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Saturday, May 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: One o my best days in a long time. Caught alot o 16-21" but no keepers. Me and my buddy boated 20 total between 5:30am -2pm. Lots o action in the no wake zone in the shallows and near the dam bumping jigs and sluggo's. They will take any plastics though. The temp was about 90 degrees, and the ishing was just as hot.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Fsih the shallows slow, keep your shades on and watch the shallows or opportunities to spot ish. smill jigs with trailers and plastics work best.

Tuesday, March 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 62.5 to 64.1

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Several pounders were around the dock, like a school o Piranha. No wading! Arrived at 7AM water temp 62.5. Went to the North end behind the 5mph bouys. Ater about an hour o not even a smell on all sorts o plastics in the rocks and trees, decided to throw a crank. This is not a commerical or Bill Dance, but I was using a Suspending Fat Free Shad in the Threadin Shad color. Nothing complicated on how it was worked. They didn't want it ripped, stop and go, or paused or a count. Just throw it out and crank it in; walla, crankbait. 5:1-1 reel used. Caught 3 ootballs in the 2 pound range and one skinny gal about 4. The ish were in the cockel burrs, but had to stay back so as not to spook. They were skidish. All o the ish ate the bait almost as soon as I started moving it. I let at 11:30 and the water had warmed to 64.1
    City: Easton

    Tips: Not a an o crankin' as it is not un ishing. Try any place that has cockle burrs on the bank. The steep banks, thus deeper banks produced better. Good luck

Sunday, March 11th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Tried sot plastics, reaction baits and blades. From 11am-4pm. Not a bite Switched to trolling or trout and landed two nice rainbows by the back boat ramp. They hit a yellow Rooster Tail. Several boats were trolling with lashers and having success. However I didn't see a bass landed all day. The bass bite should come on anytime now, until then best bet is trolling or trout.
    City: Merced

Wednesday, March 7th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was on the lake in mid January. Bass ishing was slow but I hooked three nice rainbow trout by the dam on a gold cast master. The best o the three went 20 inches. So today I decided to try trolling the dam area again. Didn't get a bite. Headed over to the east side o the lake, beached the boat, and started soaking a inlated night crawler where I had metered ish in 10 t. o water. In less than ive minutes the rod was jumping out o the rod holder. Anyways I missed a big one. I ished the hole hard or at least an hour and got one more bite. Went back to the dam area and drited a crawler. Hooked a 3+ large mouth, in the same area I had ished with everything in the box. Just as I brought in the boat two other isherman came by and were impressed since they hadn't landed one all day. To quote him he said; "big ish to catch on a little riggin night crawler". Yah at least I caught one buddy. And he continued by as he through some little plastic thing that he must o got out o a happy meal box.
    City: Merced

    Tips: Use live bait. Or learn something most guys out here do not know.

Friday, February 23rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Only three boats on the lake today until 1pm when I let. I blanked without even a bite. Threw cranks, jigs, worms, and grubs. The wind came up and made it very diicult to hold the boat still. The lake is low waiting or runo. Will try again Sunday or FBC Tourny.
    City: Fresno

Friday, January 19th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Any buddy catching any slugs yet out o this lake. The big ish should be showing. Just wondering because people stopped leaving reports. I have been on a good grub bite at Hensley. The better days are the colder ones. I was just curious to see i any 10 pound plus ish have been caught this year. Last year I caught two over 10 pounds out o here a little later in the year.
    City: Madera

    Tips: Jigs and big worms always do the trick but have a crankbait tied on i it has been sunny or 3 or more days.

