Lake County Fishing Hot Spots

Rodman Slough

Both above and below the bridge of the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff between Hwy 20 and 29 on the Northshore

Library Park

Foot of First and Third Streets in Lakeport

Clear Lake State Park

Off Soda Bay Road

Clearlake Oaks Keys Area

At Hwy 20 on the east shore

Horseshoe Bend

Soda Bay Road, between Soda bay and Buckingham Park outside of Kelseyville

Kelsey Creek

At the mouth where it empties into Clearlake off Soda Bay Road, near Clear Lake State Park

Lakeside County Park

Off Soda Bay Road outside of Kelseyville

Rattlesnake Island

Off Sulphur Bank Point (east of Clearlake Oaks)

Redbud Park

Lakeshore Drive in the City of Clearlake

Community Beaches

At Nice, Lucerne, Clearlake Oaks on Hwy 20, Kelseyville, Clearlake, and Lakeport off Hwy 29 and 53

Highland Springs Reservoir/Highland Creek

Reservoir covers 146 acres of land and is fed by Highland Creek, 8 miles south of Highway 29 on Highland Springs Road. Species include catfish, bass, crappie, ad bluegill.

Fishing

Known as the “Bass Capital of the West”, Clear Lake is the number one bass fishing destination in Northern California.  The lake’s 43,785 acres of water surface provides fishing season 365 days per year.  Each year more than 25 fishing tournaments take place on Clear Lake. Largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, bluegill, rainbow trout, and carp are among the catches from area lakes and reservoirs.

To fish in Clear Lake you must have a valid California fishing license (link to getting a California fishing license) and have to be 16 years of age or older.

Where the Fish Are

Bass
Rodman Slough, Rocky Point in winter
Long Tule in summer and spring
Clear Lake State Park in winter and spring
Corinthian Bay in winter
Konocti Bay to Luebow Point all year
Monitor Point all year, Kono Tayee in summer
Nice-Lucerne in summer and fall

Catfish
Rodman Slough
Clear Lake State Park
Horseshoe bend
Redbud Park
Rattlesnake Island
Clearlake Oaks Keys
Lucerne

Fishing Guides

ADAM MARTIN
WHOOP BASS GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 391-5685
Email:adam@whoopbass.net
Website: www.whoopbass.net

GEORGE HAWLEY
BIG GEORGE’S
FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 279-9269
Email:info@biggeorgesguide.com
Website: www.biggeorgesguide.com

DAVE MAJESTIC
KONOCTI GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 279-0472
website:www.mtkonoctiguide.com
Email: majestic@pacific.net

ROSS ENGLAND
CLEAR LAKE GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 349-1427
website:www.clearlakeguideservice.com
Email: rndengland@sbcglobal.net

DOUG CRANDALL
GET R DONE FISHING SERVICE
(707) 272-6640
website:www.GetRDoneFishing.com
Email: Doug@GetRDoneFishing.com

TERRY MANTHEY
THE KING CONNECTION
(707) 263-8856

JIM MUNK
BASS GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 987-3734
Email: jmunk@jnb.com

RICHARD POUNDS
YEAR ROUND GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 279-4739 phone / fax
Email: richard@bassfishinclearlake.com
Website: www.bassfishinclearlake.com

BOB THEIN
BOBTHEIN'S FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
(707) 994-4886
Website:www.bobtheinguide.com
Email: drake@jps.net

BOB MYSKEY
BASSIN' WITH BOB
(707)274-0373
Cell: (707)349-4460
Website:www.fishclearlake.com
Email: bob@fishclearlake.com

DALE ROBBERS
D-R FISHING GUIDE SERVICE
(707)489-2265
Website:www.drobbersfishing.com
Email: dale@drobbersfishing.com

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