Fishing Report

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Saturday, October 20th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished club tourney with Basin Bassmasters and launched out o Paradise at irst light. I was excited to ish a place that I hadn't ished since March, but when we got there it was choked. We decided to go to the opposite bank and try some reaction baits. My partner Ken Hicks was throwing a s-trap and was throwing a chugger. No luck on those baits, but I got bit right away as soon as I starting pitching plastics. We put a couple keepers in the boat as well as some undersized ish. We decided to hit some rip rap in hopes o getting on to a reaction bite and managed a couple more keepers over the next ew hours. It was starting to get late in the day, so we decided to ish over by paradise and picked up our 5th keeper on a brushhog. We ended up taking 2nd with just under 9 pounds. The winners had a nice 13.5 pound limit that they caught on topwater and senkos.
      City: roseville

      Tips: It was a tough day. Overall, Ken and I caught 20 ish or so and all but the limit were undersized. It was a very calm day, otherwise I think the crank bite would have been on. The ish were in the weed lines or the most part. It is supposed to be cool this upcoming week which should cause the delta to bust wide open.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Since I had two night trips at the same time as the W.O.N. Tri-State tournament, I thought it would be un or my clients (boyriend-girlriend olks each night) to see i we could beat the winning weight. The night ishing wasn't great and the clients were learning. I thought that was a un challenge! Well, we came close - winning the irst trip with a 29-3 limit, but ell short Friday night (see report rom gentleman rom Tracy) with 4 bass or 13 1/4 lbs. I guess that would have put us around 5th place or the two trips. It was no accident that the bite was slow Fri night. Friday and Saturday both were warm, cloudy days. Thursday night was warm and on schedule, the carp became active around midnight and so did the bass! Friday night saw clear skies and it was much cooler - the carp never really became active, nor did the bass. I love watching the carp-bass thing at night. Normally when the carp play - the bass bite!! Thursday night we ished early evening at Shag and Henderson without so much as a bite. We went south and I caught a 2 1/2 pounder at 9:30 PM. About 11:30 we heard the irst carp roll, and at 11:45 the gentleman client sets up on a real good one, using a junebug Dead Ringer 8" worm. This time I have a net and it was a little easier to get his 8 pounder in the boat! This was by ar his biggest bass and his excitement was un to watch. It was very satisying to me, since he had only caught one bass in a previous trip. What a way or him to start. In the next 3 hours we caught 7 more or our previously mentioned 29-3 limit. He added another good ish, a 5-14, and I inally got a great ish to slam a Weapon jig - it was 7-1!! His girlriend ended the evening with her only bass o the trip - a nice 3 pounder. All bass were caught on the dead ringers, 10" Power worms, one on a jig, and a 4 pounder on a Frenzy crankbait. We were ishing rocky areas and points. They were supposed to leave the next day, but were excited enough to ish another day - I hope they had some luck! The Friday night trip was already reported, but I will mention that I caught my two bass on a Ho-Daddy, a brush hog type bait one o my clients told me about. A 3 and a 4 something slammed that bait! As mentioned in his report, his girlriend lost two good bass that would have given us a nice limit, but the second bass was the irst one she ever hooked on a worm. That is always exciting. I told her a little more power in the hookset, and she will be on her way! I had a day trip last Tuesday, and we did manage to get 4 in the boat or about 12 1/2 lbs, with one o the clients getting a nice 5-11 on a #194 Senko - lipping in weed pockets. The other client got a nice 3 1/2 on a jig. I got a 2 1/2 on a white rog and missed the one that would have given us a decent limit. I think it was around 4+. We caught all o our ish ater 1 PM.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: It is hard to tell i the night ishing is also eeling the pressure o way-too-much tournament ishing. One would think that night ishing would be better, but it doesn't seem to work that way. I have ound that when certain rockpiles are pounded day ater day, the bass simply move and don't return at night. I have really noticed unusual mobility o bass in the last three weeks - they don't seem to stay in an area very long. Probably has something to do with the ood chain too. They certainly havn't started schooling yet. Cooler weather is bound to help - at least it will get them to stay in one spot longer!!!

