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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Only landed two today but both pushed four pounds one on topwater and the other on soft plastic, lost to nice fish on a jig, one on a crank, and had a a fish that must have been over 8lbs follow my jerk bait back, not bad for about two hours of fishing, ehh? fished around the marina and sorounding coves, sorry to be vague but i have a tournie to win on sat. so good luck to all and tight lines!
      City: bend

      Tips: P.S. If you know any kids in central oregon who would be interested in fishing some tournaments, I am the pres. of a youth bass club that meets in redmond first tuesday of the month, 6:00 at Abby's Pizza, so have them call me, 541 977-2822 or just have them stop by, Thanks.

Friday, August 11th, 2006

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      Water Temp: mid 50's, low 6

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bass were practially hopping into the boat. We used salty sinking worms. Although most of them were small mouth and only around 10 inches long.
      City: portland

      Tips: Fish the edges early in the morning. After 10am the fish weren't biting half as much as between 5 and 9am.

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

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      Water Temp: 77

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished at night, got 6 a 4.3 lgmth, 5.2 lgmth several 2.8 smallies and a 4lb smallie, lost six others that broke me off or spit the bait by the boat, all quality fish...those rocks are sharp. Keep the water skiers goin all day, cause its nice at night when I have the lake to myself
      City: medford

      Tips: Giant spinnerbaits work for me, as well as the chatterbait

Monday, July 31st, 2006

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 74-77

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took my brother in law out to Cottage Grove for a morning of fishing. Fished from 6-10:30 AM. Got a 13", 1lb.5oz. on a brown jig out about 14' on a deep weed edge @8AM. At 9:40AM I got a 21" 3lb,14 oz. on the same brown jig near a deep piece of wood. Tried to get the swimbait bite going but the bass wouldn't cooperate! I let him toss any lure he wanted- after the 3-14 he wanted a jig- but he couldn't stick a fish. Just before the 1-5 I got a hard bite and snapped what I'm assuming was a decent fish off on the hookset! Odd thing was it didn't jump and thrash around- if I had a jig stuck in my mouth I sure would. We also used rattletraps ticked off the top of the weeds, a deep little N chartreuse crank, a small swimbait, a white spinnerbait, at least 3 different soft plastics and the winner lure of this day the brown pig and jig.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: Get out and go. Sure there's yardwork that needs to be done and the cars could stand washing but they'll still be there when you get done FISHING!!
      So go- tell your wife or girlfriend I said it's okay.

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sean and Dave are absolutely right- hardly anyone is using this great website here in Oregon. I can understand if you're fishing tournaments and don't want to let the competition in on your secrets but what's wrong with sharing a tip or two or bragging a little bit if you have a great day. I can also understand that most of us would rather be fishing than punching buttons on a computer. With gas like it is who wants to drive an hour or two to a lake that's not exactly putting out a few bass? All I'm saying is it's okay to share a little info without giving GPS coordinates to your favorite honeyhole. You don't have to say what you caught 'em on but saying a worm, a jig or a crankbait isn't taking away the fun of figuring out which exact bait will work. On those nasty rainy days it at the least makes for some fun reading! Get out there and fish and if you have kids teach them to fish too. I can't wait to watch my 3 yr. old girl teach her little brother to cast in a few years. Good luck to all.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: Fish,fish,fish, fish,post,fish,fish,fish,post,fish,fish,fish,fish,fish, fish,post!

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 69-72???

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Decided to try a new spot at Cottage Grove Lake today and I'm glad I did! Tossed my favorite swimbait for about 15 minutes with no bites and no visible followers. Then I saw a little grass point just barely reachable from the shore where I was tossin' from so I lobbed the bait over. Two spins of the reel handle and wham- fish on. Didn't jump or splash just pulled....hard. I honestly thought it was a 5 LB. plus fish. It was actually only a 3lb., 8 oz. largemouth 19" long. Idid the weigh and measure routine and then let her go. I grabbed my rod and casted back to within a foot of the spot and after 2 turns another one grabs the swimbait. This one felt stronger than the first one- I'm pretty happy now. This one was only 18" but weighed a chunky 3lbs. and 13 ozs. Again no wild leaps or a lot of splashing- just a good test of my uni to uni knot tying ability. Glad I just tied on a new 5' leader before I left for work. What a great way to start the work day. Oh yeah- I made 3 more just in case casts to the same rough area and got a hard bite but swung late.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: The weather was what I'd call almost perfect swimbait weather- overcast with a bit of chop. And the evenings have been fairly warm. The 2nd fish was loaded with eggs- and I thought the spawn was all over- shame on me for assuming! Good luck and don't forget that those nice big ones love to eat little trout for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Good Luck!

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Great day on the water, ton of smallmouth on drop shotted robo worms, (poppers and walking baits in the morning), kicker fish was a 4lb largie on a frog (I think it was a "Davis" fish), fish tight to the willows for largemouth and rocks and bluffs for the smallies, good luck to all and how about some more reports!?!
      City: Bend

      Tips: good time to take a kid fishing and if you know who would like to fish some tournies give me a call 977-2822 or write me an email.

