There are actually more good spots for fishing north from the Interstate 80 than many people realize. Unfortunately, all of these fishing spots are going to require some driving on dirt roads for access. Locals generally use trucks and 4 wheel drive vehicles to get around, but with careful two wheel driving you should be able to get around as well. If you have any doubts, just park and hoof it, because you do not want to end up getting stuck.

Summit

Summit Lake is not far from the Westbound Rest Station which is at the top of Donner Pass right off of Interstate 80. There is an easy hike in that can produce solid fishing for brook trout on nearly anything that you care to throw as long as the snow has cleared. If you enjoy skiing, it might be fun to ski in and enjoy some ice fishing during the winter months. During the summer, patient fishermen can come in, learn to backpack and spend some time catching fish from this unique spot.

There are a number of nearby lakes and creeks as well, including four that are small and just to the south of this area between the Sugar Bowl Ski Area and the I-80. You can catch brook trout and Bullhead catfish using bait. Keep in mind that access could potentially be a problem because the lakes are located on private property.

Lola Montez Lakes

These are small and pretty lakes that offer good action for brook trout ranging between 10 inches and 14 inches. The action peaks around the late fall, here. Upper Lola is shaded by trees and is found just off of the logging load past Stirling Lake and the Cisco Grove. Lower Lola is more scenic and is reached by way of a scramble down a slope from Upper Lola, or a walking trail beginning at the Soda Springs Firehouse which is located just off of the Interstate 80. Keep in mind that the Towle Estate Road is now closed and gated so you will potentially need to find another way in.

Since the Upper Lola is now getting most of the fishing pressure, you should try deep trolling using worms and flashers during the day. At dawn and at dusk you should switch to the Lower Lola, bait bank fishing using worms and stump grubs when fishing off of the large rocky point that is not far from the campground site. Lure fishing is definitely fair in the Lower Lola though it is relatively unproductive in the Upper Lola.

If you end up catching any chubs in the Lower Lola, keep them rather than returning them as they often crowd the trout and are better left out of the water.

Stirling Lake

This lake offers fair action for brook trout all throughout the summer months. If you do not mind a busy access road and noisy visitors, you may enjoy visiting this lake, which has an elevation of 7000 feet. There are steep wooded banks that limit easy casting to a section that is approximately 400 yards long. It might be best for you to come prepared with a boat or with a float tube for the best results, especially if trolling is your thing.

First light action in the summer is typical by the submerged trees which are all along the north side of the lake. The evenings are calm and will typically allow you to find a hatch as well as plenty of small fish just as dark begins to settle. If there is a breeze, move slightly offshore at the downwind side of the lake for better results. There are five shaded campsites here that are excellent choices for weekends that are crowded.

Spaulding Lake

This lake peaks quite early during the spring. You can haul a canoe in over the snow and collect weight limits worth of trout, including both rainbows and browns in general. You can take this fish by fast trolling using silver plugs in nearly any area of the lake and reservoir. After the snow melts in the late spring, however, the lake begins to fill with floating wood and this makes fishing a lot more difficult.

Once the road has opened to the newly paved ramp, the fishing is best done by drowning worms beneath bobbers as well as casting silver colored Kastmasters between the dam and the boat ramp. Bait can take a few planted trout from the area of the ramp all throughout the summer. The best bank fishing can be found at the Fordyce Creek mouth and the mouth of the South Fork of the Yuba River. Most of these places are reached easily by way of boat.

In the spring and in the fast, lure or bait fishing and fast trolling will bring out the most trout, especially when the water is at its optimum temperature level. The warm water during the spring and the cool water during the fall dumped into Spaulding from Fuller Lake is going to provide a good temperature range all throughout the year. During the summer months, deep trolling is capable of being productive, especially along the islands and the bank.

The most productive replicas here are pond smelt, and a god way to go are silver and blue Kastmasters, silver Rapalas, chrome and blue Speedy Shiners, crappie jugs, white wooly buggers and other similar lures. The best size is going to vary between a single inch long and four inches long.

