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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Was out about an hour on the float tube. Wacky rigged senko on a 1/16 darthead snagged me a 3 pounder. Water is nice and clear here in the south end of the lake. But its the same old story, fish slow, or just bring a case off beer and a can of worms and then its always a good day.
      City: K-ville

      Tips: Back in the fishing game and looking for fellow float tubers to fish, Clear Lake, Highland Springs, and Lake Mendo.

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      Water Temp: 79-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: OK, anyone that is fishing Clear Lake may say 4 plus foot of vis, yes if you move the 1/16 inch to 2 inch thick algae on the top of the water the water under neath is very clear :)You can find water with out aglae but you have to look for it, in fact up north on Hwy 20's side it was very clear. Ok lets get to fishing,I found fish in 1 to 3 foot of water up next to rock, it was hard to believe that 1 to 3.5 lb bass were feeding on those tiny silver fish but they were. The bite was getting better and better as the week went on from what I heard, I would says this week end should be good before the new moon, I don't want to give out to much info because I think my self and one of my kids may start fishing a tourney now and than but I will say small plastics in dark colors were the ticket for my 6 fish to 3.5 lbs in 3 hrs of fishing 8/14.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Don't be afraid of the algae, in fact fish it, the fish are using it for cover and that is why I was catching fish in 1-3 ft of water when there was 30 plus feet right next to it mid day in August on a lake, you would think you were fishing the Delta. Take a Kid fishing !!

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: The spawn is in full swing at Clear Lake with the water temps from 58 to 62, a few days of warm weather should bring another wave of fish up.

      The pre-post spawn bite has been good for me using Jigs Soft Plastics and Swim Baits fished in staging areas with some fish from 5 to 8 pounds and a bunch of 3 to 4 pounders.

      Look for the top water bite to pick up soon
      City: Clear Lake

      Tips: For me the key is to slow down and fish every piece of heavy cover flippin and pitchin shallow or fish swim baits, soft plastics and jigs in the staging areas for the pre-post spawners.

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      Water Temp: 65-69

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: We fished Sunday evening on the 9th after we checked in and got settled! About four hours which produced five fish in the three and a half to five pound range! Drop shot (2), Jigs's (1) and Senko's (2)!

      We quickly found that if it moved they would not hit it! Dead sticking was the only thing that would work! ...

      Monday was the weather day from Hell! Cold, Rain, Hail, and the brutal North wind that turns Clear Lake into the sea from Deadliest Catch!!! :) We still managed 10 nice fish which turned out to be the best day with a five fish limit of 20-25 #'s even though we wussed out and went in in the early afternoon frozen!!!

      Tuesday With the High Pressure we only managed four fish!

      Wednesday was a very nice day with temps around 75 in the afternoon and we connected with 8 fish!

      Thursday was hot with afternoon temps in the low 80's but we could only catch three fish for the day with the biggest at 6#'s!!

      We had a great time with no problems at all, just wish that the fishing would have been a bit better!! We talked to several tackle stores and all said the same,, "The bite has been tough!

      All fish came from dropshot and wacky Senko's on my part with two on a 4" Paddletail swimbait! My partner caught all of his on a texas rigged Senko!
      City: Lakeside

      Tips: For us, if it moved they wouldn't touch it, but that was right after the cold front!

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      Water Temp: 60-66

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Tough!....we fished from rattlesnake to long tule point and back and couldn't get the skunk out of the boat
      good luck be safe
      City: woodpile

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished this evening and Friday evening.Friday was a Minner only mission with a double hook up
      on balis point,(both 4lbs)and few smaller ones .tonight fished off the dock and stuck 4 fish in 7 casts on the trusty brush hog(big one was around 4)diddent expect to get bit in this weather.fun! Water has come up about a foot. and still rising!
      City: lower lake

      Tips: If your fishing in the daylight hours just brake down and drag shiners.(somthing I rarely do) nightime is easy to catch em on swims and jigs.

