San Antonio Lake and Reports

Saturday, September 11th, 2004

• By Don

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished for six today. Not alot of action....Only eight fish, but they were decent keepers. Two at 4#, two at 3# and the rest were in the 1# class. Fish extremely slow and shallow. All my bites came out of 3 feet or less on 10 berkely power worms in red shad texas rigged. Good luck to all!
  City: King City

Thursday, May 13th, 2004

• By mike nance

  Water Temp: n/a

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: got a late start about 11:00 went to harris creek
  started throwin a jerkbait by ramp.picked up two fish one smallmouth 2.6lb and one largemouth by small ramp way in back it went 3.8lb.nothing for sometime so went back to fish main laek point picked four more all smallmouth betwwn 1.5lb and 3lbs.lake level is low basicly bee rock is gone and the main ramp at north shore has no more cove and the water was the strangest color i have ever seen there kind of a bluish green.lots of nice size shad all over so crainkbaits is the way to go.never had a bump on plastics.also did catch one striper about four pounds by southshore on jerk bait
  City: salinas

  Tips: go during the week and be careful in harris creek concealed trees that you never knew were there now that the lake is low.and it looks like the jetskiers are not going to have much of a lake this summer oh what a bummer

Sunday, February 29th, 2004

• By San Antonio Skunkist

  Water Temp: 56

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Got on the water around 6:30, and ater travelling all around the lake at Saturday's Tourney, I igured I should stay close to launch ramp today. Started pitching Stinko's into brush on South Side o Lake at main ramp. Fished around irst bend at about 15-20' depth. Hooked into a our+ largie about an hour into the day. This point had been especially good to some people at Saturday's tourney. No other bites beore we headed back in @ 9:00.
  City: Tehachapi

  Tips: Senkos in brush on rocky points, some people had great success split shotting the same brush piles. Gulley is God.

Sunday, January 25th, 2004

• By Josh

  Water Temp: ?

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: It was a great day on the water. Caught several smallmouth rom 2 to 3 pounds and largemouth rom 1.5 to 2 pounds. Not a bad day at all or the month o January it stayed cool all day and breezy.
  City: Carmel

  Tips: Most o the ish were caught o wood cover on crankbaits. Dress warm.

Saturday, January 24th, 2004

• By Joe Burrows

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: First time ishing here since early last summer. I don't know the lake all that well, me and my partner just wanted a change in ishing. I usually ish in the valley which include Hensley, Eastman, Kaweah, and Success. We started at irst light on the north shore where I knew there would be some ish ater about ten minutes my partner hooked up with are irst ish. Not a big ish but a big accomplishment considering we had not been there or sometime and had no idea where the ish would be or what they would bite. I hooke up a couple ish about an thirty minutes ater that. Then it started raining or about an hour, we went over by cemetery cove and got nothing. Then went back to our spot we had caught the ish but ishing slowed down, but we were able to get three more. It was a good day a little cold but lots o un.
  City: coalinga

  Tips: The ish are right o the weed right now, throw right up in there then work it all the way out. We got our ish rom 5 to 10 eet. Use dark colored plastics they will work. Good ish is coming so get out there and have un, and hold on or that big ish.

Monday, April 14th, 2003

• By BillyD

  Water Temp: 58

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Lake is way down, at least 30 eet. All previous structure that we ished was high and dry.Largemouth were not on beds yet. Did ind some smallmouth on beds. Used senkos to catch them. Got blown o the lake with 30 minutes o steady hail ollowed by a steady downpour.
  City: Alamo

Saturday, March 22nd, 2003

• By Mike Espinola

  Water Temp: 60-62

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Well the Bass Classics o Santa Clara Valley had another very tough time at San Antonio. We had 27 anglers and only 10 caught ish. In irst place guess who? Dieter Spicker he had 5 smallmouth or 12.45 lbs. all on beds some with grubs and the rest on texas rigged 6" worms in June Bug & Witches T colors. The majoriy i the ish were spawning in the middle o the lake in 3-5 eet on rocky and sandy shores in the short pockets and places out o the wind. Dan Hitchcock had our ish the same way in Dieters boat with 9.4 lbs. In third place was a oreign exchange student rom Japan Hiraku Yoskitomo he had 3 ish or 6.4 lbs on small japanese rip baits and crank baits in ire tiger like colors.In orth place with 3.15 lbs was Rich O'brien he was shakin worms or his two ish. In ith place was mysel with 3.15 lbs and two ish. One ish I caught Split shotting a cinnamon brown worm and I had three ish o o beds on a 4" cinnamon brown worm with blue lake on a darthead sight ishing. However two o my ish were short. The other ive guys caught only one ish. The largemouths were cruising and staging in the backs o the short coves and pockets on the main lake but they were very skittish and were not locked down to any beds yet.
  City: Fremont

  Tips: This lake should be busting loose any day now watch out or spooking spawning ish in the shallows mark the spots and later come back to the nest and catch them rom arther away. White and chartruese colors so when they eat the bait you can see it disappear.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2003

• By big guys guides service

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: heard bite at the lake is tu and they close the lower river o with a boom,or the spone.the lake needs help,anyone want to do habitat work,let me know?
  City: oak shores

Wednesday, February 12th, 2003

• By Someone

  Water Temp: 50 to 54

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Got on the lake about 6;46am went north to the trees but stayed in the channel.I caughtish on skinnerbear jigs and dropshotting agreenwennie 4"worm weighted in 4 ish all inthe 3 lb range.I welted I could have done better.
  City: Bakersield

  Tips: The Cold weather changed everything hope somewarm weather can make a dierence.Stay onjigs and continue to drop shot or smalles.

