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Saturday, December 18th, 2004

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went up there sat and didn't get a bite i guess it's to cold or something but it did get very windy towrd midday well anyhow maybe next time
      City: BAKERSFIELD

      Tips: i don't know

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

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

      Report: Got a late start today. Tried dropshot and picked three short fish in 20 to 30'. Moved out 40 to 60' and started fishing spoons. The bites were far and few between, but decent. End total: 9 fish, largest 2# 11 ounces. Good luck.
      City: Paso Robles

Monday, December 6th, 2004

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I need help with finding a elect-sterring trolling motor any sugestions Thank you
      City: tulare

      Tips: I hate that cable

Thursday, November 25th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had my best day ever. It was one of those foggy -hazy mornings. The wind was hard out of the north. It was blowing from Kernville toward the dam. That created a calm spot on the east side of Rocky Point. First cast with a 3/4oz FF Shad a 4 pounder missed it right at the boat. Then all hell broke loose. In the next 45 minutes, in a strech less than 50 yards of shore line I caught (in order) a 6.11 3.8 3.11 9.3 and a 5.0 By that time it had gotten light and they went deep. All fish were releasd. Later I ran into my buddy Mark Abler just as he was netting a beautiful 5.3 pound smallmouth. Thats got to be the lake record as one is not officially listed.
      (look in photos for 'Isabella Smallmouth')
      City: Kernville

      Tips: I went 4 trips without a fish, crankin my but off. Then look what happened.

Sunday, November 21st, 2004

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: On water @ 8:30 and started drop shotting the dam around the grate. Caught some dinks along the bank, then headed Down the bank to the North. Fish were graphed @ 20-25'. We caught a few fish that went 1.5 lbs on drop shot and a bunch of other dinks. Some largies were caught, but mostly spots. Fished greasy cove for a bit and pulled a few more 1.5 ers from some stumpy banks @ 30 feet of water. Caught a few fish on jigs also.
      City: Tehachapi

      Tips: Drop shot purple 4" straight tail FATSACK worms. Also purple jigs on shear walls. Weather was great....Get out and fish!

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We arrived about 8:30am went straight to windy gap and fished within 20-48 feet deep. First fish was pulled out of 30 feet 2lb spot. Second fish was a dink, third fish went 2.15lb. out of 23 feet also a spot. Then I pulled a 4 1/2lb. out of 26 feet and also a spot. We left about 02:30pm and I only boated five fish one being a dink. My partner never boated one fish.
      City: kingsburg

      Tips: Fish slow and fish were holding on the trees deep. Drop shotting did the trick. We tried jigs, sinkos, split shotting, slow rolling spinner baits, and even silver buddies but no luck on these.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We arrived about 8:30am went strat to windy gap and fished within 20-48 feet deep. First fish was pulled out of 30 feet 2lb spot. Second fish was a dink, third fish went 2.15lb. out of 23 feet also a spot. Then I pulled a 4 1/2lb. out of 26 feet and also a spot. We left about 02:30pm and I only boated five fish one being a dink. My partner never boated one fish.
      City: kingsburg

      Tips: Fish slow and fish were holding on the trees deep. Drop shotting did the trick. We tried jigs, sinkos, split shotting, slow rolling spinner baits, and even silver buddies but no luck on these.

Saturday, November 20th, 2004

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 57.7

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launch out around 6:30 am the fog was real thick, so decided to fish around the new boat ramp. Started cranking got three fish all around steep drop off. decided to try throwing a jig got two and lost around three. Decided to head towards the narrows got about five more fish , the went to bee rock caught one fish there. The day was real nice had 5 Keeper Spots for 10 lbs 5 oz. 10 of my eleven fish were keepers.
      City: morgan hill

      Tips: Fish areas that have big rocks near steep drop off fish slow.

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 59-60 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We had our club tourney (Gilroy BassMasters)on the lake this weekend. It was a tough bite for all of us. No limits were caught and 11 of our 18 anglers blanked. The fog stuck around till around 11 which kept most of our guys off plane and fishing unfamilar water. The guys that caught 1-2 fish were dropshotting or spider grubbin. One guy caught 2 rattletrap fish up shallow.
      City: M.H.

      Tips: No real patterns. Junk fishing was the norm. Try 4 inch robo's in morning dawn or aaron magic.
      Most of our fish were smallies

Sunday, November 14th, 2004

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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was fabulosly awesome. I caught a 16 pound steal head, and a 5 pound trout also a half pound catfish. Fishing was great.
      City: lake forest

      Tips: Listen to michael he knows what hes talking about. dont buy from bait store michael said its a rip off.THERE SIMPLY TO EXPENSIVE FOR OUR CHEAP ASS TRAILER park TRASH. use power bait and inflated nightcrawlers.

