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Saturday, June 22nd, 1996

  • Sacramento County
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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom 6:00am to noon. Partner (Tightline) had one ish early on a spittin image. Had three good ish cranking and three more wormin'. best ishing was on windblown points - gravel, near deep water.
      City: Orangevale

Saturday, January 4th, 1992

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 43

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out of big break marina and had lots of luck. fished only from 2:30-5:00p.m. and caught eight fish. two 1lb, 3 2.5lbs, 3 3lbs, and one 4.75lb. All caught crankind a model 6A in black chrome pattern. I was pulling it two feet and stopping just long enough for me to reel back and pull again. pulling it only a tad slower than i would in summer. All fish were at scattered depths but all fish ate the bait well. the bait was all the way in their mouths. No luck shakin worms or flippin jigs. The craks were killin em. I think the key was using 10lb line. I didnt get a bite on twleve switched to 10 and killed em. All fish caught out of marina. Most marinas are stacked with fish just got to have faith and look for clear water. Try all depths fish are scattered. As i said before just have faith that the fish will hit the faster moving bait. Good fishin to all. any q's e-mail me.
      City: Antioch

      Tips: Tips: switch from shad pattern in clear water to chartruse in muudy water.

Thursday, January 2nd, 1992

  • Solano County
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      Water Temp: 46

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Franks Track area all day. During early morning and late afternoon we got 5 largemouth bass - all smaller than 1.5 lbs though. Fished mid-day for stripers without a hit.
      City: Fremont

      Tips: Tips: Rattle-Traps were working best for the largemouth - fish were in 10 ft of water or deeper. Fog did not clear until about noon so be careful out there.

Monday, September 9th, 1991

  • Lake County
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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: in response to hockeybum's report. i took my son and iancee' out or 4 hours on sunday rom 10 a.m. - 2p.m. and we ound ishing to be slightly dierent rom hockeybum's report and this coming rom a beginner bass isherman. anyway the june-bug brosh hog seemed to be the ticket as we landed 3 ish up to 2 3/4 lbs. it wasnt world-beating , but not bad or a mid-day bite. did most o our ishing in the rattlesnake area and had numerous other bites. the ishing does seem to be getting better than last time i ished, which was a month ago.
      City: ukiah

      Tips: brush-hogs texas rig and just keep movin' till ya ind 'em

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ok reading some of these comments about how tought this lake is makes me laugh. Like all lakes the bite can shut down but thats rare and far between. Ive been fishing this lake for 6yrs mainly on the vboat w/ major sucess(seeing is believing,look in the photo album on this site) The biggest diffrence ive seen between people catching bass and not isnt the bait used but in the line size. This lake can get incredibly clear and these fish can easliy see the thick line these some people are using. Good luck and continue to catch and release.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I did not say I'd never had a good day at Almaden.
      I bet I caught more bass (for last three years at Almaden) than you did for your whole life. My point is many bass fishermen I met there believe so many inflated fishing stories and look for what they've heard.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Arthur,
      It sounds like you just suck! Three years and you never had a good day at Almaden. Get out on a float tube and either drop shot, crank bait it, or senkos.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Sorry, this is not a report. I've been fishing for over three years around this area. I am telling you this Almaden is the one tough lake for catching bass. Do not believe the fishing reports on the baord and what they say whom you just meet there, specially how big of bass they caught unless you see it in front of you or picture. If you really want to catch bass desperately here, illegal entry night fishing is the ticket. It is on your own risk.
      Good luck & fishing!
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 59

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The bite has NOT been turned on yet. Fishing is slow.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished from 12:30-3:30 with hunter on float tubes, ended up getting a huge 6-7lb bass on a brush hog seeing how deep the bottom was, it a giant, biggest fish ive caught this year, the big bass was in about 20 feet of water. used brush hogs, a jig, and a white spinnerbait. Altogether, it was the only fish we caught, we got like 4 more hits after it, hunter saved a bird in distress.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: use slow moving lures in depths between 15-25 ft, brush hogs etc.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The water is clear.

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: ished at almaden lake in sj. caught two bass in this lake on cranks. or some reason the bass in this lake are always on the bottom.
      City: San JOSE

      Tips: have un

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: what almaden lake are you guys talking about? and where is it? i now o two almaden lakes. but i didnt now either o them had tout or small mouth
      City: sanjose

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ishing was pretty good today.caught both smallmouth and largemouth on crankbaits in 6 to 8 eet o water near stucture.was on water @0600hrs had 4 in boat by around 0830hrs.total o ten ish in boat by around 1600hrs.the smallmouth are really hitting the crank baits hard.colors did'nt realy seem to matter to much used many dierent types and colors throughout the day.nothing hitting plastics at all.all in all it was a good day.
      City: Salinas

      Tips: have un,we did

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      Water Temp: 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I read the ollowing report with surprise. I ished the same day and had a very dierent experience. Fished almost exclusively on oshore structure (rocks) and cranked the snot out o them. I never got bit. Tried everything. My partner seems to like to drag things, and as the day progressed he picked up a ew small ones. Being stubborn, I continued to orce the reaction bite. Finally, at the end o the day, I threw a jig and did not move it at all and got bit. That was the key, cast and do not move at all. Ive seen it where you gotta ish slow, but this bite was strange. Maybe ish havent settled on oshore structure yet, and the crank bite is happening more near the shoreline.
      City: Carmichael

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hey all, Fished all around the lake except the east bank, got 6 keepres (that i didnt keep o course Catch and Relese bass every one!) 2 ish or around 3lbs, 2 ish or about 2 lbs and 2 ish good or 1 each i that. Got ish on every thing rom topwater to drop shotin, biggest 3 on jigs. Probably was me, I your havin a hard time ishin Loma, Id be willin to trade some o my spots and techniques with you or a seat on your boat one o these days.
      City: Pittsburg

      Tips: Flip and pitch! Start to ish a little slower now.

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      Water Temp: 68

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched out o Paradise Point and started rog ishing in Telephone Cut..no bites in irst hour. Switched to black buzzbaits and got lots o blowups and hookups (50%) with a couple ish in the boat over 2#. Lots o smaller ish on Senkos and grubs. Went up unto Whites..nada on rogs. Ran to the middle delta and spent an hour and a hal working rogs hard or one chunky 3+ ish. Switched to white spinnerbaits and got 3 ish in 15 minutes beore we had to leave.
      City: Fair OAks

      Tips: Spent a lot o time trying to orce a rog bite without much success but caught ish consistently on plastics, buzzbaits(early) and blades....tip: don't waste time trying to orce eed ish!

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      Water Temp: 76

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished two days with riend and caught a total o 14, 7 were dinks. Fish are suspended and hard to catch. Biggest went 3.5lbs. Biggest ish went around 9.5lbs. Use Spinners, Rattletraps and small tubes
      City: S.J.

      Tips: Keep with and be patient

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      Water Temp: 55-60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This is a report or Almaden LAKE, NOT Almaden Reservoir.Went out to the back waters ishing neer the damn and the light rail. Caught 2 nice 2# in the hour I was out there. Fished solely senko type baits.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Senko/senko look-a-likes (rootbeer w/ gold lake, black, watermelon seed)

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: wow!!!!! i question something and my posting gets taken o. very interesting
      City: Los Altos