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Friday, April 2nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 59

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Spent 3 days on the lake wished I had my partner with me. Fri morning got up and watched the Stratos regional blast off in some very high nasty wind decided since I wasn't in the tournament to wait till it died down which turned out to be about 11a launched with my 7yr old daughter glad I was in a 20ft Stratos it was till a little rough went into Rodman started catching fish right away on small plastics went to pitching a 6" Junebug Keeper tootsie Roll worm into the very deep cover and that is where the bigger fish were managed to find one fish a little over 9lbs Quit about 2:30 and the best five went about 27lbs. Went back out 1st thing Sat morning with my 10yr old son the weather and water were the best went back to rodman did the same stuff and boated about 17 to 18 lbs for the day. Even and bad day on Clear Lkae is better than a great day at work but thes few days were pretty good for me and the kids
    City: Modesto

    Tips: Deep cover medium to large baits don't fish to fast take your time don't try and force feed these fish and you should do well. For Camping the willow point camp ground right next to library park is under new management for the last couple years and Chad the manager has really fixed the place up nice it is recommened

Tuesday, March 30th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 56-59

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I guided two fellows yesterday on the north end which was windless until 1 pm. We caught a dozen bass - all tournament keepers with one going 4 lbs 10 oz which was caught drop-shotting. We fished mostly docks and walls - which seemed to get better as the day warmed up. Pattern you ask? There really wasn't one - we caught bass on several kinds of baits - rippin, cranks, worms, Senkos, brush hogs, and so on. We did catch a few on tule banks. Several people we talked to were really struggling. It did not warm up yesterday as much as was predicted. We still felt pretty good about the trip.
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I really don't have much that would be of any help. We did catch fish it seemed in pairs which made it seems like they were still schooled. The water temp had dropped some and I think that has temporarily slowed the bite. The previous three days of wind would not allow the lake to warm up much. Better days are ahead I think - and hope!!!

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    Water Temp: Low 60's

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Read the report on the Live Pointers, had to try. Went to Clear Lake this morning, they slammed it. I think it is because it can be reeled like a swim bait or ripped, but they hit it. Threw a 128 in American Shad and a Hitch they seemed to want the tail action of the live pointer.
    City: Sants Rosa

    Tips: Use the shad colors. Reel them slow to medium speed every and every once in a while stop and ripp it.

Monday, March 29th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 55-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well, Spent M,T,W,T on Clear. 52 Bass in all.. 25 Mon, 10 Tues, 10 Weds, 7 on Thurs. As you can see, the cold front came in and slowed the action down. 40 Bass were caught on the 5" Black with red Senko. Caught one on a Blade on Thurs. The rest were caught on Watermelon Kinami and a Green with pepper 3x Zero and a Watermelon with Red flake Zoom Brush Hog. Fished shallow most of the time. Big Mama's were cruising the slough's but hadnt gotten onto beds yet. Biggest one I caught was a 4.5 Female. Mon's 5 best was just over 17lbs. All I can say is "WIND,WIND,WIND!!!" Another week or 2 should do the trick if the weather gets a little warmer during the day and stays out of the 30's at night.
    City: Klamath Falls

    Tips: I think the Senko bite is pretty good there right now if you really slow it down.. Dead stick it!! They seemed to like the Darker colors better. Bigger Bass were were on bigger baits.

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey Josh, they have them at the Outdoor Pro Shop in Rohnert Park. Call 707-588-8033 and ask for Scott. I heard they are really working well up there and look great in the water. Good Luck. D.B.COOPER
    City: Petaluma

Saturday, March 27th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ~55

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Caught a nice 3 pounder on Thurs using a shad colored senko. Went out around 7AM on Friday and got skunked. We did manage to get a few bites, but no takers. On Saturday, we caught a bunch ranging from 1lb-5lbs using a chartreuse 3/8oz spinner, shad patterened flukes, green colored spooks with sparkles, and a smoke colored senkos. Fished again on Sunday and got a bunch of hits on a chartreuse spinner, but coudn't land one in the boat.
    All fish were caught in the north end of the lake. We tried the south end, but didn't get anything.
    City: Hayward

    Tips: Not too many fish in the tules. Look for submerged islands. Fish slow.

