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Friday, June 29th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went out with guide Dave Majestic o Konocti Guide Service about 5:30 am. Tried some topwater o points with no success. Switched to Senkos without weight on the edges o tulies in and around wind protected coves. Got our ish rom 1.5 to 3 lbs. Dave got a nice 4lb on a topwater plug on the edge o the weeds and let my iancee land it. All in all a good trip or my irst time on Clear Lake. Thanks Dave!
    City: novato

    Tips: Senkos without weight.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Camped at Clear Lake on Tues. and Wed. o course the weather was terrible. I only ished or about 45 minutes near Cache creek entrance. I caught one 3# bass on a 6 inch brown senko in shallow water. This was my only ish o the trip but I was happy to catch anything in the terrible weather. I plan to go back this weekend when the weather is better.
    City: Yuba

Tuesday, June 26th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 74 DEGREES

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: LAUNCHED OUT OF REDBUD PARK. TO MILD CONDITIONS, OVERCAST SLIGHT WIND COMING OUT OF THE S-E AT ABOUT 5MPH. STARTED ON THIS END OF THE LAKE, WITH A WHT BUZZBAIT VPR-PRO AND ON THE FIRST CAST A NICE 2.8LBS. LG.MTH. I SAID TO MY PARTNER WHO WAS STILL RIGGIN HIS ROD IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY!!!! BOY WAS I WRONG ,THE WIND KICKED UP A NOTCH ,IT STARTED TO RAIN ,AND BEING A NOVICE BOATER ON TOP OF THAT ; IT WAS GOING TO BE A HELL OF A DAY . WE CRANKED, BLADED,BUZZED,SENKO,THREW JIGS, WORMS YOU NAME IT !!!! NOTHING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. SO WE HEAD BACK TO THE DOCKS AND I BENT MY TROLLING MOTOR ON A POLL WHILE TRYING TO TIE OFF THE BOAT IN PLACE. NOT A GOOD DAY!!!!!
    City: SACRAMENTO

    Tips: I LOVE THIS LAKE FOR WHAT IT IS, THE BASS CAP. OF CA. BUT I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME!!!!!!!!

Monday, June 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 78 to 84

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished clear lake or the irst time and was a little dissapointed in the numbers, but the quality was as expected... Drove up rom Bakersield area with no clue where on the lake to ish, so tried tule edges with 2 ish wanting plastics. Moved to mid lake on some rocky shoreline and ound one area where we ended up with, 2-5lbrs., 1-4lbr., and 5 in the 3lb. range... Not bad or total ishing time o about 5 hours... Is the alge this bad every year at this time? Didn't even want to jump in to cool o with so much green water... Hope to come back sometime and try again... What is the best time o year? By the way, tried several dierent things but caught all o our ish on carolina rigged with 6" worm in texas craw color... Over all, NICE LAKE!
    City: wasco

    Tips: Worming in 12 to 20 eet o water.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launched at Red Bud and started on the trolling motor. Caught one senko ish(2.5lbs) and lost another. Decided to go to the dam since I had never been there and probably won't go back. 2+ hours later I made it(stopped to ish a couple times along the way, no bites). Man is it a long way in a no wake zone. Probably 45min w/o stopping maybe more. Started throwing a rog upon arrival. Stuck a 4lber about the tenth cast then zero or 1/2hr. Picked up the lippin stick and lipped/pitched, cranked, rogged, and threw senko or the next 2hrs coming out. Not a bite. I had heard it could be pretty good at the dam but I guess it's timing or I suck. More likely I suck. Came out and caught several 2lbers on senkos on docks around Red Bud then called it a day. Did not see any rog mats to speak o but I haven't ished Clear lake much in June, July, or August.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: I can only catch ish on senkos and have the post spawn blues.

