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Monday, July 29th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: HEY,SENKO DOM THAT MOSS MOST BE THE SPOT.I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN MOSS ON LOMA YET.SINCE THEY HAVE TOOK ALL THE WEEDS AND MOSS OUT .MUST BE THE HOT SECRET SPOT KEEP ONFISHING AND WOW A COMPETIVE EDGE FROG SERIES ROD,I THOUGHT THEY ONLY SOLD LURES,PLASTICS,SPINNERBAITS.WELL WHAT DO I NO.FISH ON SENKO DOM
    City: P-TOWN

Sunday, July 28th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the island & by the bridge. Made my-sel get into some tight cover,only to share with Black Widow's. "Well", it was well wourth it, 5lb inhalled my Sumo Frog with about 10lbs o moss & tulles with a great ight it gave my 8t Compettive Edge Frog rod. Threw Senko's , landed about 6 more, avg. size about 2lbs. Thats was about it or the day.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Senko's, Frogs! Everything else will be let to your imaginary..."FISH-ON"...

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    Water Temp: na

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well,went out today on the water at 6:00 am.Thought today might be to windy,but the lake actually was almost like glass.Started out ishing the north side o the lake with a crankbait,And my partner within 5 minutes hooks up with a nice bucket 5lbs.That would be the size or the day,With the trip starting out like that it seemed that it might be one o those great ishing days.My partner also hooked one more at about 1lb,Me well I got about 8 buckets,Biggest going i only 1lb.Some o my ish were almost the size o my lure.Not a good day as ar as lbs,I really like a little more chop on the water when I throw cranks.The bigger ish must be deep,And I sometimes have a hard time with patience with my plastics.Well there it is not a bad day not a great one,My stripes were gone to today, ish on.
    City: pittsburg

    Tips: The biggest ish came on a lure we both were using,Hit 5 yards o the rocks,Fish em ast or slow when it hits you will no hard strikes

Saturday, July 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, I guess that I must have the worst luck there is then when it comes to topwater on Contra Loma. I mean, I've also always thought to mysel...this lake has got to be great or topwaters, so I always throw them, and it just doesn't happen as well as you guys say or me. Heck, the Pop-R is even my avorite topwater and I always throw it!! LOL. I've even tried it in the middle o theday like you described in the middle o summer. I've caught a ew good bass with it on loma, but not like you described. Guess 'll just have to throw it some more. Anyways, sorry or the late report on this one, but I've just got to make a report about this trip I had a while ago out on Contra Loma beore I let on vacation back east. I got my best limit EVER or 5 ish. I had a digital scale with me, and or 5 ish...I weighed a little over 30lbs. My best day ever on Contra Loma or big ish. There's a picture o one o them at the ranger's station at the main entrance. I think that was the 6lber. All the ones I caught ater that, there wasn't anyone at the ranger's station cause I caught them in the evening. So there's just the pic o the 6lber there. Anyways...listen to these weights...4lbs 13oz, 5lbs 12oz, 6lbs, 6lbs 11oz, and 7lbs 8oz. Those were the best 5. besides that, I caught maybe 8 others all in the 2-3lb range. The strange thing is...it wouldn't seem as though I was doing anything much dierent than beore. I was still using that same t-rigged junebug colored worm on the east bank. Now here's the trick that made it dierent...heavier weight, rip it through the weeds...and I mean rip it!!
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Hope that bite is still there when I get back!

Thursday, July 11th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I just went ishing rom shore with my riend last night just or about an hour and a hal beore the park closed at 9. I wanted to see i we couldn't get some kind o topwater bite goin'. I ended up catching 4 in that hour and a hal. Three o them on a topwater lure called a Spittin' Twitcher and the last one on a Zara Spook. My riend ended up catching one on a buzzbait. My three on the Spittin' Twitcher were all 2.5-3lbs, and the one on the Zara Spook was about 2lbs. My riend's buzzbait ish was only about a pound.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: This was the best topwater bite I've ever had at Contra Loma. It may not seem like much, but I've just never been able to ind a good topwater bite here beore. I pick up maybe one or two i I'm lucky whenever I try them. It seems as though the best topwaters or this lake are ones where you can use the Walk The Dog technique. Fish early mornings and late evenings or the topwater bite.

