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Saturday, October 6th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: How is the water level. I am heading up there after about 2 months for the week. Any other tips. I am not used to fishing the lake when it is as low as it is. Mon-thurs. Thanks
    City: Ventura

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 69-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up with buddy Jeff at 5:15 pm. Rack -em out was closed. Damm no tri-tip sandwich. Went back to grease . Heard of a big school of bass back in there. Where i do not know. 2 small ones were all we caught in there and the shad had moved out. Went over to road bed and drop shot a few move small ones. Got over to rock wall at 7:30 and caught some up to 2 lbs. Ran to grease and the dam and finished with 24 for the night. Bite was off but still better then working.
    City: Visaia

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 76-77

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up with buddy Robert at 2 pm. First 2fish were 1 1/2 lbs. Next 3 were 2 lbs and 1- 3 lbs. That was in the first 15 minutes. Bite went away and went point hopping. Drop-shot a dozen small ones. Around 6pm bite took off before we got soaked. Hammered around 25 fish on deep divers in the river channel. Got a couple more 3 lbers and went home in the rain at 7pm. No night fishing for us because of the lighting& rain. Damm it!!
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Fishing is no fun when it's raining.

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 77-78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up at 6 am. Went with wifes girlfriends husband Jeff and son Adam. My fishing partner jeff had surgery. There were 12 boats on the water and all on the good spots. About 20 people on the bank by the road bed so went to the right of the point across from the ramp. 2 boats already around the point so hit the little hook that comes out to the right. Caught 4 fish on worms, 1 on chatterbait. Moved over the dam after a while and no one there and no fish. went over to grease & no fish. About 10 am noticed all the bass boats had left. went over by the old road bed and found fish. 10 fish on a drop shot. said i would not fish it all year but had guests catching fish on it. Adam got a 2 lber. Went over to middle pocket of rock wall and threw drop shot and we got 3 more, one being a 3 lb black for me. I win , Game over. Adam was glad just to catch fish.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Small fish are still biting. Too much pressure from everyone beating up the lake. Drop shot and aron's magic 4 inch curl tail working.

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got up around 6:30 with skiers everywhere. Pulled over into right hand side of 2nd ramp and waited it out. watched a shore angler catching bluegill cast after cast. put on fat free shad jr. in bluegill color. Started hitting small spots by the roadbed til dark. Switched to 10 black/blue worm at 8:30 pm. Bite turned on at 9:15 and went till 10:30pm. caught 35 on the sand bar where river drops down. Biggest was 4 lbs. Went on around fishing points and pockets till 1 m. Finished with 45 fish. Lots of 1-1/2 -2 lb fish during the night.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: jet skiers want to ride thru the best spots. People still fishing with no anchor lights on. Can' see them when your moving.

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 79-82

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: launched at midnight and the bite was slow at first. Started pickin up around 3 or so. caught fish dropshotting and wacky rigged senkos tell the sun came up. They are bustin shad like crazy back by the entrance to greasy cove. had about 25-30 fish in the boat by 10. left once they were done bustin the shad. caught a monster 3.8 spot. thing was pullin line like it was a 5+ largemouth, man they are strong bastards.
    City: visalia

    Tips: throw topwater into the boils or daterheads with singletail white grubs.sammies and ricos worked best. get ready for the aircannon to go off. have fun and pratice catch and release please

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 79-81

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: started near sunset and fished tell about 3. the bite was on once the moon came out. caught 25 spots and blacks tell the eclipse shut off the bite. nothin over 3 pounds but consistent little guys. never had so much fun at this lake.
    City: visalia

    Tips: went friday night and spinnerbaits were the ticket. last night they wouldn't takem but they were lovin the senkos. doesn't matter where you fish caught them everywhere. The biggest ones were on the rockwall.

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the lake at about 5:00 pm fished till 1:00 am. before sun down had about 10 in the boat started off with shader and small crancks died down for a little bet at about 8:00 turned on. fish at every spot. we fished rock wall,dam, across fome seconed ramp, and the roadbed had 42 fish by the end of the night biggest was about 6 pounds that my partner cought cant wait till next time creaturs and speedworm at night
    City: tulare

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the lake at sunset and had good luck catching fish to 4 lbs. Surprising number of blacks; usually catch more spots than blacks. Worked close to shoreline with worms and creature baits and finished with 15 fish before departing at 0130. Not a bad night overall.
    City: Lemoore

    Tips: Switched to Tungsten weights - unbelievable difference. Feel the bottom structure much better.

