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Friday, February 11th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Very wet and kind of windy on the lake today. Still had a great time though! I caught a 4 1/2, a 2 1/2, and a 2 all on a chart/white spinnerbait w/ white colorado blade, and also got a 2 on a black/blue Vyper Jig. I also missed one shaking a 6" Zipper Shakin Worm off a point. Great fun today catching fish on blades in February!!
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Spike your lure with a little Kickin' Bass scent, it helps!

Friday, February 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The water has slightly cleared up since last week, but the bite was a little tough. I fished from 12-4:30 and managed to catch 3....a 3.5lber on a white/chart spinnerbait w/ white colorado blade, a 2 1/4lber on a purple Rodstrainer Jig, and a 2lber on a Zipper. I also missed one on the Zipper, and one on the Jig. I talked to another guy who had 5, and he said his friend had 15....not sure if I believe that though!!
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Reel your spinnerbait just fast enough to keep the blade turning, while the bait is making bottom contact w/ rocks. Try white or chartreuse Colorado blades in the murky water.

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The water has slightly cleared up since last week, but the bite was a little tough. I fished from 12-4:30 and managed to catch 3....a 3.5lber on a white/chart spinnerbait w/ white colorado blade, a 2 1/4lber on a purple Rodstrainer Jig, and a 2lber on a Zipper. I also missed one on the Zipper, and one on the Jig. I talked to another guy who had 5, and he said his friend had 15....not sure if I believe that though!!
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Reel your spinnerbait just fast enough to keep the blade turning, while the bait is making bottom contact w/ rocks. Try white or chartreuse Colorado blades in the murky water.

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I had one bite fishing jigs and spider grubs in 5 to 40 feet of water. Swing and a miss. Caught the only fish of the day on double colorado spinnerbait. Fished from 2 to dusk.
    City: So. San Francisco

    Tips: I was fishing the spinnerbait real slow, just fast enough to keep the blades spinning. The fish was on a point in 5 feet of water.

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I had one bite fishing jigs and spider grubs in 5 to 40 feet of water. Swing and a miss. Caught the only fish of the day on double colorado spinnerbait. Fished from 2 to dusk.
    City: So. San Francisco

    Tips: I was fishing the spinnerbait real slow, just fast enough to keep the blades spinning. The fish was on a point in 5 feet of water.

Saturday, January 29th, 2000

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Recent heavy rains have muddied up the lake considerably, and also raised the water level a few feet. Visibility was about 6 inches. I fished from 11-4:30 today and found an overall tough bite. I managed 2, one 1 1/2lber, and one pushing 3lbs. The fish hit on a purple/brown Zipper worm, texas rigged, with Kickin Bass Scent. I also missed 2 good thunks on a small Rodstrainer football jig w/ Yamamoto trailer. I think I couldve caught 1 or 2 more fish, but the yuppies in their ski boats were thrashing the water pretty good.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Work the bait VERY slow right now in these muddy conditions, and try to use some sort of scent.

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Recent heavy rains have muddied up the lake considerably, and also raised the water level a few feet. Visibility was about 6 inches. I fished from 11-4:30 today and found an overall tough bite. I managed 2, one 1 1/2lber, and one pushing 3lbs. The fish hit on a purple/brown Zipper worm, texas rigged, with Kickin Bass Scent. I also missed 2 good thunks on a small Rodstrainer football jig w/ Yamamoto trailer. I think I couldve caught 1 or 2 more fish, but the yuppies in their ski boats were thrashing the water pretty good.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Work the bait VERY slow right now in these muddy conditions, and try to use some sort of scent.

Friday, January 28th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Friday the 28th from 9am to 4pm. Water was extremely muddy which made it interesting. Caught five fish, biggest was 2.6lbs. Caught 2 on a white double-willow (biggest blades I had) spinnerbait. Both were in about 5ft. Caught 2 on a black/blue 1/2 oz. jig with black/blue plastic trailer. Hopping it on a rocky drop off in about 10ft. of water. Last one came dragging/drifting a c-rig zipper worm. Lost another on the c-rig (too slow). My first time fishing Calero this muddy. It was a nice change. Also threw spider grubs on jig heads with no luck. Tried a couple different crankbaits as well, and a rattletrap, no luck.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Slow rolling a spinnerbait with large blades was the most fun. Only two hits on the spinnerbait, but they were aggressive. Oklahoma blades would probably work best. Move a lot of water, or pick a noisy bait to get their attention.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Friday the 28th from 9am to 4pm. Water was extremely muddy which made it interesting. Caught five fish, biggest was 2.6lbs. Caught 2 on a white double-willow (biggest blades I had) spinnerbait. Both were in about 5ft. Caught 2 on a black/blue 1/2 oz. jig with black/blue plastic trailer. Hopping it on a rocky drop off in about 10ft. of water. Last one came dragging/drifting a c-rig zipper worm. Lost another on the c-rig (too slow). My first time fishing Calero this muddy. It was a nice change. Also threw spider grubs on jig heads with no luck. Tried a couple different crankbaits as well, and a rattletrap, no luck.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Slow rolling a spinnerbait with large blades was the most fun. Only two hits on the spinnerbait, but they were aggressive. Oklahoma blades would probably work best. Move a lot of water, or pick a noisy bait to get their attention.

Friday, January 21st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent an afternoon out today from 1-4:30. Caught 3 2lbers right in the first 20 minutes of fishing...I got one of them on my first cast! The bite died after that, and I finally hooked, and lost one around 3lbs about 2 hours later by the spillway. So 4 hooked, and 3 2lbers landed...still not a bad day though. I was using a texas rigged purple zipper worm and also threw a jig without luck.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Fish slow, the fish are still on a very light bite!!!