The rainbows and the browns you'll find at the Fordyce Reservoir are not as large as they used to be, but they are still good and worth checking out. The best shore fishing is going to be on either side of the dam. Park at the dam, or try getting dropped off at the dam and then fishing the creek down to Spaulding Lake instead. Boaters tend to find that Fordyce Lake is excellent for top line trolling, especially off of the rocks on the north side of the bank.

South Yuba River

The best part of the South Yuba River is a two mile stretch that goes from the Indian Springs Campground to the Spaulding Reservoir. You can reach the river downstream with a 4 WD vehicle along the power line and all you have to do is cut downhill in the direction of the river where there are five good holes above and a number more below worth taking advantage of.

Fishing at the South Yuba River begins just below the Spaulding Dam and runs past a number of riffles that are fair to good during the early season. You will find pools that alternate with whitewater all the way down the stream until you reach the upper end of the northern bank. The country here tends to be extremely rugged and so the trip back uphill after traveling here is a bit of a workout, so it might be a good idea to arrange to have someone pick you up after your trip to the bottom.

The trout here are wild, and they are scattered all throughout a number of easily accessible stretches of river, and they seem relatively easy to catch if you fish the harder to reach places. Worms and stump grubs are especially suitable for fishing in the early season, and then later on you may want to switch to flies for greater productivity. In pocket water you will find that spoons work better than spinners.

In small and steep tributaries in the South Tuba you will find pan sized trout if you are willing to scramble over and across granite boulders. Rucker, Canyon, Fall Creeks and Trap are all worth checking out for this purpose. Fishing in the middle section of the river is generally a good way to go. You can either hike down the hill on the trail or you can drive in following a logging road that stems from Highway 20.

As always when it comes to streams and rivers, make sure that you understand that your results are reliant on the temperature of the water, the water clarity and the water flow with the Fuller Lake and nearby waters being a good choice whenever the river is cold, high or muddy.

South of the I 80

There is a lot of fishing South of the I 80 that is overlooked despite being better than most people would expect, and so there are plenty of area campgrounds that are deserted, allowing you to camp and fish while avoiding the crowds that you would normally find in the Tahoe Basin. Lake Valley Reservoir offers a great choice in the early season, and you may also want to consider the small drive in camps for Cascade Lakes. If you want to camp near pavement instead, there are some PG&E campgrounds on the north side of where Lake Van Norden used to be, before the dam was brought down. Rainbow Lodge has some excellent food here an there are some markets in the area as well.

Lake Valley Reservoir

At an elevation of 5,800 feet, Lake Valley peaks much earlier than most of the other trout lakes in North Tahoe. It has a few big fish such as chunky rainbow trout that range from 12 inches to 17 inches. What is best of all is that this reservoir is easy to reach and only two miles away from the Interstate 80.

During the spring and the early summer you should be fishing from rocks between Sky Mountain and the dam. Hike to the south cove during the beginning of the year or to the northeast inlet in the spring months to find rainbows in the spring, or return to the same place in the fall to find browns. The inlet is a wooded hike of a mile or so from the ramp, but it is easy to reach. Bring a 12 Light Cahill Parachute or a small spoon at dusk for the best results. Make sure that you have a flashlight because the trout do not typically rise up until the sun has gone down.

Cascade and Long Lakes

Upper Cascade and Lower Cascade are separated by a dam that is crossed by an open mesh metal bridge that brings you to Long Lake and the devil's peak which is a series of potholes. With a 4 WD vehicle you can usually try out the campgrounds here. If the lake is dried out, you'll find biting bugs instead of fish.

You should try shore fishing the lower cascade using bait or spinners during the spring months or the fall months. In the summer you should be fishing the upper Cascade as well from the dam or the arm that is nearest to Long Lake. You can travel to Long Lake by way of a Canoe if you like, especially if you came packing size 18 black ants and Adams flies, which bring in nice limits of brook trout and rainbow trout whenever you see risers.

