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Thursday, October 7th, 2004

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: launched at dinasour point ran accross to the dam
    to fish around the rocks.started about 7:00 with
    jerkbait(my favorite for this)started catching fish right off the start.like the other reports yoy can catch all the stripers you want right now.most fish between 18"-24".did get one 7.6 and
    one 8.9.that is what my boga grip scale said.and
    i also caught two largemoth bass just about fell out of the boat about 2lb each.real good looking fish to.well when i went back to pull out i thought why not try this cove before i left plenty of fish there also.just fishing the banks like i was bass fishing.alot more fun than bait fishing by far.
    City: salinas

    Tips: stay away from the real flat area's you need a little depth.

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The Big lake Fished the 7th and 8th for about 5 to 6 hours each day. Water was glass for the most part till about 3pm. Started the days about 9 to 10am fished cranks and spooks, strike pro popper no luck first three hours.
    Then Started Graffing fish 30 to 40 foot both days. So I thought I would try it with a Drop Shot rig. First day used plastics missed a bunch and caught 4 keepers and a few smaller(salt&pepper)worked best. I am not one for bait fishing but I thought I would try fresh dead shad on the drop shot rig day two. We caught 20+ fish 9 of those were keepers. Two keepers on dubble Hook Up! Fun Day. I will try some more plastics on this and let ya know. oh and not a one was gut hooked.
    Good Luck!
    Be Safe! Don.
    City: Dos Palos

    Tips: 3 to 4' off the bottom with plastics or bait on Drop shot rig. keep watching some top water starting

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: well went over to check things out,tip call before
    you go.wind was howling the main lake was closed so i went to the forebay.started right at the ramp fished up to first island jerkbait and rat-l-trap nothing.damn wind,went across to the flats and just to windy even in my 20' ranger.went back
    to the north west end and found some nice weed's
    third cast i cought one about 16".picked up four more but still no size.wait another couple weeks let the weather cool down and things will pick up.
    main lake is coming back up so it should also pick up.
    City: salinas

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Camped out at Basalt over the weekend. First time at San Luis Res. so I talked to the rangers and they pointed me in the right directions. Ended up working Goosehead Point and scratching up a 19" fish on a spinner bait. I also used anchovies and these 1 ft. sea worms that I got from Lucky Larrys these baits only got me small nibblers that would not take it all the way(must of been some small fish). Also, before I had left for this trip I had tried to get some information via e-mail from Coyote Bait and Tackle and got no response. You would think they could respond and help a fellow fisherman out. Anyway, I was one of those bank fisherman and am looking for tips from a any other bank fisherman that has some helpful/valid ideas on fishing this body of water.
    City: Daly City

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: well finally the wind let up enough to go out on san luis.launched at dinasour point and wanted to fish al the way in the back but they have dropped the lake so much i aint there no more.went back to portiguez cove and started throwing a jerk bait with no luck.then went to yellow rat-l-trap
    for the same result.so then went to the old standby cut anchovie in about 60 feet of water in the same area.cought 6 fish two largest went 26"
    the rest about 16"-18".lot's of bank fisherman so
    they must be also catching fish on bait.
    City: salinas

    Tips: if you do bait fish anchor in one spot and dont move let the fish come to you becouse it always works but you may go an hour or more between bites.

Sunday, March 7th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished forebay this weekend. Weather was awesome with no wind. Caught 6 small stripers, biggest was around20 inches, on ratlletraps. Water was real muddy, but warming. Lake level was dropping during the day. Water clears, the bite should go real good. Caught most stripers around check 12 and dam.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Red and chartruese 1/2oz rattletraps. Fish clear water and current lines.

Wednesday, January 14th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I am thinking o going to San Luis this coming Friday and was wondering how the ishing is now. Anyone been out there lately?
    City: Hayward

Saturday, January 3rd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 52-53.5

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went to the big lake to see whats going on..The big lake is in good shape and coming up quick. Water color was great. Fished breaks and wind blown banks for an hour with jerkbaits and traps for one small fish. Started to meter fish in cottonwood and dropped a minnow down and had a grab on the first drop. Myself and guest landed 15 or so with most in the 2.5-3lb range and solid fish for my partner that went 21 even.That fish put up one hell of a fight. We fished with 12lb Flouro and 8ft light steelhead rods. Al were released
    City: San Jose

    Tips: There are some fish to be caught on artificials but we used live bait and rods were bent. The wind came up in a matter of 5 min!! It went from flat to very lumpy. And just like that it was DAY OVER...keep an eye on the wind to stay out of trouble and for god sakes where a life jacket!! I can't believe how many anglers I see out there in small boats and no friggin PFD. It's not worth dieing.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2003

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished main lake out o Bassalt with two partners on Tuesday the 28th. Started trolling with nothing then decided to ish accross the lake by the small rock wall along the hwy then it happend, Stripers busting shad along the rocks. We were in the right place at the right time and took ull advantage o the situation by tossing jerk baits and shad raps. Bite was wide open and the ish were 21 to 26 inches. Then ater 12 or so hookups it quit, they were gone. Then we went to the trash racks and ound nothing went back to the rock wall and they were back again. Same action, three hookups at once with keeper ish then again they let. What a great day, we were just lucky to be there.
    City: Visalia

    Tips: Watch the shore or busting ish on the surace early and hold on or a nice ride.

