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Friday, April 22nd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: IF you like the wind this is the lake too fish senko,s and lizards and baby brushogs are all good baits too use here. FRIDAY afternoon was a good day on the water one of my fishing buddy was up here and did very well on bass to 4 pounds the big ticket was watermelon senko;s fished wacky style in 3 to 10 feet of water all caught in the 5mph area the bass are starting to work the shallows now and there are some bed fish. IN 5 hours he caught 15 bass from 2 to 4 pounds traffic is heavy on week ends lite on week days. also watch for rattle snakes and some rock piles are not marked.
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: senko's dead stick them wacky style works best in watermelon color & also watermelon red/black flake

Wednesday, April 20th, 2005

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A buddie and I hit Eastman shortly after sun up. Went to the dam and pounded the shore counterclockwise to the keep out section. My buddie Chris slayed some nice fish on a spinnerbait as I nabbed a 2pnd trout and two dinks on a drop shot and darter head. It was a little windy at the start, but it died down after a few hours. When the wind left so did the blade fish. Senko and drop shot fish took over after that.
    City: Tulare

    Tips: Wind = blades, no wind = plastic: (For us anyways) Q: can someone email with the reason for the closure of that nice looking piece of lake. I've only been to Eastman 4 times and I have always wondered.

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 55 to 60 +

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: dont let the wind full you some of the best fishing on the east banks of the lake can produce some nice bass to 4 lbs. 1/4 to3/8 oz brown/purple jig with a twin or single tail smoke w/purple and black flake ( yamamoto )grubs works well fish are in 3 to 12 feet of water. weekend traffic is very heavy as there is only one ramp open. early morning or late afternoon around 5:00 pm the bite picks up again some top water action on big zara spooks & rico's. senko's will also work on bass in the shallows hook wacky style watermelon red/black flake.
    City: kerman

    Tips: when it windy here trick is fish with a 3/8 to 1/2oz jigs or if throwing top water big zara spooks or big buzzbaits 1/2 oz work best fish the points & around rock pilesjust under the water& bushes these all hold fish when it windy. some of my best fish ever caught there is when the lake was white capping.

Monday, April 18th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 62-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Monday afternoon from 2:30pm till 7:30pm. It was tough fishing in the wind, but finally found some relief as far back in the 5mph zone as you can go. From 5:30 till 7:30 the bite really picked up. The fluke and senko bite I was hoping for finally materialized. I also had quite a few bites on a spinner bait. Those fish were all two cranks off the bank. These little cold fronts we keep having are frustrating. Saw lots of fish on the graph in the 15-25ft range but had no luck with the drop shot. Might not have been bass, but the marks on the graph looked great. A few more warm days and a full moon should help. The lake looks great a full pool. All the little pockets in the back looked perfect with bushes, wood, rocks, etc. in the water.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: Bite should keep getting better if we can hold on to some stable weather along with the full moon.

Sunday, April 17th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 63-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT SUNDAY TOOK FAMILY ALONG.BIG MISTAKE HORRIBLE DAY OUT VERY WINDY ALMOST EVERYWHERE ON THE LAKE.MY BATTERIE'S MUST BE GOING BAD BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH THEM IN ABOUT 3-4 HOUR'S.ANYWAY'S THE DAY DIDN'T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING .CAUGHT MY FIRST CRAPPIE EVER AND A VERY SMALL BASS. NOT YOUR TYPICAL EASTMAN OUTING BY ANY MEAN'S . I STONGLY BELIEVE THE FRONT SCREWED THING'S UP .WHEN I LEFT ABOUT 5:30 THE WIND WAS DYING DOWN AND MY BATTERIE'S WERE TOTALLY DEAD.
    City: TURLOCK

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My brother and I started about 7am went to south end of lake, caught 16 in this area. First fish a 3lber with split shot 5 ft of water all other fish catch with darterheads or dropshoting. total of 25 fish by 2pm. 2 under 12in all the rest were all 2lb or larger, the biggest I caught drop shoting with a 4" zoom dead ringer 7.5lbs.
    City: Bakersfield

    Tips: fish are in 2 to 10 feet of water, all hit the bait on the fall. seems like dark colors work the best.
    good luck
    Triton Boats Rule

