Date: 1/23/21 Air temp- 36-56 degrees Water temp- 49-51 Water Clarity- 3-5 foot Weather- sunny with a slight breeze Hello everyone hope the new year is treating you all well. And if you’d like to see how this trip and many others have gone, please hop over onto YouTube and check out Big Ed […]
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RBBASS Winter Trip – Collins Lake by Mike Rogers
12/4-6/20 Early Sunrise till Zero Dark Thirty Collins Lake Weather: Freezing, warm, hot then cold again Water temp 53-56 Wind 0-2 North Water Clarity: 20 feet It’s RB Bass Christmas Tournament Weekend and you found Chris Perez and me caravanning up to Collins Lake, with boats in tow. Ron Howe did the usual job of […]
James “Big Ed” Everhart and the Rod Glove
Big Ed talks about one of the RBBASS partners, The Rod Glove… check it out!
Collins Lake Fishing Report by James “Big Ed” Everhart
Conditions Water Temp: 49-51 Water Clarity: Clear 12’+ Air Temp: 42-64 Wind: Slight breeze Clear skies Collins trip Took A trip to Collins Lake Sunday 2/23/20. Had the Champion out for the day, mind you it has no big motor and no electronics. Used the trolling motor all day. The goal for the day […]
Clearlake Fishing Report by Big Ed
Clearlake Conditions: Clear skies with a North wind Air Temp: 38-58 Water Temp:48-50 Clarity 3-5 feet Wind 10-15+ Clearlake Practice Headed to Clearlake on Friday January 31st launched from redbud. We started fishing the mouth of Cache creek, throwing swimbaits and A-rigs worked our way back into the first cove but had no success. Then […]
Lake Shasta Fishing Report by James Everhart
Cloudy/ Cloudy light rain early Air temp: 46/37 Wind: 2-5mph/5-12 Water Clarity: Clear/Clear Water Temp: 51-53/50-52 Pre-fish: Saturday/Sunday 4th & 5th of January My partner and I arrived at the lake and launched from Bridge Bay around 10am. Our first run was up the Pit River arm. The plan was to try the trees on […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Big Ed
Water temp 63-65 Air temp 61-81 Wind 1-3mph Clarity 15-20 feet Clear Skies This past weekend I fished the inaugural California Swimbait Challenge on New Melones lake with Ron Howe as my team partner. The first word that comes to mind is tough! Swimbaits in November are normally a staple but this year has been […]
Summer Transition by James Everhart
The spawn is over, the days are heating up and the big fish are becoming rarer than just a few weeks ago. Where have they gone? The answer is back to the places they were before the pre-spawn and spawn took over their brains. Bass are a creature of comfort and predation. The hardest part […]
Lake Oroville Fishing Report by James Everhart
Water Clarity: Clear Water Temp: 62-64 Wind: 2-10mph Air temp: 75-85 I fished the North Valley Tackle Open this past weekend. I had pre-fished for it the Friday before and the Friday before that and can tell you the fishing is off the hook at Oroville right now. Practice Day one I fished the 26th of October […]
Scotts Flat Fishing Report by James “Big Ed” Everhart
It’s just another beautiful Northern California fall day 56 degree morning and a 80 degree afternoon. Just a breath of air on the water, enough to make it cold on your wet hands. Soon the breeze dies and the water goes flat and Scotts Flat’s crystal clear water shows off its beauty with 20 feet […]