,Awesome is a good word or your report.... You were right on The Bleeding Shad Super Spook With A Matching Marks Tail NO.015 Is THE BEST !!!!!. Phils has both. I had to call Mark to get mine !!!!!. I called MARK this morning and he will have more in today. I caught Approx. 30-40 Fish on this set-up on thursday and around 6 on riday, but did good on riday on lukes. Thanks Again On The Good Ino. Steve
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Spooks and Flukes

  • San Bernardino County, California
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      Water Temp: 60*

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It seemed to be, that it was going to be just one o those day's when you can't do no wrong, well, it turned out be just so. I ished my G-Loomis IMX 843 all morning spooled up with 6 lb blue izorline, with my baby calcutta 50. Water temperature was at 60 degrees today beore i let and that was at 1:30, so i igured the water temp in the morning was at around the high end o the 50"s 58, 59. Got ten bass, all on Senko"s, purple smoke with the black hologram. I then soon ran out o those, and i themn had to go to the 3 1/2 inch Green Watermelon with black lake. It Did'nt matter, as ar as the color go's, i pretty much dead stuck them all morning long. It should be another good day tomorrow, and the place i was ishing was Cleghorn Canyon. And i was not in a boat, straight rom the shore. Sincerely, Mark Marion, aka "Micropterus Salemoids". PEACE.
      City: Whittier, Caliornia

      Tips: Looks like the spawn is pretty much over, however, i didnt ish rom boat, so i cant say or sure that this is true, not all bass spawn at the same time. I would suggest giving them Gary Yamamotos baits a try. Water was clear, and not at all warm, 60 degrees at best i would say bearable or the bass.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This was my irst visit to lake Sonoma this year. Arrived around 3:00 and ished rom shore until about 8:00. Was using a Senko, green pumpkin. Caught a nice large mouth, about 5 pounds around 4:20. Didn't get to weigh it, but got a couple photos. Also caught a nice small mouth with the same worm. Learned to use the Senkos rom Larry Hemphill, boy those things work great!!! No weight, just toss it out there. I've ished this lake several times, both rom shore and boat and most o the time I catch something, but this was the biggest bass I've ever caught. What a great lake.
      City: Greenbrae

      Tips: have un

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

      Report: went 7am small bass on lats. used plastic worms,roostertails.ishing is slow during day.
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: roostertails, rubber worms nightcrawlers