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Sunday, February 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: This lake has gone down the tubes... We got out beore lunch and caught 1 Largemouth and 2 Smallies. Slow the rest o the day. The numbers on this lake have seem to declined? what gives? use to be able to catch 20-30 ish a day with some toads in the mix. Anytime o the year. Has anyone noticed else noticed this?
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Fish a jig in 15' o water o the structure... They smacked the heck out o it. Duh Jigs all the way!!!

Saturday, February 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, what should I do? The last ew weeks at D.V. have not been what I am used to. Last winter at this time 25 to 35 ish days were the norm. Two weeks ago I spent all day at D.V. and had 3 bites and missed them all. My irst time skunked at this lake in probably 8 or 9 years. The 2 trips prior I scratched 3 or 4 bass. No trout or salmon on the troll. No catish on stink baits and not even the sign o a striper near those big plugs I have been tossing. The water is cold and still pretty high or D.V. at this time o the year. The good thing is it is not the color o coee. The lake has retained some o its beautiul green tint.Well, I was thinking Amador, New Melones or D.V. Once again I chose D.V., as you just can

    Tips: Go deep!

Saturday, January 26th, 2002

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    Water Temp: cold; in the 40

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Del Valle Saturday rom 8:30 to 3:00. They reportedly stocked trout on Thursday. Didn't catch anything, nor did we get a bite. We were on a boat and tried the usual power bait and crawler/marshmellow. Also threw castmasters and rapalas. Fished the inlet creek and marina area in about 10 eet o water. Also tried driting crawlers down by the dam. Then tried slow jigging in 30-40 eet o water near rock wall and dam area or bass with big black plastics on jig heads. Nothin. Drizzled on and o all day. Pretty miserable day's ishing. Saw one boater with a 3lb rainbow. Talked to another man slow driting a wollybug rom an inner tube who wasn't having any luck either. Apparently the bank ishermen were doing a bit better.
    City: Oakland

    Tips: Fish rom the bank or planted trout using power bait.

Saturday, December 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wasn

    Tips: Slow presentation ........stay deeper than 2o t.

Thursday, September 27th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69'-72'

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got lucky o the trail o the North side o the Marina, just beore Trantula Cove. Limited with some damn nice ish, 2 12" and 2 16" Rainbows. and to top the day o... I landed a 9.3 pound Rainbow!!! My irst lunker!!! (Pic should be on their website soon.)Rocino (spelling?) at the marina hooked me up!!! He advised colors change much with these ish but currently they seem to hit his sherbert rainbow colored Power Bait. I had those nuggets, added some silver glitter, and jigged slowly my rig in (using over an 18" leader). Move i you eel snags as there are many submerged trees in this area. Go when they plant! The stunned ones will swim along the bank and just piss you o. You need to stay 200 yards away rom the plant site anyway which is just adjacent o the marina.But, i you jig up, the reviving ones seemed to be quite hungry about 10 t out rom shore. Change bait oten and rig light. Cast or holes and jig in slow!( I used 10lb with 6lb mono lead with all ish!, Whew!)Good Luck!
    City: Milpitas

    Tips: Head or the Dam!!!! Use dierent colored (glitter) power bait. Nightcrawlers were useless during day... (Fish hit during the day but again, plant had just happened!)Plan to get a boat and troll next. Lake record is 20lbs!!!

Thursday, August 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Didn't get on the water until 10:00 and quit about 3:00. I blanked, not even a bite. Water very clear, 7-8 oot visibility since there was no boat traic to speak o being that it was Thursday. I ished rom 1 to 50 eet all over the lake. Tried dart head worms, jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, lukes, senkos even rogged a couple weed weeds. I have never seen so many baby bass in my lie, what a spawn! There were also shad everywhere, like Shasta in all. I pretty much knew in the irst hour it would be tough with so much bait around. I had hoped to see some bait balls with eeding ish so I could try and spoon 'em but nada. Oh well... remember, the worst day ishing beats the best day working.
    City: San Ramon

Saturday, July 21st, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: High-pressure system moved in on Friday and weather started to warm. Figured this would spark a decent bass bite. Took my brother with me on Saturday who has never ished beore. We hit every prominent point rom the narrows to the dam. Fished rom 6:30 to 10:30 in 15 t o water o points. Simple split shot presentation on 8 lb outit. From 7 to 9 the bite was hot. We landed 8 bass and lost about 6 or 7. 2 Smallies and 6 largemouth and 1 catish was our total count..My brother did manage to hook and land one bass. All bass were 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. He was getting a little rustrated so I thought we would switch over to trolling. Heard people were still catching trout, but I wanted to try or salmon. They dropped some in about 2 years ago and I have caught a ew rom 6 inches to 15 inches. Haven

    Tips: troll ast or salmon.

Thursday, July 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out early and tried some topwater and jerkbaits and had nothing.Then I ound some weeds and landed a nice 4# on a senko.Then went to ind some smallies with a dropshot and darterheaded salt n pepper worm and some jerkbaits. Only had that one.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Be a isherman and try to igure out a pattern. UnortunatelyI couldn't ind one.

Saturday, July 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Del Valle looked like someone pulled the drain plug. Due to a crack in teh cali. aqueduct they are sending water rom Del Valle down south. Bass were no where to be ound. I was over 100 yards o shore and could stand up in my loat tube.
    City: Los Gatos

    Tips: Wait or a while until the lake ills up...

Monday, June 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The bass ishing was terrible. Tried top water,cranck baits, jerk baits and worming. Nothing worked. Went back by the dam and did some trout ishing. Caught my limit in about 2 1/2 hours. Could have limited sooner but missed too many hits not paying attention. Smallest trout was 2 pounds. Biggest was 41/2. I weighed them so no I am not exagerating. Good day ater all. Caught them all on rainbow powerbait out as deep as I could cast. I I had 2 anchors I would have just anchored o shore.
    City: Hayward

    Tips: Trout are deep. Use powerbait. Bass were non-existant or me.