The level of Long Lake tends to remain stable, offering a scenic shoreline just beneath the devil's peak. You can expect to bring up some very nice rainbow trout from this point, especially along the side of the lake where devil's peak is. Later in the year you will find rainbows about 15 inches to 18 inches in length but they are deep in the water. Most bank fisherman can bring in 8 inch to 12 inch fish. Most typical methods will work here for this purpose.

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Originally posted 2009-09-10 03:44:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Areas that are near the shore that are less than twenty feet in depth are going to hold a great deal of the food in most of these lakes. Without having a depth finder that will pinpoint the depth of the trout, even trollers should be able to fish close to the steep banks or at least far enough out from the shallow banks that their lures are not going to snag very often. These inshore areas are also going to suit bait fishing and fly fishing as well.

Trout activity is going to depend on the water temperature in a big way. If the water is too cold, then the trout are going to become sluggish and are not going to feed as often. If it becomes too hot, then they are going to go deeper in search of cooler water. Make sure that you check surface waters and that you use a thermometer in order to find the depth and the area where the water is going to best suit the trout. It is useful for you to realize that the summer waters are going to be cooler by approximately 1 degree Fahrenheit for every 1.5 feet below the water's surface.

You should use maps in order to find the lakes that are going to offer prime fishing conditions. Small or shallow lakes are going to cool and warm much faster in comparison to larger or deeper lakes. Higher elevation lakes are going to peak as well as decline much later in the spring and much earlier in the fall in comparison to lower elevation lakes. You should always make sure that you are checking the temperatures and moving to find the right area where the fish are feeding.

With this particular approach, most lakes are going to be fished easily on most days. You should settle down with your bait or your lures near the inlet streams in the summer and on the northern side points during the spring and the fall. You should always make sure to keep an eye out for action on the surface when you may need a fly and a bubble. With lures, you should be casting out at 10 degree intervals in order to create a fan shape. If you do not get a hit after a complete fan, then count to five before reeling in each cast while making another casting fan. Repeat this, adding an additional five to your count every time your fan of coverage is created until you have either hit the bottom or hooked a fish. When you do manage to hook a fish, you are going to know how far to count to reach the same depth again.

Do not forget that big trout tend to be much more solitary in lakes, unlike smaller fish which tend to school near inlets and springs. If you want trout in a bragging size, then you should be prepared to wait a bit by casting a big rainbow finish plug or a large spoon and camping out until you find what you're looking for. To reach easy limits worth of hatchery trout, try spoons only an hour or two following stocking once the trout have recovered from their tranquilizer. Toss some gravel in to make them think it's feeding time and they'll bite in no time at all.

Photo Credits: helti

Originally posted 2009-09-21 03:49:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Sturgeon, Salmon and Halibut

At Berkeley/Emeryville, the salmon and halibut trips aren’t very productive, but the halibut boats did much better. Only one salmon was caught last Friday with 16 people on the trip. Halibut trips with 3 boats and about 28 fishermen came back with 9 halibut and 2 bass.

At Suisun Bay, better weather improved the sturgeon bite, with some bigger stripers caught near buoy 2 this week, one weighing 21 pounds. San Pablo Bay slowed down again after the halibut bite had improved a week ago, and the bad weather only made it worse. This weekend could be a good time to try again.

San Francisco Bay got back some of the halibut bite after the wind died down. Candlestick has been the hot spot this week for both halibut and stripers, though the fish weren’t big.

For river fishermen, the Lower Sacramento is clear and you can wade the edge easily. Most fish biting are between Anderson and Redding. The Upper Sacramento is best for shore anglers.

Trout

Lake Amador is only about three feet shy of full right now and it seems to be helping the bite quite a bit. The lake will be getting about 3,000 of trout each week through the beginning of June and that should cause the trout to bite even better than they have been. Bass are also biting well, both for shore anglers and trollers.

The San Pablo Reservoir has had some good trout fishing near Sandy Point and the Pines. Fishermen are using Power Bait and nightcrawlers, as well as the worms along with marshmallows to snag them. Shore fishermen are having better look that trollers lately, but this week trollers did a bit better than usual. The biggest fish this week weighed 9 pounds.  The Lafayette Reservoir is benefiting from the double weekly trout plants with much better biting, and some even getting their limits. Stick around Harry’s Cove or the South Cove where they’re pulling in limits with some weighing up to 7 pounds each.

