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Saturday, April 6th, 2002

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 57 to 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the entire weekend up at the lake. Usually this time o year is awsome. We had some problems. With the cold ront that moved in the night we arrived, came cooler water. the wind mucked up the water. we could not see any bed ish.I caught ish on a 8" swimbait. Blackblue jig and a senko.9 ish 2 @ 5lbs, the rest around threeish. Bite or us was over by 11am. We hit it hard and struggled the entire trip.Fished only the north rom Lucern to Corrinthians.Best pattern was to ish the tulie pockets in the am. I think I was on top o beds but we could not see any due to the wind and water color.Good Luck all.The ishing should really pick up soon. just not this weekend or us!.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Senko! Senko!Swim bait in the lats outside spawn areas.Jig the wood!

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got in the water at daybreak.Fished main lake coves..Caught ish rom 2 t to 20 t deep.All on worms & splitshoting a senko.Did catch a ew on the senko with no weight,was to windy..We caught rom dink's to 2 1/2 lbs.Got 13 over 12 in. let at 1 pm.Got two blowups on a top water & threw spinner & crank some,no takers...
      City: Riv

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sometimes, guiding can be un and very satisying!! I took a ather-son team to Oroville on Wed. and Thurs. Since dad has retired and lives in southern Cali, they don't get to ish much together and told me they have been skunked the past 6 or 7 times them have ished together. I tried to come to the rescue and I think I saved them! We caught 25 the irst day with 4 over the slot, and 39 the second day with 9 over! We tried hard or the 40th bass, but we ran out o time. The weather was very weird - og on the lake Wed at 10 am! We launched at 10 am both days, planning to ish the later, hopeully warmer aternoon - good choice! Wed. we started in some o my avorite places in the north ork with very poor results. On to the middle ork and things looked up about 3 pm. We used rodstrainer jigs in brown/orange and purple/blue/black and they produced our bigger bass. We also used a 4 inch Berkley Pulse Worm. The irst topwater bass o the year were landed on Chug Bugs. They would not hit a morning dawn Magic Worm - amazing!!! Thursday, we had some success on jigs in the south ork, but this was to be a Senko day. They both wanted to learn how to ish them - and learn they did!! A ew avorite areas beyond the Enterprise bridge really produced - one in particular. A guides dream - we were hooking spots up to 2 1/4 pounds on every second or third cast - or about an hour. They were so excited - and I was happy or them! This was rom about 4 to 5 pm - on a sun-exposed bank. We lost one o two quality topwater ish - darn! We used the 5 inch Senko in colors 221 and 194 mostly. Others worked too. I did manage one largemouth in McCabe on a Senko - about 2 pounds. Fun, Fun!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: We did not ine many bass in the backs o creeks, they had moved out to the closest points. We didn't ish any deeper than 20 eet. Fishing picked up in shadows later in the day, but was best on sun-exposed areas shortly beore the sun let the area.

  • Bayfield County, California
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Windy and Chilly, partly cloudy. Fished upper end in the 5mph area. Fish were spooky due to the clear water. Saw very ew ish and caught only six 12" to 15" ish. Five o them with worms on rock piles or stumps in 10' to 15' o water. One on a crankbait in the shallow lats in the aternoon (long cast!) Also one nice trout (dinner!) on a white spinnerbait, go igure! Most others I talked to were having a slow day as well.
      City: Eureka

      Tips: Look or the water to warm a bit and the ish to move into a spawning pattern! Should be anytime now. Lots o ry around brush and shallow structure should help the crankbait bite when it warms up.

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

      Report: Coming down or a camping trip at Margarita April 18th - 22nd. Does anyone have any reports rom this lake? Please post or e-mail. Any tip would help.Thanks, Fredrico.
      City: Pleasanton

Friday, April 5th, 2002

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: All you old boys need to go to Shasta ,Almanor is not to good you can only get about 16 to 18 pounds with 5 ish now days.

