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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well I arrived about 7:00am and it was very calm and warm for this time of year.I figured the Lake would be low becouse I have not been here since Spring.Boy the Lake is LOW and they are letting some out.The River was flowing pretty good as I looked at it driving across the Dam.And as I went over the one lane bridge over the San Antoinio River it was flowing at full pool,bank to bank not good.Well the fishing was ok I did catch 9 spot's and all were over 15" and three were 18" so the size was very good for here.I would say I had over 10lb's easy for the best five.All cought on Texas rigged Power worm's on 6lb test and small weight.All fish on steep rocky bank's.The lake got more stained the farther you went up toward's Las Tables.All my fish came in the clearer water.I never fished much past Bee Rock,well what's left of it.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: Use as lite of gear as you can here it seem's to help for quantity just hope for larger fish.Sometimes you find them.

Monday, November 10th, 2008

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 57-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went up at 9:30 am. Caught fish on drop shot, Cranks, worms and 3 on top water when it got dark. 3 lbs biggest one. 20 + fish.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Look for the fish schooling up. On top and & on the boottom.

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Slow day on the water. Fished from 6:30 - 10:30. Lots of shad and metered fish. Cranked secondary drop-offs with one keeper. Tried the dropshot and texas rigged worms with no luck. Going to try deep jigging with a spoon next weekend. Never tried that method, but might be worth a try with the large schools of shad hanging deep.

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Everybody was throwing cranks, we did too but did too but couldn't get bit. So we tried plastics at the flume. We hooked about 20, mostly around 2.5 to 3 lbs. Landed won 6+ and lost a much larger one.
      City: Bakersfield

      Tips: Splitshot was the only way we could catch keeper fish.

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A fun trip to the lopes today just to enjoy.. Sun was out, wind wasn't and it was a rarety for the Lopes with a lot of flatter than usual water and ample sun. Headed towards Vasquez in hope of using a new jig and trailer combo but no luck. Knew that it would be slow but it was really slow! With a front headed in and the water temps down we knew today would be tough and it was. Left Vasques area and headed toward the 'mircle mile' by the old roadbed. Partner hit a great weigher on a drop-shot [which was the only thing working today]which maybe pulled the scales to 3 to 4 pounds. Chunky fish and we were in right on the bank in the transisiton areas. Cruised around towards the marina and hit again right on the point on the same setup drop-shot.

      Headed off at noon with only four in the boat that were keepers. Still --- A fun day despite a few battery problems
      City: SM

      Tips: For those dropping -- No need for that 'bigger' hook. A #2 Owner worked great with about 18" of trailer line for the shot and eye hooking the bait. Stay close to the banks as it seems the fish were moving up closer looking for shad in the 8 to 20 foot range of depth.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Pretty windy but fishable. Not outstanding fishing- just fair.
      City: Oildale

      Tips: We fished the rocks mainly with plastics. Used darterheads and shakyheads. Most fish were 1 to 3 lbs. however we did catch 1 8 pounder. Take alot of tackle! We fished in 15 to20 feet of water.

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a tourny today with 22 boats, 9 blanks-13 with somthing and out of that I think there was 3 limits. In short it sucked, everything was as it should be for a fall bite, minus the bite. My son and I had 1 fish so I can't tell you much.
      City: Bakersfield

Friday, October 24th, 2008

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 60-68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: just got back fromva week at naci and had great succees. caught over 30 fish in 4 days of fishing.theres nobody on the water. fish jumping all over the place. threw top water in the mouring no luck. then threw worms all day. and crankbaits at night.
      City: oxnard

      Tips: through out the day fish slow with worms. then crank hard at night.

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: im going to naci this weekend and havent been up there in a couple years so i dont know whats hot so if you know whats hot please post it.
      City: ventura

Friday, October 17th, 2008

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I put the last report in . BUT -wrong lake . The report was inteded for San Antonio.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Harris Creek using crawlers trying to get a few bass. I usually get a few bass with crawlers and just the hook for weight. But I never saw a bass. I did get 3 channel cat . 3lbs. 4lbs. and 5.2lbs. Caught these between 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. No small fish just thjese 3 and missed 2.
      City: Maricopa

      Tips: You don't want my tips . They are unreliable and will get you drunk n skunked. Good luck to ya and have fun

  • Washoe County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good bite up until this week, when everything died. Fished several trips that were good to excellent. Then Wednesday and Friday everything stopped biting. Conditions were good coming off several days of north winds. Bait was less concentrated than past weeks but water wasn't moving (maybe a reason?) and the moon phase was full. Only managed 5 dinks for the day.

      Tips: Bites came on dropshots, topwaters and jerk baits. Crank bite has died altogether. Chartruse seemed to make a difference.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The lake was not kind to the Ventura Bass Club we had 5 teams there and we only managed to get a total of 5 fish.top weight was 3.15. we went to all the hot spots and not so hot spots the fish had a bad case of lock-jaw. weather was great and no jet skies, no boaters and no bass.
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: better than a day at work

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Harris Creek using crawlers trying to get a few bass. I usually get a few bass with crawlers and just the hook for weight. But I never saw a bass. I did get 3 channel cat . 3lbs. 4lbs. and 5.2lbs. Caught these between 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. No small fish just thjese 3 and missed 2.
      City: Maricopa

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Striper fishing has slowed down quite a bit over the past week.
      Bass fishing good caught 15 bass. 10 on watermelon gold glitter and 5 on lemon punkin.
      City: Hesperia

      Tips: Were hitting Purple a few weeks earlier prior to the heat wave. This weekend they preferred watermelon gold glitter and lemon punkin.

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake about 8:00 am went to the dam and caught 3 bass about 2 to 3 lbs and 5 Stripers about 7 to 12lbs.All on Yum Bill Dance Sweet Cheeks Swimbait GOLD BLACK and PEARL /CHARTREUSE 5-1/2"6/0 HOOK1/2 OZ
      City: San Bernardino

      Tips: Swim it fast. The faster the better.

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Visalia Bass Club tournament results from the 11th.
      1st place Krandell & Vince Bryan 18.36 lbs. They had big fish of 9.37 lbs.
      2nd place Brett Kemmer & Ryan Schaefer 12.03 lbs
      3rd place Bill Reeves & Ray Gauerke 10.99lbs
      Overall cold front came in friday cold in the am sunny in the pm.33 teams, 29 weighted in 135 total fish with a total weight of 214lbs. 0 dead fish. Had 22 limits caught. Sounds like they were caught everywhere on the lake using almost everything as well. Next tournament is Nov 1st.
      City: Visalia

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from my "U" boat from about one thirty a.m. to five a.m. around the marina.caught four smallies and four lm. all on plastic texas rigged worms real slow across the bottom
      City: L.O.

Friday, October 10th, 2008

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 5 catfish 5-15lbs.All on Bill Dance Advantage Catfish Dip Bait.Great stuff.
      City: Victorville

      Tips: Cut your line and put a 26 in steal leader with a Pop-Up Fish-A-Noodle and a Weighted Treble Hook.You cant go wrong with this set up.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

  • Tulare County
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went on 10/3 before little rain storm hit. No wind. Caught 13 fish. Max size 14.5 inch. Wide assortment of lures. Doesn't seem to matter what you use. Fish jumping everywhere.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Watch for swarming schools of fish. Cast line into water.