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Dan, it was awesome seeing you so excited about that fish. Glad we could help you out. Congrats

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Prayers to the family.

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I heard on the radio that McClureis at 6% capacity!! The town of Don Pedro apparently gets it's water from McClure and if there is no rain they expect to be out of water by 3/1/15 for the town, and they are looking into other sources.

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Any time that the Center For Biological Diversity is involved there will be trouble. The hand writing is on the wall and we all better take notice. "It will never happen" has ruined too many things to count in just a few decades that I can remember already. Habitat degradation has been the...

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Hey George if you don't want it, leave it at Les' house and Ill have landon bring it over to me.

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Just to be clear I caught this fish in Sept 2012 and it was actually 13lbs 11oz. My son was going through his SD cards from his go pro and just found it. He didn't know it was there, too bad he didn't have it on during the fight and netting of the fish because it was exciting. The fish pulled hard a...

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Last years FPT at Melones in June was I think 106 or 108. It was damned hot and you would drink water all day and never have to pee. The coldest was in Jan 1991 in Detroit Lakes Minn. I got to go out ice fishing and it was -28. We fished out of a shack placed on the ice with a wood stove inside so i...

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I was at Pedro last weekend and Fleming ramp is still good. Blue Oaks is narrow and a long way down if you cant turn around at the bottom and may be risky for a larger boat. Don t know about Melonies.

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Don Pedro and Melones both have giants. If you got to Clear Lake there are a lot of big fish, hire Matt Allen for a guide, or any of the other local guides to get your PB.

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Look up guys in the Centennial Bass club out of Ft. Collins, they should be able to help you out.

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Keep it simple at first, nothing will burn you out faster than spending a lot of time and money and not cacthing a fish or getting any bites. Paddle tails, S waver, Keitechs etc will get you bies and most importantly confidence.

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Sounds like a grounding problem. Run a jumper wire from your trailer to your truck for grounding and see if it still happens.

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I lost another set of bearings coming home from Clear Lake yesterday. That makes 4 sets in less than a year all on the left side of the trailer. Anybody know of a good axel shop in the Modesto/Turlock area? Im thinking when I get my boat back from Lake County I need to put a different axel under the...

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Yes that is correct. We stumbled on day one but found fish late in the day, we weighed in 2 fish for 11 1/2 lbs, Hunter had an 8. We had 27.14 for day 2 and missed the cut by .63 lbs. Albert and AJ had boat trouble on day one they thought they had it fixed but thier boat broke down early again on da...

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It has been cancelled. I talked to someone at ABA main office and there has been several notices put out about it being cancelled.

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Sugar Barge right down the street from Russo's is a good place also.

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All ramps are $18 dollars to launch, Blue Oaks ramp is almost out of the water, they are recommending not to launch boats over 20 ft from there, there is a self check form for mussels, there are several creeks that have some standing trees that you need to be on the lookout for.

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fishndp wrote:Nice fish. ..I fish pedro and McClure mostly
Wanna share what you got them on?????

The 15-3 from Pedro was on a Hudd, and the 13-11 at McClure was on a standn yabbie from River2Sea.

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With all this talk of lake records what is everybodies PB at different lakes?
Heres mine, (the list is short).

Lake Mclure 13-11.

Don Pedro 15-3
The rest of the lakes, Delta and Clear Lake are all between 6 and 71/2lbs

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Just missed you yesterday at Clear Lake Bait and Tackle. By the time we got turned around and back to the shop you had left. I would have given you some reels.

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I recently went to O'Niel Forebay for stipers, I had to have my boat inspected for Quagga's, no big deal I passed. I asked if they knew where the water for the forebay came from, they said the Canal. Where does the canal water come from? They said the Delta. Do they do inspections on the Delta? I do...

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John regardless of how many and how much that is a killer sack. Great job you guys did. Was it a t Clear Lake of Lake Sonoma?

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Yes, Ive caught a lot of good spots on an S Waver, the Melones Lake Record spot was caught on an S Waver last year at just over 10 lbs.
I typically throw it on 12 lb flourocarbon line in the reserviors and will up grade to 15 or 17 in the Delta or at Clear Lake.

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Great video, duck hunting like it is supposed to be. I've had some great shoots in those exact same holes over the years.

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Fishing Robert Mansor's Friday Night Poor Man's event I caught a 14" spot in the first 5 minutes and threw it back saying "We dont want to weigh a fish like this!!" I caught a 10.26 for big fish, and we lost probably a dozen fish that night from 1.5 to 5 lbs. We took 2nd to the Pierso...

