Southern California Lake Fishing Report

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Saturday, February 19th, 2000

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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.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Wasco bass had a tournament, the water was clear and quite a ew limits weighed in. most caught on jigs and split shotting, largest weighed in was 2.89. looks like i the weather clears the ishing should get real good
      City: bakersield

Tuesday, February 15th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom sun up till noon. Only two bite at around 9:00am.No one else on the lake had any luck. Too cold but then again even in the best conditions this lake is very poor or bass ishing.
      City: Lindsay

      Tips: I used mostly plastic worms and jigs o the points. The bites came in 20 to 30 eet o water. my best suggestion isto ish somewhere else.

Sunday, February 13th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 54. deg's

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished or 5 1/2 hrs. 1 ish on darter head reaper. smoke w/silver lake. rained all day.
      City: visalia

      Tips: stay home and keep your boat dry.

Saturday, February 12th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Clovis bass club Tournament. 27 anglers, 67 ish, 61.75lbs,9 blacks, 58 spots. Only 8 limits were weighed in. Lots o small ish.
      City: Clovis

      Tips: ish banks with jigs in the morning, go deep ater that 30 - 50 t. Dark jigs, lite worms, on a darter head.Keep ishing.

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Club Tourney South Orange County Bassmasters held here todayAlittle rain in the am but calm wind. Perect conditions orworm ishing. One member caught a 7.81 lber on a crank.Another member won with 16.42 lbs. Good worm bite at 15'Metered ish everywhere suspending in 15 - 19' Give the lake another couple o weeks and it will be goin o..All ish caught were released alive. Average ish caughtduring the tourney was 2.76 lbs.
      City: San Clemente

Monday, February 7th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I caught a 15" 1.5lb largemouth and my son caught a 13" irst thing in the morning (8:30) in the main lake. Got skunked the rest o the day, even tried above Trimmer or spots. Very ew ishermen and lake was smooth with no wind.
      City: Fresno

      Tips: Light Purple Plastics caught both

Saturday, February 5th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 56-58 degrees

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom 1pm. to 5pm. 2 bites
      City: visalia

      Tips: Too cold , wait or water to warm up.

Saturday, January 22nd, 2000

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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished 100% on Saturday. Third time on lake in 4 weeks. We had 4 ish or 5.53lbs. or 7th out o 44 boats. Fish cam e on brown jigs or dart headed purple worms rom Oak Shores to Christmas Cove. Fishing has gotten worse every week. Winners had 7.95 or 5 ish. They threw blades and lipped jigs in the backs o coves. No one weighed in a 7 ish limit. Glad to be done with naci until September.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Jigs early in 20-25 eet. Later dart head worms.

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Bass Classics ished sat. Winner had 4 ish. I personally had 2. irst one on zorra spook 20 eet around trees. 17 inchs.Carolina lizard same depth 17 inches later in day with lizard. My partner caught 3 bass. 2 split shot 4 inch lizards and 16.5 inch smallie on blue spook. My spook was the clear one.Fog early helped the top-water bite or bigger ish. Most ish were 20 to 10 eet deep.
      City: sunnyvale

      Tips: Fish slow. carolina or split shot lizards real slow.Top water early i cloudy or oggy.

Friday, January 21st, 2000

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish are on the bank or the irst hal hour, ater that go down to about 50 eet, caught about 10 keepers or about 7.5# or best ive.
      City: madera

      Tips: shad w/ blue blood line

Tuesday, January 18th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: NEVER FORGET NCBF IT'S A GREAT BASSN SITE ,JUST FOUND A NEW SITE CALLED (www.BASSTRADER.COM CHECK IT OUTSOLID BASSN INFORMATION THANK YOU /BASSRANCHER
      City: FRESNO

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This is a test. Added new Kaweah page
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Brain owes me a guide trip ;)

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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Oops ment to say this is a test added new Pinelatpage.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This is a test. Added new Millerton page
      City: San Jose

Tuesday, January 11th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 54-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM FIRT LIGHT TO 4PM... ONE BITE !!!!! TRIED EVERYTHING I HAVE ..!! HEAVY FOG TILL NOON.. WASTE OF TIME !!!
      City: SUNNYVALE

Sunday, January 9th, 2000

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      Water Temp: 49degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished lake kaweah early sun morning. threw baby brush hogs in black emerald and rootbeer-green lake. 8 ish up to 14 inches, in about 35-40 t. slow bite and very cold day.
      City: visalia

      Tips: stay home until it warms up.

Tuesday, December 28th, 1999

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      Water Temp: 46-48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish Piney and my brother had a 7.1 on a dad and then I caught a 4+ on a homemade jig. Only two bites. A riend had a ew dragging a bug. Biters were in 22-28 t. I'm still ishing where there is bait. Lots o bait. Catching a 5+ almost every time out lately but nothing over 10.
      City: bakersield

      Tips: Make sure you release all big ish. Way too many are being kept. Cold in morning, warm in aternoon.

Wednesday, December 22nd, 1999

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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Took billiebass advice and ished rocky point but only caught a ew 2 lbers. Went to piney and caught a 6 and lost a ew more on jigs including one i couldnt turn. ish were 28-32t when inactive and 10-18t when active. Active ish are moving with the shad. look or a good ridge or ambush point. thanks bill.
      City: bakersield

      Tips: big jigs and warm clothes

Sunday, December 12th, 1999

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      Water Temp: 48.5

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday with Randy McAbee. Clear, cold day with no wind. Air temp. 23 degrees at launch. went to rocky point. I had irst ish, around 8lbs. on a jig. Randy had next two , 8 and 11.01 on jigs. That was his 17th 10+ at Isabella this year. Rest o ish were in the 2-3 lb. range. A riend had a 14.01. 9 and an 8 as well.
      City: Bakersield

      Tips: Big, dark jigs.