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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 56-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water before sunrise and fished until about noon. Caught quite a few fish. Mixed bag of spots ands largemouths. Spent the entire day in the south end of the lake - McClure Point, Cottonwood, Temperance. Best luck came dartheading worms. Light pressure bite for the most part. Caught them on Berserk Baits custom hand pours and Roboworms. Saw quite a few big fish in the shallows but they spook quite easily.
    City: Atwater

    Tips: Beserk Baits colors were Smokin' Purple and Chameleon Craw. Roboworms color was Purple Punisher.

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: good day today caught a nice limit biggest was 3.6 lbs purple, key color roboworms 6in. between 15-30 ft cottonwood arm
    City: modesto

    Tips: pay attention bites real soft

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the fish sure are moving up caught them all day 15 ft. on 6 inch purple punisher texas rig biggest one of day 6.2
    City: modesto

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out to scout around. water level has risen about 1ft from last storm. found temps around 60 on northern rocky shorelines. lots of fish showing at 45ft and above. seemed the active fish were in 14-28ft. had good success with dark colored baits. 4-6 inch zipper worms in grape,black, and junebug. 1 fish on a small cordell rattle spot, 2 on chugbug very late in the afternoon, and 6 on the worms. all fish were fairly small, had one at 3.3lbs. oddly enough out of my 9 fish, only one of them was a spot. been a while since i've seen that! lots of running water around the lake,and the shorelines are a little cloudy, but overall water pretty clear.
    City: modesto

    Tips: watch your temps-look for the rocky shorelines for the warmth.dark colored baits with large profile.

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: only bass anglers!!!! bass bite is very good fished cottonwood all day caught about 26 fish most small not vey big fish 35ft dropshot 4'' worms wacky senkos they eat them all day..........
    City: turlock C.A.

    Tips: wacky senkos on the bank
    dropshot ....34ft you will catch them on this rmember only bass anglers

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Saturday and Sunday. Fish are definetly moving shallow. All on dart heads and light colored worms. In 20-30 feet, in saddles off points. Largest was 3.4 spot. 20 fish a day. Did well on large chunk rock Saturday. Wind and clouds on Sunday, hammered them in Horseshoe on plain banks. One rip fish Sunday.
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Worked slow in contact with bottom.

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Havey fishing presure but alot of small fish. Drop shot, jigs, swim baits. one guy got a 15lb bass on a swim bait. fish holing 15 to 35 feet.
    City: madera

    Tips: Use green colors.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What a difference a day makes! Yesterday was full sun and very little wind. Today, whitecaps in the river, overcast and cold. My bite dried up. Fished a FBC tourny and while most people culled small limits on jigs, i only caught a few that way. Most of mine came on a texas rigged light purple worm and a dropshot in various collous. Winner caught a 15 pounder. That fish alone was enough to win the tourny. Said he caught it on a jig.
    City: Madera

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What a great day. Caught lots of fish and made 9.15 for five. Caught fish everywhere from 10 to 25 feet. Was just trying everything and got bit on hula grubs, dropshot, texas rig. Colors were browns, clears, and purples. Nothing on the Spro swimbait, tried the floater and slow sinking; man do those look good swimming! One on a chatterbait early, no jerk bait.
    City: Madera

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 53.6

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Great day for numbers, between the two anglers we probably had 30 fish but only 2 were keepers. Lots of 12-15 inch fish and all weighed about 2#.
    City: San Martin

    Tips: Dropshot points early, Senko on shallow structure when the sun gets over the hills. structure

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Steve, Maybe you should start leaving Brandon at home.
    City: Merced

    Tips: Since he's waxing you fishing....make sure he waxes the boat too!

Monday, January 1st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 53-54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a mix of spots and largies at different depths, from 15'- 60' on jigs. Dropshot fish came in 30'. I had about 12lbs. with my largest five and my big fish was a 3 1/2lb spot.Off of the water by 11am. Someone filet 5 bass over at the McClure point bathroom all were in the 3-4lb range a couple of them had eggs in them. The egg sacs looked like these fish will be spawning next month, at least the two spots.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Need a guide on McClure call me (209) 604-8222 fishwranglers bass fishing guide service Mike Van Guilder Jr.

