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Friday, January 14th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 49 to 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well the storms have keep angles away from this lake water is stable but not much fishing been done bass are 13 to 17 inches with weights going 1 1/2 pounds. Brown jigs in 3/8 oz ( football head ) with ( yamamoto ) single tail watermelon blk flake and also brown&purple jigs work with dark smoke/purple flake ( yamomoto )single tail fish are in 18 to 35 feet of water. long points and rock piles hold most of the fish also work the creek channels. Drop shotting is also good here to get the bait right in the strike area. new storm on wed will keep this lake on the slow side.
    City: kerman ca.

    Tips: Working your lures slow is a must also if fish are in deep water bring fish up slow if hooked

Saturday, January 8th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 51to52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Deep water is the ticket here as the water is very stained black/blue jigs (yamomoto) smoke single tail grub w/black&blue flake work on bass in 18 to 30 feet of water in creek channels and around base of work piles.The bass are in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound range there are some fish going down on drop shot the better fish are being caught on jigs. Dont be afraid to throw my favorite jig & grub cambo which is brown 1/4 or 3/8 oz bullet head jig w/watermelon single tail yamamoto grub. triffic is light and lake is stable
    City: kerman ca

    Tips: Fish slow key to this lake right now .

Sunday, January 2nd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: sorry i made a mistake on lake the report is on the eastman report it the first report stained sorry about that wont happen again
    City: kerman ca.

Monday, December 27th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: We got out there first thing. It was raining all day. We fished deep and shallow. I caught 1 fish right at 2lbs on a 3/8 skinny bear bass jig in about 7ft of water. Most of the fish were suspended. Tough tough fishing. We threw eveything, not much luck.
    City: chowchilla

    Tips: Slow down, we found most fish on the bottom of big drop offs.

Saturday, November 13th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: First time fishing here since August since the water has been too low, now you can launch on the campground side only. Started fishing at fisrt light, partner got a small fish on a crankbait. The weather was nice not to cold and it was cloudy. I was throwing a spook, and caught 5 bass with 2 of them around 2pounds, this stopped around 8:30. My partner was getting them on the crankbait and one on a puppy, but they were all small. All these fish were shallow and around structure. We moved out deep and tried for awhile, but got nothing went back to where we were fishing and after 1:00 they started coming back all on crankbaits. The fish were coming from 1 to 10 feet but were scattered. We ended up catching 28 for the day and around 8 to 10 pounds for a five fish limit not bad and it was alot of fun being back on HENSLEY, I will be back this weekend.
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Search for fish, usually with a worm I catch quite a few fish but saturday I only got one small fish to bite. They just seem to like the hard baits that day. Just get out on the water and fish. Good luck and God Bless.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 52 to 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hensley Lake is now open for boat launching on the camping side only.I fish for 8 hour and boated 20 fish. The biggest one was 3lbs. The fish are shallow.The fish are ghost white looking.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: fish real slow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, August 21st, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Per todays Merced Sun Star Hensley is CLOSED to all boat traffic....the water is so low there are no lauch facilities!!! I would call the Rangers Station before I went up! Tight Lines!
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: Call the Rangers before you get there to find out you can launch!!!

Saturday, July 24th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well first time here for about 2 months. I have been going to eastman at night and doing well, but hensley is allways fun. Started around 5:00pm near the 5mph bouys and right away my partner hooked up with a small fish. The wind was blowing pretty good so we went to a number of places including rock piles, main lake points and dropoffs, just to see where fish were. Well they were everywhere we caught fish on an assortment of plastics with the fish going from a pound to three pounds. The bite was really good right before dark, then it shut off we moved out to dropoff from 8 to 26 feet and were able to catch a couple more fish, but during the dark hours it was alot slower. We finished the night with 22 bass. After taking a nap on the boat we started fishing again around 5:30am and the fishing was on again but we could only find fish up to about 2 1/2 pounds. We left and 8:30 with 17 fish for just a few hours bringing our total to 39 fish, Lots of Fun!!
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Fish seem to be scattered all over the lake the water is dropping 10 more feet and it will be down to last winter level. This should make for some good fall fishing. Just get out there and fish early morning or evening. Worms, lizards, senkos, its all working right now. Good Luck and have fun.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A green day at the lake the same algae bloom I saw last year. The fishing was marginal we caught 13 in 5 hrs. Most were small and caught on pro worms #6 with red flake and all but one was a spot. My son caught the lone large mouth about 2lbs. It was hard to find the fish but I think because of the algae the were in the rocks mostly. Lot's of very small fish...
    City: Clovis

    Tips: Fished with texas style worms and dropped them from shelve to shelve....one hit on top water about 7:30..but missed him.