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58 to 62+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: this weekend may be a good one for shallow bass senko's in 4 & 5 inch watermelon/red& black flake hooked wacky style.also brushogs in watermelom or pumpkin peper w/char tail works also carolina rig the hogs in 4 to 12 feet of water. ripbaits in rainbow trut pattern work in the early morning. in mid morninrto early afternoon jigs in 1/4 to 3/8 oz brown w/twin or single tail yamamoto grubs in smoke w/purple & black flake works well in 6 to 15 of water. theres a nice 3 lbs ave going here right now.
    City: kerman

    Tips: when fishing senko's pitch shallow and count down to about 5or6 and if you dont see or fill a bite reel up and cast again there will be fish up shallow and will eat that baitso be ready when they hit.i like useing a 6ft6in spinning rodspooled with 8lbs maxina green line. it is a blast too catch these fish on light line

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 2 fish off of purple/brown jigs with purple yamamoto twin tail grubs. Two fish were averaging 3#'s. Caught two more around 5:00 pm by the east dock averaging 3#'s off of blue ghost keeper worms. Too much kids to handle on boat so only 4 caught total. Seeing other anglers nearby catching a few fish as well. Water is dirty but fishing was fair to good.
    City: Fresno

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: some nice bass are being caught here nice 3 pound ave. there are some to 5 pounds. brown jigs in 1/8oz w/lite silicone pumpkin skirt with a yamamoto twin tail grub work well in 3 to 12 feet of water also baby brushhogs work well in watermelon green senko's work also hook wacky style. i fish them on 10 lbs. test line you should be able to catch some nice fish any where on the lake from shore or a boat its that good now .
    City: kerman ca

Monday, April 4th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 64+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake is way up! I got there @ 2:30pm and went fishless for the first hour..partner caught 2...we moved to the back of the lake because of the wind....caught a few in the coves...wind died down about 5pm then the bite was on... Robo/Senko/Creature Bait/ anything! We caught 20+ by the end of the day...biggest was 4.5....last fish!
    City: FRESNIO

    Tips: I think the carp are done....so i wiuld say in the next few weeks there will be some good activity up in the shallows......{hopefully} Looking foward to go for an early am bite!!

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58-59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lots of boats had already gone back behind the 5mph buoys so I headed to the east shoreline near the keep out buoys and fished pretty much to the ramp on the east side. I fished from before 7 to 11:30 and had about 10 bites. Boated 7 fish for the day. Best 5 went about 12lbs. I had one around 4lbs and one around 3lbs. Most bites came on pearl flukes. I also had one on a pointer and one a spinner bait. Got most bites very close to shore. Curious how others did. Talked to two other fishermen and they stuggled to catch fish. The bite should really bust loose soon. Keep your eye on Eastman through April. The lake is full and lots of cover in the water. The water has a coffee color to it, so visability was an issue. I like to watch the fluke fall, but you couldn't watch is for long before it dissappeared.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: I had to really slow down my fluke presentation to get bit. Let it fall a little longer than usual, especially on the initial cast. Got a lot of my bites before I even moved it the first time. Monitor the weather the next couple of weeks. The bite should get really good soon.

Monday, March 28th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 55to 59 +

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: sorry for the missprint markinman1@aol.com
    City: kerman ca.

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    Water Temp: 55 to 59 +

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: good bite here on bass in the 3 to 5 pound range eary morning bite on spinnerbaits in char/white 3/8 oz willowleaf blades also lizards in junebug or watermelon carolina riged work well. mid morning work the brush piles and trees with watermelon brushhogs and 3/8 to 1/2 oz brown jigs w/lite pumpkin silicone skirt tiped w/watermelon twin or single tail (yamamoto)grubs senko's also work too in june bug or watermelon. fish are in 3 too 10 feet of water. boat traffic is very heavy on weekends 559-689-3255 for more info.
    City: kerman6

Sunday, March 20th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WE HIT THE LAKE AT 8:00 AM IN THE MORNING STARTED ON THE THIRD RAM AND PARKING LOT ON EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE I WAS USEING A 1/4OZ BROWN/LITE PUMPKIN GREEN BULLET HEAD JIG WITH A SMALL TWIN TAIL (YAMAMOTO)GRUB IN WATERMELON FISHING IN 15 FEET OF WATER MY FRIEND AND I CAUGHT 24 BASS FROM 8:30 am till 2:15 in the afternoon big fish was a 5 3/4 lbs bass caught by my friend dewayne lucceski of madera.
    City: live in kerman ca.

