Fishing Report

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Tuesday, January 29th, 2002

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 49.2 to 50.1

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at 1:00pm at Jones Valley or an aternoon on the lake. Upon arriving at the parking lot to ind some idiot had burned down the portable toilet and vandilized the "CLOSED FOR REPAIR RESTROOMS", I hope Shasta Recreation Co. promptly gets the necessary repairs completed. It looks like SRC. have not been there or at least a week. Enough o that, back to ishing. We ended up with 7, all small, 1.8 the largest and the Blonde caught 6 o them. I was there to drive the boat. We had a relaxing aternoon anyway.
      City: Cottonwood

      Tips: All ish came on 1/2oz. jigs in about 15 to 25 eet o water.

Monday, January 28th, 2002

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: cold!

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday and hal days Saturday and Sunday. South Delta Friday and Saturday, Central/north Delta Sunday. Friday caught 14, unortuately they were all small except one or maybe 3 lbs. Still was un. Better ish came rom old river again, on crankbait or T-rigged worm. Rest rom Widow's Island/Italian area. A very slow presentation was the ticket or me. I missed a number o ish, and bad line caused me to break two o. One o those was a typical small keeper, but the other elt much more solid. Could not get a good rythm Friday,missed ish, but had some un. Saturday got on the water and on 3rd cast missed a solid tap on worm ished near some wood, but no urther hits in that general area. I was puzzled by this, knowing that ish should be in here, so started looking nearby with slow rolled spinnerbait. No luck. Moved to nearby lat, and started using a rip bait with the slowest cadence I have ever tried, literally waiting a ull 5 to 30 seconds at times between twitches. Water was pretty clear, and in 30 minutes or so put 9 solid 1.5 to 3 lb ish in boat rom one spot on the lat. The key seemed to be having ound a large group o ish earlier the past ew weeks in here, and when not in the typical places, to start looking around. The area I caught them out o was a large riverbend lat with weed clumps at 3-6 eet that gradually tapered to deeper (8-10 t) water on one side, and dropped o steeply to 12 eet on the other side. The ish had moved up on the lat, and while sluggish, were hitting the rip bait. Surprisingly in the past the steep dropo side has not been nearly as productive as the gradual sloping side, and that was true this time as well. Moved o the spot, and picked up scattered ish in other old river areas as well. Checked some spots North near Widow's and Italian again, but only getting hits rom real small ish, so called it a day with a total o 16 decent ish by noon. Sunday decided to launch out o the Hook, got a late start, and ran into Taylor. Fished a short while throwing a crankbait and T-rigged worm. Lost two on crankbait, and missed one on worm, conirming that ish were still in there, but did not eel like beating the water, so decided to look or new areas in Frank's, Piper and Sandmound. Tried worming, blading, jigs, and cranking with no luck. Tide was high with pretty good current, dirty cold water. O the water by 2:00. No ish in the boat.
      City: hal moon bay

      Tips: Real slow retrieve or the worm and rip bait worked best or me Friday and Saturday. The bottom line in the South Delta or me is i I ind clearer water, I settle down and hunt hard with the rip bait. I the water is dirty, I use T-rigged worm. Jig has not been kind to me, but that probably has more to do with the operator, and may be why I am not getting bigger ish. Gotta have some weeds or wood (ideally both) nearby. I you don't see any bait or birds, keep moving until you do. I you know ish are in the area, just keep looking and trying dierent nearby regions. I'm still struggling to ind the bigger ish, but numbers are at least keeping me happy, even i small.Good luck,and God Bless,Rob T

  • California
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      Water Temp: 47 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had to go out and try the new electronics. Got out about 11:00 and ished till dark. It drizzled a little bit and it was reaken cold. Only other boat on the lake pulled out at about noon. So I had the lake to mysel. Fished up in the ront o the lake and my partner lost two on a lizard. We moved to the back and I got a 2 pounder on a grub shallow. Got one more tap on the lizard but that was it. Moved to some rockpiles and picked up a 2 1/4 and a good 3 pounder on a crankbait ished shallow. I was amazed they slammed the crank in that cold water. Got dark and called it a day with a bitchen sunset.
      City: Madera

      Tips: Fish slow and cover water till you get bit. Coldest water I ished this year and they still want a crank. Better ish were on the cranks and were generally shallow.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 54/51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the FBC club tourny. At least it didn't rain and the wind wasn't too bad. The og heading up rom merced alls was scary though. Only weighed 2/3lbs or 24th. caught 1st on a Yamamoto Salt& pepper Hula grub wuth a 1/4 Jighead, 2nd on a texas rigged Pro 34s brn worm. Tried all over: cotton, temperance, river. Also caught a ew small ones on a green weenie dropshotted. Winner was over 10lbs, most people with higher standings caught limits.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: even though ish were caught at

