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Monday, April 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Float tubed 2pm to 5pm catching four using senkos in the tulees from . Work extremely slow and get inside the weeds.
    City: Watsonville, Ca

    Tips: Take your time. Trout colored laminate senko.

Monday, February 12th, 2007

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got 5 dinks in back tules on r-traps and 1 5# fish by the ramp on ms slammer 7"
    City: santa cruz

    Tips: they are planting trout about every other week

Friday, December 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: drunk

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: sizeeeeeeeeeeeeeee all day long my partner bill & I slayed!!!!!!!!!!
    City: monterey

    Tips: swimbaits buy the marina killed

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water @ 10AM and started throwing a jig and drop shot. No dice all day till i fianaly got one (1.5 lb) on a senko off the back reeds. The alge bloom is definately still present. I HATE IT. its so thick my fish finder doesnt even read fish. I guess they just stocked so i tried my new 3:16 mission fish with no production. I feel that those fish have already gorged themselves on stockers so theyre not too hungry right now. Just a hunch.
    City: Watsonville, Ca

    Tips: Talked to a guy that says go suuuuuuper sloooow with your presentation. Not the easiest theing to do. Good luck.

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went out from 2-6pm and caught 3 keepers. best was around 3lb on a jig. algae bloom is insane right now! water is green and around tules its almost pea soup consistency in some spots. it almost smells like manure to tell you the truth.

    Tips: persistence is key. wooded areas were the most productive. all bites were either around wood or willows. the last half hour before lake closes always seems to produce the best bites. be ready to scrub green crud of your boat after loading.

Friday, October 6th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: No production all day. Got on in my boat at 10 and off at 2:30 with only one nibble. I tried every bait in my bag so it definately dropped my confidence level down a notch on all of them. Water has NASTY moss growing on it, no water visibility at all. First time i boated the lake and seems to look like a nice lake. This is also a very shallow lake. I probably spotted 30 fish total on my fish finder for the whole day. Very frusterating, but ya gotta keep you hook wet to catch em.
    City: Watsonville, Ca

    Tips: You tell me....

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: haven't been out lately but thought i'd post something since there is no reports this year. heard of a couple double digit fish so far this year and trout planting have been going on. hit and miss good days, pinto always seems to turn on the nastier the weather gets.

    Tips: spinnerbaits, jigs, beavers

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: 15 dinks and and a 5lb donk top water and rattle traps fish real active after 4 days of warm weather
    City: santa cruz

Friday, April 9th, 2004

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    Water Temp: dunno

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We went fishing in our float tubes for about 2 hours using Texas rigged baby brush hogs. Caught only 1 bass cuz had to take my friends gf home.... Very nice lake... I thought we would have had better luck.
    City: Morgan Hill

Sunday, February 1st, 2004

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the lake on Superbowl Sunday. Was the only boat out there! It was nice. Marked a lot o ish by McGregger point and again at Stumppy point. Turn-over has them scatered in the colume, water temp. was down so we ished the bottem with worms. Motor oil with red lak and chartruse curly tail did the trick. Had several hits and got one onboard, 3.5 lbs. Water level is high. Lots o cans. Keep a tight line and pack your trash.
    City: santa cruz

    Tips: ish are there, go slow. worms & jigs in dark contrasting colors do well.

Thursday, May 29th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started ishing at 3:00 this aternoon. Started throwing a white spinnerbait into the windblown tules. Caught a 1.5lber. Found some came water and started throwing a chartruse buzzbait and caught a 2.5lber. Missed a couple ish on both baits. Bites were ew and ar between. Found a nice break on o the point by Marmoes. Threw a delta craw speed trap on the point and caught a trout. Then switched to a deeper diving crankbait with no luck. Ater that I switched to a carolina rigged lizard with not takers. Flipped a black/blue jig with no luck. I quit ishing at a little ater 7:00. It was a good day.
    City: Scotts Valley

Friday, March 21st, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went to pinto to help the kids derby rom 7-10 then the presedent o the pajaro valley rob, and me went out in the lake he was lipping and he got 1 ish that weight was 3 lbs. I was looking or a big ish and through a big swimm bait and got one about 3 1/2.the week beor i lost a big one on the swimm bait.you can see the ish ollow your bait.
    City: watsonville

    Tips: ish with a big swimm bait to catch big ish.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went out about 6pm. started lippin a jig no luck. threw a senko had one come o, the sun started to go down so i went to a buzz bait and started cathing them got ive and mist two all within an hr. biggest went 3lb.
    City: watsonville

    Tips: senkos/jigs/and top water have ben working or me later in the day so good luck.

Sunday, August 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: hot

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: catching good ish just bank ishing lots on buzzbaits and senkos ish in 3to5lb range any questions drop me a email good ishin
    City: watsonville

    Tips: ish late use buzzbaits

Friday, June 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water about 3pm, ished the shoreline to the right (looking out rom the ramp). Threw a black/red jig with a black/red craw trailer and a 5" watermelon/black lake Senko. No bites. Switched to a 6" Senko, same color, and inally got bit o the point across rom Marmo's. Missed it. Pitched the same Senko into a laydown, got bit, missed that one too. Got o the water about 7:15.Beautiul aternoon and it sure beat working but landing a couple o ish would have made it sweeter!
    City: Santa Cruz

Tuesday, May 14th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the back tulies using senkos and jigs or about 2 hours on my tube. Got 2 bites on the senkos but missed them both. Ended up catching 2 on a blue and black jig with a madman trailer. This is a nice area to tube, looks like it could hold some giant bass.

    Tips: The bass just inished spawning. I saw ry everywhere. Reaction baits should start picking up.

Saturday, May 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: i went ishing on sunday and lost ive on a swimbait. i got 2 bolth were 5 lbs.
    City: watsonville

    Tips: there eeding on trout that they stalk

Sunday, April 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out or a couple o hours today, got nothing. I lipped a black and red jig the entire time, got one bite, and didn't get a good hookset.On a really sad note I ound a gill net in some tules. As I was pulling and cutting it out I pulled up a bass. It was about 1.5#. I thought it was dead at irst but it moved so I careully cut it ree and let it go.I suspect that people who would use a gill net are not likely to visit this orum so I'll skip preaching about why they are so bad. GILL NETS SUCK!
    City: Santa Cruz

    Tips: Try something other than a red and black jig. I you use a gill net I hope Fish and Game get a hold o you.

Friday, October 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out this morning about 9/30am started throwing a buzz bait and got one right away about 2#.switch to a spiner bait and got a ew more nothing big.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: Evening bite is the best this time o the year I ben geting ive or six ish on cht.spiner bait and lippin jigs.

Wednesday, September 12th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went to pinto and meet my reind there and got out on the lake ished or 2 hours and went to a senko and got a bite realy quik it was short but at about 2.0 lbs. 1/2 later I got one more about the same size then the mosquitos got us and ished our way in with a swim bait no bites.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: don't throw a swim bait.