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Friday, December 9th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 51to 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: bass here are 1 1/2 to 2 pounds 15 to 18 inches long this time of year here creek channles are the secret 38 oz football head jigs brown & brown with greenpumpkin skirts w/ single tail watermelon gurgs here slow w/contact on bottom swimming bait bumpin it will make bass hit soft bite here if your rod tip loads up set the hook. 18 35 feet of water is a safe bet to pick up some nice bass. also try rock piles in 25 to 30 feet of water fish around the edges of rocks let the baits full and contact them forbest results.
      City: kerman ca.

      Tips: slow / contact = bass

Monday, December 5th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went bass fishing with no takers, swithed over to fishing for catfish, fishing with night crawlers. caught one 16 lb fish at rocky point. fish was caught early in morning around 8 oclock
      City: lake isabella, cal

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED WED/THURS/FRI/SUN WHAT A GREAT WEEK.CAUGHT ALL THE 12"-2-1/2LB BASS YOU WANTED. FISHED FROM 9-3 MOST DAYS. WEATHER WAS LIKE SPRING TIME. COULD USE JIGS, DROP SHOT, SPOONS ALL WORKED WELL. MOST FISH CAUGHT ON THE POINTS AND FLATS. IF YOU SEE A BIG RED BOAT THAT SAYS OZARK ON THE SIDE FISH CLOSE TO HIM HE LIKES COMPANY.
      City: VISALIA

      Tips: COLOR DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER

Friday, November 25th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 00 to 00

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: sorry guys i made a mistake and put the hensley report on eastman lake report the first report you read is for hensely bass from 1 1/2 to 2 pounds wont happend again
      City: kerman ca.

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

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

      Report: There is a daddy hawg up there waitin' for the Rooster.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: green pumkin black flake all day. Purple death at night.

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 58deg

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out of the north shore and saw millions of shad loaded at the docks. Fished the shallows at north end of lake. threw cranks, spinnerbaits, senkos and dropshotted robos but nothing. Headed to south end and spooned in ~50-75' and caught 7 stripers to 28lbs biggest going 6.5lbs.Also caught one small mouth spooning ~ 2lbs.

      Tips: Spooning deep, using blue/chrome castmasters, and shad colred spoons. Anyone have a tip on what the blacks are hitting on?

Monday, November 21st, 2005

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry. The date was Monday 11/21/05
      City: Visalia

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 57.5

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 8:00am. Headed straight to Bee Rock. Started with a dropshot. Had a Magic Worm Hologram Shad curly tail tied on. As luck would have it, I fell prey to the dreaded "first cast fish!!" Fortunately, I wasn't jinxed by it. Hooked up on another on the same rig...both were just barely keeper spots. Decided to move...headed to the point on the left as you head into Las Tablas. Switched to a t-rig with a 3/0 bleeding worm hook combined with a Reaction Innovations Flirt in Hot Tamale color. Picked up a couple as I headed along that wall. Fired up the engine and shot all the way into the cove. Decided to stop as I hit the no wake zone and fish the walls there. Ended up hooking up on about 10 more between both sides of the walls. All fish were 12-13" keepers...and they all had a set of shoulders on them! My biggest two went 14 and 14.75". It was a GREAT day on the water. The water was like a sheet of glass until I got off the water at 3:30..sunny skies...about 80-85degrees...and didn't see one jet ski, water ski, or wakeboard!!! Decided to keep my limit and put some fresh fish on the plate. 3 of my fish already had rows of eggs. The fish are obviously confused with the unseasonably warm weather.
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: Fish shallow...throw to the bank and work the bottom. Keep the boat in 15-30 feet of water and work it all the way back to the boat. Set the hook HARD! I lost 3 on the way back to the boat and missed another 8. Could have easily had 20+ fish if I had hooked up on every bite. Take advantage of this awesome weather.

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 65+-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 7:00 'till 2:00. Four fish, 13lbs. Windy all day. No shad boils. We fished Bones first thing, three fish, including a 5 on the main point, north side, in 6' of water.
      Fished the main lake on that side, nada.
      Went around to fish arm, Hawks Nest at about 12:00. Fished the east side west facing point and walls on out. Nada, but we did see a beautiful woman with her husband in a purple Ranger.
      Fished the point on the main lake with the bouy cluster. Four pounder. Lake capped up and we left.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: Jigs and Ikas. Throw long and tight, retrieve SLOOOOW. Active fish are on the points.

