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1B Sports North State Fishing Report By TIM GOODE MediaNews Group Correspondent Sacramento River (Upper) This is starting to move into winter mode. Zebra midges and small mayfly patterns should work, but few are fishing. Get the fly right in front of the fish's eyes. The Fly Shop 2 2 2 - 3 5 5 5 ; w w w. j a c k trout.com, 926-4540. Sacramento River (Lower) River is running at 3,750. Rubberlegs and eggs work and small Pheasant Tails, flashback Pheasant Tails will work. Rain will help get some color back in the water. The Fly Shop 222-3555. Lake Oroville Tubes, drop-shots account for bass. Rip baits like Lucky Crafts also get bass. Bass are suspended but will come up in the afternoon. Morning is slow. Action gets better when the water warms. Tackle Depot 533-4990. Feather River Steelhead fishing remains very good. There are fish in the low flow section and cloudy days are bringing out blue wing olive hatches mid-day. There are fish in the high flow, too. Steelhead are averaging 4 to 6 pounds. Fish First 343-8300. Lake Almanor It's been too windy for boaters or shore anglers to brave the elements. More rain in the forecast this week but there is a possibility conditions will settle for a fishable weekend. Doug Neal: 258-6732; h t t p : / / w w w. a l m a n o r fishingadventures.com. Shasta Lake Bass bite has been very good with hula grubs or drop-shotting with hologram shad or prism shad RoboWorms. Find the bass in 10 to 15 feet of water. Sometimes as deep as 20 feet. Trout are up tight in the McCloud Arm or near the Centimudi Launch Ramp. Phil's Propeller 1-800-462-3917. Trinity River Quality steelhead fishing can be had despite low, clear water. Most achieve multiple hook-ups per day. Bank anglers work between Pigeon Point to Big Bar, where the boats are having difficulty navigating. Boats are upstream from Pigeon Point (mouth of North Fork) and downstream from Big Bar to Del Loma. 623-4999. Davis Lake Bank fishing remains consistently good near Camp 5. Some coves are icing over. Morning temperatures are in the low teens. Very few trolling. Mallard Cove may be a good bet for shore anglers. Guide Ed Dillard 832-6394; 832-0270. Clear Lake Bass will chase crankbaits or Huddleston swimbaits from depths of 8 to 25 feet. Live minnows are a good go-to. Morning lows are in the 20s so midday fishing is a better option than early fishing. Recent club tournament last Saturday was won with a 31-pound bag. Clear Lake Outdoors. 707-262-5852. The weekly fishing report highlights the best angling opportunities in the north state. For a more comprehensive report, go to www.norcalfishingnews.co m for reports from more than 100 waters from 12 regions. For regular updates, join the NorCal Fishing News Facebook page. Weekend Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2013 49ers hope Crabtree makes season debut SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Crabtree produced a career season a year ago and helped lead the San Francisco 49ers back to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years as Colin Kaepernick's top target. Now, the wide receiver is expected to make his longawaited season debut Sunday against St. Louis, barely six months after he underwent surgery for a torn right Achilles tendon. The reigning NFC champion Niners (7-4) made significant strides in their passing game during Monday night's 27-6 win at Washington, and now hope to build on that — with or without Crabtree back in the mix. He sure could provide a boost as San Francisco makes a push for the playoffs. St. Louis certainly knows how dangerous Crabtree can be. He had five catches for 70 yards and a 14-yard touchdown the last time the Rams visited Candlestick Park in 2012 and left town with the NFL's first tie in four years. Against the Redskins on Monday, Anquan Boldin made five receptions with two touchdowns, while Vernon Davis had four catches with a TD. Mario Manningham made four catches in his third game back after recovering from knee surgery late last season. Boldin and Crabtree have yet to play together. ''Definitely some good things,'' coach Jim Har- AP file photo Michael Crabtree baugh said. ''We hit some big plays and that generated offense and got us going.'' St. Louis (5-6) tries for its first three-game winning streak. Here are five more things to watch for when the division rivals face off for their second meeting of the season: KAEPERNICK'S PROGRESS: Kaepernick quieted all of his critics for at least five days. The thirdyear pro, who just hit the one-year mark since becoming San Francisco's starting quarterback, bounced back from consecutive losses with an emphatic performance at Washington. He threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns without an interception to finish with a career-best passer rating of 134.5 against the Redskins. The 49ers moved to 11-0 with Kaepernick as the starter in games he posts a passer rating of 90.0 or better. 49ERS PLAYOFF PICTURE: At 7-4 and tied with Arizona for second place in the NFC West, the 49ers realize full well they have little margin for error to secure a return trip to the playoffs after their Super Bowl run of 2012. Especially with the division rival Seattle Seahawks (10-1) coming to the Bay Area on Dec. 8 after whipping the Niners 29-3 in Week 2. Kaepernick, for one, doesn't believe momentum plays into it at this stage of the season. ''Game to game,'' he said. ''Have to win.'' Raiders' collapse similar to 2012 season ALAMEDA (AP) — Dennis Allen's second season as coach of the Oakland Raiders is starting to look a lot like his first — and that's not necessarily a good thing. A year ago, the Raiders were 3-4 and showing signs of progress before stumbling down the stretch with eight losses over the final nine games, including a stretch of six straight. This year's team has almost mirrored that with a similar collapse. Oakland's 31-24 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving was its fourth in five weeks after what had been another encouraging 3-4 start. The Raiders have blown second-half leads in three of the losses during their recent slide and five overall this season. That's left Allen, Oakland's