San Luis Lake and Reports

Sunday, September 2nd, 2001

• By Dave McKenzie

  Water Temp: 68.5-70.0

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: On the water at 6am. Wind coming out o west at 8mph..I launched rom Dino Pt. Three small Stripers real quick throwing a chrome trap all small 3lb ish..one ollower that was double digit but wouldn't commit..Wind kinda went lat and I just jumped rom point to point and where there was bait we cought ish..Today I took out a riend that stayed with his ly rod and he ended up with 3 stripers and one nice black about 4lbs..this is a good time o year to be on this lake , there is a decent jig bite or blacks and the little schoolie stripes can be had all day i you just keep moving. Lake is down about 50'..maybe more. there is a slight algea bloom going on in some areas and the bait is balled up with it..
  City: San Jose

  Tips: keep a topwater bait tied on and keep throwing it..you'll get bit. Be careull trying to cross 152 to go west..It's kinda sketchy!!

Sunday, June 24th, 2001

• By Gou Yang

  Water Temp: cold

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: I ished Check point 12 at the san luis creek area. It's my avorite spot or catish, black bass, and stripped bass. Most o the time only small stripped bass will bite but occasionally someone will land a 15-20 inch stripped bass. Most catish I catch are small so they are released but I always get one that is 5-10lbs. I they are more than 10lbs I also let them go.Catish at san luis has no size limit and no bag limit but a good sports ishermen should let the small ones go and not take more than you should.
  City: San Jose

  Tips: As soon as the sun begins to set, the catish will go crazy. They will bite immediatly i you are using clams. They will take a while to bite on anchovies, liver, worms. For stripped bass, I am always bait ishing. I use liver because they seem to love it more than anchovies but liver is harder to bait. For black bass, go where all the rocks are against the shore and pick your avorite lure and start ishing. I've seen some people accidentally catch 20 inch stripped bass.

Monday, November 13th, 2000

• By Nicolo

  Water Temp: n/a

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: A riend and I ished the orebay near the 152 bridge in the aternoon. The water was very clear, I think due to the release o water rom San Luis. We had planned on kick boating, but it was too windy. Ended up bait ishing or a while, then wading and casting lures. We ished the bridge pilings or black bass with no hits, then tried the area outside the bouys or stripers. We caught three small stripers on hair raisers and lies.
  City: Mountain View

  Tips: Small rattle traps, hair raisers, or lies. The baitish are generally small this year, so use small lures. The ishing is slow now.

Date Unknown

• By bass dude

  Water Temp: cold

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Went over to San Luis throwing plastics for the stripers. Ended up with no stipers but with one nice fat largemouth bass caught on a blue and chrome rebel.

  Tips: The weather was only ten degeres from freezing so dress warm.

• By Mike Nance

  Water Temp: n/a

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Well have not been over for some time so i took a guy i meet from New York.We got there about 6:30 and as alway's this time of year it was a little on the windy side.So we ran to the back of Dinosaur point he picked one up right away on a Spook look alike,a little over four pound's.Then the wind let up and we ran out and fished the flat's.Lot's of fish mostly on jerkbait's but did ok on Zoom Super Fluke's also.Small fish between 2.5 and 4 lbs.He had a few hit's and follow's on a Senko but no hookup's.Oh yea i did hook him as he was trying to get a fish for me on my Bogagrip made me feel kinda bad.
  City: Salinas

  Tips: Get over there before long it will be to hot.They have started dropping the lake and that is the clue to start fishing the reaction bite over there.Good luck

• By Mike Nance

  Water Temp: n/a

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Got to the lake about 9:00 and the parking lot was pretty full thought the bite must be on.Well it turned out to be a very slow day.Fished the dino point area from tha back out to the ramp,jerkbait,rat-l-trap and hairaiser not one bite.Then ran out and fished below the windmill's had one follow and cought one 24".Then ran accross and fished the rock's by the highway and then the tree's in the water below ramero nothing.Finished the day back around dino point anf finnaly picked up four more.Good thing was two were 3lb largemouth's.All on jerkbait
  City: Salinas

  Tips: Water was just way to clear you can see 25'feet and if you keep an eye out you can see the fish.They sure dont hang around moving like wolf pack's.

