Fishing Report

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Monday, March 4th, 2002

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

      Report: i would like to know any techniques,colors,hotspots,lures, basically any ino on this lake -thanx
      City: Hayward

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: What a great way to start a new week.Launched at Jones Valley.7:15 a.m.light breeze and clear but cool.Decided to ish 30'or less today no matter what.Went to the mouth o Murphy'scanyon or a quick one 13" on MGM m-28 in 25' Decided to go up the Pit as ar as 1 mile above Browns caynon.Wind pickedup some so I tried ripping,got three ish in about 10 minutes and no more.Moved out ron the bank to about 25' and caught21 more on dart head and drop shot -double hook set up.Gotish on m-28 m-54 m-97 m-156 m-157 and tiny brush hog.Anothergreat Shasta Day.
      City: Corning

      Tips: Have been giving my plastics a dierent look, it makes the ish try to really kill the bait.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow!!! What a weekend!!! Put a lot o hours on the outboard. Got blown around on Sat. Caught a lot o jig ish in 25 to 30 t. o water. In the channels o cuts. Sunday the water warmed up and I was able to ind water as warm as 56 degrees. Most o the best ish were still in 25 to 30 t. o water. Not a whole lot o reaction ish but both days my very best ish came on the manzanita rows just outside Bridge Bay on the south shore. I ran all over the lake and I probably only needed two gallons o gas or the whole weekend being as the best ish were in the manzanita rows .Did not get a single ish on the spinner baits. Did get 4 quality ish on weighted rip baits with matching tails by Mark's Tails. Good ishing. Tom
      City: Redding

      Tips: I would concentrate on the manzanita rows near Bridge Bay as all the tournament ish are released at Bridge Bay Marina and are stacking up in the manzanita and the cuts. These are very good quality ish.

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

      Report: got out there at about 9 on sunday and it was a nice morning, wish i got out there sooner though. anyways imade aew runs at all the points and good lookin structure i could ind, but nothing. inally at like 11:15 i was using a baby brush hog, i wasnt even paying attention i got a huge bite, that starteled me, it turned out to be a nice 3 pounder. tried that cove or alittle longer, but nothing. Everyones saying its hella good, so ill be up there next weekend earlier.

      Tips: slow down, use sot plastics and get out there.

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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started in cherry very early working plastics with my buddy Tony, got hit right o the bat. Went to the spinner got nailed on the 2nd cast, appeared to be at least 6 to 8 lbs snap my line quickly. Suck. Tony landed a nice 2lber shortly ater. Very cold this morning but it heated up a little in the aternoon. 8 ish in all, best 5 would have been around 12lbs. Big ish was 3.1 lbs. Not to many people catching alot o ish but every but had a ish. Toni was dangling his worm o the side o the boat when a nice steelhead nailed it. Scared the #$!* out o the both o us!!! Never made it in the boat!!!!!!!!
      City: santa rosa

      Tips: Slow down!!!!!!!!!!!1

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

      Report: See tips
      City: Alviso

      Tips: When it starts getting dark around 7:30. The crappie ishingshould pick up. A water temp o 60-64 deg. I your rom shore,use your avorite mini-tube jig and inject it with crappie power bait. Use a pencil bobber about 36" above jig.Anything larger than 6 lb. test is too big. A ew good spots is the trees next to ace o dam, below the rangers house, and the power line at mouth o lake (i not silted in). Theres a ew other good spots or the crappie but a boat is needed i you want to be able to work the heavy structure. Shore access is ull o too much poison oak and overhanging tree branches.

