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Monday, December 8th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: hey guys i was reading back in the october reports when u said the biggest bass was only 10 lbs by alex. well thats a nice ish but there have been bigger bass out o thereincluding a couple 12s and 11s back in 2000 and a little beore that
    City: antioch

    Tips: good luck

Monday, December 1st, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Met Dick out at Loma today and he had two nice trout. Was ishing the south-east side o the lake. He said he had a giant on but could not get it in. He was using lime green Power Bait.
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: Roll Power Bait into worm shape beore you put on hook!

Tuesday, November 25th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 50's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Was out at Contra Loma today and would just like to report that the water was way down. Must have been 15 to 20 t. o bank showing. One o the locals, Dick, has been having a tough time catching trout. A ew chances early and that's it. No bait jumping. SHADWIZARD
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: Bring your boots!

Monday, November 10th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went ishing or about an hour this evening just to mess around. I caught one 14" bass on a Rat-L-Trap along some rocks. had another ish clobber a blk/red jig, but immediately dropped it. hey david, ya know, we were nice enough to give you some good tips to put you on some more and better ish on this lake, and now you're givin' some pretty vague reports. The purpose o the reports section is to help out other anglers or their upcoming trips. I you're going to be so vague about what you're doing out there, then there's no point in making the reports. JMHO
    City: Antioch

    Tips: The ish are really loading up on craws right now...

Sunday, November 9th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Water level dropped at least our eet. No cover to lip to near shores.Me and a riend decided to crank mostly with more luck than we anticipated. Found structure that we werent previously aware o when water was higher. New ideas and presentations will be implemented. Getting towards dusk and my buddy, Paul, cranks along rocks to the right o dam and landed an 8lb. largemouth. Fattest ish I have ever seen in person. I snapped o a couple o photos and will post ater roll is developed.
    City: Concord

Monday, November 3rd, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started o real slow. Moved past island towards west. First ish landed was a 4.5 lb ish! My biggest ish so ar. Next ish was at the dock ater the island 1.5 approx. maybe a tad smaller. Just past the dock I got hammered. I knew it was big I never have had a bass bend my rod like this. Was nervous, tried to hog it in, drag was too tight, got sight o it right at my ins and SNAP! There is a very large bass with a 2/0 Gama hook in it's jaw swimming around. Let me know i you catch it.I am guessing 6lbs. plus. Would have been my irst ish over 5. Ater the intense rustration passed I headed towards rock wall. Sun started to all so I headed back. I wanted to go urther up to small cove at ar corner o lake to try some topwater as Tom recommended but time was running short. Went back to area near bridge past island where I got the 4.5 and immediately landed another 3.5 lber. First thought it might be same ish but marking and total length were dierent once I landed it. On way back started cranking shallow. Landed 2 lber just outside o the island. Landed 0ne more on the shallow crankbait about a pound. Lost about 5 other ish. Happy with end results. really would have liked to have known actual weight o that ish. Broke 12lb. Mccoys. Will be replaced with stronger line asap!!
    City: Concord

Friday, October 31st, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Scott, the biggest bass caught at Loma sure wasn't 3lbs. LOL. I have caught 9 bass at Loma this year over 3lbs including: a 3-3, 3-11, 3-13, 4, 5, 6, 6-ll, 7-8, and an 8-6. The 8-6 is my biggest bass ever. I thought it was the second biggest out o Loma but I guess you got a bigger one than I did. Exactly how big was that one you got on the spinnerbait? Just curious.
    City: Antioch

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Nice to have some aces with the names. I appreciate the advice rom both you guys. I am very new to bass ishin and am learning as I go. When you say ripbaits/jerkbaits what exactly are you speaking o. Brand?Plastics? I am hjealous o that 4 plus. Biggest I've gone is probably 3.5 on a speed trap. Also when you guys say the island are you reerring to the area where we crossed paths in the loat tubes? Thanks again.Sorry or using the reports page or checking in. Take care and good luck.
    City: Concord

Monday, October 27th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: P.S. Sorry about the length o the report...I igured since I haven't been posting many reports I'd try to make up or it by making one SUPER DETAILED one. Har Har!!
    City: Antioch

