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Monday, May 1st, 2000

  • San Diego County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My partner Brett Woodward and I caught eleven ish. One early crank ish o the spillway, one worm ish o the spillway, and the rest were sight ish. The water's real high and clear. The wind was nill, so sight ishing was the ticket. Saw lots o ish...there were some giants...absolute slobs...hanging around the boat dock and the pod o planted trout. The two ish we say had to have been in the high 'teens. They looked like tunas they were so round. Anyway, the ish we caught were healthy and judging by the ish we spooked and saw, Lake Poway is solid. The high water will make it a new lake when the grass grows up to the surace...Flippin, pitchin, roggin, rippin...In San Diego County!
      City: Irvine

      Tips: Sight ish...gitzitscranks...at-ree shadsworms...eight inch otay and choc.blue neon!The log boom is moved so you have to search or the "irst tank" rockpile. We didn't get bit o the darned thing. It's pretty killer to ish whole new areas o the lake! Good Luck

Sunday, April 30th, 2000

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: High 50's to lo

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to Bass Lake on both Saturday and Sunday. On Sat., went with a riend who likes the cold water style o ishing. Caught a ton o Kokes, and noticed that the water was pretty warm and looked "bassy". Decided to go back on Sunday with my bass boat and give it a crack. First things were irst, I took my two and one hal year old son with me, so we had to catch a mess o bluegill (some were huge!) beore we could bass ish. Once the 'gillin was out o the way, I got some bass ishing in. Spots were biting hard and ast, with most o them coming rom about ten oot o water o secondary points and in deep creviced coves. Keeper 4" worm, in the Bass Lake colors (clear salt and pepper with short chartruce tail).
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Keeper 4" worms in clear salt and pepper with bright chartruce tails. Shake 'em ast and the spots will hammer 'em.

Monday, April 24th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 63-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished ron 5am to noon. 1-13 insh in greasy, 7 o the dam and 4 scattered here and there. big ish went 15 inches on a black worm at 5:15 am.
      City: visalia

      Tips: ish going into post spawn and ish are slowing way down.

Saturday, April 22nd, 2000

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished or a ew minutes in the cove next to the launch ramp. Had a baby bass strike and that was it. Then, I tried a new secret lure that just came out and on my irst cast, I caught a 3 lber. Anyone know o any good shore ishing spots or bass catish or white bass, where the access is easy and tehre is no poison oak? Also, can you ish the creeks rom shore?
      City: Paso Robles

      Tips: use topwaters near shore cover.

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Did great in the Jackass bay area using the 5" baby bass super lukes. The best bite was rom 6am to 11 am. Caught over 12 between two o us(catch and release, o course) several in the 5-7 lb range. The big ish o the day was a 23" hog (don't have a scale) taken later in the day in the coves opposite the Vaca Flats launch ramp...still using the lukes.
      City: Nipomo

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom the shore today and landed a ew bluegill. Saw a some bass, but they weren't biting. tossed a spinner bait in the kids cove and had about a 6 lb. bass chase it right up and strike, but it missed. Other than that, nothing. There are alot o good looking spots on this lake, but not always ish in them. ANyone have any suggestions or lures to use or weeds during the heat o the day?
      City: Santa Margarita

Friday, April 21st, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 61-64 degree's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: started at 5:45 am. in greasy cove. missed 2 strikes on top, dinks , my partner je caught a 2.8 on a spinnerbait.Went to the dam and got 7 small ones on worms and grubs. ished up lake and ound nothing but big groups o carp. ished by 2nd ramp with jigs and caught 4 dinks then headed home at 1 pm.
      City: visalia

      Tips: seems like a post-spawn time. ish slow.

Thursday, April 20th, 2000

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with my Dad rom 9am-4pm.I caught and released 12 spots rom 1.5- 3.0 lbs . Mainly ished the Willow Cove area,since my ather doesn't like to move around much.Tried all kinds o plastics or 2hrs.,not one solid hit, so I went to nightcrawlers.Had to drag these Carolina style( only 3/8 oz. weight ) across the hard sandy points , in 5-20 eet o water.Bite was tentative.From the depth , seems like pre-spawn . Lots o un , the ish ought past their weight,the weather was great, and so was the company.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: A better plastics isherman than me could probably clean up on those sandy points...not much happening in the rocks...good luck to CBC isherman next Saturday.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2000

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 60-61degree's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went out tues. at 4:30 pm . white caps and strong wind blew my partner and i around. threw worms in protected coves, i caught 1 15-inch and 1 dink.
      City: visalia

Saturday, April 15th, 2000

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

      Report: The bass are on!!Fishing in 1-5t o water, rom shore, on the upper lake, the bass are in ull spawn activity. I've never seen so many bass in one place, at one time, and so close to shore, ever beore in my lie. there must have been 3 schools o 12-20 inch bass. in each school, there were at least 30 ish. I tried down shotting and even small bite sized crayish, placed under there noses, but could not get a bite. Finally i re-tied, a split shot presentaion with a reaper and 1/4 oz slip shot. that did the trick! the strikes came on "the all". the best spots are the least disturbed!!!thats all I'm saying or now. the bites still on and I dont want everyone ishing it out. send E-mail to lurelord@yahoo.com or exact location. (boat traic is prohibited in this area, but, is close to ramp)hope this ino helps.john
      City: Canoga Park

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      Water Temp: 69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom irst light untill 2:00 p.m.. My partner and I had nonstop action! We caught 25+ bass and 6 slab crappies. We through spinnerbaits in the morning and lukes ater that. It seemed every point and back end o a cove held ish. Biggest ish was only about 3+, but the quantity sure made up or the quality. Caught the crappie on hot pink and white tubes in the trees. Basically, it was a good o ishing, and much overdue!!!
      City: Kingsburg

      Tips: Worked spinnerbaits and lukes just under the surace. Tried to keep it within eyesight. The crappie were caught vertical jigging in 20 t. o water over trees.

