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Wednesday, June 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 70-76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fish ater work or a little bit. Worked the mud lines with a Fluke. Caught about 15 bass. only 2 over 12". Lots o red eyes.
    City: Oakdale

    Tips: Fish the cove near the campground to the south o tuttle town launch. The cove just southwest o the 49 bridge is hot too. Try Flukes in albino or trout color.

Sunday, May 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: NA

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Did pretty well considering how hot it was today! Went to our avorite cove (ished o the bank) and hooked up a nice one on irst cast. Caught about 8 all together, most caught in the morning. Using Pumpkinseed (with green lake) Senko's seemed to be the ticket. Caught bass in submerged timber and o steep rocky slopes. Biggest ishes caught were 3.6lbs and 2.7lbs. Not many big ones, but there was some nice action.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Watch that line, most hits where on the all.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ind the shad and throw any crank bait that resembles a shad. went up river and caught and released 8-10 bass and kepy two limets o scab ish(trout) by 9am. sit and caught and released ish ater ish or another hour. great am. good luck.
    City: sonora

Tuesday, May 7th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started ishing around our pm and noticed the ish had backed o.Threw top water on some avorite spots and only had one blow up.Watching the depth inder I was noticing bait and ish between 30 and 45 eet.Startd shakin but no takers.Switched to splt shottin and worked over submerged trees.This was the ticket.Got eight nice ish in an hour or so..Moved way up river and about seven o'clock got into a good top water bite as all the ish seemed to move right to the bank on steep walls.Got another ten nice ish.Good day but it's going to bust on the next heat spell.
    City: sonora

    Tips: Stay with the bait in this lake and you will catch ish.

Thursday, May 2nd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: PHILS PROPS NOW CARRIES A FULL LINE OF MARKS TAILS1-800-462-3917 CHECK THIS OUT www.markstails.com TO GET A IDEA ALOT OF TOURNAMENTS ARE BEING WON ON THIS PRODUCT JUST SPECIFY TYPE OF LURE AS RIPS ARE DIFFERENT THAN CRANKS AND LIPLESS ARE DIFFERENT LENGTH THAN TOPWATERS AND SO ON.YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES TO HAVE A TRAILER THAT MATCHES IDENTICALLY AND THE ACTION IS UNBELIEVABLE.
    City: REDWOOD CITY

Sunday, April 21st, 2002

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    Water Temp: Not sure

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tried Bear Cove, Angles Creek and Glory Hole. Fishing buddy landed 2lb spotted with watermelon brush hog on Carolina rigging around 3pm at Glory Hoe

Saturday, April 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had a hal a day on the water, started just ater sun up. Brother hit a nice rainbow on a Yozurri minow right away. Nothing or the next 3-4 hours. Not a bite at all. Brother hit another nice bow on same lure around 11am. We tried it all, senkos, rattles, top water, spinnerbaits, carolina wormin with all kinds o colors. Didn't read many ish either. Started getting windy around noon, decided to call it a day.
    City: MODESTO

    Tips: I really don't know! Everything I thought would produce, didn't produce anything! I ound some spots that should've been holding tons o lunkers, and couldn't ind em on the screen or on the line! Any help would be great!

Monday, April 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57 to 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 4/7 to 4/14. 3 o the days we caught more than 100 ish each per day. The other days we caught on aberage 50 to 60 ish each per day. Most were 2 to 3 pounds, biggest was 4 pounds 10 ounces. This was one o the best ishing trips o my lie. We caught ish on rip baits, brown grubs, and gitzits mostly. Some days we caught on steep rock, some days on slopy rock and some days on slopy points. Each day was dierent. I caught the 4 pound 10 ounce ish out in the middle o angles cove in 30 eet o water. My brother had broken o and the boat was just driting and I was just an casting to kill time when wham it hit my rattling rouge and took o or china. What a ight.
    City: Hayward

    Tips: Be prepared to be versitile. Fish are moving all over the place.

Friday, April 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: Not sure

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hit Angles Cove in the morning, another spotted bass with watermelon color 4in brush hog rigged Texas style. Friend hit one with same setup. Got a 2lb spotted bass at opening o Mormon Creek with 7in black zoom, rigged Texas style. Friend hit two red-eyes at the south shore near dam with minnows. Finished up with a red-eye on a chartreuse jig with pumpkinseed trailer at Carson Cove near some lay down o point on east shore.
    City: Tracy

Monday, April 8th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught two large mouth bass beore 9 a.m. The irst was over 3lbs. and the second was over 2lbs. Used sot plastics. Didn't even get a bite ater that. As it got warmer the ish were cruising the shoreline but weren't interested in anything I was throwing at them. I still haven't caught any bass deeper in the coves yet. Everything has been in the shallows o the main body o the lake.
    City: Murphys

    Tips: The spawn is on so FISH ON!

