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Friday, June 30th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the island pond and the middle pond rom about 8 till 1 o'clock. caught 5 in the island lake on grubs they were about 14 inch average. Went to a lucky spot in the middle pond and caught only 1 out missed a ew. The water is pretty murky in the island pond. Caught ish in about 10 eet o water. Souza which lake do you usually ish in using the topwater??
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Its getting hot ish shallow in the morning and go deep in the aternoon.

Monday, June 26th, 2000

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Only one ish on a senko in the small pond. Threw rogsand plastics all day without success.
    City: Livermoe

    Tips: The cold ront isn't helping the bite.

Thursday, June 15th, 2000

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED THE BACK POUND STARTED AROUND 730AM TRIED SPINNERBAITS, JIG AND PIG , TUBE BAIT AND ENDED WITH A BUZZ BAIT AROUND 930AM WITH OUT A BITE OR A BUMP. FISHED IN A BELLYBAOT OUT TO THE ISLAND AND BACK STAYING TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE POUND AND ISLAND WORKING THE EDGE OF ANY SHADE I CAME ACROSS.
    City: Modesto

    Tips: NO TIPS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE FISHED SHADOW CLIFF. bUTR THE KIDS WHERE CATCHING THEM ON GRUBS THE DAY BEFORE OFF THE SHORE.

Sunday, May 28th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went in my tube and had a ew bites but the ish wern't taking i they were just tapping it. I ished or about 4 hours and i got 1 on a grub. It was very hot and the water was very clear i saw some nice ish. I wish more people will enter reports on this lake it will help me out.
    City: livermore

Monday, April 24th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Last Friday ished the backlakes my brother caught a 3#Bass on a plain nightcrawler. I had about ive hits but couldn't hook em. But I inilly cought one that was just almost a keeper. My riend also cought one that was justalmost a keeper. But he caught about a 2#er later that day.
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: Use just a plain nightcrawler.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Stick em is ull o crap. He didn't catch anything. Heprobably didn't even ish the lake. I know or sure that the ront lake holds many more bass than those leech inested back lakes.
    City: Livermore

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2000

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Got a day o rom work and went tubing in the backlakes. This was my irst time tubing at Shadow Clis (usually I go to Calero). What an experience! I thought the ponds looked too small to hold quality ish but boy was I wrong! I ished rom 7:30 - 3:00 and landed 17 ish. Biggest ish went 6.5 lbs on my scale but most were dinks. Although I used mostly lizards and worms, the big ish came on a Castaic Shad.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: I can't give a lot o tips since this was my irst time here...I'll deinitely be back soon! Spring has arrived!

Monday, March 20th, 2000

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Yesterday I cought my irst large mouth Bass! It was so much un! I cought him on a worm no weight. It was on the second dock. The ish was 1 and a hal pounds and 13 inchis. That day I lost two nice ones one right ater I cought the irst one and one really big one at night o the irst dock!
    City: pleasanton

    Tips: For bigginer Bass isherman like mysel. use a regular worm. Don't use regular worm in back lakes right now too muddy! P.S. Good luck too all you biggeners out there.

Sunday, January 16th, 2000

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    Water Temp: cold

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: ished back lakes rom my kickboat (cant use oars back there.) got 9 bites,landed 7 lost 2 at the boat . all ish were very healthy and not pale. got 1 on a big reaper and the rest on black/blue pig&jig.biggest was a solid 4 pounder with the rest going 2-3&1/2 pounds.all in all a good day! PLEASE PRACTICE CATCH&RELEASE! ish on!
    City: remont

    Tips: lip jigs&reapers in the thickest cover you can ind!

Thursday, December 16th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Me my Dad and my Grampa went in the back lakes with theStenlure Minnow a couple o months ago. No bites or me andmy Grampa but my dad hooked on to a keeper but lost it.
    City: Pleasanton

Tuesday, December 14th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Two good spots that are good or Bass is the Back Lakes the second dock and the Stanley Dock. For Catish you want to go in the summer early in the morning or at 6pm at night and when itgets dark. For Catish I would go to the Second Dock. Onthe Second Dock I caught a 9/12 pound Catish. For Trout I would go on the 1st dock or the second dock. For Crappieand Bluegill go in the Back lakes with a bober and a long leader.
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: These are some bait suggestions!For Catish use Slices or Mackeral or Chicken Liver.For Trout use light green Power Bait.For Crappie and Bluegill use worms with a size 8 hook.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Two good spots that are good or Bass is the Back Lakes the second dock and the Stanley Dock. For Catish you want to go in the summer early in the morning or at 6pm at night and when itgets dark. For Catish I would go to the Second Dock. Onthe Second Dock I caught a 9/12 pound Catish. For Trout I would go on the 1st dock or the second dock. For Crappieand Bluegill go in the Back lakes with a bober and a long leader.
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: These are some bait suggestions!For Catish use Slices or Mackeral or Chicken Liver.For Trout use light green Power Bait.For Crappie and Bluegill use worms with a size 8 hook.

