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Wednesday, April 11th, 2001

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a good day! Nothing big, but plenty o action. I boated 8 bass and lost two. The biggest was a 2 1/2 pound Smallmouth. The ish were near rocky/mud banks in around 2 to 8 t o water. All the ish I caught was on a 4" plastic worm (my avorite lure). My two year old son also had a great day, he boated 5 redears ranging over 1/2 pound each.Note:When I was ishing in Lopez Arm a large black bear decided to come on down and have a drink. A truly awesome sight!!!
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Take a day o rom work or school and hit this lake during the week. It is great!!!

Monday, April 9th, 2001

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 59-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 4/8 rom 8:00 AM to 6:45 PM and caught 10 spotted bass, 1 small mouth, 1 white bass and 1 4 lb carp that took 10 min to land, man are carp strong, pound or pound they are tronger than bass. Anyway back to bass, caught my ish on 4 inch purple worms and 4 inch green weenies, I caught two o my bigger spots on 5 inch senko, talk about a do nothing rig, I just tossed it out there and they hit it as soon as it hit the water. Caught 1 spot on down shot rig but most ish on 1/16 dart head. What I like about Naci is that even with ull moon and unstable weather the ish still bite. Spoke with a couple o guys that has 10-15 ish ea also.
      City: Milpitas

      Tips: With the weather I had ish were in 5-10 eet o water, could not get any top water going, Go with natural color worms on a 1/16 or 1/8 oz dart head and you will catch ish.Fished main body points and coves and caught ish in both places. Catch and release, bank the carp.

Sunday, April 8th, 2001

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the water at 1400. Caught 3 right o the bat on the north side o the Ski Arm - split-shottin oxblood AA's. Moved to a Ski Arm cove and scored 1 more in about 15 eet, nice 2.5-3.0 emale o a secondary point on A.Magic. Windy day. O the water at 1800.
      City: Santa Clarita

      Tips: Slower is better. Try draggin when the wind causes a challenging current.

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

      Report: got up there at 11:00 and let at 3:30. i had a great day today. the ishing was wide open. i bought a dozen jumbo minnows at sierra sporting goods. i caught a ish on each one o the minnows. average o 3.5lbs each. i was out o minnows by 12:30. so i started throwing a white spinner and began catching the crap out o them with that. i had one break my line so i went to a green and blue spinner and they loved that too. i couldnt miss today. over 20 ish biggest was approx. 4.5 and smallest was a dink. i had 2 in the 4 and a hal to 5 lb range. a bunch o 3s and 4s and a ew dinks. all in all one o the best days in a long time or me.
      City: visalia

      Tips: i was supprised that the weather didnt turn the ish o. they are hitting big time the bite is loose.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Cold ront blew in and made it a really cold day. The air temp in the morning was at 34 degrees. I managed to boat three bass using plastic worms around 5 to 10 eet deep. I lost two and had 8 other hits, but was unable to hook them due to a dull hooks.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Always keep your hooks sharp!!!

Saturday, April 7th, 2001

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 59-61

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The ishing was excellent or two days despite the bad weather. My brother and I along with the "The Tackle Box" in Salinas sponsor a memorial tournament each year or our older brother John who let us seven years ago. This years tournament was one o our best. Thirteen teams ished through the bad weather to weigh-in a total o 109 ish. The winning team brought in 13.75 lbs. The big ish was caught by Roger Diaz (4.5 lbs.) largemouth in Swamp John's across the West ramp o Oak Shores. Most o the ish were spots in the 1.5 to 2.0 lb. range. The length range was 13 to 15 inches. The male ish were staging on the beds on the lats about 10-15t. o water. All the ish were released with a 100% survival rate ater the weigh-in. Considering the weather the ishing was excellent. Small ish but plenty o action.
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Practice catch and release. The action was hot on a seven inch power worm texas rigged with light weight. color was punkinseed. Many o the ishermen used spinnerbaits in white and chartruese. Some ish caught on crankbait in shad color with red spot on belly. Have a great time on the lake and practice catch and release so these smaller ish can get bigger or next year.