Thursday, December 21st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water about noon, and did not get bit until about three. We put two ish in the boat or the entire day. Nothing on the rocks,nothing deep on drop shot, or carolina rig. Got both ish in the middleo trees with a our inch witches tit reaper on the bottom.
    City: turlock

Thursday, October 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Raining too hard to work so we decided to hit Eastman. Man wasthat un; twenty mph wind and driving rain what more can youask or. Picked up two ish in 30' on brown jigs right away just o theirst point south o the west side boat ramp.That bite turned to a drop-shot bite; jig on bottom and 3"magic worm(smoke)on top. Put another ive ish in boat with biggest going three. That bite shut down so I went to a watermelonred brushhog on a 1/4oz. dart head and we proceede to catch another tengood ish with two over ive. Best ive went around twenty lbs.
    City: turlock

    Tips: Fish are still deep o points and on humps. Look or structurein 25 to 40 eet and sit on it or awhile. Brown/red/green crawpatterns seem to work best. Presentation is slow.

Saturday, October 14th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHING WAS SLOW. NO TOPWATER BITE. HITS ON JIGS BEST WAS SPLITSHOOTING.ONE FISH 3 LB, ONE OVER 2 LB AND TWO ABOUT 1.5 LB.WORMS USED PURPLE DEATH, GREEN WINNIE AND OXBLOOD.JIG BROWN WITH TWIN TAIL 194 AND 221 YAMAMAS.
    City: FRESNO

    Tips: JIGS AND SPLITSHOOTING. VERY SLOW.

Thursday, October 5th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: on the water at irst light,tried top water, blades and ripping. no luck. inaly settled in and started split-shoting 5" green weanies worms.in 15-30' ,ended up with 9 ish best 5 went 12.5 biggest 3.6 let the lake at 2pm.while i was waiting to load ,I saw several good ish shallow spook out o the boulders.
    City: madera

    Tips: bite was o, had to work bait very slow or you wouldn't get bit

Friday, August 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 84

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water about 5:30pm and was promptly greeted by about a zillion bugs, man they were all over the place. So were threw topwater or a bit with no takers, decided to wait a little later or the top water ish.Cranked about ten on a silver/black shad rap with biggest about 4+.Few more on a six inch magic worm; white/chartrues tail.All in all about iteen ish total.
    City: turlock

Sunday, July 2nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished 4;00 till dark took 7 ish mostly on 3/8 oz terminator worked slow at back o lake.lost a big ish on splitshot w/keeper062 twist tail.lot o wind all aternoon.also lots o un.
    City: clovis

    Tips: chart. &white sp. bait ; 062 keeper 4"

Monday, June 19th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I haven't ished eastman in about a year but just got a new boat so i'm back in action.
    City: resno

    Tips: I have a ew tips or you i've used these tactics in all weather conditions and time o year..i you can stand minnow ishing, ish the big cove at the island and by the ranger station.when the wind is calm use light tackle,no weight(unless the minnows keep coming to the surace when you cast it,i so a small split shot)pitch the minnow tight to the brush and trees and leave your line limp and just wait or the line to twitch on the surace o the water.i you don't like using live bait, sotjerk baits in the same places.everyone seems to like the "lukes" but i've always had my best luck with MANN'S Bait co. "Shadow" i started using them beore they were put on the market and have not been let down.also the big tree in the north west corner o the lake is a good place to pitch minnows.i you can get behind the tree do it, but be very quit.right where the creek eeds in i have got two lunker up there 8 & 11 pounds.and have seen several spook out.cast onto shore and drag it in.............when the wind picks up at midday it usually blows rom the south.on the north end o the lake rom the bouys to the islands there are a ew long underwater rocky points a couple have brush down there too.ollow the point out about 200 yards rom shore.then i use a 6" augertail worm with a small bullet weight about 6-7 inches up the line,cast it out and let wind do the rest.i have picked up ALOT o ish there in the middle o the day but nothing larger then 16" ........i you want big ish and have the patence then drop anchor on the rockey point that curves to the east north o the islands and use live waterdogs or crawish.well good ishing to you.remeber save some ish or our kids."catch and release"

Saturday, March 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 59-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing wasn't as good as I expected. Only caught about 12 ish. Most were caught on the Fluke. Had one close to 3 lbs.Split shotting only produced small ish. I do have a "One thatgot away story" however. I was back in the 5 mph zone and saw some surace action out in open water. I igured the ish beingchased was a trout by the size o the ish trying to escape. The wake behind the trout was quite large. I put the trolling motor on high and got a cast with the Fluke in the general area.That big ish ate it on the irst cast. I saw part o the ishand it had a large proile. The ish surged twice and came o.It was a bummer I lost the ish, but it was still a cool experience.Keep your eyes peeled and keep your trout baits handy.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: The bite should improve as the water clears and the weather warms.Keep throwin the Fluke.

