Kaweah Lake and Reports

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

• By Rick

  Water Temp: 48

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: First timer on Kaweah. Just moved here from VERMONT - used to fishing thru 2 feet of ice this time of year.
  
  Have boat so looking for some good tips to start me off. Mostly a top water or shallow fishing technique in eastern lakes. Not used to fishing 20+ feet down.
  
  Any help would be appreciated.
  City: Visalia

• By Steve

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: to ron wolf:i seen the pics.of your fish from kaweah,very nice fish!BUT SINCE THESES PICTURES WHERE TAKEN IN YOUR DRIVWAY THAT THOSE TWO BIG FISH ARE DEAD.NOT COOL!

Friday, December 30th, 2005

• By Brian Chance

  Water Temp: 49-51 deg's

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: 1 last trip before vacation is over. Went up at 1 pm. went and sat on the hump from monday and seen my buddy leaving. I had talked to him on tuesday. He was leaving and had fished since 6 am and caught almost 30 fish around my hump. Jigs , minnows and drop-shot worked for him. I stayed till 5 pm and caught fish the whole time. Same baits and depth 22-40 ft. The water was higher on friday about 3 ft.
  City: Visalia

  Tips: Fish slow and have patience.

Monday, December 26th, 2005

• By Brian Chance

  Water Temp: 50-51 deg's

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Went up at 11:30 am. caught some on drop-shot and minnows. nothing over 14 inches. At 2:30 pm move to long channel break across from 2nd ramp and found fish. Threw minnows and drop-shot and caught 15 with a almost 4 lb kicker and 3 lb spot. Bite lasted about 35 minutes and then gone!! . Hate when that happens. 30 fish day with better fish on minnows.
  City: Visalia

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

• By Brian bass cat Chance

  Water Temp: 49-52 deg's

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: O.K. leroy here is somemore info. Went wed., thurs and friday. From 12:30 noon till 5:15 pm wed and thurs. and 9am till 5 pm friday. First 2 days were the same . Slow bite till 3:30 and fast action till 5. Silver buddy's and sonar's and live minnows for my nephews. 15 fish on wed. And 16 on thurs. Both day's big fish of 2-21/2 lbs. Friday had clear skies and no wind where as wed & thurs looked like it would rain any minute and some wind. Bite did not start till 1 pm and went till 4 pm. started to rain at 4pm . 2 lbs bigest. 20-36 feet deep all 3 days.
  City: Visalia

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

• By Brian Chance

  Water Temp: 50 - 51 deg's

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: O.K. Leroy here is my catch. 15 bass 1 15 inch crappie. Drop shot and silver buddy's at 28-36 feet. Fished the flats next to the drops. Fish were moving back and forth over the breaks. Biggest A 2 lb spot. C-ya on the water
  City: Visalia

  Tips: Watch out for the guy in the fast bass cat.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

• By STSKEETER

  Water Temp: 55

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: FISHED WED/THURS/FRI/SUN WHAT A GREAT WEEK.CAUGHT ALL THE 12"-2-1/2LB BASS YOU WANTED. FISHED FROM 9-3 MOST DAYS. WEATHER WAS LIKE SPRING TIME. COULD USE JIGS, DROP SHOT, SPOONS ALL WORKED WELL. MOST FISH CAUGHT ON THE POINTS AND FLATS. IF YOU SEE A BIG RED BOAT THAT SAYS OZARK ON THE SIDE FISH CLOSE TO HIM HE LIKES COMPANY.
  City: VISALIA

  Tips: COLOR DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

• By The Rooster

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: There is a daddy hawg up there waitin' for the Rooster.
  City: Visalia

  Tips: green pumkin black flake all day. Purple death at night.

Monday, November 21st, 2005

• By C Lum

  Water Temp: 58

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Sorry. The date was Monday 11/21/05
  City: Visalia

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

• By rosales

  Water Temp: not for swimmin

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: got on the water around 10:00a.m. splitshot4 inch worm working the walls and points. out of 15 fish 8 were keepers.back of the boat had most of the action.
  City: kingsburg

  Tips: work the 4 inch worm against the walls and have fun all day.

Friday, November 11th, 2005

• By C Lum

  Water Temp: 58

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished early evening throwing crankbaits on the North wall. Caught 15 with four keepers. About ready to leave & get smashed by a 10 lb 1 oz hog. What a way to end the trip! Released fish after weigh in & pics.
  City: Visalia

  Tips: Slow roll crankbaits around structure.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

• By Leroy H.

  Water Temp: ?

