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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 2 day Kern County tournament. First day had 14.80 on worms and cranks. Big ish 7.40. Second day had 1.90 or one ish. Weather was nice, wind was easy, ish are hard to ind. Tournament was won on Sunday by Garry Palmer. He had 20+ on topwater, we got third. Only 3 limits in two days.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Don't leave any ish you ind, they are not heavily concentrated, but i you ind any you are doing well.

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      Water Temp: not sure

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I am very new to bass ishing so i dont know i i was using the right bait or not. I used plastic worms in various colors and Various crainkbaits. i had one ish ollow my excal. gohst minow lure in but no bite. A ew locals i talked to had the same luck i had. I hope next weekend is better. I anyone is going to be there on saturday the 27th or sunday and would like to teach me a ew tricks e-mail me.Good Luck.
      City: Caliornia City

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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time on the lake. NO FISH, Not even a bite all day. We talked to three or our locals, no luck or any o them either. One said that a week ago (Feb 12) the water temp was 53, so it's going in the wrong direction. That six degree change must have locked the ish up hard. The lake is awesome looking. We'll be back or sure. It was windy and wavy. We launched at the auxillary dam, the better ramp would have been at the main dam.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Be very careul in that rough water. The wind comes down one arm and when trying to 90 across to another it can get bad. Wait 'til the water warms.

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      Water Temp: 68-72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished July 4th and July 5th. Wind blew hard on the 4th. Had an 11.42, 10.80 and a 6. On the 5th, I had a 5 and Tim had a 4 and a 3. 30 lbs. or me on Sunday, Tim and I had 16 lbs. on Monday. A LOT o boat and jet ski traic. Main lake points were best. Big ish came on 7" worms. The 6 came on a Norman crank. Obviously, Saturday was my best day ever. Only had 11 ish or two days, but they were good ones. The two big ish were both spawned out,they would have been over 13 a couple o weeks ago.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Main lake points. Brown or purple baits. When the wind doesn't blow, you have to back way o.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Anyone done any nightfishing lately.Im trying to learn what to do to nightfish at kaweah and was wondering where to go for the night bite i figure the usuall spots i tried sucess last week with 10" power worms and i had 1 bite any info is a great help thanks.
      City: visalia

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      Water Temp: 83-85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 3 days in a row, afternoon to dark. Grand total of 4 LMB barely legal. Water is dropping 1-2 feet a day. Threw everything, senko, dropshot, cranks, buzzbaits, tailspins...fish came drop shot 2-3 ft on the walls. Fished the north end, horse creek, greasy and the walls. Fish must be suspended. Metered lots of fish. Air Temp 100+ made for long afternoons, remember to hydrate.
      City: Ventura

      Tips: Roboworm, 3" reapers oxblood R/F

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Would have really loved to be out on the water today. I mean, having just purchased a new G3 a few months ago and living only 20 minutes from the lake, you would think it would be at least a couple times a week that I would get my line wet. BUT, I had too many irons in the fire....what a busy life....I had to watch the gardner plant a blade of grass and pick up a leaf...then had to watch my windows get installed....had to watch my pool get put together....and next week I'm going to watch the new paint on the house dry....WHEW! I'm tired just thinking about it.. You would think that all of these things, being professionally installed could be done without MY supervision....but NO, I'm "JOE EXCUSE"...you know, anything to stay home every weekend rather than get out and enjoy life....I love my house THAT much that I simply never want to leave it. Wish it were on a few acres so I could have a pond put in...then I could have the best of both worlds....I could watch them put it in and stock it...THEN, without ever having to leave my comfort zone, I could fish in my own back yard....sell the boat...build a bridge and live under it like a troll. Think of all the memories of getting out and about and enjoying something other than my own home I would be able to miss! I love my home, I love 105+ degree weather and dirty air....I never want to leave it, SO, I don't.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Don't go anywhere, don't make friends....don't get out and enjoy life...hell, don't buy a boat when you can do everything you want in life from the comfort of your own home. Hell, if you leave, it may rain, might hail, lightning could strike, you could have a blowout, a tsunami could hit the coast, a tornado could strike, an earthquake could hit...a cold front could freeze everything. Do as MUCH as you can to never leave your home and watch the rest of the world go by and let life pass you by until you die. Just work, work, work and never enjoy the benefits of bringing home that paycheck. Hell, who wants to have fun in life, just stay home...it's ALL the fun you need!!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Todd, do me a BIG favor....save all your tears you're cryin' about being backended on the water and bring them over here and dump them into Nacimiento or Santa Margarita....these lakes need all the water they can get and you're crying me a river....SO, either bring me the tear water OR build me a bridge and get over it son.....I love ya man....you taught me ALL I know about bass fishing...can't wait for Margarita next March.....
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: If your partner bitches about being back ended....throw him out the back end of the boat and take off.....OR, better yet, if you see him bank fishing when you launch in the morning....LEAVE THAT SORRY BASTARD.....sound familiar, LOL

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Yeah White Boat...It was me. I have a Bass Tracker.
      City: Visalia

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      Water Temp: 59.6

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on lake at 7am. Tried lukes had 1 miss it. switched to 1/2oz spoon in greasey creek. Ripped spoon rom shore to 25 t o water. ish biting in 15 t o water in the grass. caught 4 keepers largest was 3lbs
      City: visalia

      Tips: lukes and spoons worked or me with the weather patern coming in

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at the lake or an aternoon o ish'in just me and my Nitro. Went to second launch ramp to launch and ound out the ramp was blocked by a bunch o debris. Launched at irst ramp. The lake is a mess.Debris all over the place.Found the ish across rom launch ramp suspended in 15 to 20 eet o water. Ended up with 19 ish.(all small)Caught all on a drop shot.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: this lake should really turn on once it stabelizes and water cleans up.

