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Sunday, December 24th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Merry christmas to all hope you have a safe holiday.
    City: kerman ca

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Trout planted 12/21/06
    City: kerman ca

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 51 to 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well the cold front showed up this weekend and the anglers didnt traffic was light over the weekend and the bass were in deep water there still are bass in the 12 to 16 inch range but the bite has fallin off on drop shot and jig fish. This may be the week they plant trout so that might help stir the bigger fish again. The ramps on both side of the lake are goods bets when the trout are dumped also try the dam area put the boat in 10 to 15 feet of water and throw out into deep water and fish up the face of the dam ( SLOW )Also the 5 mph in the deeper water slow down east wall in the 35 to 50 foot depth from east ramp to keepout bouys. the swimming area is also another good spot with a real nice ledge that run out there into deep water it should hold bass right now.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Slow down you might even try dead stickin your lure your throwing. The bite is softier than normal. dont look to put 20 fish in the boat but look for 5 to 6 bites in half a days fishing. If your using live bait the dam area is a good choice.

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 53to 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This last weekend produced some nice bass and swimbaits took top honors one angler had two bass over 10 pounds. most bass are still in the 12 to 17 inch range and are still in the 25 to 60 foot depth range. Drop shot and jigs are still holding there own. Area to target swim and dam areas also the 5 mph area alsoeast wall from ramp to keepout bouy line and both major points on that bouy line itself. Also target isolated rock and brush piles also. Slow down now and work these areas bigger fish will move in and out on these spots all day long. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Slow down and work the areas these bass will move in and out on structure. WeatherS going to really cool by sunday.

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED 7:30 AM

    I THREW SWIMBAITS THE WHOLE TIME ON THE WATER.I STARTED OUT WITH A BBZ-1-SLOW SINK, NOTHING.
    SWITCHED OVER TO A HUDDLESTON DELUXE-ROF 12 AND STARTED KEYING ON ROCK BANKS WITH DEEPER WATER ON THEM.FISHING PARALELL WITH BANK.
    4 1/2 POUNDER CAME OUT OF 14 FEET OF WATER.THIS FISH CRUSHED THE BAIT
    MY FIRST GOOD QUALITY FISH ON THE HUDD. I'VE SPENT ALOT OF TIME ON THE WATER THROWING JUST SWIMBAITS AND MY BEST ADVICE WOULD BE TO LEAVE EVERYTHING ELSE AT HOME.
    City: FRESNO

    Tips: DON'T BE AFRAID TO BLANK, THROW IT TILL YOUR ARM FALLS OFF.

    P.S.- BUY A LURE RETREIVER WITH THE CHAINS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WEIGHT,I HUNG UP MY SWIMBAIT 2 TIMES AND GOT IT BACK BOTH TIMES.I SAVED SO MUCH $.

Friday, December 8th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: RAIN IN FORCAST AND THERE WAS A TROUT PLANT LAST WEEK AND STILL MORE BASS IN THE 12 TO 15 RANGE ARE BEEN CAUGHT THERE ARE SOME BASS TO 4 POUNDS BUT THE NORM IS THE SMALLIER FISH. SWIMBAIT FISHING SLOWED SOME TRAFFIC HEAVIER ON WEEKENDS. BASS ARE HITTING THE DROP SHOT RIGS AND THERE STILL A GOOD BITE ON JIGS/YAMAMOTO TRAILERS. BASS ARE IN 20 TO 60 FEET OF WATER. I WOULD TARGET 2ND & 3RD RAMPS EAST SIDE THE DAM AREA ALSO SWIMMING AREA WEST SIDE AND ALL THE 5 MPH AREA. THE ISLANDS AND HUMPS UP TOWARDS THE DAM ARE GOOD SWIMBAIT AREAS. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: THIS TIME OF YEAR SLOW WAY DOWN JIGS MAKE AND KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM ISOLATED ROCK PILES AROUND BRUSH PILES DROP OFFS AND A CREEK CHANNEL WILL HOLD BASS THIS TIME IT SLOW DOWN DONT BE IN ANY HURRY THERE NO NEED TOO WORK YOUR AREAS YOU TARGET IT COULD PAY OFF BIG. ANY QUESTIONS E MAIL ME AT markinman51@aol.com

