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Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: WATER FINALLY STABILIZED, FISH TO HAVE GONE DEEPER MANAGED TO CATCH A COUPLE. NOT A GREAT DAY BY ANY MEANS.VERY WINDY SATURDAY EVENING AND THE MOSQUITO'S \ GNATS ARE REALLY BECOMING A PROBLEM. GETTING AROUND IS HARD ENOUGH WITH WATER LEVELS AT PRESENT LET ALONE WHEN YOU AD WIND.WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK-SEE YOU OUT THERE !!!
    City: turlock

    Tips: ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE NOTICED .SOME GUY'S AREN'T USING ANY NAVIGTION LIGHT'S. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE GET HIT AT NIGHT NOT USING LIGHTS.IT AIN'T PRETTY ON EITHER SIDE :BE SAFE NOT SORRY

Saturday, August 21st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78-84 depending

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Visibilty is nill! 6" at the best...several times we scraped rocks on the bottom of the hull while using the trolling motor-good thing we werent haulin tail thru there! Lake is REEEEEALLY low-I have fished here since it opened and have NEVER seen it this low....30 boats on the lake and there was practicually no place left to fish! Annnnyway just be careful not to damage your boat if you go. We did manage a fish or 2-several dinks in the 5"-13" size but I was rewarded with a very nice fat 3.5lber! We caught everything on either a Spro crankbait or blades. Tight Lines,BE CAREFUL UP HERE!!!
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: WAtch for underwater obstacles! Go slow on this lake right now!!!

Saturday, August 14th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT THIS WEEKEND DID OK.CAUGHT FISH ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE . NOTHING BIG MOST ALL SMALL COUPLE 2-2.5er's .FOUND OUT LAKE WILL NO LONGER BE DRAINED. THAT'S GREAT NEW'S. MOST OF MY FISH ARE COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE BUSHES'S IN 1-3FT. DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO GO DEEP.STILL HAD A GOOD TIME,SEE YOU ON THE WATER.
    City: turlock

    Tips: $$$-ON THE MENU-$$$ I WAS SERVING UP BRUSHHOGS :WATERMELON-ALSO SHAD COLORED CRANKBAITS + BRN-BLK PIG&JIG . TO ME THEY REALLY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE IT WAS MORE ABOUT LOCATION. CATCH & RELEASE

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT THIS WEEKEND DID OK.CAUGHT FISH ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE . NOTHING BIG MOST ALL SMALL COUPLE 2-2.5er's .FOUND OUT LAKE WILL NO LONGER BE DRAINED. THAT'S GREAT NEW'S. MOST OF MY FISH ARE COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE BUSHES'S IN 1-3FT. DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO GO DEEP.STILL HAD A GOOD TIME,SEE YOU ON THE WATER.
    City: turlock

    Tips: DON'T GIVE UP SO EASY. CATCH & RELEASE

Friday, August 13th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80 degrees

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I went on a friday and I did really good I caught 4 monster bass on Northwest side of the lake. The bite is low when it is dark in the morning, When the just about to peak out thats when bite is really great. My brother took one 22 inch, and my friend timmy took a 23 inch 7 pounder.
    City: Madera

    Tips: Do not give up, and use greenweenies and wartermelon senkos.

Friday, August 6th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: hey Juan, what did you use and where(depth) did you catch your fish, I've gone 5 times(@night) with nothing.
    I agree the rules are set for a reason lets all do our best to obey them and another thing hooking a fish deep in its throat doesn't automaticly mean cut the the line.
    I have lost a couple fish when they couldn't equal out and they would float, Tips?
    City: fresno

    Tips: for a fish hooked deep: use locking pliers and grab the eye of the hook from behind (through the gills) the fish and carefully bring the eye of the hook out through the gills.Then let the pliers hang(locking) and with other pliers go in through the mouth and grab the stright cruve of the hook and work it out carefully. Unlock the hanging pliers and FREE the fish with no questions.Thank you!

Wednesday, August 4th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out saturday night and really kicked ass. Caught 6 all together .With a 7.8 to go with that. Fishing is awesome at eastman hopefully they won't drain the entire lake.With all the nice fish coming out of here now is a good time to practice CATCH & RELEASE.See you on the water
    City: turlock

    Tips: Practice CATCH & RELEASE, IT IS SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. LET'S NOT BLOW A GOOD LAKE. I,VE SEEN LOT'S OF PEOPLE TAKING SMALL FISH @#@#@$#@

Friday, July 16th, 2004

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: It costs 4.00 for car or truck and boat 4.00 is it.
    the lake is open to night fishing also now. good luck.
    Don.
    City: dos palos

    Tips: Crank!

Sunday, July 11th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: sorry this is not a report but what are the fees like to launching a boat on this lake. Thx for your responses
    City: visalia

Friday, July 2nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: senkos and spiners early both in shades of green. medium size cranks after 10:00. caught about 7 on the morning bite and 2 after 10:00. not much size except a 7.5lb one on baby bass crankbait
    City: fresno

    Tips: once the sun gets high the bite shuts down

Monday, May 31st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 71-73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Through top water till 10:00 with no luck. Tried everything I know and still nothing. Caught first fish on rip bait around 11:00. Kept throwing that till noon and no fish. Tried a water melon Sinko with red and black flack as last ditch effort. Caught 4.2 Lbs'er and a 6.4 lbs'er in ten min. Called it a day after that.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Water Melon Sinko's with Red & black flake in 10-15 Feet of water.