At Los Vaqueros, all the anglers will be hanging around Cowboy Cove this weekend, thanks to a 23-pound cat being caught there this week. Overall the finishing here is inconsistent, at least for trout. Bass biting has been all right, but nothing special. Cowboy Cove is also giving fisherman their limits in trout. A plant went in this week and everyone seems to expect that it could make the trout bite more consistent unless the weather patterns turn dodgy.

At Berryessa, the water’s coming up and bass are still biting pretty well. The most common weight caught is around 3 pounds. Bon Tempe got about a thousand pounds of trout last week but the biting is about the same. Folsom has gone up a total of 30 feet in just the last 2 weeks. Bass aren’t biting right now but should once the level stabilizes.

Don Pedro is still offering up very good salmon fishing, but the size is disappointing many anglers. To try for your own, stay between 40 and 100 feet down. The lures that most are using right now are Slimfins with things like anchovies. Hot spots for Kokanee are the same as last week, near Jenkins Hill and Big Oak Island. Graveyard Bay is a new spot for them this week, where they’re hovering in the top 20 feet of water. Fleming Bay was good for King salmon week before last, and now it’s offering up a lot of rainbow trout.

Shadow Cliffs is still a good spot for trout fishing, whether you troll or fish from shore. A plant went in last week so the good news here should continue. Unfortunately, Quarry Lakes is still suffering from problems with murky water and algae that’s dried up the trout bite.

Pardee is offering up some salmon about 50 feet down near the dam. Rainbow trout are biting but the brown trout have all but disappeared. Much will depend on the weather this weekend. The San Luis Reservoir is giving anglers using minnows good luck this week. Shore anglers are having far better luck that trollers, but trollers are having some luck in Lone Oak Bay and Portuguese Cove. The first aren’t big, but they’re biting pretty well there.

At New Melones, Kokanee are biting well but there aren’t any spots where they seem concentrated, rather they’re all over and hard to find. When you find them, however, they do bite easily. The only places that they seem to hover are near Coyote Creek and the dam, but even those spots are inconsistent. Try about 20 feet down with spinners to catch some. Rainbow trout seem to be hovered near Rose Island and the Spillway.

Lake Chabot had a good trout bite before the rain this week, and it should improve on the other side of it, too. Kastmasters and Rapalas are what most anglers are having good results with. They’re also using Power Bait to good results. Some trout are being caught near Raccoon Point and the Burners. Lake Camanche is in the middle of bass spawning season with anglers using plastic having some luck. Trout are biting very well.

Contra Loma is offering up catfish for those who are using bright Power Bait, while nightcrawlers are pulling in catfish and trout. Most are decent sized at just over a foot long. The hot spots right now seem to be the east side of the lake, as well as Channel Point. Clear Lake is inconsistent thanks to cold weather coming and going. Bass are also spawning which makes biting spotty. Anglers in the north end using minnows are having the best fishing.

At Del Valle, poor weather means few fishermen. The Marina area did offer up a trout this week that weighed about 6 pounds. The weekend should be a good time to fish after the water clears up. Nightcrawlers and Power Bait were working the best before the cold weather moved in, so try those again.

Photo Credits: darinmarshall

Originally posted 2010-04-23 17:14:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Party boats generally leave out of Kings Beach, Tahoe City, Homewood and also South Lake Tahoe. There are guided trips which end to be the best way for you to learn about the lake. If you have to go out on your own, stick to the reef areas off of Tahoe City.

Fishing for Mackinaw

Lake trout, also known as Mackinaw or Macs are typically caught using plugs that are being trolled using downriggers, lead core or wire lines from ledges that are 100 to 300 feet in depth in Lake Tahoe. This is a fairly high tech method of catching lake trout, and so it is generally a good idea for you to try a party boat. When you troll on your own, you may end up losing a lot of wire line and terminal gear as a result of nasty ledges. If you absolutely have to, choose a windless day and jig heavy spoons.

