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Friday, July 27th, 2001

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: met up with and old riend I haven't seen in years, John Wiley rom Sacramenttook o or jones vally and in the water at 630 pm or so, lake down to 68 t, water at 79 air temp 96 and tons o traicthe jones valley loat is again o the track, the two lanes ar down to about 3/4 o one lane. ran up to blue canyon or one and a ew hits, took o or the squaw pointand put point area at 845pm and got bit repeatedly or 45 minutes with 12 total including one decent smallmouth but all were small, missed 4 times as many as we got into the boat.moved back inside o jones valley as the moon went down and got what seemed to be the beginning o a blade bite but only 4 on and one in the boat, John did have a decent ish next to the boat but it promptly jumped o. not a killer night but cetainly better than some I have had, John has signed up or another go-around tomorrow evening, might do the McCloud, tons o skiers and jet skiers out water is cloudywith about 4t o clarity and murky. tossed jigs most o the time.
      City: Redding

Thursday, July 26th, 2001

  • Plumas County, California
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      Water Temp: 70 plus

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Just a little update. ALmanor has been good. with topwaterand some cranks working. A ew plastic worms and a lot oishing. But it is ishing and the weather has been nice. Early and late are best. You can see ish all around thelake, but they are slow biting. Have un
      City: susanville

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This report covers about the last week-- The 7:30-9:30pm bite has been OK, cant catch a rico ish, but the spook bite has been pretty good- having moved up rom the the bay area I am having Frog Withdrawl- I think I need to join FA and get some counseling, I still have my rog rod in the boat:( actually clear lake isant too ar away.....The night bite has been un, 5/8oz jigs- thrown on the bank and dragged in, most o the hits have been pretty quick- the irst oot or two. Havent gotten anything huge but some good solid 2-2.8 pounders. I you want to ish the mudlines they are everywhere and extend out urther than I am used to, maybe its normal or this time o the year, I havent ished shasta in the summer that much.Jones Valley puts you closest to the no ski zone up the pit and thats where I have been going out o.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, July 25th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide Trip 2 persons Fished in the wind storm around Franks with only 4 ish by 8:00, then to connection and pitched lukes inside the weed line at high tide landed 8 more in an hour, then Mildred ound a nice rock bend than was loaded we landed another 7 ish on shad lukes and a 4in red shad berkley worm in 15 minutes we then ran around south ishing rocks bends and points with ish alomost everywhere, pumps not running today or runnning slow the water was moving much slower and ish moved up on the bank, had 6 bites on the buzz bait only landed one but the clients landed all but one on lukes as a ollow up bait. It realy seems that when I thorow the buzzbait the worm bite get better the ish get active? 4 and 6in worms really work good this time o year any craw colors. The 10th 30+ ish trip in a row it bound to slow soon?
      City: Concord

      Tips: You can ind a ish on almost every spot were the weeds end and the water gets deeper. A spell checker in this orum would be great!

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

      Report: Anticipated a tranquil summer evening o topwater action in calm, clear water. Howling winds and low muddy water is what the reality was. When you can kite sur successully as somebody was doing, it's time to get o the water. My buddy Blademan caught a ew including a 2lb smallie in the south. When the lake level gets to this point I guess the exposed silt easily mixes and today the water had the look I'm amiliar with rom November through Febuary when this resevoir is at low pool. Good to see Blademan come through. He pushes me. I it wasn't or him I might still be casting beetlespins with a Zebco 202. My Terry boat is only 16 t and while maybe it was a current bass ishing platorm in 1979, it's basically a iberglass pram with a 90 mounted on the stern. On the delta it can be especially brutal. Then there was the day at Clearlake when the Coast Guard rolled up and asked me i I needed assistance. There were rogmen on deck ready to deploy. Speaking o the delta, ished there last Sunday with my Newbass partner. The action exceeded my expectations- This must be the mildest July in history and cool conditions usually cools the bite. Delta rats is a term or some o the anglers that ish this water perpetually, but it's also it to describe most o the ish we caught. Persistance and moving constantly allowed us to nail a ew ish between 2 and 4lbs. We launched out o B&W and the highlight o the day was the reighter moving up the channel. Looked like a 600 ooter in the middle o the day and all the cruisers got a taste o thier own medicine as this time they had to scamble to deal with a big wake. I said I had a story on Almanor and I apologized i you went to that lake or a report. Just beore I was going to submit it, I was contacted by a member o the editorial sta o a regional outdoor rag and I was asked to submit a story. I said my material isn't it or human consumption. He responded by saying that's ok- it's open to any style and it's our policy not to edit the content. Wow, I don't think they knew what they were getting into, but I e-mailed my Almanor story as a ile attachment anyway. I haven't heard a word since. I wanted to give them the exclusive. I'll probably submit it sometime next week.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: There's ish to be caught. Nasty days like today keep the ski traic down and the kite surers like the open water o the mid lake. The hot weather will be back and so will the surace action.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started by dam at 6 am w/crawdad crank. Hooked then lost a 4+ then boated an 11" dink. Switched to Pop R & had a 3+ inhale it beore the ripples settled ater the cast. Ater 3 drag pulling runs it spit the bait. Moved to the weed beds just west o the day camp & tried buzz bait, senkos, & worms w/no takers or the next hour. Cleared the weeds & started splt shotting 4" curly tail watermelon w/red lake worms along the rocky, steeper sloping banks just beore the blus. Hooked a 3+, 2.5, a 2, & several dinks. Curly tail motoroil w/red lake also worked but they wouldn't touch a 6" witch's T w/chartruese tail. Worked our way back along the south side rocky banks & wormed up several more dinks & one 14 incher. Out o the water by 11 am.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Top water or crank baits early then split shot 4" worm along the rockier, steeper sloping banks w/little or no weed growth.