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: So David, were you the other ellow loat tuber who was out there on the water? I just remember the other guy out there ollowed pretty much the same route you said you ollowed. haha. Sorry to hear about the tough ishing you ound out there. I it helps, I had trouble inding any really good ish mysel. I caught a lot o ish, but had trouble getting anything over 3lbs. My biggest was a 4-15 though. My top 5 ish gave me a total o 14-1. Those ish were 4-15, 2-8, 2-8, 2-2, and 2-0. I went out big ish hunting yesterday in the tube and ound that the 1-2lbers just wouldn't leave my baits alone. LoL. I started o early in the morning throwing a large loating jerkbait on the dam. I worked the dam pretty ast though as my main goal was to make it towards cattail to throw my buzzbait around some weeds. Anywho, picked up 2 ish on the dam with the jerkbait (1-9 and an undersized ish), but lost a BIG ish. I guess that was my shot at a 5+ (Although it was probably more like 6 or 7+) or the day and he just didn't eat it too well. He came up on it like a trout comes up to take a ly on the surace real slow and lazy like, then I elt the weight so I set the hook, and had him on or a ew seconds but then just popped o. Bummer!! Anywho, made it to the other side o the dam then picked up a buzzbait, still covering water pretty quick like trying to get to cattail. I skipped that whole cove on the backside o the lake working towards the dock on the backside. Switched over to a spook and had one ish swipe at my spook a rod length away as I was liting the bait out o the water. Once I made it to the dock where there's some good weeds, I switched back over to my buzzbait. I had one swirl on it but missed it, so I quickly ollowed up with a senko (5" wtmln w/ red lk) and he ate that up (1-3). I kept working my way down along that long stretch o bank between the dock and cattail cove making sure to throw my buzzbait around the weeds growin' up there. I picked up one bass along that bank on the buzzbait (1-9). Buzzbait = blk/blu/red. I made it into cattail and switched over to a SnagProo Tournament Frog. I worked the weedmats in there and walked it all around in cattail and along the bank going towards the swim lagoon. Not a looker in the bunch! I made it to the lagoon rocks and switched over to a large ghost minnow colored lucky crat pointer. I've been catching a lot o ripbait ish lately, so I was hoping to get some better ish throwing a bigger ripbait. Didn't quite work out that way though. I picked up two bass along the lagoon rocks with the pointer (1-3 and 2-2). Then I started ishing the weed lat just on the other side o the lagoon and caught two more bass with the pointer (2-8 and one less than a pound). Once I reached some tules, I started lipping a t-rigged SnagProo tournament rog and throwing the pointer every so oten until I reached the Channel Point dock (caught one on the pointer...2-0) I made it to the dock and decided to try some split-shotting with a small inesse yammamoto craw (wtmln w/ blk lk). I lost one rom right under the dock when he got tangled up in the dock cable. Then I landed one as I was dragging the crawdad o o a ledge near some tules over there (another 2-0). Kept throwing the split-shot until I reached the back o the channel pt. cove. I had some small ish rip the claws o the crawdad, but that's about it. Still throwing the ripbait here and there but no takers. So now I inally made it to the island. This is what I'd been wanting to ish all day. I wanted to go around and lip the hole island and hope or a big one. Started o lipping a jig into the tules with no takers. Picked up the ripbait again or a ew casts and caught one that was maybe a pound (too lazy to weigh...har). Then I switched over to lipping a tube bait and still didn't have any nibbles. Ater that I switched over to lipping a Wave Worm Snake that I got in a sample pack rom the Clear Lake BASSMASTER. I lost two solid ish lipping in the tules (both seemed like 3+). Just couldn't get them out o the tules quick enough I guess. This is when I crossed paths with the other loat tuber out there (I'm assuming that was you David). Ater I lost that 2nd ish, my snake was too ripped up to use, so I picked the pointer back up. I made my way to the point and started working the point with the pointer heading out towards the rockpile. I caught one more bass that was about a pound. Once I made it to the rockpile I tried crankin', t-riggin', jiggin', and split shotting. I only had one bite and that was on the split-shotted craw again...but I missed it. Anywho, I dunno why I did it, but there a ledge just to the side o the point there and I decided to start out at the very end o the ledge in close to 40t o water and try dragging my split-shot all the way along the ledge back into shallower water at the tules. I picked up two bass that were deeper than I think I've ever caught bass at loma in my lie. They were in close to 40t o water (1-11 and 1-13). Inact, they were caught in such deep water that when I went to release them they had trouble trying to swim back down to the bottom without loating back up to the surace a ew times! LOL. I probably could've caught a bunch more ish out that deep, but I didn't want to take the risk o a ish needing to be popped and I didn't bring my needle with me. Once I made it back into the tules I switched over to lipping a junebug Brush Hog. I lipped it into a weedmat and that's when I stuck the big ish o the day (4-15). So that's what I shoud've been doing all day...lippin' the weedmats! LOL! Anywho, I saw some tules shake behind a smaller weedmat so I lipped back in there and stuck another one...and to my surprise, it was a good riend o mine that I've already caught 4 times beore this one! (I recognize him by the circular scar on his gill although it was almost totally healed up now, and by a large cut that he's got in his dorsal in / back). He's gained a couple o ounces since I caught him last and weighed 2-0. Anywho, ater that I started lipping my way back into that cove between the island and the boat ramp. Picked up the pointer or a ew casts and stuck a 1-4. I made it to the weedmats in the back o that cove and once again started lipping the brush hog deep in 'em. Tom was there to see me pull a 2-8 out. Ater he let I lipped one more 2-0 out o the weeds and then it was time to call it a day.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: For numbers o ish...throw a loating ripbait early in the morning and then go to a suspending ripbait once the sun comes up. I you went around the lake and threw that, you'd catch a ton o ish.

