Fishing Report

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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

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

      Report: When is a good time to ish top water here and on what?
      City: San Francisco

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here's a report rom a riend o mine that ished Pillsbury rom shore or about 1 1/2 hours on Tuesday, 4/2/02:In any case, I rigged some rods with crawlers or the kids - not much action so the kids decided to paddle instead (the water was a bit too cold or ull-on swimming.) We were ishing rom the shore, o course. The wind had picked up so I put a larger sinker on a rod rigged with a crawler and cast a bit deeper. I let it sit or a while until I got a good bite - result was landing a nice 2 pound largemouth bass. (I weigh and measure every decent ish I catch on a little scale and tape measure I carry in my tackle box)Well, now I knew that not only were the bass biting but I was in a good spot (at least there was one ish there) - so I shited to my avorite lures - sot plastics. Then the action started!Within the next hour and a hal I landed another ive (5!) bass, every single one o them over three and a hal pounds! My best was a little over ive pounds, 23 inches in length. By ar the best ishing day I have ever had - and ishing had not been my main objective!I experimented with many o the sot plastics in my tackle box - seems like they were biting on almost anything I put on. Everything was Carolina-rigged - 3/4 ounce - I was casting into the wind so I needed something really heavy. Very rocky bottom - so distinguishing between bites and hook-ups was a little tricky. I got the astest bites (and a couple o misses) rom a salt impregnated pumpkin color twin-tail craw impersonator and a red and black 'Bass Assassin' Shad impersonator. I also caught ish on a 7" Power Worm and a Power Craw - both pumpkin colored.
      City: Santa Rosa

  • California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ished or about 6 hours. Caught one trout about 16 inches long with rainbow power bait. I was beginning to wonder i there was ish in this lake.
      City: hollister

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WELCOME TO THE CITY OF JONES VALLEY !!!!!WHAT WAS CDF, N.FOREST SERVICE,DFG. THINKING ?????THEY CUT ALL THE TREES AND CLEARED THEM OUT SO JOE PUBLIC COULD SLAUGHTER ALL THE LARGEMOUTHS ON BEDS. IN MY OPION I THINK IT IS CRIMINAL. MOST OF THEM ARE NOT WEREING FISHING LICENSES AND OTHERS PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THEM. THEN THEY LEAVE THERE STYROFOAM WORM CUPS ALL OVER. ONE GUY EVEN TELLS ME THAT IF I USE MINNOWS OR CRAWDADS ON THE BEDS I WOULD DO BETTER, I NUTTED UP A THAT POINT,AND YELLED SOME THINGS I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE. I PAY BBAC DUES HOPING TO IMPROVE THE LARGEMOUTH POPULATION ON SHASTA.THATS WHO I AM CONTACTING NEXT,I DON'T BLAME JOE PUBLIC THEY BOUGHT THERE LICENSE,THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO FISH. I BLAME DFG FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BED FISH. 34 STATES HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON BED FISHING,SOME DON'T LET THE ANGLER USE BAIT UNTIL AFTER THE SPAWN SEASON IS COMPLETE,OTHERS PUT COMPLETE BAN ON BED FISHING, LESS THA 1% OF THE BASS IN SHASTA ARE LARGEMOUTH I THINK IT IS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,IF WE DON'T MY GRANDCHILDREN AND YOURS WILL PROBABLY NEVER CATCH A LARGEMOUTH IN SHASTA,I HOPE DFG READS THIS I KNOW THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LICENSES THEY SELL,LONG TERM THIS WILL EFFECT THEM TOO. DFG GETS SOME BALLS YOU ARE A PART OF UNCLE SAM,I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT THE TURD. PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE MAYBE DFG WILL LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT....
      City: REDDING

      Tips: CALL DFG AND COMPLAIN TO THEM IF WE ALL DO IT THEN THEY MIGHT SEND A WARDEN DOWN THERE TO CHECK LICENSES, AND LIMITS AND THE LOWEST OF THEM ALL JOE THE SNAGGER.

