Fishing Report

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Tuesday, March 12th, 2002

  • California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went up to Lopez or the week, but only got in one day due to the high winds. Managed 18 bass on blue and chartruse crankbaits in 6 to 8 oot o water. Five largest weighted 21-11, the largest was 5-6. I didn't notice any ish on the beds, but they have to be going soon. Probably this next week, 3/24/02. Wish I could be there but have a trip planned to Lake Alamo in AZ.
      City: Carpinteria, CA

      Tips: Lake is wide open, please practice catch and release.

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

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at the Pit 7:15 a.m. went back up the Pit again.Same story tried blades and rippin no luck.Went back to darthead and drop-shot or 14 up to 1 3/4 lbs.Cold north windtook some o the un out o the day.Must be getting old.
      City: Corning

      Tips: ox blood-blue dawn- brown-green combo.25to35 depthdrit-cover a lot o water and look or active ish

Monday, March 11th, 2002

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 52-53 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Kaweah Bassmasters tournament. 1st went to matt kasdor o visalia with 9.16 lbs. and big ish at 6 lbs even. 2nd to george rosales o visalia at 6.61 lbs. and 3rd was carlos araiza o visalia with 6.58 lbs. 29 anglers competed. Next meeting on April 2nd,at 6:30pm. Visalia sales yard and next tournament on April 7th. sign-ups at 5-6 am, second ramp. Thanks and we will see you there. Brian
      City: Visalia

Friday, March 8th, 2002

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

      Report: Got on the water around 1:30. Started out slow, but picked up as the day went on. My partner and I boated several small ish up to 1lb. on 4" plastics, color didn't seem to matter, both largemouth and spots.Fish were in 20-30' range. Moved to point across rom dam to the east and picked up a ew more decent ones. Then moved to area near the spillway and picked up 6-7 more late aternoon again on 4" plastics and dropshotting 8-15', largest ish was 2.2lb. largemouth. Looking orward to warmer weather and more active ish as the ish move up
      City: Hanord

      Tips: slow goes it, pay close attention to subtle strikes

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: chilly

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish the bridge nothing!! went and hit the points nothing!! decided to go ish the sandy beaches up in the south ork and that was the ticket!!! carolina rigged a june bug brush hog in 10' eet o water and it was on, caught a couple where water was comming in and the rest just dragging down the bank. tried ripping but the weather ront just shut it down, thats it
      City: brownsville

      Tips: sand sand sand

Thursday, March 7th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 55.5-56.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Holland on Thursday, 9:30am in rain and windy conditions. Found calm water and caught a 2.5 on watermelon/red lake, 5" senko tight to tulie point, last o incoming high tide. Found seven more to 2 pounds in more shallow (2-5 t.) rip rap or trees on same senko and red or chartruese timber tiger shallow running cranks with rattles. Also saw huge sea lion diving or big catish (our within ive minutes) and ripping the heads o by jerking his head around. He only ate the heads! Fished till 3:00 pm with only one other boat all day. Wind never let up. No complaints here.
      City: Concord

      Tips: We caught all but one on the same bank, went over it twice. Fish were in shallow water and mostly tight to cover on senkos and o a little with crank baits (slow steady retrieve). Mainly worked high tide and didn't necessarily need movement or ish.

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      Water Temp: 55.5-56.5

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Holland on Thursday, 9:30am in rain and windy conditions. Found calm water and caught a 2.5 on watermelon/red lake, 5" senko tight to tulie point, last o incoming high tide. Found seven more to 2 pounds in more shallow (2-5 t.) rip rap or trees on same senko and red or chartruese timber tiger shallow running cranks with rattles. Also saw huge sea lion diving or big catish (our within ive minutes) and ripping the heads o by jerking his head around. He only ate the heads! Fished till 3:00 pm with only one other boat all day. Wind never let up. No complaints here.
      City: Concord

      Tips: We caught all but one on the same bank, went over it twice. Fish were in shallow water and mostly tight to cover on senkos and o a little with crank baits (slow steady retrieve). Mainly worked high tide and didn't necessarily need movement or ish.