Wednesday, April 12th, 2000

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: STARTED MY DAY AT 5:30AM AND BOATED 19 KEEPERS LARGEST ONE AT JUST 4.2LBS BUT THAT DID NOT BOTHER ME AT ALL. ALL WERE TAKEN AROUND DUCES BOAT DOC ON GOLD BLADE SPINNER BAITS. FIRST TIME ON BASS LAKE BUT IS WAS A MESS OF FUN. MY STYLE WAS VERY SIMPLE SLOW ROLLED SPINNER OVER ROCK PILES AND UNDER DOC COVER THIS PRODUCED MANY FLASH STRIKES. I GOT MAYBE 6 FISH RIGHT AFTER THE BAIT HIT THE WATER.
      City: OAKLAND

      Tips: GOLD BLADE SPINNER BAIT WITH CHARTRUESE SKIRT WORKED VERY WELL FOR ME. AGAIN IT IS IMPORTANT TO RETREIVE SPINNER AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE WHILE BANGING SOME STRUCTURE AND BOTTOM ALONG THE WAY.WATER IS ONLY 4-13 FEET AROUND DOC AREA 3/8 OUNCE WILL DO THE TRICK.

Tuesday, April 11th, 2000

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Casitas Sunday evening or hal an hour, all day Monday and Tuesday, Apr. 9-11. Son, John, ishing rom shore Sunday evening, caught a 4 lb. Bass on a buzz bait in a oot o water near shore on North side o Wadleigh Arm. That ish kept us rom being skunked, as we got no urther hits during 20 hours o ishing rom a rental boat. The water was very clear, 62 degrees. We saw literally dozens o ish rom one to seven pounds lazily cruising beneath the boat. They reused all our presentations, including everything rom 2-inch white grubs to split-shot and drop-shot 4

      Tips: I your goal is just to catch some ish, even dinks, try small white curl-tail grubs or 4-inch worms on 4-6 lb. Flourocarbon line. I you'd preer to catch larger ish, you might try a wacky-worm or Hannon's swimming worm method (neither o which I tried, but they might work where other, more conventional methods ailed miserably).

Sunday, April 9th, 2000

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      Water Temp: between65-75

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: cought 18 ish. Awsome in the shallow watter. mostly in the coves and bays. one 4pound bass 16 inches on minnoes.
      City: resno

      Tips: stay in the 5-15 t. deep water. use a rooster tail or trout and worms or minnoes or bass.

Saturday, April 8th, 2000

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the lake about 0630. Got o at 1500. My partner and I had caught 40 ish, most about 1.5 to 2.0 lbs. Spotted some ish in some docks that were making a bed but not ready to go yet. Threw a Fluke but would not go on it. Used jigs, and 4" worms. 6" worms were getting there tails taken o. Good Pre-spawn bite. Nothing over 3.0 but we did not ish or the early spawn ish.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: 4" worm with red lake. brown jigs with green trailer. go slow as the ish seem to just know its there and they will come.

Thursday, April 6th, 2000

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

      Report: got to the lake hoping to sight ish some spots,but couldn't ind any beds.two o us picked up 21 spots up to 1.6lbs no reaction bite all ish came on 4 and 6" worms color didn't seem to matter as long as it had a chartruse tail.most o the ish were at little ootballs so the spawn is yet to come.
      City: madera

      Tips: all ish caught on split shot or 1/8 oz texas rig , try keeper 082r/chartruse tail.points and lay down trees

Tuesday, April 4th, 2000

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water has cleared quite a bit, but levels are way up. Fished rom 9 a.m to 3 p.m., mainly coves. Caught small ish rom 9 to 12, mostly 1 to 2 lb., about 20 ish. Things started picking up ater 12 with the larger ish becoming more active. Caught another 10 ish in the 2 - 4 lb. range in the aternoon. Tried ishing Wopper worms or the irst time, green with red and black speck and the ish tore them up. Went through 2 bags o these worms. What a great day!!
      City: Clovis

      Tips: Top water in the aternoon tossed in the reeds. Plastic worms on Texas or split shot with a slow retrieve was the most successul.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2000

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

      Report: Started just ater sae light. White caps on main lake. Sought reuge in Greasy Cove. One small 13 incher on jerk bait. Then no more. Dam area produced only small ish. Moved to grassy cuts north west o Horse Creek. Found concentration o ish at 3 to 10 t at the mouths o the cuts. Partner boated a 6 pounder. Rest were all 12 to 13 inch. Water rising.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: split shot 4 & 6 inch Ca. Craw worms through mustard grass. Fished slow

Friday, March 31st, 2000

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Water has cleared quite a bit. My report will be short and sweet.Fish lukes near and in cuts. That is all I had to do. Caught 20ish. I ished rom 1:30-5:30. Have un. I did hear rom a rangerthat a lot o ish have already spawned. That is really early, butI can believe it. Might want to try some top water.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Fish rip baits slow. I had to concentrate on letting my luke sink.That was a big key to get more bites.

Saturday, March 25th, 2000

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      Water Temp: Unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We ished shallow coves on the W side o the lake rom 7am-10:30 am ...sure wished my buddy hadn't had an appointment, but it was un anyway... Threw plastics near looded logs/weeds ...I got ive keeper ish , one 2lbs, one 3 1/2 lbs. Texas-style Watermelon Zoom Lizard , and Purple-Death Worm got all strikes. All strikes were on the all...I know they say the ish are in 2-4 eet , but the two good ish were out in about 8-10 eet throwing parallel to the brushline . Had to work areas thoroughly, make lots o casts. Wish I were there right now , instead o talking about it.
      City: Clovis