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Saturday, January 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Cottonwood area with worms on 1/8-1/4 oz.darter heads.Fished Morning Dawn and Summer Moss w/Chart. tail.Fished daylight till 930-10am caught 2 spots in the slot.Couldnt get any thing else so we trolled or trout,deinately the thing to do....lots o rainbows jumping.We caught 6 13-19 inches,very healthy and ull o spunk.Bass might be hit and miss,but,trout are hot!
    City: Chowchilla

    Tips: Fish hand pours in summer moss,morning dawn,baby bass,etc. on 1/8-1/4 0z.darter heads.cWe positioned boat 25'-30' rom bank and cast to bank and work back,ish were in about 10'-12' o water.FISH/SHAKE SLOW,bite is light(non-existant)line will start to take o or worm will just stop.

Sunday, January 9th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started in south end rocky secondary points. Then moved out to main creek points. Caught 2 blacks 2.5 lbs ea. couple o 14" spots. Went to piney to throw jigs, Looking or big blacks. Should have never let south end. Only caught a ew spots in Piney.
    City: Oakdale

    Tips: Slow presentation, Lots o time on the water. The more I go the easier to ind them. Right now I think there are ish at many depths. I stuck with 28'-40'.

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Partner and I ished up toward Bagby on steep rocky banks.Salt and pepper worms 4 or 6 inch.Caught 14 spots and 1 smallmouth. Smallest 1.6, largest 2.8. One on 4 inch morning dawn.
    City: Delhi

    Tips: Splitshot and keep the worm on the bottom.Slow

Tuesday, January 4th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well I'm NOT ishing the 100% Bass tournament here in two weeks since my partner can't seem to do any preishing.. So here's the skinny..the whole truth and thats a act..I'm ishing Piney and Temperance ..using Brown jigs and a purple crawdad trailer made by Keeper Baits called purpleghost..The jigs is 5/8ths oz made o rogs hair..and the ish are mainly on the Steep NORTH acing banks..they are holding in about 20t-40t..I'm not throwing to the bank..I'm putting my boat near the bank and throwing parallel,out the 20 - 40 t depth..Let the bait set on the bottom or at least a minute beore moving it..and hold on these are big ish that see the bait all and move over to eat it..ater a minute pump the bait o the bottom about a oot and let it settle or about 20 seconds..i not bite make another cast down the bank..but stay on the SHADY NORTH STEEP banks..the ish are schooled up and you can catch any easy 12lb limit in one or two stops..most o these ish are big blacks..the biggest was 6.5lbs most are 2.5 and up.....and they crush the bait..Piney is the same way..just look or the shady banks..and let the bait "set" Yesterday I caught at least three limits almost all largemouths..and all over 2.5lbs Boat position is real important...throw out not in..I your not ishing in the shade your not catching the bigger ish..and the steeper the better..Good luck..and ish SLOW..
    City: Madera

Monday, December 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 56-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Was going to Don Pedro but my buddy said it was to cold to ish so I went to McClure by mysel..Launched at 8:30 at Barrett's south..Fished main lake all day..."WHAT A HOT BITE " on jigs..I started with purpleghost worms..just little ish 1-1.5 pounders..Switched to jigs and what a dierence..used brown/brown caught larger spots to 2plus pounds..then switched to brown/purple WOW..and they say color doesn't matter..smalest ish on brown/purple was 2.25 lbs bigest 4.5..lots o 2-3 lbs I mean lots..ish were in 20 to 40 eet..bigger ish were in 35-40 eet..near points, not quite on the point.I have a tournament in three weeks so I hope it holds..There must have been 60 plus boats on the water..doesn't anyone work anymore...
    City: Madera

    Tips: Key..threw deep and pulled shallow..had my boat in 5 eet o water threw out to 60plus and pulled shallow..

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Piney irst could not buy a reaction bite started throwing jigs and worms caught ish on every colorsize I put in the water ranged rom 1.3 to 2.2 as ater noon crept in moved near dam picked up a ew blacks rangeing rom 1.7 to 2.9 est 13 or seven
    City: Copperopolis

    Tips: ish 20 to 40 eet deep expect tons o ish pressure as every tourney org. in nor cal has an event there in Jan must have seen 30 boats alot or a monday.

Wednesday, December 22nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ripped points and lats or the irst hour with no luck, so we started cranking shad raps, one dink; igured i they are notbusting shad they must be eating crawdads; I started throwin a speed trap (delta craw) slow and picked up two more both one anda hal. Bite has sure turned o, had been catchin two to three limits daily. Must have seen a dozen decent ish up in the shallowsbut make them bite.
    City: turlock

Tuesday, December 21st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I hadn't been to McClure or over a year, but managed to inda ew ish. Caught ten ish. Most were in about 15-20 eet, which kind o surprised me. Could not ind any ish deep and could not ind anybait. They are probably there, but I was unable to locate them.Caught hal my ish on jigs and the others came split shotting.I ished Horse Shoe and Main Lake.
    City: Fresno

Saturday, December 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a turkey shoot and had un. We started in the morning rippin and we caught about 5 spots in the 1-1.5 pound range. As the sun came up and hit the water they went back down and we started jigging. Caught a 7 ish limit and we started culling squeakers. Ater all was said and done we had about 12.59 or 7 ish.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: Try rippin in the morning and jigging as the sun comes up. Also alot o people who caught limits said they were throwing blades around trees. Good luck and good ishing :)

Thursday, December 16th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Clear, high blue skies...no wind, some places you could see 8 to 10 eet deep..We started in Temperence FlatsWe must have missed 10 ish because o the short bites..Then we threaded the hooks to the end o 6" Keeper purpleghost worms..Right away my buddy caught a 5 pounder..Then I caught a our and a three..the bite was like a rubberband ,just pressure..Set the hook or loose.No second chance..We moved into the narrows and started throwing jig's and caught a limit, easy..too easy i you know what I mean..I have a two tournaments there in January and I sure hope it gets tougher..heheheThe jig's were brown on brown..most ish were in 15 eet or less..

