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      Water Temp: warm to touch

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: SAT: ished a ew hours late and caught and released 5 to about 15" (three over 12"). Split shotting watermellon/red baby brush hog. 8'-20'SUN: ished a ew hours late, only one dink on purple/blue "stick" worm. Yesterday's locations and pattern did not work.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Seeing some surace activity late but getting no takers on topwater, or ANY reaction baits. Is anyone making cranks or blades work Melones these days?

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. CAUGHT ALL MY FISH BETWEEN 8 TO 18 FEET.FRIDAY WAS MUCH FASTER BITE.CRAWDAD PATTERNS WERE BEST.THE FISH ARE UP IN HEAVY BRUSH. COULD NOT GET A GOOD REACTION BITE YET.THE WATER IS STILL TO COOL,BUT IT WONT BE LONG TILL THE BITE IS WIDE OPEN.
      City: SONORA

      Tips: MOST BITES ARE JUST PRESSURE BITES,IF YOU EVEN THINK YOU ARE GETTING A BITE SET THE HOOK.THE FISH ARE NOT HOLDING ON TO THE BAIT VERY LONG AT ALL.

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      Water Temp: 53-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent most o wednesday looking or beds and dragging shallow.Weather was hot and lat calm.Normally tu on this lake when it is like that.Dragging bite was not there.Ended up with eight small keepers on the drop.Had to see a arch and they bit everytime.Lost a nice one rippin in the aternoon.Thurs was a dierent story.Started up near the stevenot bridge.Fish were active the irst hour eeding on shad in about iteen eet.Had a limit by 7:30 and tons o shorts.Stayed in this area until 9:30 and got lots o ish.ALL SPOTS!!!!..Let the area and went to the north bay.Started caching all largies now.About 10:30 the monsoon starts.So I start searching or ish in out o the wind locations.To my surprise I ind three resh schools o ish (they are still pale) on areas that I haven't been able to get bit on.STACKED...End up with about 11+ lbs....Two on jigs, all the rest on the drop..Hope they are there Saturday in the storm
      City: sonora

      Tips: Breaks near spawning areas

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      Water Temp: 55+

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to the south end o the lake started the day with a rip bait no takers, my brotherwas dragging a texas riged brushdog and pickup a 3+ in 20 t o water.. beyond ski aera.. "the lats" ater that I swithed to split shotting a zipper grub "bold bluegil.and proceded to catch a good limt o largemouth bass. ater catching and stiring up the water there we went to the other sideand did the same on those lats and did well went to bear creek and worked the lats as they are now with the water as low as it ispicked a ew good ish/then by 2pm the bite stoped,,, so I went to the dropshot main lake coves in ront o mormon creek, and got a ew more spots... got o the lake at 4pm. the best 5 or the day was about 13 to 14lbs.
      City: sonora

      Tips: watermelon red Brushhog zipper grub Bold bluegill. on the drop 4" keeper 1010 and I got most o my drop shot ish on a purple ghost 4"//////// i we have good weather water temps should hit 60 in the early am was 53.5 at 4 pm was 58.9 and the ish are or the most part in the prespawn area's

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished points 30 to 60 picked up ew jig ishstarted drop shotting in 30 picked up a ew more 30 plus,, the wind came up.Moved to thebacks o coves "out o the wind" 15 to 25 eet drop shot bite was the best that I've experienced in along time My back seater had to leave at 3pm or I would still be there... the best 5 were atleast 14lbs plus.
      City: sonora

      Tips: brown jig's 3/8 brown #11 pork or twin/tail pumpkin yamamoto keeper 4" 1010 worm15 to 35 eet large mouth and spots ew trout

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      Water Temp: 51-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the irst two days on lake looking or some big ish patterns and some more spots in my best areas or won bass team tournament....Friady was decent has I did ind some jig ish in ten eet o water.One senko ish, anda blade ish.The deep ish were still there in the cover.10 keepers ,no size...Saturday the shallow bite was gone.Keep checking new water.Six ish , one on a jig. Best ish ,three pound largie.He came at 37 eet...Sunday morning is much warmer.Maybe a move up???...Nope..We started the tournament rippin.Fished my best rip bank and nothing..Next to best jig spot..My partner, Joe Bruce, picks up a couple on the dropshot behind me..Hit one secondary in the area ,stick a big crappie...Time to go to other side o lake. On the way the motor starts acting up.Not good.We decide to stay in my best area on the main lake all day and baby the motor. Some o my deep spots are loaded with dinks.Some are just loaded..Fishing became very rusting because the bigger ish would not bite.It was almost like Shasta ,but largemouth. We ended up catching 25 keepers (21 were largemouth)but they were clones. All ish needed to be needled.Fish came rom 30 to 42 eet. We ended up third in a very close tournament.Go job to the winners!!!!
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Melones can be very ickle.It is ull o ish though.Please reel in your deep ish slowly so you don't injure them....