first coach in the post-Al Davis era, with an 8-20 record that could easily land him on the hot seat in the offseason. ''We haven't made enough plays at the end of football games to be able to win those games,'' Allen said Friday. ''(If) we keep giving ourselves opportunities, we keep putting ourselves in those positions, eventually ... we'll make those plays at the end of the games and we'll win those games.'' The problem is they haven't. Oakland built a 21-7 lead over Dallas in the second quarter before the Cowboys stormed back to win. A week earlier, the Raiders let a 1916 lead slip away in the final moments of a loss to the Tennessee Titans. They also blew fourth-quarter leads against the Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants, and lost to Washington after holding the advantage at halftime. Gone is talk of a possible playoff run, replaced by the mere hope of winning out and avoiding a losing record for the ninth time since 2002. ''I understand where we're at from a record standpoint, but these guys have gone out there and given us everything that they've had every single week,'' Allen said. ''I continue to expect to see that for the last four weeks of the season. They're learning experiences for us and hopefully guys are continuing to learn from it.'' Oakland has a nine-day break in between games and needs the extra rest. Running back Rashad Jennings suffered a concussion against Dallas AP photo Raiders quarterback Matt McGloin stands on the field during the second half against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday. and will have to go through NFL protocol before being cleared to play. Right guard Mike Brisiel was knocked out of the game with a knee injury, while safety Usama Young injured his neck. Even at full strength, it has been a tough haul for the Raiders in November. Oakland's last three losses have come by seven points or fewer. The only win came against a Houston team that had dropped seven straight going in. Along the way, the Raiders have switched quarterbacks, lost their top running back and wide receiver to injury and played with an everchanging offensive line that has also been beset by injuries. Undrafted rookie quarterback Matt McGloin, who replaced injured starter Terrelle Pryor before the win against the Texans, had a second straight mediocre outing but is expected to keep his job. ''I don't think he's done anything to play himself out of that position,'' Allen said. ''Really, in every game that he's been the starting quarterback, we've had an opportunity to win those football games. We just haven't been able to pull them out.'' Vogelsong agrees to one-year contract with Giants SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong is staying with the San Francisco Giants, agreeing to terms on a oneyear contract Friday. Assistant general manager Bobby Evans said the deal is pending a physical, expected to happen later next week. The Giants declined to exercise Vogelsong's $6.5 million contract option for 2014 on Nov. 4, but the parties agreed to keep open the possibility of potential negotiations down the road during free agency. General manager Brian Sabean and Evans have been committed to keeping their pitching staff intact as best as possible, which they have done while also adding right-hander Tim Hudson on $23 million, two-year contract Nov. 19. The 36-year-old Vogelsong is determined to come back strong in 2014 following a frustrating year. He went 4-6 with a 5.73 ERA in 19 starts and 103 23 innings during an injuryshortened season. He broke two bones in the right pinkie area of his pitching hand and also dislocated a knuckle on a swing May 20 and underwent surgery the next day. He had five pins inserted in his hand. Vogelsong won 13 and 14 games the previous two seasons. The journeyman pitcher became one of baseball's feel-good comeback stories in 2011, when he made the All-Star team after joining the Giants' rotation first as a fill in for the injured Barry Zito. Vogelsong had toiled through three seasons in the Japanese League before Triple-A stints in 2010 for the Phillies and Angels. In the Bay Area with the team that originally drafted him in the fifth round in 1998, Vogelsong became a frontline starter at last. Invited to spring training in 2011 on a minor league deal, he went on to win the team's ''Willie Mac'' Award — named for Hall of Famer Willie McCovey and is voted on by players, coaches and training staff for the most inspirational Giants player on the field and in the clubhouse. Vogelsong set a career high for wins while going 13-7 with a 2.71 ERA in 30 games and 28 starts. He then received an $8.3 million, two-year contract in January 2012. Vogelsong won three games during the 2012 postseason for the eventual World Series champion Giants, including one during a 4-0 sweep of the Tigers for the team's second championship in three years. The Giants signed twotime NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum to a $35 million, two-year contract last month. Lefty Madison Bumgarner and right-hander Matt Cain are signed to long-term deals along with catcher Buster Posey. In addition, right fielder Hunter Pence received a $90 million, fiveyear contract before the season ended. He played every game this year. Zito's tenure with the Giants ended when the club declined to exercise his $18 million option for next year. TEHAMA CROSS TRAINING is coming to Tehama Family Fitness Center! Tehama Cross Training is a full body strength and conditioning program taught by strength and conditioning specialists, as well as Physical Therapists and CrossFit certified instructors. These evidence based workouts are designed to be motivating and will give you results faster than traditional workout programs. By using functional mobility exercises scaled to your fitness level, TEHAMA CROSS TRAINING will prepare you for the physical demands of everyday life. This exclusive form of strength and conditioning will be available for members and nonmembers beginning in mid to late December. We anticipate the completion of our functional fitness court by Christmas. What a great gift, The gift of Health! 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