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Sunday, August 7th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Island pond on saturday morning, and sunday afternoon. Saturday early morning about 7am to 9am, i caught alot small ones on dropshot. After 9am switched to top water, i used frogs and sammy. I got 2 3lb on frog and sammy, and one 5lb on sammy. The fish stopped biting about 11. Sunday afternoon is terrible, I went out about 4pm, I didn't get a bite at all, I left at about 7pm. I think its better to catch fish in the morning.

    Good luck fishing
    City: fremont

    Tips: Its Frog time.

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Dog,

    You've got the right area once you reach the top of the levy you are looking down on one of three ponds back there. The one you are looking at is not the island pond. Go down the hill to the left and you will pass the second and smallest pond. Keep going along the road staying close to the levy and you will come up on the island pond. BTW, I don't think you are allowed to fish the island itself as it is a nesting area for some endangered bird. Lots of good water in both big ponds. Have fun and stick a BIG dog!
    City: Santa Cruz

    Tips: I usually fish cover (trees, tules, etc) with a senko or lizard. I like the 7" senko in green pumpkin/black flake.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Ok this is a question for those with experiance. I see the reports about the island pond and wanted to know whare it is. Is it the area that you have to park all the way back by the launch ramp and has the dirt road that goes up over the hill and all the way back on the small pond side or is the whole area called the island ponds ????
    City: San Leandro

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out to Shadow Cliffs Wednesday after work. Fished from 6pm to 8:30pm. Focused on the large back pond. Fished the shore from 5 or 6 spots on the far side from the parking lot. Caught two nice LM, one 16" and one 15". Didn't have my scale with me. Both were taken on a 6" pumpkin seed lizard with chartreuse tail. Worked it with a painfully slow action to get the strikes.
    City: Fremont

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    Water Temp: Don't Know

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived at 7:30 p.m. and walked arroyo shoreline until 9. Landed a two-pounder on a purple persuader buzzbait. No hits on red shad baby brush hog, the only other bait I tried. Fish released.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: First time at this water. Hard to access from shore. Don't try to walk around the entire lake/pond. Thought I could do that but the trail dead-ended just before I could complete the loop. Thus I had to quickly back-track and retrace my steps around 90% of the lake (instead of 10%) to get out of the woods before dark and 9 p.m. park closure.

Monday, July 25th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: you call your self mongo and i'm the idiot? you say that you caught about 7 fish, cant you count?
    City: fremont

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fish in the Island pond on sat from 7 to 12. Early morning was slow with just couple small ones. When it gets about 9:30 to 10, the bass was jumping everywhere to chase the dragon flies. I hooked 3 on top water, one close to 3lb, one 2lb, and a little one. Top water is working pretty good now in the island pond.
    good luck fishing.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Try topwater, and work them slow.
    The weather is HOT

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: wrong date on earlier rerport. Actually 7-23-05

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: After reading the reports I float tubed shadow. I fished the back pond and caught about 7 fish. None that big, 2lbs were the norm. I have to say one thing, after reading the posts here... Smoke you are a Huge Idiot. Please don't bother posting here again. Assasin, thanks for the good reports. That is what the forums are for.
    City: Bay Area

    Tips: Please catch and release, save some fish so Smoke can catch a fish.

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

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    Water Temp: warm and very c

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished smaller pond closest to parking lot from 6:30 to 11:30. Caught 6 fish with the 2 best over 2.5lbs. 1 Caught on white 3 bladed buzzbait working it slowly parallel to the weedline, pretty hard hitter. Other was on a green and yellow jig with black and blue trailer. It hit it on the move,others caught with Yamamotos all fish(except the buzzer) were caught where the sun and shade met. Good luck!
    City: Hayward

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Good top water fishing. Bass are chasing dragon flies. Total had about 10. MOst are small ones besides 1 16inch, and 1 18inch. A friend i met there caught one that's about 4-5lb range. Its hard to locate bigger ones now. Too much small ones around.
    good luck fishing
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Top water lures.

    Anybody has any suggestions about where to fish now on the tube besides shadowcliff. Kinda wanna try somewhere else.
    I went Chesbro last month was alright. I'll be appreciated if i can get anything new informatioin.

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

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    Water Temp: bathtub

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished saturday night and sunday morning in the small pond. both days were similar bites. good top water. small fish, biggest was 2.11 on saturday around 8:30 am
    City: redwood

    Tips: black frogs fished slow worked well. fish were in open water as well as close to shore

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tried the arroyo pond today. Most of the fish caught on dropshot, and one caught on a trap. Most of the fish are small today with the biggest one about 15inch. Tried top water sammy, and trig, no luck on these techniques. Plan to try the island pond next week, and i will post another report.
    good luck fishing everybody.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: drop shot. Practice catch and release.
    The more you release, the more you going to get in the future.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tried the arroyo pond today. Most of the fish caught on dropshot, and one caught on a trap. Most of the fish are small today with the biggest one about 15inch. Tried top water sammy, and trig, no luck on these techniques. Plan to try the island pond next week, and i will post another report.
    good luck fishing everybody.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: drop shot. Practice catch and release.
    The more you release, the more you going to get in the future.

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: tubed the island pond from 7-12, 7 fish, two over 3lbs., one over 5lbs. Bigger fish came from the weed islands
    City: p-town

    Tips: around 9:30 a.m. there were dragon flies everywhere and then the fish started jumping and didn't stop till noon. tried to match the hatch all I had was 4" watermelon w/red flake senko's. only one other tuber out there this morning and we made the most of it. He caught more on an oxblood roboworm than i did on my senko but I caught the bigger fish

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I'll be out there tomorrow with a green caddis tube. that's fine..i already know what i am doing.but i'll see you around.
    good luck to you tomorrow.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: fish with respect

Friday, July 15th, 2005

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    Water Temp: bathtub

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: i looked at my post again was kind of rude! although that was not my intentions
    City: redwood

    Tips: i will be using this for fishing reports only in the future

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    Water Temp: bath tub

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tim/rexx-
    I will be out there on saturday 6 am
    yellow float tube
    show me where you are on the shore I will show you fish

    smoke-smoke more be happy, 420 :)
    City: redwood

    Tips: buy a float tube

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out around 6:45 AM on the back pond by the bridge. Caught one LMB on a jointed-rap shad.. Blue/white/orange. Ended up with one all day
    City: San Mateo

    Tips: Good lUck

Monday, July 11th, 2005

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    Water Temp: bath

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: tim- was talking to rexx and yourself in a positive manner. was trying to tell rex that you CAN catch from shadow. check my previous posts. was also trying to convey the same message you were giving to me to smoke with out calling him out(fish with respect). i try to use these pages in a positive manner, and was telling rexx and all I will see you there tomorrow.

    sorry for the miscommunication!
    good luck tomorrow see you out there -assassin
    City: redwood