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Saturday, March 17th, 2001

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      Water Temp: 58 - 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: A lot o ishing, but no catching.I was hoping on catching some bass in the prespawn stage, but due to the water temp still low, the ish weren't coming out to play. I hit major points and drops o to get only a couple o hits using the Castaic Swimbait (6 inch Rainbow trout colored). Throw spinnerbaits, cranks and crawled plastic's with no luck. Did notice that some balls o shad were suspended at 30 eet and some markings underneath that. But they were not bitting or me.
      City: Santa Maria

      Tips: Going to let the water warm up a little bit more, beore going back.

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      Water Temp: N/A

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at the lake ay 7:30a.m.Fished hard until 3:00p.m.Went straight to the river with a boat on every point.First cast caught a 2lb spot.Managed rom there to get a good limit o ish.Had to work at it though.Everyone we talked to seem to be doing about the same.Another week or two o 70 plus temps,and look out the lake will really turn on.
      City: VISALIA

      Tips: caught is on salt&pepper grubs as well as ox blood 4"worms.concentrate on river rock points and shoreline mixed with sand.5 to 20t.o water.no luck using blades or cranks.need a couple o weeks o 70+weather and those baits will come into play.or now stick to salt&pepper grubs/ox blood 4in.worms.

Thursday, March 15th, 2001

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      Water Temp: 62-74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Got there about 6:00am. ished coves. caught 6 bass( 1.5-4lbs)used minoes, night crawler, and carolina rig.
      City: resno

      Tips: stand where shores open up, throw to end o shore, and cast slowly. works or most lakes.

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      Water Temp: 54-57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: The ishing was pretty horrible the water was muddy but starting to warm up. I caught one bass who looked like he was preparing a nest because he had a red coloration on his lower ins. I also lost one, both ish were caught on chartruse senko's w/a 1/4 bullet sinker in less than 2 eet o water. I could not locate any staging bass. Fished rom 7:30 til 3:00, I talked to 2 other boaters and they didn't get anything. Good luck
      City: Salinas

Wednesday, March 14th, 2001

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished in greasy cove today rom 2:30 to 4:30 and caught 3 ish in the 2 to 2.5 lbs. range. Like posted earlier it was strange to see the ish chasing shad this early. All ish were caught on a pearl/blue slug-go.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Water was much warmer in greasy cove and the ish were active. Remember catch and release!!!

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      Water Temp: 50 to 64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went up today with my partner. it was real slow, we ound a lot o ish just hard to get them to hit. i had about 7 or 8 hits only stuck one. i guess i am rusty. my partner got some hits as well but got skunked. it was kind o a strange day cause we started out on the main point and the water was about 50 to 53 degrees. we went into greasy cove and the water there was in the mid 60's. that isnt the weird part, the ish were chasing shad and going nuts back there so i threw a zara spook and right when it hit the water a huge ish jumped right next to it. not a hal a second later i got a 2 and a hal pounder. the ish were lopping all over the top back there so i continued to throw th spook with not as much as a bump except or a shad that hit it and stuck himsel. we went back to the main point and the ish started suracing there so i began to throw the spook again when suddenly i observed a seagull type bird dive bomb my spook and hooked himsel. that was the best ight i have had since december when i caught an 11.4 sitting in the exact same spot. inally i got the bird to the boat and unhooked his beack irst, bad move cause he was hooked in the wing as well. he wouldnt let us get to the wing. we tried to unhook the wing but it was buried in deep and the bird was wigging so i had to let him go. so i you see and here a bird lying with a spook in the wing just realize that he was a catch and realease. anyways i dont think anyone else caught any ish cause it was real slow. tried yamamoto grubs, worms, spinnerbaits and spooks.the latter is the only one that produced.
      City: visalia

      Tips: try greassy cove till the water on the main lake warms a little more. watch out or the loating wood.

Tuesday, March 13th, 2001

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: just a note,went to the narrows lookin or white bass.I did not see any & they are not running yet,waters to cold,troll or them around grizzy bend aera.still gettin bass in clean water-o small rock points.tri-valley aera-tire house cove-cow cove-.jigs & dropshot some spinner bait ish.
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: hula grubs watermelon-& punkin colors

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was ishing or largemouth rom 12:00pm to 5:00pm. Nothing. You can see them in 2 to 3 oot o water (Pre spawn), but will not bite anything!!. Even dropped a healthy nightcrawler about 1 inch away rom its ace...did not bite, started to back o. These ish are diinitley not hungry thats or sure. I tried black plastic worms, crank bait, even nightcralers with no luck. Will try back early April.
      City: Lakewood

      Tips: May try waiting til late March or early April. Dragging black or crayish colored 6 inch plastic worms over there nesting area may work well in early April. Set your hook ast because they will drop your plastic once they get it away rom there nest.

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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Pudd and caught only two, But rom a recent report rom my riend Richard Hernandez he ished the lake the 10 and 11th and said that the bass are starting to get on beds. He also nailed a huge 9.3 while sight ishing a bed.Most anglers are inding the ish near structure, But as the end o March approaches, I think the spawn will be in ull swing.
      City: Ontario

      Tips: Roboworms or lie like plastics are the best plastics or the lake. Another technique is ishing a Yo-Zuri Pins Minnow when ishing beds. I'd ish the coves at Puddingstone. Their are 4 major coves aroud the lake just use a map to spot them.

