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Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49.5--52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: slower then it had been the previous two weeks, pretty cold in the morning before the sun came up- caught a few nice fish in 10-17' on spider jigs in the morning, the Carolina rig bite dried up for us, we just picked at them on the spider jigs- I had 3 for 10.2, best fish 4.79- not a banner day but it was fun. My partner had four for about 6.5 pounds- please needle the fish caught deep properly, a bunch of floaters at the ramp
    City: HB

    Tips: the fish we caught were eating dads

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: 35-60 feet,no bite,just pressure,purples,ox blood,sweet beaver,drop shot,watch line for movement,outside points and drop offs,lots of same size fish 1-1.5 lb
    City: la canada

    Tips: outside points and drop offs,must watch line for movement

Friday, November 24th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 10 fish between partner and I. Maybe 3 were keepers the rest were shorts. Caught them on Jig and Pig, Kreature Bait, and split shot worms anywhere from 5 to 30 feet deep.
    City: Burbank

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 65-67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out in Diablo throwing traps first fish 4.86 worked out of the cove and along the bluff walls. Kept the boat out in about 22ft throwing almost parrallel to the walls working in about 12-15ft. Lots of small fish under 13 but keep throwing because the bigger fish will come.
    City: Los Angeles

    Tips: Look for the bait, fish were up underneath. Constantly vary your retrieve speed fast, burn it,slow crank etc. just keep throwing

Monday, August 21st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the lake on Monday. Started out throwing topwater, I was throwing a Zoom horny toad and my father a Sammy, caught a couple each but not much size 1-2lbs. Then went throwing crankbaits and got a bunch of dinks with a couple of over a pound. Ended up dropshotting and got two that were 2.5 on the digital otherwise all others were 10 inches or so. Got the bigger ones in 20-30 feet of water on roboworms.
    City: Ventura

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: unnown; felt li

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Clocked a day from 7-12 on Piru today. Good weather conditions, a bit cool in the mornings. Low fog that burned off by 8 or so. Overall, kinda of a dink fest! Ended up with 7 on ripbaits, blades, and dropshot. Largest about a pound in size. Probably better fish in deeper water.
    City: Pearblossom

    Tips: Fish topwater early right now! As the sun gets higher, the fish move deeper, so go with a ripbait or deep cranks till 9 or so. Then fish jigs, dopshot, worms, etc. in 15-30 feet of water. Samller fish in the shallows early, and better fish will be on structure out deeper.

Friday, June 2nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 71-76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished till 11:30AM. Most fish to 4 lbs were caught on Normans "deep little N" crankbaits. (In baby bass color). A few smaller fish were caught using Rico

    Tips: Cranking grasslines on main and secondary points were most productive for me.

Friday, May 26th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Decided to hit the lake before the big weekend and was rewarded with fish all morning. Caught the majority on crankbaits but got a few on the senko and dropshotting. Was on the lake from 7am to 11:30 and caught fish on the walls, points and flats. Wind was up around 9:30. Most fish were in the 12" range but caught 5 between 3-5lbs. Overall a fun day.
    City: Ventura

    Tips: Crankbaits, oxblood worms

Monday, April 24th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 57 - 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 2 bass early on Cranks
    1 more later on a Blade after wind came up
    sight fished a 4.8 male and an 8.2 female (got em both).

Monday, April 10th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught bass fly lining senkos in the bushes (oxblodd r/flake,)drop shotting Aarons magic on secondary points (10-15') and got a couple off of beds.

    A pre-spawn, early spawn pattern for sure.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all around the damn and bouy line early Sun. No catches in usual spots. However, surprised to find significant #'s of bass and crappie all along shoreline of northern tip of Reasoner Cove. Pulled in 9 fish, all in 2-3lb range; and one fat mama over 6 lbs...
    City: Piru

    Tips: Hitting hard on white crappie jigs and chartruesse grubs...