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I can remember the first bass I ever caught when I was about 8 or 9 on Bear Creek in Merced just east of G street.It was on a VooDoo lure, which to my memory was a 1/4 oz darter head with purple maribou and a small purple worm on it. I had cast acroos to a berry bush and hooked a bass about 14"...

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mm wrote:Why the off limits rule?
No other region in the state has it, why does ABA do this only to the motherlode guys?

I believe Robert did this last year to keep some people happy who weren't able to prefish all week before the tournament.

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Yes it is expensive, what isn't? But it's what we love to do. I myself am getting ready to go to the ABA TOC at Clear Lake next week, we are taking up my RV and there will be 4 of us sharing the cost, $22 a night for 4 nights shared by 4 guys only $22 for lodging, each bring a frozen or easy to cook...

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Thanks for the report Frank, I just may have to go out there this Sat. morning. How is it at the 33 bridge?

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Looking for some info like what time will we be blasting off and weighing in? What are the rules on what and how you can fish their products? Example: Can you punch,dropshot or flip with their hardware with other brands plastics? Thank You! I fished it last year and it was a blast. Should be bigger...

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I have a 60 hp hand tiller on my duck boat and when on plane the torque is almost to much to handle and makes for a long day. Does anybody know which way you turn the torque tab to reduce the motors pull away from you ? Thanks

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Way to go. Good luck on Thursday. Skipping the 10 and getting a teener is cool but then when you get a 10 at least for me it is now like "Nice Fish".

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BEFORE the tournament starts make sure that all of your livewell pumps are in GOOD working order and have an extra pump in your boat with "Quick Connect" wiring so that you can changeout the pump if need be.

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I'll let you know if my current partner and I dont fish together next year. You will have to show me all you spots on Melones though...

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It's a great bait, can't wait to get it to Clear Lake and the Delta. It's been working great for me on the open water of Don Pedro and McClure.

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Anybody out there have a duramax and has had to rebuild the fuel priming assembly? If so how long does it last after it is rebuilt?

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Ditto on the River 2 Sea Bubble pop and rico..

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Hey Nevada, sorry we won't be able to make it again this year as Hunter is shooting in the state trap shooting championships this weekend. I hope you guys have a good turnout.

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Do you have any CCI 22 ammo?

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I wouldn't think that it would be cold enough long enough to do any damage but you could always throw a blanket or sleeping bag over your motor at night and place a heat lamp under the motor and that should be enough to prevent anything from freezing, if your leaving your boat in the water it should...

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It was nice meeting you and your son today. To bad the fishing wasn't a little better.

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Boat traffic will be high, and there are a few rude boaters to watch out for. If your camping at Barrets cove there are plenty of fish in the cuts to the right and south of the ramp. Plenty of water to fish and there will be light traffic in the cuts. The house boat cove north of the marina and into...

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Most of the campground are OK. If you dont have reservations you may have to pick whats left over. As for fishing any rocky areas or main lake points throwing a darter head /shakey head with a worm will get you bit. Probably some top water going by now early and late.

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By pros you mean the KVD's Monroe or Reese? The BBT has several well known MotherLode fishermen in the ranks that qualify per thier rules. None of these guys make thier living from just fishing and are weekend warriors. I have said and still say with the cost of living, fuel for both boat and tow ri...

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Gene, do you have any 12 ga. trap loads or field loads 71/2 or 8's?

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Don't get there early, they are now doing clean/dry inspections and I don't think they are there at o dark thirty. They also close the lake early when they go home. Maybe someone else who has been there or to the big lake of forebay can say when they start the inspections.

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7' 11' Shimano Crucial XH swimbait rod $150 7'11" Okuma Guide Select XH swimbait rod $100 6'6" Okuma EVX crank bait rod used once $65 6' GLoomis GL2 med xtra fast $90 7'3" Fenwick HMG med hvy$100 7' 11" Shimano Crucial flipping stick med hvy extra fast $150 6'8" all star pro...

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Marty it is a great lake but can get windy, look for coves with tumble weeds in the spring, nothing like having the boat 25 ft from the bank and being in 150 ft of water, throw a darter head, senko out and wait for it to stop at 30 to 40 ft. I will look you up next time I'm out that way. There are a...

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Thanks to River2Sea for making this happen. We had a lot of fun catching dinks, next year I may even go to the delta more than once a year and stand a chance. Nice meeting you at the event also.

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