    Tips: Fish slow and watch your line on the irst all..there would be s sot tick and they were there..set the hook or lose them..

Saturday, November 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a lot o ish good Quality all were caught 60 to 80 eet on worms, jigs, secret is to ish slow on the bottom. I you are ishing slow then slow some more.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: worms jigs etc.

Sunday, November 14th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 63-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Versatility is the key. Early AM reaction bite then 20-60 t.

    Tips: Keep it wet.

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    Water Temp: 63-64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Early AM reaction bite but done by 645-700.Ater sun hits the water use your avorite 4 in. worm in 30-60 t. although some guys are catching ish in tight.

    Tips: It is a 0-60 t. bite.Fish can be caught on ripbaits,spoons,worms, or jigs.Don`t hesitate to throw a Pop-R or blade.Fish are being caught all over the lake.

Saturday, July 10th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Stayed the weekend ished or 2-3 hours Fri. night, 3 hours Sat. Morning and about and hour Sat night. Caught one ish each time out. Had alot o ish jumping but could not get anything on topwater tried spooks, lukes, spitn image, buzzbaits, props and poppers. ished worms at all depths to 25'. only missed a couple o strikes. Usually have no problems catching a good number o ish here, but not this year.
    City: Los Banos

Saturday, July 3rd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 78-82 deg

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Sporadic topwtaer action. Best with white buzzbaits and spooks on points. Never could get a good worm bite going so I decided it was time to break out the jig. Then started whacking 'em. Never ished deeper tha 20'. Fished sloping points with rock. Water was high so there is a little grass up shallow that a spinnerbait will get you ish. Brown jig with watermelon seed w/ red lake twin tail trailer worked best. Had numerous spots over the slot and at one time had 5 ish on 5 casts on this jig (1/4 oz). Graphed lots o baitish on points but they only seemed interested in jigs.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Find pointst hat have baitish on or nearby and ish them alot.

Monday, June 21st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 75 to80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We had a club tournament on 6/19/99 launched out o barret cove. my partner and I hit a point down by the dam with zarra spooks (clear) I had my irst limit in less than 15 minets. From there we gust kepet hiting points all I used all day was the zarra spooks and white spinnerbaits.We did ok in the tournament but a guy that wasent doning as well as us we told him about the zarra spook bite and he caught just a little better ish he won it with 15lbs and I took 2nd with 14.5lbs. there was a vary large spot caught by Dave M. 7.5lbs what a beautiul ish, He caught it on a zarra spook,What do you know! The secret was wave action on the points.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: zarra spooks and white spinnerbaits on windy points all day. Have a whole lot o un it's there or the casting!J.D.

Friday, June 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a test o the automatic report cgi
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lets hope it worksFishing Reports or Lake McClure

Sunday, May 30th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 68-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Early morning spinnerbaits and pearl super lukes were the ticket. Fish were chasing large shad and we pulled probably 40 ish rom an area in 2 hours. They were not interested in topwater or crankbaits or ripbaits. But they ate the luke like dessert. Ater the sun came up we switched to shad colored worms on short leader split-shot rigs and continued catching ish. Also caught a couple nice spots on a jig. Then the holiday boat traic got to annoying.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Find the baitish - right now they are orientated to points. Early morning lukes and spinnerbaits-white skirts or white blades and possibly topwater. Ater that continue ishing the points except a little deeper and slower with shad colored worms.

Friday, May 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Threw everything in my tackle box, then almost threw my tackle box. Bass are shut o, wateris rising ast, not helping the situation. Talked to several people, all with the same story. Tried Rat-l-traps, plastic worms (purple), crankbaits, nightcrawelers, chartreuse nightcrawelers, evenRoostertails. Caught a couple Bluegill, that's it. Fished rom 2:00pm 'til 9:00pm, clear skies, slight breeze, still about 90 degrees on the lake. No ish, but still better than being at work!
    City: Turlock

    Tips: Most action I had was with Rat-l-traps o the points. Several strikes, but nothing hooked up.

Sunday, April 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What a weekend! Just had to go ishing. My ishin' buddy, "Deep-cranking" Dennis and I decided to go to Lake McClure ora change. The wind was up at times but that didn't stop usrom catching a bunch o ish, about 40 in all. Nothing to reallybrag about but some nice slot ish. Only a couple were caught with plastic worms, ox blood in particular, all the otherswere caught with crankbaits. Dennis had the hottest bitewith a Rapala Rattlin' Fat Shad Rap. The best part about itwas we had the lake pretty much to ourselves.
    City: Clayton

    Tips: n/a