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Wednesday, February 13th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished or a couple o hours o o the bank. Couldn't get anything on a crankbait or brushhog. Switched to a senko and right away I got bites. I caught two nice sized bass, not bad or my irst time at the lake. I'll be back.
    City: hollister

Monday, February 11th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Does anyone know when this lake re-opens or ishing?

Sunday, December 16th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: The ishing is slow rom shore but good o the dam.Platorm boats are the key to succsess. The bass are anywhere rom 10 to 40 eet.
    City: salinas

    Tips: Drop shot is working the best. Spinnerbaits are very productive in the shallows. Deep runing crainkbaits work well to along with carolina rigs.

Thursday, October 4th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Does anyone know whether this lake opened back up again ater Sept 11 when it was closed or security reasons?Either post or drop me an email.Thanks.T2
    City: Foster City

Monday, September 24th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I heard rom a Hollister local and regular at San Justo that the lake is closed or security reasons. Apparently there is a nearby actory that makes explosive devices or the Govt. Hope is reopens. This is a great little lake and one o my avorites - no ski boats.T2
    City: Foster City

Saturday, September 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got on the lake at 0730. Only a couple o other boats out. The lake is so low I would not recommend anything but an aluminum boat to prevent rock damage while launching. The dock is on the bottom and tilted to one side. I caught 9 bass and one trout. All ish came on rocky points in 25-35 t o water, either drop shotting a 4" Zipper worm or carolina rigged 4" watermellon senko. The trout hit the senko as I was pulling it up out o 35t o water. It was about 2lbs. The bass were all small with the lagest going about 2.2 lbs. It was a un time. I only ished 3 hrs.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Fish 25 t or more with 4" worm either texas or carolina rigged or use a drop shot and shake it. The deeper the water the bigger the ish.

Saturday, August 11th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Picked up 18 bass rom 11:30AM to 2:30 PM. The largest was 3.2lbs all the way down to 3 dinks. 12 ish were keepers. A Drop shot 4" zipper worm was the bait, 20t was the depth. Shake it! Good luck. Not many boats on the lake.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Most ish were graphed at 15-25 t. Use sot plastics or jigs worked slow.

Saturday, June 9th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0630 to 1030. Tried topwater - not even a tail slap. Tried spinner bait, crank, jerk. No go. Finally switched to senkos and got several taps on the all but only had one taker. A nice 2.5 LM caught in about 5 t o rip rap. Did not try any sot plastics like worm or lizzards. Probably would have had better luck with either. Lake level has dropped a couple o eet recently so I am sure they have pulled back o shore. Graphed a lot o ish in the 15-26 t range.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Fish deeper than I was with sot plastics. The moss and weeds are making the use o any bait diicult shallow.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 67-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Drop shoting again in 10-25 eet. Fished shallow in the morning around 10-15 eet. Then moved to 20-25 eet in the aternoon. I caught 31 ish total, one was on a spinnerbait ater the wind came up. The biggest was a 3 1/2 lbr. Everything was a pound or bigger. Only caught 6 that were below 12". I ished rom 6:30 t0 4:00.
    City: Salinas

Sunday, May 6th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0730 to noon. Only caught 3 ish. Caught one on a grub and 2 on senkos. All were caught in 2-4 t near the tules. Had one good top water bite early but lost the ish at the boat. Tried spinner bait, grubs, top water, and jerk baits. Senko worked the best shallow.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Water is really owled with algea which may have aected the bite. Start shallow and work to deeper water i you don't get bit.

Saturday, April 21st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished late aternoon ollowing a cold ront that blew through on Friday. Worked the shallows out to 10 t. My only bite was a 6-7 lbs bass that drug a lot o line o my reel beore breaking the surace like a nuclear sub (no Japanese ishing boats in the area this time) and tossing my senko back at me. Monster ish. A couple o bank isherman were catching trout. Trolled or trout on the way in and caught one and lost one.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Don't stay with one lure like I did when you are not getting bites. The water was stained ater the rain and a reaction bait like a blade or crank was probably more appropriate than what I was throwing. It may have been a cold ront lock jaw situation however.

