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I'm happy that I didn't give up on wondering what happened and kept searching. There's not a lot of resources (that I have found) and this site really helps me. Thank you to whomever started this new site. Now if I could only catch something at San Vicente, my fishing life would be complete.

I was out on Sunday and pretty much had the same fishing experience. I was happy to see the fish I did, since it's my third time at San V and the other two times I only caught trees. I'm looking forward to it warming up, it's a nice place to fish.

San Vicente was a lot of fun today. Nothing bigger than this one in the picture, but quite a few of them. All on dropshot. Roboworm in Oxblood red flake or Tequila Sunrise with 3/16 oz weight. Not even a look at jigs or jerk baits. Water was around 63 early this morning and by afternoon, I was ...

Dixon Lake update on Bass. This fish had a few eager friends, but she was the most photogenic. I was just walking the shore pounding along with a #7 Rapala and they were very cooperative. I'd like to say that's a surfcasting rod and she was huge, but it's really about a 20" fish, which is still a ...

Got to the lake early, almost empty, which was a big surprise to me. Paddled out and immediately got a treat over by the big water inlet. Of course that anchored me to that spot for another fruitless 45 minutes. But moved along the shoreline and out to the island and got many takers. All on dropshot ...

Great report, nice to hear topwater action is happening. I cannot wait until my whopper plopper is back in business.

Hi all,

Had a great day at Barrett. Water is only 65, I don't know why it expected it to be warmer. Speaking of temperature, at 0430 it was 36 degrees F in the air. That makes you wide awake even if you weren't while in your warm vehicle.

Almost 30 total fish today. Mostly on an underspin jig ...

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I think it opens at 4AM. I was there at 430 and they were open and when I got to the water, people were already out on the water. Pack a warm outfit. On Sunday morning it was 36F. On the clarity question, it depends on where you are. When I was in the creek there were spots that were very clear ...

I followed the link, it looks like they want the tag, I didn't remove it, but I'll send them the info. Thanks for posting that link. Here's where you find the form https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Inland/Fish-Tags

I might have been that guy in Hauser. I heard someone else was doing great on Flukes, so I might not have been that guy, also. I started out over by Wilson creek and had some success, but no pattern at all. I pedaled over to the inlet of Hauser, and caught a couple on dropshotted roboworms, but ...

When I got up this morning, the first thought I had was this is a fish catching day. Now I know who. Nice report.

Hi all. Barrett is in full swing. I had good success in Hauser and pedaled my kayak pretty far back. There's a whole new world back there. I find it funny to cast into water and get foxtails on my lure, normally that's something that happens when I overshoot the shoreline. The water is between 70 ...

I'm taking my youngest son there this weekend and we rented one of their bass boats. Just looking for hints, since I don't know that lake at all.

Hi 619bassin, good to meet you too. I'll be back on the water on next Wednesday too. Those guys were so happy to get their rods back. I wonder how often something like that happens.

Hello all,

Had a fun day at Barrett. Started out in proper darkness and caught a large ( although in this group large sunfish is dangerous ) bluegill. He was 1 pound 9 ounces, which was as big as my average on bass today. Then puttered about for while. Finally got into some fish in Hauser. Then it ...

Great to see the good success. Hauser sure is fun with all the new trees in the water. I like the little "private fishing rooms" that the trees have created. I really should head down to Pine, but it's so hard to leave fish to find fish. Especially with how brutal the afternoon wind is.

I'm guessing Pines would be amazing. I think most of us are getting stuck in Hauser, when we are on the way, which isn't a bad thing. I'm going tomorrow and I'll try to be disciplined and pedal down to Pines.

Hello all,

Here's what happened on Barrett for me today. Got out in the dark, like you are supposed to. First fish at 0540. At that time it's not dark anymore. :)

Took a while to get fish, but eventually there were fish. Here's the stats: Topwater 0, Jerkbait (Silver) 13, Jig 4, Dropshot Roboworm ...

My spinning setups are all 4, 6 or 8 pound test, those are for finesse, jigs and jerkbaits. Baitcasters are 10, 14 or 17 pound test. Those are for crankbaits, spinnerbaits and topwater. I agree with Camobass, I haven't seen that the fish are very line shy at Barrett. I also agree with Otaymichael on ...

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Chilly day at Barrett today. I think the air was about 50 or so and the wind was super chilly. Water temp has dropped a little, my reading was 70 everywhere and since the sun never showed it's face, it didn't warm up anywhere. I did Wilson's cove and got a few on jigs and crankbaits. Then I ...