Fishing Report

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Sunday, March 31st, 2002

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had to go ishing beore Easter estivities. Launched at 7:15 am and was o the water by 9:50 am. Landed 7 largemouth, about a 2.5 pounder was the largest. Plastic worms in dark green / white were the ticket. All ish were caught in 2-7 eet o water. Pretty good day or less than 3 hours. The day beore, Vern Sherman joined me and we landed 5 in less than an hour. It took us all day to ind 'em, but we ound 'em. Same thing, 3' to 7' o water on sot plastic. Gotta' love spring time!
      City: Dublin

      Tips: Fish are movin' up. Plastics in the shallows. Fight 'em ast and release 'em quick.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 63 to 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I ished the 28th annual Badge Packers Tournament on Saturday. With a little or rather a lot o luck we ended up winning it with over 32 pounds or six ish.The biggest was a bit over 13 pounds, and that wasn't the big ish or the tournament.Our next biggest was over 7 pounds and believe it or not, neither o the two came o a bed. The 13 came o a topwater irst thing in the morning and the 7+ on a senko adjacent to a brush pile with airly deep water nearby. We started out with a ew one pound plus ish, then got lucky with the 13 pounder in an area we had seen som really BIG ish in while pre-ishing the day beore.We did a little bit o everything rom top water, to carolina rigged 6" worms to split-shot worms to senkos, trying to improve our overall weight. We managed to improve things until our smallest was just under 3 pounds. My partner says, "A nice three or our pounder would really help out now". I told him,"Heck, i you're gonna wish.....then wish or a ive pounder". Well......not ive minutes later he boated the 7+. This was one o "those days" I'm sure we'll both remember or a long while. Our hats o to everyone who participated and hopeully had as good a time as we did. Thanks to those whose hard work helped to make the tournament a success.
      City: Antioch

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

      Report: took my 8 yr old son and started at 530 am in greasy cove. he was useing minnows and kicked the pants o o me with numbers. i limited useing luke and senko. 5 biggest was about 17lbs with a 6.8 kicker o o a bed. this ish was released immediatley to return to her bed. ound lots o bed ish with some huge ish on them and had a 10 lber i was playing with. i caught the buck and was working on the emale and actually missed her twice on the hit but ran out o time and had to release the buck and take o.
      City: visalia

      Tips: i you catch a ish o their bed please release them so they can continue their dance......thanks

  • San Francisco County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well i was bored this past sunday so i took the dog to the south lake at the beach. didn't expect to catch anything but walked away with three 14" to 15" trout in about 2.5 hours time. i was ishing yellow power bait with a short 10" leader beore the sliding sinker, shorter than what i normally use. the trout seemed to be very actively eeding as all the ish i caught hit the bait as it was sinking or being retrieved, moving. a guy comes down trying or bass, i had never seen a bass pulled rom this lake but heard o it. well his second cast pulled one out. a ew more casts and he pulls another one along the weeds on the east end o the shore. couldn't believe it.
      City: san rancisco

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

      Report: do you still need a permit to ish here? i so, where do you get it?
      City: san rancisco

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow! What a dierence a week can make, mixed with an ever changing air pressure! The weather was MUCH better this Sunday, however the ishing was NOT! Everyone I saw out on the lake was (or the most part)looking or nesting ish because that seemed to be the best bite going or the day. Mysel and one other riend scored only two ish, one on the irst cast o the day, which slipped the hook hal way in, and then 21/2 hours later I was able to piss o a nesting bass with a spider jig rigged "drop shot" stlye. That was it, 8:00am to 1:00pm, 2 ish, eghhh!!!! Tough going! The air pressure was jumping up and down all morning, 28.25 down to 28.10 and then anywhere in between! I believe this alone put the bite really o today. Then the other issue is that the bass are on the beds RIGHT NOW and are more interested in making baby bass than chasing anything or ood. Once we get past the "post spawn" phase at this lake the action should pick-up considerably!
      City: Los Angeles

      Tips: The wind is coming up around noon now and that always makes the ishing on any lake tougher. Like I said nesting ish are oering the best hook-up possibility or right now. This is not my avorite kind o bass ishing, but it seemed this was about the only thing working or a lot o people today. Drop shotting gizits or spider jigs worked or the ew bites we did get! I you do look or the nesting bass, you'll have do it beore the wind comes up. Live crawdads were reported to us as working also, but we did not check into that rumor. The camp grounds were heavy with people this morning and so was the traic on the way home. I you drive out early in the morning, watch out or the very heavy og along the reeway. It was so thick that we drove right by our exit!!! Watch out! Good luck!

