Fishing Report
Date Unknown
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Clear Lake
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Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: FISHED the won bass sat and sunday . saturday started out with the pro orgetting to put plug in . we didn't notice so when i threw my suspenders in bottom o boat WHOOOOSH ... then we had a tough day . couldn't ind ish . only three keepers or 3.90.. sunday ished with a great gentleman and he put us on ish . he had motor troubles sat and had 9. ??? we got a airly early limit but had two 13 inchers. we ished cache creek. with about an hour to go till weigh in we came out o cache and stated on this about 100 yard bank with spinner baits we got seven ish on two passes. we culled one rat with a two and a hal so that helps about a pound .with less than ten minutes ishing time let we came up on a weed bed. there was a small pocket in the weeds. by coincidence we both threw to the same hole. baits landed about a oot apart . he was instatly hit and about two seconds later mine was hit . we must have threw to a bed because he caught about a 1.5 ( male ?) and mine was our pounds ( emale ?). at the weigh in we had 18.90 it was lucky or him because i we had .12 pounds less he wouldn't have won 500..
City: SUNNYVALETips: caught irst limit on brush hogs senkos and worms...... in last hour all spinner bait ish . too bad we were in irst light . would have been nice to have another hour as the spinner bait bite started late..
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Water Temp: 72-76
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Thurs/Fri: Blk/Cht rog, Watermelon senkos and Dropshot Shad colored worms worked or ish to 6 lbs.Fished docks and tules in between.Rattletraps in ront o tules worked also. Sat/Sun weather change ,hotter, wind direction. Alge bloom in Jago is worst I've ever seen.Fish moved out. My patterns changed and I didn't ind the ish on the outside o weedlines in deeper water. Rattletrap worked best i I could have gotten them in the net.
City: Castro ValleyTips: Dropshot, rogs, rattletraps and senkos. Look or deeper (7') drops. Start outside and work in.
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Water Temp: 72-76
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Spawn seems to be coming to a close. Very ew bed ish to be ound, although water is dirty over most o the lake making sight ishing tough. Summer patters are turning on with some rog ish showing. Best bet or numbers was jigs and drop shot around docks. Lots o small ish with lots o 3# ish showing them selves at times. Just not during the tournament or me. Frogs are producing the bigger bites, but was only getting about 1 blowup or about every 50 casts.
City: BrentwoodTips: Brown/orange jigs and 4" shad colored worms.
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Water Temp: 74
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: I have a real love hate relationship with this lake and this trip is no dierent. Friday morning ound tule og , lat calm water with a little chill in the air. Since I was preishing or our tourn. the next morning I did alot o looking and little ishing. Beore the og cleared out around 11:00am I had a 7.4 and a 5.2 , one on a Rico and a 6 inch senko. Ater lunch I picked up another 5.0 , a 4.0 and several 1.5 lb cullers. We had a 10 lb bed ish at our place sort o tucked away and hard to see. The resort owener said she was caught about a week earlier. Regardless, I walked out on the dock beore leaving or the blast o and there she was ,obviously that was our irst stop. Long story shot version, we could not buy a ish on Saturday. Dink ater dink, ater dink. I made a joke to my partner on Friday that ater 22lbs today o not trying and relaxed ishing that we would not need a board. Oh course come Saturday, does anyone have a Go board and we culled done to 3 keepers at 4.6 something. Sweet/ sour, ah Clear lake.
City: Sacto.Tips: Heard the winning tech. was split shot baby hogs on 8lb. line. Clearly a post spawn day on Saturday. With over 100 boats ishing most o the ish were small males that came to the scale. There were a ew bed ish and the 7 I got on Friday was gravid and orange as a carp. To make things even worse Monya goes back to the bed ish ater the tourn. and ater working the ish or 25 minutes catches it. Tech. or riday, senko, hula grubs on a Duh swim head, rico, drop shot baby senko #214, whackey rigged at the ends o the docks in 10 -15 t o water. Transition period or me. I'll give Clear Lake a month to become stable and then the black light comes out. No more daylight ishing on this lake or me untill October/November.
