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Friday, January 9th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I came here for a couple of hours and caught my limit of trout near Indian cove on the old powerbait/nightcrawler combo. I was also tossin lures with no luck.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: I always use some kind of scent or attractant on my bait and my lures. It makes the difference between catchin 0-2 fish to catchin your limit. Good luck.

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

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    Water Temp: COLD!!

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the point near indian cove from about 9am to about 12. Got skunked, only one small bite. Was fishing night crawler/marshmallo and crawler/powerbait.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Bring Power Eggs, that seems to be the only thing that works for trout here right now.

Friday, December 5th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time back here since June. I didn't do as well as last time, I only caught two trout that were about 1.5 lbs off of white power eggs and a night crawler. I fished from about 1pm to 5 on the first dock on the east shore. I was tossin kastmasters and different types of small crank baits and I couldn't get them to bite off any lures.
    City: Fremont

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: first time bass fishing chabot. didnt expect much since we were only up there to goof around and take a boat trip on the water. Fished honker bay side of the lake for about 1 hour. caught one bass on a drop shot near the main point (near the big island). Worked the bait outside of the weedline and it was a good fight. fun times
    City: el sobrante

    Tips: fish slow, and be patient...

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We started fishing around 7:30pm to the left of the first dock on the left side. We caught 4 trout on white power eggs and nightcrawlers, would've had 5 but he got away. They were all about 1.5 to 2lbs. Didn't see anybody on the dock catchin anything. Tried for bass with a senko, didn't catch any.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Get some Pro Cure attractant. Trophy Trout or Crawfish and Garlic flavor work well.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Joe,
    That was a $50.00 FISH.. WOW
    City: Newark

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I caught a 3 lb bass today with an EBMUD tag attached to it. I released the fish but memorized the number on the tag. Is there somewhere you should report the number to? Does anybody know why they tag the fish?
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fish shady water with slow presentation.

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 67-72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Me,my buddy,and our kids went up for about 6 hours. We got on the lake at about 7am. We were trolling along the shore and near rocks. Around 8:30 my daughter had a bite, but it jumped off the hook. At about 10am my dauter had another bite when we were trolling along the tule using a yellow spinner about 3feet deep, and this time she had it. It was about 13inches and about 1.6 pounds. We let it go and moved on.For her thats a pretty big fish. Later at 11:15 my buddies daughter caught a small hatcher trout in a cove. As my buddy was helping his daughter his pole began bending. Found out he had a 2pound, female, trout on his line in the same excact spot, must have been related. At 1 we left to BBQ some trout. Was an OK day over all.
    City: Rohnert Pak

    Tips: troll slow in coves and along the shore. If fishing off the shore worms seemed to be working.

    GOOD LUCK!

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: went for a half hour at racoon point and picked up ab out a two on a shakeyhead.
    City: castro Valley

    Tips: be ready for a bite on the drop

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: John landed three bass yesterday (4+, 2.5, and 1.5) and I landed three today (3+, 2+, and 1.5). We're getting them on Carolina-rigged lizards and dark jigs/trailers in 12'- 15' of water. Seems the bass have pulled back off the banks. Lots of fry visible so a lot of spawning has already happened. John saw many bass in the shallows yesterday, but today they had moved deeper.
    City: Monterey

    Tips: Very slow presentations seem to work best right now. Because the water is so clear, we found long casts worked best.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: There's a butt load of catfish in honkerbay. Walk down past raccoon pt. and fish about 200 yards before the foot bridge. Best bait is mackeral second liver. The morning bite goes from as early as you can get there until about 8am. The evening bite gets hot at sunset and lasts as long as you want to stay. I've caught up to 10 in a day in honkerbay. If you rent a boat you can get them all day long by throwing cut bait into the tulies and moving every 15 mins without a bite. They school up around those tulie islands. Peace
    City: San Leandro

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out and rented a boat with a 0-3mph wind, sunny skies, was unsuccessful in getting any bites for about 2 hrs, senko,swimbaits,jig. continued past bass cove, noticed 2 10lbs suspended above some grass. stuck with the senko, and managed to get a bite-big one. set the hook, fight is on for bout 20 sec. then he desides to jump, spit me out. fish would have went 9 or 10 lbs. owell back to dock to call it a day.
    City: castro valley