Friday, July 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Once again, went out to look or some bigger ish in the loat tube today. Went straight out to my rockpile and ished everywhere rom 5-30t o water. Spent most o my day here tryin' to get some ish to go. Just didn't happen though. Tried a c-rigged worm, spinnerbait, drop-shottin' inesse worms, various t-rigged worms, crankbait, and a jig. Tried them all at all depths. Nothin' produced. Best I got was I had a good hit on a t-rigged Toledo Tickler worm made by ReAction Lures that bit the worm right in hal. Ater spending a couple o hours on the rockpile without an succuss, I looked around and started makin' my way to those new rocks at the swim area. First pass, threw a jig, nothin'. Second pass, crankbait, nothin'. Next pass, drop-shottin' a 4" baby ring ry made by Lake Fork Tackle...picked up 6 bass. These were no small bass either. I ound the better ish inally. These were all in the 3-4lb range and I even lost one that would've gone maybe 5-5.5lbs. I caught all 6 o those bass within the last 45 minutes beore I had to leave too.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Try drop-shotting around the rocks in 7-10t o water or the better ish right now. Suspend your bait about a oot o the bottom...

Monday, July 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, I ished rom about 10 until 4 today. So a good 6+ hours o ishing. Like I said, I was going to look around or the bigger ish today. So I spent most o the time lookin' or those guys. First I hit up this rockpile that I knew o that's kind o out towards the middle o the lake. I was throwing a 4" pumpkin pepper colored rench ry worm on a c-rig to try and ind those rocks out there. Took me about 30 minutes beore I inally ound 'em. They were even arther out than I remembered. On about my 2nd cast with that c-rig though once I ound the rocks...got bit and I pulled in a good 4lb largemouth. Deinitely better quality than last time. It came out o 10-11t o water. Ater that I ended up missing a ew other hits with the c-rig on those rocks and even caught a 22" channel catish. I then switched over to drop-shotting a yammamoto hula grub around the rocks. I then stuck a good 3lb largemouth with that in roughly 15t o water. Nothin' more ater that though. It sucks though because I let all o my bullet weights at home, so I wasn't able to throw anything t-rigged. I was hoping to maybe throw some 10" worms or various other things on that rockpile that probably could've dun much better, but didn't have that option today. Anywho...ater that...in about the last hour and a hal, I ound some bass busting the surace chasing minnows on this one bank line so I started throwing a 4" senko. I'd just watch or a bass to bust the surace, then cast right at it, and most o the time it'd get picked up beore it even sank a oot into the water. I ever caught a ew by ishing the senko like a topwater lure across the surace and had ish blow-up on it. These were all smaller ish though with the biggest one goin' about 2lbs. Was still un though. Ended up catching 16 bass in all today. I did ind some o those bigger guys out on that rockpile, but not many...maybe I'll do better t-riggin' some plastics out on those rocks...
    City: Antioch

Saturday, June 29th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ???

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well, it eels good to be back and on my home lake again. I ished in my loat tube rom about noon until around 5ish. I caught a total o 14 bass today. Nothing that big though with the biggest one topping at around 2.75lbs. I caught most o them on a t-rigged 5" junebug colored Zoom inesse worm. Two bass came on a Senko (one o which was a 2.75lber) and one other bass on a 1/2oz lipless crankbait. Ater I had caught two bass with the plastic worm no less than 10t away rom me, I igured that maybe I should back o o the bank a ways and that's when I really started catchin' the ish. I missed several other bites and lost a couple o other bass. The majority o the bass were holding way o o the bank in about 7-10t o water around the weeds.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: In the summer at this lake, I do much better ishing slightly deeper water with jigs and plastic worms in the weeds...just never got around to throwing a jig today. I'll try lookin' around or the bigger ones next time...

Tuesday, June 25th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: One ish on blade got there at 7 ished till 2 Had another shake the tail o my bait and saw 2 big ones cruzing o the island they saw me irst because i misplaced my Polarized glasses, so they saw me beore i saw them in most cases..
    City: Pittsburg

Tuesday, June 18th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry, don't have a report, just had to tell Tom to NEVER lip a catish!!! LoL. I've heard stories about guys that did that and the catish clamped down and just crushed their thumb. They got one bad bite and can do some serious damage...LOL...
    City: Antioch

    Tips: throw a jig...

