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Sunday, August 5th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First trip to the lake. Went out with my brother and my cousin to catch some largemouth. Fished about 5 hours. We worked our way up the right side of the lake(from the marina), casting the banks. First bass was caught around 2:00pm (non-keeper)on a booyah spinnerbait near a drop-off by some cat tails. At 3:30pm, I reeled in a 20" bass off a senko in a cove. Shortly after, I hooked a different lunker in the same cove but lost the sucker on my 6 lb test.

    It was an overall great day of fishing, though windy and misty.
    Chabot is a great-looking lake with minimal boat activity, good structure, and one extremely rude employee in the tackle shop! It's the best lake i've fished in the bay area so far...
    City: San Francisco, CA

    Tips: Slow Retrieve, light line, multiple casts, & patience of course.
    Slow down ya'll, it's summertime!

    The john-boats for rental are loud, I find this lake very "bank-fishing-friendly"!

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey trey i'm 14 jeez...and jon u gettin all mad??...jus cuz i catch more fish then u?...by the way nice fishing reports!!
    City: cv

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent about 4hrs on the water today in my kayak. Wind blew from the time I got there (3:15) till about 5. I was on my way home, with no fish and tired of the wind when I stopped in on one of the coves on the right side of the lake (south side). I rigged up a brush hog and missed a fish on the first cast. Second cast, got em. I ended up hanging two fish in that cove, both around 1.5 to 2lbs. Then the wind let up a little, so I headed across to the tules across from Racoon Pt. With the same brush hog, wacked a 4lb-er, my biggest this season on this lake! Pretty much the end of the day for me. Figured I should quit while I was ahead. :)
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Fish seemed to be more active in the more clear water (4-6ft). The cloudy water was not productive for me today.

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: no clue

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went float tubing for the first time in my life today. I really enjoyed it and hope to go again soon. I was on the lake at around 2:30 and finished at around 4:30. My friends and i were on the western side of the lake because they stocked the trout on that side. I got three bites all together and lost them all. The first one i brought it up to the tube and lost it in my hands. The second one i saw it in the water and it came off about five feet from the tube.The third and last one was in my and it slipped and got off my castmaster. I learned my lesson today which is to bring a net when float tubing. Other then the three lost fish, it was a great experience float tubing at Chabot. At least i caught fish, unlike most of the fishermen at the lake. If anyone has any tips for float tubing and lure fishing, please give me an email because i am new to the sport. Thanks and God Bless.
    City: FREMONT

    Tips: BRING A NET!!! Use Cast masters at around 20-30 feet of water. Silver is the color i used but I've also had good luck with the gold and blue and silver before. Move the lure at inconsistent speeds to make it seem more realistic and attractive. Broke back Rapalas have also been very productive from what I've heard from the fishermen and the staff at the Marina Cafe. Don't buy gear from the Marina, way way way way too expensive. But don't be afraid to ask for some tips from the staff. They'll be glad to help you. YELLOW POWERBAIT.

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: cool

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: hey josh the only 4.0 you have is your reading grade level
    City: unknown

    Tips: stay in school

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: There aren't any dirt bags in CV that know how to play baseball (Oh by the way, you talk like a dirt bag). The only thing dirt bags know how to do are smoke and snort.
    City: SJ

    Tips: Go to a rehab center then adult school.

Friday, May 11th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 69

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got a nice 2 lb. LM bass off Raccoon Point along the tullies on the north side. Bass at Chabot are in reaction bite right now. Senkos and roboworms don't work as well. Zoom fluke baits also work well.
    City: Richmond

    Tips: Use a suspending white/purple/orange crankbait and cast and retrieve parallel to the tullies and you should have a few decent bites.

