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Friday, January 3rd, 2003

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    Water Temp: 47-48 deg's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went up at 7:30 am. Found bait at 45 eet and got 4 with 1 going 15 1/2 inches. Then ished or 2 hours without a bite. Tried everywhere then went out rom rock wall in 55 eet and got 7 up to 17 inches, on 3/4 oz spoon( gold). Went home at 1 pm.
    City: Visalia

Thursday, December 26th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 46-47 deg's

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Water temp is down to 46 degree's. ished or 5 hours. marked ish around 50-55 eet and bait at 35-45 eet. nothing. just a nice cold day to drive the boat around. ished 11 till 4 pm.
    City: Visalia

Sunday, December 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The rain has the lake all turned upside down. real muddy water and debri in every cove and pocket has made ishing very bad or some time. might not be good till next year. tight lines brian
    City: Visalia

Saturday, October 19th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Kaweah Lake has been beat on or the last 3 months ever since they shut o the water. When the ishing got really good everyone rom resno to bakersield came over to ish cause the lake was so hot. Now your looking at a lake that is gone downhill and all those ish the bank anglers are taking home, and i you don't know they are ishing every day. You multiplie what each group o 5-10 are taking and it has impacted this lake hard. It happened to success a couple o years ago and that made ish and game change the size to 15 inches. Last month we ished the ull moon with 25-30 other boats, all with 2-3 people onboard. every boat had hooked 15-20 ish. That makes 400-600 ish that night. Nothing over 2 lbs. was caught. Please talk to other ishermen about this because it is going to be brought up to ish and game's attention. Thanks Brian Chance-Kaweah Bassmasters
    City: Visalia

Thursday, October 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Kaweah Bassmasters had a tournament last Sunday 10-13-02 There were 9 boats 18 anglers there were only 6 ish caught in the tournament. 15 inch ish on a lat board mouth closed are to come buy. I think the DFG should take a closer look at the bank isherman who are taking home everything they catch no matter what size it is. Game Wardons know that we as Tournament Anglers have to have license's to even be in a tournament yet they check us irst. Kaweah could have been a trophy lake i the DFG would have payed more attention to what is going on at Lake Kaweah.When people are taking ish home under size they never have a chance to become 15 inch's .
    City: Visalia

    Tips: 1st place was won on a crankbait 3.75 lber

Sunday, October 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Keawah Bassmasters Had 9 boats on Sunday Team tournament . Only 6 ish caught or whole tournament . It is hard to ind a 15 inch closed mouth on a lat board Fish . You can catch all the 14 1/2 inch ish you want, but a true 15 is hard to come buy ! Fish & Game need to patrol bank anglers better we see them keeping everything they catch !!!!! They are destorying this Lake !

    Tips: 1 ish won tournament it was caught on a crankbait .3.75 lb

Tuesday, October 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well my hats o to you Mr.Hickey! Fighting that lunker and playing it or what seemed an eternity must have been the thrill o your lie, but realizing once you landed it that you had a ten pound carp must have been your biggest disappointment since your little transvestite incident. Keep on trying my little buddy!
    City: Visalia

    Tips: DON'T TROLL DOUGH-BALLS!!!

Monday, September 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 74-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got to the lake at 6:30 pm. Went across rom 2nd ramp and caught 15 on topwater till 7:15 then the bite died. Went to greasy and picked up 5 more ater 8pm and then went along dam. Picked up 14 more and went home at 10:30pm. Biggest close to 3lbs.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: crankbait in shad pattern and 9 inch blk/grape worm, texas rig 3/16. And rico's

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    Water Temp: 74.5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Me & Uncle Frank Kaiser have had a pretty good month. Although the bite hasn't been as good as last year, we've been boating 20 - 30 ish a trip. From 8/21 thru present, we've caught a monster 16 lbder, a 6, a couple o 5's & quite a ew 3's. We've been ishing at nite with the most popular being Black/Blue Pulsator spinnerbaits, black/blue & smoke with blue & gold lake 5" Senkos & 6" Iovino Oxblood Special Spadetail worms rigged Texas. I think the ishing is getting ready to peak soon! We've been graphing alot o ish!
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Fish those plastics in 12' o water & release em! It's quite a sight to watch a 30" ish swim away!