Sunday, June 10th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED OUR CLUB NIGHT tourney sat night . ished rom 7pm to 8am .. i got one bite all night .. my partner caught two ish on senkos thru the night in konocti bay . one o the only places we could ish do to bad WIND. in the am we started back towards ramp at lucerne. we stoped in paradice cove about 6. partnewr caught three on a six inch motor oil worm including his best ever 7.66 all caught o end o docks in about 6 eet o water . only stopped there because o wind.. winner had 28 + he caught all ish inside o buckingham harbour.on red/black brush hogs. he stayed in there all night because o the wind..
    City: SUNNYVALE

    Tips: senkos work ater dark . must just be ther bulk. ish are shallow. i you can ind nights when the wind will let you ish tules.. good luck

Saturday, June 9th, 2001

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 100% tourney.Found ish in tules and weeds in north end.Frog bite in morning.Used grubs on rock piles.Minor cold ront went through and dropped barometer,made or tough bite.Windy.Only topwater was on rogs.Still some sight ish in north but you gotta look hard.Average ish 2-4 lbs.Even the Senko bite was o
    City: Lakeport

    Tips: Throw rogs over the grass in open water.Grubs on rock piles and under docks.You know the senko bite will be back!

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Overall ishing was pretty good last week, except the ish are lighter - no bellies!! Tues aternoon about 6 pm, a client caught a nice 5-10 on a #194 Senko in the shadows o a tule line south o Buckingham. Trouble is, the ish looked like it should have been 7 lbs! We only caught 5 ish that trip but he got 4 o them, including a 5-2. That's what I like - clients doing well! He got the 5-2 about midnight on a junebug 10" Powerworm. Wed aternoon and night the Senkos were working beore dark and ater dark the black/chartreuse Magic Big Dipper worm (6") was working. My client caught 6 bass up to 5-1. Thursday morning I started with a client about 7 am, looking or remaining shaded tules, beore the sun got too high. I was throwing a 194 Senko, since that seems to be the "color o the week". We we were working an area behind Rattlesnake Island. I thought I saw a twitch, so I set the hook, just to be sure. Nothing happened or a second - then this big ish bolts out o the tules, jumps, and just plain carried on! It turned out to be an even 7 pounds - Wow! That is my irst big ish in quite a while - thankully, my clients have been catching all the big ish this past month. We wound up with 8 bass and a 5 lb catish on a jig. I caught a bass on a jig in the middle o the day. My client got his personal best on a #214 Senko - 4 lbs 1 oz. He said this was a great color, and so he hooks a bass on the irst cast - made a believer out o me! The three 5 ish limits or the trips averaged about 20 lbs. We targeted mostly tules and docks in the south end.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: It was bright, both day and night. In the clear water, I always try to ish every shadow I can ind. I am still learning areas that have shadows "until the last minute". When those run out, head or the docks. When the weed mats orm, they will hold bass too. There are lots o shadows at night in the summer, because the moon is at it's lowest point on the horizon, just as the sun is at it's highest. In the winter, it's the reverse. Sun low, moon high.

Friday, June 8th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this past Wednesday, tough bite only caught ive ish or a total weight o 13 lbs. 2 ozs. I caught 3 ishthrowing a 6" blue leck lipping/tail powerworm. My partner J J caught his 2 ish throwing a 6" red shad powerworm.Caught our ish on both sides o Konocti.
    City: Woodland

