http://www.fishingtackleaustralia.net/fishing-questions/whiskeytown-fishing-clear-water-tips.html Empowering our Fishing Trade Patners Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:39:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.fishingtackleaustralia.net/fishing-questions/whiskeytown-fishing-clear-water-tips.html/comment-page-1#comment-1007 M Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:26:06 +0000 http://www.fishingtackleaustralia.net/fishing-questions/whiskeytown-fishing-clear-water-tips.html#comment-1007 Aqua Beast knows his fishing and his water. He gave you an awesome amount of information. I'd suggest you buy a copy of California Fishing by Tom Steinstra. He covers every river, stream, lake and reservoir in the state in detail by describing what fish are there, what is the best season, what part of the water to visit and fishing techniques. He even rates each water according to how good it is. I always take his book with me. If I am in the Lake Almanor area, for example, his book will give me info on what water is nearby in case I want to try something new or the lake's fishing is slow. Aqua Beast knows his fishing and his water. He gave you an awesome amount of information. I’d suggest you buy a copy of California Fishing by Tom Steinstra. He covers every river, stream, lake and reservoir in the state in detail by describing what fish are there, what is the best season, what part of the water to visit and fishing techniques. He even rates each water according to how good it is. I always take his book with me. If I am in the Lake Almanor area, for example, his book will give me info on what water is nearby in case I want to try something new or the lake’s fishing is slow.

]]> http://www.fishingtackleaustralia.net/fishing-questions/whiskeytown-fishing-clear-water-tips.html/comment-page-1#comment-1006 AQUA BEAST Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:21:02 +0000 http://www.fishingtackleaustralia.net/fishing-questions/whiskeytown-fishing-clear-water-tips.html#comment-1006 You are about two months early my friend. The water is too cold for the bass to be active unless you can find some shallow water thats a bit warmer. Other than that what works for me is to use small trout spinners with a slow retrieve that pauses and sinks an inch or two every ten feet or so. Don't let it sink for more than a second. Just retrieve--pause, retrieve--pause, etc. Until the water temp reaches 60 degrees or so they are not going to be very aggresive so you have to put the lure right in front of their noses. I always check the stomach contents when I catch my 1st fish to see what they are eating. Every bass I have caught in the last two months had very SMALL bugs and tiny (1/8 inch) fresh water shrimp in them.As soon as I used smaller lures I began to hook up.Problem is that lightweight lures don't cast very far with a baitcaster reel so use your spinning rod like your fishing for trout. Also a fly rod may do ok with wet flys and sinking line. Try to make your way to the back of the lake where the creeks feed into the lake. Either Whiskey or clear creek. Fresh food will be washing in to the lake and the fish hang out waiting for it. Make sure trout season is open because since you are using trout lures you may hook one. Stay away from bright colors. Try a #1 mepps gold spinner or panther martin. Also a black plastic worm may produce in deeper water if you can get it to sink down. Also put some smelly jelly on it. Remember, slow retrieve. Good luck You are about two months early my friend. The water is too cold for the bass to be active unless you can find some shallow water thats a bit warmer. Other than that what works for me is to use small trout spinners with a slow retrieve that pauses and sinks an inch or two every ten feet or so. Don’t let it sink for more than a second. Just retrieve–pause, retrieve–pause, etc. Until the water temp reaches 60 degrees or so they are not going to be very aggresive so you have to put the lure right in front of their noses. I always check the stomach contents when I catch my 1st fish to see what they are eating. Every bass I have caught in the last two months had very SMALL bugs and tiny (1/8 inch) fresh water shrimp in them.As soon as I used smaller lures I began to hook up.Problem is that lightweight lures don’t cast very far with a baitcaster reel so use your spinning rod like your fishing for trout. Also a fly rod may do ok with wet flys and sinking line. Try to make your way to the back of the lake where the creeks feed into the lake. Either Whiskey or clear creek. Fresh food will be washing in to the lake and the fish hang out waiting for it. Make sure trout season is open because since you are using trout lures you may hook one. Stay away from bright colors. Try a #1 mepps gold spinner or panther martin. Also a black plastic worm may produce in deeper water if you can get it to sink down. Also put some smelly jelly on it. Remember, slow retrieve. Good luck

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