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  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Leo, Rosco and I loat tubed all weekend. Fri night and Sat NOTHING, not even a bite. We threw jigs, deep divers, even tried wormin'. Sun ished the blue waterplant (or whatever it is) in Clear Lake Oaks. We started jiggin or about an hour without luck. Still must be too cold. We switched to some shiners and we all ended up picking a ew up. Leo yanked a 5.1 lber, I pulled in 6 bass ranging rom 2.5 to 10 lbs and Rosco's biggest was a little over 3 lbs.
      City: SJ

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      Water Temp: yes

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i am be going ish with my brother lockbeer.we are be goingish. i am be ishing one ish is on my line, and i be pull it up.WOW.Lockbeer is mad or me, i be drinking warm pop.lockbeer chuck lure,it ound my ear.i am be screaming atlockbeer. my pole is being tugged upon.i am be real in ive pounder.soda be done and so are we, as i be having trouble listeing right now.
      City: india

      Tips: leave your brother lockbeer home.

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      Water Temp: yes

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: i am be very good to go ish with my brother lockbeer. we are be go ish and catch one. i am catch bigger one. he be mad or me; i am be drinking all beers excepting one. he be get one biggun on his be line and is screaming or me and i am be drinking beer. i am be laughing or him as he is be lost his ish. now i am be having to go.
      City: india

      Tips: using big lure to catching ish and beer!

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      Water Temp: cold

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Clear Lake Jan 2nd. One o my worst days on this lake ever. I simply did not have the "eel" that day. Four hits in 4 hours. Lost a nicer ish while trying to lip it. My numb hands could not hang on when it thrashed about. Looked to have been around 6 or 7 lbs, but overall very slow or me, unlike what others have been doing up here.
      City: Hal Moon Bay

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      Water Temp: 48-51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the Western Classic. Caught ish on the South end ripping Pointer minnows in Clown and Clear Shad. Steep rocky banks in the morning, between/under the docks later ater sun came out. Partner picked up a 9.34 or second Big Fish in the Tourney. Caught ish dropshotting 4" Baby Shad straight tail and 6" Peanut-butter and Jelly straight tail worms. 12-13 lb limit in 30 minutes on the dropshot up on the North end. Could not get bit on Jigs, Texas-rig or crankbaits, but other guys did.
      City: Salida

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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: We came down on Saturday and didn't head out until ater dark. Started out ishing some breaks and rockpiles around rattlesnake landing 2, 3.5 and 5 on jigs. Moved up lake to a major rocky area and spent a couple o hours ishing jigs in 15-30t o water. Finally had 3 bites a 6-12, another 6 that jumped o at the boat and a smaller ish we didn't see. Stopped by the rockpiles on the way back or another 3lber. Sunday aternoon we went to the south end catching only a 2 average ish on jerkbaits o a breakline. Had two bites on jigs o a rock jedi at dusk landing a nice 5lber and losing another in the same range. Ater a dinner break we went looking or more big bites on deep rock areas and only had three but they were quality ish to 6-13.Mon aternoon was even slower we managed only one 4lber on a crankbait. A storm was blowing in so we went home at dark, propably the night the got active again.
      City: Arcata

      Tips: The bite was tough but all quality ish. All except or one o the bigger ish were very well ed. Most jig bites were still solid thumps, i we had any pressure bites we missed um. Like Larry said, "don't orget your jigs".

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      Water Temp: 43-45

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Started ishing the morning o Thanksgiving with little action until around 9 a.m. Found most o my ish in 13 to 15 eet o water on cranks. Ater the sun had broke and the water got a little warmer the bite got good. On a home made trout bait I was able to put 25.2 pounds in the boat. The ollowing day went to same 100 yrd stretch and couldn't get a bite on the home made bait, switched to crank and put together a 21.4 pound limit. Some o the best ishing I have seen or quality ish. I pulled both limits o ish in a 100 yard stretch. No really big ish, biggest 7.2 but all very healthy. Great lake, need to be going back soon.. When does the bite slow down or the winter?
      City: Pasadena

      Tips: stick with the cranks on steep banks

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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went down with my older brother Chris on monday, went ishing monday night on the rock piles behind Rattlesnake, only bites were 9.0 and a 7 that chris caught on plastic worms. I lost a 5 or 6 , and we each caught a dinker. Tuesday ishing was slow I caught a 5 on Fraiser, we didnt get anyother ish until we went to shag then chris caught a 6.2, and I got 9.0 , I also got another 5 and some smaller ones. All the ish that we caught on tues. were caught on live jumbo minnows, with a drop shot rig. Sure was an exciting trip and well worth it or me.
      City: arcata

      Tips: I would recommend using minnows in deeper water.

