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Thursday, May 31st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Topwater in the morning on the weedlines produced two. Went to the submerged island and threw dropshot worms in 10-20 eet. Caught about 8 or 9 between the two o us on around the island. A ew more came on scattered spots around the lake. Fished topwater in the mudlines and caught two more. I caught 10 the biggest was 2 1/2 lbs and Pete caught 8.
    City: Salinas

Wednesday, May 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 74+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First time on the lake with the boat in a while. Lakes come up from the filling it has been receiving and it looks great. Not to mentent that the fishing wasn't hurting either. Got 18 fish, first one was a 7#'er on the frigin' senko, but heck if it keeps catching fish like this I'll keep throwin' it! What a welcome back to the lake. It was breezy all day which didn't hurt the bite. Got fish on cranks in chrome color and bluegill pattern, buzzbait fish in bright colors, senko in salt and pepper and watermellon, dropshot rigs with natural colored worms, heck everything I threw got bit. Very fun day...

    Tips: Don't think that a buzzbait only gets bit in the morning and evening, I got my buzz fish between 2PM and 4PM. and they just killed the sucker. Fished over weedbeds with it and caught three fish that were better than three pounds each. Besides the 7 on the senko I caught another fish that was better than 4 on the salt and pepper fishing it like a topwater with 5 second pauses, then would bring it back to the surface and work it fast again. Fun lake. But like most have seen them selfs who fish this lake, those looser jet skiers are really dumb! Thats the best word I could think of when describing what I see them do during the day. The amount of times they would go into the 5MPH sections of the lake and do doughnuts and crap really pissed me off. The sad thing was seeing the patrol boat just driving around the lake acting stupid and not doing a damn thing to control these loosers. Which might explain why they act the way they do on this lake.

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    Water Temp: 74+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First time on the lake with the boat in a while. Lakes come up from the filling it has been receiving and it looks great. Not to mentent that the fishing wasn't hurting either. Got 18 fish, first one was a 7#'er on the frigin' senko, but heck if it keeps catching fish like this I'll keep throwin' it! What a welcome back to the lake. It was breezy all day which didn't hurt the bite. Got fish on cranks in chrome color and bluegill pattern, buzzbait fish in bright colors, senko in salt and pepper and watermellon, dropshot rigs with natural colored worms, heck everything I threw got bit. Very fun day...

    Tips: Don't think that a buzzbait only gets bit in the morning and evening, I got my buzz fish between 2PM and 4PM. and they just killed the sucker. Fished over weedbeds with it and caught three fish that were better than three pounds each. Besides the 7 on the senko I caught another fish that was better than 4 on the salt and pepper fishing it like a topwater with 5 second pauses, then would bring it back to the surface and work it fast again. Fun lake. But like most have seen them selfs who fish this lake, those looser jet skiers are really dumb! Thats the best word I could think of when describing what I see them do during the day. The amount of times they would go into the 5MPH sections of the lake and do doughnuts and crap really pissed me off. The sad thing was seeing the patrol boat just driving around the lake acting stupid and not doing a damn thing to control these loosers. Which might explain why they act the way they do on this lake.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived just before 3pm and walked to fish the Dam side of the lake from the shore as well as the left side of the boat ramp. Caught one small bass on a Berkely red floating worm (imitating a night crawler) on a texas rig in the tullies near the boat ramp. Then walked to the dam to fix a carolina rig with the same worm with no luck (even with the wind on my side). On the second pole I decided to throw a spinner bait over the same area and nothing. Saw some nice cover about 4-6 feet deep and lots of weeds so I thew a buzz bait to see if there was any top water action. Continued to do this down the shore for about a half mile. Eventually picked up one small one on the buzz bait in a small cove protected from the wind. As I walked back I ran into a guy who was fishing a 4" grub (looked like a spider grub or a hula grub) with a jig off one of the points. He said he caght 2 fishing the bottom as far as he could cast the bait and he was fishing for about 20 min. He also said that he and a buddy went fishing in tubes in the far back arm near the dam and caught 13 bass fishing that same rig on Memorial day. I guess the fish are running deep at the moment which explains why fishing shallow cover seemed to come up with nothing. I should also note that they have been letting in water for the last couple of days so the side near the Horse stables seems a bit colder than the dam side of the lake. I'll stop by tomorrow as well after picking up a couple of grubs from the tackle store.
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: Can't seem to locate any bass in shallow cover (no signs of life in the shallows either). Time to start fishing deeper cover near the shore.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived just before 3pm and walked to fish the Dam side of the lake from the shore as well as the left side of the boat ramp. Caught one small bass on a Berkely red floating worm (imitating a night crawler) on a texas rig in the tullies near the boat ramp. Then walked to the dam to fix a carolina rig with the same worm with no luck (even with the wind on my side). On the second pole I decided to throw a spinner bait over the same area and nothing. Saw some nice cover about 4-6 feet deep and lots of weeds so I thew a buzz bait to see if there was any top water action. Continued to do this down the shore for about a half mile. Eventually picked up one small one on the buzz bait in a small cove protected from the wind. As I walked back I ran into a guy who was fishing a 4" grub (looked like a spider grub or a hula grub) with a jig off one of the points. He said he caght 2 fishing the bottom as far as he could cast the bait and he was fishing for about 20 min. He also said that he and a buddy went fishing in tubes in the far back arm near the dam and caught 13 bass fishing that same rig on Memorial day. I guess the fish are running deep at the moment which explains why fishing shallow cover seemed to come up with nothing. I should also note that they have been letting in water for the last couple of days so the side near the Horse stables seems a bit colder than the dam side of the lake. I'll stop by tomorrow as well after picking up a couple of grubs from the tackle store.
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: Can't seem to locate any bass in shallow cover (no signs of life in the shallows either). Time to start fishing deeper cover near the shore.