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

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

      Report: Went out sunday morning about 8:30 under a blanket of overcast. Much to our surpirse, however, it burnt by 10:00. Partner nabbed 1.5lb black retriveing a blue/silver rattle trap in a cove near Heritage Ranch point. Then he managed to hook up with another two pounder on a chartruse spinner bait with chartruese curly tail trailer and stinger hook fishing in about 15 feet of water in a cove at the mouth of Snake creek. I cought two blacks across from Heritage Point on shad color and Brite Orange crawdad pattern rattle traps in about 15 feet of water. Tried drop shotting, and zara spooks to no avail. Rattle traps seemed to be the ticket today.
      City: Santa Maria

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: not for swimmin

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water around 10:00a.m. splitshot4 inch worm working the walls and points. out of 15 fish 8 were keepers.back of the boat had most of the action.
      City: kingsburg

      Tips: work the 4 inch worm against the walls and have fun all day.

  • Washoe County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: extreamly tough, never got a bite.

Friday, November 11th, 2005

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished early evening throwing crankbaits on the North wall. Caught 15 with four keepers. About ready to leave & get smashed by a 10 lb 1 oz hog. What a way to end the trip! Released fish after weigh in & pics.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Slow roll crankbaits around structure.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: W.O.N news reports that a guy from Lawndale CA picked up 41 bass in 3 days, the smallest being over 5 #. Sure looks like some one is trying to get some fishermen up there.

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to the lake at around 9ish with Rod and Chris (2 Legends of TCSO)Rod stuck a nice 3 1/3 with a spinner bait off the dam. Hit and miss the rest of the day, some on drop shotting plastics and Rod pulled some others out with crankbaits. Weather was over cast most of the day.
      City: Tulare

      Tips: Still some fish that are volunteering for sharpies. My only tip is to post! Oh...There's a nice pic of a 16er at the Texaco station that a guy out of Tulare nabbed a day or two earlier from Kaweah. Biggies are still cruising...POST!!!
      As Rod would say "I'M OUT"

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

  • Tulare County
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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had good day on lake. Arrived about 8am and work rock faces and dam area. Caught 14 fish most averaged right around 10" -12". Caught 3 over 15", biggest was 1.5 pounds.
      City: Sanger

      Tips: Dragged plastics worm 4" on the bottom and waited for the tap tap tap.

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Still slow but continuing to get better. Catching one or two good fish early and late on sinking rapala in 3 to 8 feet of water near weed beds and reeds. Moving to deeper water during the middle of the day using smoke colored 6" worm with large black flakes (sheer rock drop off to 25 feet). Nothing but dinks with worm. Catfish and bream still doing well with meal worms and night crawlers according to people at cleaning tables.
      No jet skis or lake lice, gotta love it!!!!
      City: Arroyo Grande

      Tips: keep throwing rapala till your arm hurts.

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: No reaction bite found for me. Thought I could get a topwater bite going, but no luck. Got most of them on a Brown/Purple jig. Found the best activity in about 15-25 feet for the jig bite. No sign of surface activity/schooling going on. I don't get it, they should be corraling the shad up big time with the conditions. Caught a few drop shotting too.
      City: Hanford

      Tips: Time on the water is not time at work or home.....can't beat that. Get out there. Ya ain't gonna catch 'em sitting on your couch watching football.

  • Washoe County
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      Water Temp: 67+-

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Water had dropped. No wind, but the water was dirtier. Fish were in the weeds, on the inside edge. Shad pockets in the afternoons on rock walls. Tight.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: Hula grubs, jigs. Flukes over the grass.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: On the water around 7:30 am - extremely fogy. 3 of us in the boat. Started off with topwater and ripbaits - nothing. Went back into Elizabeth - nothing. Checked with other boats - no bites. After fog burned off around 9 am, decided to net some shad; afterward, hit some main lake points in the Fish Arm - bass stacked in 10-25 feet of water. Caught about 15 - all bass had fat bellies and were 2-4 lbs. Netted more shad and headed to the very end of the Ski Arm - main lake points loaded with bass. Caught another 15-20 bass - seemed smaller 1.5 - 2 lbs. Called it a day after catching and releasing a 5 lber. Off the water around 2 pm.
      City: Santa Clarita

      Tips: Spotted a lot of bass shallow in 2-5 feet along shore while hunting shad; seemed active and ready to hit a shad imititation (???). Work hard for 5 bites throughout day or net shad and learn a lot about how suttle a bass bite can be. Even fishing shad, you learn tons about how important it is to be a line watcher. Half the time, you don't even know they took the bait, unless you saw that slight line twitch.