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Tuesday, September 7th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 73-78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I HAD TO WRITE THIS REPORT TO THANK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BASS FISHING AT CHABOT THIS YEAR. JON WALTON OF WALTON'S POND ON WASHINGTON/FORESTA IN SAN LEANDRO. I ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU BASSERS, TROUTERS, CATTERS TO SHOP AT HIS TACKLE STORE. HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORING THE HABITAT AT CHABOT, AND THE NUMBERS OF SMALLER BASS ARE WAY UP THIS YEAR. I GO TO HIS STORE, AND NO MATTER HOW BUSY HE IS, HE'LL TAKE TIME TO EXPLAIN HOW TO USE A CERTAIN LURE. HE AND DON OSBORNE HAVE ORGANIZED THE XMAS TREES IN THE WATER, AND THE NUMBER OF 12-13 BASS IS THE MOST I HAVE SEEN IN 15 YEARS. THERE IS STILL TOO MANY PEOPLE CATCHING THEIR FISH, AND THAT NEEDS TO IMPROVE FOR CHABOT TO TRULY COME BACK. THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE JON WALTON AND DON OSBORNE , YOU CAN ACTUALLY CATCH A FEW BASS THERE LIKE JON SAYS, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT AND MY OWN OBSERVATION PEOPLE ARE STILL KEEPING TOO MANY FISH. MY BASSING HAS IMPROVED, JON WALTON HAS HELPED ME IN UNDERSTANDING BIG FISH HABITS, HOW TO USE LURES, ETC. I WILL HELP WITH THE XMAS TREES THIS YEAR. THANKS JON, THANKS DON.
    City: hayward

    Tips: MINNOW BAITS, THEIR SEEMS TO BE MORE BAITFISH THIS YEAR AND RAPALAS, WILL GET YOU AT LEAST A COUPLE OF FISH. FOR BIGGER FISH, MY BIGGEST A 6 LBER CAME ON A JIG

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: A startling meeting on Monday 8-16-04 with the EPA, Dept of Agriculture, and East bay parks authorities has revealed the studies of Mercury in the lakes of the Bay area. Del Valle, Coyote, Chabot, Pablo, Etc. The mercury is becoming a big problem and at the meeting they recomended not eating any non planted fish out of the lake. WOW If the public eats too much of the fish health hazards will increase. I am not saying this because I am a big bass man I am stating what was said at the meeting. You anglers that take fish home need to read the handouts posted at the Marinas of all the Bay area lakes. This is not a joke
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Catch and release all fish & wash your hands at the cleaning stations

Saturday, July 24th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Chabot bass fishing is on! I was on the water yesterday at 9am and fished Half Moon Bay and Alder Point till noon, caught 10 LM bass, averaging about 1 lb. with the largest at 2 and 1/2. Fish are deep near the bottom (10-12 ft.) mostly around the weed area. I was primarily drop shottin with a 5" watermelon roboworm. My largest was caught on a deep diving firetiger crankbait.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Weeds are growing nicely around points at Chabot and bass are holding tight around these points. Get your bait down deep and you'll have lots of fun catching these 1-2 lb. post spawn bass.

Friday, July 16th, 2004

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........first time i been to this lake. fished a couple of spots on the right side of the lake and not a bite...lots of grass and fry..tossed out jigs, drop shot, and a crankbait a little all from shore. didn't make it to the damm, but sre wish i could have found some deper water. i seen a lot of picturs of big trout and a pic of one big bass....so i'm thinking either i rent a boat of throw a big swimbait...any info is appreciated.....
    City: san francisco

    Tips: don't give up!!!

Saturday, July 3rd, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I've had a little luck at Indian Cove with crankbaits. Small fish, pound to pound and a half. Haven't seen any big cruisers. Plastics have been slow for me. Bass seem to be in 4-5 feet of water, near rocky shoreline or weed beds. I wish there was a way for a bunch of bass fisherman to pitch in and have the lake stocked with thousands of big bass, as well as more bluegill and crappie. Make the lake a real fishing lake. I'll contribute money for the cause. And we need to make it mandatory to catch and release until the lake becomes a great bass lake.
    City: danville, ca

    Tips: Reel slow and pray for hot weather.