Sunday, June 3rd, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I mainly went Fishing or Catish, I have been reading/hearing that they are hitting pretty good...not the case at all! I arrived at 6:30 AM, spoke with the gentleman in the both taking the money, he was so clueless about everything it was a joke! The Trout/Bass were jumping all morning, I saw alot o boats out, but nobody catching anything. This lake can be hard at times.
    City: Sunnyvale

    Tips: Everyone seemed to be using plastics...try topwater when they are jumping!

Saturday, June 2nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out on the lake at 6:30. Nothing on topwater. Got 2 good hits on a brown jig. Saw a ew other Bassers--one guy had 4 on a spinnerbait and plastics. Spent all day running around the lake at a whopping 10MPH. Wind was horrible 20-30MPH. We were o the water by 1. NEVER AGAIN WILL I WASTE MY TIME AT THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Find a dierent lake to ish

Wednesday, May 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the water at irst light. Fished the south end and caught one on a buzz bait. another near the swim area both dinks... Bite turned on ater lunch on a drop shot rig. Baby brush hogs, Witches tit ang blue ghost were all working... Caught a small limit but had a blast
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Remember to slow the presentation down... Don't orget to hydrate and wear plenty o sunscreen...

Tuesday, May 29th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I got on the lake about 8 and tried some top water stu in the south no luck, i guess i was a bit to late. water was calm no wind and warm. so went trolen around the dam and got a ew nice trout 1.5 lbs. with a repala in maybe 10 eet o water. nice day only about 10 boats on the lake.
    City: livermore

Thursday, May 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 75-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got there when at 6am and ished all day. Thougth we would get in our licks beore the holiday crowd.We started working south end tules and weedbeds with Zara Spooks and caught 2 right away about 3lbs. a piece. Then moved to the narrows and worked let side, but nothing.Moved up just pass the narrows on the right and worked the tules and weedbeds there and ound some nice ish in the weeds.What we did was dropshotted a baby brushhog(sour/grape} with a 1/4oz. weight.on 12lbs.P-Line Green.Pitched the weed pockets or any opening you could ind and kept the boat in 10 to 15 t. o water. Shimano worked the outside and I worked the inside and picked up 6 ish 2-3lbs. in that one stretch o weeds.Finished up the day with 20 or so bass,1 catish and 1 trout dragging a nite crawler.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Start on top and work your way down. Alot o ish still haven't spawned yet. Catch & Release. And only keep what you eat.

Saturday, May 19th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched at 6am. ished south side o lake. hammered them today. catching and releasing about 20 ish. best going 7.4. all ish were caught on a luke.
    City: milpitas

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    Water Temp: Warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went on my buddies boat. All my ish were caught on lukes. I managed to catch 7 largemouth and 1 smallmouth. My buddie caught 2 largemouth, 1 on luke and 1 on a blade. We bass ished intill it got really hot, then went to do some trout bait dunking in the shade. Caught a ew trout and got o the water by 2pm.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish are still a little scattered but they are very aggresive. I could see 10plus eet, some nice ish moving in and out o cover. Stay low with this clear water, i you can see them they can usually see you.

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started @ noon. Nothing in the narrows,started moving towards Sparrow point nothing.kepted ishing the north bank up towards the dam. Picked up 4 ish on a varity o baits, senkos, lukes,shaking an oxy craw worm, all ish were between 1 1/2 to 2.0 lbs.Fished the point near the dam and the intake area. nothing, had a ew come up and chase the luke. worked my way back down the lake. ished the south bank were the trees are and was able to catch a 5.11 lbs. out o a submerged tree in about 15 t. o water.that was it. o the water by 5.00pm. lots o boat traic on the week ends so. be careul.
    City: salida

Tuesday, May 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day Tuesday and it was Hot! 98 degrees the news said. Good thing we brought the boat top. The ishing was Hot also. Fished with my buddy Mike who hadn't ished in awhile. We ishing the south end irst, using spinnerbaits& a Zara Spook{rog pattern}. Started catchin' em' right away. Then we started throwing wht.1/4oz. Buzzbaits, a little better ish 3lbs. Moved to the narrows and started throwing jigs 1/4oz. blk.on blk.1 smallie and alot o bumps. I think the the ish didn't like the jig in there nest. So we went back to reaction baits. I put on a silver/rainbow luke and WOW! Really started to hammer em', up to 5lbs. Missed some really nice ish. Most o the action came around coves and wood. Tules and grass areas produced well also. Went up to the main body and dropshotted a bit. Caught ish in 5 to 20 t. o water on 4in. shad pattern Keeper worms. Couple o my riends were ishing by the dam and had a limit o nice trout on powerbait & nite crawlers. It was Hot weatherwise and ishingwise. Goodtime to get out.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: We had a ew patterns working or us but the luke seemed to be the ticket or better ish. We worked it very eratticly. Give it a try and let us know how you do. Catch and Release & Goodishin'

Monday, May 7th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ????

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out Monday evening with a couple other guys in our tubes and or the two hours we ished (5:30-7:30) we all caught at least a couple each. Mine were allcaught on top water. (Zara puppy and a Excaliber Pop-R) The bass were really active on top or about the last hour o light. My other riends caught ish onSenko's and some other topwater poppers. It looks like these bass are eating shad but I'm not sure exactly what the little ish I saw trying in vain to escapewere.
    City: LIVERMORE

    Tips: When the air temperature during the day is above 95 degrees, top waterduring the evenings is where you'll have your un.