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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I am sorry to carry this on but I just have a couple things to say! I live in San Jose and travel to Clear Lake atleast 10 times a year. It in my mind it is the toughest lake or me to get a handle on. I was just out there about a month ago with a buddy o mine and had a terrible time. I ished Friday night, all day Saturday and hal way through Sunday! Guess how many ish I caught? 0. My buddy caught one dink! My truck was also keyed at the hotel. So I told mysel never again like I always do but I will return. 6 months ago I went out and caught 5 ish. 2 around 7lbs. 1 6lbs, 1 5lb and a dink. It's times like this that keep bringing you back. I have a 4 day trip planned in August, which will be in the heat o Summer! Dreading it but I will do it. Do what I do and keep these reports in the back o your mind and i your strategy does not pay out give them a try. Mike
      City: San Jose

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: This also is not a report, but a response to Mr. Mario Kelsay. I agree with George, you might have had better luck i you had read the reports contained in this ormat. In addition, you might not be aware that BASS just held their West Coast Tournament at Clear Lake and recorded their heaviest weight in tournament history. Be assured that Clear Lake IS one o Caliornia's premier bass lakes, and it is well known or it's large ish. No matter which lake you go to, no matter what the reports say, and no matter what other inormation you as a isherman may have, remember, bass change their minds about everything aster and more otenr than our wives or girlriends do. Also each lake ishes dierent rom other lakes, and each lake will ish dierent each time you visit it. Possibly anyone o the basic things which eect bass behavior, changed since any o the reports you read were written. Don't damn a lake ater your irst visit.
      City: San Jose

      Tips: Become more secure in your bass ishing knowledge and then return to Clear Lake at least one more time.

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      Water Temp: 56/60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Launched rom Red Bud Sat and Sun.. Caught 10 ish Sat and 12ish Sun.. Biggest was 5.5, no dinks all were solid 2+ or betterFish Senkos in isolated tule clumps.. Would irst pitch itoutside the tules. Then would work inside looking our smallopen pockets... All ish came deadsticking..Slow way to ish but very eective.
      City: Dublin

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      Water Temp: 70's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing is good. I caught 20 bass 2-6 lbs. I caught most o them on brush hogs, and lizards carolina rigged.They were mostly in 4-12 t. o water. Anyway, there's this website called Alladvantage.com This website pays you 50 cents an hour when your on the internet. You don't have to buy anything, and it does add up. It's worth a try. How it works is they put an advertisement on the bottom o the screen o your computer. Just go there and see what it's about. You have to sign up and download a view bar. The view bar has the advertisements on it. just ollow the instructions at the site. I you do decide to sign up tipe in the id# when you do Ewc-804 this way you can make a little more money.
      City: Petaluma

      Tips: :^)

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      Water Temp: 59-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers Club Launched 6 boats rom Library Park.Sat. the wind laid down and made or a nice day I picked upone ish cranking and one ish lipping in trees, or this two day team tourn. irst day winning wieght was 17 plus or 5 ish with a couple o 7 lb ish comming to the scales.Fish were caught staging with crankbaits and jigs.Day two ish were caught at the south end o the lake on "Yamamoto" Senkos (5") and split shotting Day two weight was over 20 lbs.On sunday at noon I went to rocky point and there were ish all over it, I got to show my 12 yr old son how to bed ish or the irst time and he came close to catching a 5lber but the ish spit the hook on him once and spit the hook on me twice, we had him comming to the boat and the lure popped out Hmmmmm?
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Ater a settled day on the lake the ish moved up. the only lure to trigger our bed ish to bite was a manns jelly tubein melon pepper green. The ish came and just looked at the bait but once the tube was jigged or popped right in ront o it, it triggered a strike, use a bigger hook so you dont miss em.Good LuckProcrat Pete & Vince

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      Water Temp: 61+-

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: My brother and I spent a ew days down there. More o the same, lots o wind and some skittish ish. We ound some shallow ish in a ew pockets but didn't mess with them to much. Justin managed a nice 6lber the irst aternoon but we got blown o the lake. Messed around in the keys on Tuesday and didn't get a bite. The evening wind died down a bit so we headed up the lake towards the narrows. Finally ound an area with some staging ish right at dark. A couple o smaller ish and a slug just shy o 10lbs! Stayed out ater dark and landed 5-6 more with about as many missed ish. Nothing over 4 though. Wind kept up so we headed back to camp. Wednsday morning we had to leave and it was a gorgeous day, no wind, go igure.
      City: Arcata

      Tips: Maybe I will get paired with a Nutcase this weeekend at the WON event. It should be an interesting weekend.

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Had a nice aternoon-night trip on Tuesday - 3 ish beore dark, 6 ater. Client had 6 bites and landed them all - very rare! Fished the west shore o the Rattlesnake arm with watermelon-red lake brush hogs carolina-rigged. Fish were next to walls, and up to 4 lbs. Ater dark we ished the south end with Magic "Big Dipper" worms and Power Worms near walls with tules. Client landed his personal best, a spawned-out 8 lb 10 oz toad. Would have liked to seen that ish 2 weeks earlier! His limit was a little over 23 lbs. It was a beautiul, warm evening!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: Fish are starting to committ to shallow water in the south end. Look or walls with hard bottom and tule clumps. Fish like those areas to spawn.

