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Sunday, July 15th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake at 0630, not in a big hurry, as I wanted to mostly run the motor to clean out the 2 months worth of sitting. Anyhow, pretty dismal day, only caught 2 fish; 1 about 16, the other a dink. Roboworms seemed to work. Moved to bridge and lost a quality fish as it pulled alot of drag before it cut the line on the rocks. Would have been nice to see it. Guy I was with lost a quality on as well earlier in the day. Left around 1100 winds just to much.
      City: Lompoc

      Tips: Pick a different day when the water clears to stained

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      Water Temp: 67o

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Water clarity today was better but still pretty dismal as not to many people saying they were hitting good. A few smallies near the dam and 1 small large [10"] back by Vasquez. Hit a huge blue gill on my shad liplessand three more in a small cove across from Vasquez. Moved off as that isn't what I was looking for. Worked the walls back in Lopez Canyon with minimal success on drops, cranks and weightless. Moved back to the marina and headed to the bridge arwa, looking for areas to work. Picked up the lipless shad and tossed it for a good 1/2 hour with only one decent taker. Wind was up again and it was a pretty blustery day on the main lake and seemed worse in the marina with many boaters having real problems in loading up. Called it quits at noon being tired of the wind and a trolling motor battery that was pretty used up.
      City: SANTA MARIA

      Tips: Going to be a tough road come this next weekend for the Lopex Open.

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished chaulk walls and cliffs across from Harris Creek launch ramp 5:30am-12:00pm. Caught around 10 smallies, 1 nice largemouth, and 1 striper. Fish caught with Crankbait early and YUM crawfish through out the morning.
      City: Lockwood

      Tips: Fish early, slow, and deep. Lake was a ZOO around 9:00am.

Monday, July 9th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 81.5 84.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is still dropping here also and bass fishing here is holding it own bass here arent as big as eastman but numbers here are not hard to come by. Bass here are in the 12 to 15 inch range and can be caught on senko's jigs worms and topwater. Night fishing here is a way to beat the heat.Traffic is not as heavy on the weekend as eastman is 559-673-5151
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: Dam area points flats trees are all holding bass here

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Algea bloom has stopped but the water clarity was still pretty dismal Sunday as I went out in search of possible locations for the upcoming Lopez Open. Put a few smallies in the boat but nothing of any size. Charted fish from 10 to 45 feet with only a few interested takers on the lures and spots that usually payoff at the Lopes. Headed to the back past the last dock and in the stick-ups with jigs and hit a few smallies but seemed like that was all that was home. Worked the walls with cranks and top's early and nothing. Tossed a drop with several different colors, weights and hook size with no takers. Headed in with a dismall day and the wind still up.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Will hit it again Sunday and see how the changes have been hoping that the larger critters move closer in but with this front coming, it may be the same.

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

      Report: Yearly family Water-skiing trip with a little fishing thrown in.

      July 8: Arrived late afternoon. Took the boat out to set up our day camp. On the way back we stopped at the mouth of Harris Creek to let the kids fish a little. We didn't have too much time but my 10 year old Nephew Zack managed to get two smallmouth (13 & 14 inches).

      July 9: Float tubed North of the Lynch launch ramp in the morning from about 5:00 am until 7:30 am. It was very slow. Tried various lures for nothing. Kicked down past two major points. At about 7:00 am I turned around and quickly started kicking back toward the launch ramp as I only had until about 7:30 am. On my way back I threw a 3 inch Big Hammer at the shoreline and was able to pick up three largemouth between 12 and 14 inches.

      Throughout the day at our day camp (North shore just inside Bee Rock Cove) we had a pretty decent bite on smallmouth. Not really focusing on fishing several of us would just grab a rod and make a few casts here and there throughout the day. My 7 year old Nephew Ryan got three including a 16 and 18 incher. My sister Brigitta also got three smallies in the 12 to 15 inch range and I picked up a couple as well.

      This evening after dinner we walked down near the Lynch launch ramp and boat dock and fished from shore for an hour or so for a couple nice largemouth caught by my brother-in-law Mark.

