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Subject: Clear Lake Report
Catfish
Well folks, I wish I had something to report on catfishing but with the big 2003 CITGO Bassmaster Tour having their big tournament here on April 10th, through the 13th and prefishing days on the 7th, 8th and 9th, everyone's been thinking about nothing but bass fishing.
There were a few nice catfish taken in Rodman Slough with shad and nightcrawlers last weekend but that's about all I heard.
Bass
According to Percy Oved of Limit Out Bait & Tackle in Clearlake Oaks (707) 998-1006 the top fish getters have been swimbaits, jerkbaits, Senkos and pig-n-jigs in that order. Fishing tules in 3 to 6 feet of water has been the most productive. On the warmer days the fish are real shallow and starting to nest but they're moving out of the beds to 6 or more feet on the cooler days. Most of the bass are weighing from 2 to 5 lbs.
Bass guide Ross England of Tackle It Sport Shop in Lakeport (707)-262-1233 says split shotting and drop shotting oxblood/blue plastic worms are accounting for good numbers of smaller fish in the 1½ to 2½ lb class while smaller ripbaits such as the Pointer 100's are producing less numbers but better quality fish running from 3 to 4 lbs. Tules and shallow docks in 2 to 5 feet of water are the most productive areas to fish according to Ross.
Bass guide Big George Hawley (707) 279-9269 had three trips this week and hre's his account of the action:
On the 7th I took a 7 hour trip with Larry and Jeff from the Bay Area. Jeff's big fish of the day was a nice 6 pounder and we had a total of 12 fish.
On the 6th I took Gary and his 14 year old son Gerald (from the Bay Area) out for about 4 hours. We fished Lakeport and Nice with minnows. the fish seemed to be holding in about 5 to 6 feet of water on the docks. Gary had two 5's while Gerald had one that went over 6! We had a total of 20 fish.
The 7th found me going out with John and Steve from Idaho. We fished docks in Lakeport with minnows for about 4+ hours and had a total of 15 fish. John had one that went 9.13 and there was one that went 5 pounds! As you may imagine, they will go home to Idaho very happy and singing the praises of our wonderful lake!
For those of you who might be interested in viewing the Bassmasters at Clear Lake on ESPN2 here's the schedule:
ALL TIMES ARE EAST COAST TIME
04/19/03 SAT 10:30A 2003 CITGO BASSMASTER TOURNAMENT TRAIL PART 1, CLEAR LAKE
04/26/03 SAT 10:30A 2003 CITGO BASSMASTER TOURNAMENT TRAIL PART 2, CLEAR LAKE
04/24/03 THU 04:00P 2003 CITGO BASSMASTER TOURNAMENT TRAIL PART 1 (Repeat), CLEAR LAKE
05/01/03 THU 09:00A 2003 CITGO BASSMASTER TOURNAMENT TRAIL PART 2 (Repeat), CLEAR LAKE
Good Fishin.....Catfish Ed
The lake level is at 7.57 feet on the Rumsey Gauge, 7.56 is considered full pool. Last year at this time it was at 6.90 feet.
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