    Tips: weather is sill up and down so fish slow from 4 to 20 feet rock plies humps and long points will hold fish right now keep in contact at all times swim your jigs your brushhogs also some blade action but the jig is byfar the best bait this time of year cover alot of water. good luck markinman1@aol.com

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    Water Temp: 56-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT SUNDAY ON A WET WINDY MORNING.KIND OF SLOW AT FIRST. BUT IT PICKED UP AS THE DAY WARMED-UP AND THE CLOUD'S MOVED AWAY.TRIED THE ENTIRE LAKE THIS TIME TRYING TO DODGE THE RAIN AND BOY IT PAYED OFF. I HOOKED INTO FISH EVERYWERE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.IT WAS A VERY SOFT SPONGY BITE IT WAS HARD TO DETECT STRIKE'S.NOT LIKE THE WEEK BEFORE WHEN THEY WERE REALLY SLAMMING IT.THE RANGER TOLD ME IT'S GETTING HIT PRETTY HARD ALL WEEK . HE SAID 3 FISH OVER 7#'S THIS WEEK LONE.SO THEIR GETTING THINNED OUT QUICKLY.NOT TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF TOURNAMENT'S AND THE AMOUNT OF BOAT'S . LAST WEEK I THOUGHT I WAS AT PEDRO IT 'S GETTING HAMMERED.WHEN YOU HAVE 5-7 BOAT'S FISHING A QUARTER MILE OF BANK IT'S BADDDDDDDDDD!
    City: TURLOCK

    Tips: FISH WISELY {BOAT ETIQUE} HAS SLIPPED THE MIND'S OF MANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Monday, March 14th, 2005

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake around 2:30pm,I was fishing from the bank started on the west side and fished until i got to the dam,didnt get a bite in that area.Proceded across the top of the dam towards the southwest side of lake fished the first bay seen one nice bass come out of water about 6 feet infront of me,cast my line at it no luck. decided to try some top water after seeing a few hitting on top,at this time it was about 5:00pm.threw a popper for a while did'nt feel confident about it so i switched back to 7" blk\w\rd flk zoom trick worm. Moved over to the next bay and caught 3 within a 50 yd stretch of the bank about 15 ft out. it was a nice afternoon.
    City: merced

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 63-64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Clarification on water temp:
    Water temp was 63-64 in the warmer areas. The Dam area was about 3 degrees colder.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: This time of year, look for the warmer water.

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    Water Temp: 63-64 dam area

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A cool spring day. Cloud cover all day long and warming water during the week allowed fish to move shallow. The water had a tanic stain to it. Approx 20 fish caught in 3 to 10 ft of water. Best 3 fish were 6, 5 and 3. The 3lb fish came on a brwn/prpl jig early, down by the dam, all of the other fish came on a wtrmln/red Senko related to shallow cover in a warmer part of the lake. Cover was anything from a single dead weed stick-up to green brush. All of the fish hit on the initial sink of the bait so pitching worked well, effectivley covering every target. Two pound fish were several, quickly admired and released. What a lake! All fish were released alive. Total wt for the 3 fish, 13.82 lbs
    City: Modesto

    Tips: NEVER give up. 5lb fish came at the ramp 10 minutes before weigh-in. "One more cast"...
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    Water Temp: 58-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT SUNDAY FROZE MY ASS OFF.THINKING IT WAS GONNA BE SUNNY & HOT I WAS NOT EXPECTING DECEMBER LIKE WEATHER . ANYWAY'S A BIT TOUGH DUE TO CHANGE IN WEATHER.BUT STILL MANAGED TO CATCH A FEW .LOST ONE PROBABLY BETTER THAN 8#'S.IM SAYING 8+ BECAUSE I SAW THE 6+ THAT THEY HAD FOR BIG FISH OF THE TOURNAMENT. MINE WAS CONSIDERABLY BIGGER. THEN I HOOKED INTO SOMETHING I REALLY DOUBT COULD HAVE BEEN A BASS. IT FELT LIKE A TRAIN PROBABLY A HUGE CAT.HE PULLED ME AROUND LIKE I HAD MY TROLLING MOTOR ON HIGH ,DONT KNOW WHAT IT WAS.ALL IN ALL TOUGH COLD WINDY FOGGY DAY BUT STILL HAD FUN.FISH ARE EVERYWERE IT'S GETTING REALLY GOOD
    City: TURLOCK

    Tips: FISH SSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY.SEE YA OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, March 10th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 61.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Myself and a buddy got on the water at 12 noon fished till dark using lizaerds an boated 15 bass that were 2 to 5 lbs up shallow in 1 to 6 ft water...had a few blow ups on top water too...
    City: Atwater

    Tips: use lizz an keep them moving......good luck