Fishing Report

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Friday, March 23rd, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 64-67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Lazy M at 7. My cousin Lost two on a spinnerbait. Later on I lost a nice one but then landed a 3# 10 ft away. That was on a Berkely pulse worm. Then parked and ate launch and threw out a minnow under a bobber. Bobber dropped and I landed an 8#(8 lbs 7 onces) beauty. Then got a 2# on the pulse worm.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Work your presentation a little slower. All fish were in weeds between 3-7 ft of water.

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      Water Temp: 57-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished near Mildred caught 13 fish biggest 4.5#. Caught some on Spinnerbait,splitshot worm, speed-trap,senko, and a buzzbait yes a buzzbait. Best 5 went near 15#'s.
      City: Manteca

      Tips: Red craw trap,brown worm red flake,senko pumpkin,chartruce spinnerbait,chartruce buzzbait

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: we ished camp ar west with much success in the coves in about 2'-15' o water.to be honest there was no pattern these ish were real agressive saturday,but all ish were caught on plastic.i i had to choose a color id say wtrmellonsd or sltnpepr in 4" to 7".the gig emales were hanging o the points,i caught one 4lb emale o irst cast at the small boat ramp.
      City: sacramento

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

      Report: My report dated Apr. 22 should be Mar. 22. I you can get a week day o & haven't had a good bite at some o the other lakes, I've been skunked twice this year all ready, hit Los Banos Creek. Had a good time & some quality time with my wie.
      City: Delhi

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 52 to 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Orovill on Friday. In at 8am and out at 4:30 Pm. Temp in the AM was 52 but by late aternoon up in the South Fork, ound water at 64 degrees. Was kinda windy but ound areas out o the wind and did well on semi lats around no-nothing banks. 25 ish to 2 lbs mostly on darter heads with worms - weenies o various colors. All were spots, no lg mouths and no smallies. Only on ish on a crank and did not try blades. Good day and its only going to get better.
      City: davis

      Tips: Swimmin the worms and keeping contact with the bottom seemed to work best.

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went with my boyriend over to the East end o the lake. We could see cruiser ish all over. I was able to pick up one on a drop shot using Aarons magic and he was able to get 2 with the same. The ish are ever where but they seem to be more in "love" then anything. but they are biting, Good luck all, and anyone that would like to send me e-mail about this lake and spots that are good please e-mail. Im new to this sport and could use any ideas that others have
      City: Perris

      Tips: Aarons magic and Purple-Blue seem to be the bait o choice or right now

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 51-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in at Bailey Cove at 715 AM with John Coyle the MGM worm man, boy was I pumped, this gentleman is a local legend, water up to 25.30 t and 51 degrees at the ramp , rran over to one o john's spots south o bridge bay and i barley have the trolling motor down when he is hollering, already had one on a small smallmouth, back in he goes or another and my bait is just getting to the bottom, in ten minutes he has three and I have egg on my ace, get a little tap and set on a 2.4 on my MGM #109 at weenie, now I am eeling better, we run down the bank and he picks up three more all about 1.4 to 1.6. We pull out and head or another o his spots over in Big Back bone and I see the temp starting to climb, we roll up he makes two casts and bangs another about 1.9. I dont get anything here so we move over to another o my spots and the un began, we both cast and are immediately bit, both carbon copy 2.0's. We move just a little arther and I tag a 2.9,then a 2.8 and john hits three more around two. Start moving again and I pitch a chartreuse spinner bait with chartreuse blades(willow lea) that John made and get a tremendous hit in 8t and up comes a very bright 3.1. Now he wants his spinner bait back! We keep at it or some more and then john hands me a #89 raspberry red 4 inch hooktail and I make one toss and snatch a solid 3.2 lber, boy am I eeling good. My best ive so ar go 14.4, out best 7 are at 17.9lbs. We meet up with my riend John McNemar who is pounding them pretty good also on MGM worms. I switch to my rainbow #99 and catch a ew more, all approaching 2.0. I take a ew photos and begin studying John's method o spplit shotting. He makes his own lead and it is quite interesting, gonna have to get some o them. He has quite a touch, we head home with the temp up to 56. Notice I didn't say exactly where we went, it John's spot so i will leave that out or a bit. Lots o olks out trout trolling, I had one on mysel or a bit until he jumped o at the boat, The salmon bite at the dam is on, ish are 25 t at daybreak and sink to 80 eet by 10 am, most are using cut anchovy.
      City: Redding

      Tips: blades and cranks are going to be hot in a ew days, it is STARTING ound ish in 8 to 35 eet.

