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      Water Temp: 62-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WIDE OPEN BITE !!!Went on an annual ishing trip and ound the white bass were more than willing to jump on our jerk baits. Main lake is stained and gets muddier as you go up river. The mouth o the narrows is really muddy but keep going and you will ind it starts to go back to stained and then clear water at about Grizzley Bend. The more aggressive whites are in the stained water rom Grizzley Bend up to the clear water. The best baits were the small suspending Husky jerks. Both chrome blue and chrome black although the chrome blue with orange belly seemed to draw a ew more strikes. I you go all the way to the head waters you can ind thousands o whites in the crystal clear water but they were spooky and hard to coax. Many were beaching their boats and walking arther up river. A ather and son were rippin lips with their ly rods and wet lies. On Sunday we caught about 70-80 whites and on Monday we only ished or whites rom 0700-1000 and had about 35. The remainder o the day we ished or spots and caught several on Brown Yamamoto Hula Grubs on a 1/4 ounce ootball head.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: WHITES: Go up to Grizzley bend and start throwing small(3inch) Chrome blue husky jerks in the shade pockets early..7am to 9am then go back to the main lake and throw jigs or spotties to two pounds.

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: tu bite,heard draging jigs on bottom.trouament on new years will start at 7.00 am.watch out or logs
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: tuuuu

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: good rain last nite.lake came up 4 eet more.about 750 sea level.ish are shallow on jigs- senko,s-.muddy water around oak shores.watch out or bigg trees loating.tournament new years day.5:30 am.god bless
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: slooooww

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      Water Temp: 75 to 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished both days and ought the wind - caught most ish on jigs with some on 4" worms. It was hard to ind and catch quality ish probably only caught 10 to 15 ish each day
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: purple 4" worms and amber or light brown jigs

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This was'nt the best day I ever had at this lake because I consider this lake the easiest place to catch a ish.We caught about 30 ish on plastis on the points at about 30 and 20 eet.These ish were small,not even a pound and they all were spotted bass and one smallmouth.We let early to go home.

      Tips: I you like small ish stay on 4"plastics because that"s all this lake is going to give you.

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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was great.We ished or bass. Lots o bites but the ish were hard to hook. During the day Eric caught six bass by some cli o topwater lures.At night we were ishing by the dock on shore and We caught two ish that night. The next morning we ished all the cli's and o the shores we both caught two ish each.We caught ive ish o worms, our o topwater, and one o a black spinner bait.The ish average rom 1 to 3 pounds each.
      City: chino

      Tips: During spawning drag rubber worms slowly. Worms work all day. Use Topwater in the morning and at night. Almost anything works aslong as you use the lure slow. Everywhere we ished we either got bites or caught some ish.

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My boy and I had a great week o ishing near the narrows and the banks near Christmas Tree cove. The weather was overcast most o the week, so we stayed with a topwater pattern near the shoreline and had some success. The larger smallmouths and spots were eeding near the bank on rock and wood structure. The bite was very aggressive. The ish were hitting the lure once it contacted the surace o the water. Very un!! These ish were in the 16"to 18" range. I was very surprised. My son and I practiced catch and release and took some nice pictures or the photo album. Very low pressure on the lake all week.
      City: ROSEVILLE

      Tips: We used a super pop r with a special 2 eather trailer that matched the size o the average shad bait in the lake. I tried a texas rig worm but had no success. Top water was the call all week long. I also tried a persuader spinner bait in the all white with willow lea tadem blades. I did catch a couple with a slow roll presentation o this bait. Good luck on your winter ishing and practice catch and release so my boy and I can have another great week at the lake.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Quality bass ( 2-3 lbs.) on spinnerbaits and worms. Color didn't matter much. Fish slow and hard in areas where you locate ish.Backs o cover weren't as productive as the points. Lots o ish showing in deeper water on electronics but ew takers.My wie and I had a blast but the wind limited where we ished.Good Luck!
      City: Bakersield

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      Water Temp: 70 on surace

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Friday aternoon (27th) caught 13 Bass Spotted & Largemouth all were 12 to 14 inches. on Saturday we got 7 more same size except one BIG crappie out o a sunken brush pile, we used grubs (brown or white) Blue Fox spinners (white) and Banjo Minnows (chartruse) all ish caught by the Eagles nest
      City: Tehachapi

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      Water Temp: 54-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First time up this year. We started in the main lake ishing rom the Marina toward the dam. We caught numerous spots on 1/8 ounce darter head with a 4" worm in about 2-10 eet. We caught several ish on white super lukes in the backs o coves. As you go up river rom the marina, the water gets muddy and the bite tapers o. You can ind clearer water about 3/4 o the way up the narrows. The last couple o miles are just stained and you can catch ish once again. We did manage to catch some jerk bait ish, crankbait ish and spinnerbait ish also. In all we caught 53 spots, one 4 1/2 pounder and the rest all between 1- 1/2 lbs. We caught two small mouth and two white bass. We had hoped the whites would be turned on but no luck but it won't be long I'm sure. This is the place to be i you want alot o action...it only gets better rom here on out !!!
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Reaction baits and plastics in 2-10 eet.