• By MIKE NANCE

  Water Temp: N/A

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Got to lake at 11:00am to fish the afternoon.Was a little windy when i got there.Started out at dino point fished jerbait and rat-l-trap for about an hour not one bite.Then ran down to fish the flat's below the windmill's and got 8 hit's and landed five.Largest 26"about four pound's.Was like watching wild kingdom,I was just working the bank's i noticed at the next cove a big black animal right at the water.So i got about three feet from the bank and snuck over to check it out.I was able to sneak up to about 25 yard's becouse the bank was hideing me.It was about a three hundred pound boar.I watched him and boy he stuck that nose in the air and about three sniff's and man up the hill he went.Then the next cove was the herd of those Tule elk and about 5 coyote's pretty cool.Fishing was slow but i stayed entertained by wildlife.
  City: SALINAS

  Tips: Well i think the reaction bite is about to dye off.Switch to jumbo live minnow's winter seem's to be the best for this.

• By David Mckenzie

  Water Temp: 67-70

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: This report is for O'Neill fore bay. The fishing has been consistant with 30+ fish days when the wind will permit. Most fish in the 18-24" range with an occasional better fish in the 7-10lb class. All on the flats with topwater plugs and a few on the weed edges with traps or hair jigs. They will also eat a fluke as a follow up bait to a missed topwater plug.
  City: San Jose

  Tips: poppers,spitting image and super spooke jr is what we have been throwing...Please handle them with care as this is not a self sustaining fishery.

• By MIKE NANCE 5/10/03

  Water Temp: 58

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: WENT TO FISH FOR STRIPERS,USEUALLY FISH FOR LARGEMOUTH,BUTTHOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A TRY.DONT LIKE TO FISH WITH BAIT SO ISTARTED OUT WITH A REBEL MINNOW IN MYSTIC SHAD PATTERN.FISHED THE DINASOUR POINT AREA AND COUGHT 22 FISH,FROM 16" TO 22LBS.MOST FISH WERE ABOUT 24"TO 28".HAVE TO JERK BAIT REAL FAST ANDHARD.MOST FISHED WOULD HIT ON THE PAUSE BUT SOME ALMOST TOOKTHE ROD OUT OF MY HAND.TRY LEAVING THE ANCHOVIE AND LIVE BAITAT HOME YOU MAY BE SURPRISED!!!!!!! WITH ALL THE BASS CLUBS RUINING BASS FISHING MAYBE I WILL FISH THIS LAKE MORE
  City: SALINAS

  Tips: BELIEVE THIS SAME PATTERN WILL WORK BETTER IN FALL.

• By John@justish-n

  Water Temp: 53

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished the big Lake on Weds. Wasn't my day!no ish!! Had a Great ishing partner or the day, but we let the catching to everyone around us. The bite continues or those in the right place at the right time.We watched several boat net ish ater ish while others like us kept looking or the right spot! Anchovies seemed to be the bait o choice this day with ish being caught in Lone Oak Bay and the trash Rack.Good Luck and good ish-n justish-n.comTrips still open 209-5298364
  City: modesto

  Tips: Find the right spot, Anchovies

• By john johle @justish-n

  Water Temp: 52

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished big lake, back o coves out, drited Jumbo Minnows, and trolled w/downriggers,and swimbaits, caught ish both ways.Limits by 10am to 15lbs. trolled caught biggest ish and release. O lake by noon,good day!john @ justish-n guide service209-529-8364
  City: modesto

  Tips: slow drit, small split shot, hook minnow in back o in to swim down. cut swimbait like cutplug when trolling

• By PGrunkorn

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished last Monday and this Monday. Lots o Small ish last week and not too many biggies. This week very ew hits or us, other boats were boating large 12-17 pounds but overall production way down rom last week.
  City: San Jose

  Tips: ishing with anchovy or minnow on the bottom in 100-140 eet o depth

• By Daniel Sampson

  Water Temp: ---------------

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: whats happening at San Luis???? what are they biting.....when are they biting???
  City: Santa Clara

• By Joe shelby

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Ric --where did you read about the big striper?
  City: tracy

  Tips: na