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Saturday, May 14th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished AM 9-12. Caught 14 bass all 2.5 lbs or less but fun. Caught 1 on crank bait, 1 on Senko, and the rest on Crig Plastics. All fish were shallow along banks that had small stick-ups in the water's edge.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Try reaction baits first. Switch to plastics up shallow were there are weeds in the water.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 65-67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got there bright and early.I ended up catching 12.The fish i caught in the mourning were on Crankbaits, a Staycee 90, and a Vibrating jig. Later i caught some spinnerbait fish.
    City: 408

    Tips: The bite is on there. SO why not go reaction bait.

Friday, April 8th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 61-63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started around 8 on the south end by woodchuckers picnic area. picked up a 4lb on a jig in 35 feet.
    found a nice rock piling and got two more 3lbs and 2lbs. They liked it slow. fished under the bridge against the rock wall and picked up 4 more each about 2 lbs smallest was 1lb. got them all on a rhythm and blues worm texas rig. Rained for an hour
    good day 7 fish for me in 5 hours.
    City: morgan hill

    Tips: Dark colors red, and blue. Bigger fish were 35 feet+
    S L O W presentation.

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    Water Temp: 58%

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: started out at 8:10 clear day headed north
    2 fish in 10 mins on lizards fish hanging around
    rocks.
    next thing i know dark clouds move in little rain
    then hail!
    fished deep ledge caught 4 more
    hands frozen headed back to dock hailing all the way.

    good luck to all
    City: Saratoga

    Tips: water still cold fish slow
    around rock piles.

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

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    Water Temp: getting warmer

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Been itching to go with the warm weather. But then I forgot with all the rain that it would be muddy. It's super muddy and lake level has risen. I have never done well there when the water is like chocolate. Tossed big bulky baits for zip. visibility is 0-6".
    City: san jose

    Tips: Check webcam for water conditions before you go out.

    http://www.world-cams.be/webcam/1883/morgan-hill-anderson-lake

Friday, March 11th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 50 - 54

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my son Ricky & nephew Jimmy fishing, a very windy day. Got there late, about 12:30 went north and I got one on a drop shot (Witches Tea 25') motored into the second arm and caught one on a Chrt/wht spinner bait. Then moved to a main lake rock point and Jimmy picked up his first fish of the day on Drop Shot (Baby Bass 15') picked up two more (Drop Shot). Ricky steals my rod and picks one up on a Baby Bass Drop Shot. Finished the day with 11 fish, not bad for a windy short day.
    City: Pacifica

    Tips: Fish main points with drop offs

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 50 ish

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with Tiger to try and land my first 2011 BASS. The problem was the boat didn't cooperate. technical problems limited us to the minnkota for the first couple hours but Tiger did land a couple spots. Then the big motor cooperated and we headed north. Fished points like everyone else ad managed to pick off a fish here and there. Later in teh day the water warmed up and the fish seemed to school. When we found one there were more close by. Most fish came with boat in 25-30 and casting towards the shore. about 20 fish in total no size at all. range <1 to 1.5 lbs. Tiger got about a dozen or so and I got 6 or so. We also had many that didn't hook up. One fish on a t-rig bhog and rest on the old drop shot which we fished the most after they showed they wanted it that way. Pretty fun but never found the big girls, they are probably still working their way out of the seeper water. The storm will likely revert the fish that had started to come up with the recent warming we had....
    City: Pacifica

    Tips: Slow presentation. Many of the fish didn't give the traditional tap just were on when you moved the bait. As the water warmed they did get more aggressive.

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I'm a total amateur, I caught 2 fish on the boat, 25 ft deep, mostly north end, drop shotting with a purple robo worm. Pretty windy out there at times which made it tough. Didn't fish much by the dam. Falling barometer. Talked to some other boats that got 10+.
    City: San Jose, CA

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60-61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Two of us fished from 0900 - 1400. Went south,
    water was stained to milky. Fished the stickups and banks before and after the bridge, nada.
    Heeding T2's advice went to dropshot. Picked up 4, biggest only 1.6 off of main lake points east side, using MMIII's in 20' of water.

    Good luck to you tournament guys!
    City: Monterey

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished under rainy skies and no one on the lake. Caught 10 large mouth all on shallow running crank bait along weed lines. Tried top water, drop shot and worm but not a bite. The weather was perfect for shallow reaction baits.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: This time of year start with reaction baits and locate fish. Cover a lot of water and fish shallow.

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: on water at 5 off at 6:30 boated two fish to 2.5# both on 5" sencos on wind blown points. lots of baitfish. first time on lake in 5 years. dont usually get the boat dry enough for the inspections down this way. lot of fun for an evening
    City: san jose

Monday, June 21st, 2010

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    Water Temp: 70-ish

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Shore fished near the damn. Arrived around 5pm and fished till 7pm. Only a few boats out but there wakes still made for murky visibility. Started out with black/red and white/red spinner baits and a shad minnow rap. No interest. Finished off with wack worm drop shot and t-rig worm with also no interest. One of those days....
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Shore fishing has been pretty rough these past couple of weeks. Need a boat for Anderson unless going for cats near E. Dunne bridge.

Monday, June 7th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My sons and I found a good pattern. We worked shad robo worms around weeds and came up with 25 fish. Mostly around 1#, but a few in the 2# range. The water was really clear in the morning, but mud lines developed around noon with the wake board boats buzzing us.
    City: Felton

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Bert schooled all of us,ma got goosed, dixie broke off and dietz tried to stay with berts purple cuttail pattern. Cranked a few lots of fun
    City: mountain view

    Tips: All fish bert caught on cuttail were in the grass done makin luv

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out at 9:30AM and hit big winds! Forced to get in the coves and battled fight the wind. 4 dinks on D Shot and one 2lber on spinnerbait.

    Tough fishing!
    City: San Jose

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fished from 10am-3pm, caught 25, 3/4-2 lbs. *-15 ft. All but 1 on c-rigged watermelon baby brush hogs. One on a shad colored dropshot in 30ft of water. All @ north end of lake. Flats with deep water nearby. A little warmer and could bust open. Still no reaction bite, but shouldn't be long away.
    City: morgan hill

    Tips: Keep presentation slow, fish will commit, but not ready to pounce yet. Maybe ready for spinnerbaits or rip baits soon.

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got 6, nothing over 1.5#. Rainy day so very few boaters, nice! Got 3 on dropshot Yamamoto shad in green pumpkin off a main lake point in 30'. 2 on a darthead Robo green weenie worm near the bank and one on a crankbait in the North end.
    South end near the bridge and beyond was very muddy. Mid lake and the north-end were lightly stained. North end temp was 57 by 1600.
    Spoke to another fisherman at the end of the day who also did alright. Looks like its starting to turn on.
    City: Monterey

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: was wonedrin what the water level was.
    City: Elkhorn

Friday, February 19th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 11:00 - 3:00. All over the lake, picked one at each spot. 10-15 feet of water. Dark plastics. Ended with 7 boated, one came unbuttoned, and missed about 3. Biggest was 3.12 I was happy for February.
    City: Felton

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for 3 hrs 1:30-4:30. I had the same luck as PapaJohn's report - nada, nothing, not a bite. In 53deg water I only fished 2 lures - football head hula grub jig and drop shot. I targeted points ans steep drops, all the normal places fish would be for these conditons. I found nothing up shallow even with the rising water. As I moved out to 38-40ft of water the sonar came alive with fish. I dropped right on their heads and drug my baits though them and nothing.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: I have fished this lake in the winter months and had very little luck. Wait until the water temp starts to warm and then get on it. If you want good winter fishing try Comanche.