Fishing Report

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Monday, February 19th, 2001

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

      Report: Fished the far dam again with two partners for two hours. One partner picked up a 2 lber in about 15 ft of water on blue/black jig w/ maroon trailer later on I landed a 5 lber (yeehaw!!!!) on a purple/black jig with a chartruse yamamoto grub trailer in about 5 ft. (same spot GLX pro) missed two shaking brown 6" zipper with flo. orange tail
      City: San Jose

      Tips: water is muddy fish slow, use bright colors, scent, and rattlin jigs

  • California
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      Water Temp: ?????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went last weekened in the back lakes. The water was cold and so was I. I didn't have any luck. I ished with grubs and worms. Nothin.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: throw everything in, including the kitchen sink. Way to cold

Sunday, February 18th, 2001

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

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Woke up late and didn't launch till about 9am. Fished till 4:45. Had good action the first hour, and the last hour....not much in between. For the day I missed 2 bites, hooked and lost 2, and landed 4....a 2lber and 3lber on a Senko, a 1.5lber on a Zipper Grub, and a great 6lber cranking a fat free shad. That fish sure was a surpise. The Senko fish were in about 7' of water, while the crank and zipper fish were in about 10'. Overcast w/ light rain and light wind the whole day. Great day on the water.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Don't be afraid to try cranking early and late.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Woke up late and didn't launch till about 9am. Fished till 4:45. Had good action the first hour, and the last hour....not much in between. For the day I missed 2 bites, hooked and lost 2, and landed 4....a 2lber and 3lber on a Senko, a 1.5lber on a Zipper Grub, and a great 6lber cranking a fat free shad. That fish sure was a surpise. The Senko fish were in about 7' of water, while the crank and zipper fish were in about 10'. Overcast w/ light rain and light wind the whole day. Great day on the water.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Don't be afraid to try cranking early and late.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-50

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Came out of hibernation to fish the first B.A.S.S. federation tournement of the year,I haven't been on the delta since Nov. of last year. I had been hearing word that the bite had been very hit or miss, you would get on them one day and the next day nothing and from what I've read here that seemed the case. I prefished Friday and caught one keeper 2+ and shook off two more on another bank later in the day. Saturday my team partner and I "also my no boat" prefished together to see if we could figure out what these fish were doing. We found some fish cranking but didn't feel to confident because of all the pressure this area was getting, wrong tide for me also. The competition this year went up another notch with some awesome sticks coming out this year, and with the return of others.... The day of the tournement started out well, drew a gentleman that I drew last year who was a great guy and fun to fish with. I ended up catching two fish flipping on a 1/2 DUHH!! jig n pig and caught five more fish on crankbaits including a 5+ 'got lucky' did well and cashed, some nice fish brought in but not a lot of limits.
      City: Galt

      Tips: Really can't say right now ... fishing 100% pro am this coming weekend, but fish SLOW and find new water.. Good luck and God bless!!!

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out of Holland on Saturday with East Bay Bass. Ran around and threw every thing in the tackle box at em, not 1 fish. 5 boats in the tourney, 2 fish for all 5 boats. Come on guys, we need some more people in the club to make it a little more interesting. Good guys to fish with with.
      City: Antioch

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 49-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I caught 6 ish total or 12.80lbs. missed 2 or3 .We caught a couple o our ish on a point 10-15 t near the narrows. The rest were caught up river on secondary points and cuts in 20 t . All ish were on dart heads 1/4oz oxblood/purpleand blue.Or C-rigs.
      City: Livermore

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

      Report: I went out over the weekend hoping or a couple good ish. I started ishing by the narrows and the rock wall on the right at about 30' eet o water. NOTHING but rost bite! It was cold and no ish I tried a texas rig then split shoting nothin. I tried a white and silver worm but no takers. Anyways haven't lost hope I will try it again next week hopeully NO rain. Lake level is rising. Good luck....
      City: Pleasanton/Caliornia

      Tips: TRY EVERYTHING!!!!!

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 100% tourney today. Launched at 6:30am. Started o in Big Creek, not a bite, stayed there until 10:30am and decided to head out to Rogers. Couple years back we placed 6th in a West Coast Bass tourney and decided to hit that spot in Rogers. We caught 4 ish or 9lbs on a 25' stretch o bank. Caught 2 on a purple spider grub, 2 on a 4" Summer Moss. When we placed 6th we had 22.5lbs and they came o this same 25' stretch. When we let we heard 14lbs was in the lead. All the ish came in the 15' range.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Light rain and some serious wind. Tried Ripping, cranking and nothing. Good Luck out there! Mike

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 6:30am on cuts across rom ramp. Picked up one small spot crankin on point, then no more. Moved up lake by 7:30. One more spot on blade. Partner drop shottin' reapers ("Spot Remover")picked up two more clones. Ran up Las Tablas with no success. Didn't spend much time there. Went back to main lake concentrating on wind blown points with small chunk rock. Picked up ish on every point we hit rom mouth o Las Tablas back to ramp throwing brown on purple jig and watermelon w/red Yamamoto twin tail. Nothing o size, but had a great time with tight line all aternoon. All spots 12" tp 14" No blacks or smallies.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Concentrate on wind blown points. Chunk rock. Small pig-n-jig or spider jigs. Browns and purples. With any spell o good weather, bring out the iretiger cranks, it's gonna be un.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I headed out to the dock and i throw a hula grub and BAM! reel in a good 5 pounder . I also caught 6 other ones but they were small.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: use a hula grub slow presentation and bounce it about 2 inches o the ground every 7 seconds.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 48.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club Tourney Sunday, bite was a little better than two weeks ago or NewBass, that is or qaunity not quality ended up with a small 8 lb limit caught 14 keepers on Dart heads and dropsottin only problem was culling!! All were clones. Threw Jig or about two hours could not by a bite.Spent my day in the middle ork. Winning weights came on Jigs in the main body and North Fork. Rained and that darn wind blew rom blast o to weigh-in, then o course it stopped.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: Jigs are still what is getting the better ish, Brown and Red are still the colors. Lake is still very clear even with all the rain and runo.