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      Water Temp: 54-62

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Keys both days pitching brushhogs.Could not get quality ish to go.Bite was late both days.Fish are deinately moving up but still cold at night. Hard rost Sat., water temp low 60s in the p.m.

      Tips: See Bob at Limit out bait or whats hot. (707)998-1006

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      Water Temp: 55-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Clear lake or our annual spring break trip. We sihed Friday and Saturday around the State park, ripped clown and black/silver Smithwick suspenders. Fishing was slow but the ish we caught we all pretty nice. We ended up with a ew 3 to 3.5#ers a couple 4's a 5 and 2 6#ers. My buddy caught a 10.9 pounder on Saturday, it was the only ish we caught that day but some guys in told us it would have taken big sih by 4 pounds in their tournament that day. We ished at the south end on Sunday morning and I managed to get a 7.3 throwing a brown DUH!!! jig. It was a great trip. Oh yeah, even caught a 15 pound channel cat, and my riend caught a 10 lb carp ripping.
      City: Weed

      Tips: WEll, ripping worked pretty good at certain times o the day, better in the evening, we caught ish on brush hogs also. My Brown and orange jigged worked or me. Even caught a 6 on a chug bug just beore dark!!!

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      Water Temp: 55-58 Degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Good Day - Took awhile to ind the pattern. Wind was up in the morning. Launched in the Keys. Caught 1 about 7am against the docks coming out o the keys on a #39 magic worm. Fish were not in the keys. Waited till the wind shut down a little and went to Konocti, nothing there. Went south and started ishing the steep rock banks...bingo, ound'em. 12 to 18 eet. Caught and released 14 bass rom 8lbs to the smallest ish weighed at 3lbs. Had 28# 7 ish limit. Fish would not hit anything but a worm, shakin' it real hard right below the boat, very agressive when they ound the bait. Had a good outing or the irst o the year. Talked to some tourney pre-ishers (about 10 boats), they weren't catching anything, only a couple guys said they were catching 1 or 2 on jigs o the rocks. All o our ish came between 11am and 3pm, Good luck.
      City: Redding

      Tips: I ain't good enough to give tips. But I catch all my ish down there on #39 magic worm, 6 inch, gave some out to some tourney isherman yesterday, guess they can't get them down there.

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      Water Temp: 51-56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Drove by the keys and knew it would be a windy day (25-35). Opted or Lakeport. Put in and lost one on a rip bait. Caught 2 13" ish in the back o coves? Water temp 51. Caught a 4.6 and 5.2 lipping brushog in trees. Relocated by truck to the keys or new scenery. Spinnerbaited a 4.6 out o a tree that had allen in h2o. Flipped or a while while air was getting colder. One more ish 3.6 arther in keys on brushog--water 55-56 in keys. Lots O WCB preishers throwing spinnerbaits, a ew lipping.
      City: yuba city

      Tips: Dam, brushogs get bites! I catch ish on these here so much better than jigs(shallow ish).

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: WOW - 2 exciting trips, 10 ish each trip. Started 3PM Sun Aternoon - irst 5 minutes client lands a 6 1/4 on blue Weapon jig, I get a 4-9 on a brown weapon - both at entrance o south keys. Had 6 beore dark on jigs and big dead ringers. Fished all over. Ater dark, caught a 2 and 3 1/4 and then nothing or 2 hours. All o a sudden my client is grunting, trying to handle a toad. He wins - a 12 pounder ound its way into the net. Fish was on a rockpile in 25 eet. A ew minutes later he lands a 5-9 in about 4 eet. All ish ater dark were caught on 6" Big Dipper Magic worms with 4/0 Mr. Twister keeper hooks - outstanding big ish hooks or thick baits. The monster was hooked at 10:30 PM. I have been ortunate enough to see many 12+ pounders in the boat - but each one is a thrill!!The next aternoon clients and I caught ive males up to 3 lbs around Rattlesnake island using Rodstrainer jigs and dead ringers (watermelon and junebug). Ater dark, my clients landed a ew 2 1/2's and lost a good one at the pumphouse south o Knocti Inn on a Weapon jig. Switched them back to Big Dipper Magic worms and bingo - guy rom Ohio lands an 8-1 and 7-14 back to back. He was a basket case - that's almost a state record in Ohio! We are ishing steep rocky areas with deep water nearby.
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I think north end has more shallow ish. So ar, not too many big ish have moved shallow - south o the narrows. Caught many good ish last week on jigs in deep water. The three or our warm days that are promised should get them moving. Look or staging areas irst. Some ish are moving into the keys. Watermelon/red lake is a good color.