Sunday, June 3rd, 2001

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: It was good to get back to Clear Lake late Friday aternoon ater a 2 week break - doing trips at other lakes. I kinda missed the wind - yeah, right! My client and I had to deal with some wind, but since we were just ahead o the cold ront, it wasn't too bad. We started about 6 pm, south o Buckingham, throwing Senkos - I had a 6" #297, and I had him using one o my avorites - a 5" #240. I caught two right away, establishing that there were lots o shallow ish. What ollowed was one o the most amazing sights I have ever seen as a guide. My client was an excellent caster, laying that Senko next to pilings nice and sot. I knew he would get one, and he soon hooked a dandy. He got her to the boat very quickly, and we could both see that she was at least 6, probably more like 7 or more. I had the net ready, but know it would be a ew seconds beore she was ready. I think he really wanted her in the boat, 'cause he suddenly grabbed his 844 G. Loomis near the middle and tried to swing her in the boat. I tried to yell something like "don't do that!", but the words wouldn't come out. I had never seen anyone try that - I guess I couldn't believe what I was seeing! Unortunately, it didn't work. Boy, 17 lb test is really loud when it snaps! We all learn something the hard way, and I know he won't be doing that again. When I ound my voice, I gave him several good reaons why that wasn't such a good idea. I'm sure he was used to doing that on smaller ish, but probably hadn't experienced the mean, lean, post-spawn emales o Clear Lake. He shook o his mistake, and did very well, landing 5 or 6 to 5 lbs. I landed about the same, but the biggest was only 5-7, which was caught just beore dark on the #297 Senko. Ater dark, the junebug Dead Ringer and 8" Berkley Flip n' Tail worms (black/chartreuse) were the best baits. We ound ish at night rom 10 to 15 eet in rocky areas and in the shadows o isolated pilings. The moon was bright enough to ish shadows. He missed several, but I was please that he had a lot o action. Our 5 biggest were only 21+ pounds. He is airly new to bass ishing, and I eel he is going to become very accomplished very soon!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Night ishing should start to take o any time. Look or roaming ish (daytime) in shallow water, or anticipate where you think they might be, such as at the end o private lauching ramps that are not used. There is usually a break where the lake bottom has washed away, and bass like to hang aroung these areas. The second ish was caught in just such an area - I was telling my client about the ramp thing - and she bit. I love it when the bass bite on cue!!! A senko, luke, or rip bait are deadly in these situations.

Thursday, May 31st, 2001

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    Water Temp: 69-71

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Worse day I have had on clearlake in a ew months.Fishedthis past Monday got blown o the lake had trouble with myboat motor and all the boat traic because o the holidayweekend seemed to be in the same area we were ishing.Onlyished or about 4 hrs..Only bright spot caught one ishabout 8a.m. on a senko#222 ish weighed 9 lbs. 1oz.
    City: Woodland

    Tips: Stay o lakes during holidays.

Friday, May 25th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 72

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished riday with wie she has developed a new way to ish bedsusing a rattle trap by dancing it on the bed or chaising the ewmalewith it. The ish hate this and take the lure. Also just swimmingit around the area it is taken by the ish. I had good luck with a 6"chartruse tube, the males just hammered it. Lots o cruising ish ridayjust wont bite, but still ound some beds to play with. Also caught a ew o o henderson at about 12 - 16 eet dead sticking a hula grub. We caught 8 ish 2lbs to 5lbs not bad or post spawn.
    City: Sacramento

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    Water Temp: 68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the BasinBassmasters club tournament on Saturday the 19th. We were not alone ... Redwood Empire and BFL both had tournaments going or over 100+ boats hittin' the hot spots. Fishing docks was like being in the drive-up at Taco Bell ... I think the ish thought so too.We got 5 bites all day. 1st ish on a clown-color blade, 6:30am at the North end, entrance to the river inlet. 2nd ish on small plastic worm in a small mooring area on the N. West Side. My Son-in-Law Dano missed a nice one in the same area on a Snagproo Frog.With 10 minutes let to ish, we were skipping small plastic worms around docks on the North Shore o the Lake, near Lakeport. We needed two ish to ill our 5-ish limit when I stuck a beautiul 6 1/2 pounder. We inished irst with our ish at 14.16 pounds, and big ish o the event.
    City: Auburn

    Tips: High-pressured water called or inding something in the tackle box dierent than what everyone else was throwing. What worked 4 years ago just might be working again. :-)

Saturday, May 19th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 68-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished in the Redwood Empire Bass Club tourney Saturday. Heavy pressure rom the 2 other tournaments going on made it tough or most. For 30 anglers the average was about 2 ish each. Only 5 limits in all. Most ish in the 2-3 lb range. Big ish was 6.4 and 1st place went to Capt'n Rob with a limit totaling 17 lbs. I caught 2 bed ish early on a twin tail hula grub or a total o 5.58 lbs.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: You can still ind several bed ish around the lake. Also try rogs in and around the weeds. Post spawn blues coming soon.

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: City: citrus heights

Wednesday, May 16th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 67-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished south end all day.Windy all day long,did not catcha whole lot o ish but the ish we caught were decent size.Best 7 ish, 25lb.2oz. big ish was 5lb.7oz..Caughtmost o our ish in the aternoon when the wind let up alittle bit.Caught all o our ish throwing senkos.
    City: Woodland

    Tips: Color did not seem to matter as long as it was a senko.Caught ish on ive dierent colors.

