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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Does anyone have any tips for fishig Calero from shore?
    City: San Jose

    Tips: none

Friday, May 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: cool for this t

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to try for crappie and only scratched up a half dozen. Watched a lot of bass feeding on small shad all over the place; boiling all over the lake. Decided to see if they were chasing the shad into the weedlines since I saw terns diving all over. Using a 1/32oz white crappie jig, got six bass. 2 12-13 inchers who thought they were bigger, 2 2 pounders, 1 4 pounder and a 6 pound kicker who blew up right next to my kayak. Threw my jig right over her boil, yanked it a couple of times and she hit it. Pulled me for a little Alaskan sleigh ride in my kayak. All fish released and all looked real healthy
    City: sunnyvale

    Tips: Go small; THe bass weren't hitting anything big, just shad about 1-2" long. Saw bigger ones, but no bass around them

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: caught another one today 1.5 lb small but it just adds another one to my list.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: reel in slow

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a 2 lb 20 oz and it faught hard.
    City: San Jose

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Good job Eric! The spinnerbait is great bait especially when it's windy!!
    City: San Jose

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I casted a spinnerbait on the first try and hooked on to a 4lb+ bass pretty good even though i went there around 7:30pm not even 5 minutes into there i got one so you know for sure this place has some FAT BASS! i used Terminator Spinnerbait color: Chartruese/White trailed with Power Bait single tail Green/Brown worm.
    City: San Jose

Monday, May 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out on the boat today and fished for about 4 hours. We were on the water until almost 8:00 tonight. It was awesome and the bite during the last hour and a half was off the hook.... literally.

    I caught 5 fish and lost two. One of the fish I lost was well over 5 lbs. - I had it right up to the boat and then I switched my rod from right to left like a friggin IDIOT! I knew I messed up right when I did it. It was at the boat, money in the bank, my dad even had a hand on it. It could have had a new PB.

    Anyhow, here is the break down:

    Caught 2 on Brush Hog
    Caught 2 on Basstrix Minnow (This swimbait has GREAT potential - I would have caught more with this but I lost it)
    Caught 3 on Craw Colored Crank Bait (Lost the 5 Pounder on this bait)

    I also threw a Rapala X-Rap suspension minnow and had one nice hit but nada.

    If you head back into Cherry Cove there are bunch of carp swarming around - maybe they are nesting? I also saw a bright orange Koi cruising which was pretty cool.

    One more note - After I lost my 5# I caught the biggest crappie in my life on the craw colored crankbait - it was HUGE and I wish I would have taken a photo of it!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: chatter bait hooked four 2.5 lbs average 1 lizard fish. very windy. For anyone interested I have a 2005 14' Crestliner Jon/bass boat loaded with goodies for sale on craigslist south bay and flyer at Coyote bait and tackle. nice boat for our local lakes
    City: Salinas

    Tips: drop anchor in those winds, 1 oz tungsten carolina rig

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out there again today and was using a trout swim bait trying to get a big one and ended up getting a nice 3 pounder and my buddy caught a little one pounder on a senko.
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: Fish swim baits slow and you might have a chance.

Monday, April 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out around 4 pm and caught a nice 4 pounder on a brush hog. Seen some big fish jumping put on a frog ,but no go. It was a little windy , if you go out in the morning it should be perfect.
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: Brush hogs seem to be what the bigger bass like. If the water is calm try top water baits.

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: It was a good fishing day for other people but just not me. The guy next to me today landed a good 2-3 pounder right off his second try. It was pretty calm weather over all hardly any wind till sunset.

    p.s. it was my first time fishing here so please email me tips on what lures you guys use. thank you.
    City: san jose

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

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    Water Temp: 59-60

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: out at 8am, little windy, caught 6 all on big heavy carolina rig brush hog, 5th fish was a nice 8lb 5oz beast. Trip out on shore anglers taking fish home. Read the sign. Peligro!
    Fished reaction bait for an hour but no luck
    City: Salinas

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for about three hours from around 7:00 to 10:00, got some bites, landed a few pigs that went a little over 4lbs on my scale, the rest were between 1-3lbs, total of 8 fish out by the Bailey cove. Wind was a biotch today!!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Find cover when its windy and fish slow. All im getting are fish movin my lures off the beds, to be expected of course. Tight lines.

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out for a couple of hours late afternoon. Caught 3 on wacky rigged green watermelon senko from the shore. Small ones, 1 to 1.5 lb.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: You could surf on the waves out there. Wind was howling!

Friday, April 13th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My Dad and I spent about 3 hours on the water on Friday. I hooked into only one fish on a carolina rigged brush hog. There was a lot of pressure on the lake that day.

    We heard that a guy on a pontoon hooked into a 12# - if it's true that must have been awesome!

    Wind wasn't as bad as it had been most of the week and I thought the bite would have been better.

    Good luck!
    City: San Jose

Monday, April 9th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished this reservoir for three days straight (2 hours each day) and caught 8 - 10 fish with the biggest being 3.5#. The water is on the rise at the moment but the wind has been pounding.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish slow. I caught my fish on crank baits and carolina rigged brus-hogs. Good luck!

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 62-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Saw the strangest thing today. I saw a hundred, at least, carp spawning right at the edge of the grass at he south end of the lake. They were thrashing around in about 2 ft of water. Some were at least 15 pounds, or more.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: It's windy for a float tube!

Friday, April 6th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started around 8 a.m. Fished from shore to the left of the boat launch. Caught 8 fish from that spot in about 2 hours. 7 bass ranging from 1/2 to 4 pounds. 1 crappie almost a pound. All on white/chartreuse spinnerbaits.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish school around the docks/boat launch. Fish the spinnerbait around the boat launch and docks early in the day, while there are few boats there. Once jetskiers come the fishing sucks. Fish the spinnerbait on the bottom so it ticks against the rocks.

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the shore for an hour and a half... got a 1, 2, and 3 pounder all on a white and chartreuse spinnerbait fairly shallow.
    City: Saratoga

    Tips: get there early to avoid the jet- skiers.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 59-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 1:30 to 6:00...Tubed from Launch and follwed shoreline South. I was determened to Rip.
    I only marked two fish in the first hour..both suspended. I speant the next two hours hunting with occasional small action. I finally found them staged in 11-13 feet of water suspended around 6 feet deep....maybe 70 yards from the shallow flats. I couldn't find a consistent Rip bight "tired arms"...Started drop-shotting with great action.I watched alot of boats hit the typical water and blank...then cruise right over all those fish on there way to another spot.It's almost like everybody is programed...we just keep pounding what usually works. I found all these fish stacked in an area that I never pay attention to...normally 20-24 feet and featureless. Eventually the wind got the better of me.
    Anyways, eventually that wind got the better of me. Interesting day...after that front.
    City: Morgan HIll

    Tips: I'd suggest hit your spots...if it's slow search..then search some more. Atleast 75 percent of what I marked was suspended.