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Monday, March 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: ICAUGHT 2 FISH 2POUNDER AND I ALSO CAUGHT MY BIG FISH OF THE DAY WHICH WAS 6.5 POUNDER I WAS USING A 7 INCH GEEN SENKO WITH RED FLAKE. SHALLOW 6FEET FROM SHORE I WASNT AT PINTO LAKE WHEN I CAUGHT THIS BEAST I WAS AT THIS BIG POUND CALLED DREW OWNED BY SAM K ALSO FISHING WITH ME WAS PISTOL PETE AND CAUGHT 2 THAT WERE 2.5 POUNDERS ALSO USING SENKO GREEN WATERMELON EARLY IN THE MORNING OVER CAST DAY ALL FISH WERE REALSED.
    City: watsonville

    Tips: ALL MY FISH WERE CAUGHT ON SENKOS SLOOOOOW DOWN ON PRESENTION. FISH ARENT TO ACTIVE 6.5 HAD EGGS READY TO SPAWN .GOOD LUCK!

Sunday, February 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: COLD!!!

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Skunked! From my kickboat, lipped the shoreline with jigs & sot plastics (Senko's included); tossed my 9" MS SLammer trout plug around some -- maybe TOO much, given the murky water! (I think the 'Slammer' might be more suited to clearer waters). A couple times when I was lippin', I thought I had something on, but as I pulled through it, I came up empty. Not sure i that was a ish getting o, or snagging a branch or some weeds or whatever. Water was cold and muddy, although the weather was warm & Spring-like. I had igured the string o warm temperatures the past ew days might kick 'em into gear this weekend, but there wasn't much going on. One other tuber said he had caught a couple on Senkos, but nothing to write home about.
    City: San Jose

Thursday, January 4th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 40-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake about 3pm and started ishing senkos and nothing. tide a 1/4 ounce jig and went to thoes deeper mud piles and got a 4 pounder.
    City: watsonville

    Tips: ish slow and be patient. good luck!

Sunday, October 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I GOT TO THE LAKE WITH MY FREND MIKE ABOUT 11:00AM. AND BETWEN BOTH OF US WE CAUGHT ABOUT 25 BASS ANIWARE FROM A POUND TO 4 POUNDS. WE FISHT ALL AROUND THE LAKE AND GOT FISH EVRYWERE IT WAS (HOT) THE FISH WERE JUST ON FIRE IT GOT VERY WINDY BUT IT DIDIN'T STOP THE BASS FROM BITTING WE GOT OUT THE LAKE ABOUT 4:00PM AND MY LAST FISH WAS A 3 POUNDER OF THE LAUNCH RAMP.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: WE GOT ALL THE FISH ON A BLUE AND SILVER JERKBAIT. WORK THEM REALLY FAST ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BOAT.

Thursday, October 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went to pinto lake and caught 12 bass in 4hr. my biggest bass was a 5.1/2 pounder.my second ish was a 5.00 pounder and my 3rd was a 4.00 pounder.
    City: watsnville

    Tips: ish in the rain and thow a shollow runing crankbait.

Sunday, June 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 74-76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished The Pajaro Valley Club Tournament today and as usual Pinto was reluctant to give up her ish, but the ish she did give up were quality. I threw jigs, lukes,worms,brush hogs,reapers and could not buy a ish. Winner weighed in only three ish but they totaled 12.44 with a 5.76 kicker that also took big ish money. Only two other ish were caught, a 5.67 and a 4.92
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: Jigs,jigs,jigs,jigs and i you don't like jigs try a jig!

Monday, June 5th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: There is still some slots open or the Pajaro Valley Bass Club Charity Tournament at Pinto on June 17th( see Pinto report dated 5-2-2000). I heard some tubers were interested, well you guys are welcome. Call Rob Greenaway at (831)768-7950 or more ino.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: The ishing is starting to get good, Flipin & pitchin is the name o the game!!

Monday, May 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water about 7 am ished till 3:30 . they said it had been tough but I managed to get 10 ish between 2.5-6.2lbs . got all on brush hogs (black w/red lake) lipped into tules and trees. pinto is an awsome liiping lake but it can be tough at times .Be patient and lip as ar back in the shit as you can!
    City: remont

Thursday, May 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65-67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit Pinto this morning and lipped jigs, worms, blades lukes and even tried a rog across the weeds in the back with no luck. Then tried a blk/silver glitter luke and thought I had ound the answer as I caught two 2 pounders in the irst ive casts within 10 yds o each other. Caught them in the tules. That was it or me. Two ellow club members were out and having about the same luck ippin' worms. Water seemed a little muddy or this time o year. Did pull up a gill net with two nice bass in it. Fellow club member ound three yesterday. F&G where are you?
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: When all else ails, throw out a gill net (just kidding!)

