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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What color skirt for those spinners and buzzbaits? I've got a white/yellow one with 2 willow blades.

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      Report: water that is release from Del Valle.
      City: dublin

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      Report: sounds like a squawfish, they're all bad, always kill'em if you catch them.
      City: p-town

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      Report: Fished the back ponds last weekend for 15 fish in 2 days. I caught one fish that I've never seen before. It was about 17 inches long and had a pretty large mouth with tiny sharp teeth. It's body was white and had very big scales. It had a long and slender body. What the hell was it?
      City: montclair

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      Report: Zack, read the old reports and you'll get a clue. There's tons of great cover in the two ponds. Walk on the dirt road next to the parking in the far end of the parking lot and the first pond you see is the arroyo. Then walk farther on the path and you'll see the Small Island pond. Fishing is always good here.

      Tips: Watermelon Candy Baby Brush hogs work best.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished about a week ago. Caught 6 bass and three of them were around 3 pounds each. All of the bigger fished were caught on a texas rigged watermelon zalamander. Missed a lot of fish too, including a big one that snapped my 16 pound test line. Caught the rest of the fish on brush hogs and a 3x strike king worm. Yea those dogs are annoying. They gotta do something about those dogs jumping in the water and messin up the fishing. It seems like every time I go fishing here, there's dog's barking and swimming in the water.
      City: Morgan Hill

      Tips: I say the arroyo is just as good as the small island pond right now. I recommend the watermelon color YUM Zalamander if you want to catch bigger fish. I caught tons of big fish on that bait including a 10 and 7 pounder in the same day. Anyways

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      Report: I went to the lake a week or so ago. It was nice to get back out on the water. I tried a 1/8 pumpkin jig with no hits. Missed on a black senko. Caught a couple on motoroil senkos each maybe 2-2.5lbs. A little slow, but fishing is fun. I really need a float or a boat. I really want to fill a limit or catch one of those lunkers!

      Tips: I wish the fish were really active close to the shore! Good luck

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      Report: I went to Tri-City and asked about some good lures. The guy there told me about senko worms and said that they work wonders. He was right! I was out midday and I got one in the back lake. I wonder why the thing works.

      Tips: I casted and sort of jerked the bait every once in a while, really slow like. I tried Watermelon, Black and Brown. Brown works!

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      Report: I am part of a fishing club at school. I've fished for a few months. Unfortunately I am the only ones whos actually caught fish. I hear that spring time is the best time to be out at the lake. Does anyone have tips for fishing the lake?

      Tips: You scratch my back, i'll scratch yours

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      Report: This isn't a report, really. Just a question. I was looking at the eb parks website and I saw another report about trophy bass. Is this place really that great?

      Tips: Maybe a swimbait? Maybe a jig? Who knows?

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      Report: Who the Hell is the Shadow Cliffs King?? What kind of a Dweeb would call himself the Shadow Cliffs King? Why don't you go play on the freeway or something and leave the fishing to the rest of us
      City: Pleasanton

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched my Tube by the bridge Sunday moring and had a day to good to be true. Landed 9, with my biggest being about 4 1/2 pounds rest in the 1 to 2 lbs range. Used weightless senkos tight around teh right tulie bed all teh way to opening of teh main back lake. Great times. I have been readign this forum for years and finally i can throw my 2 cents in here . Usually i get only a coupel here , hopefully this will be a great summer.
      City: Livermore

      Tips: fish slow, then a lot slower when you thik your already fishing slow...

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Weent out o islnad pond. its so muddy it's not even funny. Tried slow moving lures in black but no bites. For fun i tossed a small swimbait in the main lake. I felt the bait get tapped, but i guess it didn't bite. i lost the bait

      Tips: oh well, at least i got in some practice with a baitcaster

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: It was a little foggy when i hit the back lakes. Fished from shore using senkos, a spinnerbait,kreature, and a jig. Only caught one 12"-14"er because i spent most of the morning searching for people who were supposed to meet me. one got fined.

      Tips: fish hit 5" black senko (again). no hits on kreature but im not going to give up on it. no hits in the arroyo, except near the trees, or was i snagging branches? they really need a trail that surrounds the island pond. i cant afford a floater right now.

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      Report: Fished the murky arroyo dudeman, I don't ususally fish the main lake unless I have a tube or boat
      City: P-TOWN

      Tips: I will give up my rod when they pry it from my cold dead hands...

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Trees are blommin and the sun is shining, for the most part. Hey basshole! did you fish the main lake? im so stoked for this new season. Cant wait to hit the water. If anyone can tell me how clear or dirty the lakes are, thanks a bunch. I going to try a 1/8 double colorado spinner, kreature, and doodlin tube. Tight lines and good luck this season.

      Tips: gonna test a new bait, the kreature. i'll let you know if it works.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Joe Pro, it's been awhile buddy. I was just thinking the same thing. I came down here the other day and the water was still butt-ass cold, but I did see a couple of nice bass swim by in the murky arroyo. We should hit the main lake, it's so clear you can see 15-20 feet down. We'll chat on Sunday.
      City: p-town

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      Report: If I were you I'd call the manufacturer and ask them the expense of sending in your rod to be fixed. Either that or you could buy a cheap repair kit from k-mart and try to replace the tip on your own. Personally I've never tried repairing them on my own, I just pay the company to replace it.

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      Report: just a quick question, i just bought a new spinning rod (on sale, pretty good quality). i was testing it and i got my weight stuck on a tree. i pulled and th tip broke. that sucked. should i repair it my self via rod repair kit or is there a place that can fix an im7 rod?

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      Report: Dudeman, you need to read up on your target species. Almost everything I have learned about bass fishing can be found in print or on web pages like Bassdozer which I personally think is a good site for newer bass dudes just as a source of reference for the many, many questions that will come to mind in your quest for BASS KONG!. If there is some question that you still cannot find the answer to there is one more option(actually, I reccomend this one the most) There is a place where you can call if you have to but it's 10 times better to go hang out, listen and learn, and absorb everything that you possibly can. That place is Walton's pond in San Leandro. The owner's name is Jon Walton and he is a helluva nice guy who's always been there to help me except when he goes on his little vacation's and forget's to clear it with me first.(jk) seriously though, the guy is like a walking fishing report, and I don't mean like that worthless one in the newspaper or the 1-2 week old one in the fishsniffer. He told me about the crawdad molt(color change once but I don't remember how it went exactly. Click on his link on this web site, get the # and call him to see if he's there and then go down there and look around his shop wich is pretty small so it's mostly good, hi-end, proffessional bass tackle like the pro's use and he will answer just about any question that you could have. That's where I learned of the concord salmon run. In regards to your SM question: Del Valle has some really nice SM. The creek that comes out of Del Valle is the same creek that feeds the backlakes of Shadow Cliffs. In all my years of fishing the many ponds and creeks this side of the dam at Dv, I have only caught one smallmouth. In theory, if it rains and rains, and rains and freakin rains and the water stays high enough for long enough anything that swims in Dv could, in theory, could make it as far as niles canyon or anywhere in-between. I've checked that theory out and have been informed that it is not out of the realm of possibility. blah blah blah...
      City: P-town