Clear Lake and Reports

Saturday, January 15th, 2000

• By Alan Yee

  Water Temp: unknown

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Fished with guide Joe Alberdi o AAA Guide Service:707-995-3773. Launched rom Redbud dock and ished primarily the southwest end o the lake. Landed an 8#, 2 7#'ers, a 5# and one that was about 2 1/2 #s. Lost another on my irst hookup that was about 8#s as well. Fished along the shoreline in about 15-25 eet o water with extra large minnows 2-3' below 1/4 oz. splitshots. All but two were hooked between 7-9:30 am.
  City: Petaluma

  Tips: I was ishing with 10 pound mono and had my bait continuously hitting the bottom. That seemed to be where the ish were holding and I had many snags on the submerged rocks. We would troll with the baits behind or I would slowly retrieve when stopped. No action at all on any other lures or minnows rom bobbers.

Friday, January 14th, 2000

• By ripper

  Water Temp: 48

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished Beryl Bay area - picked up only 2 ish - a duece and a better 5 lbr. Things slowed down a bit, maybe the new moon? maybe it was just cold and rainy and I was slow/irratible...I'm still inding ish around stand ups in 6 - 8 eet o water though.
  City: Yuba City

  Tips: Fish the rip bite very slowly. Find a bait that will slowlydescend ater the rip (I put a suspend dot on a Rapala 9/16.)Let that bait sit 15 to 40 seconds beore moving it.) I'm throwing Rapalas in the Clown Pattern.

Tuesday, January 4th, 2000

• By Ryan

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: I was wondering i anybody could give me some ino on Clear Lake. Like where to go, what to throw, how deep, just the usual bass questions. We're planning a trip or January or February. It will be our irst time going to Clear Lake. We would like to rent a boat (i possible). Thanks a lot.
  City: Merced

Sunday, December 26th, 1999

• By Bohica

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: There is antastic minnow bite going on right now. Lots o big ish to be caught.
  City: Sacramento

  Tips: I you catch a ish, stick around there is more to be caught out o the same hole. Dress appropriately it is a very cold ride across the lake.

Thursday, December 9th, 1999

• By Bob Simard

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished Lakeport docks all morning. Threw Norman DD22 - Sun Crawish. Caught 4 ish. largest 5.5 lbs that I hooked irst thing. I ished early in the shallow stu, 3 - 5 eet o water. Caught the 5 lb'r just o a transition, 4-5 to 10 eet. Spent the rest o the morning looking or other transitions, beore moving out to 15 eet. There I ran the cranks down under the ish, let it drit up in them, and ripped it down again. Picked up 2 more beore bailing out. I'm thinking next time I'll ish the Clearlake Oaks arm, looking or the type o transitions I caught bigger ish at. Talked to a guy Pre-ishing or a local tourney - he was throwing Brush hogs and picking up ish around Nice.
  City: Yuba City

  Tips: It's COLD as heck in the morning. I'd put in as close to where you plan to ish i possible. I put in at 6:45 at Lucern an ran across to Lakeport. Won't do that again without a ace shield!

Wednesday, December 8th, 1999

• By BOB G

  Water Temp: 48-50

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: went to clear lake wed night with larry hemphill.well my report isn't as good as the previous tripwith mr. hinckley . we ished the calm beore the storm.we ahd seven ish by 10 pm and then the wind kickedin and the bite went dead. i managed to get one more as we were going in about 01:30. larry had our ishto 6.5 and i had our to about 4+. all ish were chuncky andreally healthy looking. interesteing to listen to larryat each place we would stop .. stu like " oh yea mr hinckley(actually he call people his clients) caught his 8 here.all in all a great tripas larrys trips always are . ihave ished with larry about 8 dierent times at clearlake,berryessa and orovilee. always a learning an great experience..
  City: SUNNYVALE

Monday, November 22nd, 1999

• By Andy Parsons

  Water Temp: 54 F

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fellow Tubers, We held the '99 TOC yesterday @ Clear Lake. Mr. Bass won with an awesome 22.18 lb 5-ish limit, anchored with a 7.36 lb big ish. I inished second with a 5-ish limit or 14.61 lb,with a 5.27 lb ish. Ray inished 3rd with 2 ish or 7.78 lb, Bill was 4th with 4 ish or 6.38 lb,& Kevin was 5th with 1 ish or 2.98 lb. Most o yesterday's ish came on crankbaits & rattletraps.Water temp had cooled to 54 F, & clarity was improving. Lots o boats on the water rom Angler's Choice tournie.Go to http://www.tweenit.com/scbbc or more tournament news and ino on next years tourneys.Happy Holidays. Andy Parsons
  City: Santa Rosa

