Bassin' With Bob - Fish for Bass on Clear Lake with Bob Myskey
  • Home
  • About Bob
    • Testimonials
  • Photos
    • Jan, Feb, March 2023
    • April, May, June 2023
    • July, Aug, Sept., 2023
    • Oct, Nov, Dec 2023
    • Photo Archives
  • About Clearlake
  • Fishing Reports
  • Rates
  • Where to Stay, etc.
  • Contact Bob

10/8/12 Lake conditions and Fishing Report

10/10/2012

1 Comment

 
October is here and so are the major year end tournaments.  This last weekend saw the Triton owners tournament with 96 teams pounding the lake.  The winners had 49 pounds for their best ten fish for the two days and had big fish of a 10 lber and a 7lber.  They did not divulge their techniques or their fishing areas.  The most productive patterns for the more successful fisherman were throwing swimbaits with the "Trash Fish"' being the most popular.  The lipless crankbait fished on a yo yo, pump style retrieve was also mentioned a lot.  Other techniques mentioned at the weigh ins were deep cranking, topwater first thing in the morning, senko's around deeper docks, and flipping offshore weeds.   Topwater baits mentioned were buzzbaits, lunker punkers,  and rico's.    This coming weekend, 13th, 14th, the BBT, (Best Bass Tournament) will hold their year end out of the Clearlake Launch ramp.  They will draw around 150 plus boats.  The following Friday, Saturday, the ABA association will hold their year end out of the Konocti Casino ramp and they will host around 160 plus boats.   The next weekend of the 27th & 28th, WON will hold their year end and they should draw around 60 to 80 plus boats.  
       Fishing mid week is a definite right now if you want to avoid the major boat traffic.  The lake level is at 1.40 feet so be very careful getting in an out of the launch areas and swing real wide on any points and idle out a long ways off of the shoreline before getting up on plane.  The colder nights and cooler daytime temp's have started to eliminate the algae blooms.   The lake is loaded with 3 to 6 inch baby bass and working the smaller baits such as a drop shot will be very frustrating.  It's very apparent by the tournament results that catching the bigger fish requires using bigger baits, reaction baits that trigger that big fish bite. 

      For those of you who like to use live bait, the tackle stores should get their first shipment of ""jumbo minnows"" this week.  Using the bigger jumbo minnows will keep the smaller bass off of them and should produce some bigger fish.    When I fish my next live bait trip, I will be fishing the minnows deep on a split shot rig and also on a dropshot rig and will be targeting 20 to 25 feet of water.     That's it for now,  be courteous, give your fellow fisherman room, don't crowd or butt in front of people, be safe, and have fun.   God Bless,  Bob     
1 Comment

    Author

    Bob Myskey

    Archives

    March 2023
    January 2023
    October 2022
    August 2022
    May 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    August 2021
    June 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    November 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    June 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    June 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012

    Categories

    All
    Fishing Tips

    RSS Feed