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Sunday, June 10th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 78 to 80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass fishing here has been good on bass to 3 pounds top water here also is leading the way on pro pop r's in baby bass color. Jigs are still a close seconds on bass 1/4 oz arkie head junebug ( lefty's lure ) jig with a 4" junebug yamamoto twin tail grub as a trailer. Bass here are in 5 to 25 feet of water and some are suspended here also. Points rock piles and brush piles and the dam area are all hold good bass. Eary morning bite is also good and late evening on top water.559-673-5151 Lake is dropping at study pace here also.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: Pop r's & jigs are two baits you need to toss here traffic is lite. Watch for snakes if bank fishing.

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 70o

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Guess I had better make a report since the last one for Naci was in May...
      Partner and I took the drive to check out Naci for the upcoming ABA. Lake is now at 50% and many of the usual structures are hig and dry and fishing is not as ez as before. A cool morning with fog on the water until maybe 7 but who cares as it sure assisted in getting a nice bunch of keepers and if this had been a tourney, we would have been culling by 7:45.. Partner hit the 1st keeper then a second then a third on three casts! Super fun time with some decent 2+ pound spots and a really nice 2-1/2 3 Large as a bonus. Hit some more areas and pulled a decent spot on a jig of an empty boat dock and later a choice 2-3 pound smallie to make a good 8 fish 16 to 17 inchers. Large was long but a small girth as was the smallie. A good fish but still needing a few more tasty shad to fill her out in a place where 'fat' is better!

      Not too many bassers out today nor a huge amount of other party goers but the wave action was harse at times and it gave us a bucking bronco ride across the main lake. Location was the key today as the morning showed great promise with the afternoon at full sun not so great but we managed a few fishbut nothing like the morning. Sun was up in full force with the temps in the high 80's low 90's and bikini wheather was the call,. Yehaw!
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Lots of good spot still holding fish so with the water low, still make a stop at your favorite spot to checkout the conditions. Watch for submerged islands in some coves as the water being down so much, real estate is showing.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 74-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow haven't posted in a while but had to mention fishing in 30 mi wind. Don't do it! We still landed around 15 fish largest being 2-3 lbs. Watermelon sinko and or 6" purple death (Pine favorite) also 6" robo worms clear. The kicker was they were biting but with the wind... very hard to get into the best position.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Let your sinko sinko all the way to the bottom.....
      be patient. look for sunken trees and watch out for rattlers...one tried to swim in my boat the other day.

Monday, June 4th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 76 to 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The early morning bite has been good on top water super pop-r's and rico's mid morning senko's or jigs are working on bass 1 too 3 pounds in 8 to 20 feet of water. The dam area is still producing the bigger bass in the afternoon and into the evening time. Traffic is light and the lake is still dropping. Watch for snakes if bank fishing. 559-673-5151
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: TOPWATER EARLY OR LATE SENKO'S AND JIGS MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: main lake 69

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went with chris. got a couple at slides with lite green senco. much better in brush at river end with dark jigs and sencos.one one cranck bait crawdad print.all fish spawned out. very skinny fish. best was 2.5 #. should have been closer to 3.5#
      City: hollister

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got out on the lake and started fishing by 8:20am. No wind. Fished down by the dam in 30' of water. Fished for Striped Bass. Best bait was Frozen Anchovies. Good Striper action, mostly smaller fish around 15", got some nicer fish around 18" and took a limit of these home for dinner. Got off the lake at Noon as the wind was really starting to come up.
      City: Apple Valley

      Tips: Plan on being off the lake by around Noon as the wind most always comes up, sometimes its rather hard to get your boat back on the trailer at the launch ramp due to the wind. Best to bring your own bait.

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I went fishing on Sunday, Lake Castaic. We caught about 30 bass with the biggest being 3/lbs-9oz. We pulled into this cove I know of and started in the back to work out, and my partner just stuck a 3/lber at one bush and I threw to the other bush about 6-7/ft away and stuck the 3-9. It was a good fight on 6# test for about 5-10 minuets. Our best five went about 17-19#

      Tips: Experment with colors.

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 73 to 75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: camp grounds are full for the weekend lake is dropping parking could be tricky here also get there early 1-559-673-5151 Watch for snakes if bank fishing.
      City: kerman ca

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 72.4 to 73 .6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The lake is dropping slowly but fishing has been good on bass to 2 1/2 pounds. Jigs were the top producer my fishing partner and i had 19 bass in 5 hours of fishing. Jigs senko's topwater here are producing bass.Good early morning and late afternoon bite. Alot of bank anglers catching smallier bass. Lake rating 5 to 6 on bass to 2 1/2 pounds. BANK ANGLERS WATCH FOR SNAKES 559-673-5151
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: JIGS,SENKO'S,TOPWATER BOATERS ARE LANDING THE BIGGER BASS HERE. COLORS HERE JUNEBUG,WATERMELON RED/BLK FLAKE GRN/PUMPKIN BLK FLAKE. RATING FOR BASS 5 TO 6 ON BASS TO 2 1/2 POUNDS.

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

  • San Diego County
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      Water Temp: 64 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Curlew Lake near Republic, Washington. Unlimited catch opportunities of Large Mouth running 6-8". No big fish, mostly because of very inclement and constantly changing weather.
      City: Ridgefield

      Tips: Worms, real or artificial, casted right to shoreline with slow, constant retrieve.