Saturday, May 15th, 2004

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have heard that you can now fish at night from a boat here , is it true??? they told me at chow chilla fair
    City: Dos palos

Saturday, April 10th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 65-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: started before sun up in the trees. My bubby caught two small ones on a worm, I got one nice fish one a popper and another came clear out of the water for it, I lost it cause I pulled while the fish was still in the air, looked like a nice 3lb+ it was very disappointing. Caught one more nice fih in the trees on a crankbait he went a little over 3.5lbs. Went to the eastside of the lake and worked south, caught about 7-8 small fish and one 4.3lbs on worms. moved to the westside and caught one. Wind startd to blow and it was getting hot so we called it a day at about noon.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Tournament seemed to shut the fish down cause the day before we caught about 10 more fish and one 6lbs. hawg
    A lot of big fish are jumping early in the morning, does anybody know why?
    where can I find out how that tournament turned out?

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., my buddy and I had boated 6 and lost a few. The fishing was really tough. There was a BASS club holding a tournament, and they were all roughly catching the same amount if not any. It was not as active as it was normally. Saw a few fish on beds.
    City: Lemoore

    Tips: Try everything and anything... We drop shot most fish that were caught. One fish was caught on a spinner bait.

Sunday, April 4th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went fishing today with out my Carp buddy Phil from LOS OS;OS caught a dozen fish by noon ;five to ten feet mostly on keeper worms 10=18 inchers nice healthy fish,weather nice light breeze,good day,missed my Buddy Phil,I show him all my EASTMAN SECRETS it makes him a better fisherman.By JJV Madera Cal.
    City: Madera

Saturday, March 20th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my partner were the second boat on the water, not much wind everything looked perfect. Started shallow 1 to 10 feet, partner caught one quick that went 2.5 pounds. We did'nt get bit for about another 30 minutes, it seems like this lake is just being fished very hard right now. We caught fish all over the lake, but most of them were small, I broke one off near the keep out bouy line. We caught them on jigs worms and brushogs, all shallow. Are biggest fish was just under three pounds. We ended up catching 14 fish but not as good as I wanted to do. Oh well it was still fun and a great day. Good luck!!
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Keep fishing a wide range of depths, fish are from the surface to 15 feet or more and there crusing all over the lake.

Friday, March 19th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 67-71 depending

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Bass fishing with my friend JJV of Madera.
    Probably 40-45 fish total. A lot of 12 inch males and some healthy 17-18 inch fish. Most were close to shore with some around rock piles. Berkley 7" power worms, Berkley 10" power worms, Keeper 6" "camo" worms, pig&jig and others. They were definitely on the bite.
    But the bonus of the day.....
    Around 8AM I was playing around with a Berkley worm on "drop shot" in the north cove and a fish hit that bait like a freight train. I was using 12lb. Trilene with a spinning rod. I fought that fish for at least 5 minutes and I was sure I had the new world record for large mouth bass. The drag on the reel screamed. My arm ached. I could see my name in the newspaper... I finally wore it down and brought it close to the boat and I could see that it was a huge fish. Yes, a giant CARP. 32" long and about 18-20lbs. Oh well, it was fun. And it was a beautiful day and I spent time with my friend JJV.
    City: Los Osos

    Tips: Wear your sunsreen! SPF45!

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 63 to 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I had to come back since I did well the day before started similar to the day before but as soon as I started casting the bass were biting. I took one of my buddies that had never been there and he loved it. My first fish was a three pounder and I was pumped, I had 3 three pounders by 9:00am. Got in to a real nice one that would have went 8 or 9 pounds but luck was not on my side and the fish was able to spit the hook. The fish were biting all day around 12:30pm I caught a 5.1 pound bass. Nice fish that just made my day me and my partner caught a couple more and then called it a day. I ended up with 17 fish and my partner with 6 fish, my biggest five would have went around 16 pounds today so bringing my two day total to around 33 pounds, good enough for me. See ya out there and good luck!!!
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Just get on the water the bass are everywhere and they are active as can be. Try shallow but don't sit in one spot all day, it seems that fish move in and out all day. Good luck and God Bless.
    P.S. lots of two to four pounders on both days.

Saturday, March 13th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 63 to 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started around 6:00 am found fish up shallow in the weeds and rocks. After about 45 minutes of fishing I had one small fish then caught a 4 pound largemouth, then two casts later caught a three pounder. My partner was struggling to get a fish in the boat. We covered a lot of shoreline and found an area loaded with fish where we hooked up with a double, and caught a couple more fish. Went across the lake later in the morning and my partner was able to hook up with a fish. After not seeing alot of activity near the front of the lake we went back to where we had started. I was throwing a jig in about 5 to 15 feet and hooked up with a good fish. So we stayed in the area for a while and caught some more fish ended up leaving around 2:00pm. There was alot of fishing pressure, but everyone can catch some fish. My best five fish would have went around 17 pounds with two 4 pounders and three 3 pounders. Good day on the water and lots of fun, I caught 10 fish total and my partner caught 4 fish.
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Look for bass moving around in the morning, the big ones seem to be crusing in the middle of the day. Cast a variety of baits around for them and make a lot of casts that is the key, cover as much water as you can. Good luck and God Bles.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 65+or-

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tried it again-this time with my dad. Today I managed 3 and dad caught 1. 1 on a darter,1 on a ripbait and 2 on senkos-both of the senko fish were a tad over 2 lbs. I guess I just dont have the hot hand this year yet-yalked to 2 guys and they were doing "pretty good" on flukes which looked to be in alewife. 9 boats already on the water when we got there at 830. STILL did not see 1 fish in the shallows as hard as I looked,but both the senko fish came off trash pushed up against the shore. Hope this helps somebody out-Tight Lines.
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: AGAIN ANOTHER boat in the closed zone and so blatant....they saw us coming across the lake and snuck back into the open area and as soon as they could tell we werent rangers or the warden right back in the closed zone they went! I just couldnt enjoy it constantly looking over my shoulder for the law could you?