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: THANKS ALOT catchbigones!! YOU REALLY SOUND LIKE YOU KNO WHAT YOURE DOING, AND ILL DEFINITELY TAKE YOUR SUGGESTIONS INTO MIND.
      City: el cerrito

      Tips: IF U NEED A TIP FROM ME ABOUT ANYTHING FISHY FEEL FREE TO ASK EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY SUCK COMPARED TO U LOL

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      Water Temp: ??

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey im thinking of fishing clear lake for the first time in my life, hopefully sometime soon next year ---- does anyone have any tips on catfishing here? i know the bite's slow right now but during summer where do u like to fish for them and what do u use? Any help greatly appreciated!!!
      City: el cerrito

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: thanks bob at limit out in clearlake for the pole they donated and thanks to mike at star bait in linda for the triple trout he donated

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      Water Temp: 59to65

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Me and wife fished south side side and it started slow. She broke off two toads early. I said give me the pole and the fish was a fish and big at that. I gave it back to her and said good luck. Well she broke it off. Then another. But after that she kicked ass .we ended up with 18 lbs each what a weird day nine hours fishing with my wife and she said just one more fish.I was done and she wanted more. Sounds familiar.more more more

      Tips: Get lucky and burn a few.and don't let a catfish punk u again .jigs and senkos for her.

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      Water Temp: 72-78

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: tough bite threw everything we had and caught a couple. the water is very low and dirty. Have never seen it like that before.

      Tips: find another lake

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      Water Temp: 54 to 57

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: went last week had some problems with running lights so we got a late start got on the H20 at about 7 am We picked up a couple in tules on senkos caught 4 on a drop shot and one on a balsa B blue gill crankbait Then at about noon got drove off the lake by wind , to you question floorsweep if your coming down hwy 20 go to limit out bait and tackle ph.# is 707-998-1006 its on the right about 1/4 mile when you get in town inspection cost 10 bucks and their is a public ramp about 1/2 mile up on the left just before you get too the white water drums launch is free have fun watch for the wind when it gets up to 10 mph its not fun
      City: Carmichael

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Hey localsonly, what kind of swimbait were you using? I'm heading up in a couple of weeks with my son and want to make the trip worth while. Any/all tips would be greatly appreciated.

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      Water Temp: 78

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Mon-Tues, mostly close to home, and up towards Paradise cove/windflower. Literally thousands of silversides ( I heard that "rain on the water" sound too!) with lots of little 10" bass chasing 'em. Wow. I had a first for this year, too. I finally saw a huge raft of shad in the shallows near Indian Gardens, which disappeared after about 10 minutes and were replaced by more Silversides. Surprised me, as I haven't seen ANY this year. Anyways, had success to a little over 5lbs, mostly on weightless flukes tossed at schools of bait being chased. Most good fish in about 20ft of water. Also got some on small grn pumpkin power worms and dead ringers. Best 5 appx. 18-19.
      City: Clear Lake Park

      Tips: Work offshore weed edges around secondary points, preferably with some rocks.

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      Water Temp: 78-82

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Like Larry H. said the water is the clearest I have ever seen in July, awesome to swim in but you have to sneak up on the bass in this natural, shallow lake:) OK my Buddy Mathew and myself fished 3 days Fri-Sun 7-11 to 7-13, Fri 15 fish total with a 8 lber kicker!! We used Watermellon Candy sweet beavers with only 2 fish for 2 hrs, switch to same color worm drop shot and that was the ticket, got the 8 lber at 10:30 PM right off a wall along with 6 other fish off that same wall.
      Saturday we got around 15 fish also including another 7 lb kicker!! on the same drop shot, I got her under a dock in 6 feet of water and man did she try to wrap me around 4 pillings, you have got to know what you are doing drop shotting with 6 lb floro and be very lucky!! Sunday I fished new water and only got 4 fish to 2 lbs for about 4 hrs of fishing, the numbers were not good for July for me but I fished mostly new water in the Rattlesnake arm because I am camping at M & M now because my old camp ground closed to tents and thats where all my hots spots were but I do not want to burn all that gas going from M & M to Jago bay plus if the wind picks up is scares the heck out of my 4 year old daughter!
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Tip #1 Be very very quite these days, the water is very clear and they can see you and hear you a mile away
      Tip #2 Down size your line and lures during day light hrs
      Tip #3 Watermellon any flake
      Tip #4 Unless your motor blew up no matter what happens have fun, if you are not having fun get another hobby:)