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: inding lot o catish in cantias creek,got a 3# on a spinner bait.whites there too.bass bitten on spinnerbaits drop-shot and dark worms ater dark.best bite at sunset.god bless
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: chartuce-white spinners,castic shad or drop-shot

  • Kane County, Arizona
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LAKE POWELL FISH REPORTJuly 26, 2001 By Wayne Gustaveson Home Page: www.wayneswords.com Lake Elevation: 3670 Water Temperature: 77-83 F ****HITE HOT FOR BOILING STRIPERS**** Hite is the place to be or ast ishing. Stripers are boiling rom the Colorado - Dirty DevilBridges all the way down to Two Mile Canyon. Boils start at irst light and continue steadily untilabout 10 am. Ater that random boils occur throughout the day and evening but morning is themost consistent time to ind stripers. Smallmouth ishing is excellent in the same areas and cankeep the interest levels up while waiting or stripers to surace once more. Stripers will take a variety o lures with surace oerings being the bait o choice. Use ZaraSpook, super spook jr., jumpin

Tuesday, July 24th, 2001

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hello - is anybody ishing Clear Lake these days? I guess no one wants to say how great the ishing is this summer - just kidding! I hope some o you are doing well, because the rest o us are working harder than normal or any decent ish recently. I did hear that someone got a 10-1 yesterday on a 10" Power worm, during the day. That is the great thing about Clear Lake - every day, someone does something right! I did give it a try again Monday night with a ather-daughter team. We were going to start about 6:30 pm, but they got delayed, and we wern't able to start 'til ater dark and ished about 4 1/2 hours. We ished the Rattlesnake arm and had about 7 bites, using 7 and 10 inch Power worms, and junebug Dead Ringer worms. Dad and I were teaching the daughter how to cast and work a worm. When he did start to ish or himsel, he soon hooked a heavy ish which eventually broke his 17 lb test. The ish hit ater he was shaking the worm o a rock snag, which might have caused the line to break. I it wasn't a catish, he lost one to talk about or a long time. That happened to me last year and luckly the line didn't bread - it turned out to be 9-1! He just wanted to catch one nice bass, and the last place we stopped, on one o the tips o Rattlesnake Island, he did manage to land a nice 4 pounder on a Dead Ringer. He was happy and so was I. They let, and I went back out by mysel about 3 am and ished some rocky areas and couldn't get bit! Perect temp, dead calm lake, no one in the boat to tie on baits or, and the ish go to sleep. Some people have all the luck!!! I went back to my Yukon and dozed or an hour and went back out at irst light, about 5 am. What a dierence - irst cast with a black 10" Power worm - a bass just under 6 lbs nails it. Ater releasing her, nothing or 5 minutes. Then I threw a Weapon jig on a rockpile - something stupid I like to do - just to see i I get back without snagging! Thunk! - didn't have to worry about it this time - a 5 1/4 pounder ate it. And that was the extent o my leeting luck. I missed my next three bites, and that was it. They shut o even beore the sun hit the water. Another ellow was throwing topwater near me, and he said that he had two roll on his lure, but missed them both. It seemed to me that topwater would be awesome on this warm morning, but I couldn't get anything either. Ater I gave up on the worms and jigs, I threw spinnerbaits and crankbaits over rockpiles and ledges or 40 minutes without a strike. Then I made the best decision o the trip - I took my tired body home!! This was not the Clear Lake I know and love. But still, some nice bass were landed.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: This has been an interesting summer - some o the other lakes I guide on at night have been red hot this summer, and Clear Lake has not! I can't speak about the north end since I havn't been up there yet this summer. The bass are starting to migrate to o-shore structure, which gets me very excited. I am thinking that all the weed spraying is moving bait and bass around more than normal. I have seen sick-looking tules all over - rom the chemicals. The night bite has to get better in August - it always does. I'll be there!!!!

