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Monday, September 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 78-81

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got there early for the top water bite.But no topwater bite for me.In fact, I only had one fish by 10:00 and it was barely a keeper.I couldn't beleive it.Then the wind picked up a little and I switched a couple baits and it was on.Over the next three and a half hrs. I had 17+ for five.
    City: Hilmar

    Tips: Spinnerbaits deep.Frogs shallow.

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to fish the afternoon.Got out about 1pm started in the back and picked up two fish on culprit worm texas rigged.By then the wind kicked up to about 25 mile's an hour so no more worming to much bend in the lune.Then switched to swiming a 3" KALIN'S salt and pepper grub and picked up five more.Best five about 12-13 lbs.talked to a couple guy's back at the ramp that were camped there and said the morning top water bite was very good.Hey it's nice to see some post's poping up.
    City: SALINAS

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 80-84

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Pretty good fishin.Caught'm drop shottin when it was 100 degrees.Then caught a 7 lber on a senko. This fish had a huge head but it was skinny.Also caught about 20 on a spinnerbait.Bait all over the place.
    City: hilmar

    Tips: Wish I could get over there more often.

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got out there about 5 pm fished till 8:45. Caught one small bass on a kastmaster. Also a 10 inch crappie on a 4 inch white senko. The water temp looks good but he water is really green. Looks like a lot of bait fish are present. Saw a guy catch a 4lbs. bass on a white crappie jig. my cousin who was with me hooked up 6 trout but landed 4 in about an hour and a half. 16 in and the rest were about 12.
    I'll be out there soon to spend the morning out there fishin
    City: Union City

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Correction on e-mail it is chapps62@yahoo.com
    City: Bakersfield, Ca

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: LBC was re-opened on Friday 3/4/05 after water level had been dropped due to flood control. The rangers told me the water level was in the boat ramp parking lot to the top of the ramp. On Saturday 3/5/05 the park was closed at 5pm due to flood control. With the water depth changes the fish have moved back deep, water was muddy, we (my wife & I) did manage to land 3 nice fish.
    City: Bakersfield, Ca

    Tips: Until the water level becomes stable and clears up fish deeper water, with slow retrive. Fish should be moving into beds, but they are in 20'.

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 51-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well it doesn't get any more peacfull out there than it was for myself and 1 guest today at Los Banos. And we caught fish so it was a good day. Fish were from 15-25 on breaks and points. They wanted a hard bottom. They weren't related to the bait as much as I thought they would have been. Kinda lazy lathergic bites but we did manage a couple of good fish with one around 4 being the best. The lake is in good shape and only down about 3-4ft. kinda odd when all the other lakes are so low this time of year.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Drop shot,darthead and jigs caught fish. Slow presentation was important than color & Darthead 6" worms caught the best fish by far.

Saturday, August 14th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This lake is tricky - some days are great, others are tough. This was a not so easy trip. 5 of us caught 8 fish in float tubes between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Largest was 2 1/4 - pound Largie.

    We tossed Rattle Traps, Top Water, Jigs and 4 to 6 inch worms. Best results were working the worms slowly in the shallows. Many fish holding 15 to 25 feet deep in about 30 feet of water, but they weren't biting. the bite was 10 feet or less from shore. Wind was howling and made it tough. Forced us to fish in close to shore between boat ramp and dam.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: If you can, avoid the windy days here. Fish seem to want the slow moving presentations right now and the bites are very subtle.

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6a to 11 a starting at the dam cranking and top water. Nothing so moved to mid-lake flipping Senkos and throwing frogs again with nothing. Switched to split shot green weenie style 4" worms and boated a dozen from 6 inches to four 13 inchers.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Slowly work split shot craw colored worms.

Sunday, December 7th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 55-57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was tough or us and we couldn't get anything going till mid day...ended up drop shotting all o our ish rom 20-40' w/shad type baits..ish and bait were scattered with blue bird post ront conditions...Lake is in good shape with the water level close to what it was in the spring.
    City: San Jose

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Week-day bass club outing, we lauched at day break and headed toward day. We were pitching brown jigs. Partner yells ish-on and i start to reel in to grab the net and my rod loads up. He loses nice one and i put 2.5lb black in boat. We move another twenty yards and he swings on a 3.5 and that goes in live well. He has two more come unbuttoned at the boat so i start throwing a chrome speed trap a put two more keepers in the boat. Bite was slow but somewhat consistant. Winning weight was ive or 14.98 and second was ive or almost 9lbs.
    City: Hilmar

    Tips: Early morning jigs on any type o rocks or structure changes. As sun comes up blades and cranks in chrome or shad patterns. Fish will move deeper as soon as the sun hits the water so drag a worm or drop-shot and ish slow, slow, slow.