  • Calaveras County, California
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      Water Temp: 63-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start (11:00 a.m.) and only ished 'til 3 or so, but had a beautiul day on the water. We ished both Green and Black creeks, using cranks, s/baits and 4" Senkos. Managed 4 small bass, but only 3 would have made it to the scales. I spoke with several other ishermen, and it appeared they weren't haven't great success either.Since I primarily ish the Delta, Tulloch is like a dierent world. No current....clear water....looong 5 MPH zones, and multitudes o "mansions".Think I'll stick to the Delta.
      City: Manteca

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started about 2pm, ished till sundown. Fishing backs o creek channels in 6-12t. My best 5 were 4-6 lbs. all on a 1/4oz.Purple Magic Duh jig w/4" Junebug Mad Man trailer.Janet caught 3 nice ish 1 1/2 to 3 lbs on a sour grape Brush Hog. We both missed several bites.
      City: Sac.

      Tips: Purple, Purple, Purple !!!

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      Water Temp: 55' - 61'F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well Ladies and Catchermen. The time is near. The Catchermen Trio Kevin, Chris and mysel, hit the water at about 7:45 am. Headed over to the Mountain Spring arm and started throwing jigs and worms and bass assassins. I picked up a nice 4 lb trout on a ox blood plastic worm. Ya a plastic worm. Three casts later a nice 2.5 lb spot. I thought it was gonna be on. Over the next 5 hours we caught only 3 more ish. Chris got on the board witha 2lb Lg mouth and a smaller lg mouth. I caught one more dink. Kevin had the big O. He was gettin a little rustrated. Then at about 3:30 the bite just went crazy. We caught 20 more ish between 3:30 and 6:00. We couldn't miss. All the ish seemed to be in the range o 3-10 o water. Kevin ended up with 12 ish. Not bad or getting skunked or 10 hours o the 12 hour day. It was a great day or all. A lot o boats but didn't see any other boats pulling anything in. Just trouters. I know we had a blast. Just want to shout out a " ish on " to my pops in Montana. Wish you were here.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Work the shorelines rom 3-10 t o water. The late bite was the best bite o the day. Using Jigs and worms, bouncing o the rocky point and in the channels. Good Luck

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished The Hook Tourn on sunday. What a great day calm and Warm. ished the south delta and hit 2 on blades, 1 on jigs and on a 6" CO plastic. We took 11th with 4 at 11.78# Not to bad. Great Team work Dave!!! We are in the TOC only ishing 4
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Through dark (black) blade in this stained warm. It worked o us.

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      Water Temp: 57-59

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Rivers End at 830am ended up in Paradise Cut ished tell 1230 & nothing. Used senko, jig and crank.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: go some place other than the south Delta.

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched at b&w at 2:30 or so and went west toward tower park.tide was dead low.pitched a senko on sparse tulls waiting or tide change.around 3:30 saw water slowing and started lippin 1/2 oz black/blue jig(thanks cooch)got 9 bites,boated 7 rom 2 to 4 1/2lbs on jig in 1 1/2hrs.inally a decent day.all ish were next to current in no more than 2 eet o water.
      City: sac

      Tips: one hour beore/one hour ater tide change

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went camping ished riday nothing. when it came saturday we ished in our loat tubes and didnt catch anything til night my riend caught 1 on a 5" yamommato crawdad in about 4' o water at night. on sunday i caught 1 in about 10' o water on a lightning blue yamommato spider jig with a 1/2 once jig head both were ished really slow. both ish were around 2lbs.
      City: Atwater

      Tips: ish really slow and i u get hung up on a little rock or somthing just wiggle your rod tip very lightly until it comes out and thats when the ish will hit it.ish up against bank rom about 20' to 3' o water and u dont even need a boat to catch these ish.

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Western Bass tournament on Sun. Too many patterns to mention. Fish could be had drop shotting in 30 t. or caught o o beds in 3 t. I had a bad day on the water and cost us weighing in a limit, but we did manage 6 ish or 11+. Found the bed ish a little too late in the day. A crazy day overall. Our irst ish came out o 30 t o water and our last ish came o o a bed.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: You just can't ignore 2 weeks o good weather, a ull moon, and 60 degree water. Check that shallow water.

