Fishing in Santa Clara county is pretty tough especially this time of year. I would suggest San Luis Reservoir for stripers or the forebay for strippers, bass and catfish.
Late fall and winter is good at Del Valle and Los Vaqueros near Livermore.
Ocean fishing isn’t that far away at Half Moon Bay and Monterey. Hope this helps.

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I have had luck using a plastic water filled float. Carefully fill with water so that it barely sinks. The idea is to make the float sit on top of the weeds rather than sink through them. Good luck.

I have only fished it once but was told to troll above the underwater river bed. You will need a fish finder to follow it as the lake is too big to reliably follow it by the lake map. Good luck.

Yes, I have. Using flies behind a bubble works better for me while drifting in a boat or
In a wind protected cove.

I was fishing near the dam. Wind wasn’t too bad so I was able to cast out about 30 yards. Thanks for the tip, I did update my location.

I was there two weeks ago. First day I was skunked but started catching on day two and three when I switched from bottom fishing to a weighted bobber with a 4-5 foot leader. Caught some nice ones with night crawlers and power bait (used a split shot above the power bait to sink it).