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Saturday, April 24th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 63+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a trny with partner, spent most of the day catching small non-keepers. Took partner and I until sometime around 1 pm to catch our first keeper about 2.4 lbs. Moved to the upper end from the dam area and caught another about 2.5, didn't place to say the least, but biggest fish that day was 5.7 lbs or so, and biggest bag went over 19 lbs.
      City: lompoc

      Tips: Natural shad colored senkos/kinamis worked well in about 0-12 feet of water. Very soft bite, almost don't know they're there unitl you pull up on your rod

Friday, April 16th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a two day partner club tourney, 911BASS, best 5 fish. First day had 5 beautiful fish 25.61 lbs, biggest 7.06. Second day 5 more nice fish for 24.35 lbs. Eight of these fish were caught on jigs, with 2 on drop shot. What a tournament.
      City: Lancaster

Monday, April 12th, 2004

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 65-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished naci on back of boat on friday and caught 19 fish. 2 whites on spinnerbaits in a boil in oak shores marina in am.then caoght a couple spots on a gary yamamoto twintale hula grub. then on accident i brought my worm rod and started knockin um dead. i caught 5 bass on mostly dark colored c/tailk 4 inch worms(oxblood, purple, red...etc...)mostly in pockets and points all over the lake. but today,monday.. got in another boil in our boat in oak shores.. we caught 9 whites in about 20 minutes. usin spinnerbaits, rip baits and lipless cranks.. the rest of the day we caught 30+fish all on soft plastics worms dark colored and texas riggged. fish were in coves in about 6-10 feet of water off bank.
      City: oak shores

      Tips: dark colored soft plastices texas rigged. let it hit bottom then shake like drop shot. fish hit on drop alot and ran. they sucked it in a lot also. and sum even hit it hard. be ready 4 anything... worms is the hot ticket now...

Saturday, April 10th, 2004

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched at safe light on the lagoon. Spotted nice fish on the beds. Between the two of us we netted four approx. 3 lb-ders by ten in the morning. All were caught on white lizards (fat sack). All were male protecting beds. Spotted numerous large females but they were stingy. Great day of spotting fish. A real rush when the 8 lb-ders are looking at your bait. To bad none bit.
      City: Tehachapi

      Tips: Everybody post. I know you all are fishing, take the time to post, to assist all of us to find fish. If you are reading this then you should assist by posting yourself.

      Use white lizards (fat sack) when they are bedding.

Friday, April 9th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 60+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well bass fishing was tough to say the least. But the few we caught were quality fish. The five biggest went 6,4,3,3,and 2lbs. My buddy caught the 6. Only problem that was his only fish!!! Got you Rick. I caught one nice crappie as well. All in all a great time on the water with my best friend.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Get there at day break, and fish the grass banks where the shad are boiling. The bite will end as quick as it starts. Then move out and drop shot.
      Jerk baits in shad color pattern worked best early. Tight lines to all.

Tuesday, April 6th, 2004

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

      Report: Haven't been on Naci since January. Have a good buddy coming over from the valley Friday the 9th to do some fishing. Would like to get in on some spotted bass and would LOVE to find the whites, and wouldn't mind a few smallmouth. Would really appreciate some tips as to where to find both and what they're biting on. Have had a lot of luck with the spots at the boat docks in the past, very little luck with largemouth, one smallie, and one year found some schooling whites. Thanks for any help you all can provide.
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: Send 'em my way if you don't mind. THANKS!

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      Water Temp: up to 65 degree

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I've found the bass, even though the bite has slowed a bit since the weather cooled a little compared to a couple of weeks ago. Would like to know what they're biting on this week and how deep and far from the bank they are. Picked up a nice 3.5 Sunday right off the bank on a craw colored Lucky Craft Pointer 100 at around 8am and that was it for the next 5 hours!! NOW, I'm looking to find some crappie. I'd really appreciate some tips as to what they're biting on and the spots that are most likely to produce a limit for a nice fish fry. I've got a friend coming up from the valley and we plan on fishing Friday the 9th. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
      City: Atascadero

      Tips: Looking for any and all

Sunday, April 4th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 5:30 a.m. and headed straight to camp nine. The water is extremely muddy and has saw dust or something floating on it. Fished stumps and treetops all morning with stinkos and lizards and everything. No bass lovin' today. Headed across the lake to a point and started throwing crappie jigs to shore....WHAMMO! We caught crappie on every cast! They're were some very large crappie caught.
      City: Tehachapi

      Tips: Put the bass rods down and take your kids to Isabella for some off the hizzle crappie fizzle.

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day for fishing. Started early and first cast caught 14". This was the start to a day of 40-50. Most of the fish were small 11-13" but the fish where very aggresive. caught most of them in 15-20" split shot with worms and lizards. The best part of the day it was a little overcast which keep the ski and pleasure boat from coming up to the water.
      City: Exeter

      Tips: split shot worms purple brown/ chartrus tail. lizzards

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Father-in -law and I got on the water at about a quarter to 7am. Nailed a nice one on my 3rd cast of the morning, slammed them all day until about noon, then the bite slowed. Had a blast!
      City: Hanford

      Tips: Fish 4" worms slow.

