SWIMBAITS SWIMBAITS SWIMBAITS, Senkos,jigs,and lipless cranks,the Luckycraft LV500s work well there,typical shad and craw paterns. Did i mention SWIMBAITS! In my opinion Clearlake is the very best big bass pond in the country,the Cal-Delta is a close second. I might be partial to these two being I live in Northern California! As far as guides go check out western bass.com,go to the reports page for northern California,then click on Clearlake.There will be links to guides there.Have fun.