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      Water Temp: 71-74

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Well i managed to make ip up to Clear Lake on Wed. the 25th. I was on the water at aprrox. 5:15 a.m. I shot straight to Jago Bay and began throwing buzzbaits and frogs for the first 30 minutes. I got 2 blow ups on the buzzbait but couldnt get a hook in them, and 1 2.5 pounder on a frog. Switched to sinkos and that was the ticket ALL day! I've been throwing the 5 inch swim sinjko up there lately and have been killin em on it! I stayed in Jago Bay and threw that sinko and had about 14 fish with in the first hour an a half or so..Fish were up to 5.3 pounds. I was sitting in about 12 feet casting to the bank. Every fish i caught that day was near some sort of cover(dock,weedline,tulie,or even shade) Also there's a weed problem in alot of areas in the lake which makes the fishing a little more difficult as far as throwning baits with exposed hooks, but i believe makes the fishing a little bit better due to allowing the fish to move off the bank and still have cover and ambush points. Flukes, sinkos, texas rigged baits and just about anything weedless will work great. After Jago Bay i shot to the keys to get out of the wind. the wind wasnt too bad, but just a little frusterating especially when using a sinko. I picked up about 5 more fish in the keys up to 4 pounds in about an hour..through a frog for a bit with only one blowup..Water was 75 degrees in there didnt make sense why i didnt get more fish to come after it. Left the keys and went and fished an area near konocti and caught some more on the 5 inch sinko. Then went back to the same stretch i fished early in the morning wheer i knew there were fish and caught the hell out of them again icluding a 6.9 pounder in approx. the same area i caught the 5.3 earlier in the morning. Overall about 30 fish for the day, ALL coming 10 feet or shallower.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: SINKOS SINKOS SINKOS! Color #297 worked best, which is watermelon with green and purple flake. Really didnt try any reaction but the way that the fish were biting they seemed very active and i believe if you find rock in deeper water cranks and lipless cranks will do very well...

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: went down on the 9th of april to fish and get a boat inspection and sticker, Bob at Limit out was on hand early to attend to the sticker issue, he was swamped, got my stuff but no sticker(he didn't have any yet)the powers that be would send me one in the mail,3 months later, no sticker despite numerous calls to the county and the visitors bureau, sent a letter to Bob and a week later the sticker was in the mail from bob. Just a great guy who takes care of his customers, Thanks Bob, I surely appreciate your attention to Lake County's problem.
      City: NOR CAL

      Tips: do your shopping at Limit out Bait and Tackle in Clearlake Oaks

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: weve stayed at edge water resort in soda bay for the last three years its great infact im hedding up there for ten days this week
      City: ventura

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Oops!!! Hope you noticed the date of my report - I am already planning for next year!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Proof read before you post!

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      Water Temp: 58-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fish are biting where the water is warmer.Swims were sucsessful &1 girl on a d-shot sight fishing. MY partner was throwing everything at her she chased a river2sea kong but didnt take it.I was playing back of the boat first cast at her with the D-shot and pulled up a spawner.Fished around the north lots of swimbait tails were ripped off and baits were getting beat as well as us with the wind.We did well for only 3 hrs fishing and the pressure from all of the boats big fish 7lbs. Good day for us didnt here of anything much on the dock.
      City: Guerneville

      Tips: 6 in bottom walkers seemed to be the ticket most productive areas being seawalls and green vegitation in about 2-5 feet of water