Depth finders as well as cross bearings are going to help you locate and then return to the more productive spots. Three trolling runs or drifts at each of the locations is generally plenty, and move if you are not catching fish. If you do catch a fish, then try that same ledge again. These Mackinaw generally tend to bunch up along with big fish in groups of two or three or even four to create spawning pods. Small Mackinaw will typically school. The trolling direction is something that can be quite critical, so make sure that you are circling the spot and trying again to turn luck in your favor if you need to.

Jig fishing and bait fishing are going to peak in the winter and the spring out of Tahoe City, especially in the water between 50 feet and 150 feet in depth. Most fishermen will use a medium weight cast with 200 yards worth of 12 or 20 lb test. Lighter tackle is lightly not going to move the bigger Mackinaw up off of the lake bottom.

Heavy spoons are more than capable of taking fish, as well as cod jigs. Drop lures down to the bottom, reel them up about a foot and them pump them with a three or four foot slow action.

Locals are catching Mackinaw using minnows, especially in the shallows between Stateline and Tahoe City along the North shore, as well as along South Tahoe's sandy bottom. You are going to want to catch your own, which is something that you can do along shallow and rocky areas using a wire mesh trap for minnows along with a can of dog foot that has holes punched in it so that the smell can escape. Make sure that you are only using local minnows because all other minnows are illegal here.

Boat Fishing: Brown and Rainbow Trout

In the spring season and the fall, if you stay close to the pier lines or the shore and you troll as fast as you possibly can, then you can probably take up a nice haul of trout. You should be using a spoon or a between 3 and 4 inch minnow plug with a brown trout finish or a rainbow trout finish using between 4 lb and 6 lb test line. In areas where extremely steep banks are present, you may need to scratch the rock in shore using the tip of your rod. The reason for this is the extremely steep nature of the Tahoe shore which occasionally drops off to more than 200 feet, and trout know that the food is in the shallower waters.

Because the lake is relatively sterile, the best place for fishing is generally going to be near the streams where food is washed into the lake, and the shallows where the algae is present and broadening the food chain significantly. Make sure to check out the regulations as some streams have a setback of 200 yards until they are opened up again in the summer.

Plugs for shallow running and heavy spoons tend to be best indicated for spring and fall seasons when it is possible to troll or to anchor off of the mouths of the streams, casting your lures there. Bait fishing tends to be more productive in the winter months and the summer months which is when the deep running plugs and the depth finders help make it possible to find the trout that you seek.

Experts tend to agree that fishing in Lake Tahoe is always going to be better before the sun hits the water rather than after, as well as on days that are naturally cloudy or overcast. During the spring, pollen tends to be concentrated on the surface as a result of the winds, and the rainbows are generally feeding just below these pollen rafts.

Great Spots: Try checking out Tahoe City, Sand Point Recreation Area, Dollar Point and the Emerald Bay entrance.

Kokanee

Most people are in agreement that the best place for Kokanee fishing in Tahoe is off of South Tahoe, especially along the beaches. When you are here, the bait is going to work best over the sandy bottoms, and trollers are generally fishing at between 50 feet and 75 feet using flashers with corn, worms, spoons and wedding-ring style rigs. The results and the methods are going to change based on the wind and the weather, so it is important for you to speak to someone at a local tackle shop to gain more information.

Locals tend to claim better Kokanee results when they visit Stampede, Donner Lake and Boca Reservoirs, as well as some lakes such as Bullards Bar, New Melones and Comanche. Some people feel that Tahoe Kokanee fishing is only going to improve as the clarity of the water declines as a result of algae growth which is responsible for broadening the base of the food chain in the area.

You should try the mouth of the Emerald Bay, near the feeder creeks and the inlet for the river as well as over the sand bottom which is just a bit offshore from the beach when you reach South Tahoe. It might be a good idea for you to begin with a guided fishing day that is booked through a fishing guide in the local area.