      July 10: Took the boat out early this morning. Launched at the Harris Creek launch ramp. My initial plan was to go into the cove at the mouth of Harris Creek and hit the rock walls and points to try for smallmouth. On the way over I decided to stop and fish the first main point to the right. I positioned the boat, Mark threw out just off the point and hooked up immediately. I noticed that the fight was a little different. A little more steady pulling instead of the craziness of a black bass. I thought striper and sure enough a couple minutes later Mark pulls in about a 15 inch striper. Cool! Every year I think about getting on a striper bite but don't really want to fish bait to find it. A few mintues later Mark hooks up again. This time the fish starts pulling some good drag on his 8 lb. spinning gear. He gets it to the boat, just about lands it, and it shakes out of his hand and breaks off. Looked to be about a 5 pounder. He re-ties, casts out, and immediately hooks up again. After a nice fight he gets a 7 pounder on the boat. Shortly after that Zack hooks up and gets worked by a fish we never see. Breaks him off on 8 pound. The bite seemed to die off a little so we move down to a "sub" point just to the North and sure enough as soon as we get there Mark hooks up and lands another one at 6 pounds. Meanwhile I can't seem to get a striper to hit but do get a couple of smallmouth and one spotted bass. The bite slows down about an hour after it starts so we move around inside of the cove for a few more smallies to about 2 pounds.

      The fishing at our day camp today wasn't as hot as it was yesterday but we did manage to get a few smallies in the 11 to 14 inch range.

      July 11: Took the boat out early again and ran straight to the point were we found the stripers yesterday. Unfortunately, they didn't want to play again. Ryan came with us today and got a nice largemouth there but not much else. We moved around again and caught several more smallies including a nice 2.5 pounder Zack caught.

      The fishing at our day camp was slow. Only one smallmouth caught but there wasn't too much fishing today as we were having fun being pulled around in the tube.

      All fish were caught casting and straight grinding 3 inch Big Hammer swimbaits. Most of the fish were caught on the Blue Shad color except for one largemouth on the Silverside color and Zack's 2.5 pounder which was on the Margarita color.
      City: Goleta, California

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished North end of Lake from 5:00am-12:00pm. Caught a dozen fish. All smallmouth but 2. Fish caught with Crankbaits and YUM crawfish. Caught 2 2lbs. smallmouth and 2 Largemouth over 4lbs.
      City: Lockwood

      Tips: Worked long stretches of shore, not just points, trees, and cover. Fish early.

Friday, July 6th, 2007

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 77-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Castaic on July 6 and 7. Water temp. was 77-78 and air temp was well above 100 mark.

      On July 6th: no takers on top water (early morning. Total of 19 fish ranging from 1 lb to 3 1/2. Best 5 total weight: 16. Lure: Spider jig, Garry Yamamot Lizar (Green Pumpkin w/blk seed on Texas Rig) Robo worm Prism Shad Color.

      On July 7th: Same temp. as 6th but had low temp on morning. Tow 2 1/2 pounders on top water (Semi American Shad-Wooden)

      Rest of day with Wacky and drop shot (Robo Worm and Yamamoto cut tail) and spider jig. Every color produced.

      Caught 15 fish. Best five weighted 18 1/2 lb. Caught 5 lb on Yamamoto cut tail (watermelon with blk seed).

      It was very hottttttt....but fishing was very good.

      Tips: Fish your way

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Harris Creek cove from 6:00am-12:00pm. Caught about 10 fish, almost all were smallmouth. Fish were caught with Crankbaits, Jigs, and YUM crawfish. The wife caught the big fish 3lbs. smallmouth.
      City: Lockwood

      Tips: Most fish caught around rock walls and rocky bottoms.

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: JUST A REMINDER TO ALL BASSER'S.. THE ANNUAL LOPEZ 'OPEN' IS COMING ON 21 JULY SO PUT THIS DOWN ON YOUR CALANDER! SOME GREAT RAFFLE GIFTS AND 80% PAYPACK SO MAKE THIS MEET FOR SURE. OPEN TO ALL. $100 PER BOAT
      City: Santa Maria

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

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      Water Temp: 80.4 to 84.0

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass fishing here has been good on bass from 1 to 3 pounds bass are hold on the dam and off points and jigs are catching most of the bass here. Traffic is light on weekdays and slighty more on the weekends. Lake is droping amd good structure is starting to show. 559-673-5151
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Dam area points trees rock piles are all holding bass.

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Gold Coast Tourny today with a respectable entry for the 1/2 day tournement.
      A warm morning launch at 5:30 and partner and I headed to our 1st stop. Guess the name of todays catch was 'DINK' as fish after fish hit the boat with no one over 12 inch's. Moved around looking for better weight and finally partner hit a keeper. Favorite spots went south today and we elected to start looking around rocky points. Located a good spot around 10:30 and we went from 1 keeper to five in a matter of a 1hour or less but all were like snakes! Long but thin, but we started culling the three smaller ones in the hole.

