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Saturday, February 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 55.6

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hot Day! 32 fish for the boat. Partner nailed 15, I got 17. Largest for each of us was 15 1/2". What fun, sat in the same spot all day and Drop-Shotted Robo-Worms.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Shake it!

    Tight Lines!

Friday, February 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 56.3

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Drop-Shot day! 20 for the boat 6 over 13". All caught in water between 10' to 20'. Nice warm day.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Shake, Shake, Shake!
    Tight Lines!

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    Water Temp: 53.00

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: hooked six good fish later in the day.
    jigs and other baits.
    City: s.j.

    Tips: go fast and slow.
    good luck.

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water this afternoon for 2hrs. It was really windy on the main lake and difficult to hold boat position. Caught 5 nice fish up to 3lbs on drop shot, TX rigged robo worm and brushhog from 3-20 ft along rocky shoreline.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Find a place that is blocked from the wind. Where the wind current and calm water meet is where the fish are. Had a couple real pole bending hits in those areas.

Monday, February 12th, 2007

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    Water Temp: probably 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: hey we need rain, fill the reservoir's up or else we are all gonna have a great time at a pay lake... LOL....!!!
    City: tracy

    Tips: You've all heard of the lake... "Bass Lake" yes or no ? It's some where here in California.. But where"? Let me know.. Zack

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 53.2

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Perhaps some might be interested in a negative report? Skunked! Fished the points, North end of the lake both west and east sides. Used drop-shot (Marguerita Maulers), senkos (watermelon, red flake), and jigs (brown with purple pork trailer). Beautiful day, sunny clear skies, calm to light wind, no fish. Was on the lake at 0800 off at 1200. Saw lots of other boats, but didn't see anyone having any action.
    Next time.
    City: Monterey

    Tips: I Really appreciate everyone's reports on this list.
    Thanks,
    Pop

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 53.6'

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Schooled by the boy! My son hooked 8 fat ones, five of them were over 13". All on Drop-Shots in the North in 9-18'. I mananged 3 short ones on Drop-Shot. The bite was light and so was the wind.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Hope for a lot of RAIN!

    Tight Lines!

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Beautiful day on Anderson. The fish were in a Spring mood with warmer water temps. Caught 10 bass largest going 4lbs. There rest were nice fish in the 2+ range. Picked up two on hula grub and the rest on a brush hog. Nothing on drop shot. Didn't try anything else. Fish were caught between 5 ft and 30 ft. Fish were most active where boat waves were washing up on shallow flats from deeper water.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Soft plastics from the shore to 35ft in mud lines if you can find them. Boat wakes and warm weather seemed to turn the bite on.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 52.6

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Best Winter day on Anderson ever. Together my son and I caught 19, 12 of which were at least 15". We lost two pigs at the boat. Both Drop-Shot and Ribbon-Tail worms were the ticket. Worms shallow and Drop-shot deep. All were caught on the windy side of the banks.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Pressure bites!

    Tight Lines!

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 1200-3:00. Caught 5 bass each around 1.5lbs. Got 3 on Hula Grub and 2 on brush hog. All caught in 20-30ft on steep drops in the main lake. Tried crank, dart head worm and drop shot with no luck.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Soft plastics off the steep drops worked slow. Bite was very light.

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 52.6

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished with buddy from 8 to close. Started in the North. Lost a nice one on Dropshot around 10:30 in 32ft. Worked North till 3 then moved to the South end. Hooked a 3.6 on Dropshot in 45ft. Partner caught 1 small one on worm.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Fish SLOW and DEEP! Did not see many in less than 27ft. Tight Lines!

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

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    Water Temp: Cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time on this lake. On the water at 8am. It was very cold and overcast all day. Tried the south end around the bridge with no luck. Decided to move back up towards the north part of the lake and my partner nailed a 3.5lber trolling a deep diving, craw colored crank bait. Moved north to fish off some of the rocky points (main and secondary). I hit a nice little 1.5lber on a C rigged Big Ika off a rocky secondary in about 5ft of water. Talked to a few people fishing and everybody said it had been pretty slow recently. Going back soon.
    City: Santa Cruz

    Tips: Again, first time on the lake but this is what I noticed. Marked most of the fish at 30-45ft suspended. I'm guessing that drop shotting this place is optimal this time of year though I didn't catch any with this method. Work your bait slowly. Smaller soft plastics with little action.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

