Took my son and mom out to New Melones. Water temp. was mid to upper 70’s. We caught bass on topwater, from spooks to pop r’s, 6″ BBZ floater. After that died down we got them on senkos, a variety of worms. Berserk jigs. A prototype swimbait coming soon by Berserk was getting the better [...]
Title: Second Annual Mike Van Guilder Sr. Memorial Bass Team Tournament
Location: Lake McClure, Mariposa County, California
Link out: Click here
Description: Check-in: 4:30AM to 6:00AM at Barrett Cove Marina Store upper lot.
Blast-off: 6:30AM at Barrett South Launch Ramp
Weigh-in: 2:30PM at Barrett Cove Marina
Payback: 1 in 4, 80% payback on basic entry fee, 100% payback on big fish [...]
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Well pre-fishing days I took off all my hooks that I could, like topwater baits. Punker, BBZ, spook type bait and threw these with success. Fish that were coming up on them I could see them, they ranged from 7-10lbs. Then had some bites on a hudd but didn’t swing. Game day, started off with [...]
Most of my fish are coming on a Berserk shaky head with a 6 inch worm either let it sit or work it very slowly from the shoreline to about 40ft. The other bait that has been consistant for me is a brown and purple or a brown jig, with a brown single or double [...]
Title: Mike Van Guilder Sr. / Berserk Baits First Annual Memorial Bass Tournament
Location: Lake McClure, Mariposa County California
Info:
Check-in: 4:30AM to 6:00AM at Barrett Cove Marina Store upper lot.
Blast-off: 6:30AM at Barrett South Launch Ramp
Weigh-in: 2:30PM at Barrett Cove Marina
Payback: 1 in 4, 80% payback on basic entry fee, 100% payback on options.
Mike Sr. Award [...]
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Trout were hitting the surface everywhere I went, so decided to get a limit while bass fishing and did. The water temp was 59deg. I threw a purple hornet and an orange craw Berserk jig and had about 10+lbs. Topwater got me a 4+spot and a 5+largemouth. I had a double hook up some spots [...]
After throwing some swimbaits around the rogers arm in the trees with only one bump we started jumping around the lower end to Green Bay. My dad had one on a berserk shaky head with a hula grub in about 20ft. I finally found the fish in about 40ft give or take on purple hornet [...]
10/27/2008 Started out at McClure point throwing topwater, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits looking for a reaction bite. Had one blow up on a Vixen and then caught one about 1.75 pounds on the Vixen half way back to the boat. Caught one on a jig on a rocky point. Started throwing the new Berserk Baits Perfect Shad spinnerbait [...]
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Carlos and I had a horrible pre-fish. We had one day and an hour the day before pre-fishing, we found nothing. We decided to fish water that we didn’t pre fish and fished slower. Carlos put our first keeper in the boat at 8am on a worm, then I got our next one at 9:30am [...]
Went out to Pedro to look around while the water is so low. Shad busting the surface as soon as I started fishing which was 10:30am. Caught 3 right away on a spoon and 3 more on a big spook. I ended up losing 2 on a Berserk spinnerbait and 2 on a custom Berserk [...]








