Fishing Report

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Thursday, July 8th, 1999

  • Calaveras County, California
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      Water Temp: 72-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Flukes, blades,and buzz baits in black creek beore dark. Caught one smally cranking across rom poker lats. Night bite non-existent.

      Tips: Find underwater weed line in black creekWhite and/or chartreuse best colors

Wednesday, July 7th, 1999

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

      Report: FISHED CLEAR FOR FIRST TIME IN 10+YEARS. NEEDED TO GET SOME PRACTICE TIME SO I CAN START FISHIN THEM TOURNEYS UP THERE. MAN O'MAN GOOD DAY!!SKITTER POP/FROG TIGHT TO THE TULES..NEED I SAY MORE? WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO GET HIGH HIT THE DOCKS W/ GRUBS OR GITZITS SKIP'EM N' RIP'EM...20+FISH DAY W/2 OVER 6LBS AND PROBABLY CLOSE TO A 8#+ THAT GOT OFF BECAUSE I DIDNT LISTEN TO BOBBY BARRACK AND SHARPEN THEM DANG HOOKS!! GOOD LUCK BRING LOTS OF SUN BLOCK ITS HOT!!
      City: FREMONT

      Tips: CHARTREUSE FROG SEEMED TO WORK A LITTLE BETTER, POPPERS IN SHAD COLORS DID REAL WELL...KEEP IT TIGHT TO THE TULES, FISH ARE SHALLOW SO SNEAK 'N PEAK..DON'T ASK THE LOCALS THEY'RE REAL NICE BUT SURE ARE TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT THINGS...

Tuesday, July 6th, 1999

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 74 - 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went Fri, Sat & Mon Fri - Had a good (for me) day. Popped fish early, jigged & wormed rest of the day. 14 in all Sat - popped fish early, then got off the water as the wind and (*&%*&^%skiers and pleasure boaters came out - just five Mon - the usual in the morning, jigged the rest of the day, just 6 in all
      City: belmont

      Tips: As the days in the weekend wore on, the fisher were tighter & tighter to cover - popper seemed to work better than buzzers lately. Don't be afraid to pop until late morning in areas that haven't had direct sun yet. Look for east banks with trees.

Monday, July 5th, 1999

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I fished from the shore in one of the more popular coves. It was about 104 degrees that day and people were swimming and splashing water on both sides of me. I used a Berkley power grub (white) and decided to giant hop it off of the bottom letting drop slowly. The result was a 2.5lb smallmouth. I was surprised to catch him due to all of the noise and splashing around me.
      City: Richmond

      Tips: If one tactic doesn't work, change tactics. Be patient no matter what the situation.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: the boy and i went out at first light went to a break in a island the boy caught his first nice bass a solid 3# bass that had a bleeding tail must of been on a bed still???????? caught several fish on flukes in the current fish were tight to the bank for the most part.
      City: oakley

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 76.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished north end o lake irst thing 2 topwater ish using a popper then split shot worms in 10-20 eet o water ished mostly rocky areas all around lake caught and released at least 40 ish which averaged 1 to 3 # with a big ish that went 4#8oz. had a blast ished with my two boys who are learning about bass ishing.
      City: Pleasanton

      Tips: We used 4" dark colored worms and 1/8 oz weight worked slowly.

  • Butte County, California
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught about 15-20 ish o plastic worms
      City: Chico

      Tips: Fish were not on the shore caught most o my ish in 30 t o water. Dragging it real slow

Sunday, July 4th, 1999

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 75d

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the best time to catch a big ish is when the hook is in her mouth. ishing in the water helps, using some kind o bait. getting serious, has anybody been doing good at all at new melones?
      City: Sac

Saturday, July 3rd, 1999

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 78+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED EARLY W/ A GREAT TIDE FOR SHERMAN LAKE..BUZZ BAIT 'N BLADES (CHART/BRONZE HAMMERED COMBO BLADES)SEEMED TO BE THE TRICK..LOTS OF 3-4#'S A LITTLE CLEARER WATER SEEMED TO REALLY HOLD MORE FISH.. PG/E WAS WINDY BUT PICKED UP A FEW..WENT TO DUTCH SLOUGH WERE 'EVERYONE'ELSE WAS AND PICKED UP A 7# WITH A BLUE/BLACK JIG W/ A JUNEBUG TRAILER, PARTNER PICKED UP A 4# W/ A BRO/CHART ZIPPER WORM..7# SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME WASN'T READY AND WHEN I SAW MY ROD HEADED FOR THE TULES FIGURED I BETTER SET THE HOOK AND HOLD ON! GOT HOT WENT HOME B4 CRAZY WEEKENDERS GOT OUT...
      City: FREMONT

      Tips: NEVER GOT TO THROW THE FROG UNFORUTNATELY BUT LOOKS LIKE ITS TIME...STAY AWAY FROM THOSE ^)&^*)*(^ JETSKIERS!!JIGS/WORMS WHEN THE SUN GETS UP FIND SHADE AND COOLER H20..

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 78-82 deg

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sporadic topwtaer action. Best with white buzzbaits and spooks on points. Never could get a good worm bite going so I decided it was time to break out the jig. Then started whacking 'em. Never ished deeper tha 20'. Fished sloping points with rock. Water was high so there is a little grass up shallow that a spinnerbait will get you ish. Brown jig with watermelon seed w/ red lake twin tail trailer worked best. Had numerous spots over the slot and at one time had 5 ish on 5 casts on this jig (1/4 oz). Graphed lots o baitish on points but they only seemed interested in jigs.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: Find pointst hat have baitish on or nearby and ish them alot.

