Fishing Report

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Saturday, March 30th, 2002

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

      Report: D.Diddy, Thank you or the Web-Sight, that has got to be the best sight or ishing I have seen....JIM
      City: Citrus Heights

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ater the worst day on Salt Springs,one ish or three guys in seven hours,I put the boat on the trailer at 1:30 and head or Melones.We launched at Angels Cove ramp at 2:30 and the day quickly changed.Noticing that the aternoon winds had been creating mud lines prior to our arrival,we just headed or the irst one we could get to.Spinner bait ish on the irst cast.The bite was on.Proceeded down the bank and they keep coming.Keeper, keeper, then I throw to an isolated tree top behind the boat,4 pounder.Then my brothers put three more in the boat..Then I make a long cast next to a bush tight to the bank.Damn, a quater turn o the reel and a dead stop,a snag?..Well now my line starts moving quickly out o the mud line and I get a glimpse o what seems like a solid six.Now she really turns it on, eels like a all stiper.The big girl rips out twenty ive yards and then comes back ull speed under the boat and right or a tree.Screw this ish,I put my thumb on the spool and pray she dosen't brake me.Well luck was on my side and I turn her and we inally net her,she is a pig.I check my watch and its only 2:50,wow what a stretch o action.We head staight or the ramp, trailer the boat and take her to Glory Hole Sports..She weighs 10.40,ater some pics we return to the ramp at 3:30.She swims right o and we proceed to get right back on them.Great day!!!!
      City: Sonora

      Tips: With weather like this and so many lakes close by, don't hesitate to move!!!!

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 50 - 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Gold Country Event Saturday, what un!! Tons o ish to be caught I just could not get any size. Got Rip Fish, Darthead ish, Mo-Tex Fish, Lizard Fish, and a couple o Blow ups on a Baby Spook. Caught ish in 1 oot all the way to Forty Feet o water. I could not igure out where the bigun's were holding. Fished my gameplan milkrun o six areas and stuck ish in each spot, All clones. Lots o un the bite is open!! thanks to Gold Country Basser's or a un event!!
      City: sacramento

      Tips: Ya would think Rippin, Topwater or Blades, Jigs would get better ish not or me on this day!!! 5 or 7.83 lb

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 55---58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a team club tourment on saturday. The smallies were bedding on pea gravel banks in the back o coves up river and on the main lake. The bite was great or big ish we landed over 15 keeper with a nice limit o 15 1/2 pounds thought we were doing great until we weight in and only took 5th with the winning weight just under 20 pounds. This lake is getting better by the year. One o the best smallmouth & largemouth lake in caliornia. Week beore had 3 smallies over 4 pounds each.
      City: Stkn

      Tips: Fish in the back o deep coves but close to shore water so clear you can see the ish but they can see you to so you need to stay back. All on plastic worns and paddle tail grubs.Good ishing

  • Westchester County, California
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      Water Temp: aprox 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: These lakes still remain best or trout ater ishing here or months or bass with many techniques that i have learned rom proessional anglers these lakes have ar less to oer than the other lakes like chabot, laeyette pablo shadow clis or del valle a ew good ones rom horshoe lake but other than that the lakes themselves oer little to no cover and the area is too small. one lake is closed to ishing entirely and it still is poor to ishing structure and yeild o bass. It is no dierent here than shin pond basically. i have a contact through the park district that says trout is all they plan to keep up in the lakes maybe catish in the summer so good luck all the trout isherman. Fellow bass anglers i will meet you at one o the other lakes possibly soon. good luck - teach
      City: remont

      Tips: go to another place to ish cause its a waste o time or bass here unless you like trout this isnt the place or you as it wasnt or me

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

      Report: The bass are preparing their beds. Not really hungry at all. I watched them swim around and chase any intruding ish away, but couldn't get them to bite. My brother targeted one ish with quite ew lures until it inally bit a small inline spinner, apparantly out o exasperation. I ound crappie a little more inclined to strike, but still not real hungry.
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: I'd have to say my best advice is to come back in a week or two. The ish seem to be getting ready or some action.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I caught 4 ish in the island pond around a oot long. All o the ish i caught were on a senko. I caught my irst 2 by the bench around 2:00. Then I caught 2 more across the lake rom the bench. I caught them in a time period o 5 min.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Use a senko, watermelon with black and red lakes. Use that weightless. I used the method dead sticking. Go close to shore. Go in the aternoon around 12.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a cove just North o Yorty Creek. Caught 3 2lb largemouth in 5-10 Ft o water. Was at the back o the cove near a waterall using live minnows.
      City: Santa Rosa

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Trinity tournament local ather son team wins with a three ish weight o 14Lbs 14oz 5-7 Largemouth 5-3 Largemouth and 4-4 smallmouth
      City: Weaverville

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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Today was one o those days you dream about or me and a couple o guys who came down rom Ore. For me,a 7-10 largemouth was the highlight, backed up by a 5-10 largemouth and 3 smallies in the 4 lb. range, 15 ish in all. Shortly beore I nailed the big largemouth I watched Chris Carpenter land a 6-8 smallie, which Robert Radbourne so ably netted. Those two guys were on a sweet spot and it was a joy to watch them load the boat. I have no idea how many ish they caught but just while I was watching I'm sure that it was in the high 20's. We got together or a weigh-in and photo shoot in the middle o the river and it was determined that between the 3 o us our best 5 would go over 31 lbs. Darter heads were the key or me. They will have to tell you what was working or them.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: The smallies were moving up and down. I the bite slows in a particular area, don't give up. They'll be back.

