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Thursday, October 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 63-65 deg's

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: started ishing around 5:45 am. my buddy je and I was here or the irst time. went up lake to the trees in the 5 mph. area and liped or 2 1/2 hrs. got 1 about 11 in. ater 30 min by big laydown tree. got rained on or 2 hrs. and then headed or middle o the lake by the island. ished all the rocky areas we could ind with 1/4 oz jigs with yamamoto twin tails , motoroil w/ red lake and picked up 10 ish ,the biggest at 15 inches. then wind got bad and rain came around 1 pm so we let. we will be back next year. the lake has some good looking areas .
    City: visalia

Wednesday, October 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got to the lake late today at about 9am started at the irst cove in the ront.at 9:35 got a 1.6lb bass on berkeley green pirch crank bait.lost a 5 to 6lb ish do to bad line {triline XL sucks}.got 6 bass all by 12 noon.all in 3 to 15t o water.P.S. i was at the lake on sunday the 15th
    City: resno

    Tips: you can still use crank bait's i you know the lay o the lake bottom. have un rember catch and relese!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 7th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Re:my previous 10-7 report...the water was green, not clear.
    City: Clovis

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    Water Temp: Unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 15-20 , mostly small ish, but I inally broke my jig jinx...I bet I'd made close to a thousand casts with jigs beore today , and never caught a bass on a jig. Took Mark Inman's advice on where and how to ish them (Hey,thanks, Mark... ) and I'm starting to get the hang o this thing...a good thing , too, since I caught only 4 on plastic worms today, which are usually my strong suit.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: Nothing ancy.Secondary points(rocks)in about 15-30 eet o water.Brown and Junebug jigs both worked.Trailers were Yamamoto twin-tail ( 194 and 208 )

Saturday, September 23rd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED AT 11:30 AM AND WENT TO THE FIVE MILE COVE NEAR THE DAM AND FISHED THE ROCKS USING A PURPLE GHOST ON A DARTER HEAD. CAUGHT A COUPLE BY 12:30. MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE AND HAD NO LUCK. WENT TO THE TREES JUST BEFORE THE FIVE MILE MARKERS AND FISHED THE TRESS. STILL USING THE PURPLE GHOST BUT NO LUCK. CHANGED TO A GREEN WEENIE WITH SALT, SHAKING IT AROUND THE TREES. CAUGHT FIVE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL THE FISH WHERE SMALL, 10"-12". THAT WAS ABOUT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. HAD TO LEAVE, WISHED I COULD OF STAYED, BUT HAD TICKETS TO FRESNO STATE GAME.
    City: Selma

    Tips: FISH THE TREES, SHAKING THE GREEN WORMS. WORKED ALL AROUND EACH TREE.

Saturday, September 9th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A nice day o ishing...didn't even take my boat, just walked around a muddy cove on the W side o the lake. Only ished 3-4 hrs., caught 9, with 3 being good ish,one 2# , the other two 3#.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: Small plastics in dark colors, Texas and split-shot rigged. Most ish were around rocks in about 8-15 eet o water. Attractant (Bang) on worms seemed to get many more bites than plastics without.

Wednesday, August 30th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started 9:30 to the right o the west ramp heading or a point when an eagle swooped down and grabbed a 10" ish right where I was going to start. I cast anyway when I got close enough and was rewarded with a 13 1/2". Caught a ew more heading towards the dam, then the bite dropped o. Tried up lake, nothing. Was about to leave at 2:30, as the wind picked up, and caught three more all about 13" by the east ramp.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Rat-L-Traps and brown worms

Tuesday, June 27th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Once again this place lived up to its reputation......we stopped counting at 40 ish.Allthough most were dinks,we did have 5-6 21/2-3lber's,but all were a blast!We caught our ish on shallow crankbaits and o course those notorious "Buddy Baits" handpours.Color doesnt really matter,put it in ront o them and they'll eat it.We were really surprised at the energy these ish have in this HOT water.
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: No real patterns,the ish seem to be everywhere.We shook darters and threw shallow running crankbaits and ound them by every type o structure the lake has to oer.Allmost all o our ish had ripped lips,etc. .....a sure sign catch and release is working!Keep catching,but also releasing 'em!Tight lines to ya!

Tuesday, June 20th, 2000

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    Water Temp: warm!

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!! Launched @ 5pm....cranked banks and destroyed the dinks....probably had 20 in an hour.We got restless and HAD to start throwing darters with the trusty 'ol "Buddy Baits" hand-pours and as usual they kicked butt.1/8 oz. w/ red w/ gold lake 6"...ish wouldnt leave 'em alone!We caught probably 50-60 ish beore I had to ruin the un by sinking a triple grip treble hook in my arm,but,all good un must come to an end sometime!
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: I've said it beore and I'll say it again....these handpours by "Buddy Baits" are massive!I'm not getting anything to say this....try them you'll see!Tight lines to ya!

Saturday, June 10th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Once again another antastic day!ish are extremely active i you put the right bait down there....as usual i was darter heading "Buddy Baits" handpours-what a worm!we caught ish right behind other boats!reds seemed to be the ticket-crawdad i guess?nothing big this trip but lots o 1.5-2lbers,maybe slacked o cause o all the extra weekend boat traic.topwater also still produced,but it too dropped o considerably since last week.tight lines to ya!
    City: chowchilla

    Tips: 1/8 oz. darter heads and without a doubt nothing but "Buddy Baits" handpours-in all actuality my take has doubled since i started using them!!!! anyone wanting ino on "Buddy Baits" can email me-trust me you wont be sorry,he pours a great worm! good luck,you'll need it i your not throwing a "Buddy Bait" handpour.

