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Monday, May 29th, 2006

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    Water Temp: in the 70's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a total of 8 Smallmouth...most averaged 1-1 1/2lb. Fish #6 was the biggest...It was about a 2 1/2lb smallie. Fought really nice...Great action
    City: Fremont

    Tips: PLEASE CATCH AND RELEASE THE BASS

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught five bass in the 11/2 to 2 pound range within an hour.. beautiful overcast day
    City: Fremont

    Tips: fish reactive baits to get there attention

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

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    Water Temp: dont know

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I am pretty much a starter on bass fishing...I dont really hear too much about quarry lakes...Actually I do I hear bad stuff about it...Since I live close to this place I really want this lake to have a good bass bite...Where are the spots? Rainbow or Horseshoe? HELP!
    City: fremont

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 52 degree

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: i was throwing plastics before the storm... fishin for bass... darn trout like plastic worms. i could feel this tap tap tap... set the hook and catch a 13 inch trout. but i did catch a 15" & a 13" smallmouth. man they were fat. they look like they were goin to burst.

    hey john... that's ur problem... there are no spotted bass in quarry lakes. hehehe... j/k
    City: Fremont

    Tips: timing is the key. the water has to drop 20ft and it has to warm up. like most deep water lakes, the bass hang out on the ledges and come up to feed on the flats. right now the bass are on the third drop-off... too far to cast to... u need a boat with a depth finder. u can see a lot of suspended fish in 30 to 60ft. tough fishing right now.

Monday, February 13th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 58-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: TROLLED UP 6 SMALL MOUTH WHILE TROLLING FOR TROUT.GOOD PULL FOR THEIR SIZE.SPOONS GOLD IN COLOR
    City: FREMONT

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Has any caught carp at quarry lake?
    City: san francisco

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Just wondering if there are any good largemouth in these lakes? and how deep are you catching the smallmouth?
    City: livermore

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

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    Water Temp: cold... maybe 5

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: What is up with this lake?
    i'm fishing horseshoe.
    i fish for smallmouth and catch trout.
    i fish for trout and catch smallmouth.
    so lately i've been throwing spoons, kastmasters and panther martins for the trout. darn smallmouth keep hitting it. so i say, what the heck, i'll fish for smallmouth and start throwing rapalas and rattletraps. i start catching trout. my last trout was 3 lbs. i can't wait til the water drops another 15 feet. it's down about 20 ft. then rainbow lake should be good to walk around.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: i can't wait til DFG starts planting those trophy 9 lbs. trout. that should make things interesting.

Monday, September 5th, 2005

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the main lake looking for some early topwater fish, finally got some nice smallies on a dropshot. I found a nice break with some rock and the fish were there. They are starting to plant trout now that should give the big ones something to eat.........HAR...
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Fish deep and slooooooooooowww

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Rainbow lake again. From what I can see, all of the decent bass have moved offshore to other structure and left only dinks behind. Did not see any keeper-size fish even cruising around. Everyone I talked to got skunked. Big turn-around from last week. The water level has come up about 2 feet. I tried everything in the book. Think I will wait until the middle of October to come back here.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Don't waste your time here right now. The bass bite is much better at other local lakes.

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Walked entire shoreline of Rainbow Lake. Caught 3 LM dinks by the parking lot; 1 on a jig, 2 on deep diving crankbait. One thing is for sure; the LM would not look at anything white. They only would follow dark colors. Blue worked very well. Walked to the only main lake point in Rainbow Lake, and tossed everything I had in the box. Was able to get a 6+ SMALLIE to follow and nip at a slow rolled spinnerbait, but of course, I forgot to put the trailer hook on. Could not convince the smallie to look at anything else again. This lake will become a very good bass fishery as long as the EBRPD can keep the lakes close to capacity.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Fish any kind of point or submerged visible vegetation that you can find. Most bass were on very subtle depth changes and indentations that were visible from shore. The christmas trees are almost completely out of the water, so the fish have moved to deep points and humps.

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: trolled up a 16.5" smally put up a good struggle also a 8" smally

    Tips: Orange spoons

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I was reading background info on this lake and heard they had smallmouth here. I fished the rainbow lake once and caught a few LM dinks a couple months ago. I went to the horseshoe lake and caught a few LM when I was really looking for smallies. Are those sites lying? Where are the smallies? Or do I really have to drive 40 or miles out of the area to catch em? I appreciate tips on the bronzebacks in the area.

    Tips: small brown/purple slipshot worms worked for me. (Leader was about 18"). Nothing on cranks.

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: first time to this lake, I'm not sure if I fished Rainbow or Horseshoe. Caught 2 bass in the late afternoon. I was fishing the shadows. First bass came on a brown/purple carolina rig worm, the second came on a white splash it popper.Both were released in great shape. I wish I had more time to exlore this lake.
    City: salida

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: If the bass aren't biting here, try over the BART tracks at Shinn Pond. Caught 4 keepers (largest 4.75 lbs) on 7/17 in the AM hours. 2 on shallow crankbaits fished almost so slow they barely swim, and 2 on all white spinnerbaits (3/8 ounce double blade).
    City: Fremont

    Tips: All the bass I have seen at Shinn lately have been along weedlines that have 15+ ft. water close by.

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

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    Water Temp: Non-Wader temp.

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Not complaining, caught 4 small mouth with in one hour. To bad that hour came during my fith hour of fishing.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Three words, small brush hoggs

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: bassinbys -
    It seems like you know what your talking about but how about some help with my question on float tubes. This is for reports and help for local fisherman.
    If you want to stop the legal bag limits then you should write your local legislature. Get involved.
    Fishing P-
    I could of used some info from you also.
    City: redwood

    Tips: Catch & Release
    Help out your local fisherman

Friday, June 17th, 2005

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    Water Temp: getting warmer

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: beware of all the snakes!

    walked up on a mighty big Gopher all coiled and ready to strike. be careful if your kids out for some fishing.

    noticed them mostly in small grass and collecting sun on the shore near the water. buddy of mine a ranger at the park reported he saw a rattle snake.

    be carefull
    City: Union City

    Tips: tight lines
    throw the bass back too

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Thanks for the info but I'm fully aware of it already. It is safe if you eat bass once in a while. Fish an game has recommendations on their website. Went out today. No trouts but 1 small bass. Released.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Top Water

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Fishing P, keeping a bass especially during their spawning season can really hurt the bass population of that lake. Also, keeping resident fish such as bass can pose as a serious health risk due to the high concentration of mercury found in these lakes. With that in mind, keep the catfish and trout and throw the bass back. They will always stock plenty of trout and cats for you to catch and keep, but bass populations are wild, so each fish you keep does harm the overall population. Think about it before you keep your next bass, regardless of its size. Not only can it affect the health of the bass population in whatever lake you may be fishing, but you can expirience various health issues as a result of eating this resident fish.
    City: Oakland