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Saturday, June 5th, 2004

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had an awesome day. Got out there around 9:00 a.m. with 4 other friends. We left at 11:00 a.m. with 123 crappies. It was a great Day. Sorry for the late post.
      City: Isabella

      Tips: They are under the rocks and about 5 to 10 feet from shore. It was easier to jig the jig (white) around rocks right in front of you. You can see them come out from under the rocks and bite. There are big ones!!!

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 8-9 fish with no discernable pattern. Top water in the am, carolina in the pm, and senkos in between. largest went 4+, total around 14-15 lbs. Increadibly hot, figured the fish went deep early in the day. Should have been where I went as well.
      City: lompoc

      Tips: throw to the gaps in the weeds near rocks. Top water at the weed edges early in the morning

Friday, June 4th, 2004

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 73-78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went up to the lake for my first time with my brother and nephew. got on the lake at safe light,started in a cove in the fishing arm .throwing blades and buzzbaits with no luck.seen some fish on there bed so i went for a 1/16 jig and 3inch craw (thanks to jason owen from lakeport tackle ) and thats when the day really started . every bed i flipped to had a 3+ on it .fished back of coves all day tell 5pm and came to the ramp .waiting for the dock my nephew cought two 4lbs under the dock. all told we had 10 4lbers and 15 3lbers.wheres a tournament when you need one .
      City: bakersfield

      Tips: jigs jigs and more jigs .1/16oz brown on brown 6inchs to 3ft deep in coves

  • Washoe County
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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Closed sign still posted at the lake. C'mon USFS let's get this lake open!!
      City: Glendale

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004

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      Water Temp: Cool

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I went out at night because my bro-in-law said crappie bite best at night. It was okay. We got there at around 9 p.m. and by 10:30 we only caught about 15 crappie each. From 10:30 to 11:30 it was really slow. Maybe about 3 or so each. Just using a red jig with a white tail. The daytime seems to be better. Oh, the biggest one I caught was about 1 pound. Not really huge, but I did see someone come to the bait shop just before I got there. This person caught a 3 1/2 pounder. Awesome! hehe... Well, I'll be back out there soon (Daytime!)
      City: Bakersfield

      Tips: At nite, use a jig with no bobber. Let it sit on the ground for a few secs and real. Repeat it. They seem to bite when it is still, but need the movement to get there.

      In the day, use a bobber and leave about 18 inches of a drop.

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004

Saturday, May 29th, 2004

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 60 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I recently fished the lake and the nacimiento river back in may and again in june 2004 had sucess both times while fishing on the lake plastic worms assorted colors worked well for me usually jigging in about 10-20 feet and near rocky shorelines at the river trout fishing was good on nightcrawlers and green power bait.
      City: Camp Roberts

      Tips: suggest using glitter green power bait or chartruese power baits when fishing the river,Size 16/18 black treble hooks with 1/2oz split shot weight about 14 to 18 inches from hooks. At lake try plastics little or no weight casting near rocky edges and weed patches use weedless hooks on your plastic assortment.

Monday, May 24th, 2004

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

      Report: Fished Nacimento Friday afternoon and Saturday. Fishing was good for Spots on Yamamoto 4" worms light color and Castaic color 4" Robo worms Dropshot. Also Senko white/ silver flake worked well . Fished the main lake shoreline and in coves adjacent to deep water all around the Oakshore's area. Caught a wide open boil bite at 6:30 A M on Sat. that lasted over an hour at the mouth of Cantinas in about 20 feet of water.. Used

      Tips: Try to find shore line close to deep water with dropoffs. Most fish fish were caught in less than 10 depth. Look for areas that hold a lot of shad for possibler boils.

Saturday, May 15th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Visited my buddy in Fresno this past weekend, and fished Pine Flat for the first time. Fished from noon to dinner on Sat and managed 11, including a personal best 3.3 lb spot. Got a slightly earlier start on Sunday - fished from around 9 to lunch time. Action was a lot faster on Sunday(a lot less boaters). Had my 2nd limit by noon, and my buddy got his 1st limit an hour later. No real size, best fish was around 2.5.

      We were drop-shotting and split-shotting in around 15-30' of water off of main lake rocky points. I also got some dragging a one-ton rig(brown, green flake) through mudlines off muddy banks. Nice lake, but it was really windy both days.
      City: Newark

      Tips: Best luck with a 4.5" curl-tail natural shad drop-shot about 12" off the bottom. In the mudlines on Sat, I needed to color the tail chartreuse to get bit. On Sunday, the water was a lot clearer due to a lot fewer boats. They didn't want chartreuse at all, but nailed natural shad and baby bluegill really hard. Most fish were on the backside of rocky points in 15-30'. They were a bit shallower whenever there was a mudline around the point

Friday, May 14th, 2004

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 70f - 78F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished two full days with my dad. We averaged ~ 70 spots per day between the two of us, all small - we were unable to break the 1.5 lb mark. Contrary to our prior experiences, the fishing was slower in the morning and picked up later in the day. Most fish were caught on 4" lizards and worms on both drop shot and 1/8 oz. to 3/16 oz. darter head rigs along rocky shoreline within a moderate cast from 20+ feet of water. Most of the fish had full bellies, about half we caught disgorged shad and crawdads during the fight.
      City: Bakersfield

      Tips: Fish lighter/shad color plastics during the middle of the day when the sun is overhead. If fishing drop shot or darter heads, fish relatively slow and maintain contact with the bottom.