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Went to the lake at around 9ish with Rod and Chris (2 Legends of TCSO)Rod stuck a nice 3 1/3 with a spinner bait off the dam. Hit and miss the rest of the day, some on drop shotting plastics and Rod pulled some others out with crankbaits. Weather was over cast most of the day.
  City: Tulare

  Tips: Still some fish that are volunteering for sharpies. My only tip is to post! Oh...There's a nice pic of a 16er at the Texaco station that a guy out of Tulare nabbed a day or two earlier from Kaweah. Biggies are still cruising...POST!!!
  As Rod would say "I'M OUT"

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

• By Frank

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Had good day on lake. Arrived about 8am and work rock faces and dam area. Caught 14 fish most averaged right around 10" -12". Caught 3 over 15", biggest was 1.5 pounds.
  City: Sanger

  Tips: Dragged plastics worm 4" on the bottom and waited for the tap tap tap.

Monday, October 17th, 2005

• By TODD

  Water Temp: 66

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: We arrived at lake at 9a.m. Caught fish all day. Drop shot is all that worked for us. 15 ft. 30 ft. deep everywhere. All fish were small. Some very small. All together around 20 fish caught maybe three were keeper size fish. Still alot of fun. Left lake at 3p.m.
  City: VISALIA

  Tips: Color didn't seem to matter. Neither did the location we fished.

Friday, September 16th, 2005

• By Leroy

  Water Temp: ?

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Ok I'm tired of no reports and I have been kind of lazy too, so here it goes. Went out about 0430. Some nice fish on the damn with buzz baits. Drop shotting bold blue gill and aarons magic scored some more fish. At 0800 as we were about to leave I started to pull my bait and I felt a tick. I got freight trained and a big A$# fish came up (At least I got to see it) then went down and came unbuttoned! Thank god we were leaving because I did not want to fish any longer.
  City: Tulare

  Tips: Good time to get your fishing in. The fish are biting, and will boost your confidence :) Dam, rock walls, the usual places will be holding...Have fun

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

• By Rick

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Wow...I think I know that Todd guy....He's a GREAT fisherman. It's too bad that he doesn't get out on the water more. I know his good friend too....he misses spending time with him and wonders why he can't make the effort to spend time with him. I mean they live 2 hours apart, but what's that when it comes to spending time with good friends? God knows his friend needs to learn more about fishing from him.
  City: Atascadero

  Tips: Make time for your friends....when it's your time to leave this earth, you can't put all your "stuff" in the casket with you BUT you can take all the good memories to your grave and be surrounded by those closest to you. Life's too damn short....live a little...try it, you might like it. I mean we're ALL busy with life, but that doesn't mean that we should let it pass us by.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

• By Todd

  Water Temp: 75

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Arrived at 5a.m. Fished buzz bait for first two hours. Caught several small fish. Finished up morning throwing senkos and t-tigged plastics.
  Producing several small fish.
  City: Visalia

  Tips: DON'T KNOW!! Still alot of small fish. Must be a post spawn pattern. Still alot of unstable wheather. One week 95+ then the next low 80's.
  I hope the lake stays full for along time. Looks great. Still only one ramp open!(the first ramp)

Friday, June 10th, 2005

• By Bob

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: Caught several small bass using minnows in the horse creek area. mid-day kinda windy.
  City: 3rivers

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

• By CLum

  Water Temp: 68.3

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fishing with Frank Kaiser on Sat. afternoon when I caught a 8 lb. 3 oz. Black Bass. I was using a Texas rigged Iovino 6" worm in Oxblood. Fishing was pretty slow, so I must have hit her on the head with the worm! The strike was a little tap, tap like all the dinks we were catching until I set the hook. Then all h*ll breaks loose, she jumped & I new she was big! She just spawned or she would have gone over 9! She was caught in a secondary cove near the mouth of the river & was in about 6' of water. Realeased her right after weighing her! This is the second big fish in a couple of days for me as I caught a 10+ at Success. Sometimes you're better off being lucky than good!
  City: Visalia

  Tips: The fish are scattered so move around & pay attention to your electronics! Firh 5-15 ft. of water.

Friday, May 20th, 2005

• By Todd

  Water Temp: 69

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Lake looks great. Hope it stays like this all summer! Started fishing at 3 in the afternoon. Caught fish all afternoon on senkos and jerk baits. For me, all the fish were small. But still alot of fun.
  City: Visalia

  Tips: Take alot of senkos.....used about 50. Throw right up against the bank. Grass banks mixed with rock seem to be the ticket. Fished east end of lake towards slick rock and beyond.