Saturday, November 13th, 2004

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: First time fishing here since August since the water has been too low, now you can launch on the campground side only. Started fishing at fisrt light, partner got a small fish on a crankbait. The weather was nice not to cold and it was cloudy. I was throwing a spook, and caught 5 bass with 2 of them around 2pounds, this stopped around 8:30. My partner was getting them on the crankbait and one on a puppy, but they were all small. All these fish were shallow and around structure. We moved out deep and tried for awhile, but got nothing went back to where we were fishing and after 1:00 they started coming back all on crankbaits. The fish were coming from 1 to 10 feet but were scattered. We ended up catching 28 for the day and around 8 to 10 pounds for a five fish limit not bad and it was alot of fun being back on HENSLEY, I will be back this weekend.
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: Search for fish, usually with a worm I catch quite a few fish but saturday I only got one small fish to bite. They just seem to like the hard baits that day. Just get out on the water and fish. Good luck and God Bless.

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This was the last tour.of the year for Wasco Bass Club and most anglers had a limit.The winning weight was about 8lbs + with the big fish being 2lbs+.No one realy made it big out there.My partner and I weight in 6.25.Most fish were caught on jigs and smoke blue 4"worms.
      City: Bakersfield

      Tips: Throw small jigs and worms in the morning about 10 to 15 feet.Later on go deep 30 to 50 feet the fish will still bite.GOOD LUCK

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      Water Temp: 62'

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Haven't fished this lake in 2 years. Started with
      ripbaits near flats. Few dinks in 1-2lb range.
      Headed back to lake. Flip'n and swimmin Jigs trailed with hula grubs to trees. Bam 3 blacks 4-5lbs. Backed off trees to come back later. Fished main lake points with lipless cranks. 6-7 spots within 15 minutes. Slow rolled 1 ounce spinner on bottom. Bent rod. Nice 4lb spot. Went back to trees rippn Balsa's. Fish after fish 2-4lbs. Oh yeah. Stay bent. Talked to some locals saying its a slow bite. I said its very slow. LOL. Ran into another local with a few small bass. Said he was going to make fish tacos. I told him crappie are probaly better. Lots of spots and seeing more blacks. Fish population seems to be getting better. Hopefully we can make fish tacos with crappie rather than bass.
      City: Nor Cal

      Tips: ripbaits & jigs for now. Fish fast and find your pattern. Craw, shad, chartruese all good colors.
      Use your graphs. Practice what you preach. Catch and Release!

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

      Report: Went to Poway the other day and planned on trout fishing so all brought were some artificial trout lures because I dont like fishing bait. My friends convinced me to bring only one rod which was my trout micro. I really wanted to bring one of my bass setups but they convinced me not to, any way we went first thing in the morning and i caught three trout on mini jigs and roostertails. After the sun came out i went out on the fishin dock and i looked down in the water and see a teen sized bass just sitting on the bottom along with a couple other cruising two pounders. Boy was i mad i didnt bring my bass stuff. There were also a lot of bass chasing trout every where. There was one in hidden bay that cleared the water with a trout hanging in its mouth boy did i wish i had my swimbait stick with me.
      City: Vista

      Tips: Never go trout fishing without a back up bass setup!!!!

      LOL

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: warm

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I was fishing off shore for anything not much bittting until little later after opening hooked up with two bass one 10 pounder and one 13 pounder also i was trying the new power bait cola with lime twist i hooked up with a 6 pound hooked jaw male trout.
      City: San Diego

      Tips: On bass i used a radle shad for the other bass i used a big fat crank big one about 8 inches and the trout well the new cola lime twist you dont have to cast out to far but just enough. and good luck

Thursday, November 11th, 2004

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

      Report: Up at Castaic on Vets Day, saw three kids in a 12' john boat fishing west walls with live shad. No livewell so they filled bottom of boat with water and stood on the bench seats taking turns bailing water. Low tech but they were haulin' in the bass big time ... and feeding the seagulls.
      City: Oak Park

      Tips: Live shad bite still goin' strong ... more so toward mid day.

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 70-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was terrible!!!! DIDNT CATCH CRAP THAT HOW IT WAS ME AND TWENTY OF MY FRIENDS.
      City: sana maria

      Tips: DONT GO TO THIS LAKE EVER!!!!

Monday, November 8th, 2004

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: 57.4

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished jigs,worms and sonars best luck with sonars 14 to 25 feet weather was lite rain no wind caught 6 bass to 2.75 off water at 1:30PM.
      City: porterville

      Tips: FISH GREENWENNIE GREEN AND RED FLAKE SMALL REEPER ON 1/4OZ DARTHEAD RIPPED UP OFF BOTTOM LIKE A SPOON AND 1/2OZ SONAR THE SAME. GOOD LUCK AND SEE YA ON THE WATER.

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004

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      Water Temp: 52 to 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hensley Lake is now open for boat launching on the camping side only.I fish for 8 hour and boated 20 fish. The biggest one was 3lbs. The fish are shallow.The fish are ghost white looking.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: fish real slow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

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

      Report: After a late opening of the park, we started fishing the center of the lake where there is a shallow point, about two feet deep, with top water, no luck. We then moved to the south east corner near the no motorboat access. We switched to 4" plastics started to fish the shore and caught 5 large mouth bass ranging from 2lbs 1oz to 3lbs in about 30min from 9:00 to 9:30 and that was it for the day.
      City: Fontana