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got out beore noon. Started lipping worms around tulles to the let o the boat launch. 4 ish only landed two. Both under 2 lbs. Crossed over to dock-directly acrossed lake to the let o the dam. Don't know names o areas sorry. Threw a senko around the dock-no luck. Threw on a silver blue back 1/8 speed trap and landed 2 immediately-small. Next ish as I made my way to the dam was my biggest ish o the day-sadly enough it was a trout. Worked riprap and tulles to the right o the dam with no luck. Frustrated I went home. Trout were eeding heavily. Water was like glass. Any recommendations when water is that way(glass),never ished those conditions beore. Tom, was that you near boat launch yesterday-Mon? Looked like you rom your posted photos. I was loading up my van approx. 4pm. Can't get into any larger ish or good numbers. Driving me nuts!
    City: Concord

Sunday, October 26th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went to Loma today with my cousin, Chad. We got there at about 2. I got one small ish to attack my ripbait but I didn't get him. Then Chad lost a small one on a Senko. We tried to do some roggin in the island cove. Chad ended up catchin a big bullrog. We went a little past Channel Point and threw Senkos. I ish started takin o with my bait and I set. It started peelin out line so I went to tighten the drag and the ish burried in the weeds and spit the hook. It sucked big time! It was at least a 4. I know that or sure. Then I got bit by this one ish twice and then Chad got him. It went 1lb. 1oz. Then we went over to cat tail. I hooked into another nice ish on the Senko again and it swam into some tules and I had to break it o. We didn't get jack ater that and let at about 5:45.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Senkos!!!!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

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    Water Temp: not tested

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well ater seing all the reports here I inally decided to check this lake well I never thought it was as good as it was told well caught 3 bass ranging 3-3.5lbs in less than an hour damn using wave worm 5" pumkinmy buddies caught Catish trout and bass this lake is ull o ish by the way they dumped 1700lbs o trout this thursday you might wanna check this lake out especially on bass
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Thank to Tom and Alex or posting a "honest" report thight lines guys Catch and release I'll be going this sunday hope to see you there guys

Saturday, October 18th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, we held our KOTL TOC on Saturday. Har Har!! With our 3 top guys...me, tom, and aaron. d:o) We were all expecting to bring in some better weights or this KOTL as we've been catching some real nice ish lately, but the ish proved that they always seem to know when the weekend has come. Tom won it with one ish weighing a whopping 1-9! He caught his ish throwing a popper at a ish we saw eeding on some shad in the back o a cove. I won't give speciics on what cove and what popper he was throwing as it has been catching him good ish all year, so I'll let him spill it i he wants. So Tom was crowned King o the Loma!! I came in 2nd place weighing in a ish that tipped my Rapala scale at 0-13! 5th cast o the day with my Lucky Crat pointer at the edge o branch in the water caught that ish. Ater getting that ish so quickly, I thought that I would have no problems at all putting together a quick limit o ish. Not quite. I caught several ish in the 10-11.5" range, but that 0-13 was the only 12" I could catch. I did however have a 4lber swipe at my pointer FOUR counsecutive times and missed it by an inch or two each time!!! It really got the heart pumping, but he just wouldn't eat it. You could tell he wanted it though...must've been blind in one eye or somethin'. d;o) Well, I inished out our KOTL season earning the Angler o the Year title sliding past Tom by just 2 points.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Don't ask us...we suck...look at those weights!! d:o