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Water Temp: 62-65
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: The Bass Classics o Santa Clara Valley had there May Tournament at Clearlake and it was tough again. In First place with 25.95 lbs or 6 ish and the 8 lb 2nd big ish o the weekend was Rob Staben. He was ishing around the islands and docks in soda bay with a watermelon red lake senko. He caught the big ish cruisin out in the open in 10 t o water. All the rest o the ish came o the bank where there was tule's and grass mats. He said the key was ishing real slow and pitching to every little opening or pocket that might hold ish. In second place with 19.9 lbs and the 8 1/2 lb big ish o the tournament was David Malley he caught the big ish on a carolina rigged baby brush hog in watermelon red lake. He also had ish on the senko watermelon red lake. In third place with 15.27 lbs was Russell Witkowsky he caught most o his ish split shotting baby brush hogs near the islands in soda bay and on the tule bank in the Trailer park. In ourth place with a great looking 4 lb smallmouth was Mike Bugliarello he had 5 ish or 13.2 lbs in two days mostly drop shotting 3 in shad baits.In ith place with 13.17 lbs was Manual Torres he caught all o his ish on the south end under the shady docks with a senko.In sixth was izz Byrd he caught his ish drop shotting all over the lake with robo worms in 5-15 t. some near the rocks and some near the docks.
City: FremontTips: There were alot o ish caught on Senkos and the shade was a big actor. On Friday I had a 6 & 7 lbers on my green and red lake senkos ished near the base o trees in the shade on the north end and cranking rip rap banks with a speed trap caught a limit irst thing saturday morning
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Water Temp: 64 to 79
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fishing was as hot as the weather. Boated over 80 bass or two days. Winds calm. Biggest went 9.6 in Konocti Bay, caught a 6.5 on a tournament rog near Monitor, our 5 1/2 lbs'er both on beds and o rocks in 5 to 14 eet o water. Fished all down on the South end mainly drop shotting and pitching worms. Average 2 to 4 lbs, with some dinks. Last week caught an 8.3 and a 6 lbs. 5 ish total 23 lbs.
City: LakeportTips: Leave your riends at home i they can't go and wet your line. It don't get no better.
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Water Temp: 60-68
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Shane - read the tips section o this report! I showed a good angler what night ishing was about last night - his irst time! He proved right away he is a very good late aternoon angler ater I suggested that he try drop-shotting the Basstrix perch minnow. Well, the irst place we stopped at Sea Breeze he nails a 7-2, WOW!! Happy guide already!!! That is two big bass in a week or clients on that bait. We moved over to the Buckingham area beore dark and I tried pitching my chartreuse jig with chartreuse Yamamoto grub single tail and saw my line move away rom the wall we were ishing. It was 4-10. Ater dark we ishing several areas and caught a 5-1 and a 4-2 on junebug Dead Ringers. We caught several other 1 to 2 1/4 pounders on a nice evening. We had to work or our ish but wound up with a 22 1/4 limit, catching most o them on rock structure in the south end. We packed it in a 3 am. Ater a great night's sleep o 3 1/2 hours, I met 2 clients at Konocti Resort at 8:30 am or a un day o seeing lots o ish rom 5 inches to over 10 pounds and even catching some o them! Not only did the 2001 spawn make it - so did the 2002 spawn! Small bass everywhere (how Clear Lake has changed!) and we had un catching bass up to 2 pounds on Senkos - color #221 being the best. It was time to look or bigger ish and we ound several pairs on beds in Konocti Bay. Interestingly, The really big ish - over 8 pounds were roaming - not bedding. Anyway - one o the clients pitched his 221 Senko to a rock two were spawning on and got the emale to eat it! It was just under 5 pounds. The other ellow wasn't so ortunate. We put the emale in the livewell so he could work on the male that was over 4 pounds. I had him use my chartreuse jig and his missed the male twice. Finally the bass picks up the jig and swims away. I am going nuts - where is the hook-set? The answer - client didn't engage the reel. I said "oh" - trying to remain calm! We went on to another area - came back and he hooked it again - this time it jumped a oot out o the water - and that was that. We continued to throw Senkos and jigs and the man who caught the emale was doing well casting under docks. He saw a good ish - watched it take his Senko - got a good hook-set and brought out a 6 pounder - it jumped and that was that! We did have a un day in spite o lost ish - caught a lot o bass - and the clients said they learned a lot - that is good enough or me! Hope you can read this - I'm not sure I'm awake!!
City: Yuba CityTips: The spawn is underway big-time in the south end - bass and carp! The algae bloom has spread to the south end so it will be hard to see ish early and late in the day. I you want to sight ish - look or lat rocks in the middle o tule beds - there should be some bass nearby. With the lake so high - many o the spawners simply can't be reached and that is good. I you do catch a sight ish, please release it where you caught it - even i you put one in the livewell or a ew minutes. With the sun high now, look or shade in the aternoons. Shane - i you come to Clear Lake in June, there may still be some spawning going on this year and most bass will be in post-spawn mode. Look or them suspended under docks. Try rip-baits and topwater early and late in the day. Frogs will work sometimes. Good luck!!