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

      Report: We were catching 1-1.5 lb large mouth on topwater and spinnerbaits along weedlines. Rattle Traps in 10-15 eet o water near bridge.
      City: Foster City

Friday, July 2nd, 1999

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: High 70s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nicolo and I tubed Calero from about 9AM to 4:30PM. We found fish while split shotting 4" Green Weenies in 10'-20'of water. We also found fish along the mudlines on jigs. We landed 12 fish including a 6 pounder and two 4 pounders. All others were about a pound or so. Tight lines. -Brent
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Most fish were deep from the three consecutive dyas of miserable heat. So back off the shoreline, out past the weeds, and start dragging.

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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed 8AM - 4:30PM. It was very windy and VERY cold untill about noon. We worked the shoreline on the opposite side from the boat ramp. Frogs, spinner baits, and crankbaits were useless for us today. We did find a lot of fish though, and ended up with a 6 lber, two 4 lbers, and about 10 dinks.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: For quantity, split shot green weenies in 15-25 feet of water, just about anywhere. All three of our large fish came on jigs, one in 20 feet, and the other two in 5-10 feet once a mude line from the water skiers had established. The big fish were all near heavy rock cover with some weeds.

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      Water Temp: High 70s

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nicolo and I tubed Calero from about 9AM to 4:30PM. We found fish while split shotting 4" Green Weenies in 10'-20'of water. We also found fish along the mudlines on jigs. We landed 12 fish including a 6 pounder and two 4 pounders. All others were about a pound or so. Tight lines. -Brent
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Most fish were deep from the three consecutive dyas of miserable heat. So back off the shoreline, out past the weeds, and start dragging.

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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Brent and I float tubed 8AM - 4:30PM. It was very windy and VERY cold untill about noon. We worked the shoreline on the opposite side from the boat ramp. Frogs, spinner baits, and crankbaits were useless for us today. We did find a lot of fish though, and ended up with a 6 lber, two 4 lbers, and about 10 dinks.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: For quantity, split shot green weenies in 15-25 feet of water, just about anywhere. All three of our large fish came on jigs, one in 20 feet, and the other two in 5-10 feet once a mude line from the water skiers had established. The big fish were all near heavy rock cover with some weeds.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 80's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Turkey NCBF Shoot, placed sixth by flippin Brown jig with Junebug Trailer in calm water all morning. Best 5 fish would of went 16-18lbs. Caught the fish in 1ft to 2ft of water. Was fishin off of old river (Cuts)
      City: Castro Valley

      Tips: Waters starting to clear with no cloud cover throw brown jigs with Plastic trailer tight to tules or in them with 20lb line (you'll need it, he he). Worms color SP-20 or a Junebug/Pumkin made by Rainbow Worms

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 77-82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 6/28-6/30. Concentrated on the lower lake. Fish seemed to be on the outside corners (points) o spawning coves in 10-15 eet. No topwater in the morning. A ew hit very sotly in the evening hours on Ricos. No reaction bite either during morning or aternoon. Success came or us only dragging or casting worms (5" Iovino, Green Weenie Paddle Tails were best). No big ish. 2-5 lbs. Night bite good with 10" black Power Worms and black spinnerbaits.
      City: San Ramon

      Tips: Most ish are in post spawn. One tip I have is to get amiliar with the downshot technique. Normal split shoting gathered weeds and algae on the worm. Downshoting allowed us to bring the worm 18" o the bottom producing more bitesand ar less problems. The bites are more aggressive with this technique as well. 8 lb test seemed to get more strikes, check the line or rays requently. Also, no need to use expensive brass and glass sinkers. Simple round split shot works great. Use whatever size needed to maintain good bottom contact.

Thursday, July 1st, 1999

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the east shore, near the dam, as the sun went down; quickly turned to topwater, since the weed growth on the bottom was such a drag. Even my suspending jerkbaits got caught up in the muck. Had some *ferocious* attacks on my chrome/blue Chug Bug, but only got one all the way to shore. The fish didn't go for a Spook, Splash-It or buzzbait, but they sure went after the Chug Bug!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Now's the time for some late-evening topwater action (in the morning, too, I'm sure; I just can't make it out then, during the week).

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the east shore, near the dam, as the sun went down; quickly turned to topwater, since the weed growth on the bottom was such a drag. Even my suspending jerkbaits got caught up in the muck. Had some *ferocious* attacks on my chrome/blue Chug Bug, but only got one all the way to shore. The fish didn't go for a Spook, Splash-It or buzzbait, but they sure went after the Chug Bug!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Now's the time for some late-evening topwater action (in the morning, too, I'm sure; I just can't make it out then, during the week).

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 78-85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took the day off yesterday for some much needed R&R on the Delta. Skies were clear and blue and very warm when we launched. My guide trip this day wanted a summer jig lesson. We started of pitching brown jigs with a 164 Yamamoto twin tail, picked up a couple of real nice fish early including a 7+. All fish were cauhgt on deep wood structure. By 9:00, we changed patterns and went to fishing deeper as the surface temp was over 80 degrees. Noticed at about 10-15 foot depths, the temp was a cooler 68-72, depending on where we were at. We switched to a black jig with a Junebug twin tail and caught fish the rest of the day doing this through out the central Delta. A couple of keys were involved in locating these better fish. First we had to have little current. We fished deep weed lines next to tulles birms that had a flat adjacent to the drop. This area is used as a spawning ground for the bass as was evident by the number of schools of fry we saw. If there was no fry, we never got bit. We caught another over 7+ and a couple at 4-5, aong with many in that 2-3 pond range. Cooch
      City: Oakley