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent an afternoon out today from 1-4:30. Caught 3 2lbers right in the first 20 minutes of fishing...I got one of them on my first cast! The bite died after that, and I finally hooked, and lost one around 3lbs about 2 hours later by the spillway. So 4 hooked, and 3 2lbers landed...still not a bad day though. I was using a texas rigged purple zipper worm and also threw a jig without luck.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Fish slow, the fish are still on a very light bite!!!

Friday, January 14th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great day on the water today. Fished from 12-4 in warm, flat calm conditions, under overcast skies. Boated a 1 1/2, two 2 1/2's, a 3, and a lunker 7lber. That 7lber is my biggest Bass ever!! All the fish hit on Texas-Rigged Zipper Grubs. I noticed the guys with live minnows today were doing extremely well fishing deep off points.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Use a very slow presentation, and concentrate at all times. The bite was very light.

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great day on the water today. Fished from 12-4 in warm, flat calm conditions, under overcast skies. Boated a 1 1/2, two 2 1/2's, a 3, and a lunker 7lber. That 7lber is my biggest Bass ever!! All the fish hit on Texas-Rigged Zipper Grubs. I noticed the guys with live minnows today were doing extremely well fishing deep off points.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Use a very slow presentation, and concentrate at all times. The bite was very light.

Friday, December 31st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 47-50F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Headed out on the last Bass adventure of 99' w/ friend and fellow nutcase Rus today. We fished from 9:30am-3:15pm and found an overall tough bite, as did most everyone else. I wound up missing 4 fish, landing 3 14inchers, and losing a real nice 5lber right at boatside. I caught all the fish on a texas rigged Zipper. Rus caught 2 14inchers, and missed another bite. He got 1 on the Zipper, and the other on a brown Rodstrainer jig. We caught fish all the way from 10'-30' deep today....it was not a typical wintertime pattern out there. I even saw a couple fish caught on blades by one boater. Lake level is very low, with barren, featureless banks all around. Flat calm all day.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Use Zippers and Jigs and hop/crawl them VERY slowly on the bottom. Experiment with depths from 1'-35' deep...there ARE fish up on the bank periodically through the day. Try cranking the banks early, or if the wind is blowing.

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    Water Temp: 47-50F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Headed out on the last Bass adventure of 99' w/ friend and fellow nutcase Rus today. We fished from 9:30am-3:15pm and found an overall tough bite, as did most everyone else. I wound up missing 4 fish, landing 3 14inchers, and losing a real nice 5lber right at boatside. I caught all the fish on a texas rigged Zipper. Rus caught 2 14inchers, and missed another bite. He got 1 on the Zipper, and the other on a brown Rodstrainer jig. We caught fish all the way from 10'-30' deep today....it was not a typical wintertime pattern out there. I even saw a couple fish caught on blades by one boater. Lake level is very low, with barren, featureless banks all around. Flat calm all day.
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Use Zippers and Jigs and hop/crawl them VERY slowly on the bottom. Experiment with depths from 1'-35' deep...there ARE fish up on the bank periodically through the day. Try cranking the banks early, or if the wind is blowing.

Wednesday, December 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 50 F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Brent and I kick boated today from about 10AM - 4PM. The fishing was better, but still not anything to get excited about. Beautiful day, light breeze, warm... I ended up with 4 fish to 2 lbs, and Brent got 2 more with a nice 4 lber. We found a lot of fish from 0 to 40 feet of water but had difficulty making them bite. I ended up getting the most bites on a drop shotted worm, but they were ripping off the worm or blowing it out half the time. We also stuck 2 nice fish on crankbaits before we left in an area that we had just worked over hard with jigs and plastics.
    City: Mountain View

    Tips: We graph a lot of deep fish, but can't figure out how to make them bite. The shallow fish are biters, but also seem to be affected by fishing pressure easily.

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    Water Temp: 50 F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Brent and I kick boated today from about 10AM - 4PM. The fishing was better, but still not anything to get excited about. Beautiful day, light breeze, warm... I ended up with 4 fish to 2 lbs, and Brent got 2 more with a nice 4 lber. We found a lot of fish from 0 to 40 feet of water but had difficulty making them bite. I ended up getting the most bites on a drop shotted worm, but they were ripping off the worm or blowing it out half the time. We also stuck 2 nice fish on crankbaits before we left in an area that we had just worked over hard with jigs and plastics.
    City: Mountain View

    Tips: We graph a lot of deep fish, but can't figure out how to make them bite. The shallow fish are biters, but also seem to be affected by fishing pressure easily.

Sunday, December 19th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Kick boated with Brent from about 10 to 4 today. Skunked! Whatever put the fish up on the bank on Wednesday wasn't happening today. Wind was blowing hard all day. It felt like I spent more time trying to position my kickboat than getting any fishing done. Got one good thunker on a jig and set the hook into the trailer. Brent caught two small fish split and drop shotting in deep water.
    City: Mountain View

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    Water Temp: 49-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Picked up a couple of small fish on a Football Jighead with a Yamamoto Twin Tail Grub, Purple Smoke color. Fishing from the bank to the deeps, getting hit in about 20 - 25 feet of water. A fellow I spoke with said, he got a few early cranking a red firetiger speed trap right on the bank. I got blown off the lake at 11:30. PS: The lake is really low!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: SLOW, SLOW, SLOW, your personal choice of deepwater confidence bait.

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Kick boated with Brent from about 10 to 4 today. Skunked! Whatever put the fish up on the bank on Wednesday wasn't happening today. Wind was blowing hard all day. It felt like I spent more time trying to position my kickboat than getting any fishing done. Got one good thunker on a jig and set the hook into the trailer. Brent caught two small fish split and drop shotting in deep water.
    City: Mountain View