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Friday, May 12th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 62-66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at horseshoe,app5:30am.Fished maxwell cr & horseshoe cr area until 1:00 pm.caught app 30 bass,blacks & spots.Parnter & I caught them rom 5 to 30 t deep.worms,lizards & brushhogs.most came on splitshot rigs.We had 6 ish over the slot limit,rest were rom 121/2 to just under the slot.Color ? didn"t matter as long as it wasn"t light colored.
    City: RIV

    Tips: I you ind scattered shad,stay with them.we ished sloping banks & shart drop os

Saturday, May 6th, 2000

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    Water Temp: N.A.

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started to ish at, 5:50am. First bait thrown, was a zara spook,or 15 minutes. A ew ish splashed at it, but no takers.Started to splitshot green 6 inch weenies, as suggested, in previous reports, in 5 to 15 eet deep.The irst cast, was answered with a 14 inch large mouth. Caught several more, but smaller, with a mixture o spots, and lg. mouth bass. Moved to other secondary points, still splitshotting, 4in. to 6in worms. Color o worms really didn't make a dierence.I caught ish, on purple ghost,cherry red,baby bass, and bluegill gitzits. Good Luck!
    City: San Jose

Friday, May 5th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water around 700am, started throwing splash it irst thing in cottonwood. was only able to catch small ish(13" biggest).Went into Tempress and started throwing worms and Yamamoto grubs#176,caught a lot o ish,bit still small.Started ishing main body points, caught a lot o ish(13-15")splitshoting 4 1/2 salt n pepper/chart. tail magic worms.Bigger ish seem to hold to the mud lines around 10-15 t.Wind was blowing, so it was tough to stay on the points.
    City: Salida

Thursday, May 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 63-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: GOT ON THE WATER AT 6AM.CAUGHT SOME FISH IN MAIN PART OF THE LAKE,5 ish,WENT TO PINEY CR. FOUND THE WATER THERE A LITTLE DISCOLORED .CAUGHT APP. 35 FISH.MOST CAME ON SPLIT SHOT RIGGS,5 TO 15 FT DEEP. 4 in KEEPER OXBLOOD & ZOOM COTTON CANDY.SOME CAME ON 6in CALIF. WORMS.ALL BUT 5 FISH WERE FROM 13 TOO 171/4 in. WE QUIT FISHING AT 2pm
    City: RIV

    Tips: split shot 4 to 6in worms in o colored water on 4 to 8lb test line,or 1/32 to 1/8 oz jig heads

Saturday, April 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished McClure but not part o the tournament. I launced rom Barretts and went the dam. I starte throwing on the south end o the dam and worked my way down. Caught a 1-1/2 lb spot on the irst cast o the day. Caught a couple o other ish in the slot size (largemouth). One good ish 5 lbs. caught halway between the dam and the creek on the south end. All ish caught on plastic worms in about 5-8 eet o water. Nice day, a little breezy. The water was ULTRA ULTRA clear. Fish slow.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: FIsh slow. Lots o casts to the same spot. Not aggressive bites.

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My Father and I ished our irst tournament together,we had a great time. We caught lots o ish but nothing really big, our biggest one(my Father caught)was 2.3 pounds. We wieghed in 8.7 ponds, I believe that irst place was in the mid 10 pound range. We caught all our ish split shotting our inch worms, mine was purple ghost and my Fathers was green winnie. It was a great day or everyone, there were about 40 boats and almost all came in with limits o ish.
    City: Salida

    Tips: Make sure that you are dragging the worm slow and elling the rocks, we caught our ish in 15-20 eet o water. Good luck.

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My wie and I ished a tournament with about 50 boats. We started at Hunters point with topwater. I caught 5 right away, right o the bank to two eet o water. The wind was also blowing into the banks. Four were largemouths the other was a 2lb spot,last one caught on top was at 11am. Took 5th in the tourney, we weighed 9.6lbs. First place was a little over 10lbs. All o our ish were long and slender, all o them were over 15 inches.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Try the zara spook not the zara puppy, spook caught the bigger ish. Purple ghost curly tail. Fish more o the lat areas or bigger ish.

