Fishing Report

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Sunday, December 31st, 2000

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 49-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of River's End marina at about noon after the thick stuff burned off. Fished for at least three hours with nothing. Finally at the bottom of the low tide somebody hit the switch and my friend and I had 12 fish in the boat. The largest was about a 3#. This all happened within an hour to an hour and a half. Go figure. By the way that part of the Delta is the clearest I have seen it in a long time.
      City: Redwood city

      Tips: Senko Senko Senko Slow Slow Slow

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of B&W for the last day of the 00 year and of course haevy fog. Put the electric motor down and fished the west bank from launch to SJ river. Picked up three, 4.5, 3.5 and a 2 pounder. Had several bites but couldn't get em. All on plastic, 10" red shad power worm and senko. Tried cranks, spinners and flipping with no luck. Used the brail system to find Frank's Tract but nadda a darn thing there for me. Fog lifted at 2PM but i had to go.
      City: Sacto

      Tips: Used senko, roor beer w/gold flake, and Berkley 10" red shad power worm, all weightless. Tried others with no success. Must of wanted it slow. Bobby B and Chris B won tourny out of Ladds with 22 pounds, anyone heard how and where since they don't post.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Of Course I picked the day the fog refused to leave. We were on the water until 3:30. We had a total of 2 bites for 2 fish. We weren't able to run to any locations as it was that thick out there. We left the break about 8:30 and just put the trolling motor down. It was still good to get out. Did try anchoring down for stripers but only a couple small hits, no fish. I will be out again with the club on 1/13/01. Maybe see you out there.
      City: San Jose

  • Washington
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I was ishing early in the morning with a kastmaster. i hooked two and lost them both. but then i brought in 4 more beauties. about 5-6 pounds a piece. i was ishing rom the shore.
      City: Nine Mile Falls

      Tips: Kastmaster

  • Ventura County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Aternoon bite 14:00-16:001st choice: Brown or purple jigs with plastic trailer working rom shore-20' Rocky points2nd choice: Also caught a couple with a drop shoting purple worms
      City: Piru

      Tips: Stay on the steep points, watch out or the wind gustsLures: Skinny bear jigs, Gary Y. Trailers, Robo midnight 7" worms

Saturday, December 30th, 2000

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: about 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 9:00 to 11:30. One fish for the day. It was a nice 3.5er along the steep rocky banks across and to the right of the launch.Fish was caught early.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Carolina rigged-----ZOOM 4 inch mini lizard-10 to 15 ft. depths.

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      Water Temp: about 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 9:00 to 11:30. One fish for the day. It was a nice 3.5er along the steep rocky banks across and to the right of the launch.Fish was caught early.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Carolina rigged-----ZOOM 4 inch mini lizard-10 to 15 ft. depths.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: Cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Del's at 7:00 and headed South as far as Tracy Blvd, caught one 3# fish on delta red speed trap. Headed up to Coney Island and nailed two on a slow rolled white double willow spinnerbait. All fish were on rock with wood in about 6 ft of water. Headed over to Eucalyptus Island and fished until 4;30 pm, no more fish or bites. Delta was pretty barren, did run into a couple of boats and enjoyed trading info with them.
      City: Daly City

      Tips: White, double willow, spinnerbaits, pitched to the shore and S-L-O-W rolled back to the boat. One boat out there had 9 fish on black jigs with black/red glitter trailers. Pattern seemed to be: Outgoing tide, on rock with smal amounts of wood. No luck on plastics.

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      Water Temp: 48.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Lauched out of Orwood at around 6:30a.m. went to Ludo Bay in Discovery Bay.Saw some shad jump first cast got one on a gitzit.No more activity went to Marlin Bay caught one on live minnow about 25in.Made a run up to Mildrid Island, no fish were caught.Slow day.
      City: Castro Valley

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      Water Temp: UUHHH?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out today at around 9:am caught keepers up to two and a half pounds cranking grass on the SJ. Caught em on Timber Tigers, DC-8 and DC-5. I got the most bites on a chartruse DC-5. The fish also hit red colored cranks. No big ones today. I didn't get a hit on a spinnerbait. Spooned for a striper that went about five pounds. I never did slow down to worm.
      City: Rio Vista

      Tips: I didn't get hit ripping, or fishing jigs. I threw out a buzzbait I modified, just to see what it would fish like. The fish didn't hit that either, what up with that?

