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Saturday, September 4th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 72 Night

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Great Labor Day weekend at Lake Place Resort and I took the S.O. therefore I had to put a leash on my Ranger; at least some of the time. Fished day on Saturday from 8:30 till 2:00 pm for 17 fish the largest 5.11. The best 5 that morning was 12.7 lbs and everything came on a 1/2 oz. football jig in orange and blue. Fished the ledge, highway 20 side at Glenhaven on the breaks at 12-17 feet. Saturday night was the best night fish for me this year. The bite did not start until after the moon came up, around 11:30 and lasted till I quit at 5:30. Biggest fish landed 10.03lbs but I lost one at the boat that dwarfed that one. The fish actually opened up a 5 ought Gami off shank round bend hook. First time that has ever happened to me. The ole girl first tried the prop and then the trolling motor at which point I stopped the drag with my thumb while moving to the back of the boat. Oh well, talk about exciting. Best five that night went 27.9 lbs on the cull enm rite. No fishing on Sunday and started the night fish at 7:00 pm and quit at 1:30 am . Too tired to wait em out. Only 10 fish Sunday night and totally different than Saturday. The largest fish was a suicidal 4 lber that jumped a foot out of the water to smash a spook before dark. It was SLOWWW after dark on Sunday night, lots of tail bitters and dinks. Slept in a left Monday around 11:00
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: The day bite is as good as the night still. Talked to a tourn. friend, Harry and his wife picked up a 11.2 on Sunday Morning, fishing a Brush hog. I still will take the grave yard shift this time of year, cool and peacefull. The open hooked 1/2 oz football hulla grub type arrangement is working well for me. I used an orange skirt and a small Yamamoto blue craw as a trailer. For my night bite 8 inch yamamoto grub in black blue flake or black red flake, florida rig and in the future a bigger hook. The muscadine brush hog is cheaper and worked just as well if ya use plenty of smelly jelly. Cranks picked up some good fish too.
    Given my steller performance on the Delta Last tourn. 3.5 lbs, I needed this trip. By the way The carp rolled like mad on Saturday night and not one rolled around me on Sunday. Maybe Lunker Larry is onto something with his carp theory. Also, the 10 lber spit up a bluegill the size of my hand into my live well where she recovered for her photo oppurtunity. Maybe the next full moon will find me dragging a swim bait.

Friday, September 3rd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 76+

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished this lake for the 2nd time in two weeks. Bite was consistant as the week before, about 20-30 fish between my partner and I. But the wind was a bit much to bear. When allowed to fish, bite as pretty good. Caught them on rocks w/ texas rigged worms in green weenie and oxblood colors.
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Stay out of the wind and fish slowly in rocky areas and under docks. Texas Rigged plastics worked well.

Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Larry stafford-i read your post and i know how to tell if its a carp or a bass trust me!It was not a carp it was a huge LM bass.Ihave some nice pics but cant figure out how to post em here.And yes i caught the monster on catfish stinkbait i thought it was wierd too.Ive caught crappie on trout power bait too.I gave one of my pictures to one the bait shops near m and m campsite.
    City: red bluff

    Tips: Its TRue no joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Water Temp: 75-80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: just got back today. Here it is. Find a rock pile, toss out a float so you don't drift off and start tossin' a 1/2 oz white spinnerbait. Important to slow roll and bump the rocks. Fish on top in the am, around the edges after sun up. 50+ fish in two days, biggest 5lbs, but lots of solid fish 2-3lb. Black/blue zippers texas rigged produced well, better fish on the blade. Clear Lake is on, but not the toads we might expect. PS, try out the new Konocti Vista Resort. You get your own berth, with power, with your room. The place is awesome. Right next to the County Park.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: Them rock piles are the ticket.

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    Water Temp: Not Tested

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: To all those guys whom took my posting seriously and e-mailed me and post their suggestion there's only one thing I can say you guys "ROCKS" Thank you very very very much I will be forever in debt with all you kindness I'll let you know how I did on my trip
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Coming soon

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

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    Water Temp: don't know

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Well I guess there is no boat rentals here then boy I was looking forward to go this long weekend and rent a boat for a whole day but none have responded my posting I guess all this nice report is just gonna be part of my fantasy catching some of those anyway thank's guys keep posting at least I'll be updated on action
    City: san francisco

    Tips: Sorry can't help I haven't been there actually

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 72+

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished from 6am to noon with a good freind. Started with top water around Rattlesnake Island and had no bites on buzzbaits or spooks. Moved offshore to rock piles and immediately started catching fish on Yamamoto Kreature baits. Caught them on every color in the boat...3 different watermelon based colors, 2 different green pumpkin colors and 2 different black colors. Left the rock piles to work breaks around Anderson Island and Pirates Cove. My partner used a small Brushhog and Zoom 4" Lizard on a C-rig. We both caught a lot of fish with the fastest bite coming on the small lizard and the better fish all came on the new Yamamoto bait. We never caught a kicker fish and our best 5 totaled 16 pounds 2 ounces on a Normark scale...just a bunch of solid 3+ clones. Also, there was a full moon right up until dawn so we really expected a slow bite and were happy with our results.
    City: Fair Oaks

    Tips: Worked the Kreature bait on a 1/2 oz Yamamoto weedless jighead (Yamamoto 66 series). Had to keep the jighead moving fast to prevent it from getting stuck in the rocks. It felt much like working a crankbait as it kept banging rocks.