Tuesday, November 11th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished LB creek this morning. Fishing was great rom daylight to arround 10:00 a.m. Found the shad by the dam area and had a limit in the boat by 8:00a.m. all ish came on hopkins silver spoons 3/4 ounce with the best ish going 4.75 pounds. Culled ish until 10:00 and went searching or more bait ish. Found one more ball at the mouth o the river and spooned up a ew more keppers in the 1.5 to 2 pound range. All in all a pretty good day at LB with the best ive going 13 lbs.
    City: los banos

    Tips: ind the bait ish and jig those spoons. the bait ish were holding about 25 eet, oh yeah we did catch 3 trout along with those bass.

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2003

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    Water Temp: 80F

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hot hot hot...but not the ishin'. I got 2 15"'s on top water..released them
    City: Monterey

Saturday, July 5th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Quick trip on the holiday weekend. Fished rom 6 am to 9 am. Worked a buzzbait, pop r, and spinnerbait rom the ramp to the dam w/o any strikes. Switched to a Yamamoto watermelon lat worm and boated an 11 1/2 incher. Split shotted a Yamamoto 5" pumpkin lat tail worm and caught a nice 3 lber. Moved to the area past the day camp area and worked it to the creek. Wie hooked a nice 3 lber split shotting a motoroil Renegade twirly tail worm. I hooked our last ish, a 12 incher, split shotting a green weenie just into the creek arm.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Hit the water early and slowly split shot your avorite choice o plastic.

Sunday, April 27th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the B-n-T tournament yesterday. Just thought I'd make a quick report o my ishing. I caught a limit good enough or second place, but nothing big. The ishing was tough, but I did catch 9 legal keepers and was culling by 10:45. Fish were holding shallow around cover. I caught all o mine on a 4" green pumpkin w/ blk lk senko, except or one that I caught on a bed with a baby brush hog. I saw a lot o good ish anywhere rom 3-5lbs, but kept losing sight o them because I orgot my polaroids. Oh well, bummer.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Make sure to bring the polaroid glasses with ya...this is a airly clear lake and sight ishing is deinitely possible...

Sunday, March 9th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Small Change Bass CLub TOurnament rom Fresno. Picked up buck bass along tulies...all ish were holding to cover and deined structure...managed to hook a 10lb pig...using plastics and senkos all day...got another big bite on a brush hog ..never saw it..took me into the tulies and broke o..ish slow and ind shallows with deep water near..thats where the hogs hang out...ish the deep holes and dropos.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: stcik with worms and senkos...go small when the bite gets tough

Friday, November 22nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water at 09:00. ater three casts Eric hooked a 3 1/2lb bucket mouth. As he brought it up another the same size was ollowing to about 3t, then broke to cover o hydrillia. This ish came rom 20t on a crawish tube, watermellon / red lake Jigged with inness. That was all or the day. Pulled out at 2:00 P.M. Wind was cool and a nusince. I you would like more ino or a picture o this ish contact me.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: Fish slow and use light weight. I saw many more patroling. Remember take a picture not the ish so our Grandchildren can enjoy a day ishing. SLOW!!!

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wie & I took the grand kids out rom 7 to 10 am. Water was super clear, no breeze & really got hot early. To bad the bite never really heated up. No spinnerbait or top water bite. Managed to hook 6 so the grandkids reeled in our 12" to 13" bass, one 10" dink and one hand sized bluegill. All ish came o o steeper banks that dropped quickly to 20'.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: 15' to 20' using split shot 4" green weenie worms.

Wednesday, June 26th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a day o on Wednesday to see i Los Banos Bass are still biting, start ishing around 6:00am and got limit by 10:00am they were not big but legal size, saw many big ish swimming around but the one you saw they didn't bite. I think the small guys are more agressive.
    City: Milpitas

    Tips: I don't use anything else but night crawlers, ind deep water, the one you catch that the one you don't see.

Monday, June 17th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Black Bass still biting at Los Banos Creek got limit at 9:00AM, used night crawlers or bait. Oh! by the way I'm a bank ishing.
    City: Milpitas

    Tips: Find the deep water at this time o the year, it works or me.Good luck.