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: HAD LATE START,9AM BUT STILL MANAGED TO CATCH QUALITY FISH WITH DAD. 1ST CAST CAUGHT 2 1/2 SPOT ON SLIT SHOT WORM.CAUGHT 3 MORE 15IN BEFORE DAD CAUGHT A KEEPER.ALL FISH CAME IN ABOUT 20FT OF WATER ACROSS FROM DAM AREA.FISHED SLOW BITES WERE STRONG,ALL SPOTS NO LM. DAD FISHED SWM/BAITS NO LUCK.DADS GOT A TOURN SOON CANT GIVE AWAY MY FAVORITE WORM.WISH 13YRS OLD COULD FISH I THINK I BEAT HIM BAD. THANKS DAD FOR TAKEN ME FISHING.
    City: MERCED

    Tips: DRAG SLIT SHOT WORMS BEHIND THE BOAT SLOWWWW... AND LET YOUR DAD REEL SOME IN ONCE IN AWHILE

Monday, December 4th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 57 - 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: STAYED AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS TO LET THE LAKE CALM DOWN. HEADED SOUTH AND DECIDED TO FISH THE CUT THROUGH TO TEMPERANCE, AND CAUGHT SEVERAL NICE TWO POUND SPOTS ON SHAD COLORED WORMS DROPSHOTTING FROM THE BANK OUT TO FIFTY FEET. NEXT WENT INTO CTTONWOOD ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, AND CAUGHT FIVE NICE FIFTEEN INCH CLONES ALL ABOUT 1.7 - 1.8 POUNDS ON THE SAME RIG. ON THE WAY OUT I STOPPED AT THE ISLAND TOP ON THE LEFT RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FIVES AND HAD ONE DECENT BITE ON A SWIMBAIT, THE FISH GOT OFF BUT IS A SOLID ONE, BUT WITH SPOTS YOU NEVER KNOW THEY ALL FEEL BIG!! HEADED TO THE DAM NEXT AND TOSSED THE SWIMBAIT SOME MORE WITH NO TAKERS. DECIDED TO HEAD TO THE RIVER AND THROW JIGS, CAUGHT SEVERAL SLOT FISH AND ONE NICE TWO POUND SPOT. BROWN 1/2 OZ JIG WITH BROWN PORK, ALL IN ALL NOT BAD ENDED THE DAY WITH BETWEEN 10 - 11 POUNDS, NOT GREAT BUT FROM THE RECENT RESULTS NOT TOO BAD, OF COURSE THIS WAS ON A MONDAY!
    City: MERCED

    Tips: STICK WITH THE DROPSHOT WORMS BOTH 4 AND 6 INCH SHAD COLORS, YOUR CHOICE OF BRAND, THE FISH CAN'T READ!

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58 - 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: GOT OUT BY MYSELF TODAY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OUT PRE-FISHING!! WENT BACK INTO COTTONWOOD AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW GUYS, ITS ALL GOOD! HIT SOME OF THE POINTS ON THE NORTH BANK GOING IN WITH A WHITE JIG AND CAUGHT FOUR NICE FISH AND THREE RATS, LARGEST FISH WAS A SPOT THAT WENT 2.4 POUNDS, THE OTHER THREE WERE 1.5 - 1.7 POUND SLOT CLONES. FINALLY GOT BACK OUT ON THE ISLAND TOP AND ON THE FIRST CAST WITH THE TRIPLE TROUT HAD A 3.33, THEN NOTHING!! DECIDED TO MAKE A RUN AND GO ALL THE WAY IN TO PINEY. THERE WERE A FEW BOATS IN THE BACK, SO I STARTED LOOKING FOR BAIT, I FOUND A NICE BALL OF SHAD IN 50 FEET OF WATER RIGHT ON A TREE, PULLED OUT THE DROPSHOT AND CAUGH THREE GOOD SPOTS ALL 1.8 - 1.9 POUNDS, SAW SOME GUY IN THE BACK STICK A GOOD ONE ON A ( I THINK ) HUDDLESTON, COULD NOT TELL HOW BIG THOUGH HE WAS TRYING TO BE SNEAKY AND HIDE IT!! FUNNY! GRAPHED MY WAY OUT OF THERE AND MARKED SOME BAIT BUT NOT AS MUCH AS IN COTTONWOOD, THOUGH THE FISH IN PINEY WERE A LITTLE BETTER QUALITY. NEXT I HIT THE CANYON AND CAUGHT NOTHING BUT RATS, SAME DEAL ON THE MAIN LAKE, LOTS OF SLOT FISH! FINISHED UP ON THE POINTS ACROSS FROM BARRETS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE AND STUCK ONE MORE GOOD FISH ABOUT TWO AND A HALF. FINISHED UP THE AFTERNOON WITH A LITTLE OVER ELEVEN POUNDS. I AM GOING TO GO TO THE WEIGH IN THIS WEEKEND TO SEE HOW THE TOURNEY GUYS DO! GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!
    City: MERCED

    Tips: THE BACKS OF THE CREEKS LOOK PRETY GOOD, YOU JUST HAVE TO STICK WITH THE SHAD IMITATIONS, AND FISH SLOW. BEST BAIT TODAY WAS THE 4" PRO GOLD PRO WORM, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT THINK THAT MATTERS MUCH.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks for the great reports JR. McClure is definitely my favorite lake and I can't wait to get out there in the next few weeks.
    City: Atwater

