Fishing Report

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Tuesday, March 13th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 1:30pm. Started throwing 4" worms and stuck a 3lber in the back cove. Went to the spillway and hit two dinks. Then started fishing the main lake across from the boat launch. Hit one 2lber and one 4lber on the 4" worm. Then decided to throw a jig for the last 30 minutes and stuck a good 4 1/2. Tried cranking and ripping to no avail. Threw a blade for a good hour and nothing. Got a tourney this weekend so I won't be back here until next week. Hope the water clears up.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Purple jig with a roboworm trailer got the big fish. 4" robo worm dark brown caught the others. The big fish came in the 15-20' range, dinks came in the 1-5' range. Good amount of wind blowing.

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      Water Temp: 59-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 1:30pm. Started throwing 4" worms and stuck a 3lber in the back cove. Went to the spillway and hit two dinks. Then started fishing the main lake across from the boat launch. Hit one 2lber and one 4lber on the 4" worm. Then decided to throw a jig for the last 30 minutes and stuck a good 4 1/2. Tried cranking and ripping to no avail. Threw a blade for a good hour and nothing. Got a tourney this weekend so I won't be back here until next week. Hope the water clears up.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Purple jig with a roboworm trailer got the big fish. 4" robo worm dark brown caught the others. The big fish came in the 15-20' range, dinks came in the 1-5' range. Good amount of wind blowing.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 55-57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: (First report I've entered, new to this game. Sorry about the lack o lingo.) Set in 11:30 out o Granite bay, ished east side points up north arm with only 1 2.3lb spot at 10' on carolina rig with green 6" magic worm over small rocks to show. Headed back to ramp to pick up wie and girls. We ate lunch letting the wind drit dragging plastics just o the ramp. Caught 4 1.5-2.7lb spots at 8-12 eet 100 yards rom the ramp. Even my 5 yr. old had a hit on her pink "Snoopy" pole!, I orgot to teach her how to set the hook, my bad.. caught one more 2lb.11oz smallie later on 6'stick-up and called it a day at 4pm.
      City: Meadow Vista

      Tips: Thanks or all your tips and previous reports.

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: just a note,went to the narrows lookin or white bass.I did not see any & they are not running yet,waters to cold,troll or them around grizzy bend aera.still gettin bass in clean water-o small rock points.tri-valley aera-tire house cove-cow cove-.jigs & dropshot some spinner bait ish.
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: hula grubs watermelon-& punkin colors

  • Los Angeles County, California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was ishing or largemouth rom 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Nothing. You can see them in 2 to 3 oot o water (Pre spawn), but will not bite anything!!. Even dropped a healthy nightcrawler about 1 inch away rom its ace...did not bite, started to back o. These ish are diinitley not hungry thats or sure. I tried black plastic worms, crank bait, even nightcralers with no luck. Will try back early April.
      City: Lakewood

      Tips: May try waiting til late March or early April. Dragging black or crayish colored 6 inch plastic worms over there nesting area may work well in early April. Set your hook ast because they will drop your plastic once they get it away rom there nest.

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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Pudd and caught only two, But rom a recent report rom my riend Richard Hernandez he ished the lake the 10 and 11th and said that the bass are starting to get on beds. He also nailed a huge 9.3 while sight ishing a bed.Most anglers are inding the ish near structure, But as the end o March approaches, I think the spawn will be in ull swing.
      City: Ontario

      Tips: Roboworms or lie like plastics are the best plastics or the lake. Another technique is ishing a Yo-Zuri Pins Minnow when ishing beds. I'd ish the coves at Puddingstone. Their are 4 major coves aroud the lake just use a map to spot them.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 45-47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out into the McCloud with John McNemar, a gentleman I met one day about a month ago in the Pit, out o Bridge Bay at 0545, temp 39 with a 10 knot wind out o the north but no problem in John's Sea Ray witha windshield, lake up to 27.80 t and the McCloud is clering up, ran up near Shallow point or a smallmouth and a spot real quick to 1.8lbs on a brown jig(john) and a rainbow 99 (aka big daddy special)me, went up urther to Nosoni creek where John popped two more spots to 1.6 on his jig,, ran back downstream to Smugglers where I managed to catch up with john with another spot and one dink and that was that. The bite or us shutdown at 10AM and we got back to Bridge Bay at 1230 so I could do my daddy duties, gonna run the Pit tomorrow up near Flat Creek, temp getting out was 67 degrees. New Bass and local tourneys this weekend and the Castro Valley Bass Club is coming up rom the Bay Area, that's Big Daddy's bunch o olks.
      City: Redding

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this past Monday and had a tough bite with alling water. We caught 8 ish with nothing big (2 1/4 lbs the biggest) all day. Worked the creek arm lats with white/chartreuse spinnerbaits. A ew ish came Carolina riggin the transitions rom creek channels to lats. They are ready. Also had a lot o closed mouth strikes rom males. With stable water and sun this bite is going to get un. Good to see you power ishing Richie Rich.