Thursday, March 22nd, 2001

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

      Report: Fished from 0830 to 1130 AM. Caught 6 bass. Two were caught on a drop shot rig, one on a jig, and 3 on a texas rigged brush hog. All were taken in 6 ft of water or less. 5 fish were in the 1.5 - 2lbs class. My last fish was just over 6lbs. Action was best early.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Brush hogs shallow. Drop shot with a 4" worm on top with a jig on the bottom fished vertically, dead stick.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 0830 to 1130 AM. Caught 6 bass. Two were caught on a drop shot rig, one on a jig, and 3 on a texas rigged brush hog. All were taken in 6 ft of water or less. 5 fish were in the 1.5 - 2lbs class. My last fish was just over 6lbs. Action was best early.
      City: Foster City

      Tips: Brush hogs shallow. Drop shot with a 4" worm on top with a jig on the bottom fished vertically, dead stick.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, David is not the only one having problems. My brother and I have ished hard or two days, throwing everything we could think o (yes, even Synkos) and have not drawn a strike. A lot o blue-green alge in the water. Weather air and stable. What's the problem?
      City: Carpinteria

      Tips: You tell me. Please.

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      Water Temp: 53 to 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I am the worst isherman on the ace o the earth, I ished 3/18 and 3/19 and I ished slow, medium, and ast and could not buy a bite. I threw everything, TD minnow, 3" grub, Senko, jig, white spinner bait, rattle trap just to name a ew. all o the above I ished ast, slow and in between. I have ished or bass or 8 years and my newphew caught the only ish on a 3" grub. I know the bite was tough because I spoke to a ew guys ishing a tournament and they said the bite was tough but I think they at least had a ew in the live well that they caught on a white spinner bait.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: I don't know you tell me, to much ishing pressure? Moon phase? weather was great. Anybody want me on the back seat o your boat to ish a tournament? I don't think so.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: headed out to olsom started o at dotins point throwing a rogue and busted a nice trout. Swith to a 4 inch magic worm oxblood and irst cast had a 2lb smallmouth and ended up catching 7 ish no size. Want to ish out o a boat but dont know anyone who has one so i you have a back seat open or olsom I will help pay or gas just want to learn how to catch bigger ish at olsom. Email me!!!!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: throw worms on rocky structure and move them slow

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rick and I hit the water at Angel's arm about 6:00. Plenty o other bass boats at the ramp and on the lake. Fished the cove area around the ramp with the sun behind us or about 30 minutes. very windy. Used 3"shad Rap and green zipper worms, lizards and gr /red Yamamoto double tails, 5 to 20 eet. NOTHING. Went up Angels arm and hit some potential spawn and staging areas with only some very light bites. Took o or Mormon Cr. with same lures plus a char. spinnerbait. light bites but no ish. Water got very calm but absolutely no action on top. Fish south side o the dam area and picked up 2 ish on green weenies w /red leck. Headed to 49er bridge but it was too crowded and ended upstream past Parrots Ferry. Picked up 3 more on green worms. Every time we caught a ish we would ish ddeper,(just in case) but picked up nothing.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: We used sot plastics - There were no bites and no tugs. Fish slow, lit your rod and i there's any resistance, set the hook.

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I was on the water about 6:30AM. Site ished 35 ish up to 4 pounds mostly around the Island. I saw one ish that looked to be 10lb's plus. I couldn

      Tips: Beds are everywhere. I used white tube baits. On some o the more skittish ish, try bouncing a swimbait right in the middle o the bed. It usually makes them more aggressive. Good luck

