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Saturday, January 18th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Last two weekends in a row I got blanked. Tule og killed the bite. This weekend was a slight improvement but only slight with 2 bass and 2 trout in the boat. Bass were caught on drop shot 4" worm in 25-30 t o water and the trout were taken trolling a shallow diving broken back rapala. Largest bass was a nice 2.5 lbs. Tried carolina rig, crank bait, grubs, and jigs and the only bass bite came on the drop shot. Sunny and a beautiul day but the ull moon was working against the bite today.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Don't ish this lake when there is tule og. Drop shot 20-30 t where ever you graph ish.Be patient. I will be a while beore the bite returns to this lake.

Sunday, November 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 3 hrs Sat and Sun. Totals or the 2 days was 10 largies and 17 trout. Didn't spend much time bass ishing. Returned all ish to the lake ater lecturing each ish on how eating artiicial baits can be hazzardous to their health. No large ish. Bass were caught in 20-30 t with grubs and drop shot. Trout were caught on a rapalla. It was very cold out on that water.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: I the bass aren't biting switch to trout. Dress warm.

Saturday, November 23rd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: hit lake early with 2 ishing buddies & the rising sun, very cloudy/overcast & cold..... caught 2 nice 2 lb bass early on surace popper.then bite went dead..ished the remaining day till noon, ishing with everything but to no avail... geno picked up a 1lb trout driting a worm on the bottom...i caught a 2.5 lb bass on 7in worm.... but then wind picked up & we headed in. as ar as joey better luck next time my riend....hehehehehe
    City: paciic grove

    Tips: wear warm clothes & be persistant. work poppers close to shore & slow

Saturday, November 16th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Beatuiul weather but tough ishing. Fished rom 7-11AM and only caught 5 bass. Good news is that one was nearly 5 lbs caught on a Senko in the tules. The rest were caught on a variety o baits rom drop shot to grubs to crank bait. Not pattern. The lake has risen considerably in the past week causing cold water conditions and lock jaw. It will take a while or it to settle down. Talked to some other experts on this particular lake and they all complained o an inconsitent bite and ew ish.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Sot plastics in 20 t o water and keep trying dierent lures.

Saturday, October 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0730 to 12:00. Caught 13 bass up to 2.5lbs. Most were 1 to 1.5 lbs. Small ish but un. Took 3 on top water early along the tules. Water is up to the tules as o this week. The rest were caught in 20 t o water on drop shot and hula grub. Met some nice Chinese anglers out who took a couple o bass on night crawlers up to 2.5lbs, one caught rom shore.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Top water early. Bite came within 5 t o shore. Once the sun comes up move to deeper water until you ind the ish. Recommend sot plastics. Did not try spinner or crank.

Saturday, October 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 7-11AM Sat. Tried top water. One small bass. Saw top water action in a deep water in a cove. Thought schooling bass. Went straight to drop shot. Picked up 4 bass in rapid ire. Started looking or a similar pattern and played it out. 21 bass with the largest 4lbs, one 3lbs, and the rest were small 1-1.5lb schooling clone ish. Most came on drop shot. Picked up a ew on a hula grub and carolina rigged senko. Put them all back ater a short lecture on how rubber worms can be hazzardous to bass health. Fun time.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Look or top water action in deep water. Look or water owl. That's were the ish are. Use drop shot, sot plastics or reaction baits. Put Them Back where you ound them. Fall is the best time on this lake.

Saturday, September 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 7:00AM to 11:00 AM. Caught 15 bass mostly 1.5 lb clones with a ew that were over 2 up to the largest and last ish o the day - 3 lbs. Started with top water and nothing. Another angler ound a top water bite as well as a spinner bait bite. My only luck came on drop shot 4" worm, hula grub, and a varity o carolina rigged plastics. These were the only baits I ished. Depth or all ish was 20-35t o rocky shoreline.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Fish were biting steady all morning. Try dierent baits. Other isherman had luck on a variety o presentations. My conidence baits on this lake are pastics ished deep at this time o year.

Saturday, September 7th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0630 to 10:30AM Sat. Started at the dock area with a Pop R and got 3 ish right o the bat. Continued with top water or about an hour with only one more small ish. Swithed to split shot worm - one ish. Swithed to drop shot 4" worm and picked up 12 more bass. Got one more on a crank bait o a rocky point. Total or the morning was 17 bass. All were small ish 1-2lbs with a ew dinks mixed in. Fun day. Not many boats out. No big ish but a lot o action.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Try top water early. Don't stay with it i you don't get bit within 15 min. Go to sot plastics with drop shot being my best presentation. Fished 12-25 t. mostly o points.

Saturday, August 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Fri late PM in strong wind. Started on points with no luck. Finally ound a mud line in a cove that showed ish. Picked up 2 on drop shot and one on a jig in 15-20 t all in the 3lbs class. Fished Sat and it was really slow or me. No top water ish but didn't try that hard. Nothing on senkos. Only ish came on drop shot 4" zipper worm in deep water.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: In the aternoon when the wind is howling ish the mud lines with sot plastics or crank. AM try top water but don't waste too much time beore going deep with plastics.

