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Monday, October 30th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: well was at it again and low and behold the crank master does it again.got to the lake late at 9:00am i tosted sot plastics no good pitced jigs no good put out my good old buddy {berkeley green pertch}crank bait and he!ha!! bass in the boat.well the down side is that cold day's are comming and the ish are getting smaller. but i did bring home a 10" dink to study in my home tank i will take him back in 30 days ater i test some new bait's on him will keep you all posted. remmber catch and relese.!!!!!!!!
      City: resno

      Tips: all way's ish the northern banks and cove's ist in the am's and then work your way out. this lake will be hot or cold.

Sunday, October 29th, 2000

  • San Bernardino County
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      Water Temp: NOT SURE

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: WHILE FISHING FOR TROUT WHIT MY FAMILY I SAW A COUPLE OF GUYS PULLING A BIG STRIPER OUT OF THE WATER , SO I DECIDE TO USE MY BIG RIG FOR STRIPERS AFTER 25 MIN LATER I GOT HOOKED ON A 26 POUNDER 30 MIN LATER AN OTHER 40 POUNDER , GUSTY WINDS LITE RAIN REALLY HELP ME TO HOOKED THOSE FISH, FIRST I START USING A HOME MADE PLUG DIDNT GET BIT THEN I DECIDE TO USE A NOISE LURE (ZARA SPOOK ) AND GOT HOOKED ON THE THIRD CAST, I WONT FORGET THAT DAY 2 FISH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR .
      City: SOUTH GATE

      Tips: CLOUDY RAINY DAYS WHIT GUST WINDS TRY TO USE SURFACE NOISE LURES LIKE SUPER SIZE ZARA SPOOK OR PENCIL POPER AND MAKE LONG CAST I CAUGHT MY FISH ABOUT 100 FEET FROM SHORT OR IF OU SEE ANY TROUT AROUND IN THE AREA A USE BIG PLUGS.

Saturday, October 28th, 2000

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: warm to touch

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: my riend ralph and I got up to the lake about 2p.m. I was soaking crawlers,and waterdogs or nothing,but it sure elt good. ralph tossed his a.c. plug out oshore and let it deadstick,while he tied on a crawler on his smaller outit. well what site I had. I witness a large commotion. rickin' looked like lipper's tail waving at me.turned out a stiprer was eating his a.c. ater a short and laughed illed ight ralph brought in his 13.6lb. striper. that was it or us ,but we met a guy by the name o michael who had caught 2 or himsel. sure beat sitting at home. ish-on ellas.
      City: los angeles

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I WAS FISHING WITH MY DAD AND MY DAD WAS USESING A JERKBAIT AND I WAS USESING STIKING 3/6 GREEN SPINNER BAIT WITH BIG SPLADE AND I WAS FISHING IN 10 FEET OF WATER WHEN I GOT HOOK WITH A 11 POUND BASS AND A BOUT IN 20 MIN LATER I GOT HOOK WITH A 8 POUND BASS IN 13 FEET OF WATER WITH THE SAME LURE AND THE WEATHER HELP ME A LOT BECAUSE IT WAS WIND AND COULD AND THE WATER WAS COULD TOO AND A USE A ZARA SPOOCK AND GOT HOOK WITH A 6 POUND BASS IN THE WEED BED NEXT TO ALOT OF THUMP AND THAT ALL.
      City: SOUTH GATE

      Tips: IN COULD DAY USE A GREEN SPINNER BAIT AND IN HOT DAY USE A WHITE SPINNER BAIT AND A BLUE SHAND SPINNER BAIT AND YOU COULD FISH IN 10 FEET OF WATER AND WITH A 3/6 SPINNER BAIT YOU COULD FISH IN 20 FEET OF WATER

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I WAS FISHING WITH MY DAD AND MY DAD WAS USESING A JERKBAIT AND I WAS USESING STIKING 3/6 GREEN SPINNER BAIT WITH BIG SPLADE AND I WAS FISHING IN 10 FEET OF WATER WHEN I GOT HOOK WITH A 11 POUND BASS AND A BOUT IN 2 MIN LATER I GOT HOOK WITH A 8 POUND BASS IN 13 FEET OF WATER WITH THE SAME LURE AND THE WETHER HELP ME A LOT BECAUSE IT WAS WIND AND COULD AND THE WATER WAS COULD TOO AND A USE A ZARA SPOOCK AND GOT HOOK WITH A 6 POUND BASS IN THE WEED BED NEXT TO ALOT OF THUMP AND THAT ALL.
      City: SOUTH GATE

      Tips: IN COULD DAY USE A GREEN SPINNER BAIT AND IN HOT DAY USE A WHITE SPINNER BAIT AND A BLUE SHAND SPINNER BAIT AND YOU COULD FISH IN 10 FEET OF WATER AND WITH A 3/6 SPINNER BAIT YOU COULD FISH IN 20 FEET OF WATER

Thursday, October 26th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 63-65 deg's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: started ishing around 5:45 am. my buddy je and I was here or the irst time. went up lake to the trees in the 5 mph. area and liped or 2 1/2 hrs. got 1 about 11 in. ater 30 min by big laydown tree. got rained on or 2 hrs. and then headed or middle o the lake by the island. ished all the rocky areas we could ind with 1/4 oz jigs with yamamoto twin tails , motoroil w/ red lake and picked up 10 ish ,the biggest at 15 inches. then wind got bad and rain came around 1 pm so we let. we will be back next year. the lake has some good looking areas .
      City: visalia