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught on 1, but had many spring time bites. Using a watermelon w/ red and green lake. I caught it near the bench. Many other bites near the bench. Went behind the island but its getting too weady back there.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Practice catch and release. Senkos are very good now.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: WARM TO HOT !!

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY JERRY, WA WA WA .........WHEN THE FIHING IS NOT SO HOT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE LADIES.BESIDES THE BOAT TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY REVENUE. OR DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOUR PAYCHECKS CAME FROM ? SINCERLY, YOUR LOCAL REVINUE WATCHER.
      City: LAKEHEAD

      Tips: HIGH POWERED BINOCULERS.

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      Water Temp: WARM TO HOT !!

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: HEY JERRY, WA WA WA .........WHEN THE FIHING IS NOT SO HOT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE LADIES.BESIDES THE BOAT TRAFFIC IS GOOD FOR THE SHASTA COUNTY REVENUE. OR DID YOU FORGET WHERE YOUR PAYCHECKS CAME FROM ? SINCERLY, YOUR LOCAL REVINUE WATCHER.
      City: LAKEHEAD

      Tips: HIGH POWERED BINOCULERS.

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      Water Temp: 51.9-54.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I knew better, I should have stayed home, in at jones valley at 0530 with 40 rigs already in the upper lot, no parking let down by the ramp, its all uder water, ran up to Blue CAnyon looking or some riends and ound them, starting throwing a rip bait or 2 dinks on the way back in and caught another on a jig behind their houseboat, Steve and Carol got up and we ran up near Arbuckle when we came up on some big stu loating midchannel between Sugarpine and Arbuckle, ished around there or a bit or 2 more dinks and went back downstream and started running into all sorts o boats coming up the pit including 3 jet skis, air temp at 54 and saw some ski boats also. We talk it over and decide to move so Steve and I run over into the McCloud and look over the area o Greens Creek and decide on a place. I run him back and drop him o and decide to get o the water, go into Jones Valley and the idiots have shown up. You know, the ones that can't get a boat into or out o the water. Climb the hill to get my truck and get back down and manage to get my boat out as one citizen center punches the loat with his ski boat and removes a big hunk o iberglass, talked to Rex rom CDF who tells me that the houseboat companies have more rentals going out with the college kis starting mothers day than last year, it wil continue through memorial day. First time I have seen olks skiing and jet skiing in March. Won't be long and I will be ishing at night.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: calm waters in the morning with air ishing. used a FX worm on a tx as well caralina and produced a total o 5 ish. any plastic seemed to work and no particular water depth was established. the aternoon the bite was over and then the wind started to pick up.ish quality was between 1-2 lbs but the weather was great.
      City: s

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

      Report: It was Easter Sunday. The weather and lake was Beautiul. I Caught one 2 1/2lb. bass. Their was no one else out ishing. 1pm-5pm.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: I used a Green jig. shallow in spawning areas near bushes.

  • Calaveras County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: There here!! Daughter and I ished rom Thursady aternoon through today and never let the creeks. Fish are lockin on the beds. Put on your glasses and get sneaky. We caught and released over 50 ish this holiday with the largest going around 4lbs. Bigger ish are up but couldn't get them to eat the bed ishing stu, gitzits, ikas, pearl hogs,loatin worms etc. etc. Most all our ish came on senkos both wacky rigged and texas. Some o the larger ish are leaking eggs as we landed them. Please practice catch and release!!

      Tips: Senkos, loating worms , Hobie sunglasses

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the 30th of March I guided a father and son (Nick) on Berryessa, started out one the front of Wraggs Canyon and teach'in the technique of Rippin to Nick, Nick fell right into the rythem of Rippin putting two fish in the livewell. Went into Gains Canyon and spent some time in there with only 1 smallmouth comin by rippin. Headed North around 10nish, spent the rest of the day there with founding the fish shallow. Caught fish rippin and with senko's from 3-7ft of water. No fish were caught after 2PM per say. The lake is still unstable, but what the weather look's like, it is promising for a good spawn.
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Rippin right know seems to be your best producing technique. Water color can very depending on location that you fish. I'd recommend rippin first and then going deeper with worm's in brown's, split-shottin slow... Shallow fish in less than 4ft throw senko's especially on the east side of the lake. The lake overall still hasn't turn wide open, but can at any given time.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: John and I took out our riend and sponsor Russ rom Fishin' Depot. out or what we hoped would be a great bass-striper combo trip. We went up to a couple o places in Whites where we have been on a good bite or quite some time and immediateley got on ish. We were throwing rips and lipless cranks and proceeded to nail 15 striper to 11 pounds and a dozen bass or so to 8'11 by noon. I was shocked when the big bass came up thrashing with my rip bait in it's mouth, because I thought or sure it would be a striper. I must admit that we did get some nice bass on a Senko as well. Around 1 we headed to Mildred and stuck some good bass up to 5 1/2 pounds on plastics. We inished up at three with our best 7 going 32+. God bless the delta.
      City: roseville

      Tips: One o those days you wish you were in a tournament. Fish were caught in all dierent depths which is typical or the delta this time o year because the ish are all in dierent stages. p.s. I you're looking or the best selection o Yamamoto baits, then you really need to check out the Fishin' Depot in Granite Bay.

