Fishing Report

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Tuesday, April 9th, 2002

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SIGHT FISHING
      City: ONTARIO

      Tips: HARASSING BEDDING FISH DOESN'T STRESS THEM OUT AND DISRUPTTHEIR SPAWNING ACTIVITIES (SURE).IN FACT GO BACK AND CATCH THAT FISH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TOO.

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I spent 3 days this past weekend with a ly-isherman on my back deck and did I ever learn a lot. A gentleman by the name o Mel Toponce and his lovely wie Sandy joined me in search o Trinity Smallies. Iwas able to put him on some ish and ater the proper ly was determined he tore them up at times. Although the ishing was pretty good, the companionship and growing riendship were even better. Thanks Sandy and Mel or a most enjoyable three days. The bass ishing is in ull swing with trophy size ish being taken with regularity. Jerks and cranks are working well in the 3-10' range while darterhead worms, gitzits, and brush hogs are taking the deeper ish. Now is an excellent time to take your avorite bait and just go ishing.
      City: Weaverville

Monday, April 8th, 2002

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey ellows, hate to tell you this,but Almanor is coming on. This weekends two day tourney, o our club, had limitso nice smallmouth's rom about 2-4 lbs on the average. Goodighters and really nice ish. It will get better, but youcan have a blast with them right now. Topwater slow, ripping the way to go. By the way our club,Honey lake bass, i have a open tourney on April 20, 02,'launch at the dam ramp and entry o $100.00 per boat, withbig ish pot included. Sign up at the ramp, starting about4am and sae blast o about 6am. Come on up, visit and meetothers and have a super smallmouth ish tourney. Looking orward to seeing you there, Bill K, President.HLBC
      City: susanville

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: app 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: lake berryessa is looking alive,salmon,trout , fishing from shore, should be fished under a bobber 4ft to 7ft with a live minnow,if trolling i would use a needle fish same depth or find the bait.crappie appearing under lights at copell cove after dark red and white or yellow and white jigs or live minnows works best.Bass ready willing & able ,see them now on shallow beds preparing to spawn.if you are able to catch a 3lb or larger off the beds release it so it can do it female duties,soak any smelly bait for cats it works., www.fishingconnection.net or 650-583-3333 this is sid saying good fishing till next week.
      City: napa

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I made a quick trip since the weather was nice - a storm is supposed to come in tonight. I had about 14 hookups, but only landed 6 - the biggest being a 3 1/2 lb largemouth on a #194 Senko. I was also using a loating worm, but the ish wern't taking it very good. I talked to the ellow that caught the lake record in 1998 and he was catching mostly small ones too. I saw a ew quality spots and a big largemouth crusing, but they wern't biting. One big spot did take my worm just beore I let, about 8 pm, and I lost her at the boat - maybe 4 pounds! I saw ish all over the lake - just not in great numbers. More heat is what we need!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I was able to catch three o my ish on beds with a chartreuse tube bait. One was a 2 3/4 lb spot. They were un to catch and even more un to put right back! My Senko largemouth was in back o a cove in about 10 eet o water, next to a bush.

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 60-63 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sunday's results rom Kaweah Bassmasters tournament were as ollows. 1. Steve Weaver- 14.40 lbs, 2. Darrel Green(visalia) 10.83 lbs. 3. Gary Wasson- 10.49 lbs . 34 anglers competed.
      City: Visalia

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake around 7:30 went straight to greasy cove irst ish came at 8:00 on the dot almost caught it on a pearl white luke. Second ish came about 10. It was a male o a bed, with this ish there was a huge sow 7-10lbs easy. Spent an hour trying to get her to bite. she came in and went tail up on a wacky rigged Senko then backed o. i let and Came back later and she was still there but still couldn't get her. only cauight two bass but it was worth it to see that big one and to spend a day on the lake. Other guys ishing near me caught a ew on live minnows. My two came on the white luke and a straight 4 inch red plastic worm.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Guys at Sierra Sporting Goods were very helpul in choosing the lukes. They said white was a hot color and it did work or me. Also slow it down a little and have patience there are some big ish in that lake.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught two large mouth bass beore 9 a.m. The irst was over 3lbs. and the second was over 2lbs. Used sot plastics. Didn't even get a bite ater that. As it got warmer the ish were cruising the shoreline but weren't interested in anything I was throwing at them. I still haven't caught any bass deeper in the coves yet. Everything has been in the shallows o the main body o the lake.
      City: Murphys

      Tips: The spawn is on so FISH ON!

