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Sunday, January 26th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 52-55

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My partner and I ished Melones on Friday but it was oggy and damp.We decided to go to Del Valle the next morning to more amiliar waters. Started about 8:30am, in a short time I put a 3lb.lgm. in the boat on a 3/8 brn. pig&jig in about 10t.on rocks. My partner was dropshotting a 4in.senko (rainbow trout)and caught 3 ishing the outside in 25t. With the water is clearing and looking real good I put on a pumpkin color jig and put 6 more in the boat up to 5lbs.,3 were smallies.Great day on the water,glad we decided to go there.
    City: Fremont,Ca.

    Tips: Good jig bite! Be patient,ish slow,C&R.

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well the water looks better, and while I was knocking the sheezy out o some trout I saw some nice rock and picked up my jig rod, I draged that 3/4 oz. spider jig and got slamed by a largie good or about 3 lbs. It seems like some ish are moving a little shalow already. O by noon and ready or some FOOTBALL....
    City: San Lorenzo

Thursday, January 16th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: was at lake on Saturday and visibility is about 12 inches. maybe 18 inches at the dam. Bass were not agressive but I did scratch out 4 and armed 4 others. All isg caught hugging the bottom in 35 eet. had to hit em on the head to geta bite.
    City: Fremont

Friday, December 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to the lake on Monday and noticed only 2 other boat trailers in the lot and nobody on the bank ishing. The lake is almost ull and looks like coee. This is the worst I've ever seen it. I heard it rose 22t in 7 days so we ewnt back into town and had breakast instead o ishing, I think it was a good idea.
    City: San Lorenzo

Monday, December 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I spent about 4 hours on Monday trying to catch some bass. The water is VERY muddy, maybe one oot visibility due to the recent rains. The result
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: I suggest to wait until the water clears up some.

Wednesday, November 20th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the irst hr. or those little planter trout, got a limit real quick when i ound them in about 3t o water. Spent the rest o the day drop shotting or blacks. I could not ind a ish less than 30t deep. Got some nice ones in the narrows and swallow bay. I was throwing that 6in trout made by MegaBait, it is the best looking and swiming bait I have ever seen.I was hoping or a striper but no luck.
    City: San Lorenzo

    Tips: Power bait or the slimies and 4in tan and pepper hand poured worms or the blackies.

Saturday, November 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got there early but had engine problems...word to the wise..."i your boat has been sitting awhile try startin her in the yard the night beore instead o killin the battery and loodin it at the dock". Finally got her started, headed right past the dock to the let to our "hole" or the 2,500lbs o planters. Caught one with a nub mark rom shipment, nicknamed the squirmel ish. 9 ish by 8:30am, ound the right hole. Always un when catching em. Drove to the back to try or some trollin, no luck, tried 40 eet deep, 30 eet, 50 eet, dierent lures, gave a pass across the dam...nothing. Headed home ater having a beer with the Bald Eagles, then visiting Planet o the Apes...all in all a good day...some engine problems....my buddy Scotchy "slapped the squatter" trolling motor a bit too hard, bent the plastic prop...nice goin......well good luck and tight lines! Slayer
    City: San Jose

    Tips: planters are easy....we were usin power eggs and power bait..oooohh ahhhh wow!....catching the monsters out the back....that's another story

Thursday, November 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Only 3 small dinks and 1 14" trout.. the water was very low and tons o bait ish. Everybody we passed was asking where the ish were.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lots o luck??

Saturday, November 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0730 to 10:30. Caught 7 very nice large mouth and 1 smallie. All but one were caught on a grub along a drop where the water goes rom 10 t to 30 t deep. They hit along the ridge. Caught the 8th ish on a drop shot 4" worm. Largest ish was 3.5. Most were aroung 1.5 to 2lbs. Lots o trout ishing boats out and they seemed to be catching ish on power bait in 20 t o water or deeper.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: For bass ish sot plastics along the drop rom shallow to deep water. Use your electrons to igure out the best spots. Lots o suspended ish.

Friday, November 1st, 2002

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the day o and went ishing with my almost-10-year-old son. Up to this point, ishing is about as much as we'd mastered. That catching thing seemed terribly elusive. But today that changed. Drove to Del Valle reservoir, near Livermore, and rented a small motorboat to cruise the lake and try our hand at trolling. Seems a bit strange, cruising along at a walking pace, hoping something gets interested in whatever you're dragging behind. Kinda boring, too. Ater a bit I spotted a small cove where I igured, i I were a ish, I might hang out there (I'd also noticed that some rather experienced-looking anglers were spending time in other inlets). Took about ive minutes and my son was claiming he had a ish on the line. I, o course, was certain that he'd snagged it on a rock, but then there was this thing where the reel was spinning backward against something, and it wasn't because the boat was driting. Dang, my worst nightmare, he'd hooked a real ish! Turned out to be about a 14", maybe 4lb largemouth bass, way bigger than anything I'd expected to see. The not-so-un part was the amount o time it took to remove the hook rom its mouth, long enough that I had to warn him that we might not be able to release it.Eventually I got the ish ree, and my son was one proud kid. Well, no, he now calls himsel an Angler.
    City: Redwood City

Sunday, October 13th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished -730-12:30. Caught 8 nice bass. Fished drop o next to a lat. Drug sot plastics rom shallow to deep water. Fish hit on the drop. Used TX rig and drop shop worms dropping rom 9 t into 22 t o water.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Fish the drops with sot plastics.