Sunday, December 8th, 2002

• By ooman

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: On the water at about 9:00, ished main lake points rom 15' to 35' at the north end o the lake, very slow. Tried drop shotting, split shotting, jigs and spinners. Got one nice smallmouth (about 2lbs.) all day on a spoon along the clis at the south end o the lake. Sunny but it was cooler. Beats work anytime!
  City: King City

Sunday, October 6th, 2002

• By Basser Bob

  Water Temp: 72

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: went out today and caught 10 ish by noon. 5 biggest weighed 16lbs with the biggest being 4 lbs.
  City: Arroyo Grande

  Tips: caught most on a crawdad pattern crank the rest came on a chrome/blue rattle trap.

Saturday, June 29th, 2002

• By Dave

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Had to rent a boat so couldn't get out till 8:a.m. ished rom just inside the 5m.p.h. to lats and arround.Got bit out in middle where there must be a small hill as my bait started dropping down up wind side. I was split shoting a rootbeer with black curly tail something or other with salt. God (c.r.s. again?). Any way I saw they had some or sale at the marina so look there. It looks like a small bass ry when it is pulled through the watter. That was it. A stinko day but my son and I enjoyed just beeing on the watter again. Got out at 12:30 p.m. too hot and burned crisp.
  City: Watsonville

  Tips: Take sun screen and bimini top. Fish early a.m. or late late aternoon,evening.

Monday, May 6th, 2002

• By Mike B

  Water Temp: 63-65

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Buddy and I ished rom 6:30 until 3:00. Caught a 2.5 blade Fish on 3rd cast, then couldn't buy a blade ish. Started throwin a mojo rigged 4" Keeper worm and bingo, boated 6-7 ish each all in the 2-3 lb range. Most ish caugt in Cemetary.
  City: Watsonville

  Tips: Fished slow, threw to the edge o visible submerged brush.

Friday, March 1st, 2002

• By big guys guides

  Water Temp: 57

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: best day i have had in a long time at san antonio,got 5 smallies rom 1# to 2 3/4,down by the dam--bee rock--harris creek.all on senko,s.4 inch silver-blue,8# p-line,o wood under water.got them rom 8;30 to 12;30,lite wind blowing,you can see the ish in about 4 eet o water,had a good day there wednesday,got largemouth,over 17 bass,would have had about 16.00# or 5 bass.god bless bears93426
  City: oak-shores

  Tips: try senkos on wide gap hooks,

Saturday, February 9th, 2002

• By BOB G

  Water Temp: 52

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Another cold and tough bite . had only one bite all day and wasn't too sure about that. small club tourney and only two ish were caught .. 3.17 won tourney. wind came up about 12 winner caught ish on senko ..other ish was caught cranking ..
  City: SUNNYVALE

  Tips: wait or warmer weather....

Thursday, January 24th, 2002

• By big mike

  Water Temp: 52

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Well on January 19th the Bass Classics o Santa Clara Valley had there coldest tournament in alot o years with 28 degees in the morning and rost so thick you could make snow cones scaping the windshields. There were only 15 anglers willing to bear the cold and only 12 ish were caught by 7 o them.The winning weight was 9.27 lbs by Ray Garcia. He said they ound ish in 10 eet o water acting like spawners and with a long cast with a watermelon senko he caught the 5.27 lb big ish ater it wrapped itsel three times around the tree he had to dunk his shoulders in the water to net the ish. Then later he also caught the male 3.80 lb ish or the 2nd big ish o the tournament in the same tree. Rob Staben had three ish or 9.20 lbs and he also had ish near wood in 10-15 t on summer moss colored reapers and a dart head. Dieter had two ish or third on his usual avorite bait or San Antonio a pig and jig blk with brn pork in 15-20 t.There were some others using pig and jigs near wood in 10-15 t. Mike B nailed a keeper smallmouth drop shotting in 45 t on a tree also.
  City: remont

  Tips: Most ish this weekend came rom wood or trees in 10-15 t the bite was very slow and tough pig and jigs usually the best this time o year but Ray proved its not to early to throw senkos.

Monday, October 1st, 2001

• By b.emmons

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: ish about 2 times a week...just now starting to pick up some ish...average 2-4 ish per outing...10-18 inches average...starting to atten up or the winter months...now starting to have un...
  City: king city

  Tips: most productive just ater sunrise and just beore sunset...only thing they are hitting on is tpo water buzz (proppeler)baits...explosive hits as seen on "bill dance"t.v.show..good luck

Saturday, September 1st, 2001

• By G. Money

  Water Temp: 68'

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished 16:00 - 01:00, caught 3 ish 2-3 lbs o main lake points between 10 - 11:30. 2 jig ish and 1 worm. tried spinners, tubes, rattletraps - nothing
  City: Hollister

Monday, June 18th, 2001

• By Chuck Gunnerud

  Water Temp: n/a

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished this lake or two days, in shallow water, o deep points up to 40 t, in coves, main points, at night, in early morning, north south east west top bottom. only caught two bass. I even set out or a night o crappie ishing with minnows without one slab or my ish taco's. the only sigh o lie in this lake were hundreds o carp. what a wast o time, I should have ished nacimiento.
  City: Visalia

  Tips: ish any other lake than this one

Thursday, May 24th, 2001

• By Evan Noren & Pistol Pete

  Water Temp: 75-79

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished rom 7:00 to 4:00. Five ish total 2lber biggest. Three largemouth and two smallmouth. Fished brush and overhanging bushes on main lake and Harris creek. Missed a couple with spinnerbait on mudlines and lukes on north end.Hey, lego my pink senko.
  City: Salinas