Fishing Report

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Saturday, July 19th, 2003

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 81

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at Trinity Center 0500. Fishing with two clients rom Medord. Started at the lats by the airport, clients throwing a Clown Stayee and a Perch Jitterbug, I caught the only ish on our irst stop, a 2.5 lm on a all White Spinnerbait. Next stop the n.w. point going into Eastork Matt caught a small Bluegill, and I caught a 5.2 lm on a 3/4 oz. jig, it was a very nice ish and ater taking pictures with Matt and Curtis we released it. moved into the tailings about 0700 throwing black hooktails and jigs, moved to the east bank and ished our way out o there, no takers. it was now 0900 and Curtis had still not caught a ish, moved to the center part o the lake where Matt had several small ish and I managed a 2.0 lm and a 1.5 sm. on a hooktail. 1200 Curtis gets a nice 2.0 sm and makes us both happy. Now Matt and I are throwing cranks, I get a another 2.0 sm and Matt loses a 3-4 lm who comes out o the water and comes unbottoned. Then he loses a 5+ sm at the boat as he tried to lit him into the net, that was a mistake he won't orget soon.A very good day with two nice young men
      City: Redding

Friday, July 18th, 2003

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

      Report: Spent vacation day ishing the river and had a great day. Started at 7:00 AM out o Orwood and caught a 4+ on a PopR right o the bat...Ended up catching or legals in the irst 30-minutes...ish were o the bank in deeper weeds. Picked up the jig and threw it or 1-hour and it was a 5.2lb largie...She was in deep shade under an overhangning tree. Headed to the middle Delta and began hammering the ish with my drop shot. Caught over 30 ish o 1-wall up to 3lbs. Most were smaller. Went to lunch and hit the water again with nothing but a rog. Found a big area at the outgoing tide with sparse mats and lots o weeds. Hit a 4+ on the third cast and proceeded in the next hour to catch 6 rog ish with all in the 3-4lb class. The bite died as quickly as it started and I decided to call it a day...All in all a great day on the river with over 40+ ish and a good variety o quality.Day 2 - Sunday - Went out in the AM with a spinnerbait and rog only. Fished rom 6:15 - 11:30 caught 4 ish total. First on a spinnerbait and three on the rog. All ish were 2lb to 3lb. Boat traic was horrible and the rog bites were ar and ew between...Only got 4 blow ups and landed 3. HOT!!!HOT!!!HOT!!! Spent all but 30-minutes throwing the rog on Sunday.
      City: Discovery Bay

      Tips: Topwater to begin each day at minimum. Try rogs in amiliar places where you catch ish on other type baits...For plastics ish points and deep water o o rock walls. You will catch ish consistently. For big ish rogs, PopR, Spooks seem to work best this time o year. I looked back on my journal over the last two years on the Delta and noticed a lot some patterns that are paying dividends on the water. KEEP A JOURNAL it will improve your ishing. Stay sae. TG

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Hog, Beaver, and Sycamore sloughs again this week. The 3 o us got on the water by 6:00A. Caught 12 keepers by 9:30A (biggest -- 1.5 lbs)-- most o them inside the weed line. Didn't catch a keeper during the outgoing tide. This week, spinners caught most o the ish. Tried a Wiggle Wog, got a couple o blow-ups but couldn't hook them. Had several schools o small stripers chase baitish around the boat -- caught about 6 o them -- great ighters but no keepers.
      City: Dixon

      Tips: High tide, spinners inside the weed line. Outgoing tide, Rat L Traps outside the weed line.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 81-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished New Hogan Friday the 18th with my partner Wogg or stripers and some bass. On the water at 6 am and ished until about 7 pm. Boils weren't too good in the morning but we picked up a ew ish and missed about as many in the mornind. Best ish o the morning was a 2-2.5 lb. largemouth caught on a pop-r. The area we ished died about 10 and we went up river. Got into some nice boils there. The ish were only 15-17 inches though. Still a ton o un. That are slowed so we moved back towards the main lake. On the way got into them real good o the campgrounds. Pretty much stayed in that area the rest o the day. All the ish were on the small side but we landed over 40 so I am not complaining. boils were big and lasted the longest I've ever seen them last. Made one run o about 300 yards and was able make multiple casts into the boil beore it went down. Making long runs in my slow aluminum can be a waste on normal days.
      City: Concord

      Tips: We were using plastics such as lukes and pop-r, spook and a tiny torpedo.