  Tips: crankbaits & rattletraps

Sunday, November 14th, 1999

• By Scott Vaughn

  Water Temp: 60

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Shasta Cascade Bass Anglers club tourney on 11/13-14. Weather was sunny and warm on Saturday turning cloudy, windy and colder on Sunday. Ken Krat won it with two limits (10 ish) totaling 37.93#. Ken and alot o the others ound ish cranking crawdad colored crankbaits and rippin clown colored Rogue rip baits. Ken's limits included big ish on Saturday (5.5+#) and big ish on Sunday (7.5+#). The Sunday big ish came on the clown.
  City: Redding

Saturday, November 13th, 1999

• By Chris

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: Launched out o Red Bud and ished the South end most o the day. Picked up ish on jigs, blades, plastics and cranks. No real pattern unortunately, however, the better ish came on a jig and blades. Jig ish caame shallow while the blade ish came o rocks in about 15 eet o water. Used both a Texas rig and C-Rig or our plastics. The C-Rig seemed to produce better ish than did the Texas rig.
  City: Granite Bay

  Tips: As the water temp drops the bite gets soter and soter. Watch your line or movement. Don't depend on eeling the bite.

Sunday, November 7th, 1999

• By A. Parsons

  Water Temp: 58 - 61 F

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club held inal tournie o year on Sunday. Winning weight was 5-ish limit o ~14.5 lb, anchored with 7.2 lb big ish. Second place was 5-ish limit or 13.5 lb. Bass came primarily on crankbaits & rattletraps. Fishing conditions were tough because o wind, waves & rain. Eight anglers weighed in only 16 ish.
  City: Santa Rosa

  Tips: Yesterday was last regular tournie o year or SCBBC. I you'd like more ino, check out our website @ www.tweenit.com/scbbc. Thanks to all the anglers who made this year such a success.

• By Chappo

  Water Temp: 66

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished Clearlake on a windy Sat. [there's something dierent].Got some nice ish on jerkbaits and blades.The water is very shallow around the north end shores. There is a mud lat the size o Nebraska approx. 800 t. outside the opening o Rodman. Had to get out o boat and push the sucker o! There's also rocks and concrete chunks around the lake ya can't see till too late. Prop repair!
  City: Santa Rosa

  Tips: You can get to spots up on plane, but I think ya need about 12" o water to get going again! O brother.

Sunday, October 24th, 1999

• By Bob

  Water Temp: about 50

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

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  City: Petaluma

Wednesday, October 13th, 1999

• By JimJ

  Water Temp: 70's

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished the Western Team Roundup last weekend. The bite was somewhat tough, but manageable. We ound the best concentrations o ish around the deeper docks at the south end o the lake. There needed to be at least 12 eet o water at the outside end. Fish were scattered all around the docks in the mornings, and could be caught on rip baits, small cranks, and plastics. As the sun got higher, the ish would suspend under the docks, in the shade. We would then swim shad colored grubs on dart heads to catch them. Be persistant and patient. sometimes many casts were required
  City: Sonora

  Tips: 1/8 ounce ire tiger cranks, #7 shad raps, shad colored plastics swam on dart heads.

Tuesday, October 5th, 1999

• By orlando

  Water Temp: NA

  Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

  Report: ished at cull canyon and caught our bass in about an hour o o reaction baits. Auctually caught some ish without getting in the thick stu. ish were small all under 12 inches
  City: CASTROVALLEY

• By Vic Hershberger

  Water Temp: 80's

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Well I heard tell that a Risto-rap in the hot mustard color was working or a couple o guys, I threw a Poe's deep diver in yellow tiger strips with no luck, I also threw the at-ree shad in wht/chrt, with no luck. I caught ish irst thing in the am on a Super Pop-R. Several olks used the craw-dad Bomber, I tried with no luck. I did however lip a ew ish with a Witchs-T Zipper. We also caught our best ish on the Ivano orange/brown worm split shot-ed or tooth picked, look or 20 eet o water!!!! The ish seemed to be hanging in the 15 to 20 oot range . I caught ish under docks by liping a small white spinner and letting it all to the bottom, same with a wht.jig and a shad colored zipper. There were also quit a ew guys that said they got Frog ish to the south.
  City: Sacramento

  Tips: Warning...Watch the Islands, some times the shallow water runs a ways out rom the land and is not marked...part o the lake can be clear while other parts are green.

