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Tuesday, March 30th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 54

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out couple o weeks ago looking or staging ish gettin ready to head back in tospawn. Found ish rippin, bladin and throwin lukes. I the conditions were right the rip bite wason. We were catchin ish early as mentioned above. As the day wore on we went lippin or biggerish. I don't think the bait matter as much as location. We caught lip ish on rubber and jigs.The thing we ound lippin this time o year is slow way down and ish an area or tree or whateverstructure your on completely. Most o the lip bites were pressure bites ater the bait hit thebottom and sat there or a minute.Tips This is the rippin time o year i the conditions are right. But rom Early Feb on there is alip bite somewhere on the lake. The main thing is slow way down whether your rippin or lippinbecause o the water temp. As boat traic increases the ish burry themselves arther back intocover.
    City: Suisun

Wednesday, March 24th, 1999

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    Water Temp: n/a

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: HELP!I signed up or the WCB Pro-Am this weekend at Clear Lake but I justreceived a call rom WCB inorming me that they were short o Pro's orthe tournament. Wanted to know i anyone out there knew o any Pro's that need apartner or would consider ishing this tournament. I guess the turn outwas not as big as they expected. In any event, could use some help tospread the word out to any Pro's out there who may be in need o apartner. I am available and would love an opportunity to ish thisevent. I'm be up at the Lake tomorrow(Thursday)and Friday just in case there isan opening. I can be reached up at Clear Lake 707-279-8873 or at home925-676-3322.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Tips n/a
    City: Concord

Saturday, March 13th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished old and new keys, bladed,cranked and lipped brush hogs. No luck. Went outside o keys and ished lats. No luck. Went west near Anderson Island. Still no luck. Went west to Gazebo area just west o State park. Saw SteveLarson catch a nice 7 pounder on a gold jerk bait. Helped him land the ish.His one and only bite o the day. We then went to the slough next to the Gazeboarea. Caught one ish 2lbs 09 oz. Let and went to north shore ished docksand old tule line. No luck. Ended the day back in old keys. Results o theday--- one bite-- one ish. Very windy day. Rollers 2-3 t. Bad day ishing,but better than sitting at home watching a ishing show and wishing I werethere.Tips n/a
    City: Yuba City

Tuesday, March 2nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the north end on Tues starting about 10:00. Pitched jigs andbrush hogs to every piece o cover and ran spinnerbaits through the tulles. Finally ound a decent bite in looded wood shallower than two eet. Onlyproblem was they were males 1-2 lbs. Landed eight ish lost two, one big ishbroke 17lb stren sensor on a bad angle over a 3inch branch.Tips Fish slow and use scents in the muddy water.
    City: Arcata

Sunday, February 7th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 44-46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Launced out o Lakeport, and did'nt go any urther than Rodman.Fished mostly docks that had tule s in between them.Caught six ish up to 4# on traps and jerkbaits,lost a biggun by the boat that was over 6# i'm sure(chartruse trap). Lots o muddy water lowing in. It looks like the lake rose 2-3t rom a week ago.Tips n/a
    City: Santa Rosa

Friday, February 5th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 48-50

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Clear Lake on Friday 2-5-99 caught 20 nice Bass in about 2 hours. Didn't get started until about noon. Fished the south end o the lake, in 10 to 17 eet o water.TipsThrow a no. 7 shat rap work it slow. Fish are just hanging on to the lure.
    City: Clear Lake

Saturday, January 30th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 44

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: clearlake has really been on all winter. not only numbers o ish, but many quality and BIG ish have been caught.many o the isherman have been using minnows....... (still practicing C&R, thank goodness!) and catching large numbers o ish and ish up to 13 pounds! i ished with a guy who used minnows last weekend and almost kept up to him using small 3" worms on a 1/16th dart head. most o the ish at the south end o the lake r between 0'and 20' deep. i am catching more ish in this month o january than i do in the summer. As o last weekend, the rip bite has turned on and the hotbait is a Rattlin' Rogue - chrome w/blk back.Tipstwo good crank bait choices at this time o year are a Rattle Trap and a Speed Trap. (color o your choice)
    City: Clearlake Oaks

Friday, January 29th, 1999

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    Water Temp: 42-44

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished on the North end on Fri rom noon until evening, we ound an excellent bite on crankbaits and jerkbaits or ish up to 3.5 lbs. I tried jigs and brush hogs mainly but only had three bites or ish to 6.3 lbs. Wish we could have covered more water with reaction baits but we were ishing rom my 10 t boat with only trolling moter power. Sat we went to the Rattlesnake arm to get out o the strong south wind but only caught our average sized ish on jerkbaits.Tipsn/a
    City: Arcata

