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Thursday, August 7th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: 1 bite,1 ish,1 lost lure.that about sums it up.
    City: antioch

    Tips: dont cast into a tree.

Monday, August 4th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: i want to thank tom and alex or letting me join there ishing tourny.i had a good time and would love to try it again some time.you might call it beginers luck that i won today but i owe it all to the big red crawdads.i saw in the water today they were all around the lake.i thought early to my sel i there are crawdads bass got to be eating them.and they sure were.i cought all my ish today on a crawdad color crank bait.the biggest going about 3and a hal maybe.2 two pounders and 2 pound and a halers.my biggest strength in ishing is throwing crankbaits.something my dad tought me.thanks dad.again thanks to alex and tom i had a great time.seeya guys next time. ish_n_ool
    City: antioch

Saturday, August 2nd, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Nice day out there started at around 6:00 am and had A small limit by 7:00 am all ish I got today were all keepers best ive going around 7-8 lbs.Most ish were on the top with a sammy The rest those ish were on a jig and a senko all in all good day 8-10 ish today o the water at 11:00 am
    City: pittsburg

    Tips: Top water and they wanted it bad would hit it sometimes 3 times beore taking it great top water day!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: This evening I went ishing with my dad rom 6:20-8:00. I stuck one ish today on the island in that cove by the boat ramp. It came on a Whte Snag Proo and went 2lb. 3oz. My biggest rog ish so ar. Not a huge ish but not a bad one. Ater that my dad and I went over to this little spot by channel point tha thas some scum and stu. On my irst cast I missed one that was probably a pound. He took it and I set the hook and he came undone ater 2seconds. I should have waited a little longer. I missed another small one that hit my rog but didn't suck it down. My dad trew out to this spot by some tules and a bass nailed it. I herd some splashing and looked over and then the ish came o. It was probably a good 3lb. ish too judging by the size o the splashing. That was all the action or the night and then we let.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Try rogs in the scum and matted weeds. White has been my best color so ar.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: First o...FROGGIN'RULES. Second...Tom was right about the good overcast weather. I went out this evening to see i I could get some topwater ish. I ished rom 5:15pm-8:40pm. I got my irst limit o bass at Loma. Whoohoo! The irst ish came on my ith cast o the day on a Chart. Snag Proo Frog. It with about 5lbs o weeds. Haha. It went 1lb. 6oz. and it even gave me a little present. LOL. In the mix o weeds was an old Hula Popper colored like a bird. I got one{1lber) on a buzzbait about 45min. later but it came o. I went on the island and went right and ished the mats o vegetation. I switched over to my white Snag Proo and on about my 10th cast got one. It came up to th rog and boled on it but didn't take it. Then I gave the rog 2 more twitches and then it nailed it. It went 1-5. Then Ten minutes later right as my rog came o the mat and hit open water one hit it. I couldn't see my rog so I reeled down, elt the ish tuggin', and set the hook hard. Big ish o the day, 1-9. I then went over towards channel point and ished with my rog in this little area o about 1t o water. On the way over I oun a pop-r and snatched it. I missed a good 2lber because I set too early, another one because o settign too early, and another one that hit it twice but couldn't even take it under. Then I got an 11ozer on the rog. At about 8:35 I got one on a Pop-r that went 1lb.4oz. My mom picked me up at 8:45.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Frogs, rogs, rogs! Twitch 'em ontop o weed mats and scum. I don't know i it made a dierence, but I had a wide black bar on the bottom down the middle o my Chart. rog and spots on the bottom o my white rog. And I know that this made a dierence...I was using the EWG Gamakatsu Frog Hooks. Every ish I got on the rog was hooked in the bony part o the top jaw with both hooks and the hooks went all the way through. Try poppers when it gets later.

Monday, July 28th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went ishing in the evening only or about an hour with my dad and my little sister. I anly ished an hour because my little sister was bothering me and wanted to go right away. The water level is way down. I got there at 7:15 and ished until 8:15. I started o in the cove by the boat ramp. There is a pretty good sized mat o cheese over there. I used my white snag proo or about ive minutes and got a blowup. I wasn't looking at the rog and just started to continue my retrieve and the I elt weight but beore I could set the hook he spit it out. It was only about 1.5lbs. About 5min. later I got another blowup rom a little guy about 5t. away rom where I got the other hit. I didn't set the hook too early like I have been doin and looked or the rog to see i it was gone. But it wasn't. That ish probably wasn't even a pound though and hardly even big enough to eat the rog. Ater that I ished by the boat ramp by some matted vegetation but didn't get any blowups. I caught one little 4in. bass on a Trout Magnet and then let.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Try twitching rogs ontop o the cheese. I'm sure I probably would have gotten at least one ish out o there i I hade ished it a little longer or got there earlier. Pay close attention to your rog so you can see the strike i you don't hear it.

