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The Rider Report: Hot weather and a great catfish bite
Written by Bob Rider
Friday, 17 July 2009

Temperatures over 100 degrees all week have kept many anglers off the water. The hot still air has resulted in the algae returning to the south end, further complicating things for anglers trying to fish the shores of Clearlake and Clearlake Park.

Still, those fishing for catfish have been having a great time. Bass and crappie reports are down this week (less fishermen = less reports). The weather guessers have us in the low 100s through the weekend and cooling into next week. So … Your one “hot tip” for the weekend is: SUNSCREEN!

Bass anglers are finding their best results in water 18 to 25 feet deep. The deeper primary points like Wheeler, Frazier, Henderson and Monitor all come immediately to mind for starting locations.

Start with good deep water in areas that are clear to fish without confronting the algae problems that the smaller and shallower coves are experiencing. For tackle, use Senkos or Brush Hogs. Drop shotting a finesse worm or live bait will also do the trick.

Fishing the weedy north end of the lake is a good bet for night anglers or those folks fishing the very early morning light. Be prepared to contend with the heavy aquatic weed growth – the fish love it and use it as cover. Use a push pole or drift to navigate the shallow water quietly and not deal with entangling the prop on your trolling motor.

The crappie bite slowed abruptly when the high temperatures set in early this week. This may be a temporary slowdown strictly related to the temperature change or it could signal the drop off of the crappie season for the summer. Stay tuned … We’ll keep you posted in next week’s report for any changes.

The catfish action continues to be sensational all around the lake. Boaters and shore anglers alike are doing well. Mackerel and crawdads are my top sellers this week. Clams, chicken livers, anchovies and night crawlers are all on the menu too.

In our events and classes news this week, our hunter safety class runs through the weekend. Lakeport Police Department is sponsoring another hunter safety class at the end of July. And, we’re hoping to bring you another class here at the south end of the lake late in August. Also in August, the Clear Lake Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a boating safety class here in our store on Aug. 15.

For a complete schedule of classes, visit our Web site at www.994Fish.com , call 707-994-FISH (3474), or drop by the store.

Have a fun and safe weekend on Clear Lake. Drink plenty of H2O and don’t forget the sunscreen!

Bob Rider is owner of Lakeshore Bait & Tackle, 14913-D Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake.

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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Best Tackle For Largemouth Bass
According to Commonwealth’s Department of Fish and Game’s best tackle for Largemouth Bass Tactics is:

* A 5’6″ baitcast rod and reel w/10-12 pound test line – Lures: a 1/2 ounce white/chartreuse spinnerbait – topwater baits (Zara Spook, Jitterbug, Pop-R, buzzbaits) worked near structure late April to late September – Texas-rigged plastic worm – soft-bodied stick bait (Sluggo, Bass-Assasin) – crayfish or shad colored crankbaits cast along drop-offs Fishing Tip: Spinnerbaits in white or chartreuse are easy to fish since all you have to do is cast it out and reel it in. However, altering the retrieve (fast or slow, constant or jerky) and paying constant attention to the lure will always bring more fish to the boat or shore. When teamed up with a plastic or pork trailer, spinnerbaits are one of the more effective offerings available.

* A 6′ 6″ or 7′ medium-heavy baitcast rod & reel w/15-20 pound test line – Lures: 3/4 ounce black & blue flippin’jig with a blue pork frog trailer – Texas-rigged plastic worm or lizard in black or purple – weedles crawdad colored jig and plastic trailer Fishing Tip: Flip or cast the lure into the thickest cover you can find. Lightly raise and lower the rod tip, letting the lure bounce off the structure and settle to the bottom intermittently as you reel in. Cast to deeper structures when the temperatures are cold, shallower cover during the warmer months. Keep a finger in contact with the line to feel the strike. The strike can be subtle but you will quickly learn the difference between a bite and a bump from a tree limb or rock.

* A 6′ medium action spinning rod and reel w/8-10 pound test line – Lures: Rapala Husky Jerk – topwater baits listed in Tip number one – finess plastic worms (4-6″) – 1/8 to 1/2 ounce lead jigs with auger-tail plastic grubs Fishing Tip: Use a jerk-and-pause retrieve past rocks, lilly pads and trees. Fish have a tendency to hit this lure on the pause so be ready and pay attention to the line at all times. Many of the lures used with this type of spinning gear are not weedless so be careful just how close you get to the structure. Although this type of gear does not have the “power” of the baitcast rigs listed above, it still has enough gusto to set big hooks rigged weedless (Texas-rigged or Carolina-rigged plastic worms, etc).

