Conference wahoo::fishing

Marty,

You might want to check out some of the San Diego lakes like Hodges, San 
Vincente or Miramar.  They ALL hold big bass (10-18 lb class!).  I'd suggest 
calling first to make sure when they are open.

A friend of mine and I hit San Vincente about a year ago for a day and 
although we didn't do too well, it was real nice.  They offer boat rentals, 
licenses, etc. 

Good luck!

-HSJ- 

    Can't recall where I saw it, but I recently heard of a 20+ lb bass
    being taken from a lake in Southern California just this year.
    
    Gotta be worth a try!
    
    Ed
    

    That 20+ bass was actually an 19� pounder with a 2 pound "divers
    weight" in it's stomach...caught by an angler of the female gender,that
    thought she had captured the World Record. So she went as far as
    getting a lawyer to handle her endorsements...but because the fish was
    so easy to land,the bass was checked out by a biologist,and thus the
    weight was found.
    I read that artical...and the follow up artical stated that a 19� pound
    fish was caught,and released 2,to 3 weeks prior to her catching it.
    
    Fishing authorities,(I guess you'ld call 'em that) figured when the
    fish was caught by whoever,put the weight in the fish in hopes to catch
    it again. The Woman that caught the fish was some Bass Pro from S.CA.
    and wasn't "charged" with tampering with the fish,because the weight
    was covered with stomach growth <meaning the weight had been in the
    fish for some time> 

    Oh, 19 pounds, that's nothin.  Why would anybody get excited?
    
    
    

    The lake that has the biggest lunkers is Miramar.  San Vicentes
    probably second.

    I guess I will bother my Dad while I am out there. He has a boat
    in the garage, hasn't had it out in years. 19 pound bass will get
    him excited enough to put in the work...
    
    	Marty

    19 pounds, eh?  My son weighs less than that!
    
    My wife's grandmother has a cat that weighs 22lb. Maybe I'll go
    for the indoor lunker Cat-fish record... winter's a-comin'...
    
    Ed
    

Well...it looks like I have to go to sunny souther California for a business 
meeting on Friday, the 16th, in Mountain View, and then another one on 
Tuesday, the 20th in Torrance.  Since it doesn't make sense to fly back from 
the first one just to turn around and fly back, it looks like I'll get to 
stay with my folks in Anaheim for a few days over that weekend.

Soooo.... it looks like I may be headed down to the San Diego Lakes for a 
day or two of hawg-hunting!  Now the problem is deciding WHICH lake to fish!
Miramar? I dunno, I hear that the bass down there have lead poisoning.  
Maybe Lake Hodges?  Or maybe I'll go back to San Vincente.  
Decisions...decisions!    

While you guys are all hoping the ice gets thicker for your bash on 1/7, 
I'll be basking in the sun fishing for a R-E-A-L hawg!  I'll think of y'all, 
but only for a moment!

-HSJ-

  Anyone out there got any tips/info on the Bass fishing near Stockton???  I'm
hoping for a RELO to San Ramon (between Oakland and Stockton) soon.  I've
heard there are some impoundments in the area.  What about the Sacramento
River?

Any info would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks
Al

Geez guys,  didn't get too much response with this one.  Surely someone out
there fishes the East Bay Area.  I'm now located in temporary quarters in
Alameda.  We'll be moving to the San Ramon valley in a couple months.

I've been up to the San Pablo Reservoir (just looking, not fishing).  Where
else can I go around here?  How about some info on Clear Lake, Lake Shasta,
Folsom Lake etc.?  Surely there must be someone (how about one of you Read-
Only-Noters speaking up) who fishes this area.  Am I breaking new ground
here or what?

With all the Decies in Santa Clara, Cupertino, Mountainview, etc there must be
someone out there who knows the area. 

Al

    
    Have you checked out Lake Merced up in San Francisco?  That's usually
    well stocked.  Are you looking for stripers?  If so, there's the Bay
    itself.
    
    Best bet is to just stop at a local fishing shop, and ask questions.
    There's a pretty good book out that you can probably pick up either
    there or at any of the good book stores, "Bass Fishing in Northern
    California," or some similar title.  It tells which lakes are stocked
    where, where to park, when to go, etc.
    
    Sorry I don't know that much, since I kind of like streams myself.
    (But I am trying to get some people from the office here in Mountain
    View to go in on an ocean charter- I'll let you know if we do, if
    you like).  Finally, you may want to ask your question in SILICON_VALLEY
    or SAN_FRANCISCO notes conferences.
    
    Good luck,
    
    	Dave
    

    california al, for really narley california bass you have to 
    use those totally tubular gitzits... 8^)  donmac
    

    Hope I can get into one of those knarly bass this weekend DUDE!!  Hope
    to "gag him with a spoon" (Johnson spoon)!!!
    
    Al hoping to get to the San Pablo Reservoir this weekend...7

    
    
       This note hasn't been updated in awhile so I'll do it.  I'm heading
    to Santa Clara for training in November, and was hoping someone could
    give some suggestions for some good bass fishing.  I'm going to go 
    through all of my magazines at home, seems I recall a couple of
    articles about California.  I'll be out there for two weeks so I should
    have some time to do a little fishing.  Any help would be appreciated.
    
    
    Thanx
    Bear
    
    
    

    Clear Lake about 2.5 hours north of the bay area is one of the finest 
    largemouth lakes in the west. If you can find the time I'd try to make
    it up there for as weekend.