  • San Bernardino County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Miller canyon arm rom 8:00am to noon. Lots o larger bass can be seen cruising in the shallows preparing or spawning. Caught 3 on a black skirted jig with a 4" black/purple curly worm hung o the back. Largest ish was a plump emale around #6. All ish released.
      City: Alta Loma

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

      Report: On the water at nine--ished Yorty and back to dam. Two ish --one smallmouth and one large--or 5 hours eort. Used plastics and had little ish bites, but no connect. Wind was actor in blowing my 165 Tracker around. Pretty discouraging. Checking with other anglers, the rusults were similar except or a report o 20 small ish on rapallas.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: I wish I knew!!

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake at sae light and went to the honey hole on the North end. Bill Watson joined me in his own boat as I told him that I thought I could put him on ish. At 7:00 we weighed in our best 4 at 19 plus and I now have a photo o Bill with a six pounder in each hand. It was a good thing that we got there early because the breeze died about 8:00 and so did the bite. Bill caught his LM on Baby Brush Hogs while my smallies (to 3.86) came on darter head Pro Worms.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: I you're going to ish darter heads in the tailings take a lot o them with you.

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

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Great day oir ishing, got to the irst pond heading west on 299 about 7:15 am. and ished or bass and bluegill, got 11 bluegill and o bass although I did see some really nice lookin bass, I used a rattle trap, and night cralwers, the bass would take the crawler but not all the way and when I would set the hook they wouldnt be there.
      City: redding

      Tips: Go either real early or at dusk, and be very subtle in your presentation slow.. slow and slower are the speeds you must use. also please pick up trash...

Monday, April 1st, 2002

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was going to ish or trout with my girlriend at Hamilton Branch. Saw A guy pull out a nice spot rom there. So o course I pulled out my bass gear. No luck, but A guy next to me picked up a emale that was getting ready to spawn. He caught it on a watermelon lizard. I was very dissapointed to see him keep it and tell his buddies "we've got dinner." I'm suprised to see bass in that part o Almanor.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Catch and release all bass. Almanor is loaded with trout and salmon that are great eating.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't get out o a conerence call at 7:00am, so partner Swimbait took the ront while I got on the cell. Got to Frank's about 8am. Swimbait gets a 4lb to eat a jerkbait. Then a 6lb striper pounds my blade and we're having un. We catch a couple more o both species and we're in the zone (or stripers) at the southeast tip o Franks. I hear my buddy Blademan and he's trimmed out with the hammer down coming accross the lake and his boat sounds like a tornado hitting the ripple on the surace. I lag him, and as he's rolling up I cast a Luckycrat and hammer another one. It's ripping line and I tell Blademan it's a toad largie. We had a little tukeyshoot goin actually and Blademan won it by the end. Ater Franks, we went to a avorite hole in the Macalumea and my engine became a two cylinder. The river was tough, but we stayed on the trolling motor and caught several o both basses there too. Swimbait had me rom the back again, but I rallied with two unanswered 2lb at the end both on jerkbaits. Blades and Senkos caught the other ish.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Conditions seem early in the rivers, but not bad compared to some years spring rain/snow runo

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      Water Temp: 58-66

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: One Person Guide trip today, warm, sunny light wind, the water warmed up 5 degrees over the weekend. Started in Franks and got a 4lber 1st spot the went to Fihsermans cut and caught one little one on a speed trap ished both sides with really no luck. Back to Franks and got a 3lber on a jig then went awhile with out a bite. Decided to go south with the high water and started catching ish 1, 3lber on Assassinater (Shad Gold) and a ew on the Olive craw Speed trap and lost a nice one on a weed point, never saw it. Then went to Woodward caught about 5 all small, hopped down to Union Point and only ound a ew small ones there too. Aeww weeks ago a couldn't buy a ish under 2lbs now there not over. Came back to Franks at low tide and tried a rog and tried deep with only a couple o small ish, then on the last cast we got a 4lber and went in. Fair day with about 17 bass best ish 15ish
      City: Concord

      Tips: It appears many ish have moved up and are bedding (ound about 5) and not biting good today.

