Recreation

We’re finally getting some rain – with any luck it’ll stick around a couple of days and we can get some water going into the lake. Bring on the rain!

With the rain, however, we’ve had a pretty significant cool-down. Daytime air temps are in the 60s and the surface temp on the lake (as of yesterday Wednesday) was 68 degrees. Fishing is in that transition period between summer and fall.

For the bass folks, transition means it is anyone’s game out there. Try your summer stuff – drop shot, top water and Senkos. Or, try your fall stuff – jerk baits, crank baits, lipless cranks and spinner baits.

Current reports into the shop here have bass busting minnows all over the surface of the water. The key to that seems to be finding shallow shoreline near deep water. The best bite on the lake – you live bait anglers will love this – is minnows. Several reports have the minnow bite producing very well even with the changes taking place with the weather.

Crappie and bluegill anglers are still trying if only for a few bites here and there. Occasionally there’s a school of bluegills hanging around one of the local docks and folks can whack ‘em with worms (wax, meal, and red). But that hasn’t been the “norm” for most folks fishing for panfish.

The catfish have been lazy this year … For the most part. We’re hoping for a good fall bite to develop. A few recent reports have cats from 8 to 20 pounds coming on mackerel or shad while anchored or drifting in the Bass Alley or Indian Island areas. There hasn’t been much other feedback other than that.

Fishing Guide Dale Robbers reports from the Klamath River that lots of fish are moving through the lower system right now and the fishing is getting better every day. There is a rumor that the Indians at the mouth have met their quota and that means thousands of salmon will be entering the river and making their way upstream. That’s good news to us fishermen.

Dale fished the mouth recently with two clients and they managed a 35-pounder, a 32-pounder and many salmon in the teens. They also bagged two nice hatchery steelhead with one going about 8 pounds and another at 10 pounds. Upriver is now fair game, too.

 

 

Bob Rider owns Lakeshore Bait & Tackle in Clearlake. Visit his Web site at www.994fish.com or call him at 994-FISH (3474).

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UKIAH – The Mendocino College women’s volleyball team had their hands full Wednesday night with the visiting Santa Rosa Junior College Bear Cubs.

The Bear Cubs took the Eagles in straight sets, 30-9, 30-11 and 30-11.

“Our passing in serve-receive was probably our most glaring deficiency tonight,” Mendocino Head Coach Ori Polkinghorne said. “It allowed Santa Rosa to go on some scoring runs that put all three games out of reach.”

Mendocino came out in game one firing point for point with the Bear Cubs and even took an early 9-8 lead. However, the lead was short lived as the next two servers for Santa Rosa went on runs of seven and 13 points respectively, to put the game away.

The combination of Santa Rosa’s strong serving and Mendocino’s miscues continued throughout the match.

On a night that saw relatively little offense by the home team, sophomore Middle Hitter Jamie Brown (Potter Valley) pounded four kills for the Eagles. Another bright spot was the defensive effort by sophomore Sara Luetke (Yreka), who paced Mendocino with eight digs.

“We just didn’t play up to our ability tonight, plain and simple. The good news is that we play again Friday night and we have such a hard-working bunch that I know we’ll get back on track,” Polkinghorne said.

The Mendocino College volleyball team travels to Eureka Friday to take on College of the Redwoods, a team they have beaten twice already this season.

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UKIAH – The Mendocino College Volleyball Team battled to win one of their two matches at the Butte Classic this past weekend.

The Eagles opened up against College of the Redwoods and established the tone of the match early on route to a straight set victory 30-24, 30-23 and 30-28.

Mendocino used its strong serving to take advantage of Redwood’s passing difficulties. The Eagles managed 21 aces in the match, including nine by Freshman Passion Allen Lenard (Lower Lake) and six by Freshman Shana Hiatt (Clearlake).

Sophomore Alisa Cannia (Fort Bragg) had six kills and Freshmen Jenn Cox (Upper Lake) had four kills, while Sophomore Sarah Luetke (Yreka) had 16 assists.

Against Butte College, the Eagles were defeated by the Roadrunners 30-16, 30-16 and 30-14.

Butte took advantage from the service line, while the Eagles only scored three aces during the match. Despite actually playing better volleyball against Butte, the Eagles were unable to get going and take advantage of their opportunities on offense.

“Playing Butte, a perennial conference front-runner, will only benefit us. They are a skilled team with a lot of weapons. My players battled them and will take away some valuable experience,” Mendocino College Head Coach Ori Polkinghorne said.

Mendocino is 2-6 on the season. They will travel to Eureka to play College of the Redwoods on Friday, Sept. 21.

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