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Saturday, March 25th, 2000

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

      Report: Willie in Alpine: Thanks! Please see my response over in the SCBF Forum. ...RogerB
      City: Monterey, CA

Friday, March 24th, 2000

  • Los Angeles County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out late in the day/morning, I wanted the og to burn o irst to help warm up the water. Launched around 11:00 went to old outhouse cove irst graphed ish (good ish) on some secondary points but could not even get a bite. I was drop shotting (tried ox-blood, purple), using jigs, and crawdad colered cranks. Nothing! I putzed around the lake or awhile looking or signs o lie, noone home. Then I went to the ski arm to the large canyon next to the island. Something said switch to carolina rig, I did! First cast, WHAM a nice 2.7lber emale hit my ox-blood. Then I went back to the same place next cast Wham, one hit it then shook o ater lying up to say hello. I was able to put 2 more in the boat all in 30 min time. Then it shut down.
      City: Castaic

      Tips: Carolina rig.

Thursday, March 23rd, 2000

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Has anybody been there? Whats up!
      City: Clovis

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2000

  • San Luis Obispo County
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      Water Temp: 55-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: All I have to say is Spots and more Spots...... Nothing else seems to want to get caught! Bright sunny day and i this keeps up it's gonna get good. Fished the narrows rom sun up till about noon or about ive keepers, All but two on carolina riged cinnamon brown 4inch worms. The other two on Shadraps. Aternoon moved into the main lake or two more the biggest 3.5 in about a two oot o water on a Shadrap. Only second time to this lake and I really like it.Anyone with some tips or this lake Please e-mail me, Thanks.
      City: Coalinga

      Tips: Well I don't know about Carolina rigging in the big rocks, but it seemed to work better than jigs and texas rigged worms. Browns With neon blue, Crankbaits slow moving seems to do the trick....

Monday, March 20th, 2000

  • San Diego County
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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: TO: ROGER B.--MONTEREY,CAL.ROGER,I FISHED HODGES ON THE 18TH ALSO--YOUR MISTAKE WAS YOU SHOULD HAVE FISHED TIGHT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.I CAUGHT 6 FISH--3 ON CRANKS EARLY WHILE IT WAS STILL FOGGY.AND 3 ON WORMS AFTER THE SUN CAME OUT.ALL WERE IN 1 TO 3 FEET OF WATER--4 WERE KEEPERS(OVER 15 INCHES)THE TWO BIGEST FISH--3 1/2AND 3.0 WERE ON FAT RAPS IN THE FOG BEFORE 8:00GOOD LUCK NEXT TIME.WILLY
      City: ALPINE

Sunday, March 19th, 2000

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 12:30pm-5:30pm in windy conditions. Started on a point inside the 5 mph markers at the ront o lake. Was using a 4" green and brown salt worm on a Calolina rig. Hooked one at 1:00 in 3' o water. Weighed about a pound or less. Wind picked up a little and made it tough to ish the points. Moved to the back o the lake and ished the rocks. Tried to get a reation bite going, no luck at all. Changed back to Carolina rig and put on a 6" red and black garlic worm with a swim tail. Got two right away in 2'-4' o water. The irst one was 15" and 1lb 9oz and the second one was 16 1/2" and 1lb 15oz. Saw a ew ish on the top on the electronics, tried a Zara spook and had no luck.
      City: Selma

      Tips: Still need to ish a worm slow and be patient.

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 63-65

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished visalia bass team open. lots o big bass , one was 11-11 lbs. and a whole bunch o 5lber's. 18.72 won and i know doug costa rom tulare got a 10.5 out o greasy. the guys rom hanord who caught the 11.11 also caught an 8-14 as well, they had a 5 ish limit o over 27lbs. But they were not in the tournament. people were talking about losing big ish as well. Good luck an catch and release!.
      City: visalia

      Tips: spider jigs and worms were catching ish as well as spinnerbaits, but the large ish took jerk baits.

Saturday, March 18th, 2000

  • San Diego County
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      Water Temp: 55-62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Surace temp o 62 dropped quickly to 55-58 below the surace. This was the day beore the ull moon. Many boats on the lake -- most ishing very shallow or right at the shoreline. I didn't see anyone catching anything on that pattern, so I assumed all the ishing and boat activity in the shallows would push the ish back out to the staging areas. That's where I concentrated my eorts. Thoroughly ished areas rom 5' to 40' on north end o lake (warmest water, and along west side o saddle point -- but to no avail. Bottom line: I didn't ind'em and I didn't see anybody else doing so either.
      City: Monterey, CA

      Tips: No action on Power Pulse worms, Fin-S-Shad, jig-n-craw, cranks (shad and crawish), or spinnerbaits, all ished slowly due to cold water. No bites on a stitchin' presentation, either. Very rustrating day, because the big emales should have been (and probably were, somewhere) on a eeding binge prepping or the spawn (..or maybe they were tuckered out rom a night o mating, and recuperating out in the really deep channels.)

