Fishing Report

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Sunday, September 10th, 2000

  • California
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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club held its 8th event o year @ Spring Lake on Sunday, Sept. 10. Winning weight was 5 ish or 19.18 lb, including 7.47 lb toad. Second was 5 ish or 15.67 lb, anchored with day's big ish o 8.61 lb. Third was another 5 ish or 10.97 lb. Twenty-one anglers participated, & 50 bass came to the scales.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I you'd like more ino about the club, send me an e-mail and/or check out our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com.

Saturday, September 9th, 2000

  • California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took out my son and riend both 10yrs and a lot o twinkies and ho ho's. Good thing.Started with crank bait and spinner bait (white) at aprox 10:00 am. Caught one keeper right o. pretty slow thereater, just small ones.Trolled back or un just trailing a silver repala minnow (large) and caught 3 nice keepers in the deeper water, no vegetation.Thank goodness the kids both got ish. All the old man got was a big smile ;-)
      City: Chico

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: ????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hugo kicked my butt again. 8-1. He caught all his fish on his magic Senko, the same one that he used at the Rally. Most of the fish came on the weedline. Biggest was 3 lbs. All were fat bellied. Tried some other stuff, blades, worms, nada. Off to Yamamoto website to order somemore magic.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Go fishin', and keep smilin',!!!

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      Water Temp: 72-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished late afternoon on Saturday hoping for a topwater bite. Launched out of Cappel and ran up near Berryessa marina fishing the exposed humps. First and fourth casts produced two nice smallies to 2lbs each on topwater. Worked the humps with 4in grubs taking two more fish. Worked our way down around big island and found the large mouths to be feeding on the surface where we landed two, 3lb and 4lb, bucket mouths on a zara spook. All in all not a bad outing for a couple of hours. Went up to Putah creek and found it full with a heard of ski boats blasting through the 5 mile zone!
      City: Fairfield

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Paradise Point before light, fished buzzbait around the rocks and weeds in the immediate area, 2-1pound caught, 2 nicer fish (2+) hit but came off. The air temp was cooler than it has been, and the buzzbait bite was the worst I've had in months. Switched to Senko about 8am and caught 1 about 1.5lb, no other takers. Finished up on a Zoom speed worm, caught 2 in about 5 minutes 1lbs each (black w/red flake). Had to leave for wife's birthday off at 10am, or would have fished the speed worm more. tight lines and sore lippin thumbs.
      City: san jose

      Tips: Don't know really, usual plan B's didn't seem to work for me (crankbait, Senko). Lots of mats, but I left too early. Anyone do any good in the north on frogs this weekend? More consistent cooler weather may help, fluctuations can cause severe frustration.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I FISHED ALONE ON THE EAST DELTA THANKS TO A COUPLE OF FLAKY NO SHOWS.BLACK BUZZBAIT PRODUCED FISH EARLY ,FROG DID NOTHING.LATER THE SPINNERBAIT WAS GOOD FOR SEVERAL + FISH ON ROCKS AND POINTS WITH CURRENT.FLIPPED BRUSHHOG FOR SOME FUN ON TULE .THE JIG DID NOTHING FOR ME TODAY?!BIGGEST FISH WAS 5LB 13OZ. BEST FIVE 13+LBS.
      City: MANTECA

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of Ladds headed south had about twenty bitesduring low tide best five went about twelve pounds fished pumpkinseed powerbaits worms on secondary weeds in about twelve feet of water best day ever
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: fish slow in completly weeds

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

      Report: A nice day o ishing...didn't even take my boat, just walked around a muddy cove on the W side o the lake. Only ished 3-4 hrs., caught 9, with 3 being good ish,one 2# , the other two 3#.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Small plastics in dark colors, Texas and split-shot rigged. Most ish were around rocks in about 8-15 eet o water. Attractant (Bang) on worms seemed to get many more bites than plastics without.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out about 7 a.m.got one on a orange speed trap then swithched to a Zoom Big Dead Ringer and caught 6 more nothing big . Biggest was about 2lbs. o the water by 12.
      City: San Bruno

      Tips: no real pattern caught ish shallow and deep to about 35'

  • King County, Washington
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Very windy & rough. Overcast weather. Air temp 60-65.Fishing east channel. Caught several yellow perch, 1-smallie and 1 lg mouth 3.75lbs. A dandy! About 10:15 am with the wind and chop pretty active.
      City: Renton

      Tips: Used worms mostly. Smallie was caught on a little white spinner...... Large mouth on a worm.

Thursday, September 7th, 2000

  • Kane County, Arizona
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report:  By Wayne Gustaveson Home Page: www.wayneswords.com Lake Elevation: 3679 Water Temperature: 74-77 FGot in the boat this morning and went hunting. Headed toward the dam and then up the channeltoward Antelope Canyon. The early morning colors under a partly cloudy sky were so incredibleit would have been easy to miss the irst splash. The boat glided toward the splash as I loaded myrod tip with a jumpin minnow and aimed just beyond the ripples. The lure hit the water and wasinhaled as it started to swim. The striper missed and then struck again 3 times beore leaving italone. I put the boat just barely on plane and continued slowly up the channel. Every splash wasa striper. Pinpoint casting to each separate rise resulted in a striper slashing at the lure. Moststripers only hit once or twice and very ew were hooked but it was a very enjoyable ishing tripto SEE the ish irst and then try to get in range to catch them. That