  • California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: me and my riend went out ishing at 6 in the morning and we ished tell 6 that night and only two ish were caught.i got a trout it was a good size trout.i also caught a bass.it was a little over 3 pounds.the bass was caught on a castic trout.the trout was on a crankbait.i dont think ishing there is a good idea right now unless you are ishing or catish.
      City: San Pablo

      Tips: nothing well help right now there to deep

Thursday, July 17th, 2003

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 80.5 - 83

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: In at Centimundi at 5:00PM. Ran across to Big Backbone, not much boat traic. Fished the shade till dark and then worked our way back to the ramp or 11 total. The largest went 1.6. Two came on top water, Lucky 13, the rest on twin tail skirted grubs. It was another beautiul evening on the water. Out at 10:00PM.
      City: Cottonwood

Wednesday, July 16th, 2003

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went to the north end Tues evening just to look around and see how the weed situation was - ugly! I had no trouble with my new Minn Kota, but did with the big Merc - had to get weeds out twice. I started about 6:30 pm and ished till about 9. I was ishing a green pumpkin worm on a ledge near Rocky Point about 7 pm and had a slight pressure bite - set the hook - then didn't eel anything. The bass had broke me o and I didn't even know it until she jumped trying to shake the worm. She was in the 8 lb class. Looked at my reel and I was using 10 lb test or some reason - dumb mistake. I tried rogs to no avail and beore I let I threw my black buzzbait near what used to be mats and did pick up a 3 3/4 and 4-2 bass - lots o un! Wed. I started about 6 am with a client who is ishing an upcoming tournament so I will only say that we ished the north end. We had a little cool ront move through Tues evening which might have slowed the topwater bite 'cause it didn't happen or us. We didn't even get one rog blowup, but most o the real mats we saw were all brown. We did catch 6 or 7 bass with the biggest at 6-1, a real nice bass caught on a worm. Our limit was only a little over 13 pounds, but we really didn't ish the whole time as we were running all over looking at dierent spots.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I think we might have ished the lake on a slightly o day - who knows. I was really surprised at the lack o any rog bite - I guess the spray people had just been by. I you are ishing Fri or Sat, make sure you have lots o water - it will be hot!!

  • Trinity County, California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with clients rom Illinois yesterday and generally had a slow day.Started with Spooks and cranks in the tailings, and a Citrus Shad crank produced right o. It remained the hot color all day. First time in a while that Gitzits weren't top dog. Tried the Wyntoon lats, East Fork,and Squirell Flat with little success so went back to the Tailings and scored a double, decent LM o the same bush. Wind came up about 1. Sometimes that gets the action going on the shallow tailings but not today. The Lake Lice were not a problem at all today, in act the lake has been very quiet on the North End during the week. Less than 10 rigs in the parking lot when we came in. I'm attributing the slow bite to the bright moon. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
      City: Weaverville

      Tips: Go early and late.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2003

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hooked up around 7:00 PM and launced at 10:00 PM. Fished rom 10:00 PM to 5:30 AM. Had a good time catching a total o 21 ish biggest one 5lb 4oz. and one just shy o 5lb. Smallest was about 14 inches (1.5lb). Not a bad night lost a ew ish and had one explode on an Arbogost Hula Popper. Caught most o mine on Senko (watermelon blk lk and watermelon rd/blk lk) Flipped a jig or a while and pulled a ew out as well as a 10 in. plastic worm. I ripped two ish both around 3lbs. Threw a spinnerbait with no takers as well as a drop shot. Overall had a good night with around a 24-25lb limit. Was a beautiul night no wind and the water was like glass.
      City: Marysville