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 75

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Fishing was still good, fished the 28th and 29th caught 20 fish one going 6pd.s, use drop- shoting, spinnerbaits in white and chartrues,senkos (wacky worming) and crank baits. fished rocks and flats during the morning and evening, and docks during the middle of the day,
    City: royal oaks

    Tips: Use 4in and 6in robo worms in oxford red flake, for drop shoting, during the middle of the day use senkos and drop shoting under the shad of the docks, caught a 6 and a bunch of two's and 3's.

Friday, August 27th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80's

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Went up Friday evening to fish the full moon and get some TOW. Took a friend who has never fished Clear Lake, Yep that's right, Never...
    He is new to the bass scene and mainly fishes for coldwater species.
    He is new to wormin so I showed him how to drop shot a Iovono 4" spadetail in Oxblood red(out of Roboworms) and just to show em a little something different we dartheaded a 4" Berkeley rib worm as the bottom rig to see what they wanted(Bait is like 6 years old) and fish a Texas rigged 10" worm in RED SHAD and T-rigged Yamamoto craws on the deeper rockpiles. I cranked a Fat free Shad while he dragged the drop shot and we killed em. Be patient and it will pay big dividends, I knew the fish where there and when they turned on WOW... We fished the same rockpiles over and over just rotated them and the fish would up to feed and kept us busy to 1am. We caught at least 40 plus fish from 7pm to 1am and I caught 3 fish on 3 casts all in the 2 to 3 lb range on a CB in a pearl w/Blue back I was fishing hard and fast with reaction baits and I had him fish slow and deliberate. With his combo he out fished me, of the 40 plus fish we caught he had caught at least 20 to my 10 before I started to worm. (Rotator cuff was hurting, So I used that as an excuse to worm)
    Then at about 11pm the patience paid off when I caught a 4 1/2 and then another around 4. Then the big girl hit and she tipped the scales at 9.1. If you was on the lake you probaly heard me yell. Caught her on a T-rigged 10" powerworm in RED SHAD (Thanks Lunker Larry) So my friend has his best time ever with his big fish of 4lbs and our biggest 5 went about 26lbs.
    Tight Lines, Kap.
    City: Santa Clara

    Tips: Spend TOW -Go now and have the best time of your life. It is the best time to teach someone who is new to Bass Fishing. Drop shot deep water docks and Rockpiles. We caught our best fish methodically working over the rockpiles with plastics. It is easier to fish plastics at night than Hardbaits unless you like hooks.

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Wazzup fellow anglers I've been seeing a lot of nice report regarding this lake I haven't actually been there.. yet, But I'm planning to.. is there a boat rentals around this lake? if so..., can you please kindly email it to me?!!.. any additional info about this lake will be highly appreciated.. Thanks a lot thight lines!!!
    City: San Francisco

Thursday, August 26th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: The fishing was pretty much the same yesterday, but the weather wasn't! Had jackets on 'till late morning and, oh my, WIND! I guided a local uncle and his 15 year old nephew visiting from the mid-west. Like other recent clients, the lad had to come to Clear Lake to catch the biggest bass of his life - 5 lbs 1 oz, on the, what else, red shad Dead Ringer worm. Another nice fish in Horseshoe Bay! We started by hiding behind Anderson Island and fishing several of the rock structures, casting Carolina-rigging big worms. I finally got a semi-big bite on a black 10" Power Worm and she turned out to be 6 lbs 9 oz. 'Bout time! She was on a ledge in about 8 feet of water. The quality and the numbers worked well all day with this setup. Another good color was muscadine, along with black grape. I don't think this has ever happened to me before but this is the third trip in a row with the exact same top five weight - 20 lbs 3 oz. We caught a few over 40 bass and didn't catch any under 12 inches. Funny how that changes from day to day. Last Friday we caught several 11 and 12 inchers. I enjoyed hearing the uncle ask his nephew if it was worth getting up at 4 am to which the reply was "YOU BET"!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: The young man's five pounder was as fat as the smaller footballs we have been catching. My 6-9 wasn't. I thought she might go 7 1/2 or so but just didn't have the weight. I have noticed that about some of the other quality bass we have caught. They don't seem to be as beafy as the smaller ones. Just my observation and I could be way off. Maybe we're not fishing in "Fat City". We have been working the worms off the bottom at a fairly fast clip. Deadsticking has also been working. The Yamamoto Kreatures worked again very well. I tested the crank bite and it was dead. The jig bite wasn't as good as normal either. They love that floating worm. You will catch average fish with a big worm, but I think you have a chance for a big one using some bulk in the dingy water.

