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The bass folks are striking out soundly on artificials. This is the “throw the tackle box at ‘em” type of fishing that we struggle with each year when the water temp drops to the low 40s.
Minnow anglers reporting in late Thursday indicate that the minnow bite may be on a definite upswing. Several sets of anglers reported catching fish from 10 to 20 feet deep, in rocky areas, on just about every minnow they put in the water. That’s a GIANT improvement over just two or three days ago. The next few days should get pretty interesting …
Crappie anglers are searching for a bite with little or no luck. None of the key spots that normally hold crappie are producing – right now. We expect this condition to change dramatically – hopefully we’ll see the bite turn back on soon. This may be an all of the sudden kind of thing … Stay tuned – if we get good word of a crappie bite we’ll kick out a special report to let you know. Shoot us an e-mail (
Catfish anglers are quietly enjoying a decent bite. Cut bait and nightcrawlers are the top baits. Shore anglers have been having the best success – which tells us that the bite is in close to the shoreline. Look for stained water where a fresh food supply has washed into the lake.
Bob Rider owns Lakeshore Bait & Tackle in Clearlake. Visit his Web site at www.994fish.com or call him at 994-FISH (3474).
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While we were gone, the storms came in here at Clear Lake. High winds and copious amounts or rain made for a pretty miserable week here – or so I’m told.
This week, the winds have subsided, but the rain continues … And for that we’re actually quite grateful. Our marvelous lake has risen over a foot in the last 10 days with water continuing to stream in from the watershed. We’ve had only a few reports so the actual fishing report pretty thin.
Look for a decent bite to kick in as the weather improves into this coming weekend and beyond. (At least, that’s what the weather guessers are saying it’s going to do.) Minnows and nightcrawlers should get hammered as well as drop shot rigs and slow moving plastics. The lake will be muddied up a bit so you may have to adjust colors to suite the current conditions.
The crappie fishermen are hoping for a big return as the lake fills and once popular fishing holes spring back to life. We’ll keep you posted as things develop …
Catfishermen know – they just know – that heavy rain means a big upswing in activity for hungry whiskerfish. We’re looking for this bite to swing into gear also. Now, all we need is a few nice days to get anglers back into the swing of things and start getting some solid reports.
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Bob Rider owns Lakeshore Bait & Tackle in Clearlake. Visit his Web site at www.994fish.com or call him at 994-FISH (3474).
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