      In the scale with 6 and change and our big fish that was over 17 only capped under 2 pounds! Wow. These guys need big time food to put on weight. Prett much the same story as several came in with limits but all in the 6 to 7 range. Winners: F Fernadez and partner in with 8 plus and big fish at 2.9, 2nd Tomey and Tomey in with 7+ and 3rd Johnson and Westbrook in with 7+
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Winners said most of the bag was on black cranks and jerks?? I suppose. Partner and I hit on jigs and beavers and only a few cranks fish. No top water at all so it went back in the box, unused. Next stop --- LOPEZ OPEN ON 21 JULY! A great outing for all with loads of raffle
      giveaways and good payout!

Monday, June 25th, 2007

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake @ 4:30 p.m.Went out at Harris Creek,HOT.Crossed over to north shore.Started hooking stripers @ 5:00 on chove.Went wide open from 6:00 to 9:00.Good fishing on 5 to 9 lb. line sides.Keeped one for dinner let the rest go.
      City: Morro Bay

      Tips: Be careful a lot of wakeboarders and skiers.

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

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

      Report: Got on the lake around 9:30am north shore 2nd ramp.Started fishing the 2 points on the south end we caught 4 fish there.Then we went over to cemetary cove and fished the point on the north end before heading into the cove.Kim caught a 3.1 lmb and i caught a smallie there.We then went to the point north of the south marina and caught one there.We called it a day about an hour and a half later.(Lot of people fishing ,but no one is posting to often.)
      City: greenfield

      Tips: wacky (worm green)
      kinami (natural shad)
      Today was nothing but points due to the heavy traffic in the coves.

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started off at around 5:30am had a limit by 7:45am around 14lbs drop shoting and cranking.In the after noon bit slowed way down had to fish slow.
      City: taft

      Tips: Drop shot green weenies first thing in morning crank in afternoon.

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 80.0 to 81.6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass here are on flats and points and on the dam rip baits here also work in early morning or late evening. Jigs work mid morning and right into the afternoon bass are 1 to 3 pounds. 1/4 oz Brown jigs with watermelon twin tail grubs as a trailer work good here. Traffic is lite water is dropping slowly and if bank fishing watch for snakes.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Rip baits & jigs points dam area flats keeping it simple catchs good numbers of fish here.

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 72o

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ABA tourney today with 10 boats on hand and a launch at 5:30AM. Early morning chill in the air but not much fog comparied to last Saturday. Temperatures down considerably from a week gone by but the expected and wanted wind never showed much. Hit our 1st stop with cranks and immediately noticed a fall in size and weight. I hung the 1st keeper but it was small and not a promising outlook for the day. Worked the walls and grassy areas for a few more but still, all the fish were small. Started culling at 7:15 but by 9, the bite went South!. Hit a few more of our stops with nothing but smaller fish. Switched out from the cranks to soft spyder gub bait and oicked up a few more to cull out. Headed back to the marina area looking ofor bigger cull but didn't pay off. Winners in with around 9 pounds and a black bass in at 2 and change took home all the big fish cash and the surplus big fish option for a kwel $900.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Lots of small fish today and 7 pounds shy of last weeks good bag which would have won this neet hands down! OH WELL -- THATS WHY THE CALL IT FISHING ------

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went fishing with with my friend Fred and he gave
      me a lesson on catching Spotted Bass on Nacimiento.
      I picked up only two using a watermelon with black flakes tube. He caught 10 all on a Texas Rigged black 4" twirl tailed worm. All fish were caught in the narrows, tight up against the rock walls.
      Later in the day he caught a 2+# yellow catfish on the same worm.
      City: Moneterey

      Tips: Tx rigged black 4" worms were the ticket today.

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fabulous action on slow floating jerkbait on early morning and late afternoon. Awesom bites....all day long.
      City: Stevenson Ranch

      Tips: watch your line....fish picks up as your lure falls

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: 74.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Tournament Sat. the 9th caught plenty of fish. But bigger ones came out of the trees on the east end. 4 fish went 9.04. Big fish was 3 lbs.
      City: Ridgecrest

      Tips: Use green pumpkin senkos in the trees and watermelon seed brush hogs. Throw as close as you can to the trees.