Thursday, May 13th, 2004

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: got a late start about 11:00 went to harris creek
      started throwin a jerkbait by ramp.picked up two fish one smallmouth 2.6lb and one largemouth by small ramp way in back it went 3.8lb.nothing for sometime so went back to fish main laek point picked four more all smallmouth betwwn 1.5lb and 3lbs.lake level is low basicly bee rock is gone and the main ramp at north shore has no more cove and the water was the strangest color i have ever seen there kind of a bluish green.lots of nice size shad all over so crainkbaits is the way to go.never had a bump on plastics.also did catch one striper about four pounds by southshore on jerk bait
      City: salinas

      Tips: go during the week and be careful in harris creek concealed trees that you never knew were there now that the lake is low.and it looks like the jetskiers are not going to have much of a lake this summer oh what a bummer

Wednesday, May 12th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rock walls with 6 and 10 inch purple plastics. Picked up 14 fish to 7 pounds. Best fived fish went 21 pounds 8 ounces. What a day!
      City: Paso Robles

      Tips: split shot very slow. That is what worked for me. Good luck!

Tuesday, May 11th, 2004

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: 74 - 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the afternoon to dusk. Started in back where the river comes in. Caught a few dinks & 1 keeper on topwater. Also caught 2 keepers on 5" Senkos (watermelon) Went past the bridge next & managed a few Senko fish. Wind was blowing pretty hard. Finished at the dam & caught a couple of nice keepers on Iovino's Splash-It. Went in at dusk.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Fish the Splash-It slow with a long pause. Didn't try Texas rig today, but it may work well. Fish are starting to get active!

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Heading for Lake Success on the 15th of May for the weekend. Any inputs would be for fishing day and at night would be great. Thanks, Kevin
      City: Lemoore

Saturday, May 8th, 2004

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: For gentleman I met on the ramp and requested the results from our tournament the next day
      1st....22.91 lbs (bed fished a pair of sevens)
      2nd....12.87
      3rd....10.86
      Thanks for the info you provided
      City: fresno

Friday, May 7th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Friday at 3:30 first cast with brown/orange worm caught first bass. Picked up a few more dinks. My partner picked up a 2 and 3 pounder on rocky point. Saturday fished same area I lost one about 2 lbs my partner caught a 2 pounder. He also picked up a few dinks using green/brown 4" worm with split shot and a brown jig. Sunday caught 3 dinks and lost one about 1.5 lbs with in 1 hour using crawdad colored crankbait around boulders and brush. Even a bluegill was caught on my partners crankbait. Picked up a few more on worms around boulders/brush.
      City: Lemoore

Wednesday, May 5th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at 1430hours, tried main lake points and nailed a ton of dinks, drop shotting a smoke keeper worm with an orange bloodline. Then started moving to the river and hit a 2.11lb large off a brush laydown on a watermelon weightless senko. Threw a white spinnerbait on some trees in the river and first cast nailed a 1lb crappie, next cast hit a 15 inch squaw fish, Go Figure. Ended up with about 20 fish, but mostly dink/spots.
      City: Tulare

      Tips: POST YOUR REPORTS, IM TIRED OF SEEING MY NAME ON THE SUCCESS LAKE REPORT FROM MARCH.....Another tip......POST YOUR REPORTS!

Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 63-67 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The 4th tournament had 18 anglers. Half did not bring in any fish. Fish have seem too have gone into the post spawn stage. Very small fish and bite lasted for only a while. Everyone had a tough day. Except Terry hamlin of Woodlake. He won with 10.80 with a 5lb kicker. The rest were small.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Skiers all over the lake now that it is hot. Find a bigger lake.

Sunday, May 2nd, 2004

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: started off on spots back in the narrows, cauaght one on a texas rigged 4in. purple worm, and then saw a school of white bass boiling, and we hooked about 30+ whites in about 30 min., on whites fished chartrues spinners, and silver cast masters, basicaly just cast any thing that looks like a shad and they will hit it,whites were about 2pd to 3pd. Hooked spots on a brown hulagrub with 1/8 darter head and 4in. purple worm, caught 2 spots in the hole day, on the rocks.
      City: royal oaks

      Tips: fish on week days, lake is crowded with skiers, that make wakes that fly over the sides of the boat. Are get there real early around 6 and leave, before every one shows up.

Saturday, May 1st, 2004

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fising was slighlty difficult to the small drawdown of the lake. Partner and I caught fish on custom poured senko type baits as well as custom poured splitshoted 4" worms. Caught a couple dropshotting as well for a total of around 15 fish for us.
      City: burbank

      Tips: Fish shallow early and move out to about 20-25 ft. as day warms