      Tips: Work the gentle sloping banks or pre-spawn ish.

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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Ahhh my ole buddy Mr. Sheekaka or whatever your name is I see you have stirred the pot once again! Guys let this one go it is not worth the eort! ished yesterday aternoon throwing jigs and landed 2 ish or 4.5 pounds. 18-20 deep and a very skittish to sot bite. I missed 3 other bites that I would have liked to have seen em. the water is very stained and very cold. I think the lake needs another 1-2 weeks o warmer days to really get going. For a monday the lake was extremely crowded.
      City: windsor

Monday, March 12th, 2001

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

      Report: Got into a big school today. Caught at least 20 bass all on crankbaits. Only there an hour and then BOOM!!! slammed a 14lber. All the other ish were over 3lbs.
      City: Hayward

      Tips: Fish with brown o orange speed traps in the middle o the lake.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: No I did not ish but I was there or the weigh in and there were some hogs, irst place was on blades, 5 ish or 26 lbs. I did not catch the color or size, I think that was by design. Fish are shallow in ront o tulies and in the tulies. The winning team said that they caught the ish up on the north end o the lake.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: Fish shallow, I mean 1-2 eet deep by tulies, and that is where they were last week end when I did ish but did I ish shallow, no!

  • California
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out there around 11:30 A.M. today. I ished rom the Channel Pt. dock all day. Started o throwin' a spinnerbait and a speed trap to pick up any active ish. Nothin'. So, I switched over to a 3/8oz blk/blu Bass Stalker Jig w/ a blk w/ blu lk Zoom Super Chunk trailer. I started lipping shallow into tules thinking that the bass had already moved up shallow to spawn. Made about 10 lips beore something in my head says..."Flip the outside edge o the weedline." So I give a lip into about 10' o water on the outside edge o the weeds. Then I hear in my head..."Now crawl it SLOWLY." So I crawl it along the bottom as slow as I possibly can or 4'. Then I hear in my head "Now deadstick it!!" So I immediatly stop and just sit there or nearly 30 seconds! Then I picture in my head a bass inhaling my jig o the bottom, and at that very second...THUNK! I set the hook and pull in a 3# largie. It was like I could picture in my head the whole thing. I could see my jig crawling along, then sitting there, then a bass just inhaling it. It was great. 2nd ish came later in the day when there was another guy on the dock. He had asked me..."So have you ever tried this new rig called a drop-shot rig that I've been hearing so much about?" And I says..."Ya, actually, I was just thinkin' about doin that." So, I grab the spinnin' rod, and show him how to set up a drop-shot rig. I put a 4" rootbeer colored yammamoto worm on with a little split-shot or the weight. Then, he asked me how to ish it. And so I go over to the edge o the dock, drop it down, and I says..."Ok, here's what ya do." So I reel in the slack, and literally 1 second later...tap tap! And I set the hook, smile at him, and say..."Just like that." haha. And I pull in a 2# bass. The guy was like..."DANG! I heard that was a good rig, but...MAN!" haha. It was classic. d:o)
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Right now the bass are on the outside edge o the weeds just waiting or the water to warm or them to move in and spawn. I'm probably gonna go out there tomorrow with my riend in his boat...we oughtta SLAY 'em! Oh ya...and...GO WITH YOUR GUT! It pays o!

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WENT FISHING WITH FATHER IN LAW TODAY, LAUNCHED AT 11:00 A.M. STARTED IN THE CANYON NARROWS WITH 4 INCH 082 RED FLAKE WORM AND FISHED IT ALL DAY. CAUGHT 58 FISH BETWEEN THE 2 OF US, IN 2 TO 15 FT. OF WATER, LITE BITE TODAY FISH WOULD PICK UP THE BAIT AND COME OUT TO THE BOAT WITH IT, WE DIDNT EVEN KNOW MOST OF THE FISH WERE THERE UNTIL WE SAW OUR LINE MOVING. BIG FISH WAS 2.25, ABOUT 25% OF FISH WERE BLACKS WITH THE REST THOSE FUN FIGHTING SPOTTS. HEADED FOR THE MARINA AT 4:45.
      City: MODESTO

      Tips: LET THE BAIT SIT FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS AFTER THE CAST BEFORE MOVING IT, SEEMS MOST FISH CAME IN THAT TIME. THIS TIME OF YEAR IS VERY IMPOTANT TO OUR FISH POPULATION SO CATCH AND RELEASE IS A MUST.LET THE FISH GO WHERE YOU CAUGHT THEM AND DONT TRASNSPORT THEM ALL OVER THE LAKE BEFORE RELEASING THEM. HAVE FUN AND REMEMBER THE SUNSCREEN!