    Tips: stick with the senko, swimbaits suck

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tough bite for bass on Saturday and Sunday. Son, John, and I fished from rental boats for five hours each day and produced only two bass. On Saturday, I scraped out a nice 3 lb 10 oz bass taken on a black Swimming Senko rigged on a 3/8 oz. Jobe head. The fish came from 15 feet deep off the end of a sunken tree. On Sunday, John landed a nice 2 1/2 lb bass using a black/blue jig right up against the tules in a patch where there is a few feet of depth on the outside of the tules.

    Many casts with swimbaits, lizards, salamanders, jigs, drop-shotted wacky-rigged 5-inch Senko's, crankbaits and buzzbaits yielded no bites. We fished the west shoreline from the dam back to just south of Coot's Landing. It's frustrating not getting bites from the smaller bass which must be there, while trying for the lunkers that are definitely in the lake.
    City: Monterey

    Tips: We did see some large (10+) bass cruising in the shallows, some with smaller bass accompanying them, but no beds were visible yet. If there is any spawning occurring on that side of the lake, it's in the dark zone not visible from the surface. Fan-casting into that zone is what produced my fish.

Friday, March 14th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: By the way when I say i've been fishing for trout my whole life, I'm only 20 so please dont think i'm some old guy LOL
    Hope to see and talk to you all soon!!!!
    "Bay Tackle"
    5815 Cutting Blvd.
    El Cerrito, CA 94530
    (510)-235-2032
    City: El cerrito, ca

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Been going Trolling there for two weeks now with lots of limits caught (even as many as limits for four people) and many fish in the 5lb-9lb range!!! On Mar. 14th I caught a huge 16 lb trout and on Sunday we caught an 8lb trout and lost another 12lb. I have even caught several Bass trolling and even a Catfish!!!! Its really been good there just rent a boat and go have fun!!!!
    City: El cerrito, ca

    Tips: All of these fish have been caught Trolling using Rapala's & Rainbow Runners this spread seems to be working for me the best with having the lines out 150ft & 200ft behind the boat. I'm using p-line 8 pound test with some rod's having an 1/8 bullet weight with a 4ft. leader behind it! I have been fishing for trout my whole life and have finally for the past three years have these BIG trout down! When, Where and what they want to eat! If any questions please write to my e-mail and i'll get back to you as soon as I can or visit me at "Bay Tackle" (510) 235-2032 I work there on Mon. Tues. Wed. 9am-6pm

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started the year with a nice 5lb. 11 oz. bass caught on a 1/2 oz. brown jig with a green pumpkin craw trailer.
    City: Monterey

    Tips: Patience, use slow presentations.

Friday, October 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Alder Point for 2 hours and got 4 nice LM bass with largest weighing 4 lbs 3 oz. Silver fluke and brown worms both worked well. Used my fish finder to locate the fish fairly deep near the point. Tried spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and trout-pattern swimbaits but no success.
    City: Richmond

    Tips: Fish are suspended around dropoffs between 10 and 20 ft. Drop shot or fluke with a 5/0 hook should get you a few decent catches.

    Catch and release!!!

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished at Chabot for a couple ours or so and didn't catch a thing. Used powerbait and some pieces corn and not even a hit. Moved to a new spot and fished for about an hour with no results. Switched to worm and got a giant hit like 3 minutes later. Fish didn't stick, but the worm def. works better than power bait, try it.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Worms worms and worms.

Monday, August 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught bout a 4lb large mouth the other night. It was a nice fish and put up a good fight!
    City: cv

    Tips: Use topwater bait when water is real calm. Try to throw 'em over tule lines!

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got a nice 3-lb LM bass with a white spinnerbait and my nightcrawlers got me many nibbles and a 2-lb LM bass at Alder Point.
    City: Richmond

    Tips: Look for tullies and weedlines and use spinnerbaits, senkos, and crankbaits. When all fail, use nightcrawlers.