Monday, December 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Last month I was ishing the second dock and they just planted some wonderul trout and these people neted a I dont now how much his weight was, but these people just scared the ish i told them not to net the ish but they did eneyways. so I told them that I was going to get the gameworden and tell him what was going on. that day they neted the pore ish twice that day and let him go. Well thats all I have to say and keep a look out over here couse I just eel that thats not air to the ish and the other isherman on the lake! so please keep a look out.
    City: pleasanton

    Tips: no suggestions.

Sunday, December 5th, 1999

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    Water Temp: Pretty cool

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My brother and I went to the lower back lake and got on the water about 7:45. Picked up our ish early onspinner baits then switched to lipping reapers, worms, andjigs. My brother ended up with 8 ish or the day, the largest was 3.7 pounds. I ended up with ive, most between1.5 and 2 pounds. Not a red-hot bite but what the heck, weweren't at work! Fish on!
    City: Santa Cruz

    Tips: Best ish came on a junebug reaper lipped into some bamboo.

Sunday, October 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hit the back ponds with Texas Rigs on the cover. I Caught one 12"er o o a red and white power grub. My dad caught a 14"er o a Berkeley worm called "pumpkin seed". Both ish hit early in the morning between 6:30 and 7am about 2-4 eet rom the shore. Several bites throughout the morning. Ater 8am, no more activity with bass.(In case anyone cares) The ollowing week, a riend o mine heard that some big catish have been caught in the main reservoir. We went out at 8:00pm. The water was totally calm and no wind.....Lots o bass hitting the surace. We dropped a lantern in the water and attracted zillions o minnows. Couldn't snag a bass with buzz bait....but the catish started hitting between 9-10pm on chicken livers and resh tiger prawns. Pulled in two 15"ers and the rest went back.
    City: Redwood City

    Tips: In the back ponds used weedless lures in a Texas rig. Lots o weeds, logs and cover. All o our bites were about 2' rom shore and early in the morning. I have heard that crawdads are native to the lake/ponds and that some big bass are being pulled out using this bait...I will try that next!

Saturday, September 25th, 1999

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    Water Temp: Unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tubed the backlakes again with a buddy who likes to reer to himsel as "Legend"...(Legend in his own mind, maybe.) Guess what, "Legend" got skunked. I managed to catch 13, biggest went 2.11 on the scale. Used topwater early (Pop-R & Tournament Frog), plastics ater the sun came up. Considering I went the day beore and only caught one, it was a great day.
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Winter will be here beore you know it. Get out while you can...

Tuesday, September 14th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My suggestion to you is stay at home, but i you must go try small lures and work them slow and Hula pop-r's don't work so don't try them. October 10 is the second annual SCRUB 2 tournament. SLURP!!!!
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: Stay home!

Friday, September 10th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went tubing during the evening hours on the main back pond. All I used was a white Tournament Frog, using the old twitch-and-pause method accros the top o the "cheese". In 4 hours I had nearly 10 blowups, but only managed to land one...a 3 lber. The blowups are NOT rom small ish so it really gets the old hear pumping!
    City: Livermore

    Tips: Take a black permanent marker and color some spots on the belly o the rog. The water will smear the spots and create a bass-tempting pattern. Also, stu a split shot or two in the hollow body to add weight (and noise). The added weight will make the rog more noticable on top o the weeds, plus makes the lure earier or the bass to hit...(instead o having the rog go lying into the air as it gets hit)

Tuesday, September 7th, 1999

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I you want the big ones at Shadow Clis, throw out a topwater pop-R in the backlakes, guarenteed to catch your limit!!! Ideally a Hula Pop-R i you have one!
    City: Pleasanton

    Tips: HULA POP-R

Sunday, August 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: warm

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: went sunday morning around 6am on my canoe. had the whole lake to my sel.saw a lot o bass nests on stanley blvd. the nests were about10 eet apart. saw a lot o 2 pounders - didn't catch a single one. i was using spinnerbaits, 4" worms, rattletrap, 6" lizards. they would chase the crankbait up but wouldn't hit it.saw two guys driting nightcrawlers on split shots and caughttwo 2 pounders next to me. next time i'll bring live bait, mini jigs, andtroll minnow lures.it was a nice day til the wind kicked up around 10am.
    City: Fremont

    Tips: get out there beore the sun & wind comes up.