  • California
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was the irst boat on the water on Saturday morning. Started out with a buzzbait in the south end with only one short strike. Switched to 6" magic worms at about 9am. Quickly caught 2 small ish. Moved to deeper water where I was reading ish on the meter. Ater an hour and a hal o nothing I inally caught a decent ish (just under 3 lbs.). That was it or the day. Let at 1. Tough day.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Lots o ish on the inder in about 20 eet o water. Fish slow. Topwater seems to be tough this time o year.

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 89

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went ishing and

      Tips: i think you shoud use a

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 70-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up river,started ishing abt 7 am.We caught 10 plus spots rom 11 1/2 in too 18 in. Fish were caught rom 10 t too 60 t deep.Most came on Cali & pro worms, one was caught on a tube bait.Light line,shakeing heads & drop shot.Nothing on top water or crank baits......I orget this,last sat we caught 3 spots & lost 2.All were deep.Those 3 were 13 1/2..14/12 & 16 in...Not lbs.
      City: Riv

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched rom McClure Pt. & ished main lake points on both sides rom there to s. ramp o Barretts. Started morning w/top water, Shad Rap, blade, & pig n jig but did not boat 1st ish until 8:30 am & only ater I switched to split shot 4" grn. weenie. It was a chunky 14 1/2 incher. My wie boated the 2nd ish about 1/2 hr. later, a 12 incher, split shotting a 4" grn. weenie w/chatruese tail. An hour later I boated another 14 1/2 incher then it took another 3 hrs. beore I boated my 3rd and last ish or the day a 15" largemouth on a split shot curlytail purple ghost. We did get to see a big ish, an 8 lb. black chasing a 10" trout in a shallow cove. Did try cranking & spooning throughout the day but no luck.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: 8 hrs. o ishing & we only boated our, three spots & one black. Our ish were split shot using 4" grn. weenies & curlytail purple ghost. Caught them on main lake pts. in 20'-25' o water. No hard strikers, bites were pressure only & missed several bites riding out the ski boat wakes.

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 69.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I FISHED ROCK CLIMBERS COVE EAST END ISLAND TIRE REEF.CAUGHT 9 FISH BIGGEST.7.04 REST 2 TO4.5 LB. RANGE USED CAROLINA RIG MY OWN POUR; AND ROBO WORM GRAPE COLOR, TALKED TO OTHERS STATED IT WAS SLOW. I HAD A GREAT DAY.
      City: pasadena

  • Washoe County, California
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      Water Temp: 68 - 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Beautiul overcast day, Stripers are on the move, I observed small groups o schooling stripers, at various locations throught the lake, pushing shad up to the surace but could not get them to bite on topwaters, crankbaits, and jigs. The ish are scattered all over the place going ater the shad. The bite is a little tough because o all the available baitish.
      City: South Gate

      Tips: Try bucktail jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, topwaters, rattle-trap type lures, speed type lures, suspending jerkbaits. Work the backs o coves and search or the baitish.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 67*

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: DOUBLE TROUBLE! THERE TWO BASSCLUBS OUT THERE ON SATURDAY AND THERE WERE NO SUCCESSIVE PATTERNS TO BE FOUND. MAJORITY OF FISHERMEN GOT ONE AND ONE FISH. SPENT 8 HOURS ON THE WATER AND NOT EVEN A BITE FOR THE WHOLE LONG DAY. THEY WEREN'T DEEP, THEY WERE STILL SUSPENDED BUT NOT AGGRESSIVE WHATSOEVER. NEVER SAW THIS LAKE SO DEAD WITH NO ACTIVITY. ON THE DELTA LAST WEEK I WAS FISHIN' IN 67* TEMPS AND I WAS HOOKIN' 5'S & 4'S AND 3'S AND THEY WERE GORGING THEMSELVES.
      City: APTOS

      Tips: HOPEFULLY, THE TEMPS HAS TO DROP ANOTHER 5 TO 10 DEGREES TO GET THE BASS TO BITE. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A GREAT FISHERY. BUT NOT YESTERDAY................SO ITS BACK TO THE DELTA