Monday, May 14th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 74+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the Lake in a tourney this past weekend, ended up in 6th place with 35.20 lbs or ten ish. Stayed mostly in the North end. Fished with Senkos (all watermelon colors worked)mostly till the sun was upright. Found beds and caught many sight ish on chart/getzits and white grubs. The dead end sloughs were real muddy due to the carp spawn. I could'nt get anything going in any o them.I was told that the south end was just getting started, as the ish were still spooky. It ought to turn on real good this weekend.
    City: San Leandro

    Tips: Find something to do till the sun comes out, then hit the banks. The ish were in 2'-5'.

Sunday, May 13th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64 ish

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Yesterday, I ished the lake or the irst time, with some success. I launched my trusty 14 t Klammath at Redbud Park, went accross the lake and ished the docks near the shallows, with no success. A while later went North or a ew hundred yards, turned the point and ished the docks. Water was clearer and I saw a 5+emale and a 2+ male, on a nest. I spent over an hour throwing baits at them and as they were busy on a courting dance, they did not notice the baits, nor the line, as it touched their backs!!Senkos, lizzards, tubes, inesse worms, brushhogs, all were ignored. Even a couple o males, swiming on and o the rock, where the dance took place, ignore the baits. I need to do more sight ishing!!!.I managed to get a 3.5 lbs and 2.2 lbs, under the docks, while swiming and or shaking a 4.5 inch strait worm (green craw, by Trigger worms). I rigged the worm in a drop shot ashion, and ished it as you might ish a drop shot.I also ished a 5 inch Senko or a while, and had no takers, but I think that I ished it too ast.Great ishing, great lake, looking orward to Saturday and Sunday to preish and ish a Club Tourney with Folsom.
    City: Suisun

Saturday, May 12th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: A unny thing happened on the way to Clear Lake. I was starting to eel sorry or mysel, knowing that I was going to have to battle the night winds o another cold ront, trying to keep the boat in position or 2 clients to ish. I was also doing something that I have never done beore, and probably will never do again, guide two dierent lakes in the same day. Heck, what's a 21 hour day when you're having un! Anyway, the Berryessa trip had gone well, so I was ready or anything Clear Lake could throw me. Sure enough, the wind was blowing, but not too bad when we let M$M campground a 7 pm. I ound some nice areas south o Buckingham that we could ish, and I had my clients ishing 8" dead ringer worms in black, red lake. I tried a Senko in my avorite summer color or the irst time, #240, and soon caught a 4 1/4 pounder. I was worried that we might have to switch to Senkos, 'cause I had a eeling about those worms. About 5 minutes later, one o the guys sets up on a good 'un, and I soon net an 8 lb 10 oz semi-skinny bass. Now I know why we all want to go to Clear Lake! We put her right back ater photos, since we wern't sure she had totally spawned. She still had some girth to her. Another client with his personal best - that is always my biggest thrill! Ater dark, they caught several more, mostly 3 to 4 lbs. The big story is the ones that the other client lost. He broke 17# test on a ish and lost another that was at least 6 or 7 pounds. We wound up with 6 total bass - 5 biggest around 23 lbs. They caught all their bass on junebug and black/red lake worms.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Some bass are moving out o tules and onto rocky areas and walls. Rocky areas with tules are good right now.

Friday, May 11th, 2001

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    Water Temp: 64-70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went bass ishing on 5/11/01 with Henry Tabor, who proved to be an excellent guide. We launched Henry's boat in Lakeport and basically stayed at the North end o the lake. We irst tried our luck at "top water", but ater a couple o hours o no action, we switched to lorescent worms, and this is when we caught ish. On the boat with me was my 89 year old step dad who caugt 3 bass and lost 2 at the boat, I caught 7 bass and lost 3 at the boat. Being novice bass ishermen, we eel we lost 5 ish due to the act that we simply didn't set the hooks well enough. We had a great day on the lake and recommend Henry Tabor's guide service to all. He's very knowledgeable, has great equipment and is lots o un to ish with.
    City: Placentia