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      Water Temp: 47-48 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went up at 7 am. A buddy and i could not ind them till 9 am and the 4 we got were 8-9 inches . ished all over then went back to were we got the 4 and hooked 3 more with 1 going 12 inches. that was it, and let at 1 pm.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: 40 eet and slow presentation

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom irst light till 11:00 today. couple ish early and a couple misses. big ish was a 9lb 4 oz lrg mouth on a senko. wow what a ight. all together 3 keepers and the rest dinks. on lukes senkos and drp shot.
      City: visalia

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 6 a.m. There were already 10 boats on the water! Fished the wall across rom the irst ramp and picked up a couple o spots. Moved all the way around to the 5 mph buoys in ront o Greasy and the topwater action went NUTS! Small bass chasing shad or 1.5 hrs. Only got one 2# largemouth out o that. Labor Day action started getting crazy, especially the #$@*#@ jerk that was making his turn in the middle o all the bass boats ishing! Worked my way along the damn and was about ready to leave when my line elt kind o heavy. Set the hook to be sae and still elt like a log. Well that log turned out to be a 7.7 largemouth. Ater recovering rom a near coronary when I irst saw it turn then loosening my drag on accident, I boated it, went to the marina or a weigh-in and a photo then let it go.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Throw topwater i you see them chasing shad, it's a tough bite though. Big ish came on a 6' senko #297 in about 12'

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Rented a platorm boat with my in-laws. Between three o them, they caught 4 small bass on night crawlers. I didn't catch any on my lures, but got some strikes on a top popper. They caught 2 small ones at Horse Creek Campground and 2 small ones o o some rocks around the irst point east o Horse Creek Campground. We also ished Greasy Cove on the other side o the bridge, but no bites. The campground is about 1/2 under water. It's tough to ish rom shore at the campground, because the water is shallow, but the submerged trees hold some small ones. Then we went swimming in a shallow area on the west side o the entrance to the cove leading to the Kaweah River (don't know the name). I had my snorkel gear and went out to a tree that held a nice 3 or 4 pound bass. Waved hello and went to a big rock that held another o the same size.
      City: Concord

      Tips: They only slapped at my popper and ignored my stick bait. Crawlers worked better. Plastics might work.

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      Water Temp: cold (don't kno

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on an evening trip with my seven year old daughter tagging along. Weather looked nasty, but tried anyways. I gave my daughter a crankbait in a silver with purple spots (she liked the color) to throw towards the rocks near the damn. She brought in a 2 pounder beore I could even inish tying on a senko. I caught a small spotted beore the wind and rain orced us o at dusk.
      City: Lemoore

      Tips: Lots o lotsum against the bank, tough to cast in close to the rocks.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: skunked out better luck next time. catch and release bass
      City: selma ca.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 11-25, ished rom 8 till 1. drop shots where catching the smaller ish. cranks still takeing the bigger ish. partner caught a 6 and a hal on iretiger. nice at ish. 12-01, started catching right away on cranks in orange and green. also in shad color. bites are ew and ar between but the quality is better. partner caught a 3 and a hal and i caught a 3lber. several smaller ish on drop shot but or bigger ish still cranks.
      City: visalia

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got on the lake at about 9:30 am. ished drop shot and crank baits all day. o the water by 3:30 with 8. biggest 5 were about 13 lbs. tough bite but i was happy with it. the cranks caught all the keepers.
      City: visalia

      Tips: use iretiger cranks or bigger ish.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED FISHING AT 5 PM.. WAS GONNA STAY TILL 11 PM.. ENDED UP STAYING TILL 4 AM.. BEFORE DARK WAS FISHING TOPWATER PLUGS.. CAUGHT 6 UP TO 3LB... SEVERAL BLOW UPS..FISH COMING OUTTA THE WATER.. UP TO FIVE OR SIX LBS.. FINALLY HOOKED ONE WAS JUST UNDER 7 LBS. HAD ANOTHER 5 1/4 LBER AND A HOG... PULLED OFF AFTER SEVERAL MINUTE FIGHT.. AFTER DARK STARTED FISHING THE DAM AND STEEPER ROCKY AREAS.. CAUGHT AT LEAST 115 FISH .. MAYBE MORE.. AND MISSED ABOUT 40 OR SO.. BIGGEST 7 WENT ABOUT 28 TO 30 LBS.. WAS THE MOST FISH EVER FOR US ON A NIGHT TRIP..
      City: caruthers

      Tips: TOP WATER , SMALL YAMIMOTO GRUBS.... ON DART HEAD .. FISH SHALLOW.... WITH A GOOD MOON