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Wednesday, October 9th, 2002

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I got to Hensley at 9am to ind the lake has turned over.Fished exposed islands by the dam.Caught 5 ish on 1/8oz darthead worm.Biggest ish 15 inches.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish slow.All my bites came when I put slack in my line.Feel or a tick or weight o the ish.Baits:6" Crayish color Don Iovino worm,6"Keeper gold worm

Sunday, October 6th, 2002

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out today and caught 10 ish by noon. 5 biggest weighed 16lbs with the biggest being 4 lbs.
      City: Arroyo Grande

      Tips: caught most on a crawdad pattern crank the rest came on a chrome/blue rattle trap.

Thursday, October 3rd, 2002

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

      Report: what no reports since 8-9-02,does'nt anybody ish any more,lets hear rom you!!.
      City: La Crescenta

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Dick Trask Memorial Team TournamentNovember 9 2002 - Main Launch RampAmericanBass Rules - BBQ @ Village Sporting Goods ater weigh in - GPS seminar by Garmin Rep ater BBQ - Ray Caldwell will direct the tounament and cook the ribs - Bring the amily or a un day at Izzy.
      City: Kernville

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002

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

      Report: 2nd annual Fishing For The Cure team tournament will be held at Nacimiento 10/5/02. See WWW.ishingorthecure.org or more ino
      City: Salinas

Tuesday, October 1st, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Well my hats o to you Mr.Hickey! Fighting that lunker and playing it or what seemed an eternity must have been the thrill o your lie, but realizing once you landed it that you had a ten pound carp must have been your biggest disappointment since your little transvestite incident. Keep on trying my little buddy!
      City: Visalia

      Tips: DON'T TROLL DOUGH-BALLS!!!

Monday, September 30th, 2002

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

      Report: went to the lake thursday and the lake was closed due to the ire danger. orestry service advised that will be closed until end o ire season
      City: bakersield

Monday, September 23rd, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 74-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got to the lake at 6:30 pm. Went across rom 2nd ramp and caught 15 on topwater till 7:15 then the bite died. Went to greasy and picked up 5 more ater 8pm and then went along dam. Picked up 14 more and went home at 10:30pm. Biggest close to 3lbs.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: crankbait in shad pattern and 9 inch blk/grape worm, texas rig 3/16. And rico's

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      Water Temp: 74.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Me & Uncle Frank Kaiser have had a pretty good month. Although the bite hasn't been as good as last year, we've been boating 20 - 30 ish a trip. From 8/21 thru present, we've caught a monster 16 lbder, a 6, a couple o 5's & quite a ew 3's. We've been ishing at nite with the most popular being Black/Blue Pulsator spinnerbaits, black/blue & smoke with blue & gold lake 5" Senkos & 6" Iovino Oxblood Special Spadetail worms rigged Texas. I think the ishing is getting ready to peak soon! We've been graphing alot o ish!
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Fish those plastics in 12' o water & release em! It's quite a sight to watch a 30" ish swim away!

Saturday, September 21st, 2002

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      Water Temp: 82

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Started out on the water at 04:00 a.m. pitchin jigs at dam ace partner hooked one on black spinner bait I hooked up with a jig just a couple o casts latter Tom kept hooking up on every other cast so I changed over to black spinner bait we hooked 20 ish in about 2 hours rom 1 to 3 pounds ater sun came out ish got smaller. Moved up lake ound some deep water about 18 eet close to the bank and caught about 15 more ish using a jig head with 7 inch power worm teq.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Black spinner baits at night with ull moon on structure. Early morning rock piles with shad color worms.

Thursday, September 12th, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass are on the bite... Good time to take a kid ishing, use a drop shot or luke anywhere you see um busting shad.. Good night bite west side o houseboats around 8t with tx. black worms
      City: Visalia

      Tips: let them all go and swim another day

Wednesday, September 11th, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 73-75 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out at 5:30 pm. Went to greasy and got a ew small ones. Waited or topwater bite but it never came there. Went to rock wall and got a ew on worms and drop shot in 10 -15 eet. Fished north end rom darkness till 12 midnight and got 20 ish on 9 inch blk/grp worms on jig head. 2 1/2 lbs. biggest.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: shad colors and dark worms at night.