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I was sad to see Mark Inman go. This man gives accurate fishing reports, shares his techniques and secrets, only to be criticized by the web master for advertising the very lures he says catches fish. If his selling a few jigs without paying you advertising space hurts you that bad financially, well too bad. I hope to see him on Calfishing or Swimbait nation.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Buy Marks jigs and tear 'em up at Eastman. I hope everyone endorses Marks products in the narratives of their reports. God forbid someone mention that Huddelston Deluxes are kill'n 'em.. That's right, that won't happen because they're not paying for ad space!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: My partner and I fisheed all day and it was a slow bite for us. Lot of boats in tourney. We caught plenty of 12" fish with my 4lb and 3lb and my partners 5lb being the biggest. We fished 3rd ramp with not much success so we moved to the 5mph zone and caught some better fish. Saw others catching all small fish too. we caught most of our fish in 25-45' on rock piles with the 5lber coming out of only 12'.
    City: Exeter

    Tips: Fish SLOW, deadstick jigs, drag kreatures and senkos. Colors were blue and watermelon. Hope someone will post the tourney results.

Friday, December 1st, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tackle box on road 26 opens at 5 am every morning on the way too the lake.
    City: kerman ca

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ill be back i just need a break will still be fishing both eastman and hensley good luck to all.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Get after them

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Kicking Mark inman off of the website is a terrible idea!!!! He is the main reason that me and my family look at this site. The editor should call him and apologize imediatly!!! I am really dissapointed!!!
    City: CLOVIS

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my dad out today and caught 15. Biggest going 2-13. Bite was slow and deep. Lot of boats and only saw one person throwing swimbaits. All fish came from 25-35'. Fished submerged rockpiles. Used Mark's jig's to catch every fish-just changed the trailers.
    City: Exeter

    Tips: Brown/watermelon,Brown/blue jigs-3/8 ounce. Yamamoto watermelon single and twin tail grubs and Yamamoto watermelon craw trailers. Talked to a guy throwing 10" worms-dont know what color. Dead Sticked most fish. Good Luck!

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is my last reports on here as i offened the webmaster by posting picctures of my work in the forums so its best if i part ways with posting on this web site if you want info you can e mail me or read in the fresno bee on wed mornings paper. thank you very much for reading my reports.
    City: kerman ca.

    Tips: GOOD LUCK IN CATCHING THE BIG BASS AT EASTMAN

Monday, November 20th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Anybody fishing from tuseday till sunday the weather going to start getting cooler at nights and some days my stay over cast but that dosent mean the bass will lock jaw up that second and third ramps and the dam area are holding fish wheather throwin swimbaits or throwing jigs these fish are there. Like i said the patterns havent changed in many years here high water or low. Dont ever be afraid to try something different. Tube baits in 4 1/2" and 1/4 to 3/8 jig heads works well starting about now verticle jiging in water 25 to 40 feet deep get over your target area drop it down making contact with the bottom jig it let settle most time they well pop it as it fall back to bottom but remember dont pop the bait jig it and keep close to bottom as possible. and tube baits are good around rock pile edges on ledges and dropoffs. And small isolated rock piles. One more bait you can put in the tackle box. Next report ill talk about spoons.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: TUBE BAITS ITS TIME. SPOONS ARE GOING TO BE COMING AROUND SOON ALSO. COLORS FOR TUBES PUMPKIN GRN/FLK, WATERMELON/CRAWFISH, CHART/PEPPER, JUNEBUG, WATERMELON/RED/BLK/FLK ARE GOOD COLOR TO START WITH.

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 61.4 to 63.9

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well live bait still is the bait to use here crawdads are catching bass in the 4 to 6 pound range. there still a good bite on 12 to 15 inch bass also. The swimbait bite drop off from mid week but should hold its own traffic was heavier form weds to fri but drop off today. Live bait (crawdads)jigs,brushogs,sweetbeavers,drop shotting 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: FISH SLOW WORK AREAS WELL HUMPS DROPOFF EDGES OF ROCK PILES SECOND AND THIRD RAMP SWIMMING AREA DAM AREA AND 5 MPH FLATS ARE HOLDING BASS. SMALLIER BASS ARE SCHOOLING.