Wednesday, August 25th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 72-76

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Ran up for the afternoon, launched at redbud, wind blowing good. Found great fishing in protected coves. Good crank bite in water 5-15 feet near docks. Great flip bite near tules and docks using sencos. Overall good fishing 40 fish all keepers up to 6lbs.
    City: Napa

    Tips: After sunset, flip tight to cover. Find protected coves when the wind blows you off the lake.

Tuesday, August 24th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: took acouple girl friends out, they had no idea what they were doin, had to spend hella time trying to teach them how to cast. So we actually started fishing the south end along some docks at about 11am, we were throwing cranks out, we only got 4, the fish really arent hitting it hard at all, they just swim with it. I regretfully forgot to bring my soft plastics with me, cuz i saw hella fish out there caught on worms, brush hogs, and senkos.

    Tips: brush hogs, and senkos, thats all i can say, and get there early. good luck

Sunday, August 22nd, 2004

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    Water Temp: 74-75

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Yes, the bite is still ON at Clear Lake! We arrived at Redbud before sun up and waited for some light before blasting off. It was really windy and the water was very rough. We started not far from the ramp looking for some top water action, but no luck. My buddy was tossing a crankbait and landed 2 keepers right away. We headed toward Jago and caught several more on cranks, still no top water action. We later fished some deep water docks and caught several on drop shots, cranks, senko and carolina rig. Headed in around 1:30pm. Overall we caught over 30 fish up to 4 lbs with the best 5 close to 15 lbs. Nearly all the fish were keepers. We also saw some other anglers catching fish on jigs and senkos. Everyone we saw on the water was catching fish and a variety of baits.
    City: Rohnert Park

    Tips: Fish the deep water docks where you have at least 15' depth nearby. Rocky areas out produced the tully areas. Crankbaits down to 10'. If you see fry or baitfish near the docks, fish that area thoroughly and you will be rewards. The bass are very fat and healthy.

Saturday, August 21st, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Another boring report from Clear Lake! I took three people again yesterday (if I guide one again, it will be lonely!) and fishing was about the same as Tues except the bass ran a little larger. Strange since the water was flat the whole trip. Wind usually produces bigger bass. The numbers were down a bit, catching only 37 - I can't believe I said that!! We also caught 6 or 7 under 12". I always try to zero in on larger bass for my clients and for the second trip in a row we had a limit of over twenty pounds (20-3). I like the consistancy but can't seem to get a trophy bite lately. One of the fellows from Texas (near Lake Fork) had to come to Clear Lake to catch his biggest bass ever at 5-9. He used the red shad Dead Ringer most of the time for an 18 lb plus limit himself - he was a happy young man. One of the fellows was drop-shotting an 8" Dead Ringer and caught mostly 3 to 4 lb fish. We Carolina- rigged large worms, trying to attract larger bass. When it slowed down around noon, we got out the Yamamoto Kreature baits and had an instant hot bite. Wow! Again, we Carolina-rigged these. Want a hot color - try any color!! We used #208, 221, 222, 301, and 330 - they all worked. The crank bite really slowed down for my boat except early in the morning. Jigs are still working very well too. We fished north and south of the narrows again, and this time in Horseshoe Bay. Lots of bass there!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: A suggestion for fishing Yamamoto Kreature baits. If you have a 1 to 3 pound bass on, I would worry about getting you Kreature back in the boat more than the bass. They don't last too long - maybe 2 to 4 fish. If you have an 8 pound bass on - forget the Kreature!!!!