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      Water Temp: 61-63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Once again launched out o Paradise Point to ish White Slough. On the water around 8:00 a.m. Went back to the beds I had ound earlier in the week.Using tips rom Dean Sault, I approached the beds dierently this time. I wasn't in such a rush. I worked 3 dierent beds or about an hour. Although I couldn't visually see the beds or the ish I knew where they were located. Finally elt that "tic", on a 5" Senko. Set the hook and no movement. Leaned on the rod and cranked like a madman. Ater ighting her through the weeds, she headed or deeper water. I'm guessing at the time, but I think it took me a couple o minutes to bring her to the net. Felt like a glorius hour.I thought I had FINALLY busted into the double digit club. No such luck. Finally weighed in at 8 lbs 13 ozs, but I'm certainly not complaining.This ish had me so stoked, I had to wait 5 minutes to retie. My hands were shaking.A couple o accomodating bass ishermen took a couple o pictures or me and I slipped her back into the water.Again, thanks to Dean Sault.Caught 3 more ish, but the remainder were all dinks.O the water at 1:00 p.m.
      City: Manteca

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

      Report: City: Los Angeles

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

      Report: Has any been ishing the lake? The last report is rom 3/25. I heard that at the end o march their was a tournament and their was over 60 lbs caught by the winner somewhere by lakeport. Any ino. will be good. Plan to ish the lake rom 4/13 to 4/16. Any ino. on where and what to use will be very helpull.
      City: concord

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Folsom Lake is hot, dropped in about 2:30 and caught ish until we let at dark. 20 total ranging rom 1.5 - 4.5 all spots except or a large and a small. Caught them in 8 to 10 eet o water. Had a limit in 30 minutes , then started cruising or big ish , no willows and rocks
      City: Fresno

      Tips: worms in the trees and around rocks.

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the aternoon with my 6 year old daughter. We ished the shallows with a wacky worm and caught 25 to 30 ish. Big ish or the trip was about 2 lbs. Looks like the small males are scoping out the bedding areas but the big girls are still alittle deep. Good luck all.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: We caught all our ish using pink or brown and purple vined straight tail worms.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 1st time ever on this lake. Took the amily ishing 4/01 and ended up catching about 15 bass total between my iance, my two boys, and mysel betweem 1:30pm till sunset. My iance took the cake with an 8 lb ish. Most ish were about 2 lbrs and were close to the bank or relating to structure (mostly brush/branches). All in all one o my best days ishing (especially when you spend most o your time untangling lines and re-tying hooks :)
      City: Gustine

      Tips: Watermelon w/black lake brush hogs seemed to be the ticket. But worms or tubes in green/brown and pumpkinseed colors also worked with a bb split shot. Tried crankbaits with no luck.

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 0530-1200 hr.Cotton Area,Started throwing top water, had a couple boiles but no takers. Went to a Pearl Zoom Fluke which I tip the tail with Chart. dye. This was the ticket today. Caught iteen or so ranging rom dinks to 4 pounds, most were in the 2+ range. The bigger ish came o deep banks with brush or trees laying in the water. Worked the luke real slow letting it drop about a oot or so beore moving it. About hal would take it on the all and just swollow it. Caught a couple on cranks & blades, but not a bit on worms or jugs.
      City: Turlock

  • Fresno County, California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: many may not believe me on this but i caught an 8lbs. black bass and two others ones about 16 to 17 inches. the small ones were biting like crazy too. i have not have this much un ishing at millerton since the irst year i moved here......
      City: resno

      Tips: the bait o choice would be the baby brush hog watermelon color or the zoom salty super luke smokin shad. with the brush hog bounces it along the buttom. with the luke just try to make it swim at the surace o the water. you will get some good action with it.live bait use night crawlers (can't beat that)

  • California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 3:00-5:00. I landed a ew that were on the small side. Around 4:30 I moved towards the Dam and landed a 5.0lb. largemouth on a baby brushhog. What a ight!!Took a picture and threw it back. Catch and release baby!!
      City: El Cerrito

      Tips: Cast and move