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started before the sun cam up in the 5mph zone, wind was blowing pretty good. We got a couple small fish then moved out towards the begining of the bouys and I caught 3 nice fish from 1.5 to 2.5 pounds. The fish did not seem to be biting real good and very spread out. Went to some rocky areas near the front of the lake by the campground launch and caught some in 15 to 20 feet on a dropshot lizard. The good fish did not seem to be very shallow they were from 8 to 20 feet. Called it a day around 2:00 but had a great day. Good Luck!!
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Try shallow with plastics or reaction baits. Big ones seem to be cruising alot. But everyone knows they go deep as it gets hot and it is starting to get there.

Sunday, March 21st, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Had to come and see how the lake is since I have been fishing eastman, and doing pretty good. Started fishing at 6:00am caught first fish real quick, only went about a pound, my partner hooked up right after me with a fish about the same size. We moved around quite a bit looking for bigger fish, most fish were small. They were biting right off the shore anywhere there was weeds. We caught them on worms lizards and brushhogs. Later in the afternoon I was able to get one that went 3.1 on the scale nice fish. Seems like a big accomplishment when all day we were just catching small fish. Everyone we talked to said just the dinks were biting. Great day on the water not much wind and warm. Ended the day with 17 fish. The bigger fish should start to show any day now, so keep trying. Good Luck!!
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Start as shallow as possible in the morning, the fish are bunched up early, then go out a little deeper but check the shallows all day there could be a hog hanging out. See you out there I'll be back March 27.

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished here sunday-took my 12 year old son and his buddy. We fished the damn area with no luck-again as with Eastman I was shocked at the ater level after all the rain and snow we recieved. We moved toward the back and things changed rapidly! Caught approx 20 fish on plastics. Fish were fat and agressive. Unusually EVERY fish we caught was OVER 16" with the biggie at about 4-4.5 making one last jump right at the boat and throwing my lure back at me. LOTS of boats so go early-maybe during the week if possible? Tight Lines!
    City: Chowchilla

Saturday, February 28th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started near the back of the lake water was like choclate milk. Fished back here for about two hours with nothing not a bite. Me and my partner were puzzeled we tried lots of plastics and spinnerbaits. Around 9:00am we decided to run up the lake the water was alot clearer. We were excited to get some fish in the boat. We started fishing like it was the middle of winter, deep and slow. There they were my partner hooked up with our first fish and about a minute later he hooked up again. About 20 minutes later I hooked up with my first fish. Around 12:00 we moved out a little more and found a hump that came up to 11 feet and dropped down to 25 in some places. I got a fish real quick after we marked that spot with a bouy. Me and my partner got a double on the same spot. Fished for a little while longer ended up with one more but it was a small one. We tried hard all day and didn't give up and we were able to get a nice limit in the boat. It turned out to be a good tough day the ones that pay off in the end.
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Just get out there and fish this coming weekend should be really good with stable weather on its way. Look for them shallow if you don't see them go to your favorite dropoff or deep hangout. I will probably be at Eastman And Henslwy this weekend so see you out there. God Bless and good luck!!

Saturday, February 21st, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Me and my partner were the irst boat on the water with not much wind and not cold at all. We have been waiting or the ish to move shallow or about a month, so went to the lake with a game plan o starting around shallow structures with deep water close. Fished or about thirty minutes with nothing then my partner hooked up with one in about 11 eet. We were going towards the back o the lake and that ish was about 1.5 so as we got arther I hooked up with one in 9 eet that was about the same size. We worked are way out o there and I hooked up with one in less than 5 eet on one o my avorite shorelines. As the day progressed we were curios to see i there was ish deep. So we went to some rockpiles in 30 to 40 eet. Ater about 30 minutes my partner got one in about 36 eet and it was are biggest o the day going 2.6. The wind got pretty bad during the day but we managed a ew more ish all keepers. We ended the day at 2:00pm with 9 ish total the best ive would have went 8 or 9 pounds not bad or a tough day, considering the weather in the week beore.
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Fish shallow try it all times o the day, I think the ish are spread all over considering we caught them rom less than ive all the way to 36 eet. Most plastics you use will work try dark colors. Get the big one its time!Good Luck!!