Sunday, May 27th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Decided to get lost in the South Bay area with my girlfriend and ended up at Calero @ 2PM. First time I've fished this lake, but it's close to my new job so I'll be fishing/posting here a lot (good or bad). We headed off towards the horse stables and fished the back cover. The water level seems a bit low but there's enough water for fish to hold back there and nice cover. Saw a great deal of action from the Carp spawning (yes those are carp, not bass) in about 0-3 feet of water. Ran into a guy who was fishing night crawlers and caught 3 rigged with a carolina rig (but didn't catch and release-- bad, very bad). I stopped and educated him a little bit on catch and release and showed him and his sun how to fish a jig and pig. After my second pitch near a tree I pulled a 3lb bass from the water and released the bass (showing him how to correctly handle bass). We then proceeded towards a dropoff/rock cover area where he caught his bass and tried fishing with plastic worms (both brass and glass and carolina rigged) but caught nothing except for weeds. I then tried texas rigging some worms near the cover on shore and had several bass/crappie look at the bait but no takers. By 4PM it was so windy that we had a tough time casting so we left. Later in the week I'll try the other side of the lake. BTW, there is a small farm pond in the field across from the IBM office space on the road to Calero. Has anybody fished this little farm pond (no farm there anymore but future office space)? Are there fish in there? If you see a guy out there in a blue PSU or Penn State baseball hat, stop over and say Hi. Good luck out there.
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: Please, please, please... practice catch and release. Try fishing this like like Clear Lake on windy days; if it gets windy on one side of the lake, go to the other side to escape the wind.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Decided to get lost in the South Bay area with my girlfriend and ended up at Calero @ 2PM. First time I've fished this lake, but it's close to my new job so I'll be fishing/posting here a lot (good or bad). We headed off towards the horse stables and fished the back cover. The water level seems a bit low but there's enough water for fish to hold back there and nice cover. Saw a great deal of action from the Carp spawning (yes those are carp, not bass) in about 0-3 feet of water. Ran into a guy who was fishing night crawlers and caught 3 rigged with a carolina rig (but didn't catch and release-- bad, very bad). I stopped and educated him a little bit on catch and release and showed him and his sun how to fish a jig and pig. After my second pitch near a tree I pulled a 3lb bass from the water and released the bass (showing him how to correctly handle bass). We then proceeded towards a dropoff/rock cover area where he caught his bass and tried fishing with plastic worms (both brass and glass and carolina rigged) but caught nothing except for weeds. I then tried texas rigging some worms near the cover on shore and had several bass/crappie look at the bait but no takers. By 4PM it was so windy that we had a tough time casting so we left. Later in the week I'll try the other side of the lake. BTW, there is a small farm pond in the field across from the IBM office space on the road to Calero. Has anybody fished this little farm pond (no farm there anymore but future office space)? Are there fish in there? If you see a guy out there in a blue PSU or Penn State baseball hat, stop over and say Hi. Good luck out there.
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: Please, please, please... practice catch and release. Try fishing this like like Clear Lake on windy days; if it gets windy on one side of the lake, go to the other side to escape the wind.

Saturday, May 26th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I started fishing around the boat ramp, caught 1 Bass on a 4" June Bug Power Worm, it was about 2 lbs. It was really windy out, alot of weeds! I then fished the back area by the horse stables...caught 1 more there about the same size on the same bait. That back cove needs more water. They were hitting alot better back in that area!
    City: Sunnyvale

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I started fishing around the boat ramp, caught 1 Bass on a 4" June Bug Power Worm, it was about 2 lbs. It was really windy out, alot of weeds! I then fished the back area by the horse stables...caught 1 more there about the same size on the same bait. That back cove needs more water. They were hitting alot better back in that area!
    City: Sunnyvale

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Stuck 6 today, best day in a while! Biggest was a 4.2 lber, nice fish! The rest were from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. All fish fought real hard! Lost a bigger one about 1/2 hour before landing the 4.2 lber. I caught a glimpse of her, I'd say 7lbs easy... ow well, too bad.
    City: santa clara

    Tips: Senkos did the trick! i Love these things!

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Stuck 6 today, best day in a while! Biggest was a 4.2 lber, nice fish! The rest were from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. All fish fought real hard! Lost a bigger one about 1/2 hour before landing the 4.2 lber. I caught a glimpse of her, I'd say 7lbs easy... ow well, too bad.
    City: santa clara

    Tips: Senkos did the trick! i Love these things!