Shore Fishing in Lake Tahoe

Tahoe Tributaries tend to open up later than the normal stream trout opener for California so make sure that you are checking out local regulations for the stream that you are interested in.

All of the tributaries are going to have closed areas of 200 yards at their mouths in order to protect the spawning browns and rainbows, which occurs between October 1 and June 30. Locals tend to fish with baits, including minnows, crayfish tails and night crawlers, and they may also use lures like small copper spinners, black spoons, silver spoons and streamer flies. You should be fishing as close as possible to these setback lines from the fall to the spring. Locals tend to catch big spawners during the first week after opening and then again just before closing in the fall.

Smaller streams, lake chains and tiny brooks that feed the lakes are capable of being outstanding during the month of July. Try to use a cautious upstream approach using a tiny spinner on smaller test line.

The morning following a big storm, you should fish on the downwind side of the lake using crayfish finished plugs, crayfish tails and copper spoons. Cast just barely offshore in about two feet to five feet worth of water.

Photo Credits: josh shaw, flashgordonmd, TahoeSunsets

Originally posted 2009-09-14 03:12:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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As the summer waters grow warmer, fishing will slow down, crowds will grow and camping or lodging reservations will be required in the Lake Tahoe area. Locals follow the melting snow in search of waters that they can fish in the higher elevations. Lake fishermen can route trips so that they can fish more than a single lake at a time, or they can combine numerous streams and lakes in different elevations in order to find the most productive water temperatures.

Stream specialists will need to hike at least thirty minutes in from the road access in order to relieve some of the fishing pressure. In order to improve your results you should be fishing in difficult access points such as rocky banks and brushy spots, or pockets in the whitewater for example. Stream and lake fishing are going to peak both at dawn and dusk all throughout the summer.

Selecting Conventional Tackle

A medium action graphite rod in seven feet in length along with a medium weight spincast or spinning reel and 6-lb test line will suit both stream fisherman and lake bait or lure fishermen as well. Trollers may want to use a wind casting reel that isn't going to twist the line and then either a wire core or a lead core line, or perhaps downriggers to handle lake trout all throughout the year as well as for rainbow trout and brown trout all during the summer.

Lures that are cast or trolled in the lakes are going to make it possible for beginners to catch trout in the easiest way. Heavy copper spoons take the deep summer trout in the lakes as well as the river pools. Silver and black spoons are excellent for water that is off color. Copper Colorado blade spinners featuring plastic beads in the color red tend to work especially well when you are in a shallow stream. Spinners that feature French blades are going to be best suited for larger streams.

If you want to catch trout with spinning gear during the insect hatches in the summer, you should fish your fly about four feet beneath a bubble behaving as a floating weight. The flies that work best are Adams size 16, Gray Hackle Peacock size 14 and Royal Wulff size 12. You can buy individual flies to serve as spares if you want to buy a one of assortment.

Trollers can fish J-plugs to catch Mackinaw. Four inch plugs featuring rainbow trout finishes will take up the larger trout in comparison to the spinners and the spoons in the early part of the season. You should use deep running plugs once the waters become warm. When the summer is hot, boaters will usually troll flashers with bait or with small spoons, though plugs that are sunk using downriggers will also allow trout to fight better than when hardware is used.

Bait fishermen are going to need light wire hooks that are sized well to hide within the bait, and live baits tend to work the best. After the rain showers cause discoloration in the water, you should try to work with red worms on tiny split shot and size 12 hooks. Fish with worms on sliding sinking rigs when fishing in lakes. Natural baits end to be the best baits of all, including cased caddis, stump grubs and hellgrammites.

You can add split shots for casting wait or bobbers so you can keep the bait up off the bottom. There are other things you are going to want to have on hand to have the habits including your fishing license, your landing net, a thermometer, sunglasses, a tackle box or creel to hold all of your gear, boots or waders and bug spray. Beginners should definitely spend about an hour practicing casting and should be fishing in the lakes primarily as hey are easier than streams when you are just learning how to go fishing.

Photo Credits: greg hefner

Originally posted 2009-09-22 03:54:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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