Friday, March 29th, 2002

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

      Report: Tubed rom 9:30am to noon, nice production nail 5 bass all 2-3lbers, missed just as many, irst time out a bit slow on the hook set, all appeared to be males in the process o staking there territory. Most were caught in 5 - 10t o water on a 7" worm.Spring has sprung!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: 7" worm, purple and pumpkin senko on the bouncing on the bottom

  • Benton County, California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WENT OUT A 6AM. CAUGHT SEVEN RAINBOWS TROLLING RAPALAS.
      City: FELTON

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished all week rom Monday the 25th till Thursday with my 11 yr old. I love this lake, we caught spots on keeper # 1010 worms TX. style everywhere we ished up to 40 each day. Could not get the white bass to hit anything but we ound um up the narrows in the hundreds at 8t o water.
      City: Visalia

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

      Report: Good Friday was Hard Friday.Fished rom daylight to 1:oo p.m.Fished grassy banks mixed with rock.Sinkos and 4"plastics caught the ew ish we boated.Should o threw a jerk bait irst thing.Seen a ew ish chasing bait ish.Finally threw a jerk bait at about noon.Had about a 3lb+ ish allow it to the boat.Oh well next time.Full moon hurt the ishing.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: sinkos and 4" plastics.Bank to 20t.o water.Try a jerk bait irst thing...you might do well!Todd

  • California
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      Water Temp: Waders still ne

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went back again...ished the main pond rom 10:30 - 3:00. Caught 12, including a 5+ lber and a couple o 3's. The other tubers are starting to come out o hibernation...
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Avoid the weekends, practice catch and release, and watch out or the yellow jackets.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 50.5-54.0

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: last day ishing with my uncle and Walt, my next door neighbor went with us, in at Bailey Cove at 605am, air temp at 54, lake up near 16t, ran up the mccloud near shallow point, not much debris as it was blowing big time at 25 knots, hit a small cove and ished it into the back or 16 to 1.8 , I had 10, Dick had 5 and walt got one, all came on jigs rom 9-25 t, I caught two sight ishing in 9t, they were cruisers and I didn't see any nest activity yet, but the ish are starting to move towards shallow spots and the back o the coves especially with water coming in. The spawn is close. out at 930 am as Walt had a dentist appointment, Steve and Carol will be here tomorrow, Carol Ann get ready or some bass catching! Steve, ur just gonna go ishing!
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 55 to 69 degree

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water temp cool in early morning, but warmed to 69 degrees in back o protected coves in aternoon! Fished the Warm Springs area. Got ish on a variety o baits: Duh jigs, 5" Senko, 4" Senko (both C-Rigged & Weightless), drop-shot & split shot mini lizard. Browns & Watermelon were best colors. Caught about 18 ish, most around 2 lbs. A couple to about 3 lbs. Fish were deeper early, but by mid aternoon they were stacked in the back o shallow coves. We'd hook one, and several would ollow her out. Great day on the water with terriic weather.
      City: Bay Point

      Tips: Fish the brush in the secondary coves. Didn't get any crank, spinner bait or rip ish.

Thursday, March 28th, 2002

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Bass classics of Santa Clara Valley had there March tournament on the 23 and it was a cold rainy day with a very tough bite had by all 24 anglers. The winning weight was 9.85 lbs caught by Izz Byrd on pink worms and spider grubs on the north end. I had two smallmouths in the spanish flat marina area in the morning on brn worms with cht tails. Then I moved north and cranked a nice smallmouth on a rocky shallow bank back in a cove on a wiggle wart crawdad crankbait. Then we headed up into Putah Creek and back in a cove we found warmer water and a nice 17 1/2 inch smallmouth up shallow and ready to burst with eggs. I was glad our club uses the card system and after measureing this fish we released her back to make her nest. We proceeded to throw shad worms dragged in the creek channel and nailed two more keepers. Then I saw shad jumping and caught a bass on the bank chasing down dinner. The club had a tough time and 9 guys blanked but we had 4 limits and some nice bags of 3 and 4 fish.I ended up in third place with a limit 8.80 lbs.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Spit shotting backs of warmer coves brn worms Cht Tails in morning or dark days, shad colors when the sun comes out. Throw crawdad crankbaits smallmouths love them and this lake should bust loose any day now. There is also alot of locals catching crappie under lights with minnows and mini jigs (red/White)on bobbers.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 55.7

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Frank's track and the deal or the day was to ish only water I had never ished beore. I had three up to 3.5 lb. beore the winds started and the stained water became downright muddy. Time to ind a tulie clump and take a nap which is exactly what I did. I ound a sheltered area at 6:10 pm and began 30 minutes o heaven. In that 30 minutes I caught 6 ish up to 4.3lb. and none below 3.0lb. All on a black jig with a purple pork trailer, lipping in 1.5 eet o water. I lost 2 more clones that gave me back my jig at the boat, with no help rom me. I can only think that a pod o ish moved in or one thing, eating and I was in the right place at the right time. Total or the day 11 ish , top ive weighed 17.5 lb.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Keep moving around and some days can be long and hard, hopeully i we put our time in everything comes together- at least some o the time.

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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise Point at 9:30 a.m. Made the short run to Whites and started tossing spinnerbaits and Senkos.Caught a total o 4 keepers (one on blades-three on Senkos)1-2lber 1-2 3/4lber and 2-5lbers. Total weight 14+ lbs.I ound bedding ish, but was unable to get a hookup. Saw a nice sow o 8-9 lbs. They don't seem to be locked on the beds yet. I'll be going out again tomorrow to see i I can change her mind.O the water at 1:30 pm
      City: Manteca