Sunday, May 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Nat and I went out Sunday, on the water about 0830 off about 1330.. caught one on blades and on on crankbait (bomber Flat A-Baby Bass)..Largest about 1.5..Fish on finder all seemed to be holding around 10 to 15 feet..Never could establish a good pattern..Tried Senkos..No luck there either...
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Try everything, something has to work.......

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Nat and I went out Sunday, on the water about 0830 off about 1330.. caught one on blades and on on crankbait (bomber Flat A-Baby Bass)..Largest about 1.5..Fish on finder all seemed to be holding around 10 to 15 feet..Never could establish a good pattern..Tried Senkos..No luck there either...
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Try everything, something has to work.......

Friday, May 11th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Calero is instituting a 40 watercraft limit per day. The ranger turned us away at 3:00 PM saying he hit that limit at 2:00 PM. They are not letting boats launch even if someone comes off the lake... once 40 is reached they shut down the lake to any other watercraft.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: 39 of you fisherman should meet me at the gate when it opens so we can shut it down for jetskiers and ski boats the rest of the day! Maybe we can turn it into the fishing lake it should be since the lake is really too small for skis.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Calero is instituting a 40 watercraft limit per day. The ranger turned us away at 3:00 PM saying he hit that limit at 2:00 PM. They are not letting boats launch even if someone comes off the lake... once 40 is reached they shut down the lake to any other watercraft.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: 39 of you fisherman should meet me at the gate when it opens so we can shut it down for jetskiers and ski boats the rest of the day! Maybe we can turn it into the fishing lake it should be since the lake is really too small for skis.

Thursday, May 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: Warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out around 4:00 in the evening. Started fishing with blades managed to pick up 2 fish around 2 1/2lbs. Then I decided to pitch a bait that I have been trying to stay away from due to popularity and COST, yes "senkos". Second cast caught one about 2lbs, 5th cast one shook me off. Caught 1 at 5 1/2lbs, 2 at 4lbs and 2 around 2 1/2 to 3 lb range. Eight fish in all, its starting to get there. I can't wait in till there is strong top water action.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish are shallow

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    Water Temp: Warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out around 4:00 in the evening. Started fishing with blades managed to pick up 2 fish around 2 1/2lbs. Then I decided to pitch a bait that I have been trying to stay away from due to popularity and COST, yes "senkos". Second cast caught one about 2lbs, 5th cast one shook me off. Caught 1 at 5 1/2lbs, 2 at 4lbs and 2 around 2 1/2 to 3 lb range. Eight fish in all, its starting to get there. I can't wait in till there is strong top water action.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish are shallow

Monday, May 7th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went on monday with temps. being in the 90's figured there would'nt be that many butt head skiers since they were all there during the weekend I was right not that many butt heads. saw alot of males moving up not sitting on any beds yet worked afew that were sitting close to beds not onthem but close next to weeds or a rock they looked at my baits I threw and had 3 take the baits one bass went 3+ the other two went 2+ all on chart zoom lizards. flipped another three bass on a rodstrainer black jig with black/red flake zoom plastic pork in about 4-5 ft on steep bank they went between 1-1/2 to 2lbs caught a few dinks that were smaller then my rip bait shad color bait about 5 inch plug this dinks were small.
    City: san jose

    Tips: bass should be on the beds by the end of the week with this warm weather and full moon I bet somebody catches a 15+ bass here at calero by the end of the month.

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    Water Temp: 68-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went on monday with temps. being in the 90's figured there would'nt be that many butt head skiers since they were all there during the weekend I was right not that many butt heads. saw alot of males moving up not sitting on any beds yet worked afew that were sitting close to beds not onthem but close next to weeds or a rock they looked at my baits I threw and had 3 take the baits one bass went 3+ the other two went 2+ all on chart zoom lizards. flipped another three bass on a rodstrainer black jig with black/red flake zoom plastic pork in about 4-5 ft on steep bank they went between 1-1/2 to 2lbs caught a few dinks that were smaller then my rip bait shad color bait about 5 inch plug this dinks were small.
    City: san jose

    Tips: bass should be on the beds by the end of the week with this warm weather and full moon I bet somebody catches a 15+ bass here at calero by the end of the month.

Sunday, May 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64/68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: All and All the fishing was great, I caught better than a dozen quality fish (2.5 to 4.5 pounds)on Live minnows. Also caught several dinks on drab green and black striped 6" perris lake special rubber worm, which also produced a couple of crappie. A crank bait (chartreuse and yellow rapala) produced a couple of fish the size of lure itself (fish began to suspend during mid day). Didn't work any spinnerbaits, but only have so much time and to many lures. Although the temperatures in the shallow went up to 68 degree, I didn't register any fish in this area. Most fish still caught in the 8' to 10' of water (specially after the jet skis stirred up the water). Early Morning fish were holding on structer in or about 4' to 6' range of water. The gate to the Lake will apparently be locked at the entrance for the rest of the season (8:00am entrance time)which held up alot fisherman. Good fishing to all, Rick
    City: San Jose