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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 70+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I stopped by Calero for about 30 mins before the park closed and wanted to throw spinnerbaits initially. Way too many weeds and I had to go with a weightless 6" senko. Worked the shallows left of the parking lot and landed a 1.5lber.

    Earlier this weekend I got a 4-4.5lber near the middle of the large cove. Also on a weightless senko. My friend also landed a similar sized one with a texas rig 6" powerworm.
    City: san jose

    Tips: Orange/watermelon colors. If you are fishing during the day, look for muddy waters or shade.

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    Water Temp: -

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wow!
    There are so many grammatical and typographical errors in these posts I suggest your time be spent attending school rather than fishing.
    City: san jose

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Zack - Please stop with all the ...'s. It is very confusing and annoying to read your "reports". How can you post a tip when you did not find em? I fish all of the south bay lakes and keep seeing your useless blabbering and dots. This...is...not...a...chat...room...
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: Skip the reports left by Zack

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Ace. How did you do in the tourn"y hope fully well .. It was a windy thing....great at 7 but at 8 it rolled in....and stopped and then again... what time did the thing start.. talk to ya soon.. Drug
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: Cant find them anywhere..Wheather has been weird this year and with the water up ,, scattered.. tip, the best tip .. is watch the bird's.. they see the bait fish.. before yoour finder..can see them... when they start diving....and snivvling, throw a crank bait..chrome and blue has been working for me....

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Anybody out there that has fished her lately. I haven't been here in a couple of weeks. It was lousy then.

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: gees...i went prefishin for the tourney comin up and the area we're allowed to fish was SHALLOW!!!! with all this water letting out, and rain then warm weather, this is interesting... but when we went on the 14th, i caught one 5incher that was like a pound! it was fat! which means some havent spawned...not sure what to do on saturday (21st) for the tourney...
    City: santa clara

    Tips: any advice, like ppl who are doin the melcottons tourney, for this type of weather and lake pattern, please email me..im just thinkin look deeper until they get back to spawning...

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Calero is used as a transfer lake as it connects with the reservoirs to the south (anderson, coyote, uvas & chesbro). water is then pumped to perc ponds and other water storage areas.
    City: Santa Clara

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy and i got on the water at 8:40am and he landed a small one almost immediately on a 4" black senko. I caught one about the same size 20 mins. later dropshotting with an Aarons magic robo. Soon after that I caught about a 2.5 pounder with same technique. We couldn't catch a cold after that though! I threw swimbaits, spinners, cranks, buzzbaits, basically the box. Fish are a lot deeper than you might imagine for this time of year. We were off he water by noon. Very slow day today.
    City: Willow Glen

    Tips: Fish off points in 10-17 feet of water, I saw no fish on the banks at all. If you are short on patience then don't bother, go to the beach instead! We asked others how they did and it was much of the same, with all catches(or lack there of) coming on plastics.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Why are they letting so much water out of Calero. It has gone down 8-10 feet in a week.
    What gives??????

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 65-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: All in all not to bad a day considering the conidtions. I was able to catch 11 keepers with the best 5 going at 18lbs. 10oz. with a 6.2 kicker. I was hoping to do some sight fishing but with the lake dropping some 6'to 8' and the water warm and stained this made things real difficult. Most of the better fish I caught including the 6.2 were full of eggs. This left me scratching my head. I feel that most of the spawn is over but with the water dropping this puts the fish on edge, so maybe there is still a wave to spawn. I caught most of my fish in or around spawning areas mostly coves. no real pattern, I caught fish on senkos ( green pumpkin), drop shot baby brush hog ( watermelon/red) and pointer 100 ( baby bass). I tried spinnerbait,buzzbait,rattletrap with the best bite coming from the top three baits. I hope this helps out the bite should get better with the weather improving and if they stop letting water out. Good luck and remember catch, photo and release.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: I caught most of my fish from 2' to 4' of water but it seems like the most fish are out alittle deeper waiting for things to settle down. (ie. weather and dropping water). Concerntrate in or around back of coves and spawning areas there are still good fish back to be caught.

Saturday, May 7th, 2005

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    Water Temp: 58-62

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Great weather, there was a lot of traffic though. Fishing was tough for me today, most fish were suspended around 13-17 feet, and pretty much inactive. Tried drop-shotting, rip/crankbaits, spinnerbaits etc. Caught one 3 pounder off a purple senko. Saw several huge females, probably 8-10 pounders at the very back of Cherry Cove, in about 1 1/2 feet of water, not taking anything though.
    City: Los Gatos

    Tips: Personally, I think this place is overrated...

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Mick- I called yesterday, they still open at 8am, unfortunately. They also said they dont have any plans on opening earlier.

    Tips: n/a

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: Didn't Check

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: On water from 2pm thru 7pm, caught five on watermelon baby brush hog, all in Bailey's Cove except one. Largest was 3.5, others averaged 1.5 with one smaller. Hopes were high when I landed first four fish before 3pm. Then the fast action turned to no action at all for the next three hours. Finally boated last fish in the small cove between Bailey's and the dam. Tried other baits to no avail, i.e., Senkos, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, cranks, Stacees, and even a frog. All fish released.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: I fished weedline edges and all my bites occurred on the fall as soon as bait hit the water. Be alert. Saw other folks landing a few fish, mostly on plastics, too. I'm still waiting for the rip bite to happen. Hope I'm there when it does.

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    Water Temp: 65-98.1

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Calero today from 8 to 3:15. Started slow had two fish by 12:30. One on a trap and one on a senko. Then it happened. I saw a couple bluegills swirl around a tree across from the inlet. Decided to split shot an Aarons magic worm because it looks like a bluegill. Started picking up More and better fish. Last 8 were on this rig. Tight to wood. 3 3lbers and the rest good solid 1.5 to 2. 1 dink thrown in as well.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Pay attention to what is going on around you. It may help you key in on a bite.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Mark! What part of the lake? What were you throwing?
    City: Morgan Hill

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

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    Water Temp: 63-65F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hi,
    We caught 10 bass upto 2lbs, but had to work pretty hard for the fish. Watermelon lizard worked the best.

    Good luck
    Mark M

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Both these bass were caught off the point to the west of the dam.
    City: Morgan Hill

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    Water Temp: 64-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the family out for a day on the lake. The 2 teenagers caught a couple og nice LM's 3.2# and 6.5#. Both were caught on live minnows. Personally I was throwing everthing(senko, brushhog, spinnerbait, crank) and could not get bit.
    City: Morgan Hill

    Tips: The klive minnows seemed to be working real well. Was the first trip to Claero so any tips would be appreciated.

Monday, April 25th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Managed to scrape up two nice sized crappie on a small crank. Bass bite was tough, landed nothing - threw senkos, beavers, lizards and spinners. Had some nice bites though, at least thats what I like to think they were. What the hell, it beats working.
    City: san jose

    Tips: senkos, lizards, and spinners have always worked for me here.