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

      Report: I'm just wondering i one o you ishermen can give me directions to these new quarry lakes. Please email me or post it up or other ishermen. I have no idea where that are at. I live in Fremont. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Pboi
      City: Fremont

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

      Report: spooned the bridge structure 20 - 30 t deep, caught 4 to 2 lbs. spotted more (and bigger)on the electronics, guess i was using the wrong lures or the big ones!
      City: santa rosa

  • California
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      Water Temp: I'm not putting

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ater the snow stopped just or the novelty o it all. Caught one about 3 lbs on jig o o a big rockpile, but deep, and missed another one that hit my jig while I stopped to pee. I tucked the rod under my arm to take care o business, and it just sort o started moving o slowly. I missed it in all the excitement o trying to zip up with one hand, and set with the other. I guess I'm sold on deadsticking jigs now.Lots o trout seen breaking the surace. There are not supposed to be trout here according to the ranger who lives on the lake, but they are here. They are apparently wild ish, since they are pretty small and I have not heard o any trout plants here. I hope the bass are chowing down on them and getting at or me to catch them in the spring!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Slow, and deep. Make lots o noise to get them interested. Do you want to know where I sunk the Christmas trees?

Sunday, January 27th, 2002

  • California
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: 10 boat club tourney. Recent rain raised water level & muddied it up. Wie, son, & I managed only our bites boating nothing. We drop shotted, split shotted, cranked, spooned. Bites came split & drop shotting. No ive ish limits. 1st had our ish or 9 pounds & big ish or the day was a 5 1/2 lber. Most ish that were caught were on plastics that were split/drop shotted or texas rigged.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Hopeully another club member will log on or tips because all we did was get resh air and exercise our arms.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: ?-cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers club launched 5 boats- 1-26-02-Fish appeared to be very scattered and at 25 to 30 t deep.3- 10lb. limits were caught- paper tournament-.The bite was real lite just a eeling o weight while pulling rod.The level o the lake is down about 200 t. Most ish were caught on 4 inch dark worms. A couple o times it elt like ish were just biting the tail o the worms.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: ish reel slow, when moving the rod test or wieght and use a pressure set o the hook instead o swinging the rod.Good Luck

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Carson Creek area,west & east banks o the main lake.Caught 10 bass & one trout..Had one Black app. 2 1/4 lbs.Rest were spots rom 13 1/2 in to 16 3/4 in.Caught 2 cranking,nothing on spinner bait.Other ish came on 4 & 6 in worms rom 20 to 50 t deep.Tough day,started at 6:30 am & let at 2: pm..
      City: Riv

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 46.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: All I can say is it is cold. But what the heck, it beats the hell out o working. We started at about 9:30, headed up the north ork and stoped at one o our hot spots. Dad hooked a dink and I hooked a smally. We went urther on up the north ork and stopped at another one o our avorites. We had a somewhat consistent bite going using grubs and worms. Mainly S&P. As it got later dad has some great hits on orangecraw. We ended up with 16 total or the day. TIPS: Fish slow, everything is a simple pressure bite. I you catch a ish, stick in the area or a while because there is probably another.Changing your bait color oter boats another ish.
      City: chico

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went late to avoid reezing to death, in at Bailey Cove at 140pm, lake up to 38 and a little bit, air temp 44 and no wind, ran over just north o the caverns erry in the McCloud and stuck on a mgm156, two casts and stuck twice busting my darter head o, re-rig and move to a little red mud bank with not a lot o rock and get a pulldown and up comes a at 1.9. back in with the 156 and get another on the next cast, 1.6. put on the mgm 109 4 inch and get 3 more in the next 100 t o bank, move to the west bank near Ycotti and stick another clone at 1.6 on the rainbow 99. got in the shade and got bit twice more on the 156 but only got back one inch o my 4 inch worm on both occasions, not bad or a short aternoon go back to the ramp at 440 pm and laid out a swimming pool thermometer or the ride back, got it down to 22 degrees at 50 mph,, a bit nippy. a ella named Tim Garner has opened up a bait and tackle shop in Shasta Lake City at 5044 Shasta Dam Blvd and stocked it with a good supply o MGM stu and the necessary ootball heads and darter heads , and usual bass are including spinner and buzz baits. Got a nice large ish tank with three spots in it and it is a kick watching them chasing the crawdads, his phone number is (530)275-3700. He also carries trout gear and has live minnows(2 sizes) and nightcrawlers. Nice guy and he will bend over backwards to take care o bass ishermen.
      City: Redding

      Tips: The MGM 156 was the main attraction today.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the main body without any electronics, did not relize how much we depend on them. Threw cranks, jerks, worms, brushhogs, spinners without a bite. Water was ok on the main body but pretty muddy in the arms. Good Luck to all and I agree, lets get more posting on this sight, i you caught anything or not.
      City: santa rosa

