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toddmc

Hey Todd! Yes, sir, same old... CL Cottages parking situation probably isn't great during summer weekends. They make you unhook the boat at night and it's a bit tight with rental and guest trailers. I've only stayed there in the off season so it hasn't been a problem. I hook up in the morning, grab...

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The Clear Lake Cottages are just as expensive as the Konocti Harbor resort when they owner makes to pay for a slip that you tell him you won't use. I think I made a good choice by choosing the extra space at Konocti Harbor. The basic room is plenty spacious and about $215 with the AAA discount. The ...

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Yes. There formulations are not the same. Big companies will kill their reputation to save a penny.

toddmc

Hey Todd! Yes, sir, same old... CL Cottages parking situation probably isn't great during summer weekends. They make you unhook the boat at night and it's a bit tight with rental and guest trailers. I've only stayed there in the off season so it hasn't been a problem. I hook up in the morning, grab...

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Louie wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 5:42 pm How is the parking with trailer at Clear Lake Cottages? Great place to stay but last time I was there they really messed up the parking with their rental boat trailers taking up room.

I was wondering the same thing because I don't leave my boat on the water each night.

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Dave Brabec wrote: ↑Thu May 01, 2025 1:36 pm Clearlake Vista has a For Sale sign again.

Thanks. I hope someone buys it that renovates it. I love its location and setup, but it needs to be remodeled. Soda bay is pretty and peaceful.

toddmc

The rooms certainly got a facelift from the last time we stayed there in 2008. Check out the pricing though. It’s almost $250 a night with all the fees and for that price I’d rather have a big unit with a kitchen over at Clear Lake Cottages. I want to stay at the Clear Lake Vista Resort, but they d...

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I saw online that the Konocti Harbor Resort reopened last year. I'm heading up to Clear Lake for June 6th-14th. Does anyone have any experience with the resort since it reopened? Is it safe, clean, friendly, and easy to charge your batteries? Thanks.

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Put a www at the front of the address. It worked for me

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Hey Mike. If you don't find somebody in Ventura, ask Rick at Angler's Marine. He has recommendations. I'm closer to Last Chance in Hemet, and Dan said he has a guy that is the best of the best. He was right. My 2008 Champion 188 came out really nice when I had it done in the summer.

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WRB wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 4:35 pm Morning Dawn was originally “Delta” Dawn

Was it really? Roboworm was the first morning dawn that I used way back when. Were they the originator?

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I caught an 9lb cat at clear lake on a chatterbait in 3' of water on the bank ahaha two cranks and the rod loaded up. Ill believe anything after that... I caught a really big cat about a decade ago at the start of Rattlesnake on the right with a bladed jig that I make. It is the only fish of the ma...

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monte300 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 8:04 am Is that the leftist color pattern Jiggin?

Maybe he should call it "woke"!

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I have caught channel and flathead cats on just about every lure. I'm fishing golf course lakes at night about two nights a week. It's pretty rare that I go more than a month without catching one. The cats travel in packs at Clear Lake and they are aggressive. I caught one on a bare hook in front of...

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I booked a week at the casino from August 4-11th. How has the algae and general water conditions been? Thanks

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Is anyone throwing live threadfin? I don’t do it, but a lot of my friends are the guys that pioneered this technique at Casitas and Castaic. If they still won’t bite that, you really have a problem. I think the fish population is down everywhere they have had lower water. Clear Lake is so fertile th...

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Where was it caught?

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I got my order last week to SoCal in 36 hrs. with regular shipping. They won't usually let you order out of stock items. This may help some orders arrive on time.

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Anybody want to fill in the details on why TW is struggling? I understand that they can't get a lot of their products because of covid, but why is shipping so slow? Do they not have enough employees to fill orders, or do they not have the right shipping company, or both?

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Those fish have two step bellies because they are so full of quaggas.

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Does anyone have a general idea of how the winning team caught them? I've never seen weights that high this time of year!

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I have caught several fish that took my dangling bait off of bushes and tules, and twice fish have caught my bait out of mid air on the cast, but this is next level stuff. The democrats will tell us its a result of climate change. :D The largemouth may be the last creatures left on the planet with t...

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Most Public lakes in SoCal are closed to night boating. Night bass tournaments I have fished all had 10 mph Max speed limit at night. Bright Q beam light helps if your lake allows faster speeds at night. Tom Half of the field would sink their boats in SoCal night tournaments if we weren't limited t...

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I didn't know if my trip to Havasu from SoCal was going to be a covert CIA operation gone wrong, or more of a successful Smokey and the Bandit episode. I headed east out of the Coachella Valley at 2:30 am on the I-10 towing 70 mph because of the nearly empty roads. I was picking off a few semi truck...

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I'm in the same situation. I may go on Monday. If you get pulled over, have a story about how you are storing your boat somewhere in Havasu. :D I worry more about coming back in this crappy state of ours. I have to go through the checkpoint on Rice Road. I have come across some real overzealous boat...

