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      Water Temp: 55.4-55.8

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing the main body o water metered several ish in the 40' range o water. Drop shot rig produced nine ish largest 3 1/2 pounds. Bass seem to be eeding on schools o crappie and suspended in about 28' o water going or an occasional crappie at 40'. Fish moved up around 27' towards the middle o the day as the water warmed up. Although it was tough, constant hits (crappie) kept us going.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: working 4" robo, on 6 and 8 pound spinning tackle. Didn't think o it tell now, but swimming a jig could have produced a ew crappie inbetween the bass bite. Tight Lines to all, good ishin!

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got on the water about 2:30pm, picked up a nice thick bass right outside the weedline on my 2nd cast. then picked up a couple more nice ones right outside the weedlines as well. All ish were caught on a black/blue jig and grub trailer about 10-15 deep. All the ish slammed my jig, there was nothing subtle about it.
      City: SJ

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Jimmy and I got on the water around 8. I caught a small one on a senko #222 right o the bat. Picked up another small one on a speed trap 30 min later. Then picked up an 11.20 lbs beast right ater that on another senko. Enough or me! Took some pictures, released it and called it a day. O the water by 9:30.
      City: SJ

      Tips: Senko!

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Buddy and I put in loat tubes by the dam around 6pm. Fished or two hours working our way over to the south west cove near the spillway. Buddy only caught one large crappie. I got a large crappie and a personal best bass - 18" (only been ishing or bass since June '02 :). The ONLY bait that worked was large minnows rom Coyote B&T. Nothing else got so much as a sni.
      City: MH

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out yesterday at about 10:30am. I only had ONE taker! Could someone please tell me how to make a 10 ish day? Where are they. I ished the big back cove and landed a 3# on a brush hog in the aternoon and that was it. I you have any good tips, or have had days like the previous report, please email me and tell me how I can get more ish! It must be the hat im wearing. JK Tight lines!
      City: san jose

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      Water Temp: Warm

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Didnt get anything on a topwater chugger in the morning around weeds/grass, saw a ew come up but nothing bit. Switched to brush hogs when it got warm, got many bite but only one ish (2#) in one o the coves. Could somebody please explain a proper pattern or ishing this place in the summer?! Thanks. BTW you need a reservation to bring out motor boats on this reservoir now. it doesnt say so on the website so i head to use my trolling motor the whole day. Happy Fishin!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Brushhogs on rocky points or edges o weed clumps. (Thats where i got all my bites)

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Caught two ish both on brush hogs in the aternoon. nothing big.
      City: SJ

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      Water Temp: ??????

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went ishing wit my 2 brothers around 6pm. One o my brothers "the Destroyer" caught a nice 3 pounder o o the "DS" rig. Around 7pm I caught a nice 5 pounder o o my POP POP goes my POPPER!!!!!! That hit was so !@#$%^ tight. It hit my popper like a reight train. It looked like some threw a cow in the water. Well, my other brother got skunked. Better luck or him next time.
      City: San Ho

      Tips: Well.....suggestions huh..............well we know it's warmin' up already. I suggest........................

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sunday morning, July 29. Out on tube, south end of lake at 6am. Fished till noon. Nothing. Lots of water still coming into lake changing the water temperature at that end. Tried Senkos, R-traps, topwater ....absolutely nothing.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The county is letting water into the lake from other reservoirs. It has lowered the water temperature and increased the water level. The fish are less active. On 7-13 I caught four bass (1.5 - 2 lbs.) using a Texas rigged Kalins grub with a 1/16 oz. jig head. The light jig head reduces the weed problem. 7-26, the water level was rising, two fish (1.5 - 2 lbs.). 7-29, the water was significantly higher, one fish (1 lb.). All fish were caught on the same lure. The bite seems to be on from 7:15 - 9:00 with fish cruising the deep weed edges. Between the cold fronts and the higher water level, there are fewer fish actively feeding.
      City: Mountain View