Friday, July 2nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WELL IF THERE IS ANY GROUPS OF CONCERNED ANGLERS GOING OUT TO DO A LITTLE RESTOREING DROP ME A EMAIL 2 WEEKS IN ADVANCE...I'LL SHOW UP!!!
    City: san francisco

Saturday, June 19th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I agree with Archuletta. When I see pictures of big bass on this site from chabot I'm pretty much in Awww. I've fished it soooooooo many times without anything to show off. The guys who are gettin' em' there must have some type of secret because the largemouths just won't hit the usual lure types. This has to be the only lake in which you can make 500 casts with a senko without a hit. I'm convinced that the population of bass at this lake is less than a thousand. I wish someone would realize this and do something about it. I'm not talking about planting 100-300 trees each year because that won't do shit. All that will result is dead timber which will end up as debree. If you want a bass population you have to put a little money out. It's as easy as that. Build VIABLE structure. Plant fish. Develop more strict regulations. NO more 5 fish limits. Can't we afford a 5 dollar disoposal camera and a 20 dollar rapala digital scale. CATCH and RELEASE ONLY. This is the 21st century. Bass should no longer be an option at the dinner table due to the fact that so many people depend on fishing for this incredible species as there favorite hobby. DON'T FISH FOR BASS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MEAL. I'm tired of all the bull shit. There need's to be more conservation here in the Bay Area so that we don't have to travel a hundred miles just to catch a bass. Open up your eyes and stop being greedy you idiots who are keeping the bass.
    City: ?

Monday, May 31st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 62

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 2 bass (both one pounders) at Bass cove on Saturday around 9am using Norman DD22 purple crank bait and dark green senko around the tullies. No luck with topwater baits nor spinnerbaits. Send me an e-mail if you want to do some bass'in with me this coming Sunday (6/6).
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fish in the morning at Chabot before the wind picks up.

Thursday, May 20th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 65 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This gotta be the worst lake ever so far for me to fish. I'd try everything in my tackle and zero bites. I didn't even see any cruisers or dinks around the tullies, must be the cold front that came in today, but stand it really isn't an excuse for me to get skunk. Didn't even see any bluegills today, got out early and thank god I didn't waste money on boat rental, guys on boat got skunk too. This is a dead lake, I seen cruisers last year 15+ pounders 3-4 fishes this time of the season, but nothing at all today. Oh well... my first and last for this year at Chabot.
    City: Concord

    Tips: Use everything in your tackle box, give each bait 10 casts or move on, live bait will help but didn't bother today for myself, I've been getting good luck on plastics this year.

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Dark green senko around the tullies on the east side of Honker Bay will produce good bites. Got one nice one pounder around 10am this past weekend. Also tried Smithstick jerkbaits and white/yellow spinnerbaits but no luck with either.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Toss a 5" senko with 3/0 Gamakatsu offset hook (weedless) into the tullies.

Saturday, May 15th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Please dont talk about the quality of fish at my home lake. every year there are less and less bass being caught or even seen. If we advertize about the lake and its bass the fishing will only get worse due to the meat hunters. I am responsible for starting the x-mas tree planting along with Walton. The more the better but when you have helpers dumping trees killing 13lb bass it only makes me wonder just why we are trying to establish a better habitat for them. Please dont report big catches on this site although rare the meat hunters will come and we will have nothing left but carp and the hatchery cats and trout to catch.
    City: C V

    Tips: Come help next Jan. we need 5o volunteers to help keep what bass we have left.

Monday, March 29th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This time of the year ususally produces a bass or two for me as the fish start their spawn. I fished 9 hours with senkos, grubs, texas rigged worms, split shotted 4 inch worms, spinnerbaits, luckycraft, and castaics with nothing. NOt even a hit. I saw one good sized bass that was not interested in me whatsover. I started at the marina and fished all the way to the back of bass cove. I'm getting very frustrated with the bass population in this lake. It seems it's getting tougher each year to catch bass.
    City: Local

    Tips: I have no clue.