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got a chance to fish mid-week so I took advantage of it. I fished the drop shot for a while and continued to catch small fish in the 30 ft. range. I did catch a few slightly bigger fish than usual but tired of the 11 inch fish. I moved up and fished the 15 ft. range with a jig without any luck so I picked up my favorite reaction bait and started fishing shallow. Having few boats on the water, it allowed me to cover a lot of water quickly. I proceded to finally catch some quality fish. I probably had 10-12 bites or followers. I had 5 fish pushing the 3 lb. range. Finally some fish that pulled back. Great weather with very few boats to compete with.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: Better fish seemed to be shallow. Still lots of bites to be had in 30 ft. but most are small.

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    Water Temp: 61.2 to 64.7

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well from sunday to today it been good on bass from 2 to 5 pounds. There were two 9 pound swimbait fish caught one on monday and one today with the weather as nice as it is there should be more action through weekend. I got a good report on dropshotting pro gold and purple death both color are working well. Jigs in brown /green pumpkin tip with a watermelon red/blk flake 4" twin tail yamamoto work well bass are in 20 to 40 feet of water.Traffic heavier on weekends. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: For swimbait fish humps and islands in the dam area also major points on west and east bouy line swim area dropoff and also the second ramp parking lot on east side there are orange marker up allover the lake our just starting to show. dropshot jigs brushogs sweetbeavers there a variety of bait to use here. markinman51@aol.com

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: OK NOW THERE GOING TO BE SOME NICE WEATHER ALL THIS WEEK AFTER THE BRIEF STORM WE HAD HERES A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND TRY FOR THAT DD BASS THE HUMPS IN THE DAM AREA THE SECOND AND THIRD RAMPS ON THE EAST SIDE AND ALSO THE SWIMMMING AREA ARE HOLDING GOOD BASS ALSO BOTH MAJOR POINTS AT THE BOUY LINE HAVE BEEN KICKING OUT NICE BASS. LIVE CRAWDADS ARE TOPS ON THE LIST NOW WITH SWIMBAITS A CLOSE SECOND.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: SLOW IS THE WAY TO GO NOW TAKE YOUR TIME AND FISH AND AREA WELL.

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Here may be and opportunity the next two day if these storms that are suppose to come through to get on some really nice bass. this past weekend showed their was no letting up on bass in the 4 to 6 pound range. Again live crawdads were the number one choice for anglers there may be a good swimbait bite here too if this weather hold up.Jig fishing is also holding on strong if you have chance to get to this lake this week it may pay off for some big bass.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Fish slow and hit areas Humps and dam area are doing good also second and third ramps east side swimming area drop off and 5mp area brush piles and flats are all holding bass also main point west side at the bouy line has drop off to creek channel that a good area for live bait.

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62to 66.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Today was another good day as was friday bass between 4 to 6 pounds were being caught on live crawdads and there were some swimbait fish to 7 pounds around the islands and the dam area. First place in small club tourny produced a 18 pound 4 fish limit. You can catch bass from 10 to 50 feet here right now traffic is heavier on weekends lake is at 54 % live bait seem to be working well here. points dropoffs and islands in the damm area are all hold good numbers of bass. Also the flats like the second and third ramps on the east side are holding nice fish. The swimming area has a nice steep rocky dropoff that hold bass in the early morning as does the second ramp on the east side. 559-689-3255
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Fish slow and work there areas the bass are all over here from 12 to 15 inches to the bigger 4 to 5 pound bass. live bai swimbaits jigs brushogs & sweetbeavers all work colors any crawdad pattern any trout pattern junebug lite pumpkin green jigs in 1/4 to 1/2 oz bullet or football head work well yamamoto twin tail grubs seen to edge single tail grubs. markinman51@aol.com