Sunday, April 1st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 61

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 0630 to 1130. Caught 8 bass, largest 2.9lbs. Most were in the 1.5-2.0 lbs class. Caught one on a rapala jerk bait. The rest were caught on using lizzards and a brush hog. Seven ish were caught on muddy lats in 6-9 eet o water. Caught my biggest ish on a loating worm lipping the tules.
    City: Foster City

    Tips: Sot plastics, shallow 6-10 t slow.

Friday, March 30th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ~63-65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Friday rom 9am-12pm. Caught a total o 8 ish. One small ish in the morning on black/gold rapala, then as the sun warmed the water I caught 7 in the last hour ishing a berkely power craw. They just couldn't resist it. I nailed the biggest one walking back to the toll booth. I casted rom the road above the rocks and got to see the bass inhale my bait as it sunk. As the ish tired and I reeled it in, I saw 3 nice size (3-5 lbs) ollow my ish in. She was a healthy 3 lbs.........Hey Randy, I asked the lady at the toll booth about the picture o your ish, and she said you had picked it up. She did say it was 12 1/2 lbs. Very nice. You don't have to rub it in by posting here 3 times.
    City: Watsonville

    Tips: It's Spawn time, baby.... Please catch and release.

Saturday, March 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: Cool

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I was ishing with a blk/blue jig or a wyle with not even a strike. I decided to pick up my other stick that had a ins ish on a 1/4oz jig head. First cast I caught one right below the boat. Managed to get a total o ive ish but not much size, one about 2lbs. I will be back this weekend in the rain again. I like this lake better in the rain " Keeps the ools o"......I also managed to catch a couple nice trout to. Remember all you so called bass ishermen in your ancy bass boats CATCH AND RELEASE!!!!
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish rom 15' to 20'.Slow shakin on the bottom with smaller than avarage lures.

Tuesday, March 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: Warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got a late start, went with the amily and a couple o riends. I started to ish rom my boat and with much dierence in opinion on where and how to ish, I got dropped o on the shore!! First cast in my more relaxed mood I caught one about one and a hal pounds. Then I started to slay them, caught a total o ourteen all with a texas rigged rock monster. There was not much size to them but they were un. The other our people I went with, caught one ish between all o them. I wonder who they will listen to next time?
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Fish very shallow, look or the tullies to move, there looking or ood and are very aggressive. Soon we should be able to get the 30 ish days!!!!

Saturday, March 17th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: First time on lake. Fished or a couple hours. Caught two bass. Both caught on texas rigged plastics. Lake looks real good. Water was pretty warm. Very nice day.
    City: Merced

    Tips: Fish weren't too deep. They should be looding the shallows soon i the weather cooperates.

Sunday, October 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: Cool

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: 3 o us limited out rom 6:30-1:00 and picked up 2 trout on the way...4 other people on the whole lake all day, everybody hooking up with something...2-4lbs each with a 16 inch trout and a 22 inch trout, both caught on bass plugs trolling as were all our bass...had un!
    City: Seaside

    Tips: Deep running lures...troll alot and hit evry point

Tuesday, July 4th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 68 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Only Trout ishing today. O bottom with powerbait. They bit on anything with yellow/Chartreuse in it. Two o us limited out between 5:30am - 7:30am.
    City: Gonzales

    Tips: Powerbait: 1)Lime Twist 2)Chartreuse Glitter 3) Rainbow Glitter 4) Purple Passion

Saturday, February 12th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got to the lake at about 12.It Was airly windy and it was cold.Had no boat so ished o the shore.Caught 2 trout on a rooster tail o the dam.Skunked the rest o the day.
    City: salinas

    Tips: ish a black rooster tail, let it drop o about ive seconds twitch it a whole lot

Saturday, February 5th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 55

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Opening day. Me and buddy were on the lake beore light. The wind blew real hard. When the wind calmed down, a lot o boats and bank ishermen were getting nice trout. By about 10:00 we made it to a sheltered cove. I caught a 10 lb bass. Really, I weighed it on three scales. Showed it th the lady at toll booth. I've got some good pictures with my digital camera. Only ish we caught. We let at about 1:30 ran out o battery. I caught him on a new lure - Extreme perormance squirm worm with realistic eyes. I'll be back to try it again. Good luck!
    City: Prunedale