Saturday, July 26th, 2003

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    Water Temp: high 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started o roggin ended roggin. Caught two ish on about 8 blowups. Started by the boat ramp. Water is real shallow. First cast I had a blow but no take. Finally got to the cove by the bridge. Theres a circle o tules in about 1 oot o water. Almost impossible to get a cast in there. But I did my best to throw over the top and as soon as it lands. BOOM. A nice 3lb ish jumps all over it. I had no time to set the hook or give slack. The ish jumps out o the water and is gone. I was still pretty happy. Nice little excitement on a hot day.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: Throw a rog catch a ish. Right now anyway.

Friday, July 25th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the loat tube out and started about 3pm.,went let rom the launch pad to big tule point.immediately hooked and lost a modest size keeper in the still water created by the grass beds on a black/bl.lk. senko.Tried a couple ew more casts and switched to buzzbait/terminator-chart./wht. and got one hookup that came unbuttoned,and a good explosion with no hookup.Ater about a zillion more casts on buzzbait I moved down the tule wall casting that same senko and caught a shaker and a 1.5pound keeper which ought like a much bigger ish [10lb. line].changed to Dominator blk/red lk. and brought in 3 more shakers one maybe a keeper,no willego board though.Finally at the end o the tule wall where the creek with bridge starts,I gently lipped that blk/red Dominator into tules , deadsticked it or about 30 seconds and landed a nice 5lb. beauty.All in all I`m satisied with action on a ew dierent baits and didn`t even touch my dropshot rig.Thanks to everyone who shares ino on this site.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Darker colored plastics,buzzbait when hot near grassbeds,catch and release.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: hey kotl guys do you have any room or another guy.im always reading your reports and i think i can hang with the big boys.j/k. but i not no tears here.do you just walk the lake or do you use boats/tubes?what days do you ish?or how long?do you win anything or is it just or un?i was walking my dog yesterday and i saw lots o little ish traped in the cove near the bridge i couldnt tell what they were but i think they were this years hatch.i hope not.but you got to let nature take its course or tell them not to lower the lake.

Thursday, July 24th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Tom, Aaron, and I all participated in KOTL VI today. For the irst time in KOTL history, someone pulled through with back to back wins...Me. Har Har! Fishing was interesting today. Just ater they got the lake level pretty much back up to ull, they lowered it about 4t in one day yesterday. It muddied up the water pretty good yesterday, but it cleared up a little bit today, but there was still no more than 2t visiblity tops anywhere. Anywho, like I said, I came in irst with 3 ish or 4-9, Tom came in 2nd with 2 ish or 2-8, and Aaron...well, he caught a lot o ish. Har Har. He can post a report about it i he wants to. d:o) I caught my 3 ish all on dierent stu...Spittin' Twitcher, drop-shot rig, and a buzzbait. My drop-shot ish happened to be a ish that I've caught 4 dierent times so ar this year. LoL. And he gains an ounce or two each time I catch him. heh.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: You can catch a ish doing just about anything this time o the year...

Monday, July 14th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well today we held KOTL V rom 1:30PM - 8:30PM, and I managed to snake by Tom by 2 ounces to get the coveted King o the Loma title. LOL. O course, it was only Tom and I, but we had the previous king there to deend the title, so it was all good. I got a limit or 6-4, and Tom just missed getting his limit but still ended up with 6-2. I caught my ish on a rog, drop-shot, and a Super Spook. Big ish or me was only 1-10, he was caught drop-shottin' an Aaron's Magic colored worm. I caught 4 ish drop-shotting, 2 on a rog, and 1 on my Super Spook. Just a bunch o dink 1# ish during the tournament. However, 5-10 minutes ater the tournament was over, I was walking back towards Tom because he said he had a big bullrog going ater his Wiggle Wog, so I went over to try and catch it with my red rog, but as I was walking over the bullrog took o. Well, I made it over to where Tom was so I decided to lip my rog out on the scum just or the heck o it...wouldn't ya know it...I hauled in a 3-9. That ish deinitely would've helped me to secure my lead 10 minutes earlier. LoL. I was scared that Tom was going to snake ahead o me by a ew ounces, but lucky or me it turned out to be the other way around.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: *Ribbit*