      Tips: Stuck to what I have most conidence in 'Senko' and had a good night. The trick or me was throw to every dock with light around it. Ever single dock with light produced at least a 3lb ish. And there are a ton o docks with light on this lake. I was pitching my senko, Jig and 10in blk/rd lk plastic worm right against the pillars. The two ish I ripped and the taker o the Hula Popper were on the outside o the tulls and weed line. Good luck

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

      Report: Hey Jerry where is your report rom this last weekend! I know you ished a tournament with Steve. How did you do? I ell on my ace, it was one o those weekends that nothing went right. My guess it was the ull moon and the 13th that made it so bad. Anyway give us a report, cause I sure don't have one.
      City: Redding

      Tips: stay home untill all

Monday, July 14th, 2003

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 7 pm thru 3 am. Lots o topwater action but only one hit - a 2+ on a spook. Next ish came at dusk o Mountain Spring on a crankbait, about a 3.5. Next three ish came on junebug power hogs. Last ish, a catish, was on the power hog. Last three ish were about 1.5 - 2.5 - nothing to write home about. No big ish were out - all missed bites were tail biters and so were likely small. All ish were shallow.
      City: Folsom

      Tips: Give the topwater a try in Rock Creek during the evening.

  • California
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      Water Temp: ???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well today we held KOTL V rom 1:30PM - 8:30PM, and I managed to snake by Tom by 2 ounces to get the coveted King o the Loma title. LOL. O course, it was only Tom and I, but we had the previous king there to deend the title, so it was all good. I got a limit or 6-4, and Tom just missed getting his limit but still ended up with 6-2. I caught my ish on a rog, drop-shot, and a Super Spook. Big ish or me was only 1-10, he was caught drop-shottin' an Aaron's Magic colored worm. I caught 4 ish drop-shotting, 2 on a rog, and 1 on my Super Spook. Just a bunch o dink 1# ish during the tournament. However, 5-10 minutes ater the tournament was over, I was walking back towards Tom because he said he had a big bullrog going ater his Wiggle Wog, so I went over to try and catch it with my red rog, but as I was walking over the bullrog took o. Well, I made it over to where Tom was so I decided to lip my rog out on the scum just or the heck o it...wouldn't ya know it...I hauled in a 3-9. That ish deinitely would've helped me to secure my lead 10 minutes earlier. LoL. I was scared that Tom was going to snake ahead o me by a ew ounces, but lucky or me it turned out to be the other way around.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: *Ribbit*

  • California
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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Not much to report. What a terrible day. On the water at 6:00 am, not another soul on the water until ater nine and not a bite. Threw buzzbaits, senkos, Pop-R's, blades, Fat Free Shar, DD-22, Snag Proo Frogs and NADA. Maybe the ull moon has em shut o, but this reservoir is starting to get to me. 5 weeks o ishing and one ish. Oh well, it's better than working!!
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: Give it your best guess.

  • California
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished on Sat July 12, 03 and Mon July 14, 03.On Saturday, ished rom 7-9PM. Caught two on crankbait. They were quite small. Then on Monday, ished early morning. Caught our bass up to 3.5 lbs. All ish were caught on crankbait in about 7t o water.
      City: Stanord

      Tips: Crankbait bite is quite good now.

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 82.3

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Ok River rat here it is, such as it is, last thursday I went out again with Keith rom Medord expecting another nights decent bite, it was great or about 30 minutes, we caught 4 then no more or 3 hours in the upper McCloud, moved south to Shallow point and got bit a ew times and Keith inally got another one on. We got o the water at 1130.Steve called me Saturday wanting me to go ish with him but i told him I hadn't ished in the mornings or some time and wouldn't know where to go. We talked it over or some time and I said "ok". He picked me up at o dark 30 and o we went to Packers or the check in, we were last out and o we went to the middle Sac, I got a decent smallmouth quickly but it hopped o when I tried to swing him into the boat, we ended up with 18 or the day but only 3 keepers, a very poor showing. Lots o guys came in with short limits and small ish.Went out last night, lake just down past 24 t, air temp 90 going in, slight breeze out o the west water temp up past 82. Ran over past silverthorn to ish some submerged humps and got there at 9pm. Got three decent ish quickly with one at 1.83 and another at 2.2. Got tapped a ew times but nothing again until 1230 when the bite turned on, had 14 with one just over 2.5 in a hal hour on a lat connected to this same hump, all came on hula grubs save or one on a surace lure.(Mr. Fullers special) This occurred about an hour ater that ull moon came up. Things slowed down again and I got out at 0200 at 69 degrees and a beautiul moonlite night. Actually had one other boat near me most o the night with 3 olks in it who were staying on a houseboat over in Lori Cove. There was a mass exodus Sunday evening as the Jones Valley parking lot only had about 10 outits in it, there is room or 6-7 rigs in the gravel down by the ramp now.
      City: Redding

