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Saturday, February 9th, 2002

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 38.7 to 41.3

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Terrible day on the water. I got bit once all day. I ished South and North and a little on the main body. I tried splitshot, dropshot, Carolina and Texas rigs. Tried 4" and 6" worms and several colors...no takers. I also tried some hula-grubs and jigs. Again...no takers. I ished in 10'-40' o points and rock walls. I anything, this will let ya'll know what not to do.

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake late. Nice day on the water. 11:00am ish the west side o lake. Spinner baits, Nailed my ish about 10 mins. ater i got there.Only ish o the day 3lbs, nice spot. Just crushed it.Tryed upper river ish but no luck.Great day to be on the water anyway.Season just getting started.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Get there early, don't always think iness.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing about 7:00 A.M. Bite very slow. need some rain to help the lake level beore the annual turkey shoot. ished the dam irst thing using senkos,crank baits and lizzard's with no luck. Finally was able to catch one on a bluegill senko in the irst cove up river but no size to it. Let the lake about 12:00 P.M.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Lake needs to spill to to get more oxygen in the lake to get the bite started.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 45-----48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished middel an south mostly ,only got one in the boat,stayed on the red banks.tried some long points but no luck,maybe becuase there were about 200 boats on the water that weekend .won bass ,bl preish,oh well the weather was graet , should get better with the warm weather , saw a lot o ish down in 30-50' ,.....with all them there boats on the water you would think there would be more REPORTS.
      City: elverta

      Tips: rich ,$5.00 i tommy gets wet ??

  • California
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      Water Temp: LOW 50S

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish were suspended in about 20 eet,and on the bottom in 30 eet plus in the morning. Ater noon the ish started to move into shallower and becoming more active! We dropshoted keeper 4" shad color worms and landed about 20 spots in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound range in the morning it was un! Abought mid day starter throwing 3/8 oz jigs up on shallow west side acing black rock . Throw the jig on the bank and verly slowwwwwly pull it into the water the blacks were hitting in the top 10 eet o water. The ish were 2#s plus range. Later in the ater noon the ripp bite was on! all in all a great day on the water!
      City: MADERA

      Tips: Start shallow with jigs or about the irst hour. then move into about 30 t dropshoting keeper 4" shad worms. Ater noon move shallow throwing jigs and ripp baits. PS.good job bob b. on your win on saturday ! beat them rom the back seat BOB !!!!

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      Water Temp: 50 to 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Clovis Bass club Tournament14 boats. Non-boater and I pulled up to nice wall and wham.He landed a 4.36lb black. 10 t o water or less. That threw me o or the rest o the day. I kept ishing shallow. everyone else went deep. 30 to 60 t. Pre-ishing, I caught alot o ish shallow. I think there coming up still. The OPEN should be good. With the water temp coming up, guys think the spots should be spawning soon.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Waters warming, Think big ish, throw big baits or is it visa versa? Good luck and good ishin.

  • Monterey County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Another cold and tough bite . had only one bite all day and wasn't too sure about that. small club tourney and only two ish were caught .. 3.17 won tourney. wind came up about 12 winner caught ish on senko ..other ish was caught cranking ..
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: wait or warmer weather....

Friday, February 8th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: launched at Ladds near low tide, cranked a couple on main channel, tried several points on the way to 14 mile with no more takers. Fished 14 mile, no luck, went to Disappointment and White, not a touch on plastics.

      Tips: Very tough day, possibly the small waether ront passing thru????

  • California
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      Water Temp: 43 - 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Jim and I ished this lake or the irst time. The olks at Coyote bait and tackle were very nice to us at the Outdoor show and we decided to give it a try.We tried the south end irst thing but the water was only 43o. down that end. no action or 1.5 hrs. Moved north and water was warmer and a little clearer. Saw alot o ish on the inder but no takers using jig, various worms, crank, and spinner baits. About 11:00 or so tried a senko. Hit a beautiul 4 pounder, tried a minnow on a bobber as well with no luck.Later on went back to the senco and hit a 2.5 and a 1.5. all really nice looking bass! short and chunky, look like they eed well here.we also tried swim bait and other cranks, jigs and worms. pretty cold all day. 3 other boats. One nice guy in a ranger said he got 3 and we saw him get at least one more.Nice little lake, like to try it in the spring!
      City: Paciica

      Tips: Water is really cold, ished really slow and ish we got hit very sot, ishing slow (hard in the strong wind)

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

      Report: on the water by 10 am irst ish by 1010 and second by 1015 both 3lbers. then only 2 more bites till 145pm. catching only one more which was 2.6lbs. not sure what happened thought it was going to be an awsome day right o the bat but shut down or me. approx 9 lbs or 3 isnt bad though especially this time o year. drop shot in 60 eet o water with a white yami grub. be sure to pop em i you catch them this deep or they will loat belly up. tried spinners rip baits worms and jigs with no evail. a big big ish hanging out in greasy that i tried to get or 2 hours but wouldnt even look at it. every time i threw in there he would run away and not come back till i pulled the bait out.
      City: visalia

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

      Report: Put in at Jones Valley about 9:30 ater an icy trip over rom Susanville. We ished rom the mouth o Jones Valley back toward and into Clickapudi Creek, but mostly along the main Pit River channel. Caught ish mostly in the 30-40 oot depth range on dart head jigs with skirted grubs or 4" hand poured worms. I did get a couple o bites a little shallower, but nothing in too close to shore. Beautiul day to be out ater the winter conditions on the other side o the mountains.
      City: Susanville

      Tips: Move it slow, whatever you throw.

