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Tuesday, May 28th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: no need or powerbait here... there arent any trout!
    City: san jose

Monday, May 27th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We ished rom shore or about 2 hours, no luck. We used green powerbait, night crawlers, and plastic worm. Not even a bite.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Don't know.

Friday, May 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went ishing rom 5:30 - 8pm. Fished the area to the right o the bridge near the parking lot. Caught a 10 inch bass using a 4 inch Texas-rigged junebug worm o some boulders.
    City: Saratoga

    Tips: Use dark colored worms.

Thursday, May 16th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: where on the lake were you using the popper? id like to get in on some topwater action. went ishing today 7-830.. got a ew bites on a crawdad tube... then on my last cast, with ish bustin the surace, i threw a black senko right where one just busted...then waited...and waited...or it to do what senkos do on the drop.... then the slack in my line slowly got tighter and tighter... and i mean SLOW... i cranked twice to hurry the process and BAM... it elt like a good one, but i realized just how good when she started to run.. this girl nearly broke my rod in hal.. ater about two minutes o ighting her on my ultralight, i got her in.. another 5 pounder or me!! two on two consecutive days... im really starting to like this lake.. Stick em Hard!!!
    City: san jose

Wednesday, May 15th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom about 4 to sundown on my tube. Threw out dierent colored senkos , a ew crankbaits, a spinner bait, brass and glass with dierent plastics, and jigs with not even a bite. As the sun was just starting to go down on put on a popper and the action began. I got a ew nice ones, and a ew small ones. Great lake to tube, its small and ull o structure.

    Tips: Water is cold. Fish Sunrise or Sunset with topwater.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: caught a 5 pounder today three eet o the tules on a a watermelon senko... awesome. at sunset, ish were breakin.. caught one more on a shallow crank
    City: san jose

Sunday, February 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the big lake on Monday, Called or rain all day, Glad we didn't stay home It was a great day! ished all day in ront o the trash rack and had limits (6 ish)or the day rom 8lb to 12lbs, lots o bites all day, many ish hitting short and also getting o, ish seemed to be just hitting the bait and not eating it. Had 15 ish on the hook or the day , most 6-8lbs and slow rolling shad or anchovies, other boats still getting ish driting minnows and anchovies. Have had limits every trip but one since 2-14. Trips still open John at 209 5298384 orjohn@justish-n.com,or www.justish-n.com
    City: modesto

    Tips: Fish shad, broken backs, and or anchovies orDrit Minnows 40 t deep o pionts

Tuesday, February 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ished Almaden Lake rom 4:30 - 5:30pm. Used a brown jig w/trailer & a suspending rogue. Nothing.
    City: SAN JOSE

    Tips: The weather had just changed rom being sunny and high 60's to overcast and rainy low 60's. I think the cold ront shut them down.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: ok reading some of these comments about how tought this lake is makes me laugh. Like all lakes the bite can shut down but thats rare and far between. Ive been fishing this lake for 6yrs mainly on the vboat w/ major sucess(seeing is believing,look in the photo album on this site) The biggest diffrence ive seen between people catching bass and not isnt the bait used but in the line size. This lake can get incredibly clear and these fish can easliy see the thick line these some people are using. Good luck and continue to catch and release.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I did not say I'd never had a good day at Almaden.
    I bet I caught more bass (for last three years at Almaden) than you did for your whole life. My point is many bass fishermen I met there believe so many inflated fishing stories and look for what they've heard.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Arthur,
    It sounds like you just suck! Three years and you never had a good day at Almaden. Get out on a float tube and either drop shot, crank bait it, or senkos.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry, this is not a report. I've been fishing for over three years around this area. I am telling you this Almaden is the one tough lake for catching bass. Do not believe the fishing reports on the baord and what they say whom you just meet there, specially how big of bass they caught unless you see it in front of you or picture. If you really want to catch bass desperately here, illegal entry night fishing is the ticket. It is on your own risk.
    Good luck & fishing!
    City: San Jose

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The bite has NOT been turned on yet. Fishing is slow.
    City: San Jose

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished from 12:30-3:30 with hunter on float tubes, ended up getting a huge 6-7lb bass on a brush hog seeing how deep the bottom was, it a giant, biggest fish ive caught this year, the big bass was in about 20 feet of water. used brush hogs, a jig, and a white spinnerbait. Altogether, it was the only fish we caught, we got like 4 more hits after it, hunter saved a bird in distress.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: use slow moving lures in depths between 15-25 ft, brush hogs etc.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The water is clear.

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    Water Temp: 50-53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: ished at almaden lake in sj. caught two bass in this lake on cranks. or some reason the bass in this lake are always on the bottom.
    City: San JOSE

    Tips: have un

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: what almaden lake are you guys talking about? and where is it? i now o two almaden lakes. but i didnt now either o them had tout or small mouth
    City: sanjose

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ishing was pretty good today.caught both smallmouth and largemouth on crankbaits in 6 to 8 eet o water near stucture.was on water @0600hrs had 4 in boat by around 0830hrs.total o ten ish in boat by around 1600hrs.the smallmouth are really hitting the crank baits hard.colors did'nt realy seem to matter to much used many dierent types and colors throughout the day.nothing hitting plastics at all.all in all it was a good day.
    City: Salinas

    Tips: have un,we did

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I read the ollowing report with surprise. I ished the same day and had a very dierent experience. Fished almost exclusively on oshore structure (rocks) and cranked the snot out o them. I never got bit. Tried everything. My partner seems to like to drag things, and as the day progressed he picked up a ew small ones. Being stubborn, I continued to orce the reaction bite. Finally, at the end o the day, I threw a jig and did not move it at all and got bit. That was the key, cast and do not move at all. Ive seen it where you gotta ish slow, but this bite was strange. Maybe ish havent settled on oshore structure yet, and the crank bite is happening more near the shoreline.
    City: Carmichael

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey all, Fished all around the lake except the east bank, got 6 keepres (that i didnt keep o course Catch and Relese bass every one!) 2 ish or around 3lbs, 2 ish or about 2 lbs and 2 ish good or 1 each i that. Got ish on every thing rom topwater to drop shotin, biggest 3 on jigs. Probably was me, I your havin a hard time ishin Loma, Id be willin to trade some o my spots and techniques with you or a seat on your boat one o these days.
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: Flip and pitch! Start to ish a little slower now.