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: was on the lake by sun up had already caught 50 ish by 9:00am but i am quite the isherman now boy!!!! i was using my little white worm it is about 2 inches unless i am aroused by a pretty bass then it is a 4 inch worm. i like to move it up and down and back and orth what ever works!earl likes that! good luck you boys watch out or my worm
    City: modesto

    Tips: dont eat yellow snow

Friday, April 28th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 10 ish up to three pounds. Two on live shiners, the rest on witches tit and carolina purple lizard.
    City: San Jose

Saturday, April 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Best ishing trip sence I moved back to Caliornia a month ago. My ather and I got on the water about 7am, we launch out o Barrett cove and headed towards the Dam. We ished mostly in the 12-15t with split shot rigs. My ather was using a 4" green winnie and he caught 8, 4 o them were over 15". I caught 7, 3 o mine were over 15" with one o them going close to 3lbs. I was using a crawdad colored grub.
    City: Salida

    Tips: Fish in 12-15t o water and drag the plastic slow, there is no doubt when you get a bite. Good luck.

Saturday, April 8th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WENT OUT OF BARRET COVE AND HEADED TO HORSHOE BEND. MY PARTNER AND I USED KEEPER PURPLE GHOST AND CAUGHT AND RELEASED AROUND 15 SPOTS FROM 1-3 LBS AND 4 LARGE MOUTHS THAT WERE AROUND 2-3 LBS. BY MID MORNING WE SWITCHED TO GREEN WEENIES WITH THE SAME SUCCESS
    City: DISCOVERY BAY

    Tips: FISH THE STEEP BANKS AND LET YOUR BAIT DROP UNTIL IT'S DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH YOUR BOAT. FISH ARE AGGRESIVE HOLD ON TIGHT

Sunday, March 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 61-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WE GOT IN THE WATER ABOUT 8:00 AM HEADED UP BY THE DAM CAUGHT SOME FISH ON CRAW COLORED GRUBS & SHAD 4" WORMS ON A 1/8 JIG HEAD. FISH WERE 8-15FT BUT THE BEST PATTERN WAS WIND BLOWING INTO COVES WITH WATER RUNNING IN. FISHING THE JIG HEAD WORM WORKING FROM 6FT TO 20FT THE BITE WS REAL SOFT BUT WE CAUGHT & RELEASED 30 FISH 1.5 TO 3.0 LBS WORKING OUR WAY BACK FROM THE BRIDGE.COLOR OF THE DAY WAS A 4" GREEN WEENIE.THE FISH PULLED LIKE TRUCKS. TIGHT LINES!!
    City: SR

    Tips: 1/8 OUNCE JIG HEAD/4" WORM WORKED SLOW. GO TO THE BRIDGE AND WORK YOUR WAY BACK TO BARRET COVE.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The warm weather has pushed some o the 1-3lb. male ish up on the bank, 1-3eet. The larger emale ish I ound were out in the 6-15 eet o water. I threw a hal ounce shad colored spinnerbait and slow-rolled it rom the bank down to about 15 eet. I cought ish all day doing this. I also used a carolina rig with a "caliornia worm" in the 082 color. the 082 is a purple worm with a neon blue vain in it. The bigger ish came on this worm at about 9:30 in the morning. This is when the bight really started. I ished a grub in the smoke shad color and just killed the spots, most about 1lb. but they were un. I ished up river adout hal way between horseshoe and bagby. The bigger ish were on steep, rocky banks. goodluck on your next outing...
    City: merced

    Tips: Use plastics, I preer the "caliornia worm" in the 082 color, also try the greenweenie colors, they are always good. I also cought ish on a shad colored spinnerbait. A salt and pepper grub will catch a lot o ish, mainly spots and about 1 pound, but they were plentiul and on.

Sunday, March 12th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished rom 7am till 2pm. Caught 15-20 ish. Most came on brown jigs. The deeper staging ish I caught on the drop shot. This was the irst time I have had success doing the drop shot. It was un hitting these deeper ish on the head. Watch your electronics and keep your drop shot ready. Each time I would see a ish on the graph, I would drop down and watch my bait all. Most bites came very quick. My advice would be to move the bait as little as possible. No reaction ish or me. I had 3 ish hit a luke, but missed it. The ishing seemed to have slowed or some reason. It only took around 11lbs to win the BASS Fed. tournament on Sunday.
    City: Fresno

    Tips: Keep trying the reaction baits and jigs. Leave the split shot rod at home.

