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Wednesday, January 1st, 2003

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The new year inds the bite continuing but with signs o slowing down in size and numbers. Lots o pressure the irst day o the new year must o had some impact on the ish as the bite slowed. A 2 ish limit in the 10 -12 lb class was still somewhat easy to come by or those on ish with some lucking isherman catching several limits.We had a easy limit 10-12lbs driting minnows, some ish were caught trolling.HAPPY NEW YEAR! rom john@justish-n 209-5298364
    City: modesto

    Tips: Keep a good bait on and drit slow! 25-40t

Friday, December 27th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry To those I canceled on or Today, weather was great, It didn't Rain and It didn't blow as our trustee weatherman said it would!However the bit was only air as was the catch-n. We did manage to land 3very nice ish 2 Strippers 12-14+lbs and the unnist looking black bass I've ever seen in my50years + ishing. The thing was shaped like a crappie, looked like a largemouth, the color o a largemouth, but was colared somewhat like a stripper, I didn't have my camara, I should have saved it, It was strange! Any body ever seen one?Anyway Lake looked good. it was up maybe 4-5eet rom my last visit. Had several bites,ish were hitting short and not slamming it. Small ish were hitting spoons but not a hot bite! Lots o ish showing on lasher but did what to bite, we ound the best bite on points 25-30 eet deep, No trolling ish today but didn't try much, heard o some caught on swim baits, Not much today maybe next time! Nice day!John@justish-n 209 5298364
    City: modesto

    Tips: Early bite, Fish slow. good luck

Thursday, December 19th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 48-49

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the orbay today..I think there was a total o 5 or 6 boats out there...No wind at all and the rain held o till I let so it was a pretty nice day out there..Stayed in the ished the check 12 area and the lats by the south launch ramp or a hal a dozen stripers to 5lbs..stayed with a chart/white 1/2oz roadrunner most o the day ishing parallel to the weed lines. I did catch a couple on topwater and missed a couple also..No boils just covering a lot water quickly with a spook.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: some top water in the likely places...hair jigs/roadrunners and traps in the 5-15' range. Be carull and where your vest i ishing alone!!..all into 48 degree water and you got some serious issues with out a PFD.

Thursday, December 12th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 52

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Thurs. Fished Big Lake used Jumbo Minnows had our(4) ish total 60+lbs Lots o og,caught and returned to ight again 2 others.o water and in Gustine by noon.Justish-n Guide servicejohn@Justish-n.com209 529-8364
    City: modesto

    Tips: 8lb line, small shot, 3 to 4 oot leader, drit slow, use trolling motor or control,Hook bait in back o dorsel in.

Saturday, November 23rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: NA

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Whipped the aqueducts close to San Luis and and caught many Stripers, but all had to be let go. Hopeully, the bigger ones will bite my bait soon.
    City: san jose

Thursday, November 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: low 60's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Forbay both last Wednesday and yesterday. Fly ished rom a loat tube using sinking lies with sinking line. The current was lowing into the Forbay. Fished in the channel between the 152 bridge and the electrical tower islands. Last Wednesday, got about a dozen stripers rom about 3pm to 5pm. All about the same size 1-2#. Yesterday, the currant was not running and I only got two about the same size in the same time rame.
    City: Ben Lomond

    Tips: This is the time o year or the Forbay. Seems to be best in current when it is lowing. Used standard striper lies about 3" long. Yellow with crystal lash.

Saturday, November 2nd, 2002

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Striper ished San Luis on 10-31-02.I got some bad inormation and didn't have a very good day, but the striper ishing is good right now.Fish are eeding on the surace down to 150 eet deep.Guys are catching stripers on minnows or cut bait in ront o the pumps o the dam ace in 100-150 eet o water. They are ishing right on the bottom and there is atleast 50 boats in the area all the time.When I was getting ready to leave I talked to some guys who caught a hal dozen stripers to 13 pounds o Zara Spooks ishing in two eet o water. The gate opens at six A.M. and closes at dusk.$2.00 entry ee. I you show up at 6:30 you may have to wait or awhile to launch your boat.I am going back 11-03-02 or redemption.I am going to slay these "Striped Mules" on Rattlin Zara's.The guy I talked to who was using Zara's said he went Peacock Bass Fishing in South America and these stripers hit and ought just as hard as the peacock bass did.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: Fish "Flat" type areas and cast right next to the bank and work your lure straight out.Fish Portugese cove.

Saturday, October 26th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished at Goosehead point. Using live crawdads. Took home 2 big ish. 25-30 lbs. Bite was around 3am in the morning.
    City: Fremont

Tuesday, October 15th, 2002

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    Water Temp: reezing

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing overnight right under the pump on the dam. Big ish started to pick up around 3am-5am. Caught 2, 25inches, 35 inches. Smaller guys around 9-15inches struck all night around 8pm-1am. Used cut anchovy and blood worms. Caught both big ish on blood worms. Make sure you use very light weight hooks on the blood worms.
    City: Fremont

Monday, May 6th, 2002

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Plenty o bites using 1oz white and chartuese hair raisers and buck tails. 5pm-8pm at dam ace shore in small lake. 20inchs-25inches. Be sure to add a trailing grub to your buck tails. Fishing P
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Buck Tails, Top water (spooks & pencil poppers) only i you see alot o top water action.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Big striper had been caught at check 12 creek O'neil orebay. Saw some people used pile worms hook too many under size ish, and some o them are dead (loating on top o water) i the ish swallowed please cut your line don't worry about your cheap hooks, let them live.
    City: Milpitas

    Tips: Anchovy still working OK, early morning and late aternoon are best.