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      Water Temp: 50 - 54 F

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club held its Tournament o Champions this weekend @ Clear Lake. 10 inalists competed. Winning weight (10 ish) was 44.46 lb, including Day 1's big ish o 6.81 lb, & anothe toad on Sunday o 6.20 lb. Second place (8 ish) was 26.51 lb. Third place was 5 ish (all caught on Sunday) or 22.69 lb, including Day 2's big ish o 8.41 lb. Bass went or red & chartreuse Speedtraps, Spro crankbaits & Rattletraps. Day 2 big ish pounced on a big trout-imitator-type lure.
      City: Santa Rosa

      Tips: I you'd like more ino about the club, send me an e-mail and/or check out our website, http://scbbbc.homestead.com. We start up again in February 2001.

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      Water Temp: 50-58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Windy conditions made ishing tough on Sunday at New-Bass Grand Fish O. High winds are tough on ishermen, but not impossible to overcome i you are prepared.Sunday morning we ound ourselves down in the pack ater a 13.8 lb ive ish limit on Saturday. Day 1 limit came rom ishing weeds in State park area. Decided to stay down at the south end on Sunday iguring we neded a limit to get a check. Began ishing winded banks behind Rattlesnake with white blades. Ater 40 minutes we moved out ront and started crankin' 10 to 20 t. My gracious partner the Yee-meister had a nice ish hook up on a at ree shad but unortunately came o ater a ew cranks. Within minutes I hooked up and landed a 5 1/2lber! I had barely caught my breath when the Yee-meister whipped a 6+lber into the boat.We knew we were on some good ish. Decided to spend about 10 minutes graphing this rocky ridge. Ater marking the end o the drop o we dropped anchor and continued crankin med. size at ree shads on 30lb power pro line 10-18 t.Biggins' continued to run the ridge and every 45 minutes or so we hook up. Most o the day was spent with both anglers standing on the back end o my 19'Viper casting to the same spots repetively. By standing on the back we were able to keep the weight o the bow and reduce the waves crashing over the top. About 3:15 decided to head in or a last light weigh-in. Made good time in rough water heading back so we pulled over on some rip-rap below Konocti or a ew more casts. About 10 minutes beore weigh in the Yee-mister did it again and hooked up a 4 1/2lber!! This culled a 2+lb and secured a ive ish 23 1/2lb limit.This was our best ever tournament eort on Clear lake under extremely windy conditions. Thanks to some good rain gear and an adequate anchor we were able to manage the day.Special thanks to New-Bass and Konocti or a well run event.Thanks to my wie and amily or allowing me my time on the water. Thanks to my partner the Yee-meister who has an uncanny ish instinct and proessinal ishing abilities.I guess my 97 Viper will be spending next season in the garage as we will be enjoying a 462 VS Ranger!!Walker
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Be prepared or tough conditions with warm clothes, good rain suits and an adequate anchor to sustain high wind conditions. Pattern was typical all crank bait.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: A little late posting but i had hoped to get down there again. I ished Fri evening around Rattlesnake or one solid crank ish and a couple slow rolls on buzzbaits. Went back out out night and the bite was slow. One other boat out there and we always seemed to be ishing behind them, they had a tough night as well. Had 6 good bites, only our in the boat. Best ish in the 5lb range and it was hooked in the belly on a jig, man I thought that was a big ish. Only ished until midnight so i was able to get up at the crack o down. I was suprised to be the irst one out on some o the major rockpiles. Lost two ish on cranks then went to a jig and set up on beautiul 8.1. Wind got to bad or more little boat so I went in behind the island. had to sit on the some spot or an hour because o all the boats back there but I landed 3 more quality ish one on crank and two on jigs.
      City: Arcata

      Tips: Crankbait bites were really subtle and the ish were not getting hooked to well. Use a deep diver and grind it back to the boat with a lot o pauses. Follow up with a jig.

