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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to see if the fish would go by the ramp. Only had an hour and a half so I only brought jigs. It was raining and breezy. Slow dragging the jig had three bites and two hookups. Lost the first fish which bit at the end of my cast. Didn't hit him hard enough. Destinctive bites when I got them. Talked to the other two guys fishing, one guy in a tube said he got two on rip baits fishing the island near the ramp and one on a point on the west side of the lake. The other guy was fishing from a boat and I watched him fish some good water and not get bit. He said he didn't get a bite all day (he needed to put the fly rod down and pick up a jig). If I can get three bite by the ramp on a day like this then the rest of the lake should be great!
    City: Mountain View

    Tips: I threw a green and brown jig 3/4 oz. with brown pork in four to five feet. A mix of dead sticking and short quick pops is what it took to get bit.

Monday, January 22nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived at about 9am. Fished main lake structure with worms and jigs. Had only 2 bites and got 1 (1 1/2 lbs.) in the boat. It was a long, slow 3 hours of fishing. Marked a lot of fish in 25-35 feet of water.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Downsize baits and fish slow!

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived at about 9am. Fished main lake structure with worms and jigs. Had only 2 bites and got 1 (1 1/2 lbs.) in the boat. It was a long, slow 3 hours of fishing. Marked a lot of fish in 25-35 feet of water.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Downsize baits and fish slow!

Friday, January 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60+-

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a kid that lives on my street fishing..Fished from 9am to 1:30pm...He cought his first ever bass!! It was pretty cool. We ended up with 10 fish with the best going 2.5-3lbs. I did manage to catch a toad crappie on a blade that went 18" with a 15.5" girth.. 2.9 on a digital..My best crappie to date..The kid cought a couple of fish on witches T and I boated all mine on jigs and 6in worms..
    City: San Jose

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    Water Temp: 60+-

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a kid that lives on my street fishing..Fished from 9am to 1:30pm...He cought his first ever bass!! It was pretty cool. We ended up with 10 fish with the best going 2.5-3lbs. I did manage to catch a toad crappie on a blade that went 18" with a 15.5" girth.. 2.9 on a digital..My best crappie to date..The kid cought a couple of fish on witches T and I boated all mine on jigs and 6in worms..
    City: San Jose

Sunday, January 7th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water at 8am and managed to get 4 fish in the boat by 1130. Got 2 on a grape zipper. One was 2 feet off the bank in the big cove and the other was in 10' on the main. Hit one by the spillway on a Orange spider grub in 15' and finally one Ripping a Pointer 100 by the rock Horseshoe. It seems to me that the fish are still in the top 15' range for some reason. Wind was blowing really hard and was pretty cold.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: 4' grape zipper texas rigged, Blue/Silver pointer 100, Orange yamamoto spider grub. top 15'.

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    Water Temp: 49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water at 8am and managed to get 4 fish in the boat by 1130. Got 2 on a grape zipper. One was 2 feet off the bank in the big cove and the other was in 10' on the main. Hit one by the spillway on a Orange spider grub in 15' and finally one Ripping a Pointer 100 by the rock Horseshoe. It seems to me that the fish are still in the top 15' range for some reason. Wind was blowing really hard and was pretty cold.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: 4' grape zipper texas rigged, Blue/Silver pointer 100, Orange yamamoto spider grub. top 15'.

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tough bite for the most part...Only had one snake until 2pm or so..Ended up catching 5 in the last 3 hours...Deep 30+..Except for one fish early on a worm in about 15 feet...I cought everything else on jigs..Jig fish were much better quality.. 2.5 - 3lb average. Have a good new year!!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Ran points all day..Fished points close to creek channels with bait...No bait , No fish. WE NEED SOME RAIN!!

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: tough bite for the most part...Only had one snake until 2pm or so..Ended up catching 5 in the last 3 hours...Deep 30+..Except for one fish early on a worm in about 15 feet...I cought everything else on jigs..Jig fish were much better quality.. 2.5 - 3lb average. Have a good new year!!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Ran points all day..Fished points close to creek channels with bait...No bait , No fish. WE NEED SOME RAIN!!

Saturday, December 30th, 2000

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    Water Temp: about 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 9:00 to 11:30. One fish for the day. It was a nice 3.5er along the steep rocky banks across and to the right of the launch.Fish was caught early.
    City: san jose

    Tips: Carolina rigged-----ZOOM 4 inch mini lizard-10 to 15 ft. depths.