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Water Temp: 63
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Took a ather-son team out o Lakeport and started in the keys around 10:30 am. I had the son drop-shotting a Basstrix perch minnow in the middle o a ew big bass and one o them ate it! It was touch and go - but a nice 8 pounder! Dad caught a 4-2 on a chartreuse lizard and I got a 4-5 on a chartreuse jig. I needed to show them several new areas to ish - which I did. We got several Senko ish in Corinthian Bay but no big ones. Best color was #221 - one o my avorites. I think we wound up with around 19 pounds or our ive biggest. I drove to Konocti Inn ater dinner to try a ew hours o night ishing and ound it to be surprisingly slow. I got a 5 and a 4-3 on jigs - it was really dead on a beautiul night - go igure. I only ished a ew spots but the ish were where I wasn't! My client or the next day had a amily emergency so I went out mysel the next day and did a little sight ishing or un, landing 5 or 6 - but only 2 between 4 and 4 1/2 pounds. I moved north o Lakeport near Willow Point and tried some walls with a little weed cover. Throwing a chartreuse jig I landed a 2 pounder and then threw it to the next wall that had a shadow. I thought I saw a bass roll near it (about 6 eet o water) and then saw my line twitch. I set the hook and what a surprise - about 7 pounds!! That is so much more rewarding than sight-ishing!!!! I saw several suspended ish under docks - nothing too huge however. I was just too tired to make another cast and let about 2 pm. I think I caught about 8 bass - again about an 18 to 19 pound limit. Boy, the wind was something else when I let - the irst "delta breeze" o the summer.
City: Yuba CityTips: It was un to see emale bass run some 15 to 20 pound carp o their nests. In hindsight I should have thrown swimbaits at these bass. There was quite an algae bloom during the week - summer may be near!
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Water Temp: 56 to 64
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Finally, two days o great weather, winds calm. Boated 47 ish rom 1lbs to 6lbs. 90% came rom drop shotting 4 to 10 t o water. Lost two huge ish back to back the irst morning. Fish are tight in the tules in shallower water and o on secondary ledges in deeper water. Some bass are bedding, a lot starting to move. Ater tomorrow's storm hopeully things will stablize, the emales I caught were busting at the seams waiting to spawn all were clean and have not been hen pecked yet.
City: LakeportTips: Drop shot 3 inch plastics 12 to 14 inches above the weight, 6 to 8 lb test. Shake and pause then watch or your line to just start moving.
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Water Temp: 56-60
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: The previous 2 posters summed it up or ClearLake this past weekend - tougher than nails! This past week o cold weather really shut things down. I too only had 1/2 dozen bites/ish or 2 days o ishing. They came on rip bait, senko, and my best ish (6lbs) on a pig-n-jig. Good news is that Saturday was quite warm and I saw (and caught) bed ish on Sunday. It is going to turn on hard once there are a ew days o warm weather.
City: Saratoga -
Water Temp: 57.5-60.5
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Tough as I can remember, 12:00-dark on Sat. or two ish, and the only two bites I had. Both came on a Ika.Sunday, slept in till 11:00 and ished till 7:30pm or our ish, again 3 on an Ika and one on a watermelon red baby hog texas riged. I talked to alot o people and everyone I talked to ound the ishing tough except one ella who was preishing or the everstart tourn. and said he had a 17 lb. limit earlier on Sunday morning, even so that is tough or Clear Lake.
City: SacramentoTips: Go to the Delta, had a blast on Thursday aternoon. Clear Lake can be ruthless when she takes a mind to be.Regardless, I think this lake gets pounded. It is however my avorite ishery, at NIGHT.
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Water Temp: 56
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Hit the clear water at irst light and went right to the north end tules. Withen 10 minutes hooked into a hog. Got her in and released her right back. Close to 5 to 6lbs. three cast later got into a bog one. Got her to the boat and in the net. Just over 8 lbs. 1 hour later partner Ken L. Hogger got his biggest bass ever! A beautiul 12.7 lber. Next spot was the state park. Spinnerbait got another doulble digit. at 15.4 lber but it was a cat!! L:ater that evning got another 7.3. All on 12" chartreaus yum yum worm, except cat.
City: NiceTips: Fish with Larry Hemper Hill and you will know wher to catch the big ones. Larry you must allow heavy drinking o Budweiser on you boat and the catch rate will skyrocket!!!!
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Water Temp: 55+
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished all weekend between Konocti and Jago bay using everything rom cranks and spinners to jigs and Texas rigged worms without a bite. Saw some guys catching dinks on small cranks and drop shots in the shallows between docks. I've been ishing this lake or years and still seem to have trouble in late winter/early spring inding bigger ish.