  • California
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4/03 & 4/06. Did really well both days. Started @ 6:00AM. They were biting on shad colored cranks & top water. Fishing shallow on the bank out. Would get bit 3-6 cranks to the boat. They are slamming the crankbaits! My partner nailed a 4.0 with a crankbait on his 5th cast on 4/3. Good pair o days. Lots o ish on 4/6 but they were smaller 12.5 - 15" Tried spinnerbaits & got some hits, but they were hitting it on the trailer.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Cast that crankbait as close to shore as you can. Let it sit or the count o 6, then reel it med. speed & hold on. They are in rocky structure & small coves. Also try a spinnerbait with no trailer!

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry this isn't a post but I had to respond to the previous unbelievable post sent by Pat Marley.Please keep it real!! Is he a Senko salesman?
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Don't stand up in a Canoe!

  • California
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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing ater work around 4 pm. was o the water a 8. We landed about 25 bass rom 1-3.5 pounds, also a 6lb. Catish.All on rip baits. It was really windy so no bed ish this time.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: Throw rip baits, my avorite is Lucky Crat

Sunday, April 7th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at disco,or sall I say Orwood looks pretty good over there.thought we would lip some docks @ Disco as soon as we got there,but we didn't and didn't get to many hits eithier,When inally ariving ater hitting every spot that looked good along the way,we really begun catching bass,well and crappie,and bluegill.Our largemouths today weren't so big as other days,however i'm not going to complain.We had a great time,but my partner Chris brought in a nice one in a hal pound Crappie.ought like a bass,thought it was a striper,until it suraced,all them ish sitten at 8 -12 eet o water suspended aren't stripers i don't think.there crappie.And then i brought in a bluegill,thats when i started thinking about stripers.All in all,we got about a dozen ish,but nothing to brag about
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Sot plastics seem to work the best today,weenies,weeniees,and more weeeniees.Ha,ha,I just can't tell ya what those little bass want,no seiko,only 1 one a blade and no cranks surprisingly,you all have a great time out there.CATCH AND RELEASE PLEASE

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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished out o ranks today. got on the water at day light. started throwing senkos in some areas i had spotted some big ish earlier in the week. irst ish came in 3 oot o water with a rootbeer/gold lake senko. 5.5 next ish came on same color senko out o the same pocket. another ish in the 5# class. thinking there wouldnt be another toad in there i started to move down the bank, but decided to throw in there one more time and yes i hooked another one, this ish elt better than the previous two but i never got to see her. im guessing 7#s or better rom the eel o her. anyway i guess i learned to keep throwing in and area until you dont get bit anymore. the ished seemed to be stacked in that pocket or some reason. anyway i continued ishing ranks and ended up with 15 ish with the best 5 going 20lbs or so. great day on the water.
      City: tracy

      Tips: senko's, senko's, senko's.....rootbeer/gold lake or me today. dont know about other colors. never tried anything else.

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

      Report: Started ishing in the early morning using drop shot and really nailed them. My partner and I caught about a dozen largemouth with biggest being 4lb. 6oz. and none smaller than 3lbs. They were biting on a 4 1/2" purple worm with a curly tail. Caught them in 10'-20't water throughout the day. It was overcast or much on the morning and slowly burned o by very late morning. Fish had nice guts on them and seemed really close to spawing.
      City: Canyon Country

