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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

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Me and 2 riend had a great day at Almaden (coleman) we had two 3lbs two 5lbs and my best or the day was a 7lbs!! they looded the lake about a week ago which has helped the bites!!!!IF you like to ish around san jose drop me a line!!!! always looking or more ishing partners!!!!Some asked i boats were allowed on yet, which almaden are u talking about???
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Bass are ready to spawn!!!

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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished with Chris Hinckley Sunday and Monday. Never got anything solid going. Water cleared up, no good ish shallow anywhere. Caught plenty o smaller ish, and ished deep water down to about 20 t. in areas I had them last week, but still couldnt ind good ones. I hope nasty weather hits again because that seems to be the only time the ish are real aggressive and shallow (at least at this time o year).
      City: Arcata

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out around 3:30 and ished or 2 hours. managed to pick up 1 squeaker on a drop shot in about 3 eet, next to some tulies.
      City: LIVERMORE

      Tips: Fish slow and be patient.

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      Water Temp: 50-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: on water at 8am o at 2pm.. raining until 12 then wind came up ...ished around ranks track then went to seven mile and taylor slough .. partner caught two dinks drop shotting docks in seven mile .. i got a 2 lb in the track on a brush hog.. and missed one other .. thats the irst time in a long time we couldn't get a bite all the trip on a senko.. no blade ish ....no cranking... no jigs .. pretty lousy ishing
      City: sunnyvale

      Tips: waiting or water to warm about 5 degrees ....

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished rom 3 until dark using dierent types o senkos. I caught my irst bass ater about 1/2 hour between alder pt. and coots landing. It hit on the drop and weighed aprx. 3 lbs. I caught my next bass at the sticks right beore dark, it weighed about 4 lbs.
      City: San Leandro

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Ill respond to the post by BassStalker in the orum. Let's leave this page or our reports guys.Devin
      City: Vacaville

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fshed 3 hours today. 4 Smaller ish ranging rom 1lb to around 2.5 all on the east bank got to the west side threw a senko o a tulie stick up and WhamO a real nice hit set the hook and ought or a good time got it up it was a NICE ish and my irst ish that ranged about 5lbs on contra loma! what a day! Well i didnt think it was too bad or sore ishing in wind and only having 3 hours to work with :0 Good luck all.tom
      City: Pittsburg

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got out or 2 1/2 hours lastnight and caught one ish- 20 inches and a solid 5 lbs. I was surprised I didn't catch more. Water temperature was 75, nice breeze rom the south, 2 days beore a ull moon, ish inder showed ish 5-10 eet deep and bait ish in the 2-3 oot range. I could see baitish jumping on the surace and every now and then see and hear bass breaking the surace. I was throwing a SuperFluke, Mann's 1 minus crankbait, senko and a chrome rat-l-trap. Nothing. Finally got one to bite on a prop bait!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: There are big ish in the lake, you just have to be patient.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Cottonwood Bass Club tournament both Sat. & Sun with a nice young angler by the name o Ryan. Saturday promised to be a good day or us as I have been ishing Trinity oten over the past two months with very good results, however good days do not start with a broken pull rope on the trolling motor,I was lucky to have a spare one so I ixed that and then my Pinpoint 7520 on the trolling motor quit working so I decided to cap it o with a boneheaded decision to go to the south end o the lake where I have not been ishing, resulting in a day o all small ish and no keepers. By the time o our weigh-in I was hot enough to cook on. Sunday morning I ished some o my avorite spots, while Ryan caught 2 small ish on dropshot I lost two ish on a blade. Some o my spots had already been ish hard yesterday by some o our club and we have some really good ishermen. We inished the day with Ryan having 4 ish and I also had 4 ish with the best a 4.25 smallmouth, total weight was 9.42#. Thanks Ryan or your support and keep on bassin
      City: Redding