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Tuesday, November 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 63-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started at the island across rom the so. ramp,just beor day break,caught a couple around it..Went to cottonwood,got a couple there & inished up in the main lake area at 1 pm...Caught 16 spots rom 13in to 16 1/4 in..Got two on jigs & the rest on 4 & 6 in. worms..They were all deep & most bits were sot bits...
    City: Riv

    Tips: Sharp drop os on rocky banks.

Saturday, November 17th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started ishing abt. daylight..caught abt 14 spots,got one black too the boat & lost it,abt. a two pounder...The spots were rom 10 in too 16 in..caught ish on spoons,rattle trap & worms..Most came on worms.Fishing shut o abt. 10am & picked up again abt. 12:30pm,we let at 1:30...
    City: Riv

Saturday, November 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 65-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom daybreak to 1:30 pm.Caught one 15in next to the bank on a spinnerbait.Rest came on plastics rom 10t too 30t deep. We caught 10 or 12 spots.All were rom 13 in too 15 1/4 in's.Two cake on senco's & the rest were caught on Cali. & Keeper worms.No hits on Jigs or Cranking...Charted lots o shad,some were big schools. Shad were rom 2t too 80 t deep. Tried a spoon too,no luck.
    City: Riv

Friday, November 9th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Didn't get on the lake until 8am. Was trying dierent approaches. Nothing on reaction baits although I saw a ew raising but I think I was too late in the day or topwater. Caught 2-15", 1-13', and about 4 dinks. Great weather though. Deer are everywhere. Lake is low so I got to see areas that I never have seen beore.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Plastics real slow.

Sunday, October 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a Mid-Cal Bass Tournament Sun. We had ound a large area the week beor that was holding a lot o bass & schools o shad..They had moved out by Sun.Never caught a ish in that area...We ended up with 6 bass or third place.Caught all ours on Cali.& Pro worms."Deep" had to stick 4 o the six..It was a tough day or us.
    City: Riv

Saturday, October 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went up river,started ishing abt 7 am.We caught 10 plus spots rom 11 1/2 in too 18 in. Fish were caught rom 10 t too 60 t deep.Most came on Cali & pro worms, one was caught on a tube bait.Light line,shakeing heads & drop shot.Nothing on top water or crank baits......I orget this,last sat we caught 3 spots & lost 2.All were deep.Those 3 were 13 1/2..14/12 & 16 in...Not lbs.
    City: Riv

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched rom McClure Pt. & ished main lake points on both sides rom there to s. ramp o Barretts. Started morning w/top water, Shad Rap, blade, & pig n jig but did not boat 1st ish until 8:30 am & only ater I switched to split shot 4" grn. weenie. It was a chunky 14 1/2 incher. My wie boated the 2nd ish about 1/2 hr. later, a 12 incher, split shotting a 4" grn. weenie w/chatruese tail. An hour later I boated another 14 1/2 incher then it took another 3 hrs. beore I boated my 3rd and last ish or the day a 15" largemouth on a split shot curlytail purple ghost. We did get to see a big ish, an 8 lb. black chasing a 10" trout in a shallow cove. Did try cranking & spooning throughout the day but no luck.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: 8 hrs. o ishing & we only boated our, three spots & one black. Our ish were split shot using 4" grn. weenies & curlytail purple ghost. Caught them on main lake pts. in 20'-25' o water. No hard strikers, bites were pressure only & missed several bites riding out the ski boat wakes.

Saturday, September 29th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 6am too noon.Nothing on top water or crankbaits..We caught 12 bass,1/2 blacks & 1/2 spots,rom 12 1/4 in too 16 1/4 in.All ish were caught on worms,4 to 8 lb test line & 1/32 to 1/4 oz bullit heads.Cali.,Keeper & Preator worms,4 & 6 in.Most o the ish were caught in the main lake areas rom deep water close to the bank & open deep water.There are a lot o rocks & humps just under the water & the lake level is changing ast...also i you are up in age like i am,it's a long walk up to the top o the ramp.
    City: Riv

Friday, September 7th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fri. morn. let McClure Pt. around 6:30. Fished mostlyparts south o there. Caught ish 1# to 4# using Shad rap,Green Weenie, and (wh/char) spinners around islands. Ater 10 AM NOTHING. Weather was great, sun was high and a breeze was welcomed. Coves and backwater held only dinks.

    Tips: water level is low and dropping. Underwater islands aren'talways where you expect them to be. The lake could be dangerous i you take too many chances. More than once, I was surprised.

