With topwater season upon us I figured I would take a minute and share some of the topwaters I like to fish with and the setups I throw them on. Everyone loves topwater season. Nothing better than watching those bass come up and crash your lure as it moves along the surface of the water. […]
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Clear Lake Fishing Report by Mike Rogers
June 30, 2021 Location: Clearlake, Ca. Air Temp: 103 Water Temp: very warm Clarity: what clarity, Algae bloom Wind: calm in am, 10-15 afternoon Stink factor: off the chart The last day of June finds me at Clearlake, with RB Bass Outdoor partner Bob Tyler and doing our favorite thing…..frogging! The day started […]
Lake New Hogan Fishing Report by Richard Witham
Air temp 60-85 Water temp 72-74 Wind 5mph north Skies overcast Got on the water about 6am and headed to some off shore rocky structure. I was throwing whopper plopper 90 in blue gill color. My partner was tossing a spook in bone color. Plopper drew a strike within the first couple casts. Missed the […]
Lake Oroville Fishing Report by Mike Rogers
Date: 10/18/20 Time: 10:30 am Location: Lake Oroville Air temperature: high 80 degrees Water temperature: 70degrees Seasonal fish pattern: Fall Wind direction speed: hardly any from the North Water clarity: 0 to 15+ So it’s been a year and half since I’ve been to Lake Oroville and it’s only 65 miles away. My partner […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
The delta is fishing well for numbers and quality fish right now and catching them on basically anything you want to throw. Topwater like Rico poppers and river2sea rovers in Shad patterns have been working all day long with some crazy explosions and landing some fish up to 6 pounds. The punch bite still has […]
Lake McClure Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Hit Lake McClure this past Wednesday. I haven’t fished the lake being this low in years. Lots of smoke in the air which has made things cooler as well. I started off throwing topwater in pockets off of main points and put a few solid 2+lb fish in the boat on poppers and spook jr. […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
August was a fun one on the delta. Smoke is finally starting to clear on the river. When the smoke rolled through the punch bite died for me. Fish left the mats and scattered. To catch better fish we had to throw a variety of top waters. You have to commit to it. Yes you […]
Clear Lake Fishing Report by Rob Clarke
Date: 8/6/20 Air Temp: 62-92 Water Temp: 72-82 Wind: 5-15 from the N-NW My friend Eric Taylor and I decided to head up to clear lake this week to get in on the summer time fun on the bass factory. We launched out of Lucerne around 7 am and headed north planning on trying […]
Post Spawn and Early Summer Bass Tactics
Ron Howe: Fishing in Northern California reservoirs for much of my life I have found three tactics that will always put fish in the boat during post spawn thru early summer. There are many other productive baits and tactics that work great that will catch fish, but these 3 tactics have put bigger […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Date: 3/25/20 Water temperature: 56-58 Water clarity: 3-12 feet Air temperature: 48-59 Wind direction/speed: North 5-15 mph Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition/pre spawn/spawn Moon phase: New Moon Tidal influence: high outgoing On March 25th 2020 my buddy Justin Mesinheiner and I decided to try our luck fishing the California Delta. We launched at first light […]