Friday, October 19th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide trip out o Lundborg, still waiting ot the all bite to kick in. Started lippin Brown jigs and worms rom the start in the shallows at at high tide, caught 3 on the jig and 0 on the worm. While the water was still high we went to a rock bank with currentand started catching very small bass then got a couple o keepers and a 3lber all on cranks, Hot lips and bombers in craw colors. As the water started dropping we went to ish deep tules with a mild current, we got a couple 2-2 1/2s on the bomber then a 4 on a brush hog. O to another deep tule bank (deep tules 3-4 eet just below the tules) cranking a Luhr-Jnsen Hot -lips green craw color we got another 2 in the 2lb class and then a 6lber on a bomber. The tide bottomed out and is coming back in so we ran south to catch the same tide again and got a ew more 1-2lbers.
      City: Concord

      Tips: Cranking deep tules at low tide has been working good or me, try a hot lips it something they haven't seen, Good Luck

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: cooler

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time out on this lake ater a one month hiatus- more on that in a minute. I had a 2.5 hour window and I bet it all on getting the last piece o the season's reaction bite in the rock planters (that's downsized rock gardens). 5 strikes, 3 spots to 2.5lbs. Lake level is at 390t- lowest I can recall since the drought o the seventies. Dam releases remain steady at 1500 to 1700 cs all summer despite declining lows. I'm not a math wiz, but when releases remain constant rom a diminishing pool o water, that means the rate o the dropping level will accellerate. I need a hobby. My absence rom the lake was due to downtime ater a ire on my boat. It happened during a club tournament on the delta and the source was electrical. Some o you clones are thinking yep, that's the karma. Here's a couple tips: Store your ire exinguisher in a ront compartment away rom the usual sources o ires- the electrical and uel in the back. Also, buy the largest extinguisher you can. Mine was coast guard legal- did the lames care? It was done beore the lames were out. We were running past the launch trying to catch an incoming tide. We got it, and ater the episode was over, we drited back on the trolling motor, culled a couple keepers, and took third place. Forgot about my buddy Blademan catching a 7-8lb catish on a blade preishing or the event. C'mon Blademan, we've been over this- a spinnerbait is not a clam! Water's low everywhere. Blademan's at clearlake with Markey Rey and he tries to get into Rodman Slough. The boat's stuck and they're down to thier underwear walking around knee deep hundreds o yards o shore going "There's got to be a channel here somewhere" That had to be a sight.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: The season is ast approaching where locating the ish requires locating the bait.

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

      Report: Found a hot bite today. Fished the Middle ork rom 9AM to 2PM.Picked up 57 ish all nice no dinks,at and hard ighting spots.Texas rig 4" plastic worms in a light brown blue neon W/ black lake that I pour.But I think that the color didnt matter.All ish were taken on rock piles in 20 to 40 t deep.Big ish was 3.8 lbs. a lot o two pounders.
      City: Marysville

      Tips: GO GET YOU SOME!!!!!

Thursday, October 18th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out o the break today and headed down towards Franks. Started out lippin tight and nothin then started cranking out in the weeds and caught a ew small keepers. Picked up a ew more closer in but not tight on Spinnerbaits. Did end up heading back and ishing the break or a couple hours and managed several nice ish all on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Not a single lip ish all day managed a two pound average best 5 went 10.70. Overall good day on the water.
      City: Oakley

      Tips: Fish out near current and weeds with crankbaits(speedtrap white) and spinnerbaits (white/chrome). Couldn't get those ish in tight don't know i they are there still or not?

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well,I always wanted to cacth a Largemouth Bass.On november 18,2001 i caught my irst one.Iwas using a 4in.power worm(brown)Iwas crawling it wand all o the suddden unexpected...ahit!Iset the hook and reeled in a 1t.1in. Largemouth bass!It was at Besconi beach in the weed beds.I heard they were cacthing a qite ew bass there.ooooooooooo...It was wonderul.
      City: Perris

      Tips: Late Fall.4in.Brown Walking worm.Crawl the lure slowly.

