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Thursday, April 4th, 2002

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

      Report: Got up to the lake at about 3:30 this aternoon. got a ew bites but couldn't hook anything or the irst couple hours. then i switched to a 4" watermelon/red lake worm carolina rigged. Ater two casts, had a nice 4.2 largemouth hammer it on the descent in a secondary cove. Ater i took it o the scale and put it back, i rerigged, and had another big male hit it in almost the exact same spot. this one was 3.73 but deinately had some ight in him. I had to leave right ater that, but in all it was a pretty good trip to the lake. very ew boaters, and there was little to no wind which i had yet to experience here.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: try carolina rigged plastics. watermelon/red lake worked or me, but i am sure other colors would work. both were caught in about 15'. keep o the bedding ish!

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

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

      Report: Launched at Ladd's at 1 p.m. and the wind was really blowing. Headed over to Old River and tried to ind some relie rom the wind in some protected areas but it didn't happen. Tried lipping a brush hog or a while, I managed to boat three in the 2 lb. range, but the wind made it to diicult to hold the boat so I gave that up. Switched over to a white spinner bait and let the wind blow me down the weed lines while I tossed into the gaps. This turned out to be the best move I made. In the next 2 hrs. I boated a 3.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.5, 6.2 and a 7.8 kicker. I sure hoped it was going to continue but in the next hour and a hal I didn't get another hit. The wind got the best o me by then so I headed in. Best 5 went 26.1 lbs.. My personal best.
      City: Stockton

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished big and lil break monday only got six ish one about three pounds rest two.All ish were got on trap ire tigerwould catch emale than male right ater on all six ish.I ished low tide pretty much all day until 4:00 the water started to rip got some strikes on way in but had to go .I anyone has ino on Pittsburg areas to bass out o Pitt,marina please let me no thanx.
      City: pittsburg

      Tips: All ish seemed to be shallow 5 to 6t,traps

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 58 - 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Its Easter break my son and a teenage riend and I head to Clear Lake or a ather/son getaway. For a change the weather was great and the ishing was as good. We ound loads o ish on beds in the North end. I have never seen the water at "Clear Lake" so clear. With a good pair o polarized glasses you can see the bottom in 11+ t o water around Nice & Lucerne. Needless to say the ish are skittish! Ater catching bed ish we ound dirtier water elsewhere and also caught nice sized ish on Senkos and split shot. Also saw some large Crappie on beds. Should be a great Spring at Clear Lake.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Have a good supply o whatever you use or bed ishing. Remember catch and release!

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Males are up on the beds just waiting or the better hal. These Girls are HUGE! Now is the time to break the lake record Largemouth. You have to be there though to stake out a good ish. East side o the lake. Good Luck
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Be patient and hold as still as possible. Just watch these beauties or a while.Its amazing what can be seen. Oh yeah, Bring a good pair o polarized sunglasses.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wie & I took 4 yr. old grandson out at 8 am to 12 pm. He got to reel in six average 12" to 14" largemouth & one 2 lb. Crappie. He couldn't reel in the 4 lb. largemouth so helped the wie net it. Hooked one other 5+ bass but it made a run into a nearby weed bed then shook the hook. 15 to 20 mph wind help scatter the algae bloom but made boat control a little tougher. All ish came split shotting plastics. No takers on spinner bait.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Most ish appeared to be aggressive males either preparing beds or guarding them? Todays color o choice or majority o ish was june bug. 4" curly tails or small crawdad imitations.

