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Friday, February 16th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I got on the lake at 12 noon and got o at 6 pm trolled rom the 5 mile hr bouy to the lopez arm and around to the strawberry lats.I like to keep a loose drag on when I troll in case o a hang up ,then my line wont break.And sure enough zzzzzzzzzzzzz my reel was screeming.I though I had a snag on the bottom then a 2 lb 16" rainbow took one big jump then went deep.I learned that when trolling or bass or trout you DON'T STOP THE BOAT!!!! when a ish is on .Just trottle down to a crawling speed this will keep pressure on the ish and with the loose drag the line wont break,you dont want it too loose you just need to ind the sweet spot.I then docked my new 13' greger boat on the lats dock and ished power bait and nightcrawlers with a hook on the end o my line and a splitshot 1' up to allow the bait to rise rom the bottom,also injecting air in the crawlers help alot.Ater it was all done I went home with my ive ish limit.This was my ith time out this yr and the irst time I caught ish .The irst our times I went strictly or bass ater being skunked that many times I decited to go or trout and it paid o. Tight lines and God Bless Ernie
    City: Santa Maria,Ca

    Tips: Trout will bite almost anything this time o yr.powerbait(any color)/salmon eggs/salted anchovies/nightcrawlers/Trout colored lures or trolling like rapalas countdown work well, or trout colored broken minnows are my avorite or bass and trout

Tuesday, January 30th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the wall
    City: tat

    Tips: go to wall and ish jigs

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: well I went ishing ater work ,got on the lake @2:00 p.m and got o at 5:30.I took my wie out and she soaked a night crawler about 1 t o the bottom in 50-60 t water while I bounced my purple jig with josh pork rine trailer @ the same depth.We ish one area or about 30-45 mins then trolled about 15 t down with cranks where I was picking up some ish @ 30 t on my inder.I did this cause I thought we might get lucky.That works really well in the summer time when ish come up to 8-16 t water.This was my third time out since I got my new boat and still 0 or 3.I you can go out and consitantly catch bass this time o yr I would say you are an experianced isherman.I think one problem is I have no trolling motor so I must anchor to pick the bottom with worms and jigs.Hopeully I'll get the hang o this ishing thing soon.I did ind one thing interesting while we were anchored in 65-70' water there was water ducks o some sort diving down and comming up with minnows.This tells me that there were bait ish near and shallow.I would say there was easilly 200-300 birds there diving down or about 5 secs then comming u with minnos .This all happened at around 4:00-5:00.The good thing was we got to get out and enjoy the lake on the weekday as well as most weekends.Untill next time God bless you and be sae on the water .
    City: Santa Maria

    Tips: sorry I have no advice to oer.

Monday, January 29th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I'm going to go ishing tommarow ater I get o work @ 1:30 .I just bought a 13 t aluminum with a 15 horse johnson.I also purchased a regional pass .I'll be ishing Margarita and Lopez almost every weekend.Then maybe that will increase my odds.First two times i went to lopez with my boat I got zero ish but igured out they were deep with my inder.I tried slow rolling white spinner baits.Now I'll try jig n pig,and possibly worms and tubes down in 50-70 t o water .There is no doubt in my mind that they r deep!!!I'll let you all know how I do.
    City: Santa Maria

    Tips: No tips to oer sorry .I love to ish but am not very good at it

Friday, September 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Put my loat tube in at the Wittenberg Arm at sunrise. Had some action in the sticks on topwater jerkbaits. Wind picked up early, about 10 AM.
    City: Santa Maria

Monday, May 8th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 6 ishermen + 2 boats X 15 hours
    City: Nipomo

Saturday, February 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 100% on 2-19. Had 7 or 13.80 (13th place). 29.54 won. He was lipping in Wittenburg. We had 3 crank ish, one at 3lbs. Other ish came on dartheaded rhythem and blues worms. From 10-25' deep on main lake walls. It took 20 lbs. to make the top 5. You have gotta love Lopez.
    City: Bakersield

    Tips: Don't orget to always ish shallow at Lopez.

Monday, August 9th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We caught a ew nice bass weighing 4 and 5 pounds o trolling at ree shad in mid depth in aternoon. also we caught a ew bass on the shoreline biggest 4 1/2 pds.
    City: Norwalk, CA

    Tips: trolling.. mid depth shad behing a lake troll rig darkness depends on weather shoreishing use blue 6 inch plastic worm with a 1/8 ounce bullet head. also whole night crawlers work well.

