Clear Lake, CA
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AZfishin1
Bronze Ambassador
8/19/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Bladed Jigs
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
75°
GTEAM OUTDOORS
Bronze Ambassador
8/17/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Hard Swimbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
74°
Caught some giants up here in the past 3 days throwing the glide bait over submerged veg patches. Good luck and tight lines!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Flooded Brush
Forage
Shad
Popper working for top water, 76 degree water around flooded brush
GTEAM OUTDOORS
Bronze Ambassador
8/15/24
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Docks
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
73°
Dirt shallow under docks was the ticket, a couple 4’s and a 6 Good luck and tight lines!
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Matted Grass
Forage
Bluegill
Water Temperature
83°
Fished the BBT Saturday & Sunday could only manage 1 good bite a day. Ended up with18# day 1 and 15 1/2# day 2. Started the morning fishing rock piles with shakey heads and neko rig with the new Mustad Alpha hook I’ve been testing (works great!) Switched to the frog at 10am both mornings which produced the bigger bites.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Lipless Crankbaits
Structure
Submerged Vegetation
Forage
Minnows
Water Temperature
75°
3 days on Clear Lake. The bite is not wide open but is good early and late. Fished primarily north and some mid. All fish came on lipless. ALX Promise 73 and ALX Rumble. Rumble if you are in heavy cover. Promise 73 for open water. Mid lake we caught fish to 4lbs on rock. Also caught a 20+ catfish and another small catfish along with many broken off catfish. Vary your retrieve to find what they want. Focus on 1-6’ of water. All I will say is look for pinch points aka areas bass will move through or push bait into as well as points. If you don’t see bait don’t bother and move to the next spot. The bait is moving around from wind, conditions and the bass pushing it around. It’s generally everywhere but not in some places. The bass or heavier than normal right now and very aggressive. Had over 21 day 1, over 23 day 2 and 19.13 day 3 after 2 hours and decided to call it early rather than grind out another 4lber to break 20. I’d say you should expect to get 15-20lbs right now with a little work.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Shakey Heads
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
80°
Stayed south fished rock, 15 or so fish
Big Sloot
Bronze Ambassador
10/1/23
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Fall
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Pilings
Got up for the weekend to The Cabin on Clearlake to enjoy a little time away, visits with family and friends, and of course a little time to throw at the water. A few others from our small community were getting their lines wet also. I did a lil fishing off of our pier and only fished the two adjacent piers but managed to pick up a nice one at 4.69#. Made me happy, probably my heaviest fish along this stretch for me this year, as its been a bit tough along here and there truly isn't much for structure besides the dock pilings. Not a very big fish but really well fed. Though my neighbor "Texas Rigged Mark" was getting a few on the neon green tailed worm as always, it was the Jerkbait once again that got it done for me. Its been my go to along here this year. The bell rang once on the nightcrawler setup for Catfish but we missed that one. Oh well. All in all it was a lot of fun for a few short hours on the beach with friends hanging out, tipping beers and tossing line off the community pier. Oh, how I love this lake.
Species
Largemouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Wacky Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Fish on points, rock, and weed edges.