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started before the sun cam up in the 5mph zone, wind was blowing pretty good. We got a couple small fish then moved out towards the begining of the bouys and I caught 3 nice fish from 1.5 to 2.5 pounds. The fish did not seem to be biting real good and very spread out. Went to some rocky areas near the front of the lake by the campground launch and caught some in 15 to 20 feet on a dropshot lizard. The good fish did not seem to be very shallow they were from 8 to 20 feet. Called it a day around 2:00 but had a great day. Good Luck!!
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: Try shallow with plastics or reaction baits. Big ones seem to be cruising alot. But everyone knows they go deep as it gets hot and it is starting to get there.

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 61

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Still a little slow but was able to pull out a couple of solid 3 lbdrs. another week i think. thet are in prespawn mode pulled both out at about 25 feet of water on steep banks in greasy. Was split shotting a bold bluegill roboworm curlytail. and missed a fish early on a g splash in shad color
      City: visalia

Sunday, March 28th, 2004

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

      Report: First time here since late fall of last year, lake looked good, started at 6:00am. Started near slick rock caught first fish on a senko just a small spot. I was able to catch three more before the sun had come up over the mountains. Two spots and one largemouth that would have went around a pound, nothing real big, these fish were caught on lizards. The wind picked up pretty bad, my partner was able to pull out a 2 pound largemouth, and then we headed to the dam. We couldn't get bite at the dam so we headed back to slick rock area, and fished a couple more hours with nothing they turned off, went back to the dam and was able to get one more spot, finished the day with only seven small fish. Oh well it was still fun, Good Luck!!
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: All fish were caught in 10 feet or less, maybe the big ones are a little deeper. I just don't think this lake has turned on yet, I will be back in a month or so.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at 2:30pm, right off nailed a bunch of dinks at La-Fever(?spelling). Switched up to a weightless 3inch Senko smoke w/black flake and nailed about three 2 1/2 pound spots off of rocks. Fished till a lil after dark around rocks and sand and tore em up.
      City: Tulare

      Tips: weightless senko's, drop shotting...just put a hook in the water.

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at about 0630hours, fished southfork around trees and the bassfactory produced. wacky/weightless senkos! Tried northfork and nailed more using same combo. went back to southfork...and again same results.
      City: Tulare

      Tips: Tree + Senko = BASS! POST YOUR REPORTS!

Monday, March 22nd, 2004

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on vacation so i went down to naci i am positive
      there wont be a tournament.i cant stand tournaments poor guy works his butt off all week just to pull up to a lake to see fifty rig's.well
      i went directly to las tables i cought about twenty spot's.five biggest went 12.45 not bad for this lake.all fish on crankbaits,rebel wee-r.they had shad against the bank all over.all of a sudden i hear this boiling fish behind me hmmm what do you think that could be,white bass what else!!!!cought about 10 but two largest went 3.2.
      City: salinas

      Tips: go during the week,and yes i own a ranger 519vx and used to fish tournements sorry.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: spotted-bass up swallow,caught on white-spinner-baits,caught a 10.3 cat-fish in 1 foot of water on spinner-bait and a 3 pound white-bass too.bass are going to beds next week.
      City: oak shores

      Tips: back of coves off weeded areas

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished last 4 hours of day to sunset. finesse worm worked well thru to sunset. then switched to surface popper & fish attacked aggressively. fish on almost every cast. great 1/2 day of fishing. hope to get back down to lake soon.
      City: pacific grove

Sunday, March 21st, 2004

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had to come and see how the lake is since I have been fishing eastman, and doing pretty good. Started fishing at 6:00am caught first fish real quick, only went about a pound, my partner hooked up right after me with a fish about the same size. We moved around quite a bit looking for bigger fish, most fish were small. They were biting right off the shore anywhere there was weeds. We caught them on worms lizards and brushhogs. Later in the afternoon I was able to get one that went 3.1 on the scale nice fish. Seems like a big accomplishment when all day we were just catching small fish. Everyone we talked to said just the dinks were biting. Great day on the water not much wind and warm. Ended the day with 17 fish. The bigger fish should start to show any day now, so keep trying. Good Luck!!
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: Start as shallow as possible in the morning, the fish are bunched up early, then go out a little deeper but check the shallows all day there could be a hog hanging out. See you out there I'll be back March 27.

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 59 - 62 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at 7:00 a.m. and fished the Horse Creek area. Only caught 2 bass 14" each in two hours. Moved near the dam and caught 15-20 between me and my partner. 5 were over 15", largest 17.5", mostly spotted bass. Moved to the rock wall and caught a couple more spots before the day was over.

      Tips: Caught fish on crawdads, split-shot rigged 4" robo-worms, and senkos. Fish were holding close to cover, especially trees and logs.