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Sunday, February 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks to the big dogs rom Santa Clara Bass Busters have checked in with their reports. I will just add a ew extras about where. We got nice small keeper ish across rom Nacimiento Resort Marina. We went ar up the river but did not get any keepers split shotting and drop shotting. The Jig bite was air, slow walkin the jig down the bank. Main lale points did pretty well.
    City: Belmont

    Tips: There is a rip and crank bite early in shallow water on main lake points.

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: kmulhair also orgot to mention that he won the tourney.Very nice bag, I believe 8+ lbs.As he said the spots are lots o un. Small ish that will pull the line under the boat on you. It kind o drive you crazy thoughyour so use to catching large mouth that every time one o these guysgets on your line you think you have a 3+ lber. to ind out he's justa keeper.Way to go kmulhair.See everybody on the water!
    City: San Jose

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    Water Temp: 47-50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Bass Busters o Santa Clara County had their March Tournamentyesterday March 9, 2002 at Nacimiento. The Day started out niceand clear with no og in site, air temperature was about 30 degrees.We had about 13 boats to start the day with most boats coming in with some nice ish, about hal the boats with ull limits. This was a Draw tournamentwith individual weight. About the ishing! The ishings was great irstthing in the morning. I you tied on some type o reaction baityou would have pulled your best ish within the irst hour o the day.Ater that it was time to slow down. It seems that ater that irsthour i you hadn't switched to a Drop Shop, Split Shot, Jig, or worm you it was going to be tough to pull any more ish. The better size ish came earlyon the reaction baits and later on the Finess baits came plenty o dinks with the occational keeper. The club overall had a great tournament withbeuitul weather and a good day o ishing. It's too bad Nacimiento doesn't havea little better size quality ish. Big ish or the tournament was 2.82 lbs.Good Luck, Good Fishing
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Reaction Baits that did well:Spinner Bait, Crank Bait, and Rip BaitsFiness Baits:Drop Shots, Jigs, and Split shots.

Monday, January 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51-53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went there or a change rom the slow ishing in the valley. Good choice. We caught about 50 ish between the two o us. No big ones, all about 10-15 inches. All jig ish. I was using a 1/4 oz. brown/purple with a cinnamon double tail yamamoto trailer, buddy was using a brown jig with same trailer. Both o us lost all those jigs and just started using a 1/4 oz. ootball head with cinnamon hula grubs, caught just as many ish on that. Got 'em rom about 5-20 eet. My buddy outished me and I think the dierence was he had 6 lb. test, I had 8.
    City: Hanord

    Tips: Jigs. Dress warm or the morning cold.

Saturday, January 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The day was very cold and oggy in the morning till 11:00 am.We began calling at 10:30 but caught only 8 keepers,all were spotted bass.The best ive went to an eight(8)plus on the scales with the big ish at 2.8 lbs.My big ish was 2.25 with a total o 7.85 or a 3rd place win.I guest that was'nt bad or Wasco Bass Club.All o mind were caught on brown jigs and my partner caught his on short brown plastics.
    City: Bakersield

    Tips: All ish we caught were deep 25 to 40 eet.The catch was very slow at Christmas Tree Cove,Bee Rock and The Narrows on brown short plastics and brown jigs.

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    Water Temp: 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Cold in the morning (oggy) but beautiul, sunny & calm ater it burned o. Caught 7 keepers (all spots), best ive went #12.95. Big ish was #3.65. Most ish were 10-15', a couple were 25'. Shallow ish came on 4" worm on a darthead, deep ish on drop-shot.There were 3 clubs on the lake that day, 1 had #10.5 to win, 1 had #8.5 to win, don't know what the other one took to win. Should have entered 'em all!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: All ish aren't deep this time o year (especially when it's sunny).

Thursday, January 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: all you ishermen that plan to ish naci--it oggy-cold-in the morning til 1100 am.bring warm clothes and hot coee.ish&game just inshed planing over 500 xmas trees.ish slow&deep-drop-shot or drag jigs in 10 to 30 eet o water.you can catch a lot o ish,but they will be small.good luck--god bless bears
    City: oak-shores

    Tips: brown jigs--water is very clear,

Thursday, January 10th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50 - 51

