The weather this week has been beautiful, temperatures in the mid 90s to low 100s with little to no wind. The hot bites this week are stripe bass and catfish. We have had many anglers reporting limits on Catfish and catching anywhere from 2-5 catfish. The stripers have still been biting out towards the dam sitting in about 20-30 feet of water. Their average weight is between 4 to 6 pounds

Hi Bob:

Al Hurwitz of Saratoga and Abbey Lev of Sunnyvale trolled the lake with Rapalas and Panther Martin Spinners going after Smallmouth Bass. The bass were caught about 15 feet below the surface in various sections of the lake, often off coastlines with onshore wind and subsurface structure. The fish ranged from 1/2 to 1.5 lbs and had plenty of fight in them. Applying scent to the trotted lures seemed to help. We lost a number of fish when they failed to stay pinned after they initially hit the lures. The Smallmouth bite is definitely improving now that the fish are past their rather sluggish post spawn period. We will be back to go after them again!

All the best,

AI Hurwitz, M.D.

Anglers of the week are:

Max Trujillo from San Jose on 06-24-2016 caught 2 catfish. His biggest weighed 7 lbs and he was using sardines fishing near the Dam.

Jeffery Martinez from Alameda on 06/26/2016 caught 1 Stripe Bass. It weighed 3.11 lbs, he was using Anchovies fishing in Swallow Bay.

David, Braden, Benke, Jayden Longbeack from Brentwood on 06/30/2016 cay 3 Stripe

Bass, 1 catfish. The biggest was the Catfish, it weighed 12.6 lbs, and they were fishing in the Narrows.

Kenny Khu of Livermore on 06/30/2016 caught 5 Catfish his biggest was 12 lbs. His stringer weighed 51.1 lbs.; he was using Anchovies fishing Near the Dam.