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Not a taker today had a 6 lb trout hit but no bass. I dont know whats wrong with the water in the lake. The water is green with algee or a high PH I dont know which. nothing doing anywhere. I hit all the avorites in my book today. nothing doing
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Pray or rain this lake needs a good lushing out

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-51 deg's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went to lake ater a bad morning at lake success. Arrived and started nailing them on jigs and drop-shot. ished till 3 pm and caught 15 ish and missed 10 more that got o ater reeling hal way up. 25-40 t o water. senko on drp-sht. and dbl tail yamamoto's , # 180.
      City: Visalia

  • Nevada County, California
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      Water Temp: 45

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I tried all over the lake with no luck until towardsthe end o the morning 10:30am I switched to a salamaderlure in the cove east o Woodhaven drive. Caught a 2pounder and a 4.4 pounder in about 8 eet o water. No luck with other rubber worms or grubs. In the previousdays I caught a ew more on sparkly louresent greengrubs with tails. The average size o those was probablyaround 2.25 pounds.
      City: San Jose

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished rom day break too 1 pm...Caught 11 bass,8 were ron 13 1/2 in too 3 1/2 lbs.App. 8 o the 11 were spots includeing the 2 largest ish.We ished main lake coves onthe east side o the lake rom morman creek too the loating outhouse.3 ish came on drop shot riggs,one on splitshot & the rest on darter & ootball heads.Five caught on skirted s.tail grubs & the rest on worms,Dietent size & colors.All ish came rom 25 too 50 t deep.
      City: Riv

      Tips: Fish slow & deep

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner and I caught 40 bass o jig head split shot drop shot. Bass are really active right now
      City: chico

      Tips: ish where you ind baitish

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: COLD

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The ishing was pretty tough today. I started out ishing a deep drop-o and caught a 12 incher right away on a blue and black jig in about 25 eet o water. Then nothing or a ew hours. I started ishing a little ways passed the marina and caught one ish on a Carolina rigged senko, and that was all the action or the day. And rom what I hear the landlocked Steelhead bite at this lake has been terrible. I was talking to a guy that said last year he could catch 3 or 4 steelhead easy and now he's lucky to get a bite.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: The ish are pretty deep(25-40 t.) So use something that'll get your bait down there. And i you want to see this cool new site I ound go to: http://www.norcalbass.com/ it is similar to this one accept it's new and it has some neat eatures like product reviews, articles, and surveys. It also has a Free lure contest, you can ind out how to enter it at the site.

Friday, December 29th, 2000

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 53.5-55.1

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing woods creek draging worms and jigs to 60 t nothing. At noon moved to HW120 bridge on the south side moving into the canyon with 1/4 oz dart heads 4 in oxblood wormscaught 1 smallie 2lbs and 2 large mouth about 2 1/4 lbs ea.These ish were all in about 15 t o water.
      City: Livermore

Thursday, December 28th, 2000

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

      Report: Got out there in the kickboat again at about 9:00.hit all points on the opposite side of the dock with a jig until I came up on the second island, no fish. On the way back towards the dock, I hooked a 2 pounder on a sour grape carolina rigged baby brush hog. That was it for the day.
      City: san jose

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 2:30 got a late start. Started off at the rock horseshoe and stuck a nice 3lb fish on a jig in 10' of water. Then around 4:30 hit another nice fish on a 5" red shad power worm in 15' of water 2lb fish. Not sure what is happening. Saw a guy on the bank by the large dam catch 4 fish in 45 minutes. Oh well guess it was the line I was using. I will re-spool my rods tonite and get back out there before the Rams play Saturday and see what happens.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out there in the kickboat again at about 9:00.hit all points on the opposite side of the dock with a jig until I came up on the second island, no fish. On the way back towards the dock, I hooked a 2 pounder on a sour grape carolina rigged baby brush hog. That was it for the day.
      City: san jose