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      Water Temp: 62-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WENT FISHING WITH FATHER IN LAW TODAY, LAUNCHED AT 11:00 A.M. STARTED IN THE CANYON NARROWS WITH 4 INCH 082 RED FLAKE WORM AND FISHED IT ALL DAY. CAUGHT 58 FISH BETWEEN THE 2 OF US, IN 2 TO 15 FT. OF WATER, LITE BITE TODAY FISH WOULD PICK UP THE BAIT AND COME OUT TO THE BOAT WITH IT, WE DIDNT EVEN KNOW MOST OF THE FISH WERE THERE UNTIL WE SAW OUR LINE MOVING. BIG FISH WAS 2.25, ABOUT 25% OF FISH WERE BLACKS WITH THE REST THOSE FUN FIGHTING SPOTTS. HEADED FOR THE MARINA AT 4:45.
      City: MODESTO

Sunday, March 11th, 2001

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 55.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I din't hurry out this morning and arrived at the lake at around 8:30. I ished into Mountain Spring orm the main body. There were a TON o boats out. I ished clear tot he back o Mountain Spring only getting one quick bite (which I missed). I decided to go to where Jackson arm meets the main body. I got one ish at 2-1/2 lbs ater only a ew minutes. Never got another bite. Pulled out at 3:00.
      City: Modesto

      Tips: Got the bite on a black/Chartruese jig. Caught the ish on an 082 worm rigged Texas with a glass bead.

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

      Report: Launched at Capell Cove and started fishing with 9 year old Son. Rigged up a Carolina Rig Plastic worm with a bullet sinker 3 ft. from the worm. Proceeded to cast about 30 ft off shore. Within a minute of launching hooked into a 2 pound Small mouth. Handed the ploe over to my Son and the fight was on. My Son had a blast reeling it in. The Bass broke the surface and everyone by the launch ramp was watching. My Son was sooooo proud of the fight. Released the Bass right after he reeled it in. About 2 minutes later hooked into another 2 pounder. 20 minutes later my Son hooked a 1.5 pound Large Mouth. Great day for 2 hours fishing.
      City: Suisun

      Tips: Carolina Riggin Plastic 4" worms in 20 feet of water.

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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: You can find clear water and muddy water. I chosed muddy water and fished from 9AM - 3PM with only 3 bites. Spent most of the PM looking for shelter ... wind was bad and the wind chop was worst. 3'ers all over the main lake. Well, there's a bite of a crank bite. I crank only 2 fish but both were shallow (<5'), both were smallies. Saw the Walton's Pond weigh-in and the winners had almost 15#'s for 7. Think they were cranking too. Walton himself (an avid jig fisherman) said he cranked up a small limit of 12+#'s. There was rumored to be a bite in clear water on a carolyna rigged lizard as well.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: say in the bay's and avoid them 3' rollers. Tried that and almost got thrown out of my boat. Try chartrues for muddy water.

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is filling nicely with lots of off color water which is full of debris. I fished from 9-4 and did okay considering the breeze and boat traffic. I hooked 6, landed 5, and missed one. Wound up with three around 2lbs, one 3, and a GIANT 7.8 w/ pics for proof!!! What a fish!!! Anyone lose a fire tiger Terminator?? Cuz the fish had one in it's mouth!! All the action was in 8'-12'of water on a 1/2oz brown/purple jig. Tried blades and cranks but they didn't work for me today.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish shallow w/ jigs.

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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8 til 1:30. I intended to start searching with a blade first thing, and didn't have to search long..first spot nailed a couple 2-3#ers. Went over the same area with a brown-n-purple jig with a blue trailer and nailed 2 more. Continued this way for the next 2 hours and managed to get 4-5 more...the blade seemed to stop working for me around 10, so I fished jigs the rest of the day looking for some better ones. Caught several more 2-3#ers.
      City: SJ

      Tips: Fish were pretty shallow, all my bites were in less than 10ft. Got bit on three different color jigs, but black with blue zoom super chunk seemed to work best.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out from 6 am till 8 am and fished from the shore. Working the shorelines with a red timber tiger and landed a hawg. Didnt have a scale on me, but it had to go 7-8 lbs EASY. Got a couple good pics too. Thankfully the water maintenance worker was right by me and he shot the pics
      City: San Jose