Fishing Report

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Sunday, August 26th, 2001

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My wie and I took the boat out or the irst trip and spent the night on it. Spent more time learning about the boat than ishing that evening. Wind blew all night and was pretty cold. Up at 0500 and pulled anchors and ound a likely place by 0530. Water pretty muddied up rom all the boat traic rom the day beore. Threw a jitterbug I'd had on rom the night beore and stuck 3 with the biggest about 2.5#. Had several blowups that the ished missed the bait and had one come un-buttoned. That bite died about 0730 and I drop shotted 2 more getting one at a solid 2#. The other 3 ish were typical 14" Shasta clones. 5 bass or about 8.5# beore 8 am.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Sleeping on the ront deck is like sleeping on the sidewalk! Bring a good oam pad and remember, even i it's a 100 degrees at 4 pm, it's gonna be cold at 5 am.

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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: In the water at Packers at 540 am, air temp 63, lake muddy, ran up the Mccloud near the birdhouse point or a couple o dinks as the wind came up to approx 15 mph which using top water a bit tough, ran up urther to Shallow point to get out o the wind and no top water bite to be had or me, started thowing jigs and getting hit short or a bit then put 6 more in the boat with two at 1.8 and 2.4, moved over to a little lat point that is very shallow and got bit big time in 15 t on a MGM #109 twin tail grub, the ish ripped o some line towards the rear o a houseboat and I got him in at a solid 4.5lbs, nice at spot. Moved upstream again about a 1/2 mile and poked around in the back o some coves, nothing happening, wind picked up a bit and tried some more main lake points until the jet skis started up at 745 am. All my ish this am came between 705 and 725 am. Traic got heavy in a hurry so I ran back to packers bay, out at 830 am, air temp up to 76 and climbing ast, temp will hit 105 today and maybe thru tuesday.
      City: Redding

  • California
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      Water Temp: 72-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Spring Lake again last night rom 7pm to 8:30. Rangers are closing the lake early these days as sunset bcomes earlier and earlier, so keep an eye out i you up there late.Got a GREAT bite on a big bass. He took about 30 eet line with my drag set to 5! Had to up my drag to 7-8 just to get him started reeling. Jumped a bit just as I reeled him in to the shore...about 10 eet away the lure poped right out o his mouth! Man pretty ish tho...looked about 2 1/2 - 3 lbs.I am planning on returning to the same spot this evening!Note: Small ish start eeding on the east side as evening sets in...minutes within sunset. Great time to start some top water jures..or i suppose lys i your into that. Bass are jumping out othe water in places!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Top Water lures ater sunset.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a nice 1 1/2 lb bass on the east side, dug in on the sand bar with a classic Hula-Popper.Bass seem to be biting at evenings, like 7:30 and later. It's been too crowded earlier, and I just don't think they bire that time o the day.Sure love this lake, so easy to get to, and i can practice every evening i I want to. Anyone else who likes this little lake, and got some tips, eel ree t o email me or post in the orum!PS> Check out my post in the orum rom 8/26 OVER FISSHING.LutyCATCH AND RELEASE!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: Top Water lures, 7:30 PM 'til 9 on the East Side.

Saturday, August 25th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy and I launched out o Paradise at 6am. We headed up in the Fourteen Mile area and saw there was good water movement so we started throwing reaction baits. Ater about 15 minutes o nothing on a blade, crank or topwater, we started pitching plastics. On my irst cast I elt a solid thump and set the hook on a 7+. We then continued up the bank and caught another 15 ish over the next 1 1/2 hoours. Almost all o the ish were a solid 2 to 3 pounds. About 8am we decided to run up in the Whites area and experienced pretty slow action or an hour or so until I hit a beautiul 4 pounder on a plastic. We managed to catch another 10 or so and were o the water by 1:30. About 20 o the 25 ish caught were keepers.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Don't know where the reaction bite went. Over the years, a reaction bite has pretty much been a given in the summer i there is water movement, but this year is dierent. It's usually either a blade, speed or rattle trap bait this time o year, but the plastic bite seems to be the ticket or us. No speciic depth, as ish were caught in 2 to 8 eet o water.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 79o - 72o

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday morning rom about 7:30 ( took the wie! ) til 1:00 pm ( got sick o wake boarders! ) caught 5 or 14 lbs. The water is starting to cool o, 72o in the upper end77o main lake. Largest ish 4.75 on a 1/2 ounce brown jig / pig 30' deep. Other ish on white senko's, and Split shot 6" worms. Fish are starting to chase shad in creeks, going to try top waters tonight.
      City: Modesto

  • California
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a 12" bass below the damn and 2 small blue gill. Water really low. Noticed a tournament going on, however, no one was catching... We arrived at 5:30pm and let at 9:30pm. Good lighting with hal a moon out. Fished with blade, jig, and split shot worm and no luck.
      City: Selma