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 52-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the lake continue to warm and rise at about 8- 10 inches per day, put in at Baley Cove and ran over to Squaw creek to the same spots as yesterday, zip, took o or the ort creek coves and poked around the submerged islands, lots o ish but no takers, ran over to cone point and tossed in the 3 inch MGM witches t with a curly tail and something nice smacked it on the way down, up comes a 2.9 spot with a lot o spunk, no more pressure bites now! Rolled north a bit and picked up a 1.9 spot on a rainbow #99 near Frenchmen, not a lot o action but the quality was better, lake up to 26.20t and the wrmest stu I could ind was mid channel in Squaw Creek at 56 degrees, lots o olks out ishing and I talked to two guys who hadn't caught anything, tossed them some MGM,s and they pulled o away and the back seater boated a 1.6 right o the bat, ran home to prepare or a radio talk show done locally and did that at 4pm, it came o well and I have an invitation to return. Going out tomorrow with the master o the split shot rig, John Coyle, can't wait to pick his brain on the split shot style. He only has 30 years o experience so i might need a ew more dozen lessons. Hey, big Daddy, I caught that smallmouth yesterday on that big submerged log o that rock wall u were ishing last sunday.
      City: Redding

  • California
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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished both sat 10 & sat 17. caught a 6lber on 6inch purple power worm texas rigged. On 3/17 ished rom 9-12, only caught two 10-11 inchers o boat ramp, 4in pwer worms purple with hot pink tail. Saw a couple o loat tubers land several crappie.
      City: Santa Cruz, CA

      Tips: split power worms have always worked well. need to experiment with colors. darker seem to produce most consistantly. Have un.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2001

  • Santa Barbara County, California
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      Water Temp: Did not measure

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished or trout. Nothing still ishing or trolling with leadcore. Used needleish, spoons, rapalas, you name. Metered plenty o shad and larger ish chasing them. Nothin.Finally switched to bass poles with 12lb mono and moved rom the east to the west end. Fishing was great rom then on. Trout were on terror chasing anything lashy. Just had to crack the code.
      City: Goleta

      Tips: Keep changing until you ind the right pattern that works or you. Others we talked to at the cleaning tables did well using needleish where we did not.Some o them tried mono and did not do well. Most ished the same depth. One explanation could be speed o troll, dierent lures perorm best at dierent speeds..

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day, light wind from the south and partly sunny. Was able to get 19 bites, 14 in the boat, 3 short strikes and 2 small bass came unbuttoned. The fish were 1/2 lb--3.12oz, best 5 went 13.57 on my cull-m-rite scale. Most of my fish came on 3 lures: spinnerbait, jig, and bush hog. Fished spinnerbait on windy points and jig & plastic around cover or rocks near deeper water. Please remember to practice catch and release this time of the year. The big ones will move up soon. Tight Lines
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Try and match lures to natural forage found in lake. Best bet in spring jig & pig and spinnerbait.

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      Water Temp: mid 50's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Nice day, light wind from the south and partly sunny. Was able to get 19 bites, 14 in the boat, 3 short strikes and 2 small bass came unbuttoned. The fish were 1/2 lb--3.12oz, best 5 went 13.57 on my cull-m-rite scale. Most of my fish came on 3 lures: spinnerbait, jig, and bush hog. Fished spinnerbait on windy points and jig & plastic around cover or rocks near deeper water. Please remember to practice catch and release this time of the year. The big ones will move up soon. Tight Lines
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Try and match lures to natural forage found in lake. Best bet in spring jig & pig and spinnerbait.

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 60 deg at surac

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Listen to the ishing gods....clear day w/light breeze, occ. cloud here and there, Ater sorting thru the mound o propaganda thrown at us at the entrance, i ound the daily report that suggested 4" plastic worms in grn or brn, 4-10t in the early part o day 12-18 mid-day, got on the water at 10:45, 1st hook up by 11 in 6-8t, o primary,rocky points with submerged grass beds,with a 4" green "westerner" paddle tail, they seemed to hit about the time ya ticked the grass tops, trolled a holding pattern over the spot and ended up with 5-6 hook-ups, moved o the point to secondary's w/no grass and nada, 1st ish i caught was ull o eggs and her eyes were orange! any day now it will be on like donkey-kong!!
      City: Sacto

      Tips: There's no ish here go home..........just joshin!! stick to plastics 4-6" in green brown or purple and you will have success........LOOK FOR SUBMERGED VEGETATION....every other ish seemed to be adequate so clear out the iesty little males and sweety pie will be right there as well! enjoy, i'm going tomorrow 3/23, remeber, catch and release, thats somebody's momma you just caught!