Saturday, June 8th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 69.4

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this morning and caught nothing. Stick with the Delta. The bass bite in Franct's is hot, and the butt's keep biting. Tried topwater in the coves, sp's, senkos, etc. Even trolled the dam.
    City: Antioch

    Tips: Delta

Tuesday, June 4th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Saw lots o blow ups all over the lake how ever I could only get one swirl on a top water Got 3 ish a dink a 1lber and a 2.5 all on senkos Wat/Red lake 9l size came o tulie stickups o on thier own or in the deep channel right next to shore.
    City: Pittsburg

Saturday, May 25th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey tom thanks or that advice I did see some hatch too.Its just bad ishing conditions with them doing that and the weird weather does not help.Next time I go out I will post and save a spot or you on my boat.My email is down so keep reading the reports I will go out next sunday our the next.I will let you no Thanks Tom,ish on
    City: p-town

Friday, May 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Friday got about 5 to 6 ish all crankbait ish.Last week when I reported ishing the ishing was a lot better and the lake level was down then.Now the lake is so low that the spawn is basically ruined this year .I asked the lady at the pay both threw the ront gate why are they letting water out her response was its contra costa water district.Really sad to see this.This time o year.Keep that catch and realase going and ish on.
    City: p-town

Sunday, May 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: .

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing or bass today,Thats all I really ish or.Did very good cought to many bass lost count biggest going 4.0 lbs.Had a really nice one on east side.Seems like thebass were hungry..The one I lost was on a luke .Fluke was all day.Stripers well i I told you I cought another one You might think I was pulling your leg lets just say unreal!!!!Great day well I am going to start ishing San pablo now Loma has been great to me.But who is to say I might be back again some day.All ish were cought in the back cove.Lures where white lukes worked slowThanks or posting reports guys nice to read lets keep them coming.Hope this doesnt send a bunch o boats out there or my stripes p.s 16.0lbs and now hes back swimingFISH ON.
    City: pittsburg

    Tips: Put it on what ever you eel good with and just keep trowing it.

Tuesday, May 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: na

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Sunday,On the water about 6:15 am.Starting throwing a crankbait and ending up throwing it all day long.Got some nice largemouth bass around 10 ,Biggest going3.5 lbs Located my stripers near the launchRamp another high powered striper to add to the collection.Going around 14lbs,Most say best day out at loma ever.FISH ON
    City: pittsburg

    Tips: crankbait took all ish largemouth and striper,Stripers are not at the dam.

Monday, May 13th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: keap them comen

Sunday, May 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I never post here, usually just read, but I'm bored at work so here goes. Tubed CL last Saturday. Got slammed on a white blade irst thing in the morning, hooking about 5 or 6 rom 1 to 3lbs in about 10 or 15 minutes. All but one came unbuttoned, need a crankin' stick. When blade bite slowed, lipped a senko or 2 dinks. Got tired o that, threw a speed trap and hooked a 6 incher. Wanted to get a couple more beore leaving, so I went to old reliable, texas rig. Picked up a 3, then a 1.5 on back-to-back lips. It slowed ater that, and I bounced.
    City: El Sobrante

    Tips: They seem to be getting active, but are still mostly in the tules. Can't lose lippin' plastics...

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went ishing out on my tube today,mainly on the east side.used a senko almost all day.got a ew bites then pulled up a 3 lb. bass with a belly ull o eags.got him on the tiny cove on the east side.they were jumping all over.my riend phill was using a plastic texas rig with a beed and got some bites but no luck.got one on a texas rigg yesterday and got one. GOOD LUCK!!
    City: antioch

    Tips: ish close to the tules with a senko or rapala.get as arback in the tules as you can get with a senko and have slack when you drop it in!!!

Saturday, April 27th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: With that cold ront thats been moving through the ish are deep in the tulies, I got 3 with a rip bait one was no biger than the ripbait i was using maybe 5inches, he was an ambitious little thing, another went 1.5lbs Fished or ever with no bites no hits that didnt get a hook, so I started throwing any color senko I had, Cinnamon/Purple&black lake was knocking them dead diping it deep in the tulies I pulled two good or around 2lbs and a lot more or 1.5 to 1 lb. Saw a good size large mouth jump ater some minnow looked to be about 8 or more lbs. Good luck every one Ill head back out irst day a warm ront moves through.
    City: Pittsburg