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      Water Temp: 53-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on water at 11:00 am and went right to water on main lake where I caught ish last week.Started shakin spider jig on 1/2 once ootball head.Cauht a three pond largemouth right o the bat and missed one other bite.Moved over to another poit and got hammered on a 5/8 brown jig by a at ive pounder.Then no more jig bites ecpt or a trout.Went to drop shottin wood and picked up ive more largies and a nice our pound rainbow.All ish 25 to 45 eet.Quit at 3:30.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Stay in cover on steeper banks.

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      Water Temp: 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: club outing night ishing bite has been tough last three weeks irst 2 week ends caught 3 keepers in outing inaly got a limet 10lbs + this was only limet o outing made me eel better
      City: ripon

      Tips: drop shot all night 30 oot deep or blacks bank to15 eet or spots on points 10 bites all night

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Santa Clara Bass Busters had a two day tournament here this weekend. The bite was good on topwater and drop shotting worms and lizards on main lake points. Split-shottingw worms on large rock ormations was also productive all day. The best ish came on Super Spooks beore the sun hit the water. The biggest ish we weighed in was a 11.5 pound largemouth the jumped all over a Super Spook early on Saturday. A weight o over 20 pounds was necessary to break into the top ive places.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Topwater in wood was not as good as topwater on open lake banks beore the sun came up.

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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ater work(5:30-8:30) Boated 3 bass one 12", one 2.3# and one 2.5#. Lost many small ones.
      City: Oakdale

      Tips: Good luck ound with trout color Super Fluke and white and Char willow bladed spinner bait.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rented a boat rom the marina in Glory Hole marina rom 10:00 to 1:00pm. Fished several coves heading toward angels creek. Great day all together, caught 3 small bass, and a couple 15" er's. 80 degrees outside, and 1 day ater a ull moon. I love this Lake!
      City: Modesto

      Tips: 4 to 6 inch platics or bass.

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      Water Temp: Not sure

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Surprisingly blanked at Mormon Creek, having a ish inder would have helped. Mostly ished a Carolina light rigged with black and blue worms. Finally got one spotted bass (under a pound) at dam with drop-shot rig using 4in black zoom and two more red-eye

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      Water Temp: Not sure

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We ished 2-4pm rom shore north o marina trying Carolina light using 4in black Zoom and Power Bait, white spinner and a ew crank baits, but blanked. Weather was overcast, and started to rain at
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Watermelon seems to be the color this year, but I was hitting them on black 4-7in zoom inesse worms.

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was on the water at 330pm. This was my irst trip to the lake in almost a year. Started out in Angles Creek area caugnt one small mouth that was short on a green weenie drop shot rig stayed there or and hour then let and went to bear Creek Area spent an hour there with no luck. Last stop was Morman Creek put 4 in the boat 2 on spinnerbait and 2 on crank baits and missed one on a luke. Water is staianed through out the areas I was ishing with Morman being the worst. At the back its clay red.
      City: Modesto

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is very good or Melones this time o year.Went out or 3hrs. riday aternoon and mid day saturday.Fish are thick in guts and creek channels 25 to 45 eet.Fish or me are all clones.Mixed o spots and largies.Starting to get like McClure around here.
      City: Sonora

      Tips: Follow the creek channel and target the structure at the deprt you ind them at.Drop shot and shake jigs around cover.Stay weedless,this is Melones!!!!

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: drop shot 55 to 60 t keepper 1010 three large-mouth 2 1/2lb'ers 12 spots just keepers - - nice day no wind no rainonly a ew boats.
      City: columbia

      Tips: drop shot 24 to 36" drop 1/4 oz 8lb p-line cx

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: DROP-SHOT 45 TO 60 MAIN LAKE POINTS AND ISLANDSGOT 25 FISH SOME LARGE MOUTH SOME SPOTS A FEW RED EYE'S ALL WERE KEEPERS.
      City: columbia

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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got there at 6:30 ished the bank or about 3hours and went deep with a dropshot rig caught 2 out o 5 water was very clear, so which means light line.The ish were on deep lats ranging rom 15'through 60'.
      City: Valley Springs

      Tips: Go deep,Dont attempt to ish the bank.There is nothing there.

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      Water Temp: 83 to 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a Mid-Cal night Tournament rom 7pm Sat. eve to 7am sun.Only got ith place out o 25 boats, two weighn ins.Five ish per boat each weigh in..We had 16 lbs. plus,nine ish,largest was 2 1/2 lbs...I belive irst place was 19 lbs & 1 oz..Big ish was 5 lbs plus...All our ish came on Cal.& Keeper worms & Lizards..Four dierent area's o the lake.Any where we could get out o the wind.
      City: Riv

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in the water at 6:00 am went to black bart cove rist got 2 small went up strem to 49 bridge worked the points picked up 2 more went uparound corner worked a rock ace in 20 tgot 1 more
      City: valley springs

      Tips: used pumpken /black speck texas rig