The bite at Lake Camanche this week featured Catfish & Kokanee

Lake Camanche - Wallace, CA

The bite at Lake Camanche this week featured Catfish & Kokanee

by Lake Camanche Staff
8-8-2013
(209) 763-5121
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GENERAL CONDITIONS
Temps are starting to cool down which means better fishing! We are expected to experience weather in the low 90's early in the week and watch temps drop to the upper 80's for the weekend! Lake conditions are updated daily on EBMUD's website.

WEEKLY WEATHER
North Shore & South Shore
The weather is looking great for fishing as temps are starting to cool down this week. We are expected to see temps in the high 80's to low 90's all week long! Weather info courtesy of www.weather.com.

LAKE NEWS
FREE Saturday Night Movies!
This week's movie is Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory! Movies are shown at the amphitheater just across from the Gold Run campground, start at sundown, and are free to our overnight and day use guests.

Fitkid is back at South Shore! Fitkid is a program where kids learn how to make healthy choices, play fun games and win cool prizes! The program is free to all kids who are overnight campers and starts at 10am Saturday mornings at the amphitheater just across from the Gold Run campground. For questions email: mdolin@tcpcadmin.com.

FISHING REPORT
A reported total of 12 kokanee salmon were caught last week at Lake Camanche! In case you didn't get the chance to read about it last week we are running the feature about Kokanee Salmon one more time! Warm water temperatures have trout hanging out 45 to 50 feet deep out by the dam. Anglers looking to catch trout are having the best luck bringing them in by trolling with down riggers. The mild weather has more people reeling in Bass and we are seeing all different varieties come in large mouth, small mouth, and spotted. Catfish are being caught all over right now and they seem to be biting all sorts of bait: night-crawlers, power-baits, and anything smelly like anchovies or chicken liver. Pictured at the top are Mervin and Nate of Galt, CA and the 4.7 lbs catfish they caught on the main lake using power-bait. Photo #1 shows, Randy McNab of Valley Springs, CA shows off a pair of 4.19 lbs and 3.4 lbs catfish he caught using worms on the main lake this Tuesday.

Kokanee salmon are the land-locked version of sockeye salmon. They have very similar characteristics to Sockeye but because they never migrate out to the ocean to feed, Kokanee are much smaller than Sockeye. Kokanee spawn near the lake shores between August and December. There are various techniques to catching Kokanee but the fisherman we spoke with this week testified to catching these fish using lures.

HOURS OF OPERATION
Both stores are open 7 days a week.
Camanche Recreation Area is open 365 days a year.
Gate hours are 5:00 am - 11:00 pm

North Shore Marina (209)763-5166
Sun -- Thur: 7:00am - 4:30pm
Fri -- Sat: 7:00am - 9:00pm

South Shore Marina (209)763-5915
Sun -- Thur: 7:00am - 8:00pm
Fri -- Sat: 7:00am - 10:00pm

South Shore Grill
Fri -- Sun: 11:00am - 7:30pm

We encourage all anglers to report their stories, comments, or concerns to the North Shore Store, the South Shore


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