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      Water Temp: 49 to51

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Wed nasty but stuck a couple #3 on Dead Ringer in the trailer park west o Lake Port.Thurs Rain o and on but very ishable. Nailed some #4 on pig and jig in Holiday Cove. Some dinks on a LC pointer 110 lash minnow at Rocky Point. #4 on Chart blade at the dock at Lake PortFriday nasty again no bite. The buzz around the lake was a rip bite or ish in the #7 range"NOT". Just the club ishermen protecting their bite or the tournament.
      City: Gilroy

      Tips: Black and blue jig, rattln o course with a black trailer. Flip into the trees and under docks at Holiday Cove. chart blade, cast to the shore and slow roll to 6 eet on the north shore at lakeport or in nice. Dress warm and dry, got the eet wet on wed and cut the day real short.

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished ABA and bite was tough. Started in north end o lake hoping or warmer water and ound none. Cold ront and all. HookSetR stuck three ish and two came unbuttoned on the DUH jig. I caught one. We weighed in two ish or 5#'s.
      City: belmont

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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sautrday-Bright clear day. Hook and I launched out o Library Park in Lakeport. Fished sparse tules by Lakeside (?)and I caught 3 LMB in the 2-3# range in the irst 45 minutes throwing a big junebug brush hog. Ran up to Rodman and ished the tules down about 300 yards. HookSetr caught about 8 ish in the same # range. His biggest went 5-6#'s. Caught all his using a 3/8" DUH jig with a Yamamoto twin trailer.Sunday-Miserable conditions-Windy and rainy. HookSetR and I only caught a total o three ish. The only ish I caught was an 8.08#er on the scale using the DUH jig.
      City: Belmont

      Tips: Fished sparse tules all the way back to the boat. Boat was in 5' water, casted to 2" and worked through tules

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: ished the south end o the lake north o the boats workes cought 4 ish 2-4lbs 2 on blades & 2 on jerkbaits. kind o slow. ish were in 6-12t. o water. ished rom 8am till 2pm .no rain no wind just a nice day.
      City: Clearlake

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      Water Temp: 47-51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Got into lot o good ish, Rippin a Pointer 78 and Staysee. I ished the south primarily o o rocky banks w/deep water. I kept the boat in 14-20 t. Earlier in the week, I cranked a Chartreuse 7aBomber and a Norman Suspending Deep Diver in Red. The better ish came o the Pointers and Staysee. Ater cranking in down I twitched the tip slow, like shaking a worm. Later in the week the ish liked the ast Rip. On one bank I got a limit o ish rom 3-7lbs. in 30mins. The colors that worked or me were Black Aurora and Chartreuse Minnow.
      City: Antioch

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      Water Temp: 49

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED MONDAY EVE-NIGHT WITH LARRY HEMPHILL WENT OUT OF LUCERNE AS THE WIND WAS BLOWING.CAUGHT ABOUT 12 FISH BY DARK . I GOT A COUPLE TO 4 LBS WITH JERK BAIT. THEY WERE HITTING WHILE THE BAIT WAS STOPPED. THEN WE CAUGHT THE REST ON JIGS.. BLAC/BLUE.. AFTER DARK THE MOON WAS SO BRIGHT IT LOOKED LIKE DAYTIME. A COUPLE BITES AFTER DARK BUT NO FISH IN BOAT . WIND BLEW ONE DIRECTION AND WOULD BE COLD. THEN IT WOULD SHIFT AND IT WAS LIKE A SUMMER WIND.. FISH IS SLOWING DOWN FOR WINTER.....
      City: SUNNYVALE

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      Water Temp: 51-54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I ished with my younger brother on Monday and Tuesday. We arrived late monday and didn't start ishing until ater dark. Wind was howling so we didn't get to ar rom Rattlesnake but we managed to ind several quality ish including a 7.6 or my brother. Day ishing on tuesday produced lots o dinks to 1.0 on grubs and only three quality ish to 4 lbs on Crankbaits. Tuesday night was lat calm and some haze blocked the moon a little. We got to ish all around the lower hal o Rattlesnake arm and had a lot o bites only seven in the boat to 5.8 on worms, jigs, and crankbaits. I came back down on Friday to ish with Larry Hemphill. We started early and threw crankbaits a little or no ish. We started throwing jigs as the sun was lower. I had three bites until dark a 7lb 9oz, a dink, then a 7lb 6oz. Not a bad start. We at dinner at Konocti or an hour then went back out and headed south. We stayed on a quarter mile stretch most o the night and landed a total o 19 ish. I landed a at 8lb 10oz ish and larry had two 6.5 lbers or our best ive at over 36lbs! Best ten were just over 60 lbs!! Truly an awesome night.
      City: Arcata

      Tips: When there was cloud cover and the air was warm the ish were eeding well. As the clouds moved on the bites were much harder to come by. All ish came on jigs with grub trailers and 8"-10" worms. The bigger ish are just starting to eed, several were still rather skinny.

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      Water Temp: 54-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I used a pointer 100 minnow/ghost all day to try it out while my partner used jerk baits and cranks. We came up with 15 ish. Rocks/weed near deep water was our key. A ew ish came rom docks. We had two nice ish 6.7/5.2 rom the pointer minnow. It was cloudy and about 50 degree's with a strong wind on the main lake.
      City: marysville

      Tips: Pointer minnow (ghost) ish it slow with a jerk and twitch combo. Any water depth we ished produced.