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Monday, August 29th, 2005

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

      Report: Fished from opening to about 9AM. Fished the boils with soft jerkbaits amd tube type baits.Caught 10 fish from 2 to 3.5 pounds..

      Tips: Ski arm and match the size of bait the fish are bustin on..

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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hot! weather has been the key to the bite as the fish are eating on top early and late.Troll the ski arm with Z-Plug #400 blue shad and hold on. This morning the fish were eating the bait on lead core line at 5 colors 3.6 mph
      City: AltaLoma

      Tips: sweep the points in 30 feet of water and hold on.

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 1 crank fish right at dusk day bite sux only hope is to drop shot near weed line to catch small ones but iam not that patient hope u are
      City: pomona

      Tips: stay home and drink a beer or fish at night

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: 75-79 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Striped bass are eating the new Z-Plug #400 in the green shad pattern,Also the topwater action is going strong in the morning and evening.
      City: Alta Loma ca.

      Tips: Be quiet when the fish boil on top. The water activity(jet skis)ETC. will have a big affect on the boils. use bo-nocks to find them.

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jigs on Rootbeer Greenflack between 2 feet and 28 feet. Drop shot oxblood worms along drop-offs.
      City: Culver City

      Tips: Drink plenty of water, very hot out! 108 degress.

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched @ Ducey's @ 9:3Oam today we got on a drop-shot bite from l6' to 22'. We caught 10 fish by noon . If you can handle the crazy boat traffic, the bite is really pretty good. I will try 5:am until 8:am tomorrow, maybe a reaction bite will develop.
      City: Hughson, CA

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a club event on 8-19 /8-21 2005. Fishing was very tough. Prior reports only 1-2 weeks back from tackle shops, friends, etc. said the bite was decent on big worms and cranks. Things definately changed with the full moon and a cooling weather system passing through. Day time temps were 98 degrees with no wind until 2pm each day.

      An algea bloom was in full force that made the water look like pea soup. Lots of dead birds, trout, and dying shad sprinkled the lake surface.

      Fellow club members picked off a fish here and there. Obviously there was a ton of shad in the lake. Catfish were very active eating the dying shad on the surface.

      1st and 2nd place fish were taken from Sickle Point and in the saddle (between main land and the visiable island) mostly on dropshot baby bass roboworms. Super slow presentation. A few fish were caught on medium diving 2-4 ft. depth white cranks.
      City: RSM, CA

      Tips: Bring lots of lead mojo dropshot weights and sunscreen. Use lighter weights to keep from getting hung up as much.

Friday, August 19th, 2005

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 75-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Typical summer bite. All the fish we caught were on the main lake, on the ski arm. Better fish (6+) were on the bluff walls.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: Bubblegum swimbaits on the dropshot. :O)

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There was a full moon the 19th so figured hey this may be the only chance to fish to get away from lake lice.Got out on the water about 6:00pm of course still lot's of traffic.Ran down to bee rock fished jsut outside but hell it was like an ocean.Finally the sun went down the exact same time the moon came up pretty cool.First fish came on rebel wee-r 2lb.smally.Nothing for awhile so i ran back and fished the slide area and picked up 3 more smallmouth and one large all about the same size 2lb all on pop-r.Aboat 10:30 i decided to run down and fish main lake point's and noticed a boat on the other side with these two flashing light's and thought man they really want people to see them.So i kept going and thought to myself that doesnt seem right,So i went back and motered up to them and asked is everything ok?By this time the wind picked up pretty good.Well it was a couple in a bass boat and both the big motor and trolling motor took a crap.Well of course i had to tow them back to the ramp and by then it was after 11:00 so i figured i might as well pull out to.So i ended up with five fish all after dark.
      City: SALINAS

      Tips: Still be careful this time of year there we jet skies out there after dark,of course they dont have running light.idiot's.

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

  • Washoe County
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      Water Temp: 79-81

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We caught lots of small fish on the drop shot. Good numbers lake, but tough to find bigger fish right now.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: Our better fish were on the rock walls. Throw tight and bring it back really slowly. You don't need to shake it much.