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: NewBass Grand Fish O was WINDY, Caught ish around Rattlesnake Island on Buzzbaits and worms, Nothing spectacular inished in the middle o the pack

      Tips: Slowdown in the wind and wear your PFD

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      Water Temp: 67-59

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: American Bass Anglers Club launched 7 boats rom the Anchorage Inn in Lakeport -Team tourn.5 ish limit.I met my partner at the south end o the lake or a pre-ish on riday morning, we ished the south end and rattlesnake area and caught reeeel small ish but couldnt establish any pattern, loaded up the boat and headed north to ish the north end, started to cuercus and got the E ticket ride there and back Sat- we ished the north end, headed to nice and worked our way to luscern ishing the longer boat docks that had some considerable depth, we pitched jigs and senkos or three ish in those areas then headed back to Library park area where we did the same presentation or more keepers this time in the 3 lb range, we also lost two good ish Sat wieght went 14.25 lbs. or 5 ish, big ish was 3.99Sun.- Started at Library park and stuck one 2 lb ish, ran north to nice and started the same program but the wind stared howling every which way it could, Ron cormier and his partner returned with a limit o 5 ish or 13 + lbs. and a 5lb big ish caught on senkos and jigs to take 2nd place with 8 oz's seperating 1st and 2nd place.
      City: Martinez

      Tips: Senkos were rigged wacky style-rootbeer colored 5"-jigs were small and compact with baby Quido bug craw trailers.P.P.

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I ished the morning o the Aba.. WE caught many small ish on Td Mnnows and sluggos but nothing over 2lbs .. Should I be throwing something else and what parts o the lake are producing now? thanks
      City: novato

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      Water Temp: 71-73

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: CVBC night team tourney sat nite- sun morn. Tough bite, as no one brought in a ull 7 (team event) ish limit. However, ish were quality, as evidenced by the winning weight o 21+ lbs. or 5 ish. 7 ish over 7# were caught. Great warm nite.
      City: belmont

      Tips: ish seem to be moving shallower. look or ledges near deep water - no pattern really, ish were caught on all sorts o conidence baits (throw whatever you have conidence in!)ish were reported on everything rom topwater to big plastics to senkos to jigs.

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      Water Temp: 77-80

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Whew! The best ishing I've had in my lie! Drove up Friday night ater work, got on the water at 10:30. First ish @ about 11:00, 5 lb. 4oz.. Lost one about eight right at the boat at 12:00, got a very clear shot o her, beautiul ish! We continued catching one every ew minutes until about 2:00 when the moon came up. most in the 4~5lb. range, only two less than 3lb.! Ater dawn went over to shag and Teduardo stuck an 8 pounder on a jig. that was an awesome ending to night one. Saturday night was the night I'll never orget! On the water at about 6:30 p.m., went over to konocti to try the rog bite. Walker, Texas Ranger stuck a 3 pounder on the roggy in open water near the mouth o a bay, and the Yeemeister got one almost 4lb. on the Senko. Headed rom there back to the main body and I got a nice 5 lb. 8 oz. on the brush hog. Continued to ish with limited luckor the next ew hours. Stuck one 4 lb. 9 oz. at about 11:00. Next headed to shag at about 12:30. From the report I just read, we were just a ew minutes late! Someone had already snaked Mr. Walker's 10 pounder. Stayed there or 45 min. with no bites, so went back to our irst spot. Missed a ew bites here and there, slow ishing. Stuck one about 2.5 lb. on a giant zipper worm that a local bait shop had sold us on that morning, dang worm weighs about a pound!!! At 4:15, I caught my largest ish to date, an 8 lb. 2 oz. hawg! I hadn't even caught my breath when I stuck a 6 lb. 12 oz. ish at 4:25. All in all, it was the trip o a lietime or me, I had a ive ish bag well ove 28 lb on Sat. night!!! All my expectations were met and exceeded, I only the Texas Ranger's 10 pounder had come out to play it would have been a perect trip. Perect weather both nights, shorts and t-shirts, water like glass or most o the time. Must have seen 200 shooting stars, too! First time night ishing or me, deinitely won't be the last. Thanks to Craig, Steve, and Ted or an awesome weekend! OUT!!!!
      City: sacramento

      Tips: The big ishies came on slowwww, big plastics or jigs. The Brush Hog seemed to be the ticket or me, lots o Smelly Jelly didn't hurt. It seemed the bigger the ish, the lighter the bite was, be ready or the pressure bite.

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      Water Temp: 74

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just a quick ollow up to my previous report. Fished two guys Saturday - started at 7:30 AM, showing them the lake. The jig bite held up well, as we had an 18 1/2 lb limit by 10 AM. - 5-3 was the biggest. No big ish. We missed several because o the wind. Bite really shut down or us ater 10. Tried some weed beds north o Konocti Resort and I got a 3 lb rog ish. Too many weekenders having un to ish seriously. Went to some weed in Konocti Bay and client got his irst Senko bass (#194). I had a 8 to 10 lb bass ollow my rog TO THE BOAT! She looked at the rog, looked at me, and decided "not today". That is something you don't see everyday! What a sight!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I have caught several rog ish lately - but it still is very slow. I am using the green Snagproo rog i anyone wants to know. We have tried other colors but green seems to be the ticket. All three o my rog ish at the rally were on green.

