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Tuesday, March 5th, 2002

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

      Report: This is actually a question I hope someone who ishes Castaic can answer. I have ished Castaic or some years and have caught plenty o Large Mouth Bass (catch and release o course). I have heard many people talk about the stripers. For the lie o me, I've tried or them stripers but had no luck. Does antone have any tips they would like to share on how to catch them stripers? Oh, and while you're at it, any tips on where on can ind them crappie in Castaic?
      City: Arleta

      Tips: Try using green color 3 inch reepers and cast near the shoreline when the water has low clarity. Finesse it with a Carolina Rig.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 55-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water at 6:30, wind blowing and cold.Fished points & the dam. First ish at 11:30am The bite was tough ,manage to scrape ive or the day, all about 2 1/2lbs 4' keeper worm on split shot rig.smoke color and ish slow.Any day on the water is a good day!
      City: visalia

Saturday, March 2nd, 2002

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: i started to ish at 5:30am. i didn't catch anything, i was ustrated, by 7:20am i chang to a live baits (shrimps) i cast as ar as i can, when my 17lbs. line pulled straight i though it was my shrimp that pulled. But when i jerk it back,i know it was a ish, when i reels it in it was a 13lbs. striper. Me and my riends caught 6 striper 6-15lbs. range. We also catch couple large mouth bass on a black plastic worm. It was a good day ater all.
      City: long beach

      Tips: Be patience. Oh, yes bring live shrimps.

Friday, March 1st, 2002

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 54-58?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished naci or the second time in a week. went there last sat.with my brother-in-law. we got 13 between the two o us on sat., and i got 13 again today. it was almost 50-50 between a drop-shotworm (oxblood and brown w/chart. tail),and a hula grub. all o the ish came out o 8 to 15 t except 1 that was on a bed.
      City: gilroy

      Tips: 4" worms and hula grubs in reds and browns

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: best day i have had in a long time at san antonio,got 5 smallies rom 1# to 2 3/4,down by the dam--bee rock--harris creek.all on senko,s.4 inch silver-blue,8# p-line,o wood under water.got them rom 8;30 to 12;30,lite wind blowing,you can see the ish in about 4 eet o water,had a good day there wednesday,got largemouth,over 17 bass,would have had about 16.00# or 5 bass.god bless bears93426
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: try senkos on wide gap hooks,

Thursday, February 28th, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: AWESOME DAY OF FISHING! We arrived on the lake at 7:30 AM and began ishing the points o the main body. We had our irst hook-up within the hour. We caught and released a total o 35 ish, both largemouth and spots. The largest was just under 2 lbs. We were using homemade lizzards, amber blue.
      City: Bakersikeld

      Tips: Position the boat in 25 eet o water, cast to bank and retrieve real slow.

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: up at 10 am. worked greasy cove till about 12 pm with not even a nibble. moved to the dam and nothing then to the point and nothing. about ready to give up at 130pm but decided to try the trees. probably 3rd cast nailed a 5lb 8 oz on a spinnerbait. that got me back into it again. worked the trees or another hour or so with a couple misses. then moved to the point again and caught 2 small spots on green weenie.
      City: visalia

Wednesday, February 27th, 2002

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      Water Temp: 56-60 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hensley is heating up. Fish are up in the shallows to about 13' o water. Fished spinners and jigs or a 17 ish day, also got a ew on brush hogs. Most ish were keepers a ew 17-20". Water is rising ast. Might want to get out and see the terain beore its covered. You can inds lots o exposed beds. Bite tapered o at dark. caught ish all day, but the bite is starting to swing towards early and late, with the temperature rising.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: spinnerbaits in the weeds and jigs in the trees, points drop os and creek channels.

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

      Report: Good bite on minnows across rom second ramp around 25t. caught 10 plus nine on the drop using a keeper # 1010 4". Also ound a good spot bite o the dam in the early morning then it quit around 9am. looks like the lake is starting to turn on.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: loat minnows with a bobber stop set at 20t and drit slowly on sandy areas.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2002

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Here we go or a irst day o the season.....The water is down somewhat or this time o the year, but the visiblty is very good. The main enemy o a good day on the water is the #@%*#!! wind! You will need to be on the water early now to avoid this problem. I got out there very late (11:00am) and by then it was howling! The air pressure was dropping and continued to do so(28.50 to 28.30) which just shut o the bite entirely. The wind inely laid down at 4:00pm and things looked good but I had to leave then.The only saving grace was the stocked trout were on the bite, we nailed 8 ish and lost some as well.
      City: Los Angeles

      Tips: When things are as slow as this sometimes having ANY ish pull on your line is better than NO ish! The stocked trout are now back in small cove areas trying to hide rom the big ish who like to eat them. Small kastmasters and mini-jigs w/a split shot will get you bit i your hurting or a bite o some type! Good luck!

Saturday, February 23rd, 2002

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      Water Temp: upper 50's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: 3 o us went up or hal a day and caught 8-9 spotted bass each. We caught 15 over 15". Used live bait, dropshotters caught a ew, but didn't do as well.
      City: SLO

      Tips: Fish rockpiles in windy gap.