Monday, September 9th, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 74-77 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went up at 6:30 pm. Went to the north side and put 20 small ones in the boat. All were 10-13 inches with a 13 inch smallmoth mixed in. topwater bite was insane. Picked up riend at 7:30 and ished till 11 pm. Caught 25 more ish with biggest at 3 lbs, ( except or the 8.2 lb carp caught on a jig).
      City: Visalia

      Tips: shad and dark colors are working.

Sunday, September 8th, 2002

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was horrible. Got to the lake at 10 am, and we called it quit at 6 pm. We irst thought that the ish might start to biting late aternoon. We went to Miller Canyon and everywhere, and we caught nothing. the shore was ull o algea (green loating stu) and always got stucks on the lure's hook. We asked couple anglers around, and they also said that ishing had been extremely slow. We tried all dierent lures: plastics, jigs, small rapala, spinner, and even nightcrawlers ... still we went home with a dry sack. Hmmm ... I am wondering i the lake is stocked at all.probably I should go to lake casitas ater all.
      City: Los Angeles

Saturday, September 7th, 2002

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: 80 ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Visalia Bass Team Tourney with Trevor Hernandez Saturday, Blasted o at 0600am at Lure Point. We were the irst boat o and we had the pick o the lake. We made a u-turn and ished to the bridge side o Lure Point, a stone throw rom take o. For about a week in preishing some decent ish came out o the no pressured hole. :) Started ishing crankbaits and worms, but only a ew dinks. I swithced to a sonar/silverbuddy type lure and immediately started catching ish. Trevor and I doubled on our irst keepers. Ater that it was ish ater ish ater ish. We limited out and culled a ew ish by 1000 hours. It slowed down ater that. We had second place, BUT one o our dink 15"'rs took a dump and DIED. 1/4 pound penalty bumped us to 3rd. Finished the day with 7.90 pounds 4 ish, beore penalty.
      City: Tulare

      Tips: Watch or the ish boiling on shad and cast a sonar/silverbuddy past the boil, let it hit the bottom, rake it or pull it through the boils, and hang on or the stike when you begin another rake/pull.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2002

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We ished the lake rom 7:30 till about 2:00 with pretty limited success, ishing was hard. we caught a ew spots and one 2# smallie. we did get into the whites and caught them on almost every cast using small silver spoons the day was beautiul and a lot better than working
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: the lake is real low and there are Islands I have never seen i it's oggy stay near the docks

Monday, September 2nd, 2002

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      Water Temp: very warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got to the lake at 8am and worked up to Rocky Point and around it to the dam. A couple o nibbles all day was as good as it got. Bad day or ishing... It was very hot with very little wind. The water level is way up rom the middle part o summer and hopeully will allow the ish to stabilize or the all push. Used Pop-R topwater in the morning, dropshots on roboworms and various rigings with senkos. Nibbles came o a spinner working 10 to 20t late in the aternoon. Caught a catish driting a piece o weightless mackeral on a extra pole around the Santiago lats. Not much action reported or anyone. Many got skunked...
      City: Pasadena

      Tips: Come real early or the bass and stay late or catish...

Thursday, August 29th, 2002

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      Water Temp: 75-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Puddle????? Everyone keeps saying Hensley is a mudhole.....yeah its low but the bass dont seem to mind.Hell less water same amount o ish
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: This lake is still the same lake its always been,high water or low water this is still one o my avorite lakes.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got there ater 6 p.m. Fished o the rock wall and caught 9 spots (2 keepers)on crawdads. Later in the evening a ew bass were hitting dark senkos and dark rubber worms. Between me and two other guys we got about 20-25 bass in the boat in 2.5 hours.
      City: Corcoran

      Tips: crawdads, worms and senkos all worked well.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got there ater 6 p.m. Fished o the rock wall and caught 9 spots (2 keepers)on crawdads. Later in the evening a ew bass were hitting dark senkos and dark rubber worms. Between me and two other guys we got about 20-25 bass in the boat in 2.5 hours.
      City: Corcoran

      Tips: crawdads, worms and senkos all worked well.