* A 5’6″ spinning rod and reel w/4-8 pound test line – Lures: Rebel Wee Craw – 1/16 to 1/4 ounce bucktail jigs or plastic grubs – light stick-baits (Rapalas, Rebels) – small crankbaits – ultra-light topwater lures Fishing Tip: Cast to rock humps or near downed trees (be careful because the velcro-like hooks will readily snag anything in their path). Use a consistent, medium-speed retrieve to get the lure down as deep as it will go. The strikes can be surprisingly vicious as the rate of retrieve teamed up with the yank from the fish results in a very abrupt stop. Don’t expect to use this gear to horse lunkers from snag-laden structure. Instead, anticipate sporting fights from even modest 2-pound largemouths. Ripping a small fish out of the water with 20-pound test doesn’t exactly get the adrenalin pumping. Let that same fish start ripping line off the spool of a 6-lb or even 4-lb test rig, however, and you’ll remember the catch quite vividly.

Include any of these and yuo will have optimal Largemouth Bass Tactics .
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
How Can Largemouth Bass Tactics Make You Pro Fisherman

Water influence on Largemouth Bass Tactics

Because a bass’s entire metabolism is tuned to its circulatory system temperature. In cold water the metabolism slows down, the brain slows down, and the bass slows down. In cold water a bass’s instincts are less sharp it has less appetite and it mostly stays suspended in a hiding place, waiting for warmer water. That’s why Largemouth Bass Tactics have to be adjusted accordingly.

If you go out fishing early in the year you should look for the warmest water you can find usually on the sunny side off the lake.. During the summer it’s totally different story, coolest water is where fish is hiding. A sudden drop in water temperature cause bass to go into temporary shock and they quit eating. The opposite is not true, however. A sudden rise in water temperature may, or may not, effect the fishing, depending on other factors.

Rain as a fishing factor

Rain affects water surface conditions, making it almost opaque when viewed from below. This affect can be either positive or negative on fishing. Light rains seem to help fishing, while heavy rains turn-off the bite. Here is the likely scenario. The darkened skies that come with wet conditions tend to cause the bass to feed, light rain breaks up the surface making our lures more effective, and rain adds oxygen to the water. But as the rain gets heavier, it gets more difficult for the Largemouth Bass to see, so they suspend and stop feeding.
If there is freshwater flowing into the lake from a feeder creek or ditch, the place where this water enters the lake is an excellent place to fish. Nutrients are flowing in, shad are drawn to the nutrients and bass are drawn to the shad.
The bass know the shad will be there so they instinctively migrate to a source of fresh water flowing into a lake. It is wide spread understanding that Largemouth Bass Tactics have to be adapted to a light rain, and than again as the rain gets stronger. Heavy downpours, thunderstorms (and the resulting high winds) make for extremely poor fishing and miserable fishing conditions.

Change your Largemouth Bass Tactics when storm is close

During the approach of a cold front the winds diminish and the sky becomes overcast. Then, it starts to rain. The bass sense the change in wind and sky conditions, they know instinctively that this is the beginning to bad weather, and they begin to feed. That is why some of the best fishing occurs when a cold front is approaching. During this time the bass fill their gullets. Then, the wind picks up after the storm passes, the skies clear and the Largemouth Bass become lethargic. Then, after the food is digested, they begin to feed once again. This is a rule you have to remember. Bass do not feed on the day after a bad weather has passed because they are not hungry. Hunger returns after about 48 hours, and the fishing improves rapidly.

Wind is improving Largemouth Bass Fishing

Windy conditions makes for excellent fishing during late spring, summer and early fall. On the other side it usually makes poor fishing in the winter and early spring.
Wind improves fishing and here is why. First, the wind causes waves and waves oxygenate the water. The additional oxygen activate the fish and causes them to feed. But more importantly, the wind blows algae and plankton to the windy shore where it stacks up. Shad feed off of plankton and bass feed off of shad. Both the shad and the bass like to actively feed shallow along a wind-blown shore.
On the places where waves are breaking over a point or along a shoreline, you should look for deeper water nearby. Expect the bass to be holding in deep water but close to the shallow, breaking waves. When fishing a shoreline, hold the boat off shore, throw lures into the breaking waves and retrieve them to where it looks the bass are holding in deeper water.