  • California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a nice Trout, Crappie, and two Bass all on the same bank using minnows second creek past trimmer. It must be spring. Way too much time between bites to keep me interested, couldent ind the right pattern today
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Don't ollow me i you want to catch lot's o ish

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

      Report: Went out on Easter Sunday, about 2 PM. I ished at Horseshoe Lake (irst time ever to these lakes) ater about 45 minutes WHAM a huge hit. I landed the trout it was about 1.5 pounds, nice ish and put up a great ight. I stuck with Rainbow Powerbait all day, had great sucess. I Think I will try again this weekend.
      City: Sunnyvale

  • Merced County, California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the big lake and orebay 3-25, rom 6a.m. untill 5p.m. W/loat tubes (me and my son). Beautiul day, no wind no people and no ish. Used jumbo minnows 10t. to 65t. My son jigged tubes,lukes and tossed rattle traps. I got into a school o ish at 65t. that were sucking up my $1.25 minnows. Ater bringing up Two o these louzy weird ish(thought I was Having another o my strange dreams come true)I decided to move on.My son was laughing so hard when he saw what I pulled up and said they don't count as ish. Actually the bite was almost the same as the 25lber I caught a month earlier. Fished the towers in the orebay,nothing doing. Went to check 12 and my son inally caught a dink on a gits-it! Got home and read that a 54lber was caught near us that day. Oh-well!! Looks like we'll have to wait till the bait moves back into shore.
      City: Madera

      Tips: Water was crystal clear and cold.Fish were way o shore in thermal pockets.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: N.A.

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Jones Valley at 6:oo a.m.,the ramp was very busy.Very light wind so I decided to go about 2 miles above Arbuckle.Tried rippin and spinner bait-nothing.Caught 5 on a Luer Jenson crawdad.Caught 4 on hula grub and 10 on a 3" senko.O the 19 ish 1 was a large mouth 5 were small mouth and 13 were spots. All ish were keepers best was 2 3/4.Senko ish were in about 10' t0 15'.Crank ish about the same depth,the rest in 25' to 35'.
      City: Corning

      Tips: It looks like the smallmouth may make it back,last 3 years showing an improvement.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY HAVE TO AGREE BASS SHOULDN'T BE FISHED WHILE BEDDING.I HAVE BASS FISHED FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS NOW AND PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE AND I AM AN AVID TOURNAMENT FISHERMAN AND BELIEVE THAT FISH SHOULD NOT BE FISHED WHILE BEDDING IN TOURNAMENTS OR OTHERWISE ESPECIALLY BY THE MEAT FISHERMAN. ALOT OF STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ON THIS AS FOR RETURNING TO BEDS OR HAVING BEDS RAIDED AND NONE WOULD SUPPORT BED FISHING BESIDES LOOK HOW EASY IT IS TO FISH BEDS DOES THAT REALLY TEST A ANGLERS SKILLS? I AM PLANNING A TRIP TO SHASTA IN MAY, FIRST TIME TO THE LAKE SEEMS NUMBERS ARE THERE BUT NOT MUCH FOR SIZE ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED
      City: Washington

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      Water Temp: Hot

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beore we go ater Joe Fisherman, Don't orget the Vietmanese keeping EVERYTHING They catch including Dinks under slot and everything else edible!! Anyone who launches at Centimudi knows what I am talking about!!
      City: Redding

      Tips: Protect our ishing rights!

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 3PM,with the trolling motor on high,took a look around at all the beds. Saw a lot o bass on or near beds, one was huge. The bigger ish were partial to the brush, very wise. Just beore dark I caught an 8 1/2 lb.bass on a purple magic Duh jig w/mad man craw in 25 t. up in Jackson, also had several more hits. I caught several more 4-5lb. bass on the same bait, mostly on steep rock walls, anywhere rom 1 to 20 t. Can't wait to go back and try something dierent, noticed a lot o suspended ish, should have tried a crankbait or spinnerbait.
      City: Sac.

