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 […]
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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 […]
River2Sea Open by James “Big Ed” Everhart
James “Big Ed” Everhart October 17, 2018 River2Sea Open/Clearlake A tale of two lakes This past weekend October 13-14 2018 was the River2Sea Open on Clearlake, the weather and the time of year played some serious games with us one day we passed the test the next was a fail. One Lake that fished like […]
Fall Transition by James Everhart Sept 30th 2018
Catching Bass during the season of change The slow drop in temperature, the shortening of the days and the removal of the masses from the waterways, this is a signal of change. Hunters can’t wait for this time of year, it rings a bell inside of them, it signals great times and memory making days […]
Collins Lake 5/9/18 fishing report by James Everhart
Water Temp… 73 Air Temp… 78 Water visibility… 2-4 feet Wind… 1-2 mph Moon Phase… Waning Crescent After my last trip to Collins Lake I wanted to get back out there and see if the giants were active in the spawn, what I found was very interesting. My friends Colin Peirce and the person best […]
Fishing Report Scotts Flat by James Everhart
4/22/2018 Water Temp 58-60 Air Temp 65-71 Water Clarity 6-8 feet Winds 2-5 mph Skys Clear Scotts Flat Spring 2018 The first trip to Scotts Flat for the season and it sure was fun. Made it to the Scotts at about 9am and the first thing I found out was that the NorCal 90 Championship […]