Sunday, October 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: warm to touch,

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: water is down 25+ eet. air temp was in the 90's. river area is dry. walked the shore rom 5pm to 7pm using spittn image and long a around the boat ramp. a lot o small bass chasers. a lot o weeds. ended up ishin or catish ater 7pm. it gets dark early. caught three 3 pound cats on chicken liver. o the water by 8pm.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: need to use the boat, possible a early morning run might get me a ew. mmm... don't know.

Saturday, September 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: Unsure

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hmm, my biggest bass so ar on my irst cast o shore weighing almost a pound. It was a pretty good day to ish, cloudy. Caught a bunch o small ones just because I wanted to catch something. In the aternoon, we caught three trouts o kastmaster, eaching weighing a little more than a pound. I won't be ishing or awhile... I have to ocus on school. Have un.
    City: San Francisco

Saturday, September 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: Not Sure

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went ishing today with my riends. I didn't get a single bite o a big bass... or at least one pound, I really need some help, I can catch small ones let and right... with special lures because I dislike having no bites... but I caught and released all the small ones... about 20 o them. Some one give me some tips on how to get a sure bass at least one pound, what kind o lure? how do you use it? and where? That would help alot, I'm new to bass ishing and broke rom boat rentals... how about shore tips? that would help too
    City: San Francisco

Friday, September 6th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Del Valle or the irst time in years. On the water at 6:15AM. Fished the steep side with Senkos or the irst couple o hours and was able to boat 2 nice smallies and 3 decent largemouth. About 9AM the Senko bite turned o, so I swiched to a carolina rigged brush hog. Caught two more small largemouth. O the water by noon.
    City: San Jose

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started out at 7:30 am throwing buzzbaits around the rockwalls which was the wrong thing to do. Eventually, I made my way to some weedbeds that were 8 - 12 t deep. Since the water was so clear (+10 eet visibility), I tied on a jerkbait - which was the RIGHT thing to do. The ish were sitting down at the bottom o the weedbeds looking up and waiting or one o the many shad schools to swim by. I caught a nice 2lber on a 3" shad jerkbait. Then I caught a small 6" bass and while skimming him across the surace and making alot o splashing, a large black object ollowed the bait in but turned deep just beore getting to the boat. The trick was to make as much surace disturbance as possible and keep the lure moving ast. Ended up hooking 10 and boating 7 - all rom the weedbeds. O the water at 4:30pm.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Use 2" - 3" jerkbaits in shad color (black and chrome). Possibly using a prop bait would have been good. Water is crystal clear. Make long casts to weedbeds.

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    Water Temp: 72.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started ishing at 6:30 AM and caught a 2.5lb on a buzz. Then an hour later all heck broke loose every cast caught a ish smallest going 1lb largest 3lb...Boy was that un... Lasted or about 30 min. Then it slowed down. Stuck a 4lb ater lunch on a buzz. Best ive went or 15+ lbs. Caught alot o ish but also got alot o short strikes. All ish came on a zara spook and a white buzz...
    City: Fremont

    Tips: No ish on plastics... All my ish were caught on spooks and buzz baits. Senko's didn't even work.

Sunday, July 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 75 - 80

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Came out there around 4pm. All boats were rented out. Fished on shore near a big bed o weeds. Caught two bass( >2lbs) with 4in. senko worm (drop shot) around 8pm. Had a great time. Saw alot o top water eeding but didn't have a boat to reach the spot.
    City: livermore

    Tips: Look or top water eeding and try to hit the 3-4 t down. Use deep diving crank bait.

Friday, June 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Early morning ished the shore let o the boat launch with a sugoi splash and caught three in the 3-4 lb rang. Late morning took out a loat tube to ish the tules and caught nothing until I switched to a smaller size senko. The 3" pumpkin seed produced 5 bass rom just under 3-6.5 lbs. Lost one drop-shotting in a weed bed. It spun me around so it must have been a pretty good sized ish (I'm not a little guy). First time at Del Valle, deinitely not the last.
    City: san jose

    Tips: Threw a bunch o trout colored lures since they recently planted, but the senko is what they hit. I threw them weightless into the tules and let them all on the edges.

Monday, May 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well we had a un time at Lake Del Valle on Memorial Day there were alot o ishermen and people picnicing. We ound the trout around the dam area and my Daughter Michelle caught the irst one about 3 lbs on a #9 broken back rapala in shad pattern. We were trolling on the surace with a lot o line out and no weight. In the next hour and a hal she reeled in our more trout up to two lbs each on the same lure trolling the same areas near the dam. She also had one on the trout colored lure but they liked the shad alot better.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Troll slow around the dam or park it and bait ish we saw alot o people catching them that way also.