Thursday, March 25th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I need help fella's! Going up to Clear Lake for a week starting next week. I would really appreciate any tips/suggestions/etc-maybe what your favorite lures are or which part of the lake would be a good place to try? I have only fished it once and allthough I did well anything will help! Thanks and Tight Lines!
    City: Chowchilla,CA

    Tips: ???

Wednesday, March 17th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 55-62

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished Clear Lake this past weekend, looking for those talked about swim bait fish. Got off to a ruff start hit the local tackle store in Lakeport, WOW do they have swim baits. They hooked me up with a few different types and put me on some water, I stuck a 7 and a 5 plus a few smaller. It was great, just keep throwing it.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: First hit Tackle It in Lakeport they have every swim bait out there, hitch, and carp, colors and mission fish in the tules.

Saturday, March 13th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 60-64

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished part of Thursday and Friday in south end but no fish. On Saturday, fished the north end and caught several small bass to 15 inches drop shotting and ripping a shad colored lure. Thanks to Ross at Tackle It Sport Shop in Lakeport.
    City: Novato

    Tips: Have patience and fish slow.

Thursday, March 11th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 56-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished all day Thursday for six fish, biggest 4.4lbs, best five 17.4lbs. Three fish off one rocky point, north end. Friday I tried to focus what was working well and changed my presentation slightly. Wow,sometimes all the stuff you read and hear helps! Best five fish for 20.3 lbs topped by a 5.6 beauty, all before 11 am.
    City: Benicia

    Tips: Slowwwroll 1/2 oz blade, work sparse tule flats next to deeper water.

Wednesday, March 10th, 2004

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the afternoon in the Rodman Slough area of the lake. Tons of carp rolling everywhere, but not a ton of bass!! Had a gorgeous day to fish - warm, almost no wind - but only managed to put three ~2 pound fish in the boat over a three 1/2 hour period, all on a 1/2 ounce chartreuse spinnerbait. Had a follow from a 10 plus pounder, but she wouldn't take the bait. Biggest bass I have ever seen inthe water!! Saw a nice bald eagle while I was out there. thanks to ross at Tackle It in Lakeport for the help.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: blades, seemed to work alright, although with the high skies a different bait might have been worth fishing harder. I threw a senko a little nad didn't get any takers. Didn't even try ripping, but I have heard that should work as well.

Saturday, March 6th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: FISHED THE 6TH AND THE 7TH HAMMERED EM BOTH DAYS.SATURDAY WAS MY DAUGHTERS 8TH BIRTHDAY AND SHE CAUGHT A 7.3LB'ER WHAT A NICE GIFT. I CAUGHT ALOT A FISH BUT STILL COULD NOT MATCH HER TOTAL WEIGHT, SHE CAUGHT MORE THAN ONE. SUNDAY JUST KILLED EM BIGGEST WAS 5 1/2LBS. FISHING A BANK IN THE SOUTH SAW A SHORE ANGLER CATCH A 10 1/2.
    City: roseville

    Tips: MINNOWS OR CRANKIN FISH SHALLOW. CATCH AND RELEASE. GOOD LUCK

Friday, March 5th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 52-58

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went to clear lake with my son for his 8 th birthday.he really has only bass fished very few times with limited success.but not this time,he managed to catch 4 fish all keepers 2 were in the 3lb range not huge by clear lake standards but judging by the look on his face you would have thought he cought a new world record.that sure helps make your trip more enjoyable,and makes dad proud.i also cought 4 fish all on jig in and around rattlesnake island .my son's were on spinner baits.
    City: redwood city

    Tips: fish jigs and spinner baits in and around tullies and be quiet.they are real soooookie.

Saturday, February 21st, 2004

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: My wie and I are new to BASS ishing , and we're havin a blast!!!! We've ished the past three weekends . We caught three pounders the weekeend o the 7 th. ,two pounders last weekend ,and got skunked today. The weather was pretty harsh today, cold and windy.
    City: Ukiah

    Tips: Tubes, real slow,on the bottom.South end o the lake, we ished the east end o Soda Bay today and around Buckingham, hence getting skunked.