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      Water Temp: 74-79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: The wie and I camped at the State park or our days. Tough ishing, ROUGH WATER!!!! Made or some exciting boat rides. Was hoping the rog bite would be on...NOT. Tried to piece together something, just a ew small ish here and there, mostly docks with Senkos. Finally, on the last day o our trip and the last 1/2 hour o ishing, rog bite. Put two our pounders in the boat (each with 20 pnds. o weeds) on back to back casts. Each made a big hole blowing up on the rog, then a quick cast back to the hole and KABOOSH!!!! Two minutes, 8 pounds. I am totally impressed with the 50 lb. Power Pro braid. Even though the ishing was tough, still enjoyed it... hey it's Clear Lake. Good luck........Jig-N-Pig
      City: Hanord

      Tips: Stick with the rog now, it is starting to come on. Docks are good, shady side with a.... Senko, dang those things.

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      Water Temp: 69'-75'

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Spent the weekend at Clearlake, looking or a toad. Fished with a super guide, Keith Clow,(thanks Keith),who taught my partner and I alot. Unable to establish anything but a crank pattern as the winds were terrible. My partner rolled a 6-7 lb. on a spinnerbait early in the south end near a dock. I caught a three on a crank and another came undone. Keith caught two three's on cranks also. Mostly points and rocks. Had a pretty good breakast at Konocti around 10am. Keith did alot o talking, adn I was all ears. Yesterday, my partner and I went out in my boat. We hunted and pecked till 1:30, and scratched out seven bites or our ish. Three came undone. Fished the north end,lipping senkos and jigs. Later lost a our plus that got tied up in the weeds. It appears that the weather at night is cooling down, so the ish will be moving up in mass soon. They say the bite is best in October.
      City: San Leandro

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      Water Temp: 79

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Just returned rom 2 night and 1 day trips at Clear Lake. I ound the daylight hours to be better than the night hours. This past week the night bite went slightly south - not anything (or me) like it was last week. Yesterday I took a ather-son team out at 12:30 PM and we rogged or about an hour - no luck. I had landed a 4 1/4 on a rog the previous day. The wind was really getting bad, so I thought it was time to try my brown/orange Rodstrainer jig with #180 Yamamoto grub. While my clients worked a brush hog and a Magic Worm, I tried the jig around Rattlesnake Island and had 2 bass or over 7 lbs in 5 min! "Dad - do you want to try a jig?" "Sure", he says! So, ater some instruction (how to ish them in heavy rock) he proceeds to miss two, and then at 3 PM, he sets the hook on a bass that I soon realize is not the size I was catching. Ater a terriic ight, I net an 8 lb 2oz beauty or the newest "convert"!! He announces "I really like jig ishing"!! First bass on a jig, ater maybe 20 casts - I guess!!! I mentioned 3 PM because how many 8 pounders are caught during the middle o a hot August aternoon? We landed two more or a tad over 21 lbs or the ive best, had one small one and missed several because, by this time (5 PM) the wind was unmanageable. I wisely had decided not to go up the lake - by 6PM the lake was the roughest I have seen this summer. The previous night, another client and I started in the south end with rogs - I had a big blowup, but missed it. Client started using a Senko in weed patches and soon hooks a 5 lb 3 oz bass - good start. As it got dark, I started throwing a white Terminator spinnerbait and catching some nice bass very shallow - he put one on and got one too. They ranged rom 3 1/4 to 4 lbs. We got a 2 1/2 lb jig ish right ater dark. The wind came up ater dark and hampered our ishing the rest o the trip. I was amazed - we only got two bites ater 10PM. But in a two hour period we had 6 bass or 20 lbs. The night beore, great clients but slow ishing. we got 6 or 7, mostly worming on rockpiles. The biggest was nearly 4 lbs on a buzzbait near Buckingham. Many have complained about the ishing at Clear Lake this past month, and rightully so. It seems to be very hot or cold - moreso than in years past. I think the Jitterbug lures that were used in last Saturday night's tournament win say it all - don't be araid to try something new and dierent, or old and dierent!!
      City: Yuba City

      Tips: I you hear the delta breezes (in Clear Lake dictionary, HURRICANE) are kicking in, go there prepared or the worst. Remember, the winds hit Clear Lake a day earlier than they hit the central valley. The jig bite will get better as all approaches. Client caught a crawdad on a plastic work the other night! The crawdad population has really increased this year.