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Saturday, October 28th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 60-64

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished 10/28 and 10/29 with my partner Billy and my 2 year old Son Brandon, my Son at only 2 loves to take the fish and put them in the livewell for just a few minutes and than take them out and put them in the lake, I know some kids that are 15 years old and are afraid to touch fish, He is great! fished out of Red Bud and hit my 6 normal spots, I don't think the fish are scattered, I think the fish are all at where everyone normally catches them at, my graph was showing all kinds of fish at all of my normal spots and sometimes it would black out with baitfish and fish, normally the wind picks up in the afternoon and stirs up the spots I fish and the fishing picks up, the last 3 weeks the water has stayed flat calm all day, this makes for great boat rides and beautiful days but not good fishing. We caught 12 fish to 3.5 lbs on Sat and 7 fish on Sun to 4 lbs. The 3.5 fish was caught on 10 inch red shad glass and brass and the 4 lb was caught on a gray w/black flake spidder grub glass and brass. Only fished until 4 on Sunday because my partner had to be back by 8:00 pm. I caught about 4 fish on drop shot green weenie and black grape 4 in worms. Billy got a 3.5 on a flat orange crank bait. A guy in a club tourney got a 11 lber on a giant crank bait on Sat.
    City: San Jose

    Tips: I think fish are there and stacked up, I want to be there just before the next weather patern comes in and I guaranty you will catch a number of fish in one spot using the same technique you would use this time of year. God bless and come on rain!

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    Water Temp: 58-65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The lake was very stingy for me, about 15 fish with 4 keepers for 10# and two of them were 3# fish. Spent the whole day running around checking spots and techniques that normally work well in October. The fish were very timid and would take forever to actually eat the bait. Fish were scattered so you needed to cover a lot of water, but you had to fish real slow to get them to eat. It made for a frustrating trip. I did catch someones DD-22 in red craw with a red front hook on a jig at Henderson. Thanks!!!!
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: Use your electronics to locate the fish then fish slowly in that area. The few fish caught came on a drop shot, c-rig, and a jig. Cranked and cranked and had a few bumps and did loose one after a few seconds that felt good.

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    Water Temp: 60-65

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for a few hours this morning and managed a few fish on the drop shot and one with the LV 500. It was beautiful today on the lake, no wind, moderate traffic and (unfortunately) scattered fish. My biggest fish today came in at just over 3lbs and was taken near Anderson Island. I was happy to see that the water appears to be getting a bit clearer, I didn't encounter as much red algae as I have in weeks past. The fish I caught today wanted a nice and slow presentation. Tommorrow I will fish in the afternoon and see if the bite is any better.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: Simple color changes can mean the difference between fish and no fish. I used green pumpkin in a spot today for about 10 casts with nary a nibble. Switched to junebug and immediately took two fish casting to the exact same spots.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Sorry - previous report should have been dated Oct 25! I must be sleepy!!!
    City: Yuba City

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Started at 9a.m. and fished to about 1p.m. Fished near Richardson Park and only caught a couple of dinks on a grub & 1 bluegill! We went to lunch and were back on lake by about 3:30. Fishing picked up in Jago Bay near grass & tules near docks with 20' plus water near by using crank baits. weighed 3lb 13oz, 3 3, & the last fish was 5 5. Five more were 1 to 2 lbs. mixed in as well as 2 catfish caught on white twin tale grub! Thats what I love about this lake, you never know what you might catch. Ran into quite a few guys pre-fishing for the tournament coming up over the weekend. Most said morning bite slow and that it picked up in the PM.
    City: Windsor

    Tips: Evening was best with white & gray crank baits. These we bought from C & T Tackle in Cloverdale that were suggested by Jim.

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: ON the water 7:00 A.M. fished South end Redbud to Konocti of Lake I threw Lucky Craft LV and and Speed Traps. Nothing spectacular 12lbs best 5. Did some C-rigged Lizards with only A few takers. Fish were all over with no one spot better than any other. Next weekend try narrows and State Park area.
    City: Sac

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, there wern't many bites today but some of them were good ones! I was introducing some good fishermen to the south end today. Casting was good but catching was not! Finally, around 9 am or so, one of the fellows sticks one that jumps nearly out of the water and we all freak! After a few tense moments, a beauty an ounce or two shy of 8 lbs is boated. Wow - the guide can relax! We fished all sorts of structure and boated only 7 or 8 bass. The same client nailed a 5 pounder and a couple around 2 lbs and the other fellow got a few smaller ones. I had one good bite all day and she went about 6 1/4 lbs. Hard work but a near 23 lb limit was worth it!!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: The water color seems to be more dingy on the west side and slightly more clear around the east side of the lower lake area. No pattern to the depth of the fish - we caught them shallow to deep. Can't say any more as usual this time of year because of up-coming tournaments for some of these guys.

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    Water Temp: 63-66

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished for a few hours today and took 5 fish (12lbs+) before the wind kicked up from the south and blew me off the area that was producing. I did head into Horseshoe seeking shelter from the wind, but the water was quite red and any fish that were around had lockjaw.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: LV 500 and Flappin Hog did the trick today. I also fooled around with an Evergreen ESDRIVE lipless, jointed swimbait. The action on this lure is INCREDIBLE. No hits today on it, but I'm positive this lure will work nicely in the near future. I plan to fish it as a swimbait and as a ripbait, very nice lure indeed.

