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Sunday, August 25th, 2002

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

      Report: My buddy Viphay and I ished the Visalia Bass Tourn. on Friday. We only caught little ones. Most o the guys took o beore the weigh-in. I guess it was ar rom what everybody expected based on how most did at this same one last year. Maybe the news o the 16 pounder threw everyone o. I think we'll let Kaweah stabelize a bit a try Success where a couple o mistakes at last months tourn. cost us 2nd and possibly 1st.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Once the water level is more stable the ish should ollow, check or muddy shores. The Keeper 411 gets some pretty hard strikes.

Friday, August 23rd, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sinko's early in am. til the sun hits the water. Crank baits are still working wonders. Fish have shrunk a little bit compared to recent weeks.
      City: Bakersield

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      Water Temp: 71.6

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I hooked a big bass today, about 10 or 11 pounds. I got a good look her because she jumped twice, then she headed or the bottom and that's when I lost my grip. I lost my rod, reel, and ish. Jerked it right out o my hand.I hope she can get loose so she wont die.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Use two hands and hold on tight.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

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

      Report: Fished by the light o the moon, caught 17 and lost about the same amount. Fished the cli on the north side o the main lake and the NE corner o the dam. All ish were about 10 to 15 inches so there wasn't much to brag about.Beware o the A-Hole skier who decided to tear-up the lat calm water until 10 PM.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Fished plastics on a darter head jig. June Bug, purple ghost, gray ghost, and black.

Wednesday, August 21st, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 83-84

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My buddy je and I caught 34 ish rom 7 pm till midnight. most o them were rom 8:30 till 10 oclock them it slowed down. Big one almost 3 lbs but alot o 10-13 inch ish. Black jig with blk/red brush hog trailer. And drop shot till dark with oxblood worm. 20-28 eet. Also watch or the skiers ater dark. idiots.
      City: Visalia

Monday, August 19th, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: BassKing had previously given me some ideas about Isabella. We're still planning on going to the lake on Labor Day weekend -- where will THEY be hiding? WOuld it be better to ocus to catish? I preer Bass. What bait, techniques? As I haven't been to the lake in over 25 years, where on the lake should we start? We are staying at paradise cove Thanks
      City: Torrance

Sunday, August 18th, 2002

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Chuck Gunnerud, i you ish Bass Lake go beore Memorial day. March and April are the best months. The rangers are not there in the o season so there are no registration ees to pay. Also the crowds aren't there, in act i you go on a weekday you may be the only isherman on the lake. This is when the the bass bite the best. I have caught a lot o bass over 5lbs. this time o year, one was almost 10lbs. My best day there was while it was snowing.
      City: Bakersield

Saturday, August 17th, 2002

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

      Report: Fished with my boys or three mornings and had good ishing in the windsor area, chalk clis and around the island. We were throwing jr. spooks, buzzbaits and 3/8 oz. spinnerbaits. Caught smallmouth and largemouth up to 4.5 lbs...cover lots o water and slow down ater a blow-up and work slower with a spook. Main and secondary points near deeper water produced best. A ive ish tournament limit should be about 18 to 20 lbs. I was pleased to ind the numbers o smallmouth...the lake is healthy and the habitat program is working...thanks
      City: Upland

Friday, August 16th, 2002

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the evening, irst time my buddy and I have been skunked at lopez. I had 1 sot hit on a spinner and my buddy had 1 tail slap at a buzzbait. Weather was major actor in ish in-action air temp was upper 60's and the water was cold, it was the coolest day in the last 2 and a hal weeks. Water level was down almost 4 eet since last time we went in mid July. I spent 10 minutes cleaning grasses and other water plants out o my prop when we ended up driting into a patch o plants, but it was nice to be out on the lake again.
      City: San Luis Obispo

      Tips: Past winners at Lopez have been spinners at stick lines and rattle traps across rocky points. Remember the worst day ishing is better then the best day at work.

Thursday, August 15th, 2002

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      Water Temp: 80's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Customers reporting Hensley is a mudhole. Fish being caught on green weenie worms.
      City: Merced

      Tips: For more ino. stop by STEVE'S BAIT SHACK at 137 W. Main st. in Merced or give us a call at (209)722-0800.

Monday, August 12th, 2002

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well, I thought I would take my son to bass lake or our irst time. I called ahead to the lake patrol to ask about any regulations they might have and i we could sleep on the boat. They told me no special reg's and sleeping was ok inside red buoys. It wasn't till we took the two-hr drive and launched the boat that I was told to register at the loating ranger station. No problem right? No BIG problem this lake only has yearly passes, no day pass availible, charged by hp. I have a merc 135 hp so my ee was $50.00. What a ri@&!! Rip o!! I could not belive I had to pay that amount just to ish one day on this stupid lake. There had to be over 300 boats and Jet Ski's, it was like trying to ish on Main Street. I would have paid less and had more solitude i I ished pirates o the carabbean at disneyland. Nice looing lake, lots o stu or kids but i you want to catch Bass, save $50 and ish Pine Flat
      City: Visalia

      Tips: bring lots o cash, they don't accept Visa or Mastercard.

Friday, August 9th, 2002

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

      Report: good day on the water caught ish in 10 to 15 oot o water on a variaty o plastics. caught two over 7 pounds and got 4 nice illets out o them. tossed the rest back to catch another day. best colors seemed to be green weenie color and oxblood.
      City: valencia

Wednesday, August 7th, 2002

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

      Report: Got to the lake at 4:30pm and caught our 13" Largemouth on a Rapala shad rap and a small white spinner bait over a two hour period. I ished the cli across the lake and saw large schools o bait ish being chased by bass on the ish inder at 18 eet.
      City: Visalia

Sunday, August 4th, 2002

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

      Report: The water level is down to about 12% o pool capacity. Care needs to be taken to avoid going aground. be especially careul near the dam.
      City: bakersield

Friday, August 2nd, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The smallmouth have been there or years.I have caught three in ive year.I know o others that have caught them to.I know the ish you are talking about it was caught by rob collier in a kern county bassmasters tournament.I have pictures o the ish i caught and robs.The ish are there.
      City: Bakerspatch

Tuesday, July 30th, 2002

  • Riverside County
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      Water Temp: 67

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Slow bass action. Good action on carp and catish near the outhouse. Good bite on hotdogs and dough baits early and late in the evening. But watch out because the catish aren't the only things that bite at night around Elsinore.
      City: Elsinore

Sunday, July 28th, 2002

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: There was a report o a three pound smallmouth bass caught here. Can anyone conirm this since there has never been any smallmouth in this lake?
      City: bakersield

Friday, July 26th, 2002

  • Washoe County
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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Three days straight with a limit o 10. South west corner o island by dam, mostly small with an occassional 3-4lber, cut bait. sad but true some rental boats ignoring limits. appears they keep them or their market
      City: Rosamond

Monday, July 22nd, 2002

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      Water Temp: 85

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WOW !! RON CHECK YOUR E-MAIL
      City: sunnyvale

Thursday, July 18th, 2002

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      Water Temp: 85+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't sleep so I ran to the lake @ 4 AM. (lucky I keep bait in my reezer at all times) In one hour I caught ive catish on anchovies and one 16" spotted bass on a crankbait. Lake is low and too muddy to ish rom shore so I let at sunrise.
      City: Reedley

      Tips: Catish were agressive, no nibbles, the rod just went dowm hard!