Friday, July 11th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went out to the lake at 6:15a.m. I started ishing by the boat ramp using my rog that I tweeked out so it could walk. I got one blowup on it but the bass didn't take it and got another hit a ew minutes later. I got the irst ish at 7:00 on a Pop-R which was just a 12"er. I went over to the cove by the boat ramp and at 8:15 got a 1-10 on the pop-r. Then I got my irst rog ish. A whole 12ozes. Oh well at least I got a rog ish. He almost swallowed it. I ished some loating vegetation mixed in with loating tules with the rog. Ater a while a bass completely exploded on it. It came halway out o the water. It dug down in the tules and spit the hook. It was at least 5lbs. Why is it that you always lose the big ones and not the small ones? LOL. I got another blowup where I got the 12ozer but missed it. I got about 7 blowups total on the rog all day and only got 1. I got a really small one on a buzzer but it came unbottoned. I got one more hit on the buzzerr but it didn't hook up. I let at 4:00.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Pop-Rs and rogs. I used a Chart. Snag Proo rog and walked it around weeds and crawled and twitched it ontop o the scum. When you get a hit, make sure the ish has it beore you set the hook. Don't be like me and set the hook way too early. Hahaha. I need to work on that. I also used a shad colored Pop-R.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today I went tubin' or the irst time with Alex. We started ishing at about 11:00 by the dam. Alex got a ew drop shot ish and lost a big one. I couldn't get jack to eat my Pop-R. We worked our way down to the cove by the dam but didn't get anything. Alex started using a senko and caught two ish on the west side. Then I switched to the senko and got a 1-6. We went over by the dock over there and ater a while I got a little guy which may have been a keeper on the senko again. Then we went over to the east side a threw spinnerbaits. Alex got two and I got none. Me: 2 ish. Alex: 10 or 11 ish. Not a bad day. Tubin' is pretty un!
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Senkos.

Monday, July 7th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, Tom and I got out to do a little ishing yesterday rom the bank around 2:00 PM - 8:30 PM. I'm too lazy to write a detailed report, so here it goes. Three ish on the Pop-R (1-2#)... One ish on a jig (4#)... 2 ish on a prop bait (1#)... and 2 ish on a rog (1# & 9#)... I lost a giant bed ish, I never got a good look at her because her nest was almost directly under a log, but it was 7-10lbs anyways. I got her to eat a giant senko, but then she ran me into a log or something in deeper water and got me snagged and I broke it o. Now here's the deal with the 9lb rog ish. I was using a 1/2oz RED Snagproo Tournament Frog towards the end o the day. I picked up a 1lb 5oz ish with it in some slop, and turned to Tom and said..."How come I can only catch dink rog ish this year?" And then I told him, "That's the irst ish I've pulled out o slop. I've been catching all my rog ish in open water this year." So ater that I began ishing more open water with the rog, and it must've been about 10 minutes later Aaron and his cousin came walkin' on by. He stopped to talk to me or a minute, and as I was ishin' the rog, I turned to talk to him and as he did he 9lber just gobbled it down. It was quite the battle. I brought her in and weighed her with my new digital scale and she went 9-2. Tom came runnin' over rom the other side o the cove, and he snapped a ew pics with his digital camera and I posted one o them under the photos section.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: RIBBIT!