Saturday, August 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom irst light till noon. Fish are deep to 50 t. ater the sun is up, some action on top water early. Main reason or posting, there are several islands coming up all over the lake. I was looking or an Island top in the middle o horseshoe and ound it unmarked less than a oot deep not ar rom a huge water trough that is only 2 eet deep. I lagged down the sheri and we marked the hazzard but I know there are a lot more coming up soon. The old railroad tunnels are about hal way out and the tressels at Barrets won't be ar behind, you're gonna see stu that you have never seen in that lake beore i you're new to this sport and McClure. Be careul.
    City: Le Grand

    Tips: Dropshot 40-50 t. there is a ton o bait in this lake.

Monday, August 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I ished all the small coves behind the McClur Marina. Day ishing and early morning was pretty slow. But rom about 8:00 at night until the early hours o morning the bit was on. I threw a 8in june bug lizard and a 10in power worm go two really nice bass 4+ and and alot that where right in the slot. somebody needs to do some thing about the spotts in that lake there are so many but they have know wieght. The top water bite was not good at all or me nore the black spinner bait even though the moon was ull and up.
    City: Merced

    Tips: ish with dark colors. and pretty slow got most on split shot and ew on texis rig

Thursday, July 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 79

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Deep diving cranks with rattles landed 10 ish 14-19 inches 9 spots and one large mouth in 20 t o water. Big ish went over ive. All ish were pulled out o mouth o same cove. And I am not about to tell you wich one. Good luck.
    City: hornitos

Monday, July 16th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out with my ather or a pre athers day ish trip. we were ishing on the water beore 6 a.m. dad got two in the irst hal hour on a clear small zara spook in temperance cove. a couple o nibbles on a salt and pepper grub than we went to trolling by the dam down 70 t. to try something dierent. no luck so we went up by the inlet past the marina and ished untill 1 a.m. then the heat inally got to us. back down to the launch site where we saw no evidence o anybody else catching anything either - but still had a nice relaxing - but hot- day on the lake.
    City: novato

Wednesday, June 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 82-78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 7pm tell 1230am with my brother. Two ish or the night (one each), one on a spinnerbait just beore dark by cotton wood water 81 degrees back through there. The other ish came on a jig/pork in the canyon between Barrets and Horse. Water temp 77 degrees through there. Slow night
    City: Modeto

    Tips: Slow, and let it sit or a while. Steep rocky banks.

Sunday, June 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 80+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tough ishing or June. Had a club deal out there and only 4 or 5 limits out o almost 20 olks ished. Most olks came in with 2 or 3 keepers (we use the card system, so 13+"ers were keepers). Best bite seems to be up river past the bridge on grubs. The other pattern that was catching some ish were inding wind blown points and ish reaction baits on them. Otherwise, it was slow, slow slow ... Was HOT too.Ninja
    City: SJ

Saturday, June 23rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished at lake Mcswian all morning rom 5 to 11 with a riend and hooked into 8 trout but only landed a ew. Went to Mclure around 12 with my buddy Joel and caught to 16 inch bass on a rubber worm. I only ished or about 45 minutes so it wasn't to bad even though it was pretty hot.
    City: Ceres

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The wie and I went up late Saturday or a last minute whim camping trip. Got the tent set up and was on the water about 6:30 p.m. Caught a ew topwater ish on a Cultiva popper, nothing o any size, 1 1/2 pnds. Fished irst light bite next morning. Only so so again. Few on a Sammy, most on a Super Fluke. Ater sun started coming up, ishing the shadows seemed to be the key. Large rock banks that dropped o deep real quick. No plastics bite, had to make 'em bite with the Fluke. Just learning the lake, so could have probably done better.
    City: Hanord

    Tips: Shadows.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68-71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started by Barrett's cove so. ramp app 4:30 am..Water temp,70 deg. Partner caught one over the slot ater 30 min o ishing (rattle trap)Fished a couple main lake points,nothing...Went into Pinney cr. ound dingie water & shad.Water temt was 68 & 69 deg in this area.Caught app 25 bass on kepper & cali worms,Leach worm & reapers.One ish on a spinner bait.we got 7 ish over the slot to 17 1/4 in..Most o the ish were 13 in too just under 15.ish were caught rom 6 t too 15 t deep.We quit at 12:20 pm..Water temp was 69 too 70 in Pinney & 71 in the main lake.Pretty windy all Morn,
    City: Riv

    Tips: I you can ind it,ish dingie water with shad roaming the bank.Light line & darter heads rom 1/6 too 1/4 worked or us.We used a lot o diernt colors,usely 2 ish on one color then they would shut o on it.

Sunday, June 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: missed early am bite, started at 7:30 and ished till 1:30. Caught 4 small spots o rocks on green and brown plastics dropshotted and had lots o hits. Caught two blacks on blades. Nothing on cranks. Tried everywhere rom bridge down to Cotton. Wind was blowing and made boat control very diicult.
    City: Fresno

Saturday, June 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Correction on the below post. June 02, not May. Sorry.
    City: Hanord