City: Santa RosaTips: Wish I had some tips. I'll take all the tips I can get.
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Water Temp: 57-58
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: The big ladies are around.
City: woodlandTips: Keep a tryin buddy.
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Water Temp: 53
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Lauched out o Lakeport on Thursday Feb 27 in bright sunlight and 32 degree air temp. Headed to mouth o Rodman where we heard the ish were staging or the up coming spawn. We ished (3 o us) rom 7:30 to 4:30 in the aternoon throwing every thing that we were told and sold-not a touch. While we were pulling out o marina a local gave us a tip that i believe others had held out on us- the ish had actually moved into Rodman slough and spinner baits in the muddy water was the key. Friday morning headed to Rodman Slough only problem og slowed the trip arrived about 9:oo and began working both sides o slough. Caught and returned 9 ish with best 5 or about 20#'s. We don't ish tourneys any more just there to enjoy a little ishing with riends and couple days away rom work-I believe there would be better reports i everyone wasn't so interested in "protecting thier water" Thanks to the local or giving us some real ino.
City: PattersonTips: white on white spinner baits in muddy water and look or bait ish
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Water Temp: 47-48
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Sunday was a little slow, between Leo and I we only picked up 6 ish on jerkbaits. Monday was a bit dierent. I picked up a dozen minnows and used them up on little 2 lbs ish. We started throwing shad colored tube baits and ended up boating 20+ ish each in about 2 hours! Biggest was 2 1/2 to 3 lbs. Most o them caught no more than 10 t deep. A good time!
City: SanJose -
Water Temp: 49-54
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: Fished across rom Red Bud, rom the dock to the end o the point ishing rom one oot to 15 eet o the toolies using minnows, we landed 4-8 per day with the biggest going 7.2 lbs, we did catch a ew o docks but most came o o the toolies. ish were 2t to 12 eet deep. Also got a 10.2lb cat ish on a dead minnow. Hats o to my Brother Benny who inally broke his 4.14lb record in a big way with the 7.2lb.
City: San JoseTips: Fish slow with tight line and catch and release, all 15 or so ish we landed are still alive in the lake.
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Water Temp: 49-56
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: Incredible weather or Jan. By 10am on Sun I had already stripped out o my thermals and snow suit and just wore sweat pants and a windbreaker the rest o the day. Unortunately, the ish took a while or us to igure out. Tried all our usual spots, points, deep water structure, rock piles with only 4 2-3lb ish to show or the irst ive hours. Then Bob at Limit Out said the big ish on sat were very shallow, enjoying the warm weather no doubt. So we went to a trusty shallow water spot with lots o sun and boulders and it was on again. Boated about 20 ish, mostly 3's and 4's. Best ive went 27.14 with the two biggest at 6.8 and 6.13. By late aternoon I marked water temps up to 56 aroun the shallow rocks.Sun we headed straight or shallow water. Never went deeper than 10 eet and all the big ones came rom 5 eet or less. Boated another 20 or so (we lost count) in hal a day. Not a single ish under 3 lbs. Best ive went 29.1 and the two biggest were 7.8 and 6.0.
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Water Temp: 51-53
Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)
Report: First trip o the new year started o with a 6.5 or me and an 8.0 or my girlriend,,not too bad. We boated 19 on Sat including another 6.0 and several 5's. Best ive went 30.1 lbs. Sun was a bit slower, cold and very oggy till noon (we only ished till 12:30. Boated iteen, 10 in the 2lb range, best ive went 25.3 and included my girlriends 6.0, plus a ew 5's and a chunky 4.
City: TRACYTips: All on jumbo minnows. Most came 15-20 eet down with a ew as deep as 30. Ater being outished two days in a row, I'm starting to think my girlriend should teach me how to ish and I should sit in the back o the boat.
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Water Temp: n/a
Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)
Report: SCBBBC (www.scbbbc.homestead.com) held our TOC over the weekend and did airly well considering the minnow ishing pressure o the top spots on the lake. The top three anglers all had over 25lbs (5 ish limit each day) and came on a varity o lures rom jigs to trout plugs. Big ish or day 1 was 6.82 lbs and day 2 was 6.54. Many other ish in the 4-6 lb range were also caught. We had several anglers have 20 - 40 ish days but most were smaller. Our second place angler only brought 6 ish to the scale but they averaged 4.5 lbs each.
City: San FranciscoTips: Almost everything is working, just have to ind the active ish. Cranks, jigs, swimbaits and jerkbaits accounted or the majority o the ish caught
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