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    Water Temp: about 55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 9:00 to 11:30. One fish for the day. It was a nice 3.5er along the steep rocky banks across and to the right of the launch.Fish was caught early.
    City: san jose

    Tips: Carolina rigged-----ZOOM 4 inch mini lizard-10 to 15 ft. depths.

Thursday, December 28th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out there in the kickboat again at about 9:00.hit all points on the opposite side of the dock with a jig until I came up on the second island, no fish. On the way back towards the dock, I hooked a 2 pounder on a sour grape carolina rigged baby brush hog. That was it for the day.
    City: san jose

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water at 2:30 got a late start. Started off at the rock horseshoe and stuck a nice 3lb fish on a jig in 10' of water. Then around 4:30 hit another nice fish on a 5" red shad power worm in 15' of water 2lb fish. Not sure what is happening. Saw a guy on the bank by the large dam catch 4 fish in 45 minutes. Oh well guess it was the line I was using. I will re-spool my rods tonite and get back out there before the Rams play Saturday and see what happens.
    City: San Jose

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out there in the kickboat again at about 9:00.hit all points on the opposite side of the dock with a jig until I came up on the second island, no fish. On the way back towards the dock, I hooked a 2 pounder on a sour grape carolina rigged baby brush hog. That was it for the day.
    City: san jose

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water at 2:30 got a late start. Started off at the rock horseshoe and stuck a nice 3lb fish on a jig in 10' of water. Then around 4:30 hit another nice fish on a 5" red shad power worm in 15' of water 2lb fish. Not sure what is happening. Saw a guy on the bank by the large dam catch 4 fish in 45 minutes. Oh well guess it was the line I was using. I will re-spool my rods tonite and get back out there before the Rams play Saturday and see what happens.
    City: San Jose

Wednesday, December 27th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water around 12:30. Fished all the normal rock areas and only managed to pull 3 fish in the boat by 4:30. Hit one on a brown jig in 20' 2.5 lb fish. Hit a 2lb fish in 20' on a 7" red shad power worm. Then the last fish was a monster. He hit a berkley brown pumpkin i believe in 10' of water. He topped the scales at a tad under 3/4 of a pound to end the day. I can vouch for GLXpro, i was right next to him when he pulled out 2 quality fish.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: I can't seem to nail down a solid pattern. Will keep going out til i do.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 8:30-4:30 today. The bite was fair until noon, then it was very tough the remainder of the day. I could have done lots better, had I not missed so many fish today!! I wound up missing about 5 real good hits. I made up for that by landing 4 nice fish....one pushing 4lbs, 3lbs, 3lbs, and 1.5lbs. I caught 2 of those fish on almost back to back casts after about a 3 hour afternoon lull. 2 came on a purple rodstrainer, and the other 2 came on a purple Zipper grub. Fish were caught in 10-20' of water on rock. Weather was very calm, warm, and sunny after 12 noon. Lake is very low, w/ both islands exposed.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: If there is cloudcover and it burns off, slow WAY down and back off the bank a bit. That was the key for me this afternoon. Also used lots of scent.

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of my kickboat today, got on the water at 10:00 went to the rocky point across from the ramp, second cast, stuck a nice 4 pounder slow rolling a 1oz. terminator with a single willow-leaf blade.That was the only one for the day.It was really calm out there till about 12:15 and then I got off the water.
    City: San Jose

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the water around 12:30. Fished all the normal rock areas and only managed to pull 3 fish in the boat by 4:30. Hit one on a brown jig in 20' 2.5 lb fish. Hit a 2lb fish in 20' on a 7" red shad power worm. Then the last fish was a monster. He hit a berkley brown pumpkin i believe in 10' of water. He topped the scales at a tad under 3/4 of a pound to end the day. I can vouch for GLXpro, i was right next to him when he pulled out 2 quality fish.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: I can't seem to nail down a solid pattern. Will keep going out til i do.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 8:30-4:30 today. The bite was fair until noon, then it was very tough the remainder of the day. I could have done lots better, had I not missed so many fish today!! I wound up missing about 5 real good hits. I made up for that by landing 4 nice fish....one pushing 4lbs, 3lbs, 3lbs, and 1.5lbs. I caught 2 of those fish on almost back to back casts after about a 3 hour afternoon lull. 2 came on a purple rodstrainer, and the other 2 came on a purple Zipper grub. Fish were caught in 10-20' of water on rock. Weather was very calm, warm, and sunny after 12 noon. Lake is very low, w/ both islands exposed.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: If there is cloudcover and it burns off, slow WAY down and back off the bank a bit. That was the key for me this afternoon. Also used lots of scent.