A mayor mistake often committed by novice fishermen is to fish the lee side of the lake when the wind is blowing. Mayor rule in Largemouth Bass Tactics is: On the lee side of the lake the bass will be inactive, while on the windward shores the bass will be active. The wind makes boating and fishing tougher, but the final result makes up for it.
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THE SPORTSMAN’S CORNER: Lake County fishing tourneys grow in popularity
By Gary Roussan
Posted: 01/23/2009 11:57:56 AM PST

Lake County has become an increasingly popular site for a growing number of fishing tournaments, derbies, and contests from fun, themed derbies for the whole family to major tournaments where professionals from all over the world compete for points, prizes, and money.

The 2009 schedule of Lake County tournaments features bass tournaments each month and promises an action-packed year of fishing for amateurs and pros alike.

Lake County is home to Clear Lake, California’s largest natural freshwater lake with 68 square miles of surface area and 100 miles of shoreline. It is truly an angler’s paradise.

Clear Lake has earned a reputation for being home to “monster bass” the lake record for largemouth bass is 17.52 pounds and is often referred to as the “Bass Capital of the West.”

The average tournament-winning weight for largemouth bass can exceed five pounds, a weight unmatched by any other lake in the nation.

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Lake also boasts a large population of crappie, as well as huge catfish with a record 33.25 pounds, and 20-pounders not at all uncommon.

Beyond Clear Lake, several other lakes in the area provide opportunities for a wide range of fishing experiences, including the clear waters of spring-fed Upper Blue Lake where several lakeside campgrounds and resorts dot the shoreline; Lake Pillsbury; located in the expansive Mendocino National Forest; and for those seeking solitude, remote Indian Valley Reservoir.

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Fishermen cleaning up on bass at Clear LakeBy Terry Knight — Record-Bee outdoors columnist
Updated: 12/04/2008 10:53:50 PM PST

Bass action continues to hold steady at Clear Lake where most of the fishermen are boating from 10-20 bass per day.

Mike Rothstein of Kelseyville and Jim Craig of Upper Lake fished on Thursday and caught 15 bass within a period of five hours. Rothstein said they caught most of their fish early in the day by drop-shotting. Later they switched to a lipless crankbait. Both techniques produced good action, with the largest fish weighing more than 6 pounds. They caught all their fish north of Lakeport.

Other fishermen are finding success using swimbaits. For catching large bass in the winter it’s hard to beat swimbaits. The only problem is that casting a swimbait for more than an hour can result in a very tired and sore arm. Most of the experienced swimbait fishermen use a long, stiff-action casting rod and make what are called “lob” casts.

The lure is then retrieved in a slow, steady style. When a bass grabs the lure, you will feel a hard tug.

Those fishermen using jumbo minnows continue to load up on quality-sized bass. In fact, 30-fish days have not been uncommon. The trick is to keep moving until you find active fish and then work the area thoroughly.

The good news is that you don’t have to be on the water at daylight. The best action starts at about 10 a.m. and peaks at about 3 p.m., the reason being that the water is coldest at daylight and the fish normally won’t bite. By noon the water temperature warms up a few degrees and usually that is all that’s needed

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to start the bass feeding. In fact, the water temperature this past week has been hitting 55 degrees by late afternoon.
A number of fishermen want to know if the popular annual Holder Ford Bass Tournament will take place next year. The tournament is scheduled for March 14-15 and will be out of the Skylark Shores Motel in Lakeport. Entry forms will be out soon. This tournament was originally called the Record-Bee/Bruno’s Team Bass Tournament when it started back in 1987.

Crappie action is still a hit-or-miss affair although a few fishermen have been doing very well on large crappie. Most of the action is concentrated around the Kono Tayee docks and Shag Rock. According to Franz Bingel of Clearlake Bait and Tackle, crappie are also being caught near Jago Bay and the Boat Works. Live minnows are the top bait.

Ken Taddie of the Indian Beach Resort in Glenhaven reports that the catfish action has been excellent off the resort’s docks. The best action has been at night using cut bait. The catfish are ranging from 5-10 pounds. Bass action is also good for those using jumbo minnows. The public can fish off the docks for a small fee.

The public uproar over the DFG’s moratorium on trout stocking at Upper Blue Lake still hasn’t died down. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) placed all the lakes in Lake County on the no-trout-stocking list because two environmental groups sued the DFG claiming the trout would eat the endangered California red-legged frog. However, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake County doesn’t have any critical red-legged frog habitat and there are no red-legged frogs in the county.

Why Lake County was placed on the list is a mystery.

From all indications it will be a long time (if ever) before any of the lakes in the county will be stocked with trout.

However, Upper Blue Lake does offer excellent bass fishing and that may hold the future for the resorts on the lake if efforts to get the DFG to stock trout in the lake fail. Hopefully the DFG will reinstate

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