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    Water Temp: 59.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: COLD! BACK OUT TODAY FOR A FEW HOURS, WENT TO COTTONWOOD AND TOOK A DECENT LIMIT OFF OF THE ISLAND TOPS AND POINTS BEFORE THE FIVES, BIGEST FISH CAME ON A WHITE JIG, JUST A LITTLE UNDER THREE POUNDS, DROP SHOTTED SIX INCH WORMS IN SHAD COLORS AND CAUGHT FOR MORE POUND AND A HALF SLOT FISH. WENT INTO THE BACK AND ACTUALLY FOUND SOME BAIT IN 30 - 40 FEET OF WATER AND CAUGHT SEVEN MORE 14.5 INCH SLOT FISH. STOPPED AT THE DAM ON THE WAY OUT AND FISHED BOTH CORNERS, ONE MORE NICE TWO POUND SPOT, AND A BUNCH OF 14.5 INCH LARGEMOUTH. FISHED A FEW MAINLAKE POINTS AND CAUGHT A FEW RATS, COTTONWOOD IS A GOOD BET FOR NUMBERS AND FUN! HAD NINE PLUS FOR FIVE, NOT BAD FOR FOUR HOURS.
    City: MERCED

    Tips: DRESS WARM!! FISH SLOW AND USE SMALL SHAD COLORED WORMS 25 - 40 FEET

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 59.9-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WHEN THE CHOP WAS DOWN, LAKE WAS SURPRISINGLY CLEAR IN MOST AREAS. STARTED AT HORSESHOE AND POPPED A COUPLE OF DINKS ON 6INCH POWERBAIT RIBBONTAILS(PUMPKIN W/ CHART TAILS) RIGHT AT THE LAUNCH.ABOUT 22FT. WORKED THROUGH THE NARROWS, WITH LITTLE SUCCESS,DIDN'T TRY DIFFERENT BAITS, JUST STAYED WITH WHAT I STARTED WITH. ON EAST SHORE AT MOUTH OF PINEY, NR THE HOUSEBOATS, DRIFTED WITH THE WIND, AND GOT SEVERAL LM WITH ONE SPOTTED ON ROOTBEER/CINNAMON 6IN. ZOOM LIZARD. HAD 2 EXTRAS ON THE BOAT,THROWING 4INCH GRUBS, AND SENKOS, NO SUCCESS. SWITCHED TO THE LIZARDS, AND STARTED CATCHING. WENT FOR ABOUT 2HRS, WITH ABOUT 9 FISH CAUGHT IN 33FT OF WATER. WORKED THE CRAPPIE BOXES ON THE WEST SIDE...NOTHING. WORKED BACK TO HORSESHOE, STOPPING A FEW TIMES ALONG THE WAY, GOT ONE 16INCH SPOT ON A CHART. CRANK. BACK AT HORSESHOE, THREW BUBBLEGUM BPS FLOATING WORMS, FOR A COUPLE OF DINKS. LIGHT TOPWATER ACTION INTO DARK WITH NO FISH CAUGHT, BUT SOME BOIL UPS. ALL IN ALL, GOOD DAY, NO BIG FISH, BUT SEVERAL DINKS, AND A FEW SLOTS. RELEASED ALL FISH.FISHED FROM 12 TO DARK.
    City: MODESTO

    Tips: SEEMED THE LARGER WORMS/LIZARDS GOT THE ATTENTION.FISH THE "NOTHING" BANKS. BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE LATELY.SEEM TO LIKE IT AT MEDIUM RETRIEVE RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM. 20-35 FT.

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Island tops and submerged points in Cottonwood right before the five zone on the right. Had three larger fish one on a white Norman DD22 crank, and two on six inch triple trout all three were solid three pound fish on the cul-em-right. Continued with a dropshot and small white storm swimbait caught six more 1.8 to 2.2 pound fish. Moved on to the back of Cottonwood and looked for shad, but they seem to have disappeared, lots of small fish shallow, mostly largemouth right in the slot. Moved up the lake to the bathroom at horseshoe bend and found some bait and nice fish dropshotting in 35 - 50 feet, pretty much the same on the right side points of horseshoe where the bathroom used to be, nice fish 1.5 - 1.7 pounds, hammered them! Great Day ended up with sore thumbs!!
    City: MERCED

    Tips: Better fish were in Cottonwood before the fives, it is a tough bite but you can get them on the swimbait if you work it slow.

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey, thanks for the input, but I'm pretty sure this page is for reports. As far as the jigs rolling on their side, I haven't had this problem at all...or with any football head for that matter. I don't get any money from the sales of these jigs, I am just simply trying to spread the word about a great product. These are quality hand tied jigs that you can custom order to your liking.
    City: Atwater