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    Water Temp: ??? C O L

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Once again Eastman was the place to be!We got to the lake around 0530 and there wasnt another soul there!Went straight to the back and began catching ish right o the bat.We caught approx.10 about 1-2 1/2 lbs......lost one during a jump in the 4-5 lb. range.Wanted to go the blade route but the ish didnt wanna cooperate,shook Buddy Bait handpours in brown,green/black lake,purple and even a couple on Kalin's bluegill grubs.Water still eels cold but is clearing up.....still really green though.Park Ranger said a couple 22"ers were caught in the spillway area on "baby bass" colored lukes last evening by some bank isherman.
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: We shook 1/8 oz. darters with worms/sharks/lap tail reapers and grubs.Take lots o 'em cuz the ish we caught were all in the rocks and in trees in 0'-13'o water.Fish were all just dead weight.....remember hooksets are ree!"Tight Lines" to You All!

Saturday, March 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: dunno but it's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well I'm taking my own advice....here's my report!We arrived around daylight Saturday and went stright back the big lat in the NW corner.I immediately picked up a 2 1/2 lber on a white Viper spinnerbait.We ished all availble cover but rock seemed to be the key....we picked up 10 more throughout the morning shaking hand-pours on 1/8 oz. darterheads in 10'or less.Fish were all beautiul....good shape and at!Glad to see the DFG out there checking licenses.
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: White spinnerbaits....handpours in blue,purple,brown all worked or us.There are some handpours out there made by a company called "Buddy Baits" GOD the ish love these things!They seem soter than others and will only catch You one ich but hey I'll pay 30 cents to catch each ish!All I know about them is they are made in Avenal or Hanord....somewhere in the south valley-i You want more ino e-mail me and I'll get it to ya!

Friday, March 17th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Damn shame more people dont ill out reports!I as many people illed out a report as looked at this thing we'd have it made!PLEASE ill out a report everytime you go out...catch or not!I'm going to Eastman sat. and probably sun.too...i anyone has been up recently I would appreciate any ino....Thanks and Tight Lines to you all!
    City: chowchilla

    Tips: Lets all help eachother out huh?Fill out a report!

Monday, March 6th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got there late,About 12:00. Real slow,Tried everything, Jig&pig,4inch browns Split& Carolina, Finaly about 3:30 Found Three At a pound and a hal each, on some slow moving Fat Raps. One just inside the 5's In about 15t and the others Right o some submerged rocks.. 1st time there I was'nt disapointed..... I'm new to this area and looking or some other hot spots. So i you have any suggestions I would appreaciate It....
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Craw color FatRaps......

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    Water Temp: 54-56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Only ished or about 2 1/2 hours ater noon. I caught 5 ishthat were in clasic areas. I wanted a reaction bite, but whenI realized that wasn't going to happen, I picked up a jig and ished both points leading into a small bay behind the 5's.The ish were out in about 20 t o water. I caught 2 on the jig. Moved over to the other point and caught 3 on a mojo rigged lizard. Wish I could have ished longer. Those bigmamas are staged up some where.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Fish clasic staging areas. Be ready i the weather calms downand we can string together a ew days in the high 60's. The reaction bite should turn on big time.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ished rom 7.30 2pm I caught 17 ish my wie even caught 5. all ish taken rom 1 to 12 t.6 ish taken pitching brush.the rest s.shot and texas rig.i counted 26 boat trailers just on the north side.lots o ishing pressure. the biggest was 2.3lbs. I could see lots o males up shallow,but they were spooky..
    City: madera

    Tips: grn./pumpkin brush hogs and lizards. purple death worms. throw on the bank and work out slowly.most bites were pressure bites.