2023 Clear Lake Fishing Map and Fishing Report and Information, PLUS Lake County Hunting Lands
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Clear Lake Fishing Reports OCTOBER 2023
LAKEPORT — Bass fishing remains strong at Clear Lake with top-
water a good option early, followed by cranks and then drop-shots
for the best success.
Topwater action for bass has been good with people catch-
ing fish on frogs, Spooks, poppers, Whopper Ploppers ant
buzzbaits. Reaction baits such as small swimbaits, spinnerbaits, ant
crankbaits are also working.
Most people are using the standard drop-shot technique to put
most of the fish in the boat. The fish can be found or
both a shallow pattern early in the mornings when they are up
tight feeding on shad, and they have also moved into the deep:
water pattern holding on ledges and rock piles later in the day. The
fish are heavily feeding on shad and the key is to keep moving until
you can find a concentration of shad and fish.
So far the water conditions have been good and Clear Lake save
a lot of casual boaters.
The bite has slowed down a lot for most anglers. Temperatures in the morning are in the high 50's and the day time highs are usually in the high 80's. Brown/brown jigs, 2.0 Squarebills, and a shakeyhead accounted for the bass, and the crappie feel for micro-swimbaits, all fished in 10-20 feet of water.
Although it was windy and rainy, some diehard anglers were out on the water with most of them using Lucky Craft LV lipless crankbait or throwing swimbaits and A rigs. The lake's water temperature has been steady between 48 and 50 degrees, with water levels on the rise.
The angler's with the most success put in their time and worked three different sizes of swimbaits. Most were using live bait and fished shallow around the North end docks.
Our second Clear Lake Fishing map is for winter, yes, winter Bass fishing with live minnows, 20 fish days are not uncommon here, so long as you use minnows, even with water temps in the 40's!!! Local bait shops (see below) will have the minnows for ya.
SUMMER/FALL TIME MAP
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WINTER TIME MAP
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Our second Clear Lake Map is for you lazy summer and fall fishermen, like most of us!! Included is good fishing map for crappie, sunfish, bluegill and catfish
About Clear Lake
NOW- MORE ON THIS GREAT FISHERIE!!!
WE'LL try and tell you just about everything you'll need to fish Clear Lake because it sometimes takes a JUST few live minnows, clams, or the silver-side smelt. Because catfish are one of the most popular species at Clear Lake, more hooks are tipped with bait here than just about anything else.
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Many Clear Lake regulars net the silversides early in the mornings during the late summer and early fall months, and freeze them for use as - bait throughout the year. - One angler suggested freezing them in a milk carton or other container filled with lake water, so that they aren't as fragile when thawed
The next best -bait for cats, bass is probably minnows. Which most suppliers sell here at the lake.
Hooking them just behind the dorsal fin and floating them 4 to 5 feet below a bobber this time of year. For catfish most folks use about a 2 1/2-inch bobber.
For crappie, live minnows and Mini-Jigs are both effective, and you never know what color will work on the jigs until you get out and try them.
Local favorites are red-white, yellow and white. Lighter colors work best- because they come closest to imitating the bright surface of the silver side.
Whisker fish: clams are another excellent bait for extra holding power. With the spawn underway through June, you shouldn't put the bait too far below the bobber. Frozen anchovy also lure a lot of catfish, and the old-but-good night crawler deserves mention too.
Night crawlers are an old favor bass fishermen too, Right now's one of the best tit surface lures is Devil's Horse, an injured type lure with a spinner, sure to be the favorites.
When bass are deeper, lot of crank baits and plastic worms get good use.
You can also do well on spinner baits like Jitterbugs Poppers. They do real well in with the crawfish-colored Bombers
One more tip for the bass: the real heavy fish are caught on plastic worms.
OK, so how to you get there? Bait shops? Here you go....
Location: From San Francisco, drive Highway 101 north and exit north of Ukiah on Highway 20 east; from Oakland, take Highway 80 north to Napa and Highway 29 north from Napa; from Sacramento, take the Highway 20-West exit off l5 at Williams.
Species: Channel, blue and yellow (brown bullhead)catfish; largemouth bass; crappie; bluegill; sunfish.
Facilities: There are about 240 resorts, campgrounds and sporting good stores located around the perimeter of the lake. For information, call the Lake County Chamber of Commerce (707-263-6131) or Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce (707~994-3600) or the Camping Information Hotline at 707-274-2276.
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