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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had a good day out there caught two stripers over two pounds and about six smallmouth bass over 1+. All fish were caught on zara spooks early in the morning.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: get there early and fish topwater. Stripers were boiling for a minute and were gone for the rest of the day. Good Luck and Catch and Release!

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

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    Water Temp: Warm:)

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I just went to Del Valle to test my 1975 open bow family boat that I put a new steering wheel and steering cable assemby in and of course while I was there I tried the bass and it was slow for me but I did not start until 12:00 so I missed the AM bite, got one 2lber on a watermellon candy 6 inch worm drop shotting in about 2.5 hrs and said OK let see if we can get some trout and got 4 to 18 inches on rainbow power bait, Hey I am a bass fisherman but some times you got to do what you got to do to keep the boy happy.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: I would try the south end with senkos and top water early, the water is a little more stained in the south end and fish should not be as skidish, the north end where I fished you could see 8-12 feet down, look like lake Mead, OK lake Mead you can see down 20-30:)To bad you have to be off the water by 7:00 pm because I bet a popper would kill them in coves at dusk. Spoke to a guy that could not launch his Ranger bass boat because it had little water in the live well, if you are not bone dry you will not get on the lake unless you have a band they give you connected to your trailor and boat, He fished from the bank by the docks and got one bass there so you can catch bass from the bank:)

Friday, August 8th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 65-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went on a night expedition with a buddy and the water was surprisingly warm and clear for being cold at night. We started out with nightcrawlers and ended up with 6 3-4lb catfish, a 5lb striper and a 15inch throwback striper. We also caught another 3lb cat on a live crawfish that was caught at the lake. The catfish bite right now is excellent and stripers can be had in the mornings and evenings near the dam.

    Please note that night fishing is illegal and you could end up with a trespassing charge.
    City: Livermore

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got out on the water at 7am fished for 2 hours, it was too windy to stay out any longer. I had 4 bites, but 2 got away. The two I cought were 2 lb, the second was 4 lb.
    City: San Ramon

    Tips: fish near the christmas tress that were planted earlier this year(right after the fallin tree)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: We got out there around 4pm, we fished the south end to the left of the swim beach and my buddy caught a 2lb trout within 10 minutes on white power eggs. I caught a couple of small trout on a kastmaster. No LMB though. We stayed until closing and my buddy caught a catfish and some other fish that I couldn't identify on chicken liver. I had a HUGE bite from a striper, but he shook off the hook.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Go for stipers after 6pm with chicken liver or top water lures.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 61-63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all the water east of the launch ramp. 3 hours 2 fish, the first fish was on a spinnerbait(white/chartruse)in isolated tules. My buddy was using my rod and reel my lure and I told him where to cast, so it is really my catch. The other was at the docks on a brushhog. Wind started to pick up around 12.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Look for spinnerbaits in trees, my buddy was looking for some tree Bass and lost about 5 lures.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Took a client out on friday and caught 11 bass, 9 Largemouth and two smallies. Caught 2 fish on a rip bait ,worked REAL slow and the rest of the fish on green wennies and brown worms. The fish are moving up to the beds. Have a guide trip booked for Berryessa this friday. Looking forward to this trip fishing should be great fishing. Rip lips , Mark
    City: Livermore

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

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    Water Temp: 57 degrees

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: it's still too cold for the prespawn. threw the swimbait... no bites, no chasers. water is clear (7 foot visibility), high, and cold. threw a rattletrap for bass in the narrows and caught trout... go figure. i can't wait for the blade bite to turn on.
    City: Fremont

Monday, February 11th, 2008

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: trolled the whole lake with flashers and rapala's and multicolored spoons. not one bite. very frustrating. went out to weeks ago and limited out in a couple of hours. the rains and water level have put a damper on the lake for the time being. However, some guy out there caught a 9 pounder on an orange rapala trolling on the surface. this thing was huge. some guys caught a couple on power bait on the eastern bay shore by the damn. good luck.
    City: Livermore

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 63

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: the water level is drawn down about 20 + feet.
    so fish deep and drop shot all over the lake and catch bass all day... and even a 8 lb.trout will eat your drop shot worm, for some extra fun.
    City: RWC

