Lake Camanche - CA

Teddy Le Rainbow catch weighed 6.2 pounds

“We caught about 20 keeper bass, but this spotted bass was right at 4 pