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Sunday, September 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 75 to 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bass fishing here has been good with fish being caught in the 2 to 4 pound ranger. There have been a few 7 and 8 pound bass caught but for the most part there in the smallier class. Most anglers i talk too are using jigs brushogs & crankbaits. there is some top waer action early morning also late afternoon there a buzzbait bait also. Traffic still heavier on weekends and the lake is low but stable. Places to fish dam area,under water humps or island rock piles dropoffs ( swimmming area ) creek channels. Bass are in 3 to 20 feet of water. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Jig sizes 1/4 oz. bullet or 1/4 or 3/8 oz. arkiehead Jig colors Brown /Lite pumpkin green, Black/blue, Junebug, Trailers yamamoto twin tail 4" grubs in watermelon red/black flake, junebug, dark green pumpkin, rootbeer red/gold flake. Crankbait colors have been perch or crappie pattern colors and 5 to 8 foot runners. Drop shot Pro worms purple death is a good color to throw now. Buzzbaits in shad patterens are working also.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: HIGH 70'S LOW 8

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake is low and stained be very carefully as some shallow areas are not marked with bouys fishing is fair on junebug or black/blue bullet head jigs in 1/4 & 3/8 oz. Also senko's are working in watermelon red/black flake and junebug colors hooked wacky style. 559-689-3255
    City: Kerman ca

    Tips: Swimming a jig right now work well here in depths of 3 to 15 feet of water used with a 5" single tail grub (yamamoto)

Monday, August 13th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 78-81

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: there was a small topwater window from 5:30 to 7:00. was on the water with 9 in the boat. the biggest was 3.12.caught couple of them jiggin in the tree's. once sun was out found them dropshotting in 20 to 30 feet.
    City: visalia

    Tips: had a guy on the bank ask me if a fish was big enough to keep when it was only 15 inches (maybe). when I told him no he said f**k it and said he was gonna keep it anyway. Took some convincing for him to throw it back. where is fish and game when you need it! becareful there was a boat up on some exposed rocks, hope its ok if he gets it off

Friday, August 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: +/- 80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started at about 8pm. Seemed like lots of boats on the water. Tried jigs, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, worms, cranks, the whole box. One fish about 3 lbs and one about the same that came unbuttoned. Fished til midnight. Worst fihing ever for this lake.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Wish I had some. LOL

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 79-83

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake is getting low. New parking lots and boat ramps are made. We got on the lake at 6AM and fished until 12PM. We caught around 30 ranging from 10"-19". Biggest was 3.6. All the fish were caught on Carolina rigged plastic worms Oxblood in color. Fish were caught in 6-20' and the bigger fish were the deeper ones. There's quite a few bowies showing up.
    City: Los Banos

    Tips: Fish submerged rocks and trees.

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 82 to 84.4

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This lake is droping a foot a day on its way down to 11,000 acre feet. Bass are supending off of rock piles points and in trees and over brush piles. Alot of smallier bass right now are being caught 12 to 16 inch fish are all over the lake right now in 3 to 16 feet of water. The larger bass are still been caught but not in the numbers they were like a few weeks ago. Night fishing to beat the heat is the way to go now. Senkos, jigs, brushogs,spinnerbaits and crankbaits are all working right now.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Early morning or late evening after 4:00 pm the bite at both ends are fair still good bass to be caught. I would stick with a jig as you can cover alot of water and fish them very slow and swith from double tail grubs to a single tail 5" grub swimming these baits are deadly right now on any lake. 1/4 or 3/8 oz bullet head jig works very good any watermelon or pumpkin green greenflake works good right now.

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for a little night fishing. Not a great bite only boated 5 fish. 4 of them were dinks, but one was my new best! An 8lb even. The water is still dropping I think the lake will be just a puddle in a few weeks.
    City: Chowchilla

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 78-81

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water at 6:00 and started with topwater. baby bass rico was the only thing i could get them to hit. caught six but only one was 12+. Switched to a jig in the tree's in the 5 mph. The bite was consistent and the fish were bigger. best fish was 5.2 off the jig. caught them until i left at 11:00.
    City: chowchilla

    Tips: I love this lake. 15+ fish in only a couple of hours. catch and release so everyone can have this much fun. get on the water early and off early to avoid the heat.

Monday, July 16th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at 0430. Could not get the top water bite going for me. Started with the crank bait, hold on. Caught 6 fish in six casts. Biggest was 4lbs 10 ounce. It kept up the whole time I was there. Off the water by 1030. Great day.
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: When I was leaving I spoke with the ranger. He said the lake was at 57,000 feet. The plan is to drop it down to 11,000 feet before summer is over.

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    Water Temp: 79-84

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We were on the lake from 6 am to 3 pm. We caught 30-35 fish. 6 were between 2-4.5 lbs. Caught them on Oxblood worms and watermelon lizards Carolina style. Water has dropped 10 feet since last Saturday and still dropping.
    City: Los Banos

    Tips: fish submerged rocks.

