Fishing Report
Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
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Emigrant Lake
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Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: FISHED THE SOUTH-EAST ARM AT EMIGRANT CREEK. WIND CAUSED PROBLEMS IN THE AFTERNOON BUT CALMED ABOUT 7:30. CAUGHT (6) FISH ON A BRIGHT GREEN 3/8 SPINNERBAIT. BIGGEST ABOUT 2 1/2. CAUGHT A 18 INCH TROUT ON A SENKO WHERE EMIGRANT CREEK FLOWS IN.
City: MEDFORD
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Folsom Lake
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Wind and cool weather created one o the best crankbait bites I have ever had. Fished rom 5pm to 8pm and caught around 20 ish up to 3 lbs. Most were spots but big ish was a largemouth.
City: FolsomTips: Fished wind blown shores "uphill" with Lucky Crat Moonsault CB 350 in Pearl Ayu color. Anywhere with trees, I would cast out past them and "kneel and reel." Otherwise, I would look or shallow banks with a drop o rom 7 eet down to 15+ eet. Most bites came rom suspended ish right ater the crankbait hit the ledge o the drop o. Key was ishing uphill with the petal to the metal on the trolling motor set on 3.
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Tulloch Lake
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Water Temp: 73
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished 6 am to 12 pm. Stayed mainly in Black Creek. 2 blowups on topwater but no hookups. Nothing cranking or on spinnerbaits. Boated about 30 blacks rom 12 inches to 2 1/2 lbs. Fish caught on weightless watermelon w/red lake Senkos and split shotting green weenies and shad pattern worms.
City: DelhiTips: Senkos or split shot and all ish caught in 5' to 10' o water.
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2003
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Canyon Lake
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Water Temp: dahno
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: largemouth 8.3# using at ree ingerling wite/pearl 18 t. o water.
City: phxTips: GO FISH!!!!!!!!!
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Those o you that think I can't write a short report - watch!! Monday morning was very cool with og over part o the lake and a sti breeze. My client and I launched at the Oaks around 6 am and ished rocky areas around Rattlesnake Island looking or a big ish. We also threw a little topwater and some rogs - nothing - which didn't surprise me. This was the coolest morning in many weeks. I decided not to target big bass. We caught a ew smaller bass and I did lose a 3 to 4 pounder on a #214 Senko. Ater that I taught him how to dropshop and we spent the rest o the trip ishing a million docks without weeds and actually landed 50 bass - give or take 2 or 3. I lost count ater 40. About 10 were in the 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 pound range. Never hooked a big one though I saw them on the meter. We ished the east side o the Clearlake arm mostly - Pirate's cove, etc. It really was un - non-stop action! My client caught the biggest and the most and I think he had a great time! I know I did.
City: Yuba CityTips: I was dropshotting a 4 inch #240 Senko most o the time and I had my client using a worm that has been working well at Clear Lake lately, a Roboworm called Margarita Mutilator. With a name like that it better be special - and it was. Size didn't matter to the bass - my client used every 4 and 6 inch worm in that color that we had!! I ound it interesting that the 2002 spawn ish were in the 10 to 15 oot range and the bigger 2001 spawn ish were hangin' in the 15 to 25 oot range. I guess that makes sense!
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Kaweah Lake
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Water Temp: 82
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: on the water by 530 pm or a evening/night bite. the bite was wide open. probably 40+ ish by by dark. alot o 2 lbers. the spots seem to be lourishing as o late. quality and quantity. the bite stayed solid till the sun went down. then it slowed quite a bit. not sure o the exact time but sometime just ater dark i had an awsome battle with a huge ish. Tap.....Tap no, more o a thump....thump, i set, and it was on like donkey kong. ater a couple jumps and a couple heart attacks and what seemed like an eternity she was netted. "damn thats a huge ish." says james. a scale and a ew pics later she was set ree. the scale said 8.8 but man she looked like 12 to me. anyways we had several ater dark but it was much slower.
City: visaliaTips: the ish were in 1" to 12'. right up on shore. 6" hand poured.
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Monday, August 4th, 2003
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Collins Lake
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Water Temp: 85
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Camped at Collins or two days. Found a good top water bite early and late on shad color poppers. A mix o largemouth and spots. Fished the endes o the newer brush piles and the east side o the lake. Could't get a worm bite going. Kids had a ball with the bluegill during the day.
City: Rancho CordovaTips: Poppers early and late. Fish the deeper brush.
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Contra Loma Lake
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: i want to thank tom and alex or letting me join there ishing tourny.i had a good time and would love to try it again some time.you might call it beginers luck that i won today but i owe it all to the big red crawdads.i saw in the water today they were all around the lake.i thought early to my sel i there are crawdads bass got to be eating them.and they sure were.i cought all my ish today on a crawdad color crank bait.the biggest going about 3and a hal maybe.2 two pounders and 2 pound and a halers.my biggest strength in ishing is throwing crankbaits.something my dad tought me.thanks dad.again thanks to alex and tom i had a great time.seeya guys next time. ish_n_ool
City: antioch
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Oroville Lake
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Water Temp: 82 degrees
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: My riend and I ished all week Wed.-Sun. and we caught probably about 60 bass. We caught most o the bass drop shotting dierent worms. We drop shotted Roboworms,Magic Worms,Zippers,and Gary Yamamoto's Ikas and Cut Tails. The topwater bite wasn't too good although I missed probably a 4-5 pounder on a walking bait. Most o the ish are down deep.
City: Yuba CityTips: Get out early to beat the heat and try drop shotting, trust me you'll catch some!
