QED Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Planning to try it out later in the week but would be interested in hearing from anyone who has fished there recently. Thanks in advance for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Fished Grant Lake early morning Sat and today (Mon). Grant Lake is really more of a large pond rather than a proper lake. It is situated at about 1500' of elevation and is a part of Grant Park, which is located about 8 miles up Mt. Hamilton Rd. (from Alum Rock). Water level is lower than usual (duh!). Water is pretty clear despite having a bunch of moss. I fished the west bank on Friday because it had a more interesting shoreline, but that side of the lake has a very gentle slope throughout, so most of the fishable water is pretty shallow. Managed to pick up a single bass off a mostly submerged bush using a small, 1/8 oz black spinnerbait. When the sun rose a bit higher, there was no shade to speak of, so I left fairly early. Monday I fished the eastern bank which remained partially shaded throughout most of the early morning. Picked up a bass adjacent some tules but otherwise not much action. I mostly use spinnerbaits or lipless crankbaits when I'm trying to cover a lot of water quickly, but will return to try wacky rigged senkos and ned rigged crayfish on the next outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted May 11, 2021 Super User Share Posted May 11, 2021 sounds like a blast!! see any wild hogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: sounds like a blast!! see any wild hogs? Thanks, no wild hogs but lots of deer and turkeys! BTW, tried ned rigged crayfish today and it didn't work very well because of all the moss. Will try a drop shot rig with some buoyant worms next. Hopefully, the moss will only collect on the sinker, but not the worm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Caught this one at Grant Lake (in SJ) this morning. Stick bait on a drop shot rig which worked much better than a ned rig on the mossy bottom. BTW, Grant Lake is just a few minutes from home, so I can pretty much go fishing any time! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Cottontail rabbit and a bunch of wild pigs at Grant Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schplurg Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Oh I just love all the pigs at Coyote Lake. Not! They ransack the campgrounds every night and there's poop everywhere. I've been meaning to check out Grant Lake. Coyote Creek between San Jose and Morgan Hill is DRY by the way. I called a few places and they don't even seem to know what happened. Dead fish, nice stench. Few days ago it was fine, now no water. Not good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Fishing has been tough since summer started as the fish don't seem to be in the shallows as often (bank fishing only because no boats, kayaks, float tubes, etc. allowed). Caught this one on a 40(+) year old bait that I bought off ebay. But I swapped in a modern ball bearing swivel and larger colorado blade, so think of it as a finesse swim jig on a safety pin type spinner assembly. Heck of a fight on 4 lb. test, but finesse seems to be the only thing working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schplurg Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Is there good shore access there? I guess if it's low you can probably walk anywhere though. Pay to park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 4 hours ago, schplurg said: Is there good shore access there? I guess if it's low you can probably walk anywhere though. Most of the western shore is not accessible - fenced off and marked keep out. Tules on a lot of the eastern shore but with a fair number of accessible spots to fish. Gently sloping shoreline with lots of moss and other vegetation near the shore. It's not any easy-to-fish pond to be sure and it gets a lot of fishing pressure on weekends. I use finesse techniques successfully but the moss and the weeds along the shoreline make landing the fish on light line quite a challenge. Free but limited parking. On weekends, one needs to arrive promptly at 8:00 am (opening time) to ensure getting a parking spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Tough fishing during the heat of summer but am able to catch the occasional 2 lb fish. Ran into some other experienced fishermen, one of whom caught a 5 pounder here. Unfortunately, all their top spots are above water so no help there. Strategy now is to slow fish senkos in likely spots and if that doesn't work, then carpet bomb as much water as possible with spinnerbaits and lipless crankbaits. If it were easy, then what would be the point? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted August 17, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 17, 2021 Stay at it!!! And well done. My hike in lake is dry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QED Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 Updating with latest catches. The tiny bass was caught on a 4" senko which was bigger than the fish! Caught the frog this morning. Unfortunately, the lake is suffering from toxic algae bloom and "natural" fish die-off, so the fishing is going to suck going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schplurg Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 10/31/2021 at 12:35 PM, QED said: Updating with latest catches. The tiny bass was caught on a 4" senko which was bigger than the fish! Caught the frog this morning. Unfortunately, the lake is suffering from toxic algae bloom and "natural" fish die-off, so the fishing is going to suck going forward. We just can't win in the Bay Area anymore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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schplurg Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 8 hours ago, QED said: Hate to repeat myself but... On 11/1/2021 at 7:15 PM, schplurg said: We just can't win in the Bay Area anymore Natural cycle? As in "we don't address environmental problems in this lake so this happens all the time"? I don't know I'm just asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted December 12, 2021 Super User Share Posted December 12, 2021 It happens. I saw it at Clearlake once. The area smelled so bad from the fish pushed up on shore. my local hike in place just got sterilize by nature. I hope they bounce back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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