Saturday, August 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 14 large mouth. All small, less than 2lbs. Caught on a variety o methods rom jigs to drop shot to carolina rig. Deeper water rom 20-25t.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Not top water bite even in the early overcast hours. Go deep early with plastic

Sunday, August 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0630 to 10:00. Started with top water but not a single bite. Worked the weedy shorline with spinner bait and not a bite. Tried rocky points with drop shot and worm that was the answer. Picked up 9 bass rom 1 to 3lbs. Most were 1.5lbs but two were a little bigger ish. Fish caught in 20-30t o water on a 4" Zipper Worm and a split shot 4" ringworm.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Rocky points with sot plastics either drop shot or worked slowly on the bottom in 12-30 t o water.

Thursday, July 4th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good top water bite very early. Ater 8:00 went to a drop shot 4" worm and picked up 5 small ish in 20t o water anong rocky shoreline.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Top water early then split shot worm or drop shot 12-22 t.

Tuesday, May 28th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Fri evening. Wind blowing pretty hard as usual. Drop shot 6 bass and trolled or 2 trout in 2.5 hrs. All good ish in the 2-3lbs class. Bass were 16-18 t. along tule drop o caught while driting. Trout came on a small shallow diver rapala trolled at 5t depth. I was the only boat on the lake due to the wind.
    City: Foster city

    Tips: Recommend ishing 12-20 t with anything that will stay out o the moss. Got lots o trout to the boat that got o when I tried to bring them on board. Recommend a net.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished drop shot rigs again on the rocky shorelines in 15-25 eet. Wind picked up in the aternoon and we started trowing spinnerbaits to the tules and mudlines. This produced a ew more ish. All ish were small, nothing went over 2 1/2 pounds. Pete caught 8 bass and one trout on a crainbait. I caught six, another good day at San Justo. In addition, Pete had bad gas and he ate all my lemon drops.
    City: Salinas

Sunday, May 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 64-67

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: It was a good day to be ishing at San Justo. Started ishing at 8:00 and the wind was blowing a little so I started throwing a rattletrap to the tules. Rattletrap didn't work so I switched to a spinnerbait; no luck. Threw a crankbait and not even a look. Then I threw a zipper worm, again no luck. I switched to a carolina rig and worked a rocky point at about 15 eet. I kept coming up with a lot o moss so I switched to a drop shot rig. First cast on the same point I caught a 1 1/2 lbr. An hour later I had caught ive ish o that point. I then moved to the rocky points to the let o the launch ramp. I caught one more ish and then the wind came up again, only much stronger and rom a dierent direction. I stuck with the plan and caught 4 more o o that strech o shorline, the biggest being 2 1/2 lbs. I caught two more o o a weedy point that didn't go over 12 inches. Those two were the only one's that were too short, everything else was easily over a pound and bigger. All o them were caught on 4" worms in 15-25 eet o water. Good Luck.
    City: Salinas

Tuesday, May 7th, 2002

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    Water Temp: Cold!

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: my buddy reports the water as COLD and the level is down about 20 eet! So there is no tules or the bass. He caught 2 shaker bass on top water plugs.
    City: Mtry

Sunday, May 5th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 7:30-11:00 Sun. Lake was loaded with trout ishing boats. I wasted most o my time ishing the tules and you guessed it they were not in the tules. They were on the weed edge dropping to 12-18t. Zipper worms took my only two ish. One was 2lbs and the other was 6.4 lbs. Now that was un on 8lbs test line ultra lite spinning outit.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Sot plastics on the weed edge drop o.

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: ished or about 6 hours. Caught one trout about 16 inches long with rainbow power bait. I was beginning to wonder i there was ish in this lake.
    City: hollister

Wednesday, February 27th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught two bass today. Both on nightcrawles and went about 2 pounds or so. Fishing hasn't turned over, I'd give it another 3 weeks.

Wednesday, February 20th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Weather was very nice today however the bass ishing wasn't. I saw people with trout (very small), but I didnt' see anyone else giving the bass ishing a shot. I ished the coves to the let o the boat ramp with senkos, spinnerbaits, lizards, and dierent colored 4 inch worms. I caught 4 bass on senkos a week ago but today not even a bite. I couldn't get a bass to hit anything iness. So ater about 4 hours o ishing without a bite i decided to slow roll a red and black spinnerbait. My second cast I hooked onto about a 2 pounder but he shook my hook beore i could get a good look at him. About 20 minutes later on my second to last cast I nailed about a 5 pounder or so. I wanted to stay longer but I just couldn't miss my class so i'll have to wait or next time. One ish and I let a happy guy.

    Tips: The bass didn't want anything to do with a worm. Try crankbaits or spinnerbaits sloooooooooow.