Fishing Report

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Thursday, February 8th, 2001

  • San Diego County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: i went to hodges bout 5:30 in the moring and hooked up with two nice lunkers they were 3.2 and 3.5 the lake was slow or what i usally catch. there is also a pond right next to there lake back bt the rancho brenado arm you have to walk a little but its worth it. You can ask most kid ishermen orm the area bout it the name o the pond i rb inn. you avaraghe a 2-3 pounder. i went there last night bout 5:30 till 6:30 and hooked up with 12 bass between me and my best riend we cought them on red with christmas sparkles poured by george at poway bait and tackle.we rigged them texas style with a 3/16 bullet weight so i you ever get the chance to go there you should.
      City: poway

      Tips: since it is winter you need to ish slow because you want the bait to be in the strike zone as long as possible. be prepared to wait these bass can be iniky but not always, you should start out with chocolate/blue vein rigged texas style then move to a dark red and i that doesnt work go lighter in color on your plastic. some crankbaits are working too but only a ew, rapala at rap is doing were in shad color and the rebel crawdad cranks are workin well too we.. the main key is to ish the points ajasent to deep water. also ish the main strcture o the pond or lake these keys will help you

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Breezy and cold at early morning launch so I pulled up to the bridge on south ork to get some lie back into my body as the piling blocked the wind. Threw a 1/4 oz jig to deep bank and slowly worked back to boat.....bam, a 2.6 pounder. That was just the start and they kept eating the jig until the wind died and it all slowed down to a crawl so I matched it. Put on a worm and worked it super slow in 20-25' on a carolina rig or 4 really nice spots. Started with leader about 36" and when I got it to 16", that's when all the action started. All in all, a really nice, productive day.
      City: Wheatland

      Tips: Brown/orange Rodstrainer jig with a Yamamoto grub trailer worked o steep walls in 25-30 in the morning. Aternoon was a 4" Magic worm in a light orange/tan color (don't remember worm #) worked at a snail's pace and they ate it up. All bites were hammering hits and you knew when you had one. Good luck this week-end.....some o us have to work!

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      Water Temp: 46.5-49.0

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On weds Larry Powell and I ished rom 0700-1600 and had 19 ish. All the ish came on jigs and worms, the biggest ish was a huge bucket mouth that broke the scales at 10.27lbs. Smallest ish was 1.78 then all were in the 2-3lbs class. Wind was a major role, stay on the protected sides and cast across the wind on points. SLOW DOWN with jigs and worms.
      City: Paradise

      Tips: Try using 1/2 oz jigs in craw patterns and shad patterns in the worms. remember this is eb. Ther are some big ish moving right now and there moving real ast to warmer water look or temps that are 1 or 2 degrees warmer than the man body or north ork and the big boys or girls are there.

Tuesday, February 6th, 2001

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 47.1-75.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCH OUT OF THE BREAK @ 9:00AM. NOTICED I WAS THE ONLY CUSTOMER GENE HAD TODAY. FIGURED I WILL FISH A LITTLE WHILE. WHATS A LITTLE WIND. WELL THE WIND AND SWELLS MADE FISHING NOT FUN. TRIED TO TUCK BACK INTO LITTLE BREAK. NOTICED EVEN THE BIRDS WERE PINNED UP AGAINST THE REEDS THE WIND WAS BLOWING SO HARD. DID MANAGE TO STICK A 1.5 ON A BLADE. BUT THEN NOTICED THE BOAT WAS ON THE WEEDS. SO I LEFT AND WENT A LITTLE FARTHER UPSTREAM TO 75 DEGREE WATER, WHICH I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS. THREW THE TRAP AND GOT HAMMERED, LANDED ABOUT A 8# STRIPER. THAT WAS IT WAS NOT FUN ANYMORE.
      City: CONCORD

      Tips: BE CAREFULL OUT THERE, I SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE OUT IN THESE CONDITIONS UNLESS IT WAS A TOURNAMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I DID NOT REALLY ENJOY FISHING

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It was tough holding the boat still enough to ish. The water was cold and visibility was about 12 inches. Terrible conditions but we managed to catch a ew. Fished rom 11am to 5pm. Caught about one ish per hour. Two 2lbs, two 3lbs and one 7.1 pounder. The 7.1 pounder was my my biggest ever! Can't wait to catch an 8 pounder!! Do I hear 9!!!
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I you are driving the Hopland Grade, slow down to 55mph beore you enter Hopland. The CHP are waiting! They're nice olks but a ticket makes it diicult to enjoy their company.I your ishing in this wind, tie up to a dock with a lot o posts and ish each o them with a watermelon green brushhog until your blue in the ace. Look or shallow water.