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 6:30, wind blowing and cold.Fished points & the dam. First ish at 11:30am The bite was tough ,manage to scrape ive or the day, all about 2 1/2lbs 4' keeper worm on split shot rig.smoke color and ish slow.Any day on the water is a good day!
      City: visalia

Saturday, March 2nd, 2002

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 11:00 - 4:00. Looking or Mr. Bass. Caught three ish, a 2, 3.5 and 4+ in 5-10 oot o water. All were released. Used a brown 1/2 oz. Big Boy jig with Purple/black lake Yamamoto twin tail grub as a trailer, 10lb. test. The 3.5 and 4 were ull o eggs.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: The lake is several eet down so ind some areas with depth near shallows lats. The key was a north ace bank with lots o sunshine and a very slow presentation.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Not going to bore you all with my long narative (actually I want to, but busy at work!)so here goes ....Tried trolling or stripers in the south end. No luck. Tried driting Jumbo minnows or stripers. No luck. Tried trolling or trout. Caught 1 at 8 inch. Wish I could have tossed it out with a bobber! Went to work dropshotting in 35 to 50 eet and had a pretty good day. Most spots produced at least 1 or 2 bites. I wound up with say 11 bites and landed 6. All ish FAT and healthy. At irst glimpse in the watter they looked much larger as they were really at and thick. 3 smallmouth and 3 largemouth. Two largest (largemouth) weighed 3.8 and 3.6. Two largest smallmouth weighed 2.4 and 1.9. Smallest ish was the 1.9 or the day.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: go deep ....

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 48 - 50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wow, A nice day on the lake until around 11:00. Ya woulda thought it was July, the jetskis and water olks came out in droves!!The bite was slow irst thing in the morning, ripped and cranked or about 1 1/2 hours had one nice ish on the crank that came o at the boat. Went searching and about 8:15 the wind let up out to the main body I go. Went through 12 keppers some in the 2 to 2 1/2 lb range rom 8:45 till 11:30. Had to change up my normal plastic color though. I usually onlt throw morning dawn at two times:1) when the bite is real tough or2) post spawn them Folsom ish eat it then.Saturday it was the color o choice all the better ish came on it. Here's the kicker!! Some o these Fat spots tails were starting to get beat up, could it be? the start o the spawn.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Can't give a seasonal tip, my normal stu did not work, went to a back up plan and had a un ish catching morning.BFL at the end o the month should spell some big sacks i the weather continues it's trend.

  • Benton County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WENT OUT AT 6AM. CAUGHT THREE RAINBOW TROUT TROLLING SUOER DUPERS.
      City: CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Zipperworm reporting in. Was on this lake or 4 days out o 9 between the BFL and an ABA team event Febuary 24th. Toss in a club event, and I thought I'd break o a post. Started the run with the BFL. It proved to be a pre-ish or the smaller lesser paying events that ollowed- got to work on that. Thought it was too early or a rip bite, but the BFL proved otherwise. It held up overnight or Sunday, the 14th and I hopped on my buddy Blademan's boat or a club tourney. Missed the win .2lbs with 9.15lbs. We did the run and gun on the main lake and Blademan threw spinnerbaits (imagine that) while I ripped and shook darterheads. He scored on shallow, wind-blown points where the water was murky. It stayed cloudy all day. A ull week elapsed between the club and the ABA. Wildman, my ABA partner illed my hardrive with e-mails speculating on the bite or this one. He'd had success ripping the week beore, and early spring weather conditions had him spun up only to have the weather change shut him down. It's Febuary- think there would be a cloud? Not one. Start calling him post-ront. He ripped one and I picked up where Blademan let o and caught 4 early on a white spinnerbait. We coasted through the rest o the day on darterheads. White, at-bodied paddletails on 3/16 or 1/4oz deadsticked between 8 and 20 eet. We weighed in 8.66 or 10th and split a small check. Spanked another team rom our club and picked up a little more cash.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: Reaction ish are larger than the ish caught on sot plastics generally. Force the reaction bite as ar into the morning as you can.