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 80-81 deg's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up at 3 am with buddy jeff. 4:15 got a 15 inch black on a worm in 15 feet of water. Shad were loaded at 14 - 22 ft. Around 5am the bite was on. got 12 fish to 4 lbs on worms. 5:30am bite turned off like a switch. Went upriver and jeff got 4 after the sun came up on cranks. Wind kicked up around 8 am and went home
    City: Visalia

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    Water Temp: 77.9

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught quite a few spots to 3.5 lbs. at nite on blades, jigs & senkos. Fish are on rocky points & corners of the dam. I think the bite will get even better when the water level stabilizes. Good to see you Brian!
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Present that jig slow, drag & hop it & hold on!

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 82-83

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up with my buddy Jeff at 9 pm. Skier's still getting off the water. I hate weekends. Fished till 8:30 next morning. 22 fish, 3 - 1 lb -1 1/2 lb spots the biggest ones. Worms,crankbaits and jerkbaits all caught some fish.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Watch out for the idiots with no lights. Come on now!!

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 83

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We'll had not been on the water for 8 weeks. I do not fish the lake when it is going down so fast because of dirty water and small fish. Got going around 7:45 pm. Actually got there at 6:30 but once out relized boat had no gas for the rest of the night so had to go back down to the texaco. First fish my buddy jeff got on dd-22 around 8pm upriver. 3 lbs. Went till 9:15 and started catching fish on worms and a few on crankbaits, dd-22's . Started fishing small swimbaits and worms in dark colors and caught 17 fish till 1 am. At 1:10 am I was throwing a 10 worm and hooked one around 8 lbs. No camera in the boat and this fish was mad as hell. it faught so damn hard it was crazy. Caught a few more and we went home at 2 am.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: We found them closer to the bank as the moon got higher and wind blew alittle. No wind , No bites. Skiers still on water till 9pm. Watch out for the big waves.

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in the evening with 15ish fish caught with 4 inch roboworm and dropshot. Picked up near sunset outside Creasy Cove inlet. Ended night between 2 fishermen with about 15 fish in 3 1/2 hours. Most were dinks. Largest about 1 1/2. Lake is low - 2nd ramp will likely soon be dry.
    City: Lemoore

    Tips: Still learning what works but trick seemed to be slow presentation.

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the lake about 2 pm with a buddy of mine.fished rockwall, dam, across from 2nd ramp and a few other points had fish on all spots biggest was 6.3oz had about 48 fish between me and my buddy fished untill 7pm
    City: visalia

Monday, March 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 50ish

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing is starting to pickup. Anyone else been having any luck? Fish between 2-3 lbs being caught with some monsters being posted inthe Fresno Bee. Fish are moving up shallow and with the warmer weather we should see the spawn explode.

    Tips: Worms, grubs, lizards, jigs, crankbaits should all be catching fish.

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished today from 6-noon and only caught one fish. I had a hard time locating the baitfish that were there a few days ago. I fished shallow to deep but no luck. The only one was 2-13 and took a small swimbait. I'm wondering if anybody out there is having better luck than I am.
    City: Exeter

    Tips: I don't have any, but I talked to another fisherman yesterday that said he caught ten fish using grubs and throwing them in bushes at 5'-don't know what color. Good luck.

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished afternoon all three days. Some spoon fish, but most on spider jigs in 25' on the flats. Tried major points and out to 60' with no luck. Metered lots of fish stacked up around baitfish, tried spoons, tailspins, dropshot etc with no luck. Most fish, to 3lbs near marina/lauch ramp.
    City: Ventura

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6am to 12pm. Caught 7 with the biggest being 13". Found fish at 35-45' of off points. Not a bite after 8:30am. I think the storm had something to do with it.
    City: Exeter

    Tips: I caught all fish on a dropshot. Threw everything at them, but couldn't get bit after early morning. Anyone else out there having any luck?

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: turkey friday weekend heavey traffic lots of fish dropshot. splitshot find them around 20 to 30 feet.
    City: kingsburg

    Tips: lightline fishsloooow.