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      Water Temp: 60 degrees aren

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was at Besconi Beach with my brother and i was using a brown BERKELY BAIT POWER WORM.It was 4in. and i was ishing in the shallows over in the reeds and bam 1t.largemouth bass took it hard!I heard they were gett'n some bites at besconi beach
      City: Perris

      Tips: late all them berkely bait power worm(4in.)

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Extremely tough today. Fished rom about 11am to 6pm. Zilch as in nothing. Threw everything. The ish are !@$%^^up. Saw some good size ones just sitting in the trees suspended. As I told Scott, they look like they have been heavily drinking or ive days. They can't see straight and don't want to move. You have to get them really early or late evening. Nighttime would be your best bet.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: I didn't do it today, but probably should have. Split-shot small baits would be a pretty good idea. Also dropshot and small dartheads with grubs. Scott is gonna love these tips. Har Har. Maybe very irst thing in the morning throw topwater(spook) and try the jig on main lake points beore the sun comes up. Good luck. Don't worry Scott I haven't dropshotted yet because I leave the rod at home. Still throwing big baits.

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

      Report: Went ishing at SCR today rom 4:30PM - 6:10PM. Water is waaay down.I only managed to land one dink just under a pound on a 3/8 oz. spinner. I was ishing near the picnic area towards the narrow end.I saw some deer on the other side walking along the water just beore I let, along with tons o Quail making noise in the bushes.Better luck next time..
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Visit http://www.bayareaishing.net or more reports and inormation on Stevens Creek Reservoir.

Wednesday, October 17th, 2001

  • California
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHING WAS TOUGH..partner and i caught three ish ... a 4 a 3 and a 2 one on rattle trap...one on crank.. and one carolina rigged lizard... water low..ramp will not be usable much longer... weeds starting to die ..
      City: SUNNYVALE

      Tips: slow down and ish deep....

  • California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 11:30am to about 4pm. Caught two ish on the small optimum swim baits(shad color). Both ish about 11/2or 2lbs. Very slow ishing. As usual I tried everything. Buzzbait,spook, senko,hot-lip,jig,carolina rig. Caught both ish in about 8or9eet o a point going north rom the launch on the let side. Marked a lot o ish suspended. Even threw rip bait and blade. Where's Paul Duclos when you need him? Simply were not biting.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: I hear 46degree water is what the big ones like in this lake. That's gonna take a while. Your guess is as good as mine. Keep throwing big baits. You'll never know when you're going to get yanked in. Remember you're not ishing or guppies.

Tuesday, October 16th, 2001

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing last Thursday 10/11 during the day, and Saturday night 10/13. Thursday was a decent day. It was a little slow, but consistant, a couple fish each hour. I managed 18 fish, all but 4 were good fish. Nothing huge, but my best five going around 10.8 pounds. The fish are nice and fat right now. Fish that would have only been a pound, pound and a half a few months ago are solid 2's. I tried everything, and with the exception of 3 early on spooks, the only thing I caught fish on was dropshotting 4" worms. Color didn't seem to be an issue, I caught on 3 completely different colors (all that I tried). I personally found two distinct levels of activity, 40-45ft and 80-85ft. All my dropshot fish came at one of these two levels. Caught a good mix, 6 largemouth, 5 smallmouth, 7 spots. Saturday night was not as productive, only managed 8 fish. I caught them all dragging 7" black power worms from shore out to about 20ft. Maybe I should have tried deeper, I have a bad habit of automatically casting to shore at night, even when I am on them deep during the day. I think even at night, you shouldn't be afraid to try going deep as well. I had kind of a rough summer at berryessa, I think it is definately starting to pick up.
      City: Fremont/Dixon

      Tips: Use your graph and look for the baitfish, even if you don't mark fish with them, take note at their depth and consentrate on that level. Like I said I noticed two distinct levels of baitfish activity, if I was off by 5ft. I would not get a bite. I really had to zone in on those two depths.