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Fishing Report: Wilson ends tourney victory drought

It had been almost four years since Wilson of San Miguel last had a tournament win. Because he fished solo, he didn’t have to split $2,780 in winnings.

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Fishing Report: Saltwater fishing event to benefit second Wounded Warriors fundraiser

Half the proceeds will go toward assisting with the funding of a second Wounded Warriors event later this year. Anglers Anonymous Central Coast successfully sponsored the initial Wounded Warriors day on the ocean last September.
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Fishing Report: Rockcod, lingcod seasons underway

Fishing off the Central Coast took on a new dimension this week with Wednesday’s opening of the rockcod and lingcod seasons.
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Teen dominates Ambushers event

In his fifth year of Ambushers’ bass tournament fishing, 16-year-old Jeremy Donk won his second consecutive contest Sunday at Santa Margarita Lake.
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Fishing Report: Big trout catch highlighs bass tourney

What Aaron Quarles brought to the Tri Valley scales at Cachuma triggered jaw-dropping expressions all around. It was a huge 13-pound, 8-ounce trout. Danny Knotts didn’t bring his 10-pounder to the scales but prompted further awe.
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Fishing Report: Winds hurt start of salmon season

Strong offshore winds have been a major detriment to the start of the salmon season off the Central Coast.
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Fishing Report: Salmon season looks promising

A post on Patriot Sportfishing’s website summarizes the 2013 outlook: “Since we were catching incidental salmon all through the last (2012) rockcod season, right up to mid-December, we are hopeful that it will be a good year.”
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Fishing Report: Keeney uses smallies to win tourney

Catching feisty smallmouth bass last weekend was the route Paso Robles’ Jim Keeney traveled in winning his first bass tournament in two years, winning the SLO County Bass Ambushers two-day competition at Lake San Antonio.
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Fishing Report: Local duo nipped at Lake San Antonio

Eleven one-hundredths of a pound separated the top two finishers in Saturday’s American Bass Pacific Coast Region tournament at Lake San Antonio. The same pairs vied for big fish honors. The difference was five one-hundredths of a pound.
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Fishing Report: Imitation trout lures win bass event

A lawsuit prevented the Department of Fish and Game from stocking numerous waterways with trout plants. The Nacimiento River and Lopez and Santa Margarita lakes were among the venues deprived of plants. No matter. An out-of-the-area team of Matt Newman of Agoura Hills and Jason Hemminger of Oxnard...
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Fishing Report: Barrios becoming proficient bass angler

That would be San Luis Obispo’s Dan Barrios, who paired with Nipomo’s Casey Langley on Saturday to win event No. 4 on the 101 Bass tournament agenda at Lake San Antonio.