Sunday, September 28th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Winds were high blowing east to west. I shouldn't apologize or previous idiots, but I apologize to the serious angler.I started with lipping worms; it was 11 am when I hit the water, tight to the reeds, tulles whatever you guys call them. Oxblood was the color gettin hammered. 3 ish going 5.8. Wind intensiied, went to shallow runners i.e. speed trap and rat'l trap(ripped). Beat up my craw pattern. Need to replace the trebles. Never had a chance to hit the rip-rap, roped o. Best 5 went 9lbs. Active but small. With less wind will toss more cranks towards dusk. Out o the water within 4 hrs. Take care and good luck. to right o boat launch hit' em with topwater! Samm,y got alot o boils with high wind.
    City: Concord

    Tips: RED!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Whoever did this is gay.
    City: Oakley

    Tips: Probaly Armando I'll beat him up anyway's

Saturday, August 30th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: WELL OH MY MY ALL THESE GREAT FISHERMAN OUT HERE FISHING THOSE SIINKOS THERE THE BOMB IN THE TOWN YO .THERE ON THE HOOK FOR SURE WITH ALL THAT SALT AND STUFF PACKED IN THERE TIGHT LIKE WOW.MAN 2 INCH MAGIC WORMS WHY I OUTA SLAP SOME OF THOSE OUT NEXT TRIP FOR SURE TO MY REPORTS ON THE CATFISH FISHING WAS OF THE HEZA FOR SHEZA MY ROD WAS BANGING ALL DAY WITH SOME BIG CATS ROLLIN IN THOSE WATERS ON SOME STANK BAIT STRAIGHT OUT THE HOOD.MY CATS WHERE ALL GREAT SIZE BIG FILLETS FOR MY BIG OLD BELLY AND MY WIFES BIG BIG OLD BELLY WELL STAY HONEST GUYS AND DONT GO BEING SOMETHING YOUR NOT!! WELL I AM TALK A LOT OVER AND OUTS..............+
    City: antioch

    Tips: BIG OLD BALLS OF STANK BAIT!!!!!!!!

Friday, August 29th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: today me n jimbo went out to contra loma or the irst time since 99. man it's changed a lot. sure are a lot o bass but not as many as there were beore lol. i got my limit on sinkos and wacky rigged worms. i kept a 2 1bers, 1 1/2 lber, a 2, and one big ol 5.8 lber it ought like mad. man i got a recipe or bass mmmmm good eatin. jimbo didnt do as good he got 5 but they were all 12 to 15inchers. man we gonna have some good supper tonight
    City: Pittsburg

    Tips: wacky rigged magic 2 inch worm. they knock em dead. write back with any other secrets you know bout that lake.

Monday, August 25th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out saturday got on a ok topwater bite early with a spook to land 4 bass all keepers biggest about 2 lbs .That went dead so I went with a crankster and got two more no size tough day out there or me I thought it might be tough ishing do to the weather that just passed threw but good to be back out on the water and ishing will try again this saturday any ideas and tips would be nice .

    Tips: I went with a spook ished it ast and they liked it also a crankbait ished ast silver and blue will get um

Saturday, August 9th, 2003

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    Water Temp: didn't check

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took my three-year old, Jake, out or a couple o hours in the boat. Targeted catish and caught 2 16-17" channels. On the the way back to the dock Jake was running the trolling motor and I put out a luke or the heck o it. Ater about a 100 eet hooked an 11 inch largemouth. The thing had a gut on it like it was spring time! Let Jake reel it in, he had a blast. Just beore the dock I say some pretty good ish suracing so I went over there and caught about a 13 inch largemouth. It too had a huge gut on it. Some o the swirls I was seeing had to have been stripers but it appears the largemouth are ollowing them/eeding out in the main lake on the shad. Marked a ton o bait/ish on the depth inder out in the main lake. My three year asked me i we were going yesterday. I think I have a ishing partner!
    City: Concord

    Tips: I I were only bass ishing I would use lukes or bass assassin shad baits. Pitched the rog a little bit but most o the ish I was seeing were on the shad.