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      Water Temp: 58-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Western Bass Team event Saturday with my partner Andy Cuccia. 113 boats, great turn out. Thanks Western Bass and all o their sponsors. We ished dead-end sloughs and slack water areas. Fish came o weedlines in 6-10 eet o water. Almost all o our ish came on brown jigs with black/blue pork. Fishing the jig actively so they will ind it. We had a great day and Cooch culled out everything I caught except the catish! We ended up with 33.8 or 7 ish and 2nd place. Congrats to Fred and partner on a great victory with 37# and a great 12 pounder! It was your day, no doubt!
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Fish a little deeper, keep the bait active and moving.

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      Water Temp: 59-62.

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One o my best days ever. I took Russell Witkowski out and he caught the biggest bass o his lie at 8+lbs. Plus his largest string at 17lbs. He caught his ish working a Zoom Worm. My ish came on a rattle trap-senko-speed trap-and ZIPPER WORMS AND IN-LINE FINESSE JIGS. We had 3 and 4lbs. all morning, about mid morning Russell nailed his 8+lber and at 2:00 I cranked a 12+lber. My stringer was 24lbs. and our combined big ish as a team went 5 ish or 33lbs. and best 7 ish or 39lbs.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Go to your best water and ish it very slow.

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      Water Temp: 58-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 7am with my 9 yr son. O at 1:30 Hit 7 ish, lippin a Black/Chart tail CO worm tight to tullys. It was an incoming tide. Best 5 going 11+ lbs w/ big ish 3 lbs. Tried everything (Blades, cranks, senko's) nothing worked but a 7" CO worm. Most o the berms we lipped were still brown or dead. These berms are late this year.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Flip tight to tullys at high tide.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wie, son, & I ished the 28th semi-annual Badge Packers out o Fleming Meadows. Fished coves in Middle Bay all day. Wie boated our 1st keeper at 7:30 am split shotting a 6" Green Craw curly tail worm in about 15'o water. Averaged about a ish an hour until about noon when the bite picked up & we started catching one every 1/2 hour. Gradual sloping banks w/some grass & wood in the area were the best areas or us. I your into bed ishing they are there but we chose not to. Ended the day w/just under 12 lbs. or seven ish. When we let heavy bag was around 30 lbs. & big ish was 13 lbs. Our ish came split shotting 4-6" plastics in green craw, june bug, or purple ghost. No takers on spinner baits & a couple o good ish, 5+, came unbuttoned on a deep diving shad pattern crank.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Hope the tourney winners will post because we were out o the money.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Finally got some time on this water with my 5 year old son today. I hoped or some easy keepers he and I could drag worms or on a gorgeous spring day, and we got them, just not at the pace I anticipated. Doesn't take long or a 5 year old to lose ocus. We darterheaded and split-shot. My ocus has been on other lakes and maybe that's a mistake. A ew o my club buddies ruled the BFL tournament held here on March 23rd. They weighed in 14 and 15lb limits. A ew takeaways rom the day: The bass really aren't "up" yet- a ew signs o beds, and shallow water action slow in the north where I was. This lake is a popular, multi purpose recreational acility. Many boats o every type were out- including the lying type. Wonder i the bite was aected when a seaplane decorated with the AVP Flying Tiger scheme was doing touch and go's. Most exciting part o the day or my boy, however I'm sure or a bass it must have been thier worst nightmare. The biggest, loudest, astest bird o prey with the most menacing grill they had ever seen. Spawn or no spawn- these ish stayed down. Last take: Memo to poachers: get a lie. An angler went by us sitting low in the ront o a well-equiped aluminum. Camolage gear, sunglasses, looking ocused. I asked him i he'd spotted any beds, he replied "what do they look like?" He said he had been getting them on worms. He stopped and anchored a hundred yards away or so and began what looked like worming. He started nailing ish using nightcrawlers. I drited closer and witnessed all the bass going on a stringer hanging o the side. I got a little too close and the angler pulled anchor and sped o with a big bundle o bass in tow. Poached bass- Easter avorite or this loser.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Fish deeper and avoid sunny, gorgeous spring days on weekends