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing at 3:00 at the usual haunts with the usual baits.Sunny , slight breeze airly calm.My partner and I had 9 ish 2lbs to 3.5 lbs .Extremely dark cloudsstarted to move in , bite stopped.At 4:30 we had our rain-gear on and one minute later we were deluged with rain,iceand very strong winds.Temp elt like it dropped 20 deg inten minutes.I hope the wind dies down,i this pattern continues I'll ish the anglers choice tourney this weekend.
      City: Granite Bay Ca.

  • Calaveras County, California
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      Water Temp: 47-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lake really came up this week, ound bait at 60-85 eet, hard to catch bass,talked to locals and they didn't have any good news. Saw a couple o ish caught,but they cleaned them,and took them home.

      Tips: Drain the lake and make a gol course........

Monday, February 5th, 2001

  • California
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      Water Temp: 49/50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at approx 12:30 pm on a beautiul day(temp almost 70)with no wind and a slight breeze. Fished in the 5 MPH zone early on without any good results(caught one ish in approx 35 eet). Moved back onto the main lake and ished the large island on the Buck Ridge side. Picked up three ish to 1 1/2 lbs drop shoting in 35 to 40 eet. I was using Pro Worms cinn/blue 4" worm. Moved over to the rocky points on the day use side o the lake and continued to drop shot in 35/40 eet using a variety o small 4 1/2 to 5 inch worms. Had the best luck on Magic Worms in Rythem and Blue. Put 13 more ish in the boat and had three more come unbuttoned. No real size (largest 2.2 lbs with a couple o 1 1/2 lbs and the rest clones at 1 lb).
      City: Madera

      Tips: Use your sonar. Look or ish and anything that even looks like it might be a ish. They are right on the bottom and i you believe your graph you can catch them.

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: rick and i went out ishin or 2 days,sunday was ok,caught bass,about 25,but no big ones,monday bass where small,15 or so,but no real weight.water temp,58,up 6 deg,s rom thursday,ishin jigs slow around docks&launch ramps,dropshotin too,try shaded areas..
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: hula grubs--robo 4" curly tail worms

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 47-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Should have stayed home, out o jones valley at 1030, temp 54, water lat no wind,lake at 57 t and quite a bit o small debris in the pit arm, ran up to the no ski buoys and ished down stream rom there, must have had 20 taps on jigs, idgets and big daddy special,NO FISH, not a single hook up, something would tap me once or twice and then nothing, had only one pull down, got back a wormless hook. Clark (a regular) pulls up next to me at reynolds creek and laments the same acts, had a number o taps, no takers, i this gentlemen isn't catching we are all in trouble. Went on back to the ramp and talked to 8 guys I know on the way back, NOBODY had a single ish with the exception o one guy who was spooning and snagged a couple o trout. Pulled out at 230 pm and the temp was up to 73 degrees, guess the ul moon or nearly so has bit me in the behind. 3 regulars were up at the top o the ramp and we jawboned about the conditions, one guy caught one dink.
      City: Redding

Sunday, February 4th, 2001

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 50 DEGREES

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED PLEASURE COVE AND THE NARROWS, CAUGHT 14 FISH BEST SEVEN WENT 12.16 LBS. SPLITSHOTTING 4-1/2" WORMS IN ORIGINAL #2, SMOKE W/ GOLD FLAKE, MORNING DAWN. FISH WERE IN 10' - 15'.
      City: SACRAMENTO

      Tips: FISH VERY SLOW , LIGHT PRESURE BITE

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished from 11-5. Nice, warm day with water temp up about 2 degrees from the previous week. Landed 7 bass from 1-3 lbs. We fished the shoreline on the far side of the dam. The bass are schooled up and as soon as we started seeing them on the depth finder we got bites. We used small worms in dark colors and small jigs in about 20 feet of water.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Locate the schools and use small dark colored baits that you can fish slow to get them in the boat!