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Congratulations to Rduzac or big ish o the tournament (which he orgot to mention). Nice ish! Yes, or those o you who like catching ish and aren't concerned about monster bass, Nacimiento can be a lot o un. It was relatively slow or Nacimineto this weekend, but some nice ish were to be had. Water temp was 50 to 51.5 degrees. Weather was incredible or this time o year and great ishing conditions. I had a limit within 1.5 hours and like Rduzac said, you had to be patient and diligent the rest o the day. But give me a day on a lake with SPOTS any day! They are unbelieveably great ighting ish!! LB or LB I'd put them against smallmouths! I caught my ish on a magic worm "lshblue" in less than 10' o water the irst hour o the day "mojo" rig. Ater the sun hit the water I landed several more nice ish in 25 - 30t o water split shotting. I landed over 12 keeper ish with the best going a small 1.78lbs but it ought like a 4lb'er! Give me a spot any day! All o you guys looking or some thing extra or your ishing need to look into joining a club! The Santa Clara Bass Busters is looking or new members and you can have a lot o un and learn alot at the the same time. The guys are great and very riendly. Next month we're doing Lake Orovile, KING o the Spots Lake! See us at IHOPS on Stevens Creek in Cupertion. Check out our web site! www://santaclarabassbuster@homestead.com/sccbbhome.html
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: hit it early! most action was in the the irst two hours o the dawn!

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Not as good as last trip. Got about 18 ish between the two o us. All 12-14 inchers. Hula grubs ished deeper than last time. Water has come up a little, and seems to be a little colder too. Up the river was ALOT slower. Only managed 3 ish up there. Weather is getting better, so should the ishing.
    City: Hanord

    Tips: Hula grubs. Bites are mostly pressure bites.

Monday, November 12th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I hope the wasco bass club had un on saturday,we had over 10 pounds,or 5 bass each.i you miss the bite,it was on 1/4 spoons,chrome castmaster.we got about 25 keeper bass that day. ish the bait ball,in about 10 to 30 eet.cow cove--dip creek--tri-valley-harbor---great day or us.
    City: oak-shores

    Tips: spoons and ind the bait

Sunday, November 11th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The weather was a bit over cast slightly raining. Didn't catch a lot just a good sized white bass near the shallows going up stream. I used a yellow rooster tale which caught me a 1 and an a hal pound bass. Also caught a small crappie near the cove.
    City: Bakersield

    Tips: use bright colored roosters on the steady waters

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The weather was a bit over cast slightly raining. Didn't catch a lot just a good sized white bass near the shallows going up stream. I used a yellow rooster tale which caught me a 1 and an a hal pound bass. Also caught a small crappie near the cove.
    City: Bakersield

    Tips: use bright colored roosters on the steady waters

Monday, October 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 2 Largemouth when oggy aroung Oak Shores less than 1lbs. poppers whitelack. Sun broke out and caught 3 bass is same spot. less than pound.
    City: Prunedale

    Tips: poppers Black/ white around trees or rocks

Saturday, October 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: eddie rosson--best way to catch largemouth bass is mega-bite black&white crank baits,dropshot r-boo worms,small poppers,best aera is rocks beore cantias creek,los tablas island,bay across rom smallbass island,best spots we had going all week,need your e-mail address.god bless.
    City: oak-shores

    Tips: boils,or poppers-cranks when they are not on top,dropshot when slow.

Thursday, August 23rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was tough with a very sot bite, caught 10 spots on jigs, dark green was the best color all were caught around rocky blus in 18 to 20 t the points didn't produce like normal the weathewr was great no wind but tons o boats started ishing at 6:30 and let the lake at 3:0
    City: bakersield

Friday, August 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went to dam aera at north ramp,got 5 bass on spinner baits-then hit snake creek point,got 2 bass-went to los tables island,got 3 bass on white spinner baits and stayed til 10.00p.m.and cougth 6 bass in dark worms,texas style.best day this week,must be because we ished out o my ranger boat.
    City: oak-shores

    Tips: drop-shot--white spinner bait--texas riged worms--

Wednesday, July 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: inding lot o catish in cantias creek,got a 3# on a spinner bait.whites there too.bass bitten on spinnerbaits drop-shot and dark worms ater dark.best bite at sunset.god bless
    City: oak-shores

    Tips: chartuce-white spinners,castic shad or drop-shot

Saturday, July 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: best time or me has been,in the evening,rom 6.00pm til 11.00pm spinner baits-chompers jigs-dark colored wowms texas rigged,try raider point-los tables Island--ricks rock-i the wind comes up,try gettin out o it but stay near deep water points,jet-skies and ski boats can be a problem,inside los tables 5mph bouy is good too.white bass have been seen in cantias creek.topwater bait or them.good luck.
    City: oak-shores

    Tips: keep you eyes open or eedin ish

Friday, June 29th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: To: Bobby Burgess - San JoseFind you answers at: http://www.nacimientoresort.com
    City: Salinas

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hello out there, I need some help. I've call the number listed on the web or ino. on the lake but this guy John has not returned by call.I need know i there's access to the lake rom King City side or is it best rom the Paso Robles side? I also need the zip code so that I can print a map rom Mapquest and i it's not too much trouble what type o ishing lures should I bring. This ino. is greatly appreciated and i you could update this ishing on the questions I have by Monday morning that also would be great. God bless!
    City: San Jose