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: 56-60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had the best day ever!!!! Caught an 11 lb. 11 oz. at about 8:30, partner stuck an 8 lb. 14 oz. about 11:15. There was a tournament but we weren't in it. Took 18.72 to win it, we would have had about 27 lbs. Oh well. It was still great. The 11-11 was put back, the 8-14 was hooked deep and even though the hook was cut o, she died...darn!!!Went back on Sun., the lake is being dropped again, so ishing slowed.
      City: HANFORD

      Tips: Transitional hangouts due to water lux.

Sunday, March 12th, 2000

  • Monterey County
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      Water Temp: 58.9

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished all saturday 3-11-00 and the wie caught one 12.5 inches, ished rom sun up to 4:00 pm, ished sun. until 1:30 and never got a bite, talked to others and they has similar results.
      City: bakersield

Wednesday, March 8th, 2000

  • Medeira County
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: City: coquille

Sunday, March 5th, 2000

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

      Report: not much happening in the morning on reaction baits, however, when the sun was over head ishing the docks was awesome. avearage ish was 1-2 lbs. big ish or the trip was a ine 5 lbs. spot and also had a 4 lbs. spot. in the evening the ish started to respond to the super luke. great day o ishing 25 to 30 ish total.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: ish the docks with a tube bait on a 1/16 oz. darterhead jig light brown and coloring the last 1/2 inch with chartreuse dye

Saturday, March 4th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Started 6:00 ished mouth all day. Started with brown jig and picked up 12 blacks bite on jig stoped when sun broke through then pick up a rattle trap in the 2000 series and started down the bank and picked up 20 ish. NO JOKE it was great the best was 4 to 5 pounds the rest 2 to 3 pounds.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: the best thing I can suggest is get the 2000 series r-traps when they come out.

  • Tulare County
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      Water Temp: unknown

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom 10:30 to 4 pm. 5-ish , all males and small. 20-25 t. deep
      City: visalia

      Tips: the bass are slowly moving up.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2000

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Got on the water around 1PM,ished bluegill grubs in shallow,grassy coves and caught 3 approx.1 1/2-2lbs..We moved to the back side o the lake and ished lats near boulders where water was coming in and picked up 5 more about the same size.These ish took several colors o worms,black/brown spinnerbait and a craw colored crankbait.Fish seemed airly active considering the incoming storm,it was cold and windy.windy,windy,but worth it!We never got bit in anything deeper than 10'with most in 4-6'.
      City: Chowchilla

      Tips: Watch line or movement.....each bite is dierent.Spinnerbaits and crankbaits were CRUSHED!Worm bites ranged rom line moving sideways to the telltale tick,tick.....even had 1 ish pick it up and swim it back towards the boat....pay attention.

Tuesday, February 29th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Issy on Sunday. On at 6:30, o at 9:00. Ok when we launched, then the wind, rain and snow blew in. No ish. Went and had breakast.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Beore the storm, the ish were already moving up and staging. Fish shallower than you think you should. Start ishing up the North Fork. When the water level raises, the ish will start moving up the South ork. The water level is still very low.

Saturday, February 26th, 2000

  • Nassau County
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      Water Temp: 55-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took Pete C. o Deadly Duo worms. He caught irst three out o kincaid and trees in the north. Then I caught three. We ran all over the lake but came back to trees at north end and hammered the bucks about 1.5-2. Finished with a dozen all splitshot 4 and 6" amber/blue and texas craw. Big emales were suspended in channel should be moving up anytime.
      City: bakersield

      Tips: ish the cockleburrs and the bait.

Thursday, February 24th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 56 degs

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished a.b.a. on the 19th. slow day or all. black worms with red tails. 6 ish and only 3 legal. didn't stay or weight in. 8 lbs. won- 7 lbs. second and 6.32 3rd. just went lower rom there.62 teams and only 5 limits or 128 ish.
      City: visalia

Saturday, February 19th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: First time on the lake. No ish, not even a bite. Talked to a ew locals, no luck or them either. One guy remarked that the water temp was 54 last weekend (Feb 12), so that big drop in temp is probably the reason or the lock up. It was windy!!! The lake looks awesome though, we'll be back.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Wait or the water to warm and the weather to stable out a little. Or just go... beats staying at home thinking you should be ishing.

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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 100% on 2-19. Had 7 or 13.80 (13th place). 29.54 won. He was lipping in Wittenburg. We had 3 crank ish, one at 3lbs. Other ish came on dartheaded rhythem and blues worms. From 10-25' deep on main lake walls. It took 20 lbs. to make the top 5. You have gotta love Lopez.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Don't orget to always ish shallow at Lopez.