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Friday, January 13th, 2012

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: And that same guy TOM from what I remember used to sell the fish to people he knows. Let me guess, he gave you a storm chartreuse swimbait? Lame-O
    City: Daly City

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Met an elderly Chinese man named Tom who told me he has caught hundreds of LM bass at this lake over the years. He told me the secret to catching them and gave me one of his special lures. I went back the next week and caught a 2 lber off the boat house dock.

    Tips: They're in there so keep trying. Please catch and release.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Stop eating them!! everytime I go to this lake its the same-o song.
    City: daily city

    Tips: catch and release

Friday, February 19th, 2010

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished tonight right before dark in my spot that i always go to...i looked into the tullies and saw them move a lot..so then i casted my 4inch chigger craw in and pulled out a 6+ pound fish.
    City: SF

    Tips: this was off the hook..everytime i come here i hope to atleast get a bite..and to catch a 6+ out of here is great. tight lines SEE PICTURE

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: back again for more bass fishing after being away from the game a few months. Fished from 5:45-6:15pm. Manage to bring up a nice 2-3 lb. LargeM. from the bridge(south lake). Bass looked like its been having a rough time out there. lol... some guy was nice enough to take my pic... fished was released after photo.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: It was a nice day to go fishin + I couldnt wait to fish again. hehehe.. Saw little babies near left shore, and decided to go with plastic shads..... dark green. gg catch and release. Pic is posted .. have a nice day.

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: fished the south and north lakes. zilch. threw senkos and small swim bait from the piers. outside temp was in mid 80's. water clarity was split pea soup (color). On the north shore, fished by the ramp off the pier, again, zilch.
    City: South San Francisco

Monday, June 8th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this morning for a couple of hours at impoundment with a float tube. No bites on on a senko, weather was overcast and breezy. Never had much luck with bass on any of these lakes, but will keep trying cuz I know that they are there (at least that's what I hear..LOL!)
    City: Pacifica

    Tips: Would appreciate any tips on fishing these lakes.

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Anyone know exactly were onr can walk up(public access) on the south lake ? Iwas going to take Muni out tere but don't know where to go.
    City: San Francisco

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished South End of the South Lake on the East Bank. Found an opening in the tulles. Threw white on white blades and caught 2 bass biggest 4lbs. Dragged football jig craw color caught another two biggest went 5lbs.
    Only fished less than an hour if stayed longer most likely would have caught more
    City: Bay Area

    Tips: Everything fished slow. Stay on eastern bank (wind blown side)

Friday, March 6th, 2009

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    Water Temp: Cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Lakes for about 3 hours yesterday. There have been some changes since my last time out there last year. I fished the Impoundment for about 30 minutes,entirely on the left side of the bank. Two Carp fisherman with 2 rods each took up the rest of the bank. I threw soft plastics YUM Craw Bug, a purple plastic worm. Nothing. Moved to the pier on the other side of the bridge for another 30 minutes. Hey! Guess what? Another Carp guy at the pier! I also saw a fisherman in a small rubber dinghy in the tules with a long rod/ bobber outfit fishing for carp.I worked the tules with a black and blue jig YUM wooly hawg trailer. Not a bite. The bank on the South Lake bridge side is being restored, so I didn't fish there. Moved to the docks/pier on the other side of the South Lake by the old restaurant. Tossed a spinner bait into the wind along the tules and on the pier. Nothing biting. I moved across the road to the North Lake. I rigged up a split shot and rainbow trout colored Baby Sluggo. Tossed it along some tules and nailed a small 14 inch bass. An interesting sunny day at Lake Merced. Smoked 2 Nicaraguan cigars and caught 1 large mouth bass. Not too bad. Maybe I should get some doughballs and fish for carp? Just kidding!
    City: Daly City

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Back again for more, stayed a bit longer. Fished the south end again. This time got no bites. Fished the dock too with no luck. Same at the impound. When I was fishing the dock there were some guys fishing for carp. I seen him pull a couple of them up using 15 ft rods ....lol woah.. anywayz, no fish today for me... ill be back some time later this week.....
    City: The Bay

    Tips: Have fun, be patient, and do what you Love ..BASS FISHNG BABY! YIT-TA-DEE. lol

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the south lake from 4pm-to 5pm. Caught 1 LM on the dock casting right passed weeds. Had a vicious bite off my gravedigger crank. Had it for about 3-4 seconds till he shook it off.(same spot). Then fished right of the cement block and missed 1 off my jig. :( ... only fished for an hour cuz my son and wife was getting bored.
    City: saN FraNcisCO

    Tips: If you only have an hour to fish: *_*
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    Cranks, jigs or lures that mimic baitfish. slow presentation on jigs. HAVE FUN AS USUAL. oh yeah, Catch, PIC< and Release. WOOT

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 2pm to 3pm South Lake. Caught one,
    1 lb under the dock that the seagulls really like. Senko Pumpkin flake
    City: San Francisco

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished south lake a couple hrs. for 3 bites,one made it to side of boat.checked out 1 nice bedfish playin with a turtle for about 20mins-never threw at her .
    City: dc

    Tips: jigs

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: no luck. 4 bites total. no fish in the tube.
    City: san francisco

    Tips: we fished super slow. some drop shotting was done and some jig flipping. found i lot of lures though.

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: To the 2 tubers out in the Impoundment today....any luck? I've been wondering if I should dust the tube off and head out there.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Ramy - Nice fish!
    City: Daly City

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out yesterday for a couple of hours with my brother and it was windy, wasnt thinking i was gonna get a bite.so started on the red dock on the south lake and got two shakers on a drop shot then moved to the to the other side of te lake o the cement dock and pulled out a 5+ bass on the drop shot! i thought she was a gonner cuz she went straight for the tules and i was using 6 lb test!!! man wut a day at merced.
    City: san francisco

    Tips: fish slow tight lines...(see pic of 5+)

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Been out a couple of days this week (Wed and Sat). Fished the usual spots for early spring. The water is still a bit cold, but did happen to see a fish caught on Wednesday. Ran into a couple of young fellers (Ramy and friends) who have been fishing the lake for the last few weeks.

    I've been throwing a splitshot 4" Pumpkin Green YUM Wooly Hawg on my spinning outfit with some success (one small bass on Saturday).

    Give it another week or two - I've got a feeling it'll be a pretty good year.
    City: Daly City

    Tips: Go slow - try every pocket and point. Move to different spots, if you have the time.

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This lake is in bad need of a report. Finally back to fishing after 3yrs+. Responsibilities. Well, those responsibilties made me relize, I need to go fishing bad. Spent the last month+, re-rigging myself with all new tackle,gear and boat. So you know, my anticipation level is off the charts. I have big plans to hit every waterway in the Bay Area. I wound up at Lake Merced because Easter (and responsibilties) snuck up on me. It's im my back yard so I sqeezed it in.-------TO THE REPORT! Because of limited time, it turned into a pre- fishing trip. I was looking for bass throwing spinner baits and senkos. I was probably fishing too fast. I actually gave up and just went checking spots. Fish were marking where you think they would be. Well...my next report will be strictly about fish.
    City: Daly City

    Tips: Never stop fishing. Connecting with Earth is a responsibilty.---Throw 'em back!