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: i always go to skool...i get 4.0s...i just havnt gone lately cuz baseball
    City: cv

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 70-72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: First time at the lake. Went out in the afternoon from about 2-5. got a boat and started trolling on the east side of the lake. Caught a 15 inch trout and two 12 inch bass within an hour. Released em all. Hooked into a real nice 5+ pound bass near the tullies, but it got awaynear the boat. Pretty fun day, a little windy though. Any1 with any tips, pleez email me.
    City: oakland

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: What happened to the ebonics Josh? I see you finally went to school.
    City: CV

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey, I went for about an hour and a half and caught 4. I left because it was sooo windy, I hate going when it's windy. Three were small one big one about 3-4 pounds.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Don't go waayy too windy!

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Couldn't help but notice 5-7 lb bass charging smaller trout plants up onto the beaches at aldur, coolest thing I seen in a while. Thought I was on the nature channel. Hits on green and gold castmaster/split back rap from larger mobile trout. One or two good hook-ups but fish got off - how they do that on barbed trebles still gets me. . .
    City: El Contendo

    Tips: Pack out your trash or use a can.

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: hey bud me and my frends catch more then dinks for trout. weve caught 1 6.5 2 6 tons of 5s and 1 4 and other dinks.and im not gittin mad im jus sayin. and for bass ya i prolly dont catch as many as u do cuz 1. ur older 2. u no more 3. u prolly no how to work jigs and stuff better then me 4. u prolly been fishin this lake longer then me and 5. ive fished this lake twice for bass and came up wit a 9 pounder

    im better in the delta ne way
    City: cv

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 63.5

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Now now little guy - don't get too mad at these other guys that can't catch as many fish as you. Maybe they're fishing for real 9 pounders instead of dinks and ones "almost" 9 lbs. You'll see after years of fishing that it never pays to brag - bad fishing karma.

    I was just up there at Chabot the other day. Fishing was improving. I would recommend working drop-shot exclusively.
    City: Berkeley

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey it's me again here to talk about today. It was great! Bass fishing here is perfect right now so if you go in a boat head over to bass cove and fish the coves. I went with two of my friend and saw tons and tons of bass!! It's hard to catch them though. At the delta it is easier. We caught two though both about 2 pounds. I don't know the name of the jig I was using. We also trolled on the way to the bass spots we were going to fish and caught 5 all together. I caught 3 off of a krippled lure and one of my friends caught 2 off of the same thing.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: If you're trolling for trout use silver krippled lure (looks like fingernail clippers). If ur going for bass, take your time and fish bass cove in the coves off to the right (very back of lake off to the right).
    GOOD LUCK!!

Friday, March 16th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: hey Josh nice catch. all that I know about that jig was that it was a yamamoto crawdad imitation.
    City: cv

    Tips: If you see shalow bushes try and sight fish them you will see bass ranging from 2 to 10 lbs.

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: All of you guys that aren't catching anyting I don't no what you're doing. My friends and I are 14 and fish at this lake as much as possible. No lie either one or two of us max out almost every time we go. If we don't max out then we are pretty darn close to it. So don't give up on this lake, you just got to know how to catch 'em. That was all about trout. Bass we catch too. My friend caught about a 9 pounder. We catch small ones mainly though. I'm going just bass fishing tomorrow with my friend in his canoe. When I get home I'll post a report about our day.
    City: Castro Valley

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for about 3 hours (3-6pm) picking up two. Each weighed in at about 2 lbs. Fairly shallow, along rock banks, with a firetiger crankbait. Looked long and hard at the grass and tules, but nothing, from what I could tell.

    Good luck all!
    Please submit reports!!
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Cover as much water as you can!!

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The best thing about my fishing day was that the skiff was half off the usual price. This is my 2nd skunk at Chabot, without a bite. I doubt I'll ever fish here again. I fished swimbaits, 10" worms, blades, and pitched a jig.
    City: S.F.

    Tips: Charge it 'cause I know there's big fish here - just be prepared to get a fat zero.

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: has anyone been catching trout at this lake on the shores? because everytime ive been to chabot no luck what so ever. so please give some good tips, becsuse m about to give up on this lake.