      Tips: Any kind of grub / worm - weightless or with light jig head, 1/16 oz.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out Sunday with my brother and we only managed a couple 2 pounders. It was a nice fight and the weather was great. We decided to leave when a group decided to pull up next us a go swimming......
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: OK here goes. SUNDAY: WINDY!!! Everyone was saying "terrible fishing, too much wind" Anyway, I ended up with 6 and missed 3 in about 4 hours. ALL fish were caught inside the mud line by the second dam burning a 1 oz chrome rattletrap, including two 3 lbers. MONDAY: A little slower than Sunday. Fished for three hours. Got a 2 lber dragging a split shot 12" black w/blue fleck power worm, another 2 lber on a fat free shad and a nice sized crappie on the same fat free shad. TUESDAY: Fished for 3 hours. Got one on the first cast with a 1/4 oz silver terminator spinnerbait, then about 20 min later, got a 4.5 lber dragging a 1/2 oz black/red jig with a 4" madman craw trailer
      City: SJ

      Tips: Patterns seem to switch daily. Haven't even gotten a nibble on topwater in the past few days

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Hit the lake on Sunday with the family, went to the back cove to beat the wind. We caught a total of 5 bass, up to 2 pounds (fun on light weight tackle). Made it of the Lake by Noon, a lot of boat traffic ...not to mention the water skier going the wrong way that almost hit us on the way out. Oh all the fish were caught and released....I still can't believe some people eat these fish.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I was using crank bait 2-4 feet.....

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      Water Temp: 70s

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on shore, not boat. used a plastic 4in. ZOOM hawg purple weedless hook. caught a 3 1/2 lber. beautiful.
      City: Santa Clara

      Tips: WEEDLESS hooks.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: OOPS that last report is for Coyote

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Sunday from 11-3 with wife and 14 year old son. Showed son how to use a split shot rig and caught a bass during the demo off a partially submerged tree. He immediately followed up with two more on his own, to 3#. Wife began catching them too once she switched to the same skinny 4" witches t with chartreuse tail. I was using a brown/orange 1/2 oz jig with power craw. I didn't have the quantity, but the few I caught off rocky banks were 3-5#. 15 or so total for the three of us. Big fish of the day was my wife's 6# fish, taken off a shallow rock formation on the windy (north) side of the parking area, fishing with a plastic worm from the bank as I was retrieving the boat. Pretty good day, especially considering the wind. The fish seem to be everywhere, and the bite is good. The fish will sometimes pick up a jig quietly, and other times slam it. Plastics seem to get hammered pretty hard. Have fun, and let 'em go!
      City: Sunnyvale

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I've been reading all the reports and wondering if it was all true. So I decided to stop by and fish a while today, I saw a lot of bass caught while I struggled (I'm not much of a bass fisherman). Well finally around 4:30 I got a hook up on a blk and chartuse jig with a white pork trailor...and BABY IT WAS THE BIGGEST FISH OF MY LIFE!!!! It took me forever to get the fish in... 11 POUNDER!!!(the guy next to me had a scale, real nice guy) i took pictures and release her (I hope the pictures come out.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: I got lucky I need all I tips possible.

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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough bite for the two of us in my boat..Total of 5 fish..nothing over 2 lbs..all cought wormin..missed a good blow up on top mid day.
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: cool!

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I took my kickboat out for a little over 2 hrs. on Saturday. Got bit 7 or 8 times; landed 5 (nothing over 1-1/2 lbs.). They were hitting a drop-shotted Berkley 3" drop-shot minnow (on 4-lb. test), and then I got 4 strikes in 4 casts on a Carolina-rigged Zoom lizard (landed 3 of 'em -- of course, the one that got away was the biggest ;- ) ). Never really left the bank directly across from the ramp, given the limited amount of time I had on the water. One guy said he'd caught a few on jigs & plastic worms. A few guys passed by saying they were using nightcrawlers, but I never saw 'em land any fish. A couple other bass boats were out in the middle, droppin' a spoon (I'm guessing). It was pretty nice weather, not too many boats. Kinda mellow, but it was nice getting a *little* action! -- j
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Light-line drop-shot/split-shot rigs, jigs & Carolina Rigs, fished off the rocky-bottomed points.

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: went to calero and it was a tough bite i caught 6 from 7 to 4 pm biggest went 3.2 smallest about a pound,im trying anderson i heard the bite is a little better i hope so dont want to switch to live bait now
      City: gilroy