      Tips: Right now anything will work

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 51-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: had two guide trips thurs and fri,and caught a total of 27 fish.. mostly rippin and flippin bedded fish. the cold front moved fish off beds completley and the fishin was tough and cold ! any time we get some consistant warm whether, the lake will go off! fish seem to be suspeneded in 8-10 feet deep and some toads were seen, but spooky!! fish ripbaits... rip rip pause! good luck
      City: danville

      Tips: rip baits.. small jigs on beds

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing friday 11:30-3:00 on foot. Caught three, missed two. One was a Spot 13" came on a sluggo, two smallmouth, 13" and 14" both came on a bill dance 1/4 oz medium running crankbait (Shad colored).
      City: Davis

      Tips: Try crankin near structure in about 6' of water in sheltered coves

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at lake around 2p.m.Caught ish all aternoon.6"and 4"plastics.Ice blue was the color.All buck bass,right against the bank.
      City: VISALIA

      Tips: CATCH AND RELEASE!BASS ARE STAGING TO SPAWN.

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      Water Temp: 60-65 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Pre-ished or the New-Bass Future Pro. Was throwing Senkos as usual, and was catching bass between 1.5 and 3 pounds. Then caught a nice 4.5 around 9:30. At 12:45, I was ishing in a dead end slough and hooked up on a toad! Ater watching her jump out o the water several times while shaking her head, I netted her mysel since I was ishing alone. She weighed an even 11.0 pounds, my best to date. A Pro rom Lake Mead (Doc Watson) was pre-ishing or a tournament next week (WON Bass I think) and witnessed the catch. He took some pictures or me with my camera. I just wish that I could have caught her tomorrow. Oh well.
      City: Rancho Cordova

      Tips: Can you say Senkos?

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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fun Fished this morning (6:30AM) out o Lundborgs on Bethel Island. Backseater was Dallas Merrick o Hayward (Walton's Pond). With just un ishing in mind, didn't push hard in where we should start, just ished what look good to us. I went 2 or 2 on spots catching ish. Dallas's turn went 1 or 1 in choosing spot(s) har!!!. That spot produced the most ish which was a 100yd bank with close deep water access. The ish were TIGHT to the tules and real inicky in what they wanted, Brown Jig/Zoom Blue Chunk trailer was the key to catching these ish. No Senko Fish were caught, we tried.Out o 8 ish caught up till 12(Noon), 7 were caught on a Brown Jig with 1 coming on, and the biggiest (4 1/2lb),a Spinnerbait by Baits by Boyce. Smalliest ish caught was a 2lb. Best 5, 15lbs/7ish 19-20lb. For a un trip, you couldn't ask or a better day. I think I burned 2-3 gallons o gas all mornin. No wind at all this morning. Good luck to the isherman that go out this weekend.Rich Thiel's Guilding ServiceBanner is on top o this pg.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Fish where there is current and deep water nearby (at least 10t bottom. Stay out instead o tight and pitch, pitch, pitch. The ish are tight and the hit very light but solid. Pay attention in what your doing on each pitch. Fish slow, you don't have to run and gun to get a limit around Franks Track. Pay attention to detail and what your throwin too!!!!.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Besides having a pretty good trip to Clear Lake last Tuesday with a client, I was VERY EXCITED about something new I saw there this spring - over a hundred young bass that had survived the winter!!!! In the past two trips, we have even caught 3 or 4 twelve inchers. This is great news I think. Under one dock I saw about 12 bass rom 6 to 10 inches - last years spawn - good news! I'm sure that all readers to ncb realize that survival o the young over the winter is one o our serious problems at Clear Lake every year. I also saw several bass in the 8 to 10 pound class crusing around, trying to get warm. I saw one that might go around 12. These were better quality than I saw last spring. Another good sign. Please let them spawn!!On Tuesday, we ished mostly #221 5 inch Senkos and caught 9 bass up to 6 1/4 lbs - not a great trip but better than the 5 pounders in previous trips. Wow! - talk about spooky!! The big bass would come up to our baits - look at them - and run away. It was ALMOST unny. I said - almost!! We did see a ew pairs locked on nests, but mostly crusiers. Last year the mood o the ish, a least or my boat, was see the bait and eat it. Not this year - so ar. Like the previous report said - this water is CLEAR!! Be prepared or lots o weed and slime on your baits - the beneit o clear water. Night ishing has been very slow this year so ar, and it is hard to igure out why. This next month will be interesting. Bass are continuing to hit jigs day and night, and also the Power Tube is working.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It might be necessary to use smaller baits i the water remains clear - but that may change. Sometimes with very warm weather, Clear Lake will gain some color rather quickly. Since the lake is higher than last year - you may have to look urther back in to the tules to ind the bass. I have been drop-shotting a ew bass or the irst time at Clear Lake lately - that is a irst or me!! I have been using a 3 inch pumpkin Senko.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 57-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 8am, Fished up the south a ew coves. Took an hour or so to get on some ish. Once there, ished dirent areas all in the same cove. Rocks, gravel, trees, short green weeds on shorelines, etc. Caught a ew ish everywhere but not a lot anywhere. Caught ish rom 2 to 18 t. Saw several beds on shallow points near backs o coves. (mostly small ish) ound one with a pair o 31/2 pounders "locked on". The male Came in three casts and my buddy had the hen beore I could release My ish. Don't get the opportunity to sight ish Folsom Too oten, sure was un. The bed was in about 5 t. o water and as quickly as the lake has been rising it couldn't have been there long. Anyone who thinks the spawn hasn't started at Folsom yet, SURPRISE! My buddys 9yr. old son had big ish or the day at 41/2 lbs. Ever see a kid smile or 4 straight hours? The only time he stopped was to break his athers eggs.Anyhow, not a bad day. 21/2 guys, 5 hrs, 30 ish.
      City: Lotus