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: WELL HAVE NOT FISHED HERE SINCE MAY AND THOUGHT THE EARLY FALL BITE WOULD BE GOOD LIKE IT WAS IN MAY.WELL SURE ENOUGH IT WAS.FISH WERE NOT AS BIG BUT DID GET A LIMIT OF TWO 28".COUGHT ABOUT 20 ALL TOGETHER.JERK BAITS ON ALL FISH IN SHALLOW WATER.JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ON THE LAKE EXCEPT DAM AREA.
    City: SALINAS

Sunday, September 21st, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in the morning at the trash pile. Caught 1 ish at about 9:30am but the bite died o. Fished a ew other spots with no luck. Went back and ished the trash pile at 2:00pm and got into them. Caught 3 ish in about 15 min. and had our limit. Fish were small but did catch ish in the 3 to 5 pound range. Fun day!
    City: Tracy

    Tips: Used live minnows in 40 eet o water or irst ish and dead minnows in 60 eet or last 3 ish.

Monday, July 28th, 2003

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Main reservoir by the Romero Visitor area or about 1 hour late in the aternoon on my loat tube beore he wind orced me out. Many were out ishing the banks with a ew caught -5# range. Fished the 152 bridge @ night w/ cut bait & no success. Fisherman jigging mudsuckers on 3-way swivel caught most o the ish amongst all the isher people. Most ish rom 16" - 24".
    City: San Jose

Sunday, July 20th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Trolled back to Portugese Creek, around Dinosaur, using BBR's, hair raisers, swim baits. Nothing. Fish still relatively shallow in top 20 t. Didn't even see any ish being caught. Water must still be a bit cool?
    City: Hollister

Saturday, June 7th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 66

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished rom 5:30-10:30am, caught 6 stripers rom 2-10 pounds trolling yellow hair-raiser o dam in 20-25 eet water. Wind was blowing 25 miles per hour. (all ish released)
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Very Windy this time o year! Smaller crat be sae on the water. (larger ish should start to hit in next 3-5 weeks as the water continues to warm)

Friday, May 30th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: were you ishing dinosaur point o the shore or boat? anybody have any ino on shore ishing here? how about weed growth?

Wednesday, May 21st, 2003

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I went chasing some stripers today. Started out ishing over by Fisherman's Point near the damn(with minnows)with no luck, but inder showed them @ 15-20 eet. Ran over by Goosehead Point and ished (with minnows) with no luck. Then ran out by the Trash Stacks and landed on top o a big school o shad. Tried throwing jigs, broken backs, a Kastmaster, and some topwater lures too. Still no luck. Wind was almost non-existent until about 11am, then only to 10mph or so. Decided I was thoroughly sunburnt by 3pm, so I loaded the boat and went home. Saw one boat with a nice stringer, but everyone else I talked to seemed to be having a hard time inding them also. Temperature was about 92 degrees in the shade, so that probably had a lot to do with it.
    City: Delhi, CA

Friday, May 9th, 2003

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Caught 3 ish (4-7 lbs)near the dam gates using rozen chad rom Lucky Larry's. Had to go down 50 - 75 eet. Fish were caught between 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM. Tried live minnows and anchovie also...no bites.
    City: Aromas

    Tips: Frozen chad at 50 - 75 t.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2003

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: third time on this lake or me and each time i caught limits. got on the water tuesday the 22nd around 2pm ished a ew hrs with bait but no bites then the wind came up. noticed a guy catching ish on the ly by ishermans point in a loat tube so i hit that area wednesday morning. trolled a broken back by the dam and caught 8lb stripper and the wind kicked me o again. saw people catching ish rom shore so thought i would give it a try and landed 12lb ish by ishermans point casting towards the dam. looked like everyone had ish who casted rom shore with bait. caught my two ish and got a early start home, what a cool lake, nice campgrounds in bassalt but the wind is horrible...
    City: visalia

    Tips: ish the dam by ishermans point

Saturday, April 5th, 2003

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Threw our lines in the water @ 7am, ished with anchovies til 10am with no luck. Then I landed an 8# striper, 5 minutes later my buddy landed a 5#er, then nothing... at about noon, I landed a little 4#er. Had things to do @ the house, so I let around 2pm. Seems like you have to be on the water FIRST THING in the morning to nail 'em. But it was still a nice sunny day to be ishing, wind wasn't too bad either.
    City: Turlock, CA

    Tips: Get on the water as early as possible.

Sunday, March 30th, 2003

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    Water Temp: 57-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: trolled o quien sabe point today. landed 5 ish (all legal). ish kept were 10# and 15# s (released an 8#er). trolled herring @ 40-50 t. water was lat, but ull o algae.kevin 'padrino'
    City: san jose