Wednesday, August 18th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I took a boyfriend-girlfriend and his dad to Clear Lake yesterday for some good fishing (I hoped)! We were greeted with some early morning wind which surprised me and made guiding three a little more difficult. We actually started off a little slow in numbers and caught some smaller bass than I had seen for awhile. That was the only thing new - other that that the same baits worked - cranks, jigs, and split-shotting 8" Dead Ringer worms. I thought that might produce a bigger bass than drop-shotting. It did! We found red shad to be the best color. We fished several areas north and south of the narrows and did well for bass up to 3 1/4 lbs. I had given up on catching anything real decent until dad set on a fish at 1 pm with his red shad worm and it didn't come to the boat very quick. That was because she weighed 5 lb 11 oz - maybe his biggest bass ever. Thing were looking up and at 1:20 I set on my Weapon jig - Mad Man craw combo for a 4-2, right where I caught the 4 1/2 last week. Since the girlfriend caught the biggest at a previous Amador trip, the boyfriend had revenge on his mind. I was starting to put things away at the end of the trip while he still threw a crankbait (Norman deep little N). He hooked one that just headed out to sea. That is so exciting because one just doesn't know how big a crank fish is for awhile. She turned out to be 4 1/4 - not a monster but sure give us a good limit in the last hour - 20 1/4 lbs. Who needs to get up early, har?! We ended up with 50 to 55 bass - lost count!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: I broke my own rule yesterday when guiding three people and let the two younger ones crank at the same time. They are very good casters and are very careful. While the crank bite is still good, I think it has slowed down as far as the size of the bass is concerned. Because of the water color, most of the bass are quite shallow. This also may be because there is more oxygen in shallow water. Had a new event in my boat - the young man had snagged up one of the crankbaits, so I gave him a brand new Norman crank. In the first few casts he hooks a big bass that breaks the lip where it meets the body. The bass didn't get hooked good so the lure floated up. There was the floating lure about 10 feet behind the floating lip attached to the line. That was a strange sight! Would love to have sighted the fish - we sure heard it!!

Tuesday, August 17th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 76

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Well Mr. Hemphill filled you in on the weather side of things. Sunny, warm and a little windy. We used T-Rigged (1/2oz) plastics for my all time best of 29 lbs for 5 fish with a kicker of 11.02 lbs!!! Focus in the 10-12 foot range on tule points. It was my first time on the lake so I don't know exactly where we were, but were around the rattlesnake island area. 6 inch senko rootbeer

    Tips: 6-12 feet is where the active fish were.

Monday, August 16th, 2004

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: I have had some great guide trips in the last 2 weeks up hear, but who hasn`t. Some top water very early in the am then switching to cranks. Most of the better fish have been the suspended working bait out away from the bank. Worms and jigs are just on fire working them along breaks and deep docks.
    City: Sacramento

    Tips: Just go do it. Enjoy the great fishing even if they are not the 5 pluslb. fish you want. Those are still there to. They all have an 8 lb. attitude.

Sunday, August 15th, 2004

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    Water Temp: 78

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Took the family for some R&R. Stayed at Konocti(not too boater friendly)Fishing\CATCHING was incredible, we caught 20 fish Sat. before cranking the big motor!! Caught fish on Brush hogs watermelon\red and june bug. (took 80+ watermelon and ran out by tues.)crankbaits, drop shot,frogs,Zoom worms, spinnerbaits & Senkos. My son caught the big fish 6.4 my other son got a 5.5 I got a 5.8 we caught alot in the 4.5 range. The place is just LOADED with fish.
    City: Elk Grove

    Tips: If you have time GO. The fish are biting just about anything you throw. Caught most fish off the bank in deeper water once the sun came up.

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    Water Temp: 82+

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: All I can say is WOW!! I've been living up here on Clear Lake 1/2 time for the past year and have enjoyed some tremendous fishing in that time.But this last week has been "the BOMB"!! Had a 50+ fish morning on 8/7,caught 28 from the beach at Kono Tayee while drinking coffee w/ my neighbor on 8/8(all crankbait fish from 1 to 4 lbs). Came back 8/12 and found concentrations of bigger fish and was able to coax them w/ lipless cranks and big worms to 5.2 lbs. My girlfriend arrived 8/13( Ijust now realized it was on Friday the 13th!!) and I took her to some rock piles and ledges that produced 20+ -all over 2lbs up to 4.8#s(all on big worms) from 7:15 PM till 9:00 PM!! We could do no wrong. 8/14 we got up lazily and missed the topwater window but got right into fish drop shottin' and Texas riggin' 8-10" Power Worms.Our best fish(out of 30) for the morning was a 5.8#er. Went in for lunch,watched the Giants win in Philly then headed backout for a couple of very exciting hours from 5-7. We found a spot holding BIG fish-we boated 3-5 lb fish one after another(7 fish) and then the HAWG hit. I'm embarrassed to say I did not get to weigh or photograph this rascal because I tried to lip him at the boat(instead of waiting 30 seconds for my gal to get the net) and popped off.He was an easy 10 #s(I've got one on the wall and have caught 3 other fish over ten) and impatience got the better of me. Sadly we have to pack it up today but have to be thankful for some of the best fishing of the year!! This lake is so healthy and vibrant right now -schools of shad,hitch and silversides are thick as can be. Most fish we caught had Big bellies on them.
    City: Lucerne

    Tips: Rockpiles and rocky points from 4- 20 ft.Drop shot,senkos,big dark worms and crank baits are the order of the day.Larry's right-it has slowed down recently but the QUALITY has improved!!
    Tigh lines to you all!!
    Doc