Saturday, February 14th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 47

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I guided two gentlemen on Friday - one relatively new to bass ishing. They wanted me to show them about winter ishing with artiicials. We basically stuck with jigs, drop shotting, and rip baits. We did very well, catching about 22 bass rom 10 inches to 3 pounds. The ellow that was learning caught the 3 pounder - his biggest largemouth to date. I have to tell you readers what happened to him later! We were down by Indian Beach and the wind started doing crazy things about 1 pm as the ront moved in. I could hear it howl over by Windlower Point and it was coming to us - west to east - weird! I told them to make a ew quick casts, then we had to go. He threw his ripbait near a dock but it went a long way and the line sailed over the dock. You know what happened! He hooks a big bass on the other side o the dock on his rip bait as he is trying to ree his line - I tried everything to help him in the now ierce wind and trying to save my 520 Ranger at the same time! He's still yelling that he has the ish. We did inally get his line over the dock where he could land it and the bass had the gall to spit out the ripbait! Those bass just show no respect sometimes!! My other client didn't have as good a day but he did also hook a big ish that swam to him and he just couldn't get a good hookset. They decided they didn't want to ight the weather anymore. I think we ished around 6 1/2 to 7 hours. I loved the act that it seemed like every time I looked around, the bass newcomer had his drop-shot rod bent - he was hot - and the weather was not!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: We were using ghost pattern rip baits near weeds and in open water. It was interesting that the ripbaits were producing smaller bass overall. We did our best with drop-shot baits in shad color - Yamamoto Kut Tail worms and the rig I showed at the ISE shows - drop-shotting a 4 inch 031 Senko. I we let the Senko lutter to the bottom, they would hit it - just like a dying shad. Jigs seemed to produce bigger ish too. We had several rom 2 1/4 to 3 pounds.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2004

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    Water Temp: ??

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: i use the 6'' slug-go in a silver white or anything resembling shad o course......ish it realy slow,once the water warms a bit more the reaction bite should heat up...ish the rock piles and points.cast across the point let the bait sit or atleast a minute then retrieve it slowly this is a big ish bait...also try a castaic swim bait they seem to worm well to this time o year....but i can never say this enough ish slow...
    City: sacramento

    Tips: tight lines!!!!

Monday, February 9th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: I hate to use the report section or questions,BUT I need help! Im going to Clear Lake or only my 2nd time to ish and need advice on swimbaits.... sizes / color / brand / etc. I appreciate any help I can get. Tight Lines To Ya!
    City: Chowchilla,Ca

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 49-52

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished the North end or the irst time this year and did pretty well. Launched around 7:00 with lots o og and cold weather. However with only one ish 2lber rom a dock near lakeport, the og started to lit and the sun warmed the water. The increased temperature must have turned on the ish. Hit the points around the state park and tried the luck with the trusty swimbait. Got 4 total with the biggest about 8lbs. My dad caught a nice 6lber on a ripbait and a ew 3lbers on a spinnerbait in the tules. Overall not a bad day, nice to be back on the lake.
    City: Alamo

    Tips: Focus on either the outside tule line or the openings between the outside and inside. Fished the swimbait slow and around wood to get some good bites.

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    Water Temp: 48

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: well, got up at the south end at 12 noon, headed over to a popular stretch o docks and ished speed traps the whole day, my dad and i caught 9 ok sized bass, biggest was 2.5 pounds, kinda pissed me o that i didnt get any o clear lakes known whoppers, oh well, another time.

    Tips: speed traps and crankbaits all the way, shad and red crawish, seen other ish on dropshotting, good luck, catch and release only

Saturday, January 31st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 44-46

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: January can usually be a tough time catching bass especially when dealing with 30 degree temps in the morning and water only in the mid-40's. That's why I was so amazed that we were catching ish on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Not just dinks, but 3-7 pounders. We ished on riday aternoon and caught 4 ish or over 10 lbs in only a couple o hours. Look or bass to be hanging around the outside edges o tulleys near the deeper edges. On Saturday's WON Bass tourney the bite slowed down, maybe because o the clear blue skys, but we managed 5 keepers or 24 pounds, with a 9.65 kicker (jig).
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Slow roll blades through the tulley or crank the edges. I you want to slow down try brush hogs and jigs in brown/black in the same areas. The ish are stacked up in some areas so when you ind one, there will be more.