Southern California Lake Fishing Report

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Thursday, April 5th, 2012

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      Water Temp: 54+

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: needs water, got a couple 2>3 lbs, windy & cold,still fixing dam.....
      City: bakersfield

      Tips: bring your own water......

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: had a nice day with the wife. no rxn bite, but we didn't start until 10am. best was with plastics in the river. 5 to 25 ft of water. all spotted and only a few small cruisers.
      City: clovis

      Tips: bald eagles are cruising the lake and looked amazing.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water clarity was more like 30 feet and fishing was tough for awhile but I ended up with 9 bass over 1.5# and the best 2 were about 2 3/4#. One bigger fish came off the bank in maybe 10' of water while the other bigger fish came out of 40' Of water. On the trailer by 1pm because I wore myself out throwing a stupid bama rig for an hour. Quit dropshotting after catching 3 trout in 5 casts at 30' deep.
      City: Oakhurst

      Tips: I caught fish on 5 diff. things. Slow was the only common thing I can think of. No action on any reaction baits.

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

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      Water Temp: 44

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Averaging just 1 bite per 2hr trip. I broke off a big girl on a senko with #5 Maxima. Next trip I got a #3 on a beaver. No bites today.
      City: Oakhurst

      Tips: Drag plastics slow? I don't know if the fish are refusing my baits or if I am not around fish. I am shore fishing BTW. I wish they would finish the dam ork so I could fish some better spots.

Friday, February 17th, 2012

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Visibility was easy 30 feet! Fairly slow day with 6 spots and 2 accidental Rainbows in 4 hours of fishing. 1 senko fish, 1 spooned, 1 splitshot 4" worm, the rest drop shot 4" worm or 3" senko wacky hooked on the drop shot.
      City: Oakhurst

      Tips: Just junk fishing. No pattern. 2 fish at 15 feet and the rest 30-40.

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The Bass Classics of Santa Clara Valley had a good time with rain, wind and clouds but good fishing. It was good in the morning on main lake steep rocky banks with everyone around us catching 1-2 fish the first hour on darthead worms and spider grubs in 20-40 ft of water. I used a spider grub and only had seven keepers all day but it was good enough for second place with 11.35 lbs. In the afternoon the fish moved back in the pockets and coves and into 10-20 ft of water. Ray Garcia won with 11.75 lbs and he was dragging a split shot worm on long slow tapering points.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Fish slow and hard and with a light weight I was using a 3/8 oz football head darthead on my spider grubs in 15-45 ft.

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 3 hours in the middle of the day. I found a large school of fish on bait at Razorback on the right but couldn't get nay to go. It got warm so I ran some sunny banks with a blade for 1 fish and 2 hits but it was slow. It was also so warm that I sought out some shade. Hit a steep shady bank and busted 7 quality fish on a 1/4 oz homemade jig with a twin trailer. These fish were in about 5' of water. My dad picked up a few behind me at 25' on a dropshot but they were smaller fish. We picked up a few on a point over 40' deep that weren't bad fish.
      City: Oakhurst

      Tips: Don't be afraid to fish fast or shallow. It was a pretty easy day after we left the first fish.

Monday, December 26th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 52.0 to 54.9

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The bass here are being caught on jigs baby brushogs and on drop shot rigs. Alot of bass are between 12 and 15 inches there have been a few reports very few going to 3 pounds. Bass are holding in 20 to 40 feet of water dam area, long points deeper water on both side of the points also dropoffs and channels are all holding bass. Jigs in 1/4 oz Bullet head or 3/8oz. arkie or football head in green pumpkin/black green crystal & yamamoto 5" single or twin tail grubs in 208 color for trailers on the jigs. Traffic is light afternoon bite is better
      City: madera ca.

      Tips: Fish slow bite is much lighter than the eastman bite
      long points face of the dam river channela and dropoffs with deeper water near by stay in 20 to 40 feet of water

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 7 on a square bill crank across the Damn. One good bite on a deep water hump.
      City: madera

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Still cant believe how clear this water is here. Started out with topwater and picked 4 Smallmouth 2 over 3lb the other's a solid 2lb. Had several blow up's wish we would have cought them also. Well as alway's the sun came out and the topwater died but you could still see one now and then come up for a look. Switched to plati's in the same area and not one bite. So then I went looking around and found an area where they were on a decent crankbait bite. Funny thing is I never fished that area in all the year's I've fished this lake. Ended up with 15 fish all but three Smallmouth. Best five about 15lb's great day.