      Tips: Purple worm on drop shot.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 58 to64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished cotton arm and temperance arm all day. got on the water at day light and started ishing blades in the back o cotton. irst ish came on second cast on a laydown, 3.3. went down the back with nothing until the next wood in the water and bam another solid black in the 3# class.kept ishing down the bank with nothing until...you guessed it another laydown and another ish.this one was a solid 2.5 spott. anyone seeing a pattern here?.well i did and yes i started going rom wood to wood catching ish. it seemed like i got bit on at least hal the stick ups or laydowns that were at least close to the bank. ended up catching 12 in cotton and about same amount in temperance arm. thrue blades the whole time. white and chart. with a small gold col. blade and a medium silver willow blade with a chart. grub trailer and a trailer hook. dont know i i needed the trailer hook as these ish were enguling the bait. most ish came in 2 to 6 eet o water with several bites as soon as the blade hit the water so hang on to your rod and be ready. total ish or the day 20 to 25. o the water at 1:00.
      City: oakdale, ca.

      Tips: ish blades around every piece o wood you come across. and ish parallel to the bank. i was burning it back or slowed down it didnt matter today.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tried Fishing or BASS again to no avail. The wind was terrible and there are a ton o squaw ish in this lake, every time you thought you got qa good ish it turned out to be an ugly garbage ish. Looks like they have taken all o the so called bass away with them. Worse yet I think the logging road was hit by enemy ire, I put 1,000 miles on my boat and trailer in 16 miles. We did catch a couple blue gills on night crallers but overall the trip was a bust. I think I'll try clearlake or Sonoma ater I tighten all o the bolts on my trailer and reconnect the trolling motor.
      City: Potter Valley

      Tips: I you like squaw ish this is your lake.

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

      Report: Got out or a couple o hours today, got nothing. I lipped a black and red jig the entire time, got one bite, and didn't get a good hookset.On a really sad note I ound a gill net in some tules. As I was pulling and cutting it out I pulled up a bass. It was about 1.5#. I thought it was dead at irst but it moved so I careully cut it ree and let it go.I suspect that people who would use a gill net are not likely to visit this orum so I'll skip preaching about why they are so bad. GILL NETS SUCK!
      City: Santa Cruz

      Tips: Try something other than a red and black jig. I you use a gill net I hope Fish and Game get a hold o you.

  • Westchester County, California
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      Water Temp: 60to65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: little west wind,ished robo zippers and rattle traps.landed 5 smallies in a two hour stay.i am not writing about the ish i released butt the ones that were not!Every time i bass ish the house shoe i see guys ising and catching nice 2lb to 4lb LM bass and throwing them in to back packs and on stringers.I dont know i they dont like bass or i they just dont know how much keeping bigger bass hurts the uture o the bass and bass ishing in that lake.they plant trout or ishing and eating they dont plant bass,and i we dont catch and release bass we wont be haveing the un o cathing bass in a year or so......thanks or reading.............mike
      City: hayward

      Tips: ish windy points with texas rig plasticsor smallies.

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

      Report: Finesse worms on willows and mud lines near lats.Caught 25 or there abouts today.It's as nice as as it gets right now.The only problem with nice weather is all the retards appear,they can't back up thier boat trailers,but when they do get in the the water they can scare up some mud lines!
      City: Redding

      Tips: Almost any 3 1/2 or 4" worm,Wilows and mud lines near lats.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I have been reading some reports about Bed ishing, and the Vietnamese people. First o I would like to correct some statments made. I am a Vietnam Veteran, and have been involved with the veterans community or years in Redding. I am also a tournament isherman, and have been involved with the ishing community or years. What I would like to correct is the orientals that we see ishing on Shasta are not Vietnamese. We only have a ew Vietnamese amilys living in Redding. The people we see are Mung or Laotian. I havc on many occations checked the buckets and stringers o these people to see i in act they are taking ish home that are not legal, and I have never ound them doing anything illegal. All they are doing is catching ish to eed there amilys.I can tell you also that they are not nearly as wastull as we are. They eat just about every part o the ish they catch.Now or bed ishing I agree that some restrictions need to be taken to protect our uture population o ish. I just wonder how inorcing the law to protect them would be carried out.
      City: Redding

      Tips: There are plenty o ish on Shasta, and a ew ish taken home to eat will not hurt anything . What we need is a slot limit.