      Tips: Big ish on Saturday wa a little over 4, Mr. Minugh had 11.87 lbs, that guy amazes me as he always does well even when the bite is tough. Back to the night ishing or me. I you are going to do it, go out a little later and come in just as the sun comes up.

Sunday, July 13th, 2003

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: ?warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished the same tourny that phil was talking about. preished the week beore and had one keeper so i should o known the bite was going to be tough. i just didnt know how tough there was probroly 15teams with 0 ish me being one o them. bite was just horrible. it was the irst time ive ever not weighed in a ish. hopeully the last too. almost 15# won it or 5 ish. 2nd was almost 12 with a 8+kicker. i caught alot o ish they were just all 9inches long.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: dont know how i can help ya. i you want to have some un bring an extra light rod and dropshot the shallow tullies the small smallmouths are stacked up in schools o about 50 or so.darthead dropshot

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club tournament on Sunday. Partner and I had pre-ished a ew weekends beore the event and ound that the topwater bite was good or one or two big ish, beore the sun hit the water. Once the sun was up, we caught quality ish (several in the 4 to 5 pound range) on jigs and Carolina-rigged plastics on points in the main body at a depth o 20 eet or less. Natural colors seemed to work the best. Tournament Sunday was a little dierent. We caught one sickly looking smallmouth (covered in sores and rotting lesh) on a Chug-bug. We threw topwater or another hour, but we couldn't get any other bites. We started ishing the C-rig, jig, and drop-shot. Caught a 2-pounder and then a nice 8-pounder on the ootball head jig. We had our three ish at 8:15. That was it or the day. Our weight was just under 12 pounds.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: We ound ish holding near schools o bait on and around points at about 16 eet. Several times we got too close with the boat and saw the bass we were trying to catch, so we let and came back a little later and made long casts. Long casts seemed to be the ticket.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Folsom bass team tournament. 22 boats 44 isherman. One limit o bass. Several boats recorded no keepers. One nice 8 lber was caught drop shot. Other unknown because no ino reported. Winning bag said top water and dart heads? Fill in the blanks? I caught my 2 keepers cranking shade pockets near green bushes. Several small bass hit 4 inch and 6 inch worms drop shot. Overall a very tough bite or all.Pre ishing I could get several keepers ripping wind blown points. Extra boat noise might have put most ish down? Neat not to have jet skiers and skiers with boom boxes. $17.50 or two anglers is a little high but the lake is real clean and a outhouse in every cove.
      City: orangevale

      Tips: Go on a week day. Everything works then.

Saturday, July 12th, 2003

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out to bullards about 4.00 ished till about 8. caught about 10 small spots tossing worms brown and green but it seem any color worked. Started throwing crank baits or better ish got one 18 inch and another 16 inch and then more small ones. not to oten you can catch a 18 inch spot, and at bullards that's a miracle
      City: b-v

      Tips: lakes crowded lots o skiers

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out early...irst light. Fished Dissapointment and deep water channel rocky points...threw traps and topwater..no takers. Switched to white blades at sunrise and managed a ew small ish along dock edges and rock points. Had 4-5 pounder come un-buttoned next to a dock. Very ew cruisers, but man.... IT WAS HOT!!!!
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Slow rollin blades really seems to be the ticket right now....( at least til the rog bite turns nuts) ruby brush hog was decent as well..