Sunday, March 11th, 2001

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 50-53 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went up around 9:30 am and went upriver but that water was cold, cold. Went back by marina - dam area and dropshot 5 ish, all dinks . Went over across rom the dam and had 8 hits and put 6 in the boat. all between 10-12 inches . ish were 40-55 t. deep.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: deep and slow.

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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom irst light to about 3:00, had about 10 ish. First ish o the morning was about 3 pounds on a hula grub hal way back into a cove in about 2 eet o water. Got me excited thinking the ish were in serious transition. NOT! Nothing else until I went back to the main lake point leading to the cove and started catching ish again, but smaller and split-shotting. Tried other spots with no success, but every time I returned to the point I got a ew more.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: With a ew more degrees in water temp. LOOK OUT!!!! I think the ish are ready and waiting to move up.

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      Water Temp: I dont know

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Give the lake a ew weeks to clear up. The weather has been VERY unstable lately, and the water is like chocolate milk. But i you need to ish, go ahead, just a little warning to bring the BIG willow blades, jigs, and black worms.Till Later,Joel
      City: San Luis Obispo

Saturday, March 3rd, 2001

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i went up or about 3 hours today. i didnt catch a darn thing. i used spider jigs,worms, pig and jig,cranks,spinners and rip baits. i got about 3 hits in three hours and couldnt poke a one. the day was nice and warm and the wind was blowing but the ish just arent ready yet. a couple more weeks to a month and it will be the beginning o the prime. i worked the main point to about 40 t and tried the damn ound the ish just couldnt poke em. i also got back to greasy cove and the ish were there they just wouldnt hit.
      City: visalia

      Tips: watch out or the loating wood; its everywere.

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 52-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched about 6:30, got a slow start. Got onto a good pattern or 12-14 in spots by 7:30. Fishing main lake points, but they had to have river rock on 'em. The standard points without it held nothing. We were throwing hula grubs. Tried reaction or a while, nothing. The only bite we got going was with the hula grubs, and some o those bites were subtle. A ront was on top o us with ugly gray skies and cold wind that made the boat rides very cold. With a warm spell I think the ish will be stacked up making their transition. They're just parked o o those main lake points waiting to move up. Some o the areas that worked or my partner two weeks prior didn't pan out on this trip.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Plastics on the main lake points with river rock. Another 4 degrees in water temp. and I think it will bust wide open or reaction baits rom main lake points back to secondary points. Yahoooo.

Monday, February 26th, 2001

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Dept.o ish & game put 6 habitats in TV cove & 12 o smith point,drop then in about 5 to 8 eet o water,lake level is about 775 eet.good ishin..
      City: oak-shores

Friday, February 23rd, 2001

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dose anyone know when the white bass start thier run up the river.
      City: Bakersield

Wednesday, February 21st, 2001

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: caliornia is great. beautiul day much better than yesterday. tried ishing elizabeth canyon irst. crawdads were my choice irst o,ralph ished plastics. he got bit or a swing and a miss. we kept at it there or nothing more. we headed back into the large cove towards the main launch ramp on the east side. I ish crawlers like usual since I'm kind o lazy plus I get bit more,ralph kept tossing plastics. I got bit on the inlated crawler 4lb. outit in about 15eet o water Turned out being a nice bass about 3 1/2 lb. quick release and we move into a smaller arm with a large stump,wich has produced beore.I got bit again on the crawler and brought in a nice bass. piggy piggy. it looked about 4lbs ralph said more like 5lb. whatever it weighed, it sure was pretty. let her go to. kept at or nothing else. aleast we loated the boat.
      City: los angeles

      Tips: ish bit at 1:30 p.m and at 2:30 p.m.. things look good.

Tuesday, February 20th, 2001

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: it was cloudy and tough ishing. tried elizabeth canyon,nothing. ished nightcrawlers ,crankbaits,swimbait. still had un on the water. things look good. hope they don't uck with the water level during spawn. idiots do all the time. tight line guys wally
      City: los angeles

      Tips: loat the boat as much as possible.

Sunday, February 18th, 2001

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

      Report: Started at 6:30am on cuts across rom ramp. Picked up one small spot crankin on point, then no more. Moved up lake by 7:30. One more spot on blade. Partner drop shottin' reapers ("Spot Remover")picked up two more clones. Ran up Las Tablas with no success. Didn't spend much time there. Went back to main lake concentrating on wind blown points with small chunk rock. Picked up ish on every point we hit rom mouth o Las Tablas back to ramp throwing brown on purple jig and watermelon w/red Yamamoto twin tail. Nothing o size, but had a great time with tight line all aternoon. All spots 12" tp 14" No blacks or smallies.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Concentrate on wind blown points. Chunk rock. Small pig-n-jig or spider jigs. Browns and purples. With any spell o good weather, bring out the iretiger cranks, it's gonna be un.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I headed out to the dock and i throw a hula grub and BAM! reel in a good 5 pounder . I also caught 6 other ones but they were small.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: use a hula grub slow presentation and bounce it about 2 inches o the ground every 7 seconds.