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The Pajaro Valley Bass Club O Watsonville will be holding it's First Annual Charity Bass Tournament on Saturday, June 17, 2000 at Pinto Lake. This years charity will be the Transportation Program o the Volunteer Centers o Santa Cruz County. Entry is $20 per angler with a $5 Big Fish option. Top three inishers will receive git certiicates rom a local tackle shop o $100, $75 and $50. Big Fish will receive a $50 certiicate. This tournament is limited to 20 boats. Entry ee and option must be received by June 10th. To enter or or more ino please call Rob Greenaway at (831)768-7950
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: Pinto is a lipmeisters heaven on earth!! Check out pintolake.com

Tuesday, March 28th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well I inally managed to pull a ish out o this lake. She was close to 5#. Fished all around the main body with a jig and pig. Got tired o lipping and the wind came up making it hard to hold position. Nosed into the tullies and started throwing a white spinnerbait with chrome willow lea blades down the shade line just in ront o the vegetation and WAM! Check water temps where you're ishing it varies quite a bit. Remember to post your reports , no matter how it went. Catch and Release! Don't deplete the rescource.
    City: Aptos

    Tips: Jig and pig i you're a good lipper. White spinnerbait i not. Dr. Juice Scent

Saturday, March 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got to Pinto about 6:30AM. Fished all around the lake got a ew strikes but that was it. I was jiggin a Black/Blue jig with a junebug grub trailer. ( I read in an article somewhere that it worked better than a jig and pig...NOT!)Talked to two guys who got 5 ish , one was eight pounds! Full o eggs. They were using jig and pig. Tight into shoreline cover , SLOW! This lake should be working well in a couple o weeks. Don't orget to post your reports regardless o how the day was...
    City: Aptos

    Tips: Black/Blue jig with dark colored pig , pitch into shoreline cover , tight , most strikes on the drop , i not , let'ersit on the bottom or a ew seconds and then jig real slow , pause , and jig again. The guy that caught the eight pounder gave me this tip.

Friday, March 10th, 2000

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    Water Temp: COLD

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Pinto rom about 7:00 till Noon. Got a couple o hits but that was it. My riend only got one strike. We saw about ten other people on the lake and everyone we talked to had the same luck ..... NADA! We threw spinners , all colors , tubes , cranks ... everything we had. Maybe the water was just to cold and to muddy. It was a beautiul day though... the worst day ishing still beats the best day working. I'll be back at Pinto real soon , one way or another I'm going to igure that place out. I'll keep you posted....
    City: Aptos

    Tips: I I knew what worked I'd tell ya.... I tried everything...No Luck at all... Any one have any tips about this place e-mail me.

Saturday, August 28th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: me and my buddy went about 4oclock lipped wood and tules lostbig ish on plastic worm it messed up my day ish was about 7lbs ish broke o had just put on new line owell next time
    City: watsonville

    Tips: use dark colors and lip to places never lipped beore

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    Water Temp: 72-74

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The Pajaro Valley Bass Club held their August tournament at Pinto Lake in Watsonville. The ishing was tough except or new member Mike Gutierrez who was culling by 8am. He weighed in a 14.50 limit with a nice 4# kicker. Second place was distant 6.74. As our BassNTube bretheren have reported in the past lippin the deep dark jungle was the name o the game and jigs were the hot lure today. The ish seemed to be hitting the jig as soon as it hit the bottom.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: Dark colored jigs especially around wood cover and there is plenty o this at Pinto.

Friday, June 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a test o the automatic report cgi
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lets hope it worksFishing Reports or Pinto Lake

Tuesday, April 27th, 1999

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    Water Temp: Low 60's

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: At the 3rd Bass-n-Tubes tourney o the year, 'tough' would be a good description o our day-- two decent limits and a 5-1/2lb. 'Big Fish' notwithstanding! Alot o the ish were caught early in the day. Grey skies andmoderate winds stuck around right uptil weigh-in time, when it cleared up a bit. Tim Crane won with a 16+ lb. bag, topped with a couplenice at ones over 4 lbs.John Lake got second with a limit o 11+. It ell o to single digits ater that. 'Dana' (senior)got 'Big Fish,' with that 5-1/2 lb'er.(We weigh to the nearest hundredth; I just didn't bring home the actual results). I got SKUNKED,although I wasn't the onlyone. It's a pretty small lake, & lippin' is basically how you have to approach it -- lots oshoreline tules, brush & wood. Acouple o guys were catching 'em on shallow cranks & spinnerbaits, too, but it always came back tothe lippin'. With limitedshoreline available, & a bunch o guys lined up, one ater the other to hit the same brush over &over, it really ell to the expert*lipmeisters* to either get it where it had to go, or put it to 'em just right. Everyone wasthrowing reapers and brush hogs (big &baby), & maybe a craw/worm or two. I threw a pig-n-jig or awhile, to no avail (obviously). Thislake can be pretty good -- lastAugust, John broke the BnT 5-ish weigh-in record here, at 17+ lbs.! Oh, well, maybe when we comeback in July, things'll beback up to those better numbers. Next month (May 16th) is Lake Sonoma -- give John a call @408-263-6174 i you want tojoin us! Some o the guys rom the Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club are apparently planning onjoining us, too, so the prizepool oughtta be juicier than normal ($25 a head). Give us a try! (Check out our website: http://members.xoom.com/je_sxx/ )
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Year 'round @ Pinto: lippin' sot plastics deep into the ample shoreline cover. Reapers &Brush Hogs work especially well.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: before the piers were built those were concrete....then the built the planks on top...
    City: watsonville

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: thanks for thainfo. unfortunatly i didn't get to go today cuz i was grounded because of my grads(im a freshman) anyways, were you in a boat or on the bank and were you flipin to tules or wood?
    City: elkhorn

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out at 7 am throwing Senkos wacky and texas rigged. Basically thew them all day and caught 8 between me and my buddy Greg. Biggest around 4 lbs.
    City: Watsonville, CA

    Tips: Throw your bait in as close as you can to cover and watch your line. No "fishy" areas, fish were here and there not in one specific area. Tight lines and pack your trash!