Friday, February 17th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the lake friday morning before the rains came. Caught all fish on cranks and spinnerbaits. Found all fish on the main lake points and brush. Caught 3 over 3# the rest were in the 1-2lb range. Tried flooded brush with ikas but no takers. Tried spooning in 30-60 ft of water and got one bite. Tough day.
    City: ventura

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Castaic Bass Club tournament Sunday. Tough bite. Everything is working somewhere.Caught two on blades, and two on cranks, and two on Ikas. Winner caught a 6+ on a swim bait. Fish have moved up into the flooded brush.
    City: los angeles

    Tips: Fish the flooded brush in Santa Felicia, and anywhere else you find it. 45 degree chunk rock walls. Water temp is the key to active fish.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

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    Water Temp: 67+-

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish on main lake points and walls, suspended over 25'. The lake has been dropped 30+- for irrigation, but they've stopped dropping it for a while.
    City: los angeles

    Tips: Look for weeds. Better fish are out on the main lake. Fish over the weeds. Cranks, blades down 12+-. Jigs, hula grubs. Tons of dinks in the flooded brush. Great for kids throwing blades.

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

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    Water Temp: Mid to low 70s

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was Alright, Morning crankbait bite was good untill 8:00 am and then the heat kicked in. Fish went down or into deep cover. Caught a couple of keepers pitching into cover. As the sun got higher and hotter, I started drop shotting in 20-35 ft, had a lot of fish come in that way.
    City: Simi Valley

    Tips: Stay cool.

Monday, May 9th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at 5:45 am threw a lot of spinnerbaits early as well as suspending minnows. Got a lot of Dinks but no size. Later in the morning the winds died down and the lake was glass so I started looking for bedding bass. I was able to get a couple of decent size bedders. Wind started to blow at 11:30am or so and went back to reaction baits caught another on a white spinnerbait. I was off the lake by 1:00.
    City: Simi Valley

Saturday, March 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was slow, fish are 30-35 feet. We caught our fish on Robo,s (Bold Blue Gill)throwing out towards deep water and bringing our worm uphill. Lake has lot's of debris. North end still has a mess. Need to be careful!due to debris everywhere. I was a little disappointed that you can't go al the way up the river channel like in recent years due to lots of silt that has come down the river. Rest of the lake is full. I think once the weather starts to turn nice the fishing should kick into high gear.
    City: Moorpark,Ca 93021

    Tips: Throws jigs, orange color crank baits, Bold Blue Gill, fish slow

Saturday, February 12th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 53-55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: 10 mph limit on lake because of floating debris washed in from recent rains. The lake is up 60+ Feet from last few years. It was cold cold!! They haven't started moving up yet here. All the fish were caught in 30-50 feet. Very slow dull bites.
    City: La Habra CA

    Tips: No tips, other than just to keep waiting for that spring front to come through.... good luck!!

Monday, December 20th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I am going to Piru within this upcoming week (21-24th).
    I have not been there in a while so I don't know the state of transition that the fis are in.
    Has anyone been there latley?
    Are the fish still eating on the late fall shad balls or are they on a trout bite with the winter stockings being underway?
    Oooooooor, have they begun to munch on the crawdads? If anyone has been there recently, Please drop me a line so that I can clue in and gear up accordingly for my long awaited trip.
    Thanks,
    Kent
    City: reseda

Monday, October 4th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Water is still very warm. Caught a 2 pounder on a spinnerbait at 9 am. 9:45 tossed a buzz bait over a sumberged tree and missed a 2-3 pounder (should've had a trailer hook). Water was calm until 11am and it got choppy as it usually does around noon. Kept reeling in dinks all day. Went to the very north end of the lake where it's all cat tails and weeds in about 2-3 feet of water. Had to pull up the trolling motor and paddle my way through in a couple of spots. I saw 2 4-5 pounders cruising around in there but was unable to catch any of em. Decided to stay until dark and trolled around the marine docks. Hooked into a 5 pounder(at least)from under one of the docks on a crankbait. Darn thing tossed my lure and got away! Going back in two days.
    City: Ventura

    Tips: Bring a lunch.