  • Riverside County, California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish everywhere in 35 eet o water. Throw 4 inch and 6 inch Roboworm in Black Grape or Grape Weenie. I Texas rigged and downshotted and it didn't make a dierence. Lake is very low and is due to begin rising in early March.Good Luck!
      City: wcb1616@yahoo.com

      Tips: Roboworm's dominate on this lake. I've tried all the others and I have ound that it's tough to beat a Robo day in and day out. My avorites on Perris are Black Grape, Aaron's Magic, and Light oxblood w. red lk.

Saturday, February 17th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 9:30 and fished until 2:30. Caught 8 Bass total. Best five fish weighed just over 20 lbs. Caught all the fish from the bank to about 5 ft. One fish was 8.6lb. on the scale. That fish was in about one foot of water. All the fish were caught on 1/4 ounce black and purple jigs with a purple pork trailer. Bang crawdad scent was used on the baits. The fish would hit the bait as soon as it landed in the water.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Fish dark colors until the water clears. Black and purple are a killer combination at Calero in the winter months. For as many years back as I can remember fishing there it's been the same every winter. Especially right before spring hits. Use a dark colored jig and put alot of crawdad scent on it. Fish the bait shallow even in the coldest part of winter. Throw the bait right on the bank and drag it into the water. Pop it up one time hard and then let it sit for a few seconds. The fish will usually hit right then.

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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 9:30 and fished until 2:30. Caught 8 Bass total. Best five fish weighed just over 20 lbs. Caught all the fish from the bank to about 5 ft. One fish was 8.6lb. on the scale. That fish was in about one foot of water. All the fish were caught on 1/4 ounce black and purple jigs with a purple pork trailer. Bang crawdad scent was used on the baits. The fish would hit the bait as soon as it landed in the water.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Fish dark colors until the water clears. Black and purple are a killer combination at Calero in the winter months. For as many years back as I can remember fishing there it's been the same every winter. Especially right before spring hits. Use a dark colored jig and put alot of crawdad scent on it. Fish the bait shallow even in the coldest part of winter. Throw the bait right on the bank and drag it into the water. Pop it up one time hard and then let it sit for a few seconds. The fish will usually hit right then.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 43

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in the Redwood Empire Bass Club tourney on Saturday out o Redbud under tough conditions. Rained all day with a light wind on the south end. There were a total o 16 boats, but only 2 limits on the day. I took Larry's advice a started the day with a red/black crankbait and landed a 9.1 within 5 minutes, enough or big ish.(Thanks Larry) My partner Louie ollowed my lead and nailed a 8.8, 5 and 4 all baore 8:00am. Not a bad way to start the day. All caught shallow on crankbaits near Redbud. Moved to Jago Bay and we landed 2 more at 3lbs each on rip baits. Unortunately this was a draw tourney and not a team event. I only managed 2 ish or 12 lbs, but Louie had 5 or nearly 25 lbs, missing 1st place by 1/2 pound. Combined we had 7 ish totalling 37 pounds.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Stick to crankbaits and ripbaits around rocks and docks on the south end. Work them slowly and bounce o the bottom. Fish all came in less than 10'.

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 47-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Basin Bassmasters Tourny. Started out a pretty nice morning, and then weather was inconsistent the rest o the day. My partner John Kort and I had a winning ive ish limit or close to 9#'s. There were 7 boats in the tourny and 2 teams had limits. we did not have a ish until 12:30 pm, and a small window o opportunity opened as it usually does. We hook nine ish in the next hour and landed six. One o the ish lost was at least 4.5#'s that we lost at the boat and also had a big ish come o 3rd cast o the day on a crank bait. The weird part was, every ish we landed was a largemouth. This was bizarre considering we were ishing in 47-48 degree water, in a little rock ield in only 10-12 eet o water. You would think there would be a couple spot's mixed in there, but we weren't complaining. The other team that had a limit had nothing but sopt's. They were drop shotting in 25 eet o water. The big ish was a spot just under 4#'s.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Keep your line wet. This time o year it's about being in the right place at the right time. Bites tend to be very light, so i your not sure, SET THE HOOK!

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I kept an eye on the weather reports all week. On Monday they were predicting rain during the week and nice weekend. By Tuesday things changed and rumors o rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The good news is the temperatures were predicted to be high 50

      Tips: be willing to change depths.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished GCB tournament Saturday. 12 Boats in tournament. Fished as a nonboater or the irst time in a long spell. Started out throwing reacn stu early. No bites. This was in the north ork. Drug 4" #39 worm in 20-40 eet or 4 keepers and one dink. Caught biggest ish on peninsula rockpile, a beautiul smallmouth that went 4.45 lbs. Winning stringer was 5 ish or a little over 8 lbs.
      City: Yuba City

  • Los Angeles County, California
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ralph and I tried ishing crawdads,nightcrawlers,dropshottin',and plastics. nothing. still a nice day on the water. we'll keep at it.
      City: los angeles