      Tips: I artiicial lures don't work, try live night crawlers.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 6 am started at the N end o the dam & worked its length w/top water, cranks, & worms or two strikes on Shad Rap & 1 dink on split shot 6" purple death worm. Headed to N bank W side o day camp & worked it to the blus again w/top water, cranks, & worms w/same results but this time my wie boated the dink using a 4" motoroil culy tail worm. Moved to the west side o the creek mouth still ishing the N bank & worked it to the upper end. Our son got several hits that seemed to be very small bass on a golden shiner color 4" Fluke. Headed to south bank tules across rom creek mouth & we all boated a couple more dinks & I caught one 12 1/2" keeper using 4" green weenie style worm split shotting. The biggest thing hooked all day was when I slipped tryin to change my crank bait & ran the rear treble past the barb into the meat o the tip o my middle inger. My wie & son wanted to cut the line & throw me back since I was just a big trash ish but they let me sit down & slowly push the barb orward until it was exposed so I could bend it down then back it out so long as I promised not to whimper to loud & interupt their ishing.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Water level has dropped 4' to 5' since July. Talked to a guy who boated 4 keepers to 4 lb. & he caught them early working the tules & weed beds in 10' o water at S end across rom creek mouth using top water & jerk baits.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom irst light till noon. Fish are deep to 50 t. ater the sun is up, some action on top water early. Main reason or posting, there are several islands coming up all over the lake. I was looking or an Island top in the middle o horseshoe and ound it unmarked less than a oot deep not ar rom a huge water trough that is only 2 eet deep. I lagged down the sheri and we marked the hazzard but I know there are a lot more coming up soon. The old railroad tunnels are about hal way out and the tressels at Barrets won't be ar behind, you're gonna see stu that you have never seen in that lake beore i you're new to this sport and McClure. Be careul.
      City: Le Grand

      Tips: Dropshot 40-50 t. there is a ton o bait in this lake.

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

      Report: First time to the lake,went out with two buddies loatubing water was super clear you could really have alot o success sight ishing here.tried throwing some blades with no luck. ended up with three ish and my buddy Randy with our nothing with any real size but we did see a ew lunkers down there.All ish came on brown or whiskey colored 6" curly tail or o course yes you guessed it a reakin SENKO.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Fish dark colored plastics just to the edge o the weedline or ish parallel to it Good luck

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: na

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to trinity and caught all dinks saw some big ish cruising but couldn't catch. lake is really low does anyone know how to catch bigger ish in these conditions
      City: redding

Friday, August 24th, 2001

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

      Report: Went out Friday night from the Putah creek area. Fished from 11:00 Pm to 3:00am landing only two bass (partner landed). Shaking 7inch black power worms with brass and glass set up. Cought the two with in the first hour, and lost one at the boat biggest going 2.5. (off of a rocky point. Fished several other rocky points and nothing. tried brush hogs and jigs with pork. nothing!! Tried shallow, 2-7 feet and all the way down to 18 feet. nothing. Would sure appreciate any advice. Wanted to send a big shot out to Roseville Ron for the help at Wallmart. Best of luck in the Clear lake Tourney.
      City: Citrus Heights

      Tips: Wouldn't want to throw off your pattern, because it probally works.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, my buddy and I went up Friday morning with high hopes. We were on the water around 6:00 am. It was a great morning no wind shad juming everywhere but, no bass. We ended up catching 4 dinks all on Senkos. We tried the usual buzzbaits, spinners, speedtraps to no avail. We were o the water about noon. Hope it will be better next time. That's why they call it ishing no catching!
      City: Alameda

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I started early and took a dozen small to medium largemouths an smallies on a Heddon Tiny torpedo at the mouth o the river. They were on the lats near the mouth o the river and hit the lure as soon as it hit the water. The bite lasted less than hal an hour and then like someone threw a switch-it was over. I couldn't buy a topwater hit. Over the next ew hours caught several nice smallies on Berkley Frenzy crankbait. All-in-all a good day.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: topwater early seems to be hot. Crankin at 10/12 oot depths seemed to work also.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Let Bridge Bay @ 5:45 A.M. run over to the Big Backbone, wind calm, water lat. The lake is still dropping ast and we can't expect any serious rain or two more months,the lake you see today is not like the one you see next week, it is hard to establish any pattern that is consistant.My irst ish today was a 3.5 spot on topwater boated a total o 10,two on a jig and the rest on topwater, lost another 3+ spot at the boat line broke and he got away with my lure which was ony three casts old, Bite stopped about 8:30 A.M. so it was back to work at MGM Lures.
      City: Redding

Thursday, August 23rd, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 72-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I responded to a post on NCBF and took out a Nice isherman named Gregg out in my boat today, we had a great time. I had one o the best day I have had in the Delta in a while, we caught somewhere in the 50 range. About 20 o the 50 were keepers, we did catch anything ove 3 pounds. We caught them on Senkos(rootbeer, pumpkin, black), crankbaits(crawdad) and tubes(purple). We caught the tight to the bank and on the outside o the weed lines also, it was just a great ishing day. We launch out o Ladds and caught ish all over the Delta
      City: Salida

      Tips: Where ever there was baitish we caught ish

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was tough with a very sot bite, caught 10 spots on jigs, dark green was the best color all were caught around rocky blus in 18 to 20 t the points didn't produce like normal the weathewr was great no wind but tons o boats started ishing at 6:30 and let the lake at 3:0
      City: bakersield

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

      Report: Fish were biting good on the McCloud arm. A mile past the Lake View resort. Used Slider green grass snake rubber 4 inch worm. All were caught out on points, not in the coves. Fish ranged rom 10 inches to 15.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2001

  • California
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      Water Temp: n.a.

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got a late start due to P.G.E. they worked on a sub station all night.Started a 8:30 wind blowing and sun on the water so no top water. Trolled in 18-25 deep.Caught 3 bass over 12 and 3 under 2 crappi 1/2 lbs.One channel cat 16" 1 squawish about 19" it was covered with red sores it looked nasty.I sent it to ish heaven as I do all squaw ish as they arereally hard on the bass and crappi ry.Still windy so let at 12:00. Lake still dropping so I put in at Eagle Pass,you are still on concrete.
      City: Corning

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I just wanted to say that its pretty Jacked, about whats happening to the Hook over at the Break. This is one o the Tournament Capitals o the Delta, and we may lose it and I think it really sucks. I think that a lot us eel this way. I anyone can think o anything that we can do to stop this, please give us some ideas. Let us know how you eel about this,
      City: Byron