Saturday, July 5th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, I went out to the lake tonight with just a couple o rods and a pocket ull o tackle mainly to just mess around with some topwater ish. I walked in on the backside so I could ish the back cove at around 6 PM. I began throwing my pink Pop-R, and on about my 4th cast I had about a 4lber chase my Pop-R down, but didn't eat it. So I quickly ollowed up with a senko where I saw the 4lber swim o to, and I saw my line jump pretty quick. I set the hook, and my line broke instantly though. Senkos just don't work on 6lb test. haha. Well, I kept throwing the Pop-R and about 5 minutes later, once again, I stumbled upon a great big bed ish. Why do I always seem to ind them when I don't have my bed ishing lures? Well, I threw a senko at her and a jig, but ater I ished or her or about 10 minutes she disappeared and didn't come back or a while. So I continued on ishing with my Pop-R and caught one 12". Ater I ished that bank, I returned back to where I saw the big bed ish, and there she was about 2t rom the bank. I busted out my lippin' stick with a 3/8oz blk/blu Bass Stalker Jig w/ a big 4" twintail black w/ blue lk yammamoto grub trailer. I pitched it out beyond her and began hopping it back, then when I got it right next to her head, I thunked her in the head pretty good with it. She turned her head really quick and I saw her mouth lex but I wasn't sure i she actually ate it. Then she started swimming away and I didn't see my jig anywhere, so I set the hook and VIOLA!! What a ight too. I landed her and thought...man, this could beat my lake record! Well, lucky me now...here I am, with no scale and no one around to take a picture and by now the ranger's station is closed. So I sat there holding her in the water or what must've been 5-7 minutes trying to igure out what to do. I tried to call Aaron and tell him to get his butt over there with his scale, but he didn't answer his cell phone. So I called my riend Ken and told him that I could be holding the next lake record in my hands and to go to Wal-Mart and buy a digital scale and I could pay him back and to get over to the lake and take some pictures. haha. Well, luckily I ound a garbage can with a brand new garbage bag in it, so I swiped that out o the garbage can and illed it with water and put her in it. From that cove on the back side o the lake, I hauled her halway to cattail cove beore the bag broke. So then what I just would run her down the bank, and then hold her in the water or a while. And I kept doing that all the way to the lagoon. My shoes were pretty wet by the time i got there. haha. By now it was about 20-25 minutes ater I had caught her, and she still seemed to be doing well. I sat on the rocks at the lagoon or about 5 minutes when my riend Ken came runnin' down. He gave me the scale and I put her up on it...at irst it read 8-2...and I thought...aw come on! That can't be right! I didn't go through all o that or an 8lber!...then I took her o, and put her back on...this time it settled at 9-7...so I tried it one more time...and once again...she came in at 9-7. So close! But not quite a 10-3. Bummer! Well, I got plenty o pictures anyways, and then waded in the water a little ways and let her go...and she swam o like a champ!!! Well, ater that...I walked all the way back to the cove on the backside...because I let all o my stu hiding in a bush back there. I didn't have too much daylight let by then, and I started throwing the Pop-R again. The Pop-R action was pretty good as I proceeded to catch 4 more ish weighing 1-10, 2-2, 1-3, and 2-6. Then I called it a day!
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Topwater is always un d:o)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ok, here's the oicial standings o KOTL IV yesterday...1st - Tom, 2nd - Aaron and I. LoL. Tom kicked our aces yesterday weighing in 4 ish or 7-4. Then Aaron and I tied or 2nd place with 1-6. Tom also got big ish with a 3-6 that he caught lippin' a...*ahem*...what was that Tom? What kind o jig were you using? HAR! He used the Bass Stalker Jig that I gave him when he won the irst KOTL tourney. Anywho, Aaron caught 1 ish weighing 1-6, but I managed to scrap up two little 11 ounce ish to tie with him. I also caught another ish that wasn't quite 12" though. We started ishing at the boat ramp and just worked our way towards cattail cove all day. The ish that I did catch were all caught on a drop-shot rig. One by the channel point dock and the other two o the lagoon area rocks. However, i the ish would've just eaten my Pop-R yesterday...argh! I was throwing a hand painted PINK pop-r or most o the day yesterday and had 7-8 blow-ups all day that would've put me right up with Tom, but they just wouldn't eat it. Which was really weird because they'd blow-up on it, and it's not like they were short striking it either...it was just BOOM!!...and then I'd reel down to eel the ish, and they just weren't there! It was very rusterating. And yes, I did ind the big ish that Aaron caught in the last 30 minutes o the tournament. I ound it at 1:00, and decided my best bet or catching up with Tom was to catch that ish, so I spent the last 30 minutes going or her. So Aaron, technically, you can't even say that you could've won i you caught her in the tournamentm because there was no chance o that since I was the one ishing or it. HAR! But ya, I spent the 30 minutes trying to catch her, but then I let Aaron go or her...seeing as to how I had to leave or work and didn't have the hour and 45 minutes that Aaron took to catch her...har har! d:o)
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Topwater is working better in the middle o the day than in the mornings...drop-shot bite is also there or ya...