Thursday, September 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bass are on the bite... Good time to take a kid ishing, use a drop shot or luke anywhere you see um busting shad.. Good night bite west side o houseboats around 8t with tx. black worms
    City: Visalia

    Tips: let them all go and swim another day

Wednesday, September 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 73-75 deg's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out at 5:30 pm. Went to greasy and got a ew small ones. Waited or topwater bite but it never came there. Went to rock wall and got a ew on worms and drop shot in 10 -15 eet. Fished north end rom darkness till 12 midnight and got 20 ish on 9 inch blk/grp worms on jig head. 2 1/2 lbs. biggest.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: shad colors and dark worms at night.

Monday, September 9th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 74-77 deg's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up at 6:30 pm. Went to the north side and put 20 small ones in the boat. All were 10-13 inches with a 13 inch smallmoth mixed in. topwater bite was insane. Picked up riend at 7:30 and ished till 11 pm. Caught 25 more ish with biggest at 3 lbs, ( except or the 8.2 lb carp caught on a jig).
    City: Visalia

    Tips: shad and dark colors are working.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got there ater 6 p.m. Fished o the rock wall and caught 9 spots (2 keepers)on crawdads. Later in the evening a ew bass were hitting dark senkos and dark rubber worms. Between me and two other guys we got about 20-25 bass in the boat in 2.5 hours.
    City: Corcoran

    Tips: crawdads, worms and senkos all worked well.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got there ater 6 p.m. Fished o the rock wall and caught 9 spots (2 keepers)on crawdads. Later in the evening a ew bass were hitting dark senkos and dark rubber worms. Between me and two other guys we got about 20-25 bass in the boat in 2.5 hours.
    City: Corcoran

    Tips: crawdads, worms and senkos all worked well.

Sunday, August 25th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy Viphay and I ished the Visalia Bass Tourn. on Friday. We only caught little ones. Most o the guys took o beore the weigh-in. I guess it was ar rom what everybody expected based on how most did at this same one last year. Maybe the news o the 16 pounder threw everyone o. I think we'll let Kaweah stabelize a bit a try Success where a couple o mistakes at last months tourn. cost us 2nd and possibly 1st.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Once the water level is more stable the ish should ollow, check or muddy shores. The Keeper 411 gets some pretty hard strikes.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished by the light o the moon, caught 17 and lost about the same amount. Fished the cli on the north side o the main lake and the NE corner o the dam. All ish were about 10 to 15 inches so there wasn't much to brag about.Beware o the A-Hole skier who decided to tear-up the lat calm water until 10 PM.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Fished plastics on a darter head jig. June Bug, purple ghost, gray ghost, and black.

Wednesday, August 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 83-84

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy je and I caught 34 ish rom 7 pm till midnight. most o them were rom 8:30 till 10 oclock them it slowed down. Big one almost 3 lbs but alot o 10-13 inch ish. Black jig with blk/red brush hog trailer. And drop shot till dark with oxblood worm. 20-28 eet. Also watch or the skiers ater dark. idiots.
    City: Visalia

Wednesday, August 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake at 4:30pm and caught our 13" Largemouth on a Rapala shad rap and a small white spinner bait over a two hour period. I ished the cli across the lake and saw large schools o bait ish being chased by bass on the ish inder at 18 eet.
    City: Visalia

Sunday, July 7th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 82-84 deg's

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: A bad day or tournament anglers. 28 anglers ish on sunday . Only 11 ish were brought in with winning weight o 3.76 lbs or 3 ish. Lake will not be good till water gets stable in the end o august when water releases are over.
    City: visalia

    Tips: The ones who caught ish were using a drop-shot in 20-25 eet o water.

Thursday, July 4th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I'd have to agree with that last report. The ishing has been bad. I did have some luck ishing a white power grub with a spinner bait add on. I caught two ish on consecutive casts just right o the spillway by the dam. I'd say i you wanted to ind ish go deep and look or drop os. First ish was not expected becasue I was opening a drink and my bait went deep. i brought it in slow and caught one 2nd ish was a nice 16 inch large mouth.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Get to the Lake early beore it gets crowded. Fish deeper than usual and try out diernt baits. Pay attention to lure depth and speed when you catch one and continue the same retrieve.