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in the water at jones valley at 6pm out at 1000pm, air temp 91 going in and 67 coming out, or 12 to 2 1/2 lbs on the islands near squaw point, mike was using a brown and black 5 inch worm texas rigged, i used my black and gold yamamotos on a 3/8 ounce jig head, mike caught 7, one dink, i caught 4, one dink and his son had a couple on a pumpkin pepper jig and a black and gold yamamoto, no one out there ater 730pm and they didin't get going until around 830pm. water clearing up nicely, visibility good to about 10 t now. the moon is coming on now and I expect things to slow down a bit, shad very busy on the surace all over and being chased by bass, the shad up on top are small, rom about 1 inch to an inch and a hal, some o the bass were spitting up chunks o crawdads, the other were unloading small shad, the ish have generally moved o the shore or the time being at dark and are hanging out in 12-20t o water with most on the bottom and a ew suspended, water starting to drop again but only about 3-6 inches per day, down to 57.25 t today. A beautiul cool evening.
      City: Redding

Wednesday, September 6th, 2000

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 76 day 74 nite

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit Amador about 6:30. Fished till 2:00 am. Got two onworms just beore sunset (tried topwater - no takers). Ater dark didn't boat any but tied into a couple o 3-4 pounders, one on a jig the other on a spinnerbait. One word: S-L-O-W.
      City: Folsom

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the new Triton to the Delta today. Had quite a few smaller fish on Red rattletraps, also on ReAction lures Gatordogs in the Peanutbutter and Jelly Pattern. Partner caught big fish of the day, a 4-12, on a Reaction lures Gatortube in watermelon/red flake. We fished weedlines with deepwater and flats near deep water. Still no decent numbers of quality fish.
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Throw a rattletrap all day and you will get some fish. Plastics working better than jigs.

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 74-76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6am too 12:30pm.Caught app. 10 bass,one on top water & rest on small worms & grubs.Fished the main lake area & small coves o the main lake...My partner caught the only ish over the slot limit,on the top water bait.
      City: Riv

      Tips: "NONE" it's been tough lately

Tuesday, September 5th, 2000

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Frank's, Sycamore, and Hog on Sunday afternoon. Missed one on brush hog, and no further hits. Caught 3 weighing 0.5-1.5 lbs on rattletrap from a cut into Frank's, lost 3 others at boat - no toads. Ran to Sycamore, caught 2 fish, one on Delta Craw speed trap on rocks, one on T-rigged magic worm, missed two others that felt small. While it was too cool, decided to throw frog on mats, one blowup from small fish, missed again. Ran to Hog, got bit regularly on rattletrap and T-rigged worm all fish were small, missed most of them, but put 3 more in boat and lost a striper at boat (glad it got off in order to avoid bleeding, since I forgot my hook remover!). All told, caught 8 small blackies and missed at least 10 others. Still can't find better fish, but glad to be out. Tight lines!
      City: Half Moon Bay

      Tips: Interestingly, I caught fish in an area with fairly heavy boat traffic coming and going into Frank's, didn't seem to bother the fish too much.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT. SEPT. 17TH, HOLLAND TRACT. TEAM EVENT, BRING A PARTNER. $40.00 PER TEAM INCL. BIG FISH. PAYS THREE PLACES. NICE TROPHIES. E-MAIL YOUR ADDRESS AND I'LL MAIL YOU A FLYER. TOM MULLIKEN TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR EAST BAY BASS
      City: WALNUT CREEK

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a Sun late aternoon/night trip and a Mon night trip and landed 14 or the two trips - 2 biggest were on Mon, 6-3 and a 6-7, both on 10" Power worms. Sun night was the most miserable summer evening I have ever seen at Clear Lake - very cold strong wind gusts the whole trip. We elt good i we could cast our baits close to our target!! I looked or little pockets in the back o Konocti Bay that might not have cooled o as much because o the wind. It worked - clients caught 3 or 4 ish and I got a couple - mostly on black/red brush hogs. Biggest was just under 5 lbs. Mon the wind just quit an hour ater dark and we could enjoy our ishing and were able to land a 21 lb limit. One client got his irst Senko ish at night using a color I recommend or low light conditions, #135. The 2 six pounders came rom deep water - up to 25 eet. Because o the "winter" storm, most quality ish moved to deeper water. Warm weather should bring them back up to begin the all eed.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: The new Berkley Power Hog in Junebug seems to be a winner. That bait has worked very well the past ew trips!!

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with brother sPat and Bones or a un weekend at Clear Lake. Fishing wasn't as easy as it could have been or this time o year but they are there. A lot o good ish are deep. We caught a ew over 3# on jigs and blades shallow in tules and weeds but the 5's and 6's came rom 8' to 15' o water o rock areas on super slowly movin' cranks. Just bump the bottom and stop then wham. Lost a couple that were pretty big saw two at the boat, one about 5 and the other about 9. Landed some goodies as well! Managed a couple o good 5 ish limits over 20#.
      City: BAy Point

      Tips: Be persistant and deal with the wind because these are the places to be. Go to your deeper rock areas and crank deep shad patterns and play those dawgs out, don't yank 'em too hard, they'll whoop ya!!

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Back out o Jones Valley at 6pm, out o the water at 8pm, or 7 in the boat, one dink, kept three that inhaled my jig, they have moved o the banks into about 20 t o water but they were just banging the heck out o the Yamamoto's in salt and pepper,the wie caught one, she made me put that in, I was swimming my jigs back to the boat and just barely ticking them along the tops o the rocks and WHAM! water is clearing up ast, no traic at all,,,, they all went home. Temp dropping daily with all the cool weather we have had, supposed to heat up again over the weekend, lake at 57 t down, the level rose a little with the 4inches o rain we got. Wind has inally shited around to the north, should be clear and bright or the next week or so.
      City: Redding