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Friday, April 20th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I ished this lake the past three weeks. The bass are along the banks and can be caught i you have the patients to tease them or an hour or so with a craw/jig or a large trout plug. The trout are all 10 to 14 inches and tere are alot o them. They are still shallow and they are all located at the north end o the lake. I liked trolling with a small shad colored plug [2" repala].Power bait works well but the trout swallow it. when you troll you can shake the small ones o.
    City: Boulder Creek

    Tips: Fish a small trout or shad plug with no lashers at the north end o the lake in shallow water [20 eet].

Thursday, April 5th, 2001

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Had a great time ishing here, but the weather was cold. Bring very warm clothes i ishing in the morning. Fished rom 7:30 to 3:00. Fished rom the shore, about 25 eet out. Caught our trout. One was 14 inches, others +10. Used power bait (green). Tried worms, no luck.
    City: Salinas

    Tips: Dress warm. Lake is beautiul, sit back and enjoy. Fish trout in the morning, bass later in the day.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Rented a boat and ished rom about 1-5PM. The water temps were mostly around 63-64F. Water clarity was about 14 eet. Incredibly clear. As usual lots and lots o bluegills in shallow water. Started o throwing the MS Slammer or a hal hour with no ollows. Switched to a senko and hit a 1.5 pound male next to a stump. A little while later missed another solid hit on the senko underneath some dead tules. Threw a jig back at the ish and missed it again. Must have been a male guarding a nest. Got another small ish lipping a jig into some heavy tule growth in the back end o the lake. I should have worked in the shallow cover by the creek, but I didn't have time and headed back to the marina. Trolled a kastmaster part o the way and hooked a nice trout that shook o at the boat. Had some extra time when I got back to the marina area so I threw a swimbait and trolled the kastmster some more with no hits.
    City: Mountain View

    Tips: There's small ish in shallow heavy cover. DOn't know where the big ones are.

Saturday, May 13th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Haven't ished The Loch or over a month and a hal due to poor ishing but I igured out a productive pattern. Amazing how once you get dialed into the right pattern ishing gets a whole lot easier but it seems as though I'm the only guy reporting on this lake so I'll tell you what....I'm only going to give you a one word tip.....Timber. I you want to know what to throw and where to throw it , then I think there should be an exchange o inormation....what a concept. E mail me with tips to your avorite spot and I'll give you the whole story.
    City: Aptos

    Tips: Timber

Saturday, March 25th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 57

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake is begining to warm a little. Surace temps varied between 57 and 65 depending on what part o the lake you're on. Sub surace temps are still low. At 15' it's still 54.The ishing is still slow and the ish are still lethargic. My wie and I ished rom 7am till 4. Got a ew strikes on jig and pig but missed em. My wie was throwing spinners all day, no luck. One guy managed a small one working a plastic worm on the west shore btween the dam and the marina. I jigged all o Buchanan cove , no luck. Worked our way all around the west shore. Lots o isherman out not so many ish. I hope it warms up soon. This is the ith time I've been skunked... starting to get discouraged...
    City: Aptos

    Tips: Bring a thermometer. Fish the warmest water you can ind.Let me know what works.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: It seems as though the water is begining to clear a bit but it's still to cold. I tried everything I had , no luck. Did see some guys by the island with some nice trout. I ished the west bank or three hours to no avail. One o the rangers said there were people catching bass but she didn't know what they were using. Hopeully the water will warm up soon. It was a great day , no clouds , about 78 degrees.
    City: Aptos

    Tips: Wait until the water warms up , slow goin right now....

Wednesday, March 1st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 51-53

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, everything co-operated or The Loch's opener except the ish. Me and my ishing buddy were the irst in line and the irst boat launched o the season. The weather was great with lat calm water and warm sunshine up untill about noon when the wind started to blow. Even then it was still nice. Only problem was the ish weren't biting. Started out with plastics, tried jigs spinners and cranks. Fished all around the lake. Had one bite on a plastic worm, but missed it. Very ew other olks reportd any catches either. Did see one 5-6# caught on a jig.
    City: Ben Lomond

    Tips: Fish somewhere else till the water warms and clears a bit. Visibilty was as little as 6 inches.

Sunday, July 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: top 74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We were on the water by 7am. Trolled back and orth rom the dam to the island and caught trout at every point. My two sons, brother and I caught 25 trout, released 8 o them by 11am. Started ishing or bass at noon with white and chartreuse bush wackers along the east bank. My son Travis caught a 5lb. bass, 6 inches o the bank in some dead trees. Best day yet at Loc Lommond, he inally got his picture on the board at the marina.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: All our trout was caught with large night crawlers, no enders or anything just slip weights.

Friday, June 18th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: This is a test o the automatic report cgi
    City: San Jose

    Tips: lets hope it worksFishing Reports or Loch Lomond

Friday, June 4th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 67-69

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Got out there at about 1-7:30p.m. ished rom the marina out to the creek end. Caught a nice14" Rainbow,bunch o Bluegill,and a very healthy 3.7# bass towards the end o the day.I caught herin about 4'o water with a 1/16oz.bullet texas rigged 7.5"worm.Tried Zarra puppies in the calmevening lats but nothin.Got the trout on a night crawleron the bottem with a tiny split shot.Oh yaand one sunish.
    City: Campbell

    Tips: n/a

Tuesday, June 1st, 1999

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    Water Temp: 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished lomond early moring to mid aternoon.Over cast,gray low light skies. Wether temp. cold to very cold.Miled cold winds,to strong cold winds. Few sight ish located close to shore line. Top water: buzz, rip baits no hits/missies.Spinner / crank baits no hits/missies. Jigs: ew taps,but to hook ups.Split shotten hooked up with the only 2.5 lb.s lg. mouth.
    City: Santa Cruz Mountains

    Tips: This is an alpine lake,Water can be warm but the weather surly is not.Bunddle up.

Sunday, March 7th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: We ished rom about 9AM-4:30PM rom a paddle boat Sunday. It was aslow, slow day. Pitched jigs and plastics tight into the shoreline cover, romthe marina down to the back end creek. Also tried spinnerbaits and crankbaitsor a little. We didn't bother the ish a bit, not a bite. Nobody else we talkedto had caught anything either. The water was clear, up to 8 eet visibility.Didn't see any bluegills or nuthing tho. Good luck.
    City: Palo Alto

    Tips: n/a

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Here is the website for the lake, "http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/wt/llra/llra.html."

    I haven't fished here for awhile but I use to go their and catch a bluegill every cast. The bass fishing was pretty darn good too. I use to rent a boat every time I went, so im pretty sure you can still use a boat on the lake.
    City: morgan hill

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Arrived at loch lomand at 5:00 on opening day. Started ishing at 6:05. At 6:20 my riend caught a 2-3 pound trout or the irst ish o the year on the lake. 7:00 caught the second ish o the day. Later searched the whole lake or bass and ound one that ran the second we got close. No bass but I will be back next weekend to get'em.
    City: santa cruz

    Tips: Crocodile lure caught both trout.(silver color)