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished sunday 5:30 to 9:00 am first cast with spinner bait 2.5lb smallie couple more casts another smallie about 1.25 lbs then wife catches 1.25lber on spinner bait fishing stayed pretty good until sun came up the the power fishing stopped for anything over 10 inches. skiers started about 7:00 am and i decided i didnt want rock and roll all day in this weather.
      City: medford

      Tips: all good fish before sun comes up. and all fish on points

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught several 4 and 5 lb black bass in the different coves for 22lbs total 5 fish limit. Fished plastics CA delta style. Fish were very light biters today had to fish on my spin tackle with 6lb test.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Finnesse fish slow the fish were biting lite. Success to all.

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      Water Temp: warm enough!

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Was out at Camp Rilea for the week so I thought I'd try to hook one of the big ones out of there. Neacoxie Lake/slough. Using a green/orange rooster, Caught three or four large mouth all were about a span in length. off of the culvert over where that new housing development is between Rilea and Ridge road 730pm.
      I noticed a tree laying in the water to the south so i went down there to see if I could snag something of size. the tree still had branches so I switched to a brown weighted squid like thing that resembles a minnow. I dangled it in the first open hole I found and a fish swam around it to check it out. It didn't look very big until it grabbed it. It bent my little trout pole over. It probably weighed 5 - 7 lbs and was from my elbow to where my fingers come out of my hand in length. I unhooked him and called a friend and then let him go. I'll probably go back this week and see if I can catch him again. Beautiful fish!
      City: Warrenton, OR

      Tips: Carry bug spray or you'll get eaten alive out there.
      If you would like to fish at rilea you should make contact with Range Control to find out whats off limits to you and so you don't get shot.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Need help! looking for a good taxidermist, need sugestions.. BASS
      City: eugene

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Local ponds and lakes heating up with post spawn bass drilling spinnerbaits. Last saturday caught 7lb toad on black spinner with a colorado blade....
      City: eugene

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

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      Water Temp: 71

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Good day one killer one
      link to picture...

      http://gallery.fixyourdns.com/Fishing/slides/DSC01487.html

      5.5 lbs
      City: Sweet Home OR

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with the wife and daughter. Caught several smallies 1-2lbs drop shotting keeper worms. My wife stuck a 7lb largemouth on a drop shot bait on a sandy bank. Great day fishing.
      City: Tracy

      Tips: Instead of lifting drag the drop shot and use light line the fish were biting very lite. Success to all.

Friday, June 16th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 60-64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: fISH CRANE LAST WEEKEND, FISHING WAS SLOW BUT OK. CAUGHT 6 FISH SAT. AND WEIGHED 5 FOR JUST UNDER 19LBS. sUNDAY WAS A LITTLE SLOWER, ONLY CAUGHT 5 FISH FOR A WEIGHT OF 16.5LBS. 10 OF 11 FISH CAME OFF JIGS, WITH ONE COMING OFF A CRANKBAIT.
      City: MEDFORD

      Tips: FISH SLOW!!! 6-8 FEET. GOOD LUCK TO THE A.B.A THIS WEEKEND, AND HOW ABOUT SOME MORE REPORTS.

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

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      Water Temp: 64

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to applegate first light, caught 12 smallies, one 3lb on carolina rig, and one 2.5 on a deep main lake point on top, most of the other fish were around 1.5 with a couple of dinks mixed in. Fish are on the beds and a little harder to find since they spawn deep in this clear water lake. The 3lber I caught was in about 17ft of water and full of eggs, I just got lucky and dragged my plastic across the bed.
      City: medford

      Tips: Look for points that go out in 15 to 20ft of water

Thursday, June 1st, 2006

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      Water Temp: warm enough!

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: 6-10 pm gate at camp rilea (neacoxie slough) caught 4 lg mouth in about 15 min on a flourescent grn rooster fish were 3lb<
      caught and released
      had 1 bite at about 2 pm (bass)
      City: Warrenton, OR

      Tips: Statement of the Obvious: flattening the barbs on the hooks makes it quicker getting the fish off your line and your bait back in the water.

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

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      Water Temp: 62

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This report is for applegate, went out last evening for about 3hrs, got 10 smallmouth, all same size 1.9 to 2.2 lbs, none on top which is unusual..all plastic, rattle trap and chatterbait. Had a huge largemouth tryin to take my chatterbait out of a fish I hooked mouth right at the boat, huge fish probably 8 to 10lbs, wish he wouldve got it...
      City: medford

      Tips: bushes, bushes, bushes

Sunday, May 28th, 2006

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      Water Temp: around 58-60

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Whent over for the weekend and caught a few. mostly arond hood river. hard to find but when you do there ether small or big largest one i caught was 5lbs.
      City: Sisters

      Tips: try brown black flake tubes and sink them to the bottem. look in 4-5 feet. allso found some on a gitzit blach swim bait. and good luck!!!

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out about 4:30 PM to do some evening fishing. Lake was really windy and white capping. My buddy was only able to catch one dink on a senko. I got skunked. Lots of bites, few takers.
      City: Medford

      Tips: Hit up coves and humps for a good amount of smallies.