      Tips: All ish caught on 4" worms or 3" grubs. All colors caught ish but more natural colors seemed to work best. Bed ish hit WHITE grubs.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy Stan and I caught 17 bass in two hours ishing the trees rom the shore at browns ravine. caught all o them on cotton candy lizards. All were spots nothing big the largest going maybe two and a hal pounds. We had a blast, could only imagine what you could do in a boat and the whole lake to ish.
      City: El Dorado Hills

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: bad day to ish only day all week with no sun managed to catch 2 spots around trees.had lunch at averys pond and caught 6 small(10-14 inch) bass with worms tossed along shore
      City: citrus heights

      Tips: lake should get better i water warms like the pond

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

      Report: GONNA BE HITTING THE LAKE TOMORROW, ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCATIONS FOR BIG FISH? PLEASE HELP, NEVER FISHED FROM A BOAT ON THIS LAKE! TAKING OUT THE BOAT TOMORROW, DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. HELP???
      City: MODESTO

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got to the lake at 12:00 p.m. cause the weather was horrible. started ishing with the cloud cover, that soon let way to sunshine at about 3:00 when i caught my second bass o the day. ater this ish was caught i ripped another lip on a bass on the next cast, the bass where just going crazy there where about 10 people around and everyone was slamming bass. bite melowed out about 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.i cant give a exact total on how many bass i caught cause i lost count. IT WAS A BLAST TODAY. :)
      City: Moreno Valley

      Tips: i was ishing in the marina rom shore with a 4&1/2 weenie in a bun.(plastic worm) get ready all the bass are going to be in ull swing inishing up spawning, so i your going to get out and the weather stays nice then saturaday is a ull moon and the bassin is going to be awesome.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rolled up a big atty set the trolling motor on 3 and proceeded to wipe out an entire species by mid day. I practiced the usual catch, maime, and release!
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: early in the morning was using a watermellon with chartreuse laked hand grenade in 4 eet o water.

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

      Report: Ya gotta love spring!I caught 25 or so o o willows today.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Finesse worms rigged wacky no weight.

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

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to the second pond today and ound a ton o bluegill and some nice sized bass. we ound them along the back bank, The blue gill hit almost anything but especially a tricospinner(ly ishing), Saw a ew bass on beds, should be great ishing in a couple o weeks, i ya go, make sure to travel lite two poles the steep banks make it hard to walk with a ton o gear.
      City: redding

      Tips: Slow, look or weed beds or bluegill and bass will be near by, use sot plastucs in pumpkin and june bug loating they like a slow all. good luck, and bent poles.