Saturday, April 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got in the water at daybreak.Fished main lake coves..Caught ish rom 2 t to 20 t deep.All on worms & splitshoting a senko.Did catch a ew on the senko with no weight,was to windy..We caught rom dink's to 2 1/2 lbs.Got 13 over 12 in. let at 1 pm.Got two blowups on a top water & threw spinner & crank some,no takers...
    City: Riv

Friday, April 5th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: GONNA BE HITTING THE LAKE TOMORROW, ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCATIONS FOR BIG FISH? PLEASE HELP, NEVER FISHED FROM A BOAT ON THIS LAKE! TAKING OUT THE BOAT TOMORROW, DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. HELP???
    City: MODESTO

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This is great...Fished rom our to six thirty and boated 33 keepers on blades.It is awesome..No big ones.A couple o threes.
    City: Sonora

    Tips: Water is warming,water is getting color, and they is tight.Fish every stick!!!!

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Ater the worst day on Salt Springs,one ish or three guys in seven hours,I put the boat on the trailer at 1:30 and head or Melones.We launched at Angels Cove ramp at 2:30 and the day quickly changed.Noticing that the aternoon winds had been creating mud lines prior to our arrival,we just headed or the irst one we could get to.Spinner bait ish on the irst cast.The bite was on.Proceeded down the bank and they keep coming.Keeper, keeper, then I throw to an isolated tree top behind the boat,4 pounder.Then my brothers put three more in the boat..Then I make a long cast next to a bush tight to the bank.Damn, a quater turn o the reel and a dead stop,a snag?..Well now my line starts moving quickly out o the mud line and I get a glimpse o what seems like a solid six.Now she really turns it on, eels like a all stiper.The big girl rips out twenty ive yards and then comes back ull speed under the boat and right or a tree.Screw this ish,I put my thumb on the spool and pray she dosen't brake me.Well luck was on my side and I turn her and we inally net her,she is a pig.I check my watch and its only 2:50,wow what a stretch o action.We head staight or the ramp, trailer the boat and take her to Glory Hole Sports..She weighs 10.40,ater some pics we return to the ramp at 3:30.She swims right o and we proceed to get right back on them.Great day!!!!
    City: Sonora

    Tips: With weather like this and so many lakes close by, don't hesitate to move!!!!

Friday, March 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52-56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took my son out today and we were on the water at 10:00...Went straight up the river to ish water I haven't been in all year.The boy put the irst ish in the boat on a drop shot at 35.Soon he was playing in the boat with all my old worms...The bite today was still deep and it was good.35 to 60 and the ish were mostly 2 1/2 plus....O the water at three with about 13 lbs....
    City: sonora

    Tips: I think I am going to loose this bite with the irst warm spell..But it sure has been un or almost 2 months....Best winter here in years!!!!!

Wednesday, February 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57-61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished two hours in the aternoon and got six nice largemouths to 3 1/2 on brown jigs 3 to 8 eet.
    City: Sonora

    Tips: ish banks near deep sides o creek channels..these ish are just moving up...at and strong

Sunday, February 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Trolled with spoons and cranks without a strike. Drop shotted and cranked also. Skunked!!! Talked to other isherman who were also skunked ater ishing all day. The marina says ishing has been on or o today it was o!
    City: Merced

Tuesday, February 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 51-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: we ished Angles Creek area rom day break to 12;30 pm.Caught 5 blacks & 2 spots rom 14 in to 2 1/2 lbs.Fish were scattered & very sot bites.They were caught on 6 in worms,tube bait & jig with grub trailer.Got one hit on a crankbait,didn'i try a spinnerbait & didn't throw the crankbait to much either.
    City: Riv

Monday, February 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: COLD

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ARRAIVED EARLY WENT 2 THE BLUE ROOM AND DID MY THINK. PUT MY BOAT IN THE WATER AND PUT MY FISHING UNIFORM IT WASCOLD. AS I WAS PARKING MY TIN-TRUCK I FOUND A PINK FLOATINGWORM. I TRIED TOP, BLADES AND JERK, NO LUCK. WAS TIE IN A JIG ANDBUT BEFORD I THRU THE PINK WORM YOUKNOW HAVE SOMETHING INWATER. I HEARD A BIG SPLASH THOUGHT IT WAS A CARP. I WAS ON 3O'MY POLE MOVED STARED RELLING IT WAS HEAVY JUST DEATH WEIGHTIT WAS A NICE 4-5 POUND SPOT. GOT BITES ON JIG, DOWN SHOTING,SPLING. I STAYED ON 30-40' ALL DAY.
    City: FRESNO

    Tips: JUST GOT LUCKY.

Monday, February 4th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ish all the water ways here in the Central Valley oCaliornia.You have a GREAT SITE. I will be checking your site beoreI head out.I will be submiting to you what was working on that day.Thanks or the SITE.Ron
    City: Modesto