lets see, i dont know about almaden or guadalupe, but Stevens Creek is a great reservoir to float tube or using pontoon boats or kayaks or canoes cuz of how small it is (bout 95 acres i think, the lake itself) u have to catch it at one hell of a fishing day because that lake is also known as the Dead Sea to some...If you go there, you will get skunked more than half or even 70% of the time, but a fish there is a relief...my advice, if ur goin to shore fish there, try askin the trout fisherman around the dam if any bass have followed their trout that they catch and if they have, try trout swimbaits...if not that, dropshotting works great, at least for me, in the coves.. but remember DONT EAT THE FISH...MERCURY
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