Thursday, February 7th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 47.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished the main channel downtown. started about 10am, the tide was going out.cranked 3 bass 3.10, 2.2, 1.14, the tide stopped,and that was that.went to plastics and got 5 more but they were just keep to dinks. lipped a black jig or a nice at 2lb,er. a couple o ish had bassballs in their stomachs
      City: stockton

      Tips: bigger ish on cranks

  • Washoe County, California
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      Water Temp: Near ice

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Once again got to the lake early,ew anglers,ewer ish. Headed over to Yellowbar area (where ishing HAD been good) ished all sorts o bait, lures, to no bites. Saw 1 boil o a ew shad was all. No ish caught, 2 nibbles. Went toward marina area, caught 1 sm mouth bass ( 2.5lbs) nothing else.
      City: Torrance

      Tips: With the winds picking up by 10 am, and very cold water and air temp......Dress warm,bring lots o coee,and be prepared to WORK hard or your ish. Fish are not in the mood, water is stable, so must be temp. Try your luck in late March or the start o Striper Heaven. Boils Boils Boils, as the water starts to warm up. Good luck.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2002

  • California
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      Water Temp: cold still

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got up to the lake around 4:00 pm. tried split-shotting a dark worm but couldnt catch anything. moved to the corner o the dam still nothing on the worm. switched to a minnow style plug (Yor-Zuri) silver and blue minnow, irst cast and bam! a 12 inch trout. thats the only ish i caught. not bad considering i was ishing or about 45 minutes. trout are really starting to stabilize in the lake, or the stripers are getting their ill. ish are rising on a consistent basis and isherman are starting to catch a ew more. while i was there, 3 kids ride up next to me on their bike and ask i they can ish next to me. reminds me o when i was a youngster riding my bike up to the lake. i said yes and they came on down. they were throwing everything rom worms, castiac trout and candy on a hook. within 15 minutes one o the boys yells "i got one" and he brings in a 2-3 pound largemouth on a worm. not bad eh.keep the new coming, looks like its just u and me tom.
      City: Antioch

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiul day and great day ishing. Got out late to avoid cold and went north and ound a couple schools o spots in 25 eet o water and caught maybe a dozen 14 inch ish. Darter head purple, green, brown. Went to south side o penninsula and ished to points split shotting smoke purple pro worm leaches in about 35 + eet o water and proceeded to catch a 4.33, 2.5, and 5.05 lb. spots.

  • California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Marked ish deep 20 to35 t think they were bass, caught one smally dink . lots o cover, marked ish outside weed lines maybe this rain will help. Good ishing Jack
      City: Valley Springs

      Tips: jigs , drop shot , slow

  • California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good day on the lake, irst ish was a nice trout caught on a silver yo-zuri crank bait just o trimmer. Then belive it or not, I caught a ive pound catish at 80t shaking a keeper 4" #1010. What a deal. Caught three nice spots on the drop shot all around 70t. I anyone knows how to catch those salmon please e-mail me and let me know...
      City: Visalia

      Tips: ish deep on this lake 60 to 80t during cold weather

  • Coos County, Oregon
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: In at about 8:30 am ished the north lake or about 4 hours. Caught three in about an hour and that was the only bites i had. I was lipping a june bug strike king tube. The rist two ish were about 2 1/2 lbs and were right on the bank. The third ish was o a corner o a dock in about ten eet o water it was about 4 lbs. The ish were were thumping the bait pretty hard or as cold as it was. Have tourny there next month.
      City: Yoncalla, Oregon

Tuesday, February 5th, 2002

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 42-44 degress

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sucked. Fished sun-up to 3:30, locked in og, without a GPS we would have been going around in circles. Fished South mostly nothing arther North than Horseshoe. 3 bites all day. 6lb on a worm, 4lb. and a dink (irst small bass I have seen in a year)on a crank. Partner ished Jig almost all day and didn't get bit......Minnow dippers catching a ew. Needs to warm and stabilize. Not looking orward to next weekend's tourney at this point....
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Stay home, Stay Warm, watch the Outdoor Channel....

  • California
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      Water Temp: cold still

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: No bass to report today smooked a 2lb little one and almost had a good size trout on a yellow roostertail but missed the hookset. Saw a good jump in the irst cove on the west side going away rom the dam.
      City: Pittsburg