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Friday, February 7th, 2003

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    Water Temp: near 60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Walked to the back side o the lake and tried working the bass cove area. I threw everything crank, jerk, big senko, grubs, I could go on. Saw a male making a bed but he took o when he saw me. Met a guy bassin rom Michigin also bass ishing. We chatted a ew hours and ished toghter but could not produce. I am going to try points between alder and coots tommorow. Hope that I can ind a ish at this lake somewhere.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Not this time. Well bengay or my wrist or all casting I did today...

Sunday, February 2nd, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went with my little brother and got a ew bites o powerbait and crawlers. A couple kids next to us caught their limit using chartreuse powerbait.
    City: Hayward

Thursday, January 9th, 2003

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Cover program will start at 8 am at the boathouse Everything is a go just bring a riend to help along with a pair o gloves. We have all nescessary blocks cable and rebar to do the project. Just tell a riend
    City: Castro Valley

Tuesday, December 31st, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Chabot or a ew hours to try and end the year with bang. Stated o ishing the dam with a jig and crawdad combo and elt a slight tap, but set the hook to nothing. Came around to alder pt. and ished some submerged structure I know o. First cast my jig got stuck in the brush, but inally came loose and I got bit right then. Set the hook and the ish exploded out o the water, then tried to burry back in the brush. Ater a quick ight I took some pics, weighed, and measured her at 7.4 lbs. and 22"/18". Im not sure i my scale is o, but I thought it was bigger that 7.4. Do those measurements sound like that o 7.4 lb. bass?
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fish slow and add scent and noise to your bait to attract ish in the muddy water.

Friday, December 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We have TREES, The cover project has had a great turnout rom the lot owners.we have 1200 trees at quarry and 300+ at Chabot. All we need now is the publics help on January 11th. Please come out and help even i it is only or an hour or a minute. Please dont miss out on the chance to say you were a part o the project. I will be something you can tell your kids about when they catch their irst ish.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Hey 420 or lie come up to me at chabot on the 11th and show your ace. I need help catching ish at chabot.

Thursday, December 19th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Stop lyin'. Nobody catches ish at Chabot but me.
    City: ??????

    Tips: watch me ish, Ill show you how its done!

Wednesday, December 18th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom a boat rom 7-12 using senkos, crankbaits, and spinners. No bites on the reaction baits, however I did boat a 7 lber using a senko. Trout that is, dissapointed the hell out o me. I thought I might have hooked a monster bass the way that ish had ought. The water seems too muddy or the bass.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fish slow and use attractants in the muddy water.

Thursday, December 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The cover program is a go. Saturday January 11th 8am meeting at the boathouse. we will have coee and donuts sponsored by BBAC, then drive down to the loading site and start dumping trees. We estimate 3-400 trees at Chabot. Anyone that lives close to a x-mas tree lot please spread the word to call Pete Alexander at 510-482-6030 to arrange drop o. BBAC will provide receipts or the lot owners so they not only get the write o but do not have to pay to dump the unsold trees. Its a win win or everyone. Ater the dumping, we will all go to quarry lakes Ensonata Picnic area or the BBQ o Tri Tips and the works or lunch at 2pm sponsered by the parks dept. Volunters are asked to wear boots and bring gloves to help. So dress appropriatly or the weather. I hope to see a good turnout
    City: Castro Valley

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught me some carp on my secret bait, took em home and grubbed.
    City: Oaktown like what!

    Tips: ish or carp, theyre good eatin.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: caught me some carp on my secret bait and took em home and grubbed.
    City: Oaktown 700 like what!

    Tips: ish or carp, theyre good eatin!

Sunday, December 1st, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took a canoe out with a buddy to ish or some bass and trout. First hit up the burner with a pig and jig and stuck a 3lb cat o a steep drop o! What the hell? Continued to ish around coots to another spot where I spoted a hog that saw us beore we saw her, and just stared at us beore she swam o. Threw castaics or a while, along with other slow presentation but nuthin'. Finished up at alder with no bites and decided to troll back in or trout and got skunked.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fish the delta

Tuesday, November 26th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught me a atty lumpkin yesterday.

    Tips: get those lures in the water!