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake at 12:00 noon. I started throwing a Rodstrainer buzzbait by Channel Point and got one little hit while I wasn't looking. Didn't hookup though. I went across the bridge and threw my G-Splash and got a little 13ozer at 2:00. I went down a ew yards on the island and threw my trusty Chart./White Persuader with the cut out blade. I got a ew hits rom some small (6-12in.) bass but they couldn't even eat the lure. I got a 2-6 at 2:30. It was really chunky. It ought pretty good or as big as it was. It elt alot bigger. It started to swim into the tules and kind o under a tree but I yanked it out with my braided line beore it could bury in too deep. Then I ound this red shad worm on the ground and put it on my ultra lite and threw it out. I reeled it in like a crankbait and got bit but missed it. Just a little guy. Then at 4:15 I got a pretty good one on the buzzbait. It went 3-3. It too was really at. My irst 3lber at Loma and a good at one too. It elt a lot bigger also. I went over by the boat ramp and got a 1lb. 13oz. bass at 4:40. It too was really at and ought good. Then what happened next made me kind o sick and is still bothering me. I was reeling in my buzzer and there was a log in the water right in ront o it. I didn't want to get it snagged so when it got close I went to jerk it out o the water. Right when it was about to come out o the water a bass blew up on it and I only had it on or a split second. Judging by the size o the blow up and the weight o the ish that I elt or that brei moment o time, I'd say it was at least 5lbz. Maybe bigger. That was it or the day. I also hoad aobut 10 6-12in. bass hit my buzzbait but not a one o them hooked up. Stupid little terds.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Buzzbaits around grass and tules. Also try popper.

Monday, June 30th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out today with my riend on our tubes tried to sneek by without paying or launch but dident work lol started out with a sinco and hooked up to 1 and missed it. a nice 1 to. drited down the tollies by the other side o the pool got 2 there. went to the cove got another one there went to the dam....OMG great ishing got 8 there all 2-3 lb on a crank bait bomber missed a 5+ bass jumped out o the water shook its head and 'pop' the lure pops out it jumped about 2 eet out o the water (you guys no how that eels) then got another hook up which i dident see but was ighting like crazy it was a lunker or sure. pulled it up to the tube and then when i got it up there was just a lure. got a ew today it was a great day!!!!!!! at the end we ended up getting 11 ish (2-4 lbs) and also got alotttttttt o hits in the ar cove. there on all the little drops os. we tried my riends ish inder and that things a nice one helped alot to show drop os and deph. all rock ledges are great!!!! ive never had such a good day in our tubes and the un part was that they were all light polls. well we got 11 and missed 6 not to shabby i cant belive we missed six but still got 11. well good luck. p.s. aaron i dident try the spinners but i dident need to at this rate thanx or the advise
    City: antioch

    Tips: crank baits at the dam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i ur on oos the cove like crazy!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, June 24th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the lake at about 12:15. Started out on the East side with my G-Splash. Ater 15 min. or so I got a blow up and got a bass. It went 2-11. Not bad or my second popper ish. I then went over to the dam and started to drop shot. My line got tangled as my rig was sinking and when I got it untangled, I got a little 14ozer. That was it or drop shotting. So then I went over to the West side and tried with the G-Splash. I got it stuck in a tree and snapped it o but then was able to reach it with my lippin rod. Yes! Couldn't lose that lure because my sister got it or me or my b-day and also because it has caught me some ish. So I went to the spot where the big emale Alex lost was and looked to see i she was still there. Nope. So I head over to my ail-me-not buzzbait spot in the little cove back there and tied on my ail-me-not buzzbait. I got one on my second cast while I wasn't even looking at the buzzer. It pulled pretty hard. I put it on the scale and it said 2-9. I think my scale is o caus that looked like a 3lber. caus it was really at and chunky. But it was also kind o short. So I get another blow up a ew minutes later but lose it. Then something weird happened. I was reeling in my buzzer and there was no blow up and then i got a little 12" bass. It just kind o sucked it in. Then I got another weird bite like that and missed it. Got 3 more but lost them too. Let at 7:00.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Poppers, drop shots, buzzbaits.

Monday, June 23rd, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the lake Sunday with a good crankbait bite, no senko ish our top water.I did get one ish on a drop shot in ront o the swim area o the rocks it was really small ish.The crankbait bite was great got on a big squad o ish and loaded them up biggest 4.3 lbs and I lost some more that size our close to it.Fish were eating shad and shad where every where got about 8 ish rom 6:00 am to 10:30 am
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: Crankbaits in shad inish