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I can't believe the channel and the Havasu Marina were a zoo with sight fisherman yesterday Tony? :D You had to take a number and line up to fish those areas. At least I had other places! :P There were a ton of people pre-fishing for the FLW, and plenty of fun fishermen. Even though storms are comin...

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So, I'm all excited about going to Havasu this upcoming weekend, and Tony is on two of my spots! Thanks for letting me know that they are there!

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What do you need fixed? Most of the marine dealerships can do cables and minor repairs. I would send it to the Trolling Motor Doctor if you want it rebuilt.

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JoeLanghans wrote:Man, If I lived in Alabama and not California....

You just live in the wrong part of CA. My neighborhood in the Coachella Valley is full of RV garages. The homes aren't outrageous either because the RV owners tend to spend time in their RV's, and don't need a gigantic home.

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That must be a nude beach..........because that is the only way that you can explain that sausage fest!
Somebody stop me! I can't help myself

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I hope that those were picked up with a shovel. I wouldn’t want to be caught on a beach with one of those in my hands!

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AVG.JOE wrote:Those are re-coil guides. No insert to pop out. Titanium -very light

Very sensitive also, but very noisy!

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I live up the street. Stop poaching my ponds!

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So I tow my boat 7 1/2 hours to go fishing this past weekend. Only to catch my most memorable fish from the bank, 40 feet from our tent, in 12 inches of water, with 2 feet of line out. 69479051_2634264786628173_7462961179556577280_n.jpg The state park holds a lot of fish, but it sees a ton of press...

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Kwin wrote:Not many but the few I've collected electrofishing are all 7-10 lbs.

Trout eaters undoubtedly!

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The lake is the clearest that I have seen it in the 17 years that I have been fishing it. There were some areas in the south that had about 6 feet of visibility when I was there for a week at the beginning of July.

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I remember winning a club tournament back in the 80's on a black and chartreuse jig, and laughing that I wasn't really imitating a crawdad. I never expected to see a crawdad that was even close in my lifetime. Sure enough, one of the golf course lakes in back of the house has huge black crawdads wit...

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Sunline Shooter Defier nylon is one of the limpest nylon lines out there. You pay a crazy premium price for its handling capabilities. Most people won't pay that high of a price for mono in the U.S., therefore I heard that Sunline may be taking it off of the USDM market. A good alternative is the Su...

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Very interesting, I just closed on a 2019 Nitro Z20 Pro loaded with the 250. We went through white river finance which is the Bass Pro broker.... we did a 20 yr with 10% down @ 6.99%. A 30 yr loan sounds like way too long of a commitment for me. Good luck to him, we take delivery next Wednesday IMG...

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There's a lot to like about the Ultrex but as a mat/punch fisherman, I'd never have one on my boat. I've fished up front on two different boats that had the Ultrex and for me, the noise of the power assisted steering was beyond acceptable. Won't matter for most fisherman and most situations but it ...

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There's a lot to like about the Ultrex but as a mat/punch fisherman, I'd never have one on my boat. I've fished up front on two different boats that had the Ultrex and for me, the noise of the power assisted steering was beyond acceptable. Won't matter for most fisherman and most situations but it ...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doddhWpoI54
Check out Matt In case you don't know what wahoo blank the guys are talking about. He talks reels and line also.

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Let's be honest. There are least six issues listed on this short recent thread.
http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=955032
I have heard of several other problems also. The only thing that I thought that I wouldn't see was a broken shaft, but even that happened in this recent thread!

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I'm one of the stay with the fortrex. My reasons for the fortrex over the ultrex are the reliability many friends have had issues. Really important reasons are it's too sensitive, constantly hitting the buttons,has to be at a perfect angle to lift it up, and finally you have to always look down to ...

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All those participation trophies are catching up with us.............. Funny Kelly. You ought to see what my public school teacher job entails. My principal is telling the teachers that we shouldn't be failing students. The high school diploma has become the trophy for nothing. Many of our graduati...

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While I think a little introspective thinking is helpful Nate, I think this oversimplifies the issue. There is a myriad of reasons why people aren't as nice as they used to be. Possibly the two biggest problems in California are overcrowding (not enough water to fish vs. other areas) and, as mention...

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I'm glad that you found an easy fix. Dual Pro chargers do have a lot of issues though. I have heard of guys replacing 1 bank on the Dual Pro chargers if it goes bad, which is better than having to replace the whole thing. Buy a Noco Genius or Minn Kota if you need a new charger. They are generally m...

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Healthy! Very nice!

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tthomasy wrote:Uhhh, anybody have insight on why Vandam, Reese, Swindle, Lucas, Rojas, the list goes on.... are not on the list for fishing the Elites in 2019??????

You probably should get online more often.

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This is only one study. I have read other studies that suggest the opposite. Regardless, weigh-in fish should be distributed around the lake. This is why the MLF format is a better tournament format for the fish.

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