    Pray for rain and cold weather.

Friday, October 20th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 66-67

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I had trips on Monday and Tuesday which is rare for me - I never try to guide on a Monday at Clear Lake! It really was more of a boat show both days - boats going every-which-way at 60-70 MPH. And then those fellows just idling around - "what do we do now?"! The gas companies are smiling for sure!!! Monday was a surprise - my client started out right away with a 4 1/4 pounder - a sigh of relief for me! Now I can enjoy the day! Usually our first good fish has come a little later in the morning. I got a 4-1 and we both got 3 1/2's - about 16+ lbs for the 5 biggest. The next day was the only day we couldn't boat a quality bass - 3 something was the biggest, though we caught several. Lots of running around learning spots - don't fish all the time during these type of trips.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Sorry, no details on this report. The pressure seems to have really spread the fish around - one here, one there. I agree with the previous post - my preference would be to fish the late afternoon 'til dark - but tournaments don't work that way. I'm looking forward to seeing who figures out the puzzle Thurs and Fri. Good luck to all!!!!

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 62-65

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took 2 of my 3 little ones fishing, ya like I need an excuse to go to Clear Lake and fish. Can you believe that my 4 year old daughter asked to watch Kevin Van Dam fish videos and than says dad when we gunna go fishing again? I hope it lasts! Anyway to the report, fished 10/14 & 10/15, caught 13 on 10/15, 2 on drop shop MM and 11 on a crank bait but only 3 keepers, on 10/15 it started slow, fished the eary am byte and only got 2 fish, than breaked for lunch and 1 hr at the playground at Austin Park on the lake and went back out at 3:00, from 3:00 to 4:00 at the same places I already fished the bite picked up, I landed 10 fish in 1 hour and lost about 3 on crank baits, 2-3 lb fish all of them, oh what fun and than as quick as it picked up it died down.
    City: San Jose, CA

    Tips: Find the deepest Rocks you can find and crankem, I fished the south end of the lake by Red Bud, I did catch one on a popper and 2 on drop shot but its a reation bite right now. Use a small to medium shad color crank, I used my normal large crank bait(Bill Dance Fat Free shad) but they would not hit it, went a little smaller and that's all it took. Catch and release and God Bless!

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    Water Temp: 66-67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 9AM-2PM today. Had a good day today catching 14 fish with the best 5 coming in at just over 15lbs. 9 of the fish fell to the drop shot and the other 5 were taken on the LV 500. Today I focused on Buckingham and Glenhaven. Was a very nice day, good temperatures and very light wind. One of the fish I caught had a 2" gash on its side, it was very odd looking as I could see completely the inside the fish, yet it didn't seem to bother the fish at all. Check out the photos section for a picture of this fish.
    City: Petaluma

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I took my son for a day of fishing with panfish inmind. we bought two containers of mealworms (50) and had a blast catching bluegill. We must have caught about 60-70 fish from 11am-4pm when we ran out of bait. we also had a pole free swimmin' a med. minnow line snapped 3 times saw one of the fish had to be 3-5 lb. range. we saw others catching bass all day most were using minnows as well one guy was using a shad rap and caught a few just walking up and down the dock.
    We fished the state park launch area from the boat docks.
    Warm weather and plenty of fish...A GOOD DAY!!
    City: Cobb

    Tips: when the bluegill bite slowed we would cast out the mealworms and retrieve very slowly. This seemed to attract more hits.

    Bass bite was ok minnow with one split shot 1ft. off the bottom triggered some big hits use heavy line when fishing like this 8lb. test didn't cut it.

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    Water Temp: 65-68

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 11AM-3PM today. Worked hard for 7 fish. The biggest went just over 4 and the best 5 were on the small side of 13lbs. The bite was tough and I took most of my fish on the LV 500 and I did manage 2 fish on the drop shot. I fished Buckingham, Glenhaven, Fraser and Anderson Island. Lake is still very, very low and still very red in places.
    City: Petaluma

Friday, October 13th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 66-68

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished clearlake for three days tenth eleventh and twelth,TOUGH BITE!!! a buddy and i fished hard ran to many different places that i know hold fish. I have fished the lake for about eaght years, I dont know everything but i'm not clueless eather,we onley managed about ten fish the whole trip, but the weather was perfect!!
    City: Turlock ca

    Tips: Cant give any tips but i spoke to a few guid's on the water and they were also struggling, glad i didnt have the presure of puting their clients on fish.......