Friday, March 10th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: came up with 2 bass. one in the grassy lats about 2 1/2# on a with spinnerbail with gold and silver blades. the other down about 50t. when trolling or trout with lashers and a worm. got a ew trout on lashers and worms and a latish around the dam and on into the boat launch area by the houseboats - trolling.
    City: novato

    Tips: bass seem to be moving up - top water might be good bet.

Tuesday, February 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WE HELD OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT SUNDAY 27TH, ALL IN ALL THINGS WENT GOOD. THE WEATHER WAS THE ONLY THING THAT DIDN'T COOPERATE. 31 BOATS PARTICIPATED,AND 27 OUT OF 31 WEIGHED IN 7 FISH LIMITS. 1ST PLACE WENT TO THE TEAM OF CAREY EDWARD AND KEVIN JOHNSON WITH A TOTAL OF 18.58LBS AND A BIG FISH OF 4.12LBS. SECOND PLACE WENT TO THE TEAM OF STAN McGEE AND DON WILLIAMS WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 17.64 LBS AND THE SECOND BIG FISH OF 2.98 LBS. THIRD PLACE WENT TO THE TEAM OF SHANE HAWKINS AND BOBBY ROCHA WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 14.68 LBS. THE WINNERS SAID THERE FISH CAME ON JIGS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE. SEE YA AT NEW MELONES ON MARCH 26TH 2000
    City: DENAIR

    Tips: THE FISH WERE AT ALL DEPTHS.SOME CAUGHT THEM ON REACTION BAITS BUT THE BETTER FISH CAME ON JIGS ( DEEPER). IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE THE BIGGER FISH MOVE UP.

Sunday, February 27th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED A TOURNMENT HERE TODAY. 31 BOATS. RAINED 80% OF THE DAY. FISH MAINLY UP THE RIVER AREA. CAUGHT 20 PLUS FISH. CAUGHT FISH BY MAINLY CRANKIN AND JIGS BRN/BRN PLASTIC TRAILER. TOOK 17LBS TO WIN. WE ONLT HAD 10.
    City: MODESTO

    Tips: THE FISH WERE SLAMIN THE JIG HARD. WHEN CRANKIN WHEN EVER I HIT A ROCK AND STOPPED IT THE WOULD HIT IT.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: THERE'S A NEW SERIES OF OPEN TEAM TOURNAMENTS STARTING AT LAKE McCLURE ON FEB.27TH 2000.ENTRY FEE IS $50.00 PER TEAM WITH A $10.00 BIG FISH OPTION.1 IN 5 WILL BE PAID BACK,WITH FULL 80% PAYBACK,NO EXPENSES DEDUCTED.THERE IS A 75 BOAT LIMIT,SO GET YOUR ENTRY FORM IN TODAY!FOR MORE INFO E-MAIL MID-CAL BASS AT SKEETER3424@MSN.COM
    City: DENAIR

    Tips: FISH AROUND 40 TO 50 FT. SLOW FOR BIGGER FISH,JUST HEARD SMALLER FISH ARE STARTING TO MOVE SHALLOW.

Monday, January 24th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 53.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED A LITTLE TOURNEY SAT, FISHING WAS GREAT. CAUGHT ABOUT24 TO 30 BETWEEN ME AND MY PARTNER.HAD 11.79 LBS FOR 7 FISH,FINISHED 11TH PLACE WINNERS HAD A LITTLE OVER 16LBS.WE CAUGHT OUR FISH IN 40 TO 50 FT. DRAGGING SUPER BAIT WORMS, 6 INCH BLACK GRAPE.WINNERS CAUGHT THERE FISH IN COTTON ARM ON POINTS IN 40 TO 50 FT. SHAKING A BROWN CALIFORNIA WORM.THREW A JIG FOR A FEW HOURS,BUTT JUST COULD NOT GET A BITE.
    City: DENAIR

    Tips: SLOW IS THE KEY

Saturday, January 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54-55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED A SMALL TOURNAMENT HERE TODAY. THE FISHING WAS TOUGH. CAUGHT 7 FISH ALL DAY, ALL THE FISH WERE BETWEEN 13-16". CAUGHT BETWEEN 10 TO 30' OF WATER DRAGGING WORM. COULD NOT GET A JIG BITE. HEARD RUMORS OF SOMEONE FISHING IN THE 75' TO 100' RANGE.
    City: MODESTO