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished from 11-5. Nice, warm day with water temp up about 2 degrees from the previous week. Landed 7 bass from 1-3 lbs. We fished the shoreline on the far side of the dam. The bass are schooled up and as soon as we started seeing them on the depth finder we got bites. We used small worms in dark colors and small jigs in about 20 feet of water.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Locate the schools and use small dark colored baits that you can fish slow to get them in the boat!

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 47-52+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water is cloudy and with the recent warm weather the water temp has risen to over fifty degrees. The bite reflected the weather for this time of year. Best bite was low tide for me. Fish were in all depths. Plastics, jigs, cranks and swimbaits all worked. Slow to fast retrieve with cranks, slow dragging plastics and jigs and the swimbait had to be worked. Dropped a spoon several times right in the middle of schools of stripers and they wouldn't touch it, dropped the swimbait down and they would. Fun day.
      City: Mountain View

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing a Mid-Cal tournament..From sae light too 3pm...Caught 8 bass rom 12 1/2 ins. too 4.24 lbs..Seven ish came on cali.worms & one on a keeper worm.All 6in worms,darter heads & light carolina rig.Fish came rom 20 too 40 t deep.
      City: Riv.

      Tips: Fish sharp drop os or stay close too the bank & cast into deep water & start shakeing.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 7 a.m. started ishing main points in the Horse Shoe Bend area. 1st ish on at 7:15 w/a brown & brown pig & pork in 10' o water. Had a limit by 10 a.m..(5 ish) Headed up to the river channel & culled 2 or a 5 ish limit o 7 lbs. 4 ozs. with a 2 lb. 4 oz. big ish. 1/2 o the limit caught on pig & pork & other hal came o o 4 to 5" worms or leeches in a shad type color.
      City: Delhi

      Tips: Jig n pig or shad colored worms, split shot, but which ever you choose ish it slowwww!

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 52 to 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a great day on the water today. We caught and released 41 bass. Two smallmouth and the rest spots. Jigs and splitshot reapers were the ticket. The ish were deep in the morning and shallower as the day progressed. No reaction ish but didnt give it much eort. Just lots o un with plastics. The weather was great! About 80 degrees. Came back sunburned in ebruary. Far cry rom resno. Cant wait to go back.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: chunk rock banks 25FT in the morning 0-5 in the aternoonmove it slow-deadstick

  • Palo Pinto County, California
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      Water Temp: COLD!!!

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Skunked! From my kickboat, lipped the shoreline with jigs & sot plastics (Senko's included); tossed my 9" MS SLammer trout plug around some -- maybe TOO much, given the murky water! (I think the 'Slammer' might be more suited to clearer waters). A couple times when I was lippin', I thought I had something on, but as I pulled through it, I came up empty. Not sure i that was a ish getting o, or snagging a branch or some weeds or whatever. Water was cold and muddy, although the weather was warm & Spring-like. I had igured the string o warm temperatures the past ew days might kick 'em into gear this weekend, but there wasn't much going on. One other tuber said he had caught a couple on Senkos, but nothing to write home about.
      City: San Jose

  • Bayfield County, California
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started at 8am ishing jigs and worms near dam water there was 41 no ish, ran to rec water 47 no ish, 2pm ran to ski cove ished break ta 50t and started catching 1-1.5lb ish on binky bugs and ring worms about 15 ish total.
      City: EUREKA

      Tips: move bait 1" have a cup o coee and move it again.slow slow slow

  • California
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Everybody listen the back lake is the best or bass there is three ponds that are excelent but the best one is the last one beore the creek starts and the island pond.The last pond holds REALLY big bass and nobody hardly ishes it so there arly eaisey to catch. The ront lakes is a diicult place to catch bass inless you really know what your doing. this week There planting thunder trout.
      City: p-town

      Tips: blue lip jigs with trailers,any color tube jig. white with chrome blades spinner bait. crawdad crank bait.