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

      Report: Ummmm BOB G...maybe you noticed I wasn't talking about Clear Lake lately, just Tuesday the 25th. I knew about the tournament results. But when I talked to six dierent boats with only two ish it seems a little odd. I guess you are right judging by all the awesome reports posted since mine was though...I you have a dierent story then how about sharing it and letting us other guys in on your secret catching techniques, instead o just pointing to some tournament (were you even in it?).
      City: Chico

Wednesday, March 6th, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished Amador Wednesday rom noon 'til about 9 pm, with a one hour dinner break. I caught 11 bass total, with only 3 beore the last hal hour o dark. They ell or the same jig combo that Rick Tietz was using in the previous report. Since it clouded up in the aternoon, I think it might have shut down the larger bass and those three only weighed 2 1/4 to 2 3/4 lbs. I didn't get into the good ish he and Janet did. Near dark I switched to a 1/2 oz brown/orange Rodstainer jig with a 6" double tail #180 Yamamoto grub. Bingo!! Within 10 minutes I landed a 3 3/4, a 4, and a 4 1/4 - about 25 eet deep. They had moved deeper without the sun - just as I had thought!! These were caught in Jackson Creek. Ater dark, I switched to my 3/8 oz Rattlin' Weapon Jig and tried a "honey hole". The "honeys" were home!! Started out with a 4 1/2, ollowed two minutes by my biggest o the trip - a 6-7! Ended up there with a 3 1/2. There was a warm, light rain alling with no wind at the time - perect. I caught a ew more on main lake points about 20 eet deep - all in the 3 1/4 to 4 1/4 pound class. I think this is the most 4 pound class bass I have ever caught in a row at Amador. Nothing smaller or bigger except the 6-7. No complaints rom me. My limit was 22 1/4 lbs, a little better than the 20 1/2 lb limit on the previous trip. These bass were eeding - the jig hits were just like the all, and I had to dig the jigs out o the back o their mouths. Around 8:30 the rain stoped or the time and the wind started rom the east and the temp dropped immediately and the bite stopped just as quick. Never got another bite - are these bass "in tune", or what!! There were about 60 rigs when I got there, and o course, I was the last one to leave. Two o my riends couldn't joint me, so I had a great time landing all these nice bass by mysel. I wasn't even lonely!!!!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I agree that purple, or purple/blue/black jigs are working well during the daylight hours. Brown/orange will work too, as will black/red. Jigs needed to be worked slow. I tried Senkos, but I think the ish were a bit deep on Wed. Look or the warmest water you can ind.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 49-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Did pretty good last week end beore that ront came thru and cooled the water down. Had three bites on chartreus skirted spinnerbaits. Largest was 9.10 and smallest was 7.04. See the pic in ishy photos
      City: Kernville

      Tips: Slow rollin

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

      Report: I AM GOIN TO SHADOW CLIFFS THIS WEEKEND TO DO SOME BASS FISHIN, GOT ANY TIPS ON HOW TO FISH THE BACK PONDS? MY FIRST TIME FISHIN EM FOR BASS, THANKSNATE
      City: danville

Tuesday, March 5th, 2002

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

      Report: This is actually a question I hope someone who ishes Castaic can answer. I have ished Castaic or some years and have caught plenty o Large Mouth Bass (catch and release o course). I have heard many people talk about the stripers. For the lie o me, I've tried or them stripers but had no luck. Does antone have any tips they would like to share on how to catch them stripers? Oh, and while you're at it, any tips on where on can ind them crappie in Castaic?
      City: Arleta

      Tips: Try using green color 3 inch reepers and cast near the shoreline when the water has low clarity. Finesse it with a Carolina Rig.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We started around 8:30 in the granite bay area. The wind was blowing pretty good, so I had to keep moving to ish. I got a ew ish rippin, and my partner got one on a jig. I got tired o gettin blown all over, so we went in a somewhat protected cove. Nothing going on the way in, but in the back I got a bit and broken o twice. We decided to go back to the main lake. The wind died down, so I started dragging secondary and main lake points. It paid o. I caught 3 ish on almost each point I ished. The bite was aggressive and the ish put up a good ight. All in all a great day. good luck.