Saturday, November 23rd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I walked the edges throwing a plastic worm at any piece o wood sticking up in water. Three hours no hits. Then walked up to a guy who just got there and he threw out a small rapla. Thrid cast he landed a 3 to 4 pound trout. Four casts later he nailed another 1/2 pound smaller.. Two o the biggest trouts I have ever seen in that lake. The irst one had red sores all over it digusting looking, 2nd one was very clean. The water has cooled alot sense last week maybe bass moved a little deeper. I,m guessing that they are about 25 to 30 eet. Who knows though I could not ind them...
    City: San Leandro

Monday, November 18th, 2002

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    Water Temp: High 50's? (col

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: A riend and I rented a boat on 11/16 and ished the Honker Bay area rom 7:30AM till 12:30PM without a bite. The weather was ideal (very little wind)and was able to ish very thoroughly but no takers on Senkos or Texas rigs. I've noticed over the past years when the water gets murky, the bite seems to really shut o. The water is pretty cold too. No tips this time, but we tried!
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Looking orward to the tree planting in January. That is a great start or this lake.

Friday, October 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I went out on tuesday(10-8)rom 5pm until dark. The water looked pretty murky and the warm weather caused the surace temperature to me pretty warm. I started out around the dam area using plastics and worked my way to coots landing, ishing any spot that looked ishy. I caught a 10 incher in dense weed cover(the cove to the let o the coots landing doc) using a purple worm with brass and glass. I then headed back in the direction I came, ishing the same spots I had already ished, only this time with a popper (since the sun was setting). On my irst cast around the doc at alder pt., I caught and released a 19 inch bass, weighed approximately 4lbs. Two casts later in the same spot I caught a 12 incher. 3 bass in 2 1/2 hours at chabot. Although two were small, it suprised the hell out o me. I don't expect to catch quantity at chabot, but I have seen many quality ish. Although chabot doesn't really have any cover besides a ew docks, the vegetation has made or some good hiding grounds. I've been targeting the weedlines that descend into about 10-20 eet o water. I headed back on thursday ished 1-5 in pretty much the same holes. The wind and the cold weather shut the bass o compared to the hot stagnent weather on tuesday. No bites in 4 hours.
    City: san leandro

    Tips: With the recent trout plants throw out castaics.

Thursday, October 10th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Everyone interested in the cover program Please call Pete Alexander "Head Biologist or Parks Dept" at 510-482-6030 to make sure that Pete and his co-workers understand how much support we have to make this program work. I we overwelm his oice with calls the better o we as a group will be. I want to make sure that there is no uncertanty about getting the volunteers needed or the 1-11-03 date or the dumping trees. Thank you to all you isherman who CAN make a dierence or the generations to come Donald C. Osborne
    City: Castro Valley

Wednesday, September 25th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 2 small bass (6 - 12 in) trolling shad rapalas on the north shore o Honker Bay. Bass ishing has slowed down a bit since Sunday when I caught 7 bass (2 - 2lbs or more).
    City: castro valley

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks to Donald Osborne and Jon Walton. CATCH AND RELEASE!!!!!!perserve ishing or uture generations.
    City: San Leandro

Tuesday, September 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: To everyone concerned about Chabots Bass population Our next meeting with the parks Dept is in October. I will post the next bit o ino ater the meeting. I went out with the Biologists in the shock boat and much to my dismay my questions were answered by the results we surveyed. A boat load o small bass 3-5 inch but nothing between 6-12 inch range. The 2nd year o lie o a baby bass goes into the belly o a trouteater. Results in the second and third year ry dont survive because there is no protection or them. This will Change in January so keep posted and thanks or the responce I will try to get some dates established to better inorm all the volunteers out there so we can be ready to start the rebuilding process that Lake Chabot has desperatly needed or a long timeDonald C. Osborne
    City: Castro Valley

Friday, August 9th, 2002

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The reason nobody is ishing Chabot is simple. Check out Anglers edge on line and look at the planting reports. You will see that the ish are being planted 10 times as much at Quarry lakes compared to Chabot. As you might recall some months back Biologists were shocking the bass out o chabot to (establish a bass population at Quarry lakes)Total BS They needed bass at quarry because it was ished out in 2 months by meat ishermen not anglers. No ishy no isherman plain and simple. Want ish go to quarry leave Chabot to the shockers they can ind the ish. Any questions about this problem please eel ree to e-mail me. I have ished Chabot since I was 6 about 34 years ago. It is slowly being killed o by unethical acts by our parks department. Problem is we cant do shit about it but we are trying. I you care about the health o the bass population e-mail me or more ino
    City: Castro Valley