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: tried many dierent jigs, but no luck, could see some pretty big bass in the lake but they are not hungry or anything. thankully they are stocking the lake with trout on April 16
      City: Glendora

      Tips: power bait

Friday, April 6th, 2001

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: cold ront turned ish o. ound a ew spots around points past trimmer up to 40 t deep. had better days, where did the sun go?
      City: visalia

      Tips: ish slow, ish small

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished points and coves and caught two 1 1/2lb. ish. I inally made my way to the northern part o the lake where I caught a 1 1/2, 2, and a 3 pounder. Caught one on a plastic worm and the rest on crankbaits.
      City: Salinas

Wednesday, April 4th, 2001

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out with a guide today was so cold cold ront shut down most o the bite but did manage 7 ish up to 6 poundson live crawdads on the upper lake.they are deinately there and ready just ish smart and slow.ish arent moving to ar o cover put it in their ace
      City: canoga park

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2001

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 58-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Whow! What a big cold ront! It really slowed down the action. Started at 7:45am, very windy or so early in the day. But it died down later at 10:30am (very unsal, normally it's just the opposite) I knew it was going to happen, it was good or a couple o bites between 10:45am to 11:05am. 1 ish hit a small J B worm, nice at emale around 3lbs, spit the hook at me at the top, that was it! Let 12:00 noon, wind was coming back up.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: Same thing, small stu, ished VERY slow!

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Rick and I had 2 great days o ishin,monday we got over 60 ish,some whitebass eedin on shad,these where over 2#s,I got 1 smallie that was 2.10 and 1 blackbass over 2 1/2#.but tuesday was reel great.we caugth 85 ish and lost over 20 at the boat.the BIG GUY GUIDESERVICE at work.the whitebass are eedin on shad in the coves.ellis cove--little mikes cove--tire house cove--dip creek--water temp is dropin,was 70 now 63.throw any thing that looks like a shad.
      City: bradley--CA

      Tips: spinnerbaits--senko--worms-crankbaits--twintailed grubs--watch or the boils

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a limit on jigs and cranks

Saturday, March 31st, 2001

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

      Report: Lower Lake: Got out about 11:00am (late I know), but when you take the little woman you know how they can be late. Launched went over to the beach side. There was 2 boats on the point, no one catching anything so I drited along the bank draging carolina riged worms, and brush hogs. NOTHING. I could see some swiming by but no takers. Even on night crawlers. Next week ull moon I sure hope its better ishing.
      City: Castaic

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

      Report: saw ew bass being caught. I got a nice bass on aaron martin's magic roboworm sculpin. maybe 4 or 5 lb. on a dropshot setup. ish came on my irst cast. that was it or me . loat tuber john work on a bedded couple and hooked the male on a twintail leadhead in brown. most people i spoke with caught 3- ish on plastics,jerkbaits,and the previously named baits. ish ellas
      City: LA

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      Water Temp: 68.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a beautiul day at this lake. It warmed up to 84 degree's and the water temp was close to 70. The ishing was ok. I managed to catch two bass. One I caught using a 4" powerbait plastic worm and the other on a at ree shad (crawdad pattern). Both were in shallow water and probably males.
      City: Santa Maria

Friday, March 30th, 2001

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 58 to 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went up today and did pretty well. hit some coves and caught a ew. went back to greasy cove, too much preasure back there. everyone is pounding the water back there. i had a huge ish on by the tree on the corner. it came up quick on me and came unbuttoned. damn it. it was very large. it is haunting me. that ish hit a lime green and brown skirted grub carolina rigged. moved out to the let side o the dam. caught a ew more there and my partner lost a huge ish on a green weenie. all the ish we put in the boat were spots. it is time baby.
      City: visalia

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went or an aternoon bite.Arrived at 3:30.Fished main lake using 4"ox blood worms.Caught a nice large mouth right o the bat.That was about it.Fished greasy cove using same bait,even tried blades,and other cranks.No luck.Seen some small bass chasing shad on top.
      City: VISALIA

      Tips: Will be back soon!This lake is going to bust loose any time!Good ish'in,Todd

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught a couple along the edge o the old, dead tule weeds on a Senko. Threw spinnerbaints and small worms, also, without any luck. Wind seemed to be pushing the murk and debris into the back o the coves.
      City: Santa Maria

Tuesday, March 27th, 2001

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: caught 2 between 6 and 7 AM ,splitshottin a 4" green weenieon the lower lake ishing side. walked over to the beach area and saw loads o bedded ish.time to get my loat tube out big big big !!!!
      City: canoga park