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

      Report: ANYONE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A BASS BOAT. I HAVE A 1986 SKEETER STARFIRE175. FULLY LOADED. HAS NEW MINN KODA 74 LB TROLLING MOTOR. POWER HEAD WAS REPLACED 18 MONTHS AGO. FULL FLIPPING DECK. EAGLE FRONT AND REAR. NEW TIRES AND RIMS. JUST TUNED UP SERVICED LOWER END. EXCELLENT TOURNAMENT BOAT- READY TO GO. ALSO HAS A HOT FOOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
      City: SUISUN

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two Person Guide Trip, Cool and Windy all day. We ished the west Delta all day ishing weed lats with the early high tide. Using 5" Tubes, Blk & Brn Jigs we lipped sparse tules or some reason we all missed or lost our irst couple o ish, then scored a 2.5lb then a 3 and another 3.5 or about two hours we caught and released about 12 ish 2.5-4.5lbs most on tubes but had 3 good ones on a 1/2oz Assassinater. We then ran to check out some spawning areas and caught 6 more all good ones. We caught a ew on the Assassinater but most would miss it, then real quick ater the miss we would throw a Senko and wham got um. Ater that we caught some bed ish at low tide with a pink senko. Great day over 30 bass 5 over 4 and a bunch o 2.5-3.5lbersI seem to have ound quality ish but just can't ind the big bite and would mind a tip or two.
      City: Concord

      Tips: The ish are shallow and starting to spawn, but this ront will most likley push them back. How bout a report rom Bobby or Dee?

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ANYONE LOOKING FOR A BASSBOAT? I HAVE A 1986 SKEETER STARFIRE 175 18.5 FT FOR SALE. HAS MERC 175 NEW POWER HEAD ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD. NEW MINN KODA 74 POUND THRUST TROLLING MOTOR. EAGLE FISH FINDERS FRONT AND REAR. CUSTOM BUILT FLIPPIN DECK WITH LOTS OF STORAGE. NEW TIRES AND RIMS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD. HAS A HOT FOOT AND 2 EXTRA SEATS. THIS BOAT IS TOURNAMENT READY. IF YOU NEED MORE INFO, JUST E-MAIL ME WITH A DAY TIME OR NIGHT TIME PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU. GOOD FISHING. PS. REASON FOR SELLING THE BOAT. I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 SKEETER.
      City: SUISUN

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ANYONE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A BASSBOAT. I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 SKEETER. I HAVE A 1986 STARFIRE 175 SKEETER FOR SALE. TOURNAMENT READY. HAS NEW MINN KODA 74 LB THRUST TROLLING MOTOR. NEW POWER HEAD, LESS THAN 18 MONTHS OLD, EAGLE DEPTHFINDERS FRONT AND REAR.HAS CUSTOM BUILT FLIPPIN DECK WITH LOTS OF STORAGE. NEW TIRES AND RIMS ALONG WITH A HOT FOOT. RUNS STRONG. IF YOU NEED MORE INFO JUST E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU. GOOD FISHING.
      City: SUISUN

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ANYONE LOOKING FOR A BASS BOAT? I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 SKEETER AND NOW I'M SELLING MY 1986 SKEETER STARFIRE 175. HAS NEW MINN KOTA 74LB THRUST TROLLING MOTOR. NEW POWER HEAD- ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD. HAVE EAGLE DEPHFINDERS FRONT AND REAR. HAS CUSTOM BUILT FULL FLIPPIN DECK. HAS HOT FOOT. NEW TIRES AND RIMS JUST PUT ON LAST SUMMER. THIS BOAT IS TOURNAMENT READY RIGHT NOW. NEED MORE INFO, JUST E-MAIL ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU.
      City: SUISUN

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

      Report: Hey Fishy! My wie caught a toad 8.5 rom the shore a couple weeks back. Boy was she ever tickled!!!!! Bigger ish than I have ever caught. Caught her ish on rock bank north o launch ramp on lead headed oxblood magic worm. The cove next to this bank holds some good ish. There is some grass in this cove. Good luck
      City: San Jose

      Tips: patience or the toads!

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This is great...Fished rom our to six thirty and boated 33 keepers on blades.It is awesome..No big ones.A couple o threes.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Water is warming,water is getting color, and they is tight.Fish every stick!!!!