Bass Fishing Forum - Westernbass.com

I'm just the messenger:
Informed sources state Clear Lake will be opening to Lake County residents only this Saturday May 09.
Bear in mind all the public ramps are barricaded ..... which may not be taken down immediately saturday morning.

Ive seen multiple videos of guys out on kayaks today.

Caleb.Smith wrote:Ive seen multiple videos of guys out on kayaks today.

Fishing from "non-motorized" boats was approved last Saturday May 02

Here's the article regarding the announcement.

https://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/ne ... restricted

Hitman

Any further confirmation on this actually happening?

Residents only, Redbud will open. Not sure about Lakeport.

https://www.record-bee.com/2020/05/08/c ... an-resume/

Record bee headline is wrong . its not open to all boats. residents only.As far as i know public ramps will be staffed starting today.

Fifth street ramp is open

There were a bunch of boats, both pleasure and fishing, on the water today!

It was great to be back on the water today. Lots of pleasure boaters, jet skiers etc. They seemed to outnumber the fisherman

Funny but I don't remember Skeet Reese being a resident here and yet he was on the lake in his tournament boat??

Yeah,
He’s spreading that MANY LITTLE FISH Virus at Pedro too.

Clear Lake is definitely open! Caught this beauty this morning. She went 12 lbs 5 oz & was released after photo opp! Our limit was 40 lb 3 oz, Manny Frias & I caught over 50 fish!

clum553946 wrote:Clear Lake is definitely open! Caught this beauty this morning. She went 12 lbs 5 oz & was released after photo opp! Our limit was 40 lb 3 oz, Manny Frias & I caught over 50 fish!

Just couldn't help yourself could you Don't get me wrong it's a nice fish and all, but come on!

Actually I meant to delete this post when I started the new one! Was up all night so come on!

Saw the other fish y’all caught. Manny’s a good buddy of mine. Nice ones!

Clearlake is definitely open..... caught this 12.2

I’m a resident and release all my fish ..... just wanted to add this to my post

Heard clear lake is open for everyone not just locals is that this true?

GSV2013 wrote:Heard clear lake is open for everyone not just locals is that this true?

Heard same thing

Lake County Health Dept has not issued updated guidelines since May 08 when the Lake was opened to "Locals"
It is possible that area businesses (hotels / tackle shops) are aware in advance that the County is about to loosen the restrictions ..... but that has not occurred yet. I believe the current SIP requirements, which are still in place expire on May 17 ..... May 18th would be the day I would look for some positive news

I called the clear lake health dept. today. I was told the lake is not open to the public yet as they continue to follow the governors orders... As I'm sure your all aware, this changes daily..
Still searching for a place to fish....

I think I will give it a go and try to get up there on Wednesday of next week just been seeing and hearing too many stories about it being open.

Someone must be selling stickers.

Hopefully the WON Bass open “ will be a “go” in July !...

Effective May 15:
"All Lake County waterways are now open without restrictions"

Looks like restaurants can open. Hotels, bars and gaming remain closed.

http://health.co.lake.ca.us/Assets/Depa ... 051520.pdf

Is Jimmy open? Or limit out?

Wormin wrote:Is Jimmy open? Or limit out?

Jimmy is still not open last I heard. Clearlake Outdoors I know for sure is open, not sure about Limit Out.

Limit out is OPEN

Does anybody know if/how the updated order affects Clear Lake guide services? Sounds like they're still not allowed to open while everybody is allowed back on the water...

They need to open campgrounds and RV parks

Guides still cant work.

Lake is only open to locals “ yet they sell non-resident stickers & look the other way when boaters from god knows where’ show up ! yet the guides are all shut down !... makes no sense ?

Went up yesterday got my stickers and had a great day 24lb bag and the jig bite was off the hook.

After 2 and a half months I will be able to open my tackle shop back up to the public tomorrow morning. I was cleared by the county of lake and city of Clearlake to start business tomorrow. All of the protocols have been signed off and am legal to go. It’s been frustrating to say the least, as the lake has been opened and not being able to open my shop. The new county ordinance as of today requires all customers and patrons And employees to were a face mask or covering before entering any business in lake county. The social distancing of 6 feet is in effect as well. I have installed a plexiglass sneeze guard all around my entire kiosk to ensure that you, myself and my employees are protected. We will sanitize our counter and pens after every customer. I’m so grateful to have my employees still there for me and helping me get my store ready to open. You guys rock!!!! It’s gonna be a new way of conducting business, so if you visit please be patient. It’s all new to us too and we will try our best to serve you in the best way we can. Thank you for all the phone calls and positive thoughts during this trying time. I am excited to say that my wife has made it through 6 months of chemotherapy and is finishing her last day of 20 straight days of radiation tomorrow! She is one tough cookie! As excited as she is to get back to the shop, she will have to stay home for a while because her immune system is still compromised. So your gonna have to deal with me. I’m excited to get back to the shop and seeing a lot of faces. Heck, the fishing is so good I might even hook the boat up and go. Oh wait, I better make sure my batteries are still good. See ya soon! Jimmy

^^ great news Jimmy! Glad to see you open for business, now if I can just get up there.

Tuledog wrote:After 2 and a half months I will be able to open my tackle shop back up to the public tomorrow morning. I was cleared by the county of lake and city of Clearlake to start business tomorrow. All of the protocols have been signed off and am legal to go. It’s been frustrating to say the least, as the lake has been opened and not being able to open my shop. The new county ordinance as of today requires all customers and patrons And employees to were a face mask or covering before entering any business in lake county. The social distancing of 6 feet is in effect as well. I have installed a plexiglass sneeze guard all around my entire kiosk to ensure that you, myself and my employees are protected. We will sanitize our counter and pens after every customer. I’m so grateful to have my employees still there for me and helping me get my store ready to open. You guys rock!!!! It’s gonna be a new way of conducting business, so if you visit please be patient. It’s all new to us too and we will try our best to serve you in the best way we can. Thank you for all the phone calls and positive thoughts during this trying time. I am excited to say that my wife has made it through 6 months of chemotherapy and is finishing her last day of 20 straight days of radiation tomorrow! She is one tough cookie! As excited as she is to get back to the shop, she will have to stay home for a while because her immune system is still compromised. So your gonna have to deal with me. I’m excited to get back to the shop and seeing a lot of faces. Heck, the fishing is so good I might even hook the boat up and go. Oh wait, I better make sure my batteries are still good. See ya soon! Jimmy

Glad to hear about your Wife and the shop! I’ll be sure to stop by tomorrow!

See you this afternoon Jimmy, Ted lost a ton of jigs last night!