Sunday, April 14th, 2002

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Was ishing the Check 12 dam at sunrise using worms/plastic and mudsucker. Landed at least 30 ishes using medium tackle within the our hour that the water was churning. Majority o the ishes were around 16" with some babies and were tearing up the night crawlers. Lots o un battling with the medium tackle. Went home around 10am with two keepers (22" & 23")caught on mudsuckers. Did not see anyone catch any large striper but did see numerous large carp jumping early in the morning. I'm a bank isherman so I normally ish with two poles. A heavy action and a medium action tackle. I use the heavy action tackle or live bait when ishing or bigger ish and use cut bait/worms or the medium action tackle to entertain mysel while waiting or the big one to come and play. Noticed that when the small ones stop biting... the big ones are lurking - be ready!!!
    City: san jose

    Tips: Set the hook early when using worms to prevent the hook rom being swallowed. Seen a lot o undersized ish loating on the surace due to these types o injuries. Bring a good pair o pliers and good luck.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2002

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the big lake and orebay 3-25, rom 6a.m. untill 5p.m. W/loat tubes (me and my son). Beautiul day, no wind no people and no ish. Used jumbo minnows 10t. to 65t. My son jigged tubes,lukes and tossed rattle traps. I got into a school o ish at 65t. that were sucking up my $1.25 minnows. Ater bringing up Two o these louzy weird ish(thought I was Having another o my strange dreams come true)I decided to move on.My son was laughing so hard when he saw what I pulled up and said they don't count as ish. Actually the bite was almost the same as the 25lber I caught a month earlier. Fished the towers in the orebay,nothing doing. Went to check 12 and my son inally caught a dink on a gits-it! Got home and read that a 54lber was caught near us that day. Oh-well!! Looks like we'll have to wait till the bait moves back into shore.
    City: Madera

    Tips: Water was crystal clear and cold.Fish were way o shore in thermal pockets.

Sunday, March 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 55 F ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: nada nothing...saw plenty on ishinder but not a strike or nibble...trolled, jigged, bait...the only one I heard being caught was rom a guy anchored and using live minnows but all were under legal size...no bite may have been cuz o a cold ront that had just come through
    City: Monterey

Sunday, March 17th, 2002

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    Water Temp: reezing

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Excellent Fishing rom the dam. I'm a shore angler so I ishing right at the damn ace. Caught about 10 huge stripers in a 3 day period. Most were in the 25inches + and my biggest is 35inches. My uncle landed a giant and it broke his rod and his 35lbs test line. Fishing is excellent especially at dawn and dust. Best hours are rom 4am-7am mornings. and 4:30pm-6:30pm evenings. All you need is an cast & retrieve rod with ZOOM plastic shads (white) with a 3/4 ounce jig head. Cast out and be ready. hehe. GoOd luck.
    City: Fremont

Sunday, February 24th, 2002

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    Water Temp: 53

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Submitted a report yesterday or Mondat but It didn't go through??Anyway I ished The big lake on 2-24 and had a good day,hooked 15 ish rom 6-12lbs. all ish were caught slow rollin nam motkaewhrg shad/anchovies near the trash rack. Fish are still being caught on minnows,shad,and broken backs.Fish seemed to be hitting short as we missed a large # o strikes.I thinkk they were just hitting at it and not eating it

Saturday, November 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 61 to63

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: o neil orbay,started out about 6:30am. hit various spots on the lake caught bunch o dinks in shallow weedlines using shallow jerk baits.inaly went back to swim beach aera where i had seen shad on the surace,and trough out sammys .caught about 20 dinks and several ish over 2lbs ,had a couple good blow ups but nothing big.
    City: gilroy

    Tips: use your ish inder, or look or surace acitivity weather it be birds, or bait ish.when you ind them try dirent lures,shallow to 5t,or on top.important, by mid nov most o ish start heading deeper.use minnows,spoons,or cut baits. good luck! and god bless.

Monday, September 24th, 2001

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had a day o went to san luis creek area, ished o beach area rom the bank, water was like glass lots o bait close to the bank ,ished top water only zaras and jerk baits rom about 9am to 12noon , was getting ready to leave about 11 seen a good boil casted out , took about 3-4 cast and hooked a good size ish never seen it almost spooled me tried to turn ish with drag adjustment ish keeped going and snaped line with lure and all. note: this hit was not a typical hit, ish sucked whole lure under like draining the bath tube. anyway tried big lake caught 2 small ish. ish are becoming Fall active.
    City: San Jose

Saturday, September 22nd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tough day or me..One striper around 4 lbs irst thing and a couple more hours o casting resulted in a LMB that whent about 2.5 lbs..Got right in the mix o a decent boil that had some BIG ish blowin up on bait but I just couldn't get one to go..Flat water and a nice day to be out there..Tons o bait in the upper water column..I did catch a ish on a spoon that I have never seen beore..it was about 10' long..spiny ray dorsal that extended allmost to the tail..a dark brown color with a bit o orange on its belly..small mouth that was kinda like a red ear but a little more leshy ans it had a deep body like a perch ..anyone have any idea what it is?? I should have taken a pic o it..Anyway..the bait guys are gettin some but it was tough or me today.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: Lake is comin up..algea bloom pretty thick in some places..I know theres ish in around the thick bloomes but I like to try to ind clean water ..it's there you just have to run and look or it..

Saturday, September 15th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Skunked

    Tips: Wait another month