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    Water Temp: 53 to 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the south end 200 yards inside the 5 mph markers, I marked fish all over the right side of the cove but could only get the fish that I found sitting on top of a small ball of shad to bite, the ball was about 5 ft by 5 ft at the most in about 35 feet of water. I caught 4 about 2 lbs and 3 about 1/2 to 1.25 lbs on 4 inch robo worms drop shotted. If I was not on top of the shad the bass would not bite I had to stay right on top of it and that was kind of hard with my 2 1/2 year old son on board wanting to play, so we would horse around for a while and fish for a while.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: This time of year you really need a good fish finder, I had a $150.00 Eagle that would not pick up the shad so I replaced it, you need to spend at least $250.00 to get a Eagle or Lawrance that will pick up the shad and than just sit on them, this has worked for me more times than I can remember. Drop your drop shot to the bottom and shake it and leave it be for a count to 10 lift for weight, no weight reel in about 5 turns and do it again, I caught 3 fish that were suspended and when I landed them they were coughing up shad.

Friday, November 24th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: This lake has turned to crap now with the cold weather i assume. Missed a couple bites. Then after catching nothing for about 3 hours, i had caught 3 in a row on consecutive casts. Weird but I enjoyed it. Small fish. Then shut off after that. Used everything but they only seem to want a good old green pumpkinseed worm.
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: You tell me...

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got out on the water at 9:00. Headed to the north end and marked fish suspending at 20-30 ft. in 50 ft. of water. Tried jerk baits and jigs on rocky points with no luck. Decided to try the south end at 11:00 and landed a 3 lber dead stickin a senko. Off the water at 1:00. Overall, hard November day on the lake.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: The worst day of fishin is better than the best day of workin

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

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    Water Temp: busted gauge...

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: got on the water at 8 a.m. with my fishing partner David Rogers. Little overcast and slight wind on the water. Started in the north end of the lake where we found a nice rocky point with a huge school in about 50 ft of water. we stayed there until 10 with only 3 fish in the boat. So then we shot down to the south end and started along the steep rock walls after the 5 mph bouys and before the bridge. Picked up about 10 fish between the two of us up to 3/4 lb to 1.5 lbs. Most on drop shot, but did pull one out on a senko in some trees. We worked our way south and ran into 1.5 hrs of empty hooks. I realized that there was a prominent storm front on its way over the lake and might have an effect on the fish and i think it did. We found a nice school in the southern narrows in 28 ft. This was the jackpot. Wind blowing, air suddenly got cold, and the front directly over us and the bite got hot. Pulled close to 10 in a 30 min. window. from 3:20-3-50. ended the day with 24 fish between the two of us not much size but the numbers was what kept smiles on our faces. By far our best day here at anderson.
    City: Watsonville, Ca

    Tips: Dont be afraid to get down deep with dropshot and most definately use your electronics to get on top of each school and try ur best to stay on it. Not much movement with the worms, and they seem to like it still. Also the fish were mouthing our baits and not doing the normal tap tap tap. So feel for weight on your line all the time. "Isn't it great to catch 24 in late november!.....gotta love it"

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for 3hrs starting at 11:30AM. Worked my normal spots using jerk bait, dropshot, carolina brushhog and senko and caught nothing. Not a bite from shallow to 30ft mostly points and rocky shoreline. The last 30 min of the day I found a steep rocky bank where boat waves were washing up. Started flipping a 1/2 football head hula grub against the rocks and caught 5 very nice fish in the 3lbs range in rapid sucession. They hit it on the fall. Had a pattern established and had to leave. At least I figured it out first.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Flip jig or grub against steep rocky bank. I think a senko would also have worked. If you don't get bit on the usual baits keep switching until you figure it out.

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 7 bass. Fished for about 3 and a half hours in the afternoon. 6 on a rapala x-rap and 1 on a yamamato texas rigged crawdad. All small fish but still fun. They are nailin the shad right now. It's crazy out there.
    City: Morgan Hill

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Rob, lookin for a sponsor?
    City: NorCal

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the fishing for me has been tough but at least the takers are good size for anderson. because of the upcoming tournament this weekend i will not give baits and locations; however, i can say that the good fish are coming from 28-45 feet of water.
    City: san jose

    Tips: find deep water structure and fish it all day. bites are sporadic but the fish that eventually bite are pretty big.