Saturday, January 26th, 2002

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Although I'm rom Norcal I visited Corona Lake in Socal. I was a irst time visitor and I was impressed with this lakes looks. Looks are deceiving as I ound out. Small lake but lots o tree branches sticking out o the water. Ideal atmosphere or bass, but no luck. I ished 6" worms, spinners, and everything else I could ind;nothing. One interesting thing to keep in mind when ishing this place, keep ear-plugs with you because suddenly some guy in a boat goes around either shooting a gun or throwing ire crackers. I wasn't positive as to which one but it can startle you at irst, no one on the lake dove or cover so I pretended to ignore it also. Some guy did catch a 18lb trout.
      City: vallejo

      Tips: Wait or spring

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: cold; in the 40

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Del Valle Saturday rom 8:30 to 3:00. They reportedly stocked trout on Thursday. Didn't catch anything, nor did we get a bite. We were on a boat and tried the usual power bait and crawler/marshmellow. Also threw castmasters and rapalas. Fished the inlet creek and marina area in about 10 eet o water. Also tried driting crawlers down by the dam. Then tried slow jigging in 30-40 eet o water near rock wall and dam area or bass with big black plastics on jig heads. Nothin. Drizzled on and o all day. Pretty miserable day's ishing. Saw one boater with a 3lb rainbow. Talked to another man slow driting a wollybug rom an inner tube who wasn't having any luck either. Apparently the bank ishermen were doing a bit better.
      City: Oakland

      Tips: Fish rom the bank or planted trout using power bait.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather was cloudy and cold, only 4 boats on the lake. Fished all morning with jigs not one ish. About noon went to crank baits and located ish in shallow water. One largemouth 15" and a couple smaller ones.
      City: Lemoore

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 51-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish our small club tournament on Sat. Overcase all day with rain moving in later in the day. My partner and I concentrated on the main lake points across rom the boat launch (Barrett). I managed 4 ish right o the bat. All ish were along a steep rock and mud bank with some treee stumps. Ran down to Temprance area but did have much luck there. Ran over to the east side o the lake towards Horseshoe and ish the trees just beore the entrance to the creek to the south. Picked o another 3 or 4 ish. Fish seemed to be close to shore and would hit lightly. Just a tick in the line but no movement. I you set too soon, you'd rip the tail o. I caught all my ish on 6" green weenie worms. I'm guessing most ish were in the 15'-20' range. TOtal count 9 ish, 8 were keepers. Culled or best 5, two over 16", two about 15" and one over 14".
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: I had luck in the 10-20' range near steep rock and mud banks. Fish would hit as the worm was pulled o the little stair step banks. Later in the day we ish a broad deep lat with old trees. Fish were not concentrated. I had best luck with green weenie worm.

  • Sharp County, New Mexico
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      Water Temp: 58-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This report is or Morgan Resevoior. Since Morgan is not listed I have put it under Navajo. The water is clear to stained and warm. The bass are moving. Sot plastics seem to be working the best. A Carolina rigged senko and tubes pulled in a couple today. Rumor has it, they may be heading or spawn. We have seen a couple bruised tails and some site ishing. Remember since Morgan stays warm year round, there are two spawn seasons. Have un and ish hard! (even i you are on Morgan, remember to dress warm, only the water is warm.) Balmy 45 surace temp today.
      City: Farmington

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at the lake around 8:30am, headed strait to point # 3. My bud Mike & I ishing jig-n-pig's,spider jigs, 6" texas rigged worms, dropshot 4" plastics & a castaic sot bait till about 10:00(5'to30'). Not a single bite, so we went over to the dam and ished till about noon and we got sick o losing spider jigs and spit shots(5'to40'). headed over to the tire ree, Mike ished a dropshot & I ished a carolina rig or about 30 min. beore my plastic crawdad got slammed but the ish got un-buttened on the way up(35'to42'). Fished or another 30 min. & nothing, decided to try one more spot at the Island using carolina rig's but didnt get a bite(25'to30'). On the way out talked to one o my bud's ishing the marina and he only had 1 bass boated the entire day. Same story at the dock nobody caught a bass. O the water by 2:00pm. Abel
      City: SA,CA

      Tips: good luck!!!

  • California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough day, but did manage to sneak a limit. Caught 2 Spots & 3 Blacks, all in the 14' range. We were ishing the points rom Trimmer to Big Creek. Got on the lake at 6:00 AM, caught most o the ish around 9:00AM. They were hitting salt & pepper drop shot worms & Shad colored crankbaits. They were in 15-20 eet o water. Did manage to outish Uncle Frank or once!
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Roll that crankbait slowwwww. Bites are very subtle on the drop shot rig. Be on your toes!