Friday, February 22nd, 2002

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Buena Vista today. Caught a 1.5 and a 3 pounder on a spinnerbait and a atree shad in 3t. o water. They were lathargic but un anyway since I hadn't ished in a couple o months.I ished rom 10am to 1pm and saw the water temp go rom 57 to 62 air temp reached 85 and dead calm. It was getting hot until a breeze came up. Couldn't stay, had to go to work.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Fish slow.

Wednesday, February 20th, 2002

  • San Diego County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: LAKE HODGES IS CLOSE!!!!! THE WATER IS VERY LOW AND WONT LET NO ONE ON THE WATER.THEY LET THE SEA DUDES BUT NO ONE ELS!!!!!
      City: ontana CA

      Tips: WATCH OUT FOR ROCKS!!!! HOPE HODGES OPENS BACK UP SOON!!!

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      Water Temp: 43 - 47 F

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Piney Point, South Fork and Rocky Point areas morning through early aternoon on 2/16. Water surace temperature ~ 43 F in early morning, warming up to 47 F by mid aternoon. Water clarity was stained (~ 2' visibility) in most areas. No hookups, but lots o ish graphed in 25' to 30' depths at dropos near points. An unusually calm day on the lake -- water surace was like glass at times. Partial clouds throughout most o the day.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: I expect that a couple o weeks o warmer weather will get things going.

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 51.5 - 52.4

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my son (13 years old)down or a couple o days spot ishing ater a club tournament the week beore We ished 2/18 & 2/19 and had no problem catching a couple o limits each both days. I was primarily drop shotting but also caught ish split shotting. It was un trying to teach him the drop shotting technique. He'd get rustrated missing sets so had to set him up "mojo" split shotting or him to catch ish. Bite was very ast irst 1 hour to 1.5 hours each morning. Both days, we each had limits within one hour. On Tuesday, I made 5 casts and put three ish in the boat in less than 20 minutes. As the day wore on lock jaw set in. The higher the sun got the more diicult it got to get a pickup. By 1-2pm the pickups were more than 1 hour between pickups. All ish were cookie cutter bass in the 1lb to 1.5lb range. Weather and water were unbelieveble! Glass or 1 mile o water. On Tuesday, we were 1 o three boats on the lake or the irst 3 hours o the day. What more can you ask or!
      City: Sunnyvale

      Tips: All ish were caught on 4 inch plastic worms. Only 1 color was really eective (I'd tell you the color and make but I've been to 6 stores and they are always sold out and I'm having a hard enough time getting replacements). Once I get a couple o dozen bags I'll update a report. I want to get them or next months Orville tournament.

Monday, February 18th, 2002

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished out o my buddy's boat. Fished rom 8am to noon. Nice day but no ish or bites. Only 2 other boats and they were empty too. Graphed alot o ish in 48-55 eet but no takers. Tried drop shot, jigs, and spoons.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Stay home and ish somewhere else.

Sunday, February 17th, 2002

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      Water Temp: 45-50

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The Bass all went to Arizona or the winter. They will be back when the water temp reaches about 55.There is a good amount o snow up in the high contry so the run o will be substantial. The cowbird issue was over turned by the legal system, so there is no longer a 335,000 acre t. limit. The lake is about 6 t.lower than it was at this time last year. Rocky point is not producing the ish it did last year because o waterdepth. A 16+ was caught on the big trout in Jan. It is getting mounted. It ate the bait and the bait could not beremoved. The lake is healthy again ater the summer die o. The die o did not eect the big bass. Mostly crappieand squaw ish. Two 7lb. sisters caught on jigs 2/16.
      City: Kernville

      Tips: White cranks deep. Watermellon red lake dropshot in 36+. The big trout on hot sunny aternoons. Don't orget jig & pig.

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 51 to 53 degree

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Despite wind and rain, was able to put together a semi productive day. Main lake points seemed to be the productive pattern. Working 4" and 6" plastics on darters very slowly. Bite was very subtle. Was able to pull up a couple on blades later in the aternoon when some color developed on wind blown bank. About 20 ish in total between two o us. All spots, no smallies or blacks.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: 1/8 oz to 1/4 oz darters depending on wind with dark color plastics. From bank to 15 t. Work slow.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2002

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: CAUGHT A 5-6 pound BASS just o the ramp. I used some worms i bought rom the bait shop. I used some jigs and caught 2 bluegill and 1 crappie. I you want you can stay on shore because nothing seems to be popping up deep.
      City: GUADALUPE

      Tips: Use a green jig in shallow or some nice ish and red crank in deep or dome nice ish.

Monday, February 11th, 2002

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 44-47 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Kaweah Bass tournament. 20 people , bill reeves-lindsey, 9.04 lbs. or 1 place(5 ish), george rosales-visalia, 3.28 lbs. or 2 place (3 ish), dave davis 3rd place (1 ish) 2.37 lbs. Big ish- reeves 2.37 lbs. Paid out $ 640.00 back to anglers. Next meeting March 5th. and next tournament on Sunday, March 10th. I caught 1 ish or 1.15 lbs and 7th place. Altogether my non-boater and I caught 2 crappie and 8 bass. 50-60 eet. Fish shut o at 8:30 am.
      City: Visalia