Saturday, January 2nd, 1999

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started out crankin rocks in the morning with no success.Fipped the tules in the State Park area without a hit.Switched to wormin in the early aternoon around the docks in the Nice-Lucerne area.Caught 7 bass with the largest going over 6lbs.The other ish were in the 3lb class and all at and chunky.TipsDress WARMLY in the morning as a 70 MPH boat ride will put you in pain.As the water temp warms in the aternoon it seems to make the bite better.
    City: Windsor

Wednesday, December 23rd, 1998

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    Water Temp: 50

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Was out last week or about 3 days. Last week the temperatures were very kind in the 60's. Fished the north end lippin jigs in the tules and ended up with a 5 and an 8. Also got one crankin. Next day tried the Lucerne Nice dock areas with little success. Back to lippin tules produced only 2 ish that would have had to stretch to make 13". Next day went crankin in the Rattlesnake arm and ound 4 ish 3 between 4 and 5 lbs with 1 just at 3 lbs. These ish were cranked out o 2 eet o water.TipsDress warm!!!!!!!!
    City: Suisun

Sunday, December 13th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 46-47

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Departed Lakeport ramp around 1pm. Fished around rocky point area. Started ishing wooden piol docks in 8' o water. Pitchedrod and strainer brown and orange jigs with Christmas tree spit tail grubs. Caught a three pounder within the irst hal hour. Went towards rocky point, ound rock pile in a bout 30 ' o water. Was able to pull another ish around three pounds out o it. Lost the big ish o the day, between 4-5lbs. Fished with a crank bait long and hard, but caught nothing. Departed 3:30pm.TipsI you plan on throwing a jig, don't hop it drag it very slowly, and only about ive inches at a time. I you eel something that just don't eel right, set the hook.
    City: Yuba City

Saturday, December 12th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 49-51

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED OUT OF THE LUCERNE/NICE AREA. FISHING WAS SLOW AT THE BEGINNING(7AM-8:30am)COULDN'T DRAW A BITE. FINALLY ROLLED UP ON A SET OF DOCK AND BEGAN TO PICK UP A FEW FISH IN THE 2 TO 4 PD SIZE. HIT SEVERAL FISH UP TO 3PM.ALL FISH WERE WORM FISH. NO SPINNERBAIT OR JIG/BRUSHHOG FISH AT ALL! THESE FISH SEEMED TO BE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE DOCKS BUT IN 2 TO 6 FOOT OF WATER. ALSO ALL FISH CAME IN THE WARMER(51DEG) WATER LOCATIONS. WITH 3 OF US IN THE BOAT WE CAME OUT WITH 14 FISH.TipsTHE COLD FRONT HAD THE FISH TURNED OFF IT SEEMED AND I FEEL A LITTLE FINICKY. REPEATED PITCHES TO EACH SPOT AND DEAD STICKING THE BAIT WORKED BEST. USED A PADDEL TAIL WORM IN 6IN. WITH SOME SORT OF FISH SCENT TO IMPROVE THE BITE DEFINITELY HELPED. HOPEFULLY THE WATER CAN WARM A COUPLE OF DEG WITH A LITTLE RAIN AND THE FISH MAY TURN BACK ON.
    City: Yuba City

Sunday, November 8th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 56

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club hel tournie @ Clear Lake onSunday & big bass bite was on. Average weight was 3.79# or ish brought to scales. Big ish included 7,6.5,6,5,4.5&4# bass. Fish went or spinnerbaits,brush hwags (lipped into tules) & rattlebaits. Light rain & cool temps did not hurt ishing. Few boats on the water despite calm conditions.TipsAs usual in late all @ Clear, rattletraps in chrome/black & chrtreuse/brown were top producers. Bass were posted by boat docks & scattered throughout big weedbeds (hydrilla).
    City: n/a

Saturday, October 24th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started earlier Sunday morning behind Rattlesnake, tried deeper areas or big ish but only managed to get one around 3lbs rom the spot. Worked down towards the keys, lipped brush hogs and jigs in heavy cover or 5 ish rom 1.5 to 3lbs, lost one about 4.
    City: Arcata