Sunday, September 12th, 1999

• By Peter

  Water Temp: mid 70's

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Had a great weekend up at Clear Lake, my dad and I inished irst on Division 1 o the WCB Future Pro Team cicuit. We pre-ished or 2 weekends up at the lake and ound the pattern, last Saturday we ished some deeper water and I caught one that was a little over 6 and a ew more on a brown Duh! jig. On Sunday we didn't ish our good water and we struggled and only caught 2 keepers all day. We came back up this weekend and since it was a Sunday tounament we had Saturday to pre-ish. We stayed in the redbud arm all Saturday to see i we could ind any good water close by the ramp so we ished all day and only caught 4 keepers with nothing over 2, we tried crank baits, spinner baits, jigs, and split-shoting worms and only caught ish split-shoting. We eliminated everything we ished in the Redbud arm except one little spot.The day o the tourney we went straight to the spot where I caught the 6 the week beore and we were the irst one there. My dad caught a dink right away then a ew minutes later I caught a 2 pounder on a jig. About 10 minutes ater I caught the irst one I got a bite and set the hook and I almost all o the boat but I still hold on to the rod and try to real in the ish, but he jumped and spit the jig. Ater that we get a ew more bites but nothing so we decide to leave. We get to our second spot and within ten minutes I have a weird eeling sorta like my jig is swimming away so I set the hook and the ish just kind o sits there so I keep pullin and the ish is pullin, I knew it was a big one so I tell my dad to get the net. The ish wasn't ighting like a normal bass and I think it's a catish, but then it comes up and we see it and both my dad and I went WHOA! it was a big bass, turned out to be 8.54. Ater that my dad and I are both excited and within ten minutes he is setting the hook, his ish was also a big one, 6 pounder. We couldn't get any more ish o that spot just a couple o missed hook sets, so we head to our third spot but some one was right on it so we let it and headed to our only spot in the Redbud arm to see i we can get 2 more keepers. We get there and right away I get a 2+, then my dad sticks a squeker and we are excited and igure we have about 18 pounds but we need to cull that last ish. About 5 minutes ater my dad caught the last one I get one that'll cull his ish and now we igured we had about 20 pounds. We decide to go throw a rog in Cache Creek to see i we can get a toad but nothing so we weighed in 30 minutes early.We ended up with irst place in Division one with 21.55 or 5 ish and big ish o 8.54 Our key was to spend a lot o time pre-ishing and eliminating water. We also threw dirent lures so we weren't ishing or the same ish, 4 o the ish were on the brown 1/4 ounce Duh! jig and one came on a baby bass hooked tail Buddah bait grub. All o our ish ecxept one came out o 20-30 eet o water, so ish deep.
  City: Bay Point

Monday, August 23rd, 1999

• By Fil T

  Water Temp: 76

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Fished evening looking or a rog bite in rattlesnake arm and narrows. Nothing. Very warm evening. Caught one 3lb on a michael. Just at dusk, as moon rose, lost a 3lb at the boat. Caught 2,3 on 10"power worm. At 9:30 pm Jig bite happened. By 12;30am, Had 14 ish in boat incl a 5.1 and a 5.3. My best 5 went 21 pounds. Fished around razier point, Konocti harbor, Anderson Island. It was great! No boats, no Jet skiers, just quiet, peaceul and solid jig bites.
  City: yuba

  Tips: 10" power worm. 3/8 oz jig w/ at plastic rog shaped trailer. Rock piles. Hot days mean good night ishing. Be very careul o rockpiles, bouys, docks, etc.

Thursday, August 12th, 1999

• By James Coleman

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: City: carmicheal

  Tips: I would like to ind out what " all patterns " I should try out.I would like to know what color jigs and crankbaits to use.

Sunday, August 1st, 1999

• By Chris Hinckley

  Water Temp: mid 70's

  Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

  Report: Made it down or some serious night ishing on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The wind never really stopped blowing except or a little bit irst thing in the morning. Sunday, we launched rom behind Rattlesnake and the wind was really blowing so we ished some rock piles and ledges in the evening had some bites but no ish in the boat. Ater several hours the wind started to lay down and we moved up the west bank. We lost a couple more ish but around Glenhaven we inally got two, a 6.0 on a zipper worm and an 8.1 on a spinnerbait, also caught an 11+ catish. landed a ew more smaller ish until sunrise. Monday night we ished over around Konocti bay and only had a ew ish until the moon was up. Last hal o the night produced a couple in the 3-4lb range, a 5, and a 8.5 on smaller worms and big Yammamoto grubs. Found a good spinnerbait bite irst thing in the morning around deeper weed edges at Kono Tayee, several 2-3lbers and a 6.1. Tuesday night we returned to areas we had ound ish beore and landed about 15 bass to 5.5 and 6.0 with another 11+ cat.
  City: Arcata

  Tips: Deep rocky areas in the wind produced the bigger ish or us. We started with big worms and brass and glass but didn't get a lot o bites until we went to a more suttle presentation. Use a trailer hook on your spinnerbait at night. The 8lber was barely hooked on one.

Wednesday, July 28th, 1999

• By keith wilson

  Water Temp: 72 +

  Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

  Report: air to good on cats
  City: los angeles

  Tips: ish topaters, zara, rogs in evening.