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Shasta Lake
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Water Temp: 81'
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Went out o Jones Valley, Monday, sick, Har!, at 5:30 am. Headed or an exposed island at the mouth o the Pit, and got two on top water,,,,very cool. Fished the Squaw or a couple hours, got a ew on jigs and darter head worms.(#99 o course)Finished out the morning on the Main Pit or a total o eight ish, to 2 1/2 lbs.
City: Redding/S.F.Tips: this cooler weather seemed to bring the up a little. Got the other six ish is 20-25'.
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2003
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Bullards Bar Lake
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Water Temp: warm
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Even with my big motor still on the blink, i still had the trolling motor to get me around the lake, launched rom emerald cove or a change, man that walk back up the hill sucks. Fished over across rom the houseboatsalong the steep wall and cranked a shad pattern lure. Caught alot o small ones 10 11 inches with a 12 incher once in awhile. Went to the other side on the way back to the ramp glad i did cause i got a 17 inch spot big and at and that ended the day,
City: b-vTips: lots o small ish but still un there are some good ones out there got a 18 incher a couple weeks ago
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California Delta
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Water Temp: 72
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Went out sunday morning till about 3, had a tough time until we moved out into the main channel....best ive went about 12lbs. with the Mrs. bagging a 4.5 on her trusty avorite secret color senko, won't even let me see it.....oh well, ....EG Bass will be having a beneit tournament or a member who had a ire problem at home...limited to 20-25 boats, 100 bucks a boat, winner takes 50%, our member gets 50% to help him and his amily recover, i your interested, will be on the Delta, most likely the 23rd o August...e-mail me at EGBassPres@aol.com or more ino, should have room or about 10-15 nonmembers, help a good guy and ish!
City: CarmichaelTips: The tip is help your riends and neighbors, you could be the next one in the tough luck line.......EGBassPres and Mrs.Z
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Water Temp: ??
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: 7 Fish - all small ish - largest 2 pounds, launched out o Holland at 6:30 am, nothing on the rog,all hit char/white spinner bait and pumpkin/leck Senkos - ishing shallow weed beds 2-4' - had 3 blow ups on the rog but couldnt make it stick - o the water by 11:00 due to Lake/delta Lice (personal watercrat)
City: WALNUT CREEK -
Water Temp: 71-72
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Launched at irst light,(Holland) wind was blowing , the top water didnt produce any in the early morning, picked up the excalibur shad crankbait and stuck 2 dinks, tried ishing moving water but no luck, at high tide I threw the green senko with black lake and started catching keepers to 2.5 lbs. when the strike was hard they were dinks, the bigger ish would just pick the bait up with no stike , you had to load the rod up and they were there- mostly 5t. range- caught 10 ish best 5 went 11 to 12 pounds with big ish at 5 lbs that hit a small Gann's spinnerbait (white) in the shade o a eucalyptus (sp?)tree. Shad pattern seemed to catch ish , no craw type bites. O the water at 12 noon, too many wake makers.Pete
City: Martinez
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Clear Lake
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Water Temp: 85
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Fished Clear Lake, heard that the summer was a great time or top water action, well I ound it to be a little tough. Spent all day throwing a rog had some blow ups but nothing to brag about. Hit the tackle store in Lakeport (Tackle It), Great people. They switched me over to a Rico. Ater the sticker shock I hit the lake again, hit the places they showed me on the map and Wow, what a dierence I boated 8 ish, the largest a 7. They turned me on to a crankbait bite as well that boated a ew more good ish. Thanks
City: Santa RosaTips: Try using Rico's, LV 500's by Lucky Crat and Speed Traps. There is still a drop shot bite but most ish were in the smaller class.
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Don Pedro Lake
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Water Temp: 75
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished or 4 days and ound the typical tough conditions or summer at Don Pedro. 3-13 was the largest ish or me this long weekend. I caught 2 or 3 keepers each day and lots o small ish. Darthead salt and pepper Keeper Custom worms, (color #'s 1001B and 1031) along with dropshot 6" worms rom Keeper in Shad patterns (color #'s 1048, 1064 and 170) worked best. The ish seemed to be about 15 to 25 eet. The thing I did ind was that i you ished in the shad you saw on your meter, Lowrance LCX15MT, ishing was tough, but i you ished where you didn't see shad on the screen and came across bass, those ish would eat. Less competition or the artiicial out o the schools o bait I suppose. Most o the ish were in the river arms that I ound. Main lake stu was real slow. Fish slow with conidence. Have un!
City: Paso Robles
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2003
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Anderson Lake
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Water Temp: unknown
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: weird day . thunder storms then hot. ish on every point i there is not a ski boat on it.mostly small ones . then i caught the ish . in a tree with [ plastics] a nice 9 lber towed my boat around or a bit then got it. took pics. then released swimming away.
City: scotts valleyTips: spinner baits on the points and plastics in wood others caught on sencos
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Bullards Bar Lake
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Water Temp: warm
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: I have been isning this lake or years now, and this year has been the best ever, today i had a 3 and 4 lber largemouth on, lost both at the net, oh well i would o let them go anyway but what a photo it woul o been. Both o them broke water right at the boat. Lost another quality ish why i was on the cell phone. And ater that just the typical bullard 12inch ish rom then on. Summer is over glad to have my lake back
City: b/v
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Contra Loma Lake
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Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Nice day out there started at around 6:00 am and had A small limit by 7:00 am all ish I got today were all keepers best ive going around 7-8 lbs.Most ish were on the top with a sammy The rest those ish were on a jig and a senko all in all good day 8-10 ish today o the water at 11:00 am
City: pittsburgTips: Top water and they wanted it bad would hit it sometimes 3 times beore taking it great top water day!!!!!!!!!!!
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Folsom Lake
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Water Temp: 82
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Fished all day in the rain with only one dink in the boat on a shad crank in 6 to 10 eet o water near the trees.
City: South Lake Tahoe
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