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

      Report: Got on the water at sundown. Caught seven bass from 1-1.5lbs. in the first two hours drop shotting 4in. black grape Roboworms. Later switched to texas rigged 7in. black Powerworms and caught several more all the same size. The biggist fish was 2lbs. caught on a black single colorodo spinnerbait. Twenty fish total.
      City: Bakersfield

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

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

      Report: fished all over the lake,,,saw one throw back striper being caught, fishing was the worse i have ever seen at pyramid. only a few boats on the lake,,,that should have been a clue .
      City: bakersfield

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a 6 hour tournament today. What a tough bite. Of 37 people, only 19 weighed a fish. The lake was dropping really fast. I fished it Friday and the lake was six feet lower today. Lots of baby bass and baitfish. Good prospects for two years from now, but a pesky bite now. Anyway, I couldn't get a reaction bite, tried a Sammy and a white blade. Went to plastics and discovered that they wern't even hitting that. Finally about 10:30 picked up a 1.44 lber on a dropshot. All the others I wouldn't even call dinks, they were so small.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Tried all my plastics and only got bit on a 4" Pro Worm purple death

Sunday, August 7th, 2005

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

      Report: Wow...I think I know that Todd guy....He's a GREAT fisherman. It's too bad that he doesn't get out on the water more. I know his good friend too....he misses spending time with him and wonders why he can't make the effort to spend time with him. I mean they live 2 hours apart, but what's that when it comes to spending time with good friends? God knows his friend needs to learn more about fishing from him.
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: Make time for your friends....when it's your time to leave this earth, you can't put all your "stuff" in the casket with you BUT you can take all the good memories to your grave and be surrounded by those closest to you. Life's too damn short....live a little...try it, you might like it. I mean we're ALL busy with life, but that doesn't mean that we should let it pass us by.

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 57-61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 6:30 and had my limit by noon caught 13 fish all on plastics and crawdad cranks around the rocks and flats.
      City: Prunedale

      Tips: Fish ledges that leads to deeper water for the fish to move up and down in search of bait.

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Otay today and caught some nice fish using topwater plugs, big fish was a 5.10 and the other 4 were at about 2+ lbs. Fish were caught in back of Harvey arm and front of Otay arm. looks like topwater action is turning on.

      Tips: Have to get there early in the morning. I was off the water by 10:00AM, fish closed there mouths.

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Mark Inman where are you? Haven't fished in this lake in months. Look to try again when the boat gets rebuilt. I hope you are still in good health Mark.
      City: Fresno

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

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      Water Temp: 85

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a night tournament with the Family Bass Club out of Fresno Saturday night through Sunday morning. The bite was tough. The club fished from 7 PM until the first weigh in at 12:30 AM Sunday. The second half was from 1:00 AM until 7 AM. Several fish were weighed in at the first session including a 5.48 lb. spotted bass. The second weigh in had more keeper fish including a 6.52 lb. black. All the fish were caught on plastics. Senkos, Pro worms, and Yamamoto Hula grubs taking most. The grubs and worms were fished on 1/8 oz darters. Fish were caught from the river to the dam. Most were in less than 10 ft of water. Topwater, spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits were tried but with little success. The next Family Bass tournament will be at Bass lake on Sept. 17. The Club is looking for new members. Email if you would like some information.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Take lots of food and water. It will be a long night. Plastics worked best. Dark colors were used, however the big spot and largemouth came on a pearl Hula and a shad colored 3 in straight tail worm respectively. Both were caught off of points in 10 feet of water, the spot in windy gap, and the black by the dam buoy line. Good luck.

Monday, July 4th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Had a decent morning. Started throwing a Spook at 0530 and hit three bass including a 5-8 spot that is my personal best spot. Caught a couple drop-shotting and and one more on a Spinnerbait. Got off the water by 1000. The lake is so high it really is an incredible sight.
      City: Hanford

      Tips: The bite is fair for summer, watch out for lots of debris in the lake coming from the river.

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

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      Water Temp: 72.0

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Had Bluestone week before, caught fish all day using Senko's, Spinnerbaits, Jigs and Worms. 2-15/ft in the brush.
      City: Culver City

      Tips: Try the coves on the main channel, with lots of brush.