      PS: the inspection is a joke.
      City: SALINAS

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got fish early on shallow points in tablas. Spooks, buzzbaits, blades, and traps. After 9 caught two small fish on a drop shot. Bite died with the sun. Left at 1.

      Tips: Catch fish early on reaction baits cause it gets tough later in the day. Fish shallow points didnt get bit by dam or other deep rocks.

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 73.9 - 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Forgot to say fish were caught on colorado spinner bait black/blue and drop shot
      City: Lompoc

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      Water Temp: 73.9 - 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to hit the lake after 4 long months away, with the numerous repairs to the boat and house renovation (total), finally had the opprotunity to go fishing in my boat.

      Started in Pozo, saw lots of fish busting surface but found they were just this years hatch. Threw some top water for about an hour with no takers or lookers. Headed to lopez arm and finally caught some fish...LOL 2 small dinks and nothing the rest of the day. Friend who was with me lost a very good fish, he was using 6lb test and the fish dragged his line to bushes 20 feet away without even turning its head. Would liked to have seen that one. Anyway finally lost it after getting tangled in the brush, said he could feel it but couldn't get a grip.
      City: LOMPOC

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: After plucking 4.5 lb. and a 2.5 lb. black bass off a piece of classic structure last week, John and I returned this week to the same point. This time we fished a little further out on the point as we were looking for bigger fish. Within just a couple of minutes, John loaded up on a good fish using a T-Rigged black plastic worm on his spinning outfit. Fish put up a great fight and John played him masterfully. Turned out to be a fat 4 lber, but it showed the results of structure fishing (and the fun of using light tackle!).
      Back at the marina, Don Lopez told us about a lady, fishing for only her third time and using a drop-shot rig, who nailed a 12.3 lb bass today. The picture of the bass showed it to be a healthy big bass, obviously not short on eating.
      City: Monterey

      Tips: Our fish have come off the sides or tops of underwater points using slow presentations at 15-18 foot depths.

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 75 in morn 78 m

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Some found the fish in our 21 boat tourny and some didn't. My partner and I had 1 keeeper until 11A wiegh in was 12p. The trees in south fork held the fish just have to get the right set of trees. Engineer point seemed to help us in the last hr. Cranking and dropshot. Worms are the ticket and a few crank bites. Winner had 22lbs, we had 4 fish for 8 lbs, big differance.
      City: Bakersfield

      Tips: Dropshot, some cranks, and creature baits in trees

Monday, July 25th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The fishing is still really good here. It's normal to catch 10-20 fish a day. There is a good reaction bait bite in the morning and also a worm bite in the afternoon. The main lake points and the creek channel bends in the back have been the most consistent.
      City: lakeside

      Tips: Look for the white birds stop there in the morning and throw a top water or jerk bait.

Monday, July 4th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The water is clearing up, and it's falling fast. The fish are moving into there summer pattern. The fishing is still great just like it has been all year. This place is a little fish factory, it seems like there's always a way to catch em.
      City: Lakeside

      Tips: I haven't spent much time in the very back, but on the main lake check the points. Keep a eye out for the breaking fish also. If you can't get a bite try a drop shot, with a Robo worm.

Monday, June 27th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: This lake is on fire!! The water is dirty, and the spinnerbait bite is on. It's very rare that you can use heavy line and blades in San Diego and mop em up. I think El Cap is the best thing south of Diamond Valley. Myself, and some friends had over 20 fish by 9:00 am that were all in the 2-3 pound range.
      City: Lakeside

      Tips: Get there early the bite is best before 10:00 am. Make sure you fish your spinnerbait slow and keep it in contact with the bushes that are submerged. Try a LC BDS 3 crank if they slow down on the spinnerbait. Best of luck.

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

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      Water Temp: 59-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with my dad from just before sunrise to about noon. Main lake was the best with jigs and senkos. We caught about 30-40 bass, but most were dinks. The river was a lot colder and we only had a few bites up there.
      City: Hanford

      Tips: Baby bass senkos and brown jigs in 0-15 feet.

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was a very windy but productive day. I got a late start (first cast was at 830) and within the first 10 minutes had 2 largemouth over 3lbs and a 2.5. The rest of the day was a grind, a lot of short fish on drop shot and texas rigged robo worms. Figured them out in the afternoon and caught another 15-18 largemouth from 1.5-4lbs all over the lake from 12-22' deep. Half way back the coves were most productive for me.
      City: Los Angeles, CA

      Tips: 6 & 7" robo worms dropped shotted and texas rigged. Aarons Magic was the ticket in 12-22' of water. Lot's of post spawned fish.