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    Water Temp: 69-70

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I decided at the last minute to take me, myself, and I to Clear Lake for a little night action - hoping something might be big! Sure enough, when I launched at 10 pm the wind was starting to howl. Darn - I didn't beat the cold front. I didn't catch anything until the last quarter of the moon got up a bit. Lots of small fish bites. I started at Dollar Island and Konocti Bay with no results. As I worked my was back towards the narrows the bite picked up drastically with several clone bass at 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 lbs, and a 4.1. Two were 2 1/2 pounders. Dollar even produced a few at 1 am. After dumping a 5+, I finished from Anderson Island to the narrows. I wanted a 10th bass real bad and when I set into her at 2:55 am on Friday the 13th - I realized she wasn't going to be bad luck! Unfortunately, she needed 2 more big shad to make her 8 lbs - she went 7 lbs 15 oz. Those are tough to net yourself! I took my own photos with my Canon A95 and one is on the photo page. Wow - what a great age - who needs a partner to take a photo!! Hope I am awake for my seminar tonight at Fisherman's Warehourse in Rocklin!!! A 23 lb limit kept me awake for the drive home!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I have always done well during the last quarter of the moon - after moon rise (about 11:30 pm). People downplay the last quarter but it has been good to me. My largest bass ever (Amador) was caught the night of the last quarter and R.C. Stephens and I caught a 43-10 Clear Lake limit in '98 at night on the last quarter. I only fished rock structures last night - mostly off-shore and I only caught bass on one bait - the beloved 10" black Power Worm with 4/0 EWG Gami hook. Only missed one big fish.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Redwood Empire Bass Club is welcoming new members both boaters and non boaters to fish our next tournament out of Red Bud on Novemeber 11th. Please come to our meeting next Wednesday at 7p.m. at the Rohnert Park Community Center at the corner of Rohnert Park Expressway and Snyder.For more info log onto rebc.net or call me at 707.758.5762.
    City: Santa Rosa

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

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    Water Temp: 63-67

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Came down and fished from Sept 30th thru Oct 4th. We launched at Konocti around 2 pm on Saturday and caught around a dozen fish on LV's around 3-3 1/2 lbs each all on points. The next day we launched at the same place and caught around 20 on LV's, Spinnerbaits, crainkbaits, jigs. On Monday we launched out of Lakeport and caught a 5lbs 3 oz on a Jig and around 20 on spinnerbaits in the tules around docks, ect. We fished a differant area each day and on Tuesday we fished Soda Bay area up to the state park and didn't do to hot. Caught around 12-15 all around 3 lbs each. My partner did well drop shotting on windmill point and caught 5 nice ones while I just watched. We saved the best for the last day and on Wednesday evening we were fishing out of Lakeport again we got on a reed point and the bass were busting shad all around us we caught fish after fish for 2 1/2 hours on pointer 78's. I wish I had a video to film it because it made the whole trip.
    City: Winston

    Tips: Look for clearer water out of the wind. Fish tule points, rock points, with spinnerbaits, LVR's, Pointer's.

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    Water Temp: 67

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: My buddy Forrest and I hit Clear Lake for just a one day hammer, we fished from Red Bud to the narrows and hit about 6 different spots, we caught 1-2 fish at all spots on 4 in drop shot robos MM II or crank bait with silver body and orange belly, any brand as long as in went down about 5 feet.
    I did catch 4 crank bait fish in about 10 minutes in the AM but than it slowed down quick but in the evening when the sky cleared a litte at about 6:30 something happened, the wind completly changed directions and one of our favorite spots became flat calm not a ripple, forrest said top water!! I said I will grab my Rapala skitter pop with orange belly, in 3 cast I had a 1.2 and a 7.6!!!, the 7.6 swirled around the bait after a 3 foot walk the dog skitter pop retrieve so I said hey Forrest look at that swirl!! He said Wow so I waited about a count to 5 and gave it one little pop and she slammed it!!!!I will post photos soon.
    7.6 is not big to some but its my biggest to date and it was so nice to get her on top water! My buddy Forrest did not have much confidence in crank bait fishing so he asked me a few question about the retrieve at about 6:45 PM, by 7:30 PM he had 8 fish in the boat!, at one point he had 4 fish in 6 cast!!! I think he has confidence in crank baits now:)
    City: San Joser

    Tips: Like the posting before mine the October crank bait bite is on, I spoke to a guy that got a 8.4 and his wife lost one bigger than that plus about 10 1-2 lbers. I ran into Arron Coleman at the Red Bud launch ramp, what an awesome pro! he had a guide trip booked and took a few minutes to give us some tips, he said crank baits and he was correct. The water is clear to 4 feet in places so the reaction bite is your better bet or go 6-8 lb test vanish on drop shot. Crank the rock!!!!

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Rikk-email me I have some AWESOME spots for bank fishing for you and your son! I mean you can park right there,its shady,its perfect! Write me for info,baits,directions. If you'd have left your email I could have set you up!
    Scott
    City: Chowchilla

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

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    Water Temp: 68-74

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I fished the "red sea" with my wife today. We launched at 11:00AM and fished until 3:30PM. We focused on Buckingham, Glenhaven and Anderson Island. We caught and released 12 fish. Our best 5 went 4, 3, 2, 2, 1.5 for a total of 12.5. Not a huge limit for sure but fun nonetheless. Today the majority of the fish came in on the LV 500 and a couple (the big ones) were taken on the drop shot.
    City: Petaluma

    Tips: LV 500. The crankbait bite should be picking up nicely over the next few weeks.