Monday, March 22nd, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Bass Cove for 2 hours and alder point for one hour. Saw one 10+ female but she was extremely spooky, dissapeared as soon as I started fishing for her. Came across a 4-5lb bass on a stringer. The guy said it was his first time bass fishing and he caught it on some type of minnow imitation crankbait. I pleaded to the guy that she was probably full of eggs and that keeping fish her size is what makes chabot so tough to catch bass. Anyways about 10 minutes later he threw it back and she swam off with a lot of energy(eventhough she was on the stringer for a while). I was relieved, I can't stand seeing bass kept, especially that size. I didn't catch anything except 2 really small bass.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fishing is still slow. The females aren't active. You really have to work for bites.

Sunday, March 21st, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Been having a little luck, a bass or two. Small, about pound or pound and a half. Best for me has been plastics, sparkly silver pink grub and black and purple worm. I use shad spray. Don't know if it's helping. Also, I use a crawdad crankbait and have had a few fish follow it in. Think I talked to Coolcatt and Bassanator the other day on the lake. Hope you are having more luck than me. When can we expect the lake to heat up? It seems the warmer the day, the better the luck I've had. Hope it gets hot in a hurry.
    City: Danville

    Tips: Reel super slow.

Friday, March 19th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Rented a boat and caught about 6 bass. The biggest was about 2.5Lbs. we fished around indian cove by the tulles and got sooooooooooooo many hits. all fish were taken in about 10ft of water or less.

    by the end of the day, we headed toward the island... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    we saw bass that were easily 13Lbs!!!!!!!! no joke!!! i saw at least 3 that were that size and a bunch more that were in the 5-8lb range.
    we tried everything to hook these bad boys but had no luck. my friend used a jig and kept casting it in front of one... he pissed it off a few times because it hit, but my friend never hooked it. that one was easily 7Lbs.
    City: Hayward

    Tips: fish VERY slow. make sure you try several colors and if you can see the fish, the fish can probably see you... so get further away and keep trying.

    also, you definitely need to rent a boat or take your own to catch the bass.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Everybody I talked to said they got one or two fish today. Went to Alder point and meet some cool people who helped me out due to the fact that I am really new to fishing. Thanks Coolcatt!

    Anyways, no luck for me despite staying for 5 hours but everybody I spoke to said they caught 1-3 fishes. Anybody want to fishing tomorrow and teach a newbie? I'll pay for the boat, you teach me the basic! Thinking of going doing Chabot again or Del Valle either tomorrow or Sunday.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Talk to people, everybody is really nice.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2004

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    Water Temp: Boilin' Hot

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got back out there after em before work. Landed 2 males small as hell. Saw many fisherman scopeing beds. Best fish I saw was ~12lbs. Couldn't get her to go, her stubborn little boyfriend wouldn't leave my bait alone. Tryin again before work tomorrow. Boy I love the Spring.
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: CATCH AND RELEASE

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Swimbaits hard for about 8 hours, no follows no bites. Saw about 20 dead Catfish as mentioned in previous report. I saw one that looked to be about 20+ lbs when alive. Bloated up big a shamoo. NAsty!! Saw on female relating to a bed but not locked up, ....Maybe 6.5Lbs. Going back Tuesday. The Spawn is commin own!!
    City: Castro Valley

    Tips: Catch And Release!

Friday, March 12th, 2004

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    Water Temp: high 50's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: i got out to the lake at 6 am and fished all the way to the dam. got one at 11:30 about 13 inches or so. fooled him with a texas rigged brush hog. got 4 more between 5 and six o clock, all of which were on texas rigged worms. i tried drop shotting but with no luck. this lake is getting good, i can't wait!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: seems like during low light periods should be good for some top water action. gonna bring my spook for my next trip. good luck guys..

Saturday, February 7th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy Zup and I decided to try a trout and bass combo at good old lake Chabot. I posted some pictures o some quality size bass to 10 1/2 pounds that I caught during these past 3 or 4 months. Recently got a scanner working. Today I didn't catch the lake record, but we did manage to catch a ew nice size trout to 4.2 pounds (all ish were photoed and released). I jig and pigged and bounced a lizard o the bottom at a ew trusted spots with no luck. Going back this aternoon to ish some deep drop os in the bass cove area.
    City: San Leandro