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

      Report: water dropping rapidly. ished or about 3 and a hal hours caught a ew on rubber worms nothing on jigs and about 4 on senkos. one realy nice one got o at the boat est. 3.5lber. biggest going about 2 and 3/4lbs. when the water level settles in the night bite will be on.
      City: visalia

      Tips: wait or the water level to settle and the night ishing will get hot. can't wait.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 77-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished rom daybreak to 11am.Second cast caught a 14 in spot on a spinnerbait,got one other hit on it.that was it or the spinnerbait.one 6in ish on a crankbait,one 13in ish on a tubebait.Caught 5 more bass on worms,all small ish.It wasn't a very good day.Talked too one other isherman & he said he had caught app 8 bass & they were all small.
      City: Riv

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I can see why I lunked typing in high school, that was supposed to be the Hidden Valley Market in Jones Valley, sorry about that Larry.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: have not been out in the am lately so o I went, in at Jones Valley at 505am, air temp 74, water going past 66t, ran up the pit hitting points near Reynolds Creek or 6 dinks, the biggest at 1.6 and two were smallmouth, couldn't get any top water working, tossed a spook, jittterbug, blades, and an auroro black, went to my jigging rod to get the small guys who were mostly up against the bank. it quit at 7am, stopped by the Hiden Valley Market in downtown Jones Valley and shot the breeze with the boss lady and the guy who helps her out, they have a nice store and I love their ountain coke machine. theya re well stocked and a godd source o ino or any type o ishing on Shasta. out o the water at 805 am temp up to 87 already, going to hit 105 today.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: have not been out in the am lately so o I went, in at Jones Valley at 505am, air temp 74, water going past 66t, ran up the pit hitting points near Reynolds Creek or 6 dinks, the biggest at 1.6 and two were smallmouth, couldn't get any top water working, tossed a spook, jittterbug, blades, and an auroro black, went to my jigging rod to get the small guys who were mostly up against the bank. it quit at 7am, stopped by the Hiden Valley Market in downtown Jones Valley and shot the breeze with the boss lady and the guy who helps her out, they have a nice store and I love their ountain coke machine. theya re well stocked and a godd source o ino or any type o ishing on Shasta. out o the water at 805 am temp up to 87 already, going to hit 105 today.
      City: Redding

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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: have not been out in the am lately so o I went, in at Jones Valley at 505am, air temp 74, water going past 66t, ran up the pit hitting points near Reynolds Creek or 6 dinks, the biggest at 1.6 and two were smallmouth, couldn't get any top water working, tossed a spook, jittterbug, blades, and an auroro black, went to my jigging rod to get the small guys who were mostly up against the bank. it quit at 7am, stopped by the Hiden Valley Market in downtown Jones Valley and shot the breeze with the boss lady and the guy who helps her out, they have a nice store and I love their ountain coke machine. theya re well stocked and a godd source o ino or any type o ishing on Shasta. out o the water at 805 am temp up to 87 already, going to hit 105 today.
      City: Redding

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

      Report: Fish the Redwood bass night tourn. on sat. 6pm to 7am. First wiegh in was at midnight, I wieged in 1 ish or 1.5lbs. pretty weak. Next wiegh in only 2 ish or 3.5lbs. Winning bag was 5 ish or 15.10lbs. Big ish was 5.25lbs. 15 boats entered, Some couldn't ind any ish some ound all the ish!!!!Who knows.
      City: Santa Rosa

Monday, July 23rd, 2001

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

      Report: I agree totally, Don. Maybe I everybody who leaves reports here complains, something could get done. I dont think that it will just take one call. I am willing to call.
      City: turlock

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 65-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished Bethel Island area Saturday night and Sunday. Caught our ish dinks Sat. night rom 6:30-8:30 using crawdad color crankbaits along rock walls, and one nice 3+ pounder on a brush hog. Sunday aternoon, the bass were only hitting chartuese spinner baits along the outsides o the weedlines, as the tide was going in. Four pinner ish all o sunday, but still had a great time ishing the best bass waters in the U.S.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Crawdad crankbaits were producing along the rock walls as the tide was going out.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished White's Slough on Friday out o my kick boat. On the water by 5:30 tyied buzz baits and spinner baits with no luck caucht my irst ish (a dink) lipping a reeper at around 7:30. No more ish untill the tide started going out at around 8:30 Then caught two keepers and a dink split shotting the same reeper in tules that had deep weeds near to them. Picked up one more keeper cranking on the out side o a weed line. O the water by 11:00
      City: Sacramento

Sunday, July 22nd, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guide trip 2 persons only spinning gear 8lb line 1/18-1/16th oz weight Started in Washington cut with high tide and these ish are still not on the bank we landed 4 to 2.2lbs all in 4-6t o waterWe then hope scotched south only landing 8 more ish beore noon tough bite and all o the ish were deep but we didn't try any reacation baits. Ater noon we ran down old river the pumps were running hard, a big outgoing tide and the water was still running south so we headed into the current and pitched worms and bounced them o the bottem in 4-10t o water kinda like trout ishing we landed another 20 ish including a 6lber by 3:00 working hard and covering a lot o water we managed 32 bass
      City: Concord

      Tips: Experment and let the ish tell you what thay want, try ishing a little slower and deeper