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

      Report: got on the lake about 2 pm with a buddy of mine.fished rockwall, dam, across from 2nd ramp and a few other points had fish on all spots biggest was 6.3oz had about 48 fish between me and my buddy fished untill 7pm
      City: visalia

Friday, May 18th, 2007

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      Water Temp: mid to upper 60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just got back from weekend camping trip with my co-workers. First time at Lopez and this place is WINDY! Got there Friday at noon and trolled leadcore (2 colors) and did the best with orange/pearl needlefish. We didn't get alot but managed to land two for dinner. Got on the water about 10am Sat. with boat full of people. With only 2 leadcore rigs everyone else had to use weighted monofilament, which ended up being the best setup right now. The trout are all still on the surface and the leadline goes to deep. People fishing monofilament out fished leadcore this weekend. I had them stop the boat once to try to cast a shaded spot but we couldn't hold the boat in the wind. Saw a guy at the boat launch hauling in a catfish at least 35 or 40 pounds Saturday morning when we were going out. Kelly, I did see some suspect shore fishers with large coolers but saw nothing illegal. All in all we had fun, caught 12 trout Saturday and narrowlly missed being sprayed by the camp skunk. It sucks being trapped in a tent when you have to go to the bathroom!
      City: Carp

      Tips: Trout are all very shallow. Orange and pearl needlefish. If you camp there, empty your trash nightly or you will have stinky visitors.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: It was windy as usual until 6pm. The fishing was good to average. The best spots were shaded areas and any place that had sticks. The fish really seem to rush towards the shallows as the sun in going down.

      Tips: I recommend lipless crankbaits for searching for fish. My preference is the LV-500. If the fish are very active cranking can be productive. If it is slower and the fish are suspending , I recommend drop shotting or a Carolina rig. Straight tail Robo's, craws or small jerk baits work well.

Monday, May 14th, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Lake rating BASS 4 TO 5 TROUT 5 TO 6 CRAPPIE 2 TO 3 PERCH 2 TO 3 CATFISH 3 TO 4
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: BASS - JIGS SENKO'S BRUSHOGS. TROUT - BLADES AND CLAWERS OR POWER BAIT. CRAPPIE - RED/WHITE MINI JIGS OR SMALL MINNOWS. PERCH - RED WORMS OR MEAL WORMS. CATFISH - CUTBAIT OR CHICKEN LIVER. WATCH FOR SNAKES IF BANK FISHING.

Monday, May 7th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 66 on surface a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: One small bass with a rattle trap . silver. Not many boats on the lake . Didn't see anyone with fish . Slow day .fished from the damn to the shallows. Was a nice sunny warm day about a 10 up to 15 MPH wind all day....not much to report.I think I will try San Antonio lake next week. Anyone have any recent input on the bie there?
      City: Maricopa

      Tips: TIP: B.Y.O.F. Bring Your Own Fish.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I am planning on fishing pineflat on the weekend of the 19th. first time ever on this lake for Bass, looking for some info on where and what techniques are productive.... thanks
      City: redwood

      Tips: You can't catch if you don't go!!!

Monday, April 30th, 2007

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Phone number is 1- 559-673-5151 sorry for the mistake.
      City: kerman ca

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      Water Temp: 65 plus

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I hit the lake friday night from 4:30 pm to 12 midnight and we caught bass from 13 inches to 2 pounds with the better bass coming on jigs junebug with a yamamoto junebug twin tail 4" greug as a trailer. we also used senko's watermelon red/blk flake wacky worm in 2 to 20 feet of water. Cranks and blades also work but jigs caught most of the fish.We threw top water but most bass were on the small side buck bass chasing.The bigger bass were holding next to deeper water on a flat in 8 feet of water and the ledge drop of into 17 to 23 feet. 1-673-3255 WATCH FOR RATTLE SNAKES AS IT IS WARMING UP. TRAFFIC IS LIGHT.
      City: kerman ca

      Tips: FLATS POINTS ROCK PILES BAITS JIGS,SENKO'S,LIZARDS,CRANKS,BLADE,TOPWATER, AFTERNON BITE IS ON NOW HERE ILL BE HITTING THIS LAKE MORE FRIDAY NIGHT FISHING IS ON.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Just a reminder for next year. For those that do tournements at Lopez --- Reports have it that Lopez will be issuing only ONE PERMIT PER WEEK for bass clubs. In other words, 1 weekend, 1 club! I know, that sounds dumb but I hear citizens are complaining that we are 'raping' the lake and not allowing them [the citizens] to launch. Well, my feeling is that we pay gate fees and permit fees to fish which is far beyond what they pay and we wait in line just like they do but the difference being, we don't take fish out! IT REALLY DOESN'T SOUND FAIR TO US BASSIN PEOPLE but unfortunately, It may be something that all lakes will be doing sooner than later. Anyway, all you club fishers may want to get in touch with the lake and start making your meets for next season as it going to change and you may be left out in the cold. It will take a permit to hold a meet now and if you don't have one, your not going to be able to fish and if you came from a distance, your going to be pretty upset!
      City: SM

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

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      Water Temp: 62-66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Gold Coast Bass results: Winners in with 28.21, second in with 25.52 Big bass in at 7.39 -- Days total for 22 boats: 227.96 lbs weighed

      Morning started off with a more pleasant 510 and slowly climed to a warm 860 by 3PM weih in. A good turnout for today with everyone chasing both ends of the lake for a good bite. Winners were culling by 7:45AM with most others by 10AM. Bite went away and it was a long hard final 5 hours with many not getting even a small fish. Dam and river both held quality keepers but the temps did some strange things and fish went towards banks rather than deep. Several fish taken had already spawned as that 'flat belly' look was there. Many schools of fry and 2-3 week old bass were chasing around in the rocky parts, trying to capture offered baits but only a few females were around. Basically, if you hit fish then you were pretty much in the area and tossing the right bait and slow goin did the trick.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Some crank fish were taken as was a few on blades but most were on plastics fished towards the shallow parts of the banks. Seemed fish were holding better there than anyplace.