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

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    Water Temp: Hot 80&

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from about 7PM till 1AM Had great hits on jigs and crankbaits early evening. Once the sun set I went to black blades and black/red rattle jigs. The bite was great boated about 20 fish some in the 5+ but most in the 11/2 to 3 pound range. No big fish to talk about this time. I had not been on the lake for about 5 weeks Man is it dropping. I guess in about 2 months we will just dip them out with nets. I just hope we don't loose fish to the low water. This is one of the best bass lakes in the state. I know because I have been fishing a lot of the other lakes and I still think this is the best.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Fish the rock piles and tree lines deep 5' to 10'days and at night they move up to feed so punch the coves and up wind side on the banks.
    The fish will be on the up wind side when it's blowing and the shade side on the rocks and trees when the sun's out. If there is a lot of boats fish the INSIDE of the rocks as they will use them as wave breaks. There now go have a blast and please put them back in the water where you catch them so someone like me can catch them again.

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: on saturday ,caught 3 @ 3-4 lbs on calonina rig
    with melon colored lizard and medium brush hogs
    had a great day even in 100 degree weather
    wife caught her first big bass...
    we love this lake good luck!
    City: fresno

    Tips: best fish caught on carolina rig at 25' ayn thing
    melon colered seem to get good results inthe morning and 3/8 white spinners did well later in the heat good luck please catch & release

Monday, July 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 81.3 to 84.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This lake is dropping 5 feet a week but bass fishing is still very good here with reports of some bass in the 7 to 8 pound range. There still alot of bass from 12 inches to 4 pounds been caught on a variety of lures. Jigs still seem to be leading the way here with topwater early morning and late evening.Senko's hooked wacky worm are also working here. Traffic is heavy on weekends. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Beat the heat night fishing here has been very good on jigs & 5" twin tail grubs as trailers on flats dropoffs rock piles and in the trees.

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 79.4-83.7

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the lake at 6 AM and caught fish until we left at 2 PM. Me and my partner caught 30-35 fish between 8-12" and 5-10 fish between 13-17". We used top water, crank baits, and Oxblood 6" worms(most were caught on these). The water is getting low. It has dropped atleast 25' in a month and half.

    Tips: Fish structure

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 80.1 to 83.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This lake is still producing bass to 4 pounds top water and jigs and crankbait seen to be catching most of the bass. There been a few bass caught in the 7 and 8 pound range but most bass are 12 inches to 4 pounds. Traffic is light on weekdays but heavy on the weekends the lake is droping about 5 feet a week. Early morning bites been good and the late evening bite also. Lake is on it way down to 10,000 arce feet min pool. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Again trees drop off rock piles and under water humps these places will hold bass as the lake drops. big structure is starting the show now.

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 76-79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I have been to Eastman twice during the last two weeks. On June 24, 2007, the bite was on all day and the quality bite was on also. We had two limits over 20 lbs with the best five 23+ lbs. Big fish was 6.56 and we had another 5 lb fish. We caught fish in Topwater, Jigs and swimbaits. On June 30, 2007, the bite was all day but the quality was off. We did have one big fish between 7-8 and several other fish in the 2-3 lb range. The bite was a little bit slower, most likely due to the full moon but all in all we had a great time.

    Tips: Topwater and Jigs were the best producers.

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    Water Temp: 81.3 to 83.1

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Very light traffic for a friday night and the size of the bass were also smallier bass from 10 inches to 2 pounds. Big bass was 5 pounds caught by fishing partner Dewayne Lucckesi on 1/4oz arkie head jig hunter green jig with 208 watermelon twin tail yamamoto grub as a trailer. Bass were in 12 to 35 feet of water. Very windy again and the top water bite was slow for us.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: rock piles flats with deep water points are all holding bass here.

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 76-80 F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from sunset to sunrise. We caught and released over 30 fish biggest was 8lb 5oz. I caught it on a puff ball jig from jigs tackle. I personally only caught 9 fish but all were over 5 pounds. My buddy caught the rest using a wacky rigged senko. I also got a 6lb on a jointed jitter bug. The bite died around 2:30am when the moon went down. All colors of senkos worked and I mainly used brown, purple and black, blue jigs with a Kalins lunker grub as a trailor. I forgot the color but it was brown with a chartreuse tail.
    City: Roseville

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 77.0 to 79.1

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: THURSDAY WAS VERY WINDY BUT THE BITE HERE WAS UNREAL IN 15 TO 18 FEET OF WATER ON HUNTER GREEN/RED FLAKE 1/4 OZ ARKIE HEAD JIGS (LEFTY'S LURES )4" TWIN TAIL YAMAMOTO 208 RED/BLK FLAKE GRUB AS A TRAILER. DONT LET THE WILD STOP YOU FROM HITTING AREA WHERE IT THROW YOU AROUND. WE GOT TOSS MOST OF THE TIME WE WERE FISHING.6' 6 " MED HEAVY SPINNG ROD 10 LBS. TEST LONG CAST CONTACT BOTTOM IT GETS WILD IN SOME AREAS AS MANY AS 6 TO 8 BASS OFF SMALL STRUCTURE.AND THEY HAVE SIZE IN THE RIGHT AREAS OF FISHING. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman

    Tips: POINTS BASE OF ROCK PILES AROUND BRUSH PILES LEDGES MAIN BODY HELD THE BETTER BASS. IF THERE WIND THEY WILL BITE

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wen't out today had the best fishing in a while .It was great after a bad tournament.Started up about 12:30 started with buzz baits had atleast 10 2/4lbs .Then decided on a spook with a buzz bait. Thats when it got good within three cast i hooked into a five pounder out by the danm.The top water and buzz bait bit lasted all after noon.
    City: merced

    Tips: Look for big rock piles in the 5 to 10 foot range .Also hammer those trees and bushes piles real well its werth the outcome even if you lose a lure or two.