Monday, October 23rd, 2000

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 63--69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ish have moved deep 20 to 30 eet,best to drop-shot or slit-shot,some on poppers and spoons, cantinas creek-ricks rock west ramp rocks are good spots.hard to get keeper,you have to catch lots o ish or that.steep-rock walls are good.good luck.
      City: oak-shores

      Tips: 4 inch smoke worms or shad colors best and slooowww.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got to the lake late today at about 9am started at the irst cove in the ront.at 9:35 got a 1.6lb bass on berkeley green pirch crank bait.lost a 5 to 6lb ish do to bad line {triline XL sucks}.got 6 bass all by 12 noon.all in 3 to 15t o water.P.S. i was at the lake on sunday the 15th
      City: resno

      Tips: you can still use crank bait's i you know the lay o the lake bottom. have un rember catch and relese!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 7th, 2000

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Re:my previous 10-7 report...the water was green, not clear.
      City: Clovis

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught 15-20 , mostly small ish, but I inally broke my jig jinx...I bet I'd made close to a thousand casts with jigs beore today , and never caught a bass on a jig. Took Mark Inman's advice on where and how to ish them (Hey,thanks, Mark... ) and I'm starting to get the hang o this thing...a good thing , too, since I caught only 4 on plastic worms today, which are usually my strong suit.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Nothing ancy.Secondary points(rocks)in about 15-30 eet o water.Brown and Junebug jigs both worked.Trailers were Yamamoto twin-tail ( 194 and 208 )

Wednesday, October 4th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 73-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got a late start at 7 pm. ish by ramp and pulled up 10 ish , 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lbs. alot o dead sticking with jigs and worms . they would take it ater you let it still or a minute. got a ew dinks on the dam and 3 more o the rock walls but none over 12 inches.
      City: visalia

Friday, September 29th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 75-76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went up at 6:30 pm and caught 12 ish. a ew on topwater at dusk and the rest on worms and grubs. most were 12-14 inches but hard ighters.ished to the let o the dam this time.
      City: visalia

Saturday, September 23rd, 2000

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: LAUNCHED AT 11:30 AM AND WENT TO THE FIVE MILE COVE NEAR THE DAM AND FISHED THE ROCKS USING A PURPLE GHOST ON A DARTER HEAD. CAUGHT A COUPLE BY 12:30. MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAKE AND HAD NO LUCK. WENT TO THE TREES JUST BEFORE THE FIVE MILE MARKERS AND FISHED THE TRESS. STILL USING THE PURPLE GHOST BUT NO LUCK. CHANGED TO A GREEN WEENIE WITH SALT, SHAKING IT AROUND THE TREES. CAUGHT FIVE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL THE FISH WHERE SMALL, 10"-12". THAT WAS ABOUT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. HAD TO LEAVE, WISHED I COULD OF STAYED, BUT HAD TICKETS TO FRESNO STATE GAME.
      City: Selma

      Tips: FISH THE TREES, SHAKING THE GREEN WORMS. WORKED ALL AROUND EACH TREE.

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      Water Temp: 60-70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: My riend Jason and I trolled starting at about seven in the morning using kokonee bugs with corn and worm on the hook. We caught one trout about 12 inches and a kokonee around 15 inches.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Kokonee are changing color and their lips are curving in to look more like a salmon. They will be starting to spawn so you won't be catching many. Night crawler is the best bet or trout

Friday, September 22nd, 2000

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Put my loat tube in at the Wittenberg Arm at sunrise. Had some action in the sticks on topwater jerkbaits. Wind picked up early, about 10 AM.
      City: Santa Maria

Thursday, September 21st, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 77-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started o in greasy cove and only got one dink. ater wasting 2 hours there it was dark and we moved over to the dam and killed them. mt buddy je and i caught 20 bass along the dam and missed probably that many, they were on the shore and bitting hard. my biggest went 3 lbs. and we had 6 other keepers. moved over to the point across the marina and picked up 5 more on lizards and let at 1 a.m. . most were caught on 7 inch worms.
      City: visalia

Wednesday, September 20th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 76-77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: the bite was alittle slow and only caught 15 ish but i caught 2- 2 1/2 lbs. on back to back casts with crankbait. ished with grubs, cranks and worms ater dark.
      City: visalia

Wednesday, September 13th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 77-78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: as soon as i got there it was non stop with big ish a 16 inch spot. the area we have been ishing has switched over to big spots. all at ootballs with some awesome color. went over by the dam and caught 10 with my big one scaled at 3.8 lbs. took some pics tonight and released them all.
      City: visalia

Tuesday, September 12th, 2000

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 73

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Dept,o ish&game just inished shocking the lake,lots o spotted bass,short on blue gill,plenty o shad,avery ew largemouth,short on crappie and lots o goldish and carp.Florida bass can not handle the draw down o the lake.Northern bass may handle the draw down o water,but we need vegation or them.we did ine a ew whitebass,but the spotted bass own this lake now.Catish,not to many o them.who ever brought the spotts to the lake has kill o this ishin lake or big bass,thanks alot.
      City: oak-shores

Monday, September 11th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 78-80

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started out at 6 p.m. 3 ish on worms to 14 inches. no crankbait ish today. ished across rom dam in cove and caught 9 ish biggest almost 5 lbs. bite started around 8:45 till 9:30. dark worms around 5-10 t.
      City: visalia