Clearlake, 8/11, bass

Went up to Clearlake to try and get in on the frogbite, before it was over.  There have been some recent dieoffs up around the north end of the lake, so I decided to give the south a try and launched in Clearlake Oaks.  The frogbite did not maerialize for me, i think because there is much less shallow weed growth and mats, could also be not enough time spent on it, due to a lack of confidence.......

Gave that up early and started heading north along the east shore.  Picked up two fish on a Shad colored DD22 crankbait on spots where i could find rock.  Got another on the steel seawall that is adjacent to the deepest water in that part of the lake.  Fished up to the next outside bend where there are three small rock walls sticking out into the water.  This area also is directly adjacent to relatively deep water, at 30+ feet.  The first five casts were picked up immediately, dropshotting a 6 inch Arron's magic Roboworm.  I spent the next 1 1/2 hours fishing this 30 foot stretch of bank and started heading back to the car around 11:30.  The fish were doing the normal Clearlake summer thing by schooling up, all in all, 10 fish off that one small spot.  I picked up another fish on the way back on a white spinnerbait fished around some sparce toolies.  I ended up with 14 fish for the day, mostly in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound range, but did get one nice one just over 4 pounds (that's the one in the net, couldn't get a good photo holding it out like the two pounders, nobody else around).  Not quite the 30 to 60 fish per day numbers that have been reported lately, but I will take 14 fat and healthy keepers for 6 hours of bass fishing anyday!

Water was very stained, brown/green color, and warm, around 79 degrees most places I fished.

Hey, thanks for the report.
 I was out yesterday out of Redbud and caught 8 fish, one nice one at 4 lbs, the rest 2 lbs at best. Dropshotted, saw guys throwing crankbaits. Saw large schools of shad, but no fish busting on them. No topwater fish.

Hey Mako,

Where do you launch in Redbud?  I have lauched from Clearlake Oaks, Lucerne and Lakeport all the times I have kayaked there. 

Norm
thanks for the report. sounds like you had a great day and they hit everything that you threw at them except the frog.  I plan on fishing clear lake monday and trying to commit to some serious frog time before its done, if not already to late.   I think mako got more than a few on frogs this year though.