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: went out there in a little 1' foot alum boat targeting stripers bite is good just look for any drop when there is a drop from 15 to 30 feet or more it will be loaded with stripers the best bait i use was chovies me and my friend caught 2 with constant bites alot saw a boat throwin toward the rental boats from the launch ramp the caught bunches of stripers 10 inches on chicken liver we also had a trout pole out and caught like 10 trout but release them they were all like 2 pounds
    City: campbell

    Tips: stipers are doing good u just have to have pacients and find the right spot near the dam i think produce the most fish

Friday, May 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a.m off bank near boathouse. Water was really high and remarkably warm. Bite was tough, although grabbed a few smallmouths throwing towards docks with soft plastics (oxblood)4 inch worm on a carolina rig.

    Bite was soft and fish small!
    City: San Ramon

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Does anybody else fish this lake? I see plenty of people out htere in bass boats. Just wondering if Anybody has anything to share. Whats up? Share the wealth.
    City: Dublin

    Tips: Drop shotting 4 1/2" MM2 robo worms has been producing the most fish for me but none over 4. And an occasional 6+ off the huddleston.

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 57 degrees

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Del Valle hasn't turned over yet. Water is still down 20 feet. Water temp was 60 degress south end
    57 degrees by the dam. We fished before the storm. The bite was good for trout fishing. Started the morning throwing ripbaits. You could see the fish surfacing by the beach. Caught 2 trout and one 3 lbs striper. Headed toward the damn marking fish in 60 ft of water, probably trout. Caught 2 bass dropshotting along the rock walls. The cold north wind picked up headed home.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: Fish for trout catch bass. Fish for bass catch trout. Wait for the lake to turn over and the storms to pass.

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 58@ Dam 60-62@

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went out three days in a row last week and caught a 6+ each day(all C/R). Two off a huddleston and one off a jig. One fish was 8.1 right near the docks. I think that the only fish that are up spawning in the whole lake are right near the docks. These are the only beds that i have seen and i think that these bass spawn earlier than the rest because the structure doesn't really change in regard to the rising water. There is so little change to structure and the south end is about 3-4 degrees warmer.
    City: Dublin

    Tips: Throw swimbaits for the big ones. The lake is about to turn on when it fills up. PLEASE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE!

Monday, March 5th, 2007

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started the day with 1 pound largemouth on the first cast using my favorite cartreuse jerkbait. Spent the next few hours fishing shallow cover using senkos with no luck. Fished a point half way up the lake and caught a 1 pound smallmouth and a 1 pound largemouth on the cartreuse jerkbait. Made another pass on this point and caught a few small stripers, some just larger than the 18 inch limit. Came back to this point later in the day and could not keep the stripers off the chartreuse jerkbait. By the end of the day me and my son had a total of 29 stripers , 3 largemouth and 1 smallmouth bass.
    City: Dublin

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 50-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Del Valle all day on Sunday. The water level is really low. Lake was drained to avid the flooding they had last year. Water had risen 5' due to rains last week. Run-off from snow is keeping the water cold. Headed out at 7am, tried fishing shallow at first. Caught a 3lb trout on a 6" senko. Then we lost it when the stringer came loose. :(

    Threw everything in the arsenal. One missed bite under structure.

    One guy in a kickboat said he caught an 18" striper.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Fish slow and deep. With the water as shallow and cold as it is, the bass are hessitant to move up.

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: bass bite is way off, my partner caught one large mouth about 3 lbs in the narrows on a dart head. Saw alot of trout guys hooking up trolling around the damn.

    Tips: Trouts were biting from 0-10 feet deep on small Rapala's

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

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    Water Temp: who knows

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Actually, color did matter Perry.
    City: Orinda

    Tips: shad color roboworms. stick to the riprap. mid depths probably five feet.

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Second time ever to Del Valle. First time in a boat. The three of us caught 9 fish in five hours. 7 LM and 2 big rainbows. Biggest LM was 4lb 3oz. One trout was 4-5 and the other 5-3. All fish were caught near the dam on dropshots - roboworms (color didn't matter too much)
    City: Orinda

    Tips: slow presentation.