Friday, October 23rd, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Heavy showers Saturday morning, didn't make it out until about 9:30. The storm broke and high pressure system moved in. Fished hard rom Rattlesnake up to the islands or three ish in the 2-3lb range, 2 o rockpiles the other outside o tule bank. Moved to Glenhaven area to get out o the wind, lost one under a dock. Too slow so we quit around 5
    City: Arcata

Tuesday, October 20th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 63 F

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fall bass bite is on @ Clear Lake. Caught 9 bass, including 3 1/2 & 4 pounder, & lost 4 more. Bass went or blades, traps & buzzbaits. Water temp 60 F in morning, warming to 66 F by mid-aternoon.
    City: Santa Rosa

Saturday, October 10th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: American Bass Anglers club tournament-Got to the lake with my non-boateron riday morning to pre ish, we decided to go to rocky point irst thing, threw a orange crankbait- hot lips- stuck three keepers-ran south and ished horseshoe-windy- turnedaround and saw nothing but white caps,yuk, decided to run back north andound alot o 4t.swells- wrenched my back- what a ride,day twoback to rocky point my non boater sticks three ish I stick onehampton comes in with a limit 10+ lbs. Bob Shaeer sticks a ive+ with two other ishsecond day draw and I have to put my no-boat on ish tokeep him in the running or the year end, back to rockypoint he sticks three an I stick two,tough bite or all,theword was that alot o ish were caught onbrush hogs in theweeds, also alot o ish on rocky area's. I had un and so did my non-boatersthats what counts(-: tight lines!Pete
    City: Pacheco

Friday, September 11th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED 4 DAYS OUT OF LAKE PLACE AND RED BUD, IT WAS VERY SLOW THE FIRST 2 DAYS, GOT BETTER 11TH&12TH, NOT MANY FISH BUT GOOD ONES, 2.5 TO 5.12, LOST 2-3 ON SAT. AND THE FISH OF THE TRIP 8-10LBS ON SUN, HEART BREAKER, MY FAULT, GOT LAZY! SHOULD HAVE CHANGED RODS AND LINE AFTER FISHING DOCKS,BROKE OFF RIGHT AT THE BOAT FROM BAD SPOT IN LINE FROM DOCKSAND POLES. ALL FISH CAME ON BR.JIGS W/POWER CRAW TRAILER.SOME FISH ON DOCKS EARLY, BIGGER FISH ON ROCK PILES LATER,ALTHOUGH THEY SEEM TO BE THERE ALL DAY.THE BITE IS SLOW, YOU HAVE TO WAIT THEM OUT!OVERALL A GOOD TRIP! LAKE PLACE IS GREAT, CABINS OR RV'S, WILL RETURN THERE NEXTYEAR!
    City: MODESTO

Sunday, August 30th, 1998

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    Water Temp: 79deg

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED CLEAR LAKE ON SAT. WITH MY FATHER AND BROTHER, WHO IS VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN. WE LAUNCHED OUT OF REDBUD (6AM) AND HEADED NORTH TO PIRATES COVE(EAST SIDE). PICKED UP 3-3PD FISH IN THE THE 1ST HOUR PITCHING UNDER DOCKS IN 15-25 FT OF WATER. I HADA HAWG BREAK ME OFF AGAINST THE METAL POLES OF ONE DOCK(AT LEAST 8 PDS). WE PICKED UP 4 MORE NICE FISH IN THE NEXT 4 HOURS, WITH THE 4 3/4 PD FISH THE LARGEST. I CAUGHT THAT ONE PITCHIN A 7 INCH POWER WORMAGAINST OLD DOCK STUMP/TELEPHONE POLES. MY FATHER CAUGHT 2 OF THE FISH BELIEVE IT OR NOT ON A GREEN BANJO MINNOW FROGAND 1 ON THE BANJO MINNOW ITSELF. THE FISH SEAMED TO BE SUSPENDED UNDER AND A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF EACH DOCK WE HIT. PERSISTANCE PAYED OF THE WHOLE DAY. WE HAD 3 FISH 4+ PDSAND 2 FISH FROM 2 3/4 TO 3 1/2 PDS. WE USED 7IN POWER WORMS(BLUE FLECK,TAQUILA SUNRISE,REDSHAD), JUNE BUG BABY BRUSH HOGS AND THE INFAMOUS BANJO MINNOW/FROG. WE HAD 1 SPINNER BAIT FISH.
    City: YUBA CITY

Tuesday, August 25th, 1998

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I will be ishing Clear Lake in mid october could somone E-mail me with ino about the lake at that time o year. where to go, what to throw, where to stay. any help would be greatly appreciated.
    City: modesto