Monday, June 5th, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!! Launched at 5pm and went to backs o coves....ished rogs on moss,MASSIVE HITS!!! caught one 6.5-7 lbs.,ished darter heads w/ worms on open banks-caught between 20-25 till closer to dark.moved to main lake points with a buzz bait-action continued.had an unreal outing-all quality ish with the smallest at probably 13-14".have un!tight lines to ya.
    City: chowchilla

    Tips: ish are active as hell....S L A M everything you put in ront o them...very powerul ish,put on good line and hold on!

Saturday, April 15th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom irst light untill 2:00 p.m.. My partner and I had nonstop action! We caught 25+ bass and 6 slab crappies. We through spinnerbaits in the morning and lukes ater that. It seemed every point and back end o a cove held ish. Biggest ish was only about 3+, but the quantity sure made up or the quality. Caught the crappie on hot pink and white tubes in the trees. Basically, it was a good o ishing, and much overdue!!!
    City: Kingsburg

    Tips: Worked spinnerbaits and lukes just under the surace. Tried to keep it within eyesight. The crappie were caught vertical jigging in 20 t. o water over trees.

Sunday, April 9th, 2000

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    Water Temp: between65-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: cought 18 ish. Awsome in the shallow watter. mostly in the coves and bays. one 4pound bass 16 inches on minnoes.
    City: resno

    Tips: stay in the 5-15 t. deep water. use a rooster tail or trout and worms or minnoes or bass.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: Unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Water has cleared quite a bit, but levels are way up. Fished rom 9 a.m to 3 p.m., mainly coves. Caught small ish rom 9 to 12, mostly 1 to 2 lb., about 20 ish. Things started picking up ater 12 with the larger ish becoming more active. Caught another 10 ish in the 2 - 4 lb. range in the aternoon. Tried ishing Wopper worms or the irst time, green with red and black speck and the ish tore them up. Went through 2 bags o these worms. What a great day!!
    City: Clovis

    Tips: Top water in the aternoon tossed in the reeds. Plastic worms on Texas or split shot with a slow retrieve was the most successul.

Friday, March 31st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Water has cleared quite a bit. My report will be short and sweet.Fish lukes near and in cuts. That is all I had to do. Caught 20ish. I ished rom 1:30-5:30. Have un. I did hear rom a rangerthat a lot o ish have already spawned. That is really early, butI can believe it. Might want to try some top water.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Fish rip baits slow. I had to concentrate on letting my luke sink.That was a big key to get more bites.

Saturday, March 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: Unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We ished shallow coves on the W side o the lake rom 7am-10:30 am ...sure wished my buddy hadn't had an appointment, but it was un anyway... Threw plastics near looded logs/weeds ...I got ive keeper ish , one 2lbs, one 3 1/2 lbs. Texas-style Watermelon Zoom Lizard , and Purple-Death Worm got all strikes. All strikes were on the all...I know they say the ish are in 2-4 eet , but the two good ish were out in about 8-10 eet throwing parallel to the brushline . Had to work areas thoroughly, make lots o casts. Wish I were there right now , instead o talking about it.
    City: Clovis

Sunday, March 19th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 12:30pm-5:30pm in windy conditions. Started on a point inside the 5 mph markers at the ront o lake. Was using a 4" green and brown salt worm on a Calolina rig. Hooked one at 1:00 in 3' o water. Weighed about a pound or less. Wind picked up a little and made it tough to ish the points. Moved to the back o the lake and ished the rocks. Tried to get a reation bite going, no luck at all. Changed back to Carolina rig and put on a 6" red and black garlic worm with a swim tail. Got two right away in 2'-4' o water. The irst one was 15" and 1lb 9oz and the second one was 16 1/2" and 1lb 15oz. Saw a ew ish on the top on the electronics, tried a Zara spook and had no luck.
    City: Selma

    Tips: Still need to ish a worm slow and be patient.

Saturday, March 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Started 6:00 ished mouth all day. Started with brown jig and picked up 12 blacks bite on jig stoped when sun broke through then pick up a rattle trap in the 2000 series and started down the bank and picked up 20 ish. NO JOKE it was great the best was 4 to 5 pounds the rest 2 to 3 pounds.
    City: Clovis

    Tips: the best thing I can suggest is get the 2000 series r-traps when they come out.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water around 1PM,ished bluegill grubs in shallow,grassy coves and caught 3 approx.1 1/2-2lbs..We moved to the back side o the lake and ished lats near boulders where water was coming in and picked up 5 more about the same size.These ish took several colors o worms,black/brown spinnerbait and a craw colored crankbait.Fish seemed airly active considering the incoming storm,it was cold and windy.windy,windy,but worth it!We never got bit in anything deeper than 10'with most in 4-6'.
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: Watch line or movement.....each bite is dierent.Spinnerbaits and crankbaits were CRUSHED!Worm bites ranged rom line moving sideways to the telltale tick,tick.....even had 1 ish pick it up and swim it back towards the boat....pay attention.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: There a good bite on bass from 1.5 to 4 pounds the lake is at about 60% and the bass are shallow. Jigs, hula grubs 5" senko's and 6" worms and baby brushogs are all working here. purple junebug watermelon red/black flake are some of the colors being used.
    City: madera ca

    Tips: bass are shallow so the effort here is find structure and the bass are on it