Friday, June 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a test o the automatic report cgi
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lets hope it worksFishing Reports or Lake Lopez

Saturday, December 12th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Dec. 12 with Golden Empire Bass Club. Tournament was won on jigs in 50 eet. Winner had 14 lbs. plus. Second place had 11 1/2 lbs. same thing. Third place had 8 lbs. 12 oz. split shotting reapers in 15 eet. I caught crank ish and split shot ish (crawdad).
    City: Bakersield

    Tips: Lopez is a great winter lake. Fish jigs and cranks. Crank ish in Lopez arm and jig ish on the main lake points.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry -- Last post was for cal water in Lompoc

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    Water Temp: 52 - 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to Lopez in the ace o the irst big storm o the year. Bass are still mostly deep, although I did catch one 2.2 LM on a Risto Rap RR5. Managed a 4.0 on Paul's point and several more down by the dam on drop shot jigged vertically. You need to really watch your electronics and drop it right on their heads. They will not move ar to hit your presentation.
    City: Carpinteria

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    Water Temp: 67 - 72 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lots o action on lots o dinks! Where are the big ish? Out in the middle and deep eating shad I suspect. I did manage to scratch out a couple o decent ish a day, some on drop-shot in Aron's magic, and top-water with a shad pattern plug.The lake is as low as I have seen it since beore the el Nino o 98'. Pray or rain!
    City: Carpinteria, CA

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    Water Temp: 71-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished our days with my nephew. Gazillions o shad in all arms o the lake. Good ishing on small shad pattern crankbaits and drop shot rigs with oxblood or baby bass robo worms. Most ish ran small, but a ew nice ones mixed in or un. We caught more baby small mouth bass than I can remember there, a good omen or small mouth bass ishing in the uture.
    City: Carpinteria

    Tips: small crankbaits in shad or crawish on the rock aces, robo worms in oxblood or baby bass.

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    Water Temp: 62 - 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with my daughter or a couple o days. My wie (bless her) baby sit the grand son. The AM bite was slow or us with crankbaits. We met a ellow as we were coming o the lake that said it was a late aternoon bite, so I went out alone at 3PM and between then and 5:30 caught and released 15 bass on lipless crankbaits. Largest was 6 1/2 pounds, there were others in the 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 pound range, but also some dinks. Largest 5 weighed 18+ pounds.
    City: Carinteria

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    Water Temp: 60-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent several days in search o the mysterious Micropterous. Managed airly well, but bite was slow. Several nice ish, the largest was 6.0 even. Others o note were 4-12 and 4.0 even. Most were taken on small crankbaits in iretiger or crawish pattern o steep rock walls. Several ish over 3lbs., and many o the Lopez "cookie cutter" 2.5 pounders. Nothing on the spinnerbaits. Lots o olks still throwing drop shot worms in the oxblood or baby bass color and doing well too.
    City: Carpinteria

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Headed out to Lopez or the irst time on sunday, started around 8 am, boy where there a lot o boats out there, started doin the things i'm used to, pitchin' senkos. Buddy set up on one with a tube. I stuck 3 on senkos then 2 on crawdad colored at ree shad, biggest ish only about 3lbs. but i did get a limit irst time on the lake. Today got on the water at 3pm, irst 5 minutes stuck a nice 3 on a red/black norman, stuck a ew more, then put on a bigger norman same color 3rd cast boom! 4 pounder, got 5 again today, all on norman.
    City: Los Osos

    Tips: Craw cranks, senkos, tryed blades till i was blue in the ace with no results, anyone willing to share some tips or lopez or other lakes around here please e-mail me, i just recently moved to the area, go rip some lip-

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    Water Temp: dunno

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got done with my classes early and decided to go to lopez. I had to ish o the bank, dont have my boat with me at Poly. Caught 8 bass on Crawdad colored shad rap and zoom worms. They were all in one spot. Other than that I didn't get hit. 7 were dinks, one was about 2.5 lbs. Need to get my boat over there. Saw lots o good looking rock walls across the lake. Hopeully I will ind some better ish. Any tips or Lopez?
    City: Corcoran / San Luis

    Tips: Got lots o hits on crankbait, but I missed most o them. Had one 3lber chase, but no bite.

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    Water Temp: 52-57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Spent about 5 days ishing Lopez again. Caught about 4 - 7 bass a day on small crankbaits. Saw several emales looked like they were trying to spawn (??!!). Seems too early. Any comments? Lost some really large bass due to abraided line perhaps.what do you ellows/gals use?Talked to one ellow who was vertical jigging worms o some sort. He was not giving any inormation out, but said he was doing well.Am I the only one to post reports here?
    City: Carpinteria

    Tips: Some ish will always be up shallow.

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished hard or 5 days and struggled. Locals were having a hard time too. Drop-shot producing mostly dinks under 13". My brother and I could only scratch out 2 - 3 ish a day. The largest (3-9)came or my brother on a iretiger Norman Baby N.
    City: Carpinteria