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time at my avorite place this year, water is coming up slow, but it is nice to see. We could use some nice weather but the rain is also needed. Started shallow to see i any ish were moving up, my partner got one bite, but missed it. The ish just did not seem to be shallow so we moved to the dam about 9:00am. The wind was airly calm but it was cold with no sun. No bites around the dam area. Started to get a little rustrated so went to an area where there are some good dropos and rockpiles. My partner hooked up with are irst ish, a small one but boy did we eel good. Then the ish just turned on caught a couple about 1 to 1.5 pounds. All the bites were very sot except I had one almost rip my pole out o my hands, thought I had the ish hooked good but he still managed to throw the hook. Well I guess I'll wait or next time. We inished the day with 8 bass but nothing over 2 pounds. A tough day but good experience or me and my partner. We caught all are ish in the same area, the only place they would bite or us.
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Try deep still but they could move up any week now. I will be going the next ew weeks to try or some big ish. Go conident and don't give up try new areas and dierent techniques. Good luck and have un.

Sunday, December 28th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well was sick saturday so went sunday. Very cold morning wind blowing about 15 mph. Partner got a couple in about 25 eet back to back, then things got slow. We ished hard on alot o deep rocks and dropos. Hands inally thawed out about 10:30am got one dink by tower. Around 1:00 we went out to some real good dropos, I hooked up with one that went 3.1 nice ish, then missed a good one then got one more about 1.5, we inished with only 4 keepers but we were the only bass boat there most o the day a couple boats came or a ew hours durnig the day. Fishing was tough, but still un.
    City: coalinga

    Tips: Fish slow and hard don't give up there are ish to be caught, you just have to ind the ones that want to bite. Good Luck!!

Saturday, December 20th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well I was back on the water saturday at 6:30am with my partner. It was cloudy but not too cold. We started at the dam hooked up with about six bass in 20 to 30 eet on dropshot rig. Moved to some submerged rocks and dropos, partner hooked up with a 2.4 bass, real healthy ish at as can be. All ish were nice and at. We ended the day with a total o 11, we ished or about seven hours. Not bad or a cold day, wind picked up pretty good, and when we were leaving there wasn't a cloud in the sky, beautiul day on the water.
    City: coalinga

    Tips: These ish are aggressive as can be, ish deep. Use a little extra action when jigging your rig seemed like the ish liked a little more action this weekend. Well just go out and have un. Merry Christmas!! P.S. I'll be back on the 27th.

Saturday, December 13th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water at sunlight, little cloudy but no wind. Went to the dam and used dropsht senko, irst ish by tower about ten minutes ater starting. Fish were agressive in about 20 to 30 eet. Got ive ish by 9:30 all keepers,would have gone abot 8 or 9 pounds.Went and tried some dropos to the let o the campground launch, immediatley got one about 2 pounds. Missed a couple smaller ish in the back o the lake, and one that came o. This ish was in about 35 eet o water and swam all the way to my boat, and took a dive under. Must have been a nice one. Well I only stayed till noon, but had a great day.
    City: Coalinga

    Tips: Fish rock piles, points and dropos, 20 to 40 eet. In a month these ish will start to move up, I do really well in these cold months, and I allways try or the big ones that move shallow earlier. Good luck to you and have un on the water!!

Tuesday, May 13th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 69.7

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 6AM 'til Noon. Caught 4 bass, largest one about 3lbs. Tried trolling or trout, but no luck.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: All caught on green and black speckled lizard-type 6" worm in 20 to 25 eet o water right on the bottom, near structure.

Monday, April 21st, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Didn't get to the lake till about 4:30 and ished until dark. Caught 8 ish all in very shallow water out o a loat tube. Had some better size this week the biggest about 2.5 Used a dark green with blue blood line pattle tail worm to get them all.
    City: Fresno