September starts with Catfish and ends with Catfish


Although September produced mostly Catfish, October will be a different story! Starting mid October the Fall Planting will begin for rainbow trout. This year our lake is low which won't affect the fishing, it might even help the fishing by having them more concentrated in a smaller area!

Our concrete boat launching ramp at Road 4 is NOT in operation right now, but our alternate ramp IS available at Road 9 which is by the face of the dam. We have provided a courtesy dock at that location to tie your boat to temporarily while you park your vehicle.

Doug Clark hooked a nice 6 lb. 12 oz. Catfish while trolling under the power lines using a Kastmaster. I spoke with Doug and his fishing buddy Jimmy Trejo and they said they also caught a couple of bass real shallow as it appears they were chasing the shad!

Larry Hemphill and Mike Sperbeck got in a couple hours of fishing before the south wind kicked up. They landed a Spotted Bass around 2-1/2 lbs. and caught and released some smaller ones down by the dam. They charted the shad up in the north end along with lots of bass but couldn't get them to hook up in that area.

Aaron Mendoza of Grass Valley hooked a 10 lb. and a 5 lb. CAT in the north end on a nightcrawler. Lucius Phifer from Pleasant Grove caught a huge Catfish as well (10 lb. 4 oz.) near the dam on frozen catfish bait.

Chicken livers helped Charlie Lynn of Sacramento in successfully landing a 7 lb. Cat by the dam. Evan Wakefield from Vacaville stayed home (in his campsite that is) and hooked a 3 lb. 8 oz. Cat using PowerBait. Lori Tollner from Fresno fished near the marina with worms and hooked her 6 lb. 8 oz. Catfish.


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