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: MY WIFE AND I FISHED THIS DAY FROM 7AM TO 2PM FISHED COVES BEHIND RENTAL CONDOS CAUGHT SPOTS USING BERKLEY BLACK WITH YELLOW CURLY TAIL 4 INCH WIFE CAUGHT BIGGEST SPOT 3.4#WE FISHED LATE NITE AT CAMP SITE DOWN BY THE MARINA MAN THIS LAKE HAS LOTS OF GIANT CATFISH THEY COME RITE UP TO THE SHORE LINE USING A COLEMAN LANTERN,BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY STINK BAIT.ANY WAY THE LAKE IS UP AND THIS IS THE TIME TO START FISHING FOR SPOTS THEY ARE VERY GETTEN READY FOR THE SPAWN.PLASTICS WILL WORK THE BEST JUST WORK THEM VERY SLOW,DRAG THEM ACROSS THE BOTTOM CAROLINA RIGS WITH A FLOATING WORM SEEM TO WORK BEST USE DARK COLORS WITH CURLY TAILS.LOOKING FORWORD TO GOING BACK IN MAY WHEN THE WHITE BASS ARE BUSTEN THE SURFACE ON MAIN LAKE THE TOP WATER ACTION IS GREAT AND YOU CAN CATCH MANY WHITES. PLEASE SEND ME E MAIL ON ANY INFO YOU FISHERMAN HAVE ON HOT SPOTS TO FISH THIS LAHE THIS IS MY FORTH TRIP TO THIS LAKE. THANKS FELLOW FISHERMAN FROM DENNIS MISSY AND OUR DOG NITRO
      City: MONTEREY CA

      Tips: USE BABY BRUSH HOGS RIG TEXAS STYLE ROOT BEER COLOR WITH BLACK SPOTS SEEM TO WORK BEST,DRAG SLOWLY AND PAUSE REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN TRY IT. IT WILL PRODUCE SOME NICE FISH,SPOTS THEY SEEM TO LOVE THIS BAIT.GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!

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      Water Temp: 56-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 23 OF US FISHED FOR THREE DAYS AND CAUGHT A LOT OF WHITE BASS. WE CAUGHT MOST OF THEM ON JERK BAITS IN THE NARROWS. THE SPOTS AND LARGE MOUTH WEREN'T DOING MUCH AND THE CRAPPIE FISHING IS REALLY SLOW.
      City: HANFORD

      Tips: LUCKY CRAFT JERK BAITS.

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      Water Temp: 59-65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: CAUGHT ABOUT 40 FISH BTWEEN THE THREE OF US. ALMOST ALL WERE KEEPERS BUT NO WHITE BASS. CAUGHT MOST FISH ON A FLUKE BUT A FEW CAME ON JIGS AND WORMS.
      City: HANFORD

      Tips: GET THERE EARLY BEFORE THE INCONSIDERATE SKIERS GET THERE.

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ishing or white bass was great. got a ew largemouth,spots and smallies.
      City: soquel

      Tips: morning dawn worms or bass. small jigs or white bass ish early and late eveings.

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      Water Temp: 70-73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: we ished sat & sunday, alot o boat traic. we started at bee rock then went to town creekcaught 50 plus ish spots smallies and lg mouths. caught most on jigs and darting.Sunday did the same thing but caught 2 on top water and the rest on jigs. nothing huge but a ew 2-2.5 lbs.ive lived in Paso since 72 and that was the mostpeople ive ever seen there ps dont go on holidays the skiers will tear up the lake
      City: San Jose, CA

      Tips: n/a

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Saturday Aternoon and Sunday morning. Found lots o small spots all over lakecranking. Also got a nice smallmouth on a crankbait. Lot o un but no real size. This lakeseemed to be ready to really turn on, but was not quite there yet (at least or me). Tight Lines.
      City: San Jose, CA

      Tips: Fish seemed to be holding in the 10-15' depths.

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      Water Temp: 49'-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake 8am. Started near Deer Creek with topwater with no luck. Headed to Zebe cover. Caught to several small spots dropshotting. Fished damn area with jigs. Caught 2 nice size blacks 3lbs in 4-10ft water on dropshot. Water temp near damn is about 56'. Went back past Trimmer, noticed water only 49' in sycomre cove. Tried jigs, spoons, dropshot, cranks with no luck. Fished dartheads with 1 spotted bass. Fished windy gap area with no luck. Head back towards damn. Stuck a nice 4lb black dropshotting 12ft of water. Off by 2pm.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Like report before. Dam area seems to be more active. Water temps much warmer. Might head back this weekend as weather is warming up.

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      Water Temp: 47'-51'

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to head up to the lake on my day off. Arrived 7am. Cold cold cold. Started up river throwing topwater with no takers. Tried jigs, spoons, and dropshot. 1 fish. Headed towards windy gap and spooned 2 3lbs spots at about 56ft! Threw dartheads and hula grubs with no luck. Head towards dam. Threw a dartheads with several fish in the 1-2lbs range. off water by 2. overall a good day. best 5 8-10lbs.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Water temperature near dam was much warmer. Fish seemed more active in that area. spend time spooning it will pay off.

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED AT 8 WINDY GAP. WHAT A DAY CAUGHT 20+ KEEPERS, 3 OFF THE BOARD ALL SPOTS. LOST THE BIG FISH OF THE DAY LARGEMOUNTH RIGHT AT THE BOAT. COOL EARLY SUN CAME OUT LATER AND WAS A VERY NICE DAY FOR jAN. hOPE THE BIT IS AS GOOD FOR YOU AS IT WAS FOR ME. (I'LL BE BACK) GOOD LUCK
      City: EXETER

      Tips: WINDY GAP - WALL LEFT SIDE JUST AFTER YOU TURN 60' DROP SHOT 4" GREEN/BROWN WORM. GO RIGHT AT WINDY TO THE COVE RIGHT SIDE GOOD.

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water around 0700 dropsotted points and break lines zero ish. Stayed to watch Golden Empire Bass Fed weigh in. Not a lot o limits mostly small ish but did see a nice 6.05 lb spot. Atleast someone caught them.
      City: Lemoore

      Tips: Even i you think your ishing slow slow down....