      Tips: All the ish were caught in less than 15 eet. No big ones, but alot o quality ish in the 1.5-2.5lb range.

  • California
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, we went here to check out the new lake and rent out one o their boats or the day and get out and do some bassin'. We got there and they said that a big wind storm had come through the other night and totally messed up their boat docks and thrown their boats all over the place, so they weren't renting them out that day. We were pretty disappointed by that, but we decided to go and try and do some bassin' rom shore. Didn't get one hit all day! We were there or a good 6 hours too. This lake reminds me o a lake I ish up in Utah or bass, and I'm almost positive that I could've caught bass i'n we had a boat. However, we just couldn't ind 'em anywhere rom shore. So...i you don't have a boat...GOOD LUCK!!
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Fish or bass rom a BOAT

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in a loat tube at Yorty Creek rom 9:30am to 1pm and caught 5 bass. Two were 3lb and 2lb, the others were undersized at about 11 inches. Had several other takes and bites. Used a carolina rig with a variety o worms and colors - it didn't seem to matter, they were biting everything, although I used mainly worms with chartreuse tails on account o the heavy overcast. Pretty good pre-spawn action!
      City: San Francisco

      Tips: Stick close to the brush. Bites are just subtle tap-tap-taps.

Monday, March 4th, 2002

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

      Report: Im sorry i i oend any hardcore bass isherman on this site but im looking or some trout and have never ished Amador beore. Ive heard troll close to shore and all that but am looking more or tips on types o lures, colors and stu like that. As or the bassin' im looking orward to a summer night ishing expidition since ive never done that but hear its intense! Now im not askin or someones hot spot or anything, just a start is all. Feel ree to e-mail me with tips to keep things conidential i you'd like.....thanks in advance! Jason
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Take a kid ishing, at least you know where they are at and what they are doing and who they are with!

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Super muddy water in Franks and it lowed south. Fished north o Franks. Cranked a 3 lber at irst stop on a speed trap Blue Gill pattern. Went up the bank 50 yards hit a second ish or 2.64. Second stop lipped two ish on IN-LINE JIG (CRAW DAD PATTERN) with a MONKEY BUG trailer both by ZIPPER WORMS, both ish just over 2 lbs. Ran down towards Mildreds until water started to clear. Stopped and worked a spinner bait, third cast bought a 2.74 ish. Started cranking grass hit ive ish culled two. Finished up with seventeen ish or 12 plus pounds.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Ater three days o high winds I had to change my approach ish move out and scattered.

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was a un day on the water today! caught two smallmouths and a couple largemouths, all on senkos right on the rocks!good thing it's warming up pretty soon these ish will be spawning. I also have a odd story to tell as I was heading in I trolled a crankbait and hal way in I had a hit so I stopped, casted out in the spot where I had the hit and BOOM! hooked it I thought I had a striper but then I brought it up and it was a northern pike! I work or east bay and I don't know nothing about pike in del valle.
      City: livermore

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: It was a un day on the water today! caught two smallmouths and a couple largemouths, all on senkos right on the rocks!good thing it's warming up pretty soon these ish will be spawning. I also have a odd story to tell as I was heading in I trolled a crankbait and hal way in I had a hit so I stopped, casted out in the spot where I had the hit and BOOM! hooked it I thought I had a striper but then I brought it up and it was a northern pike! I work or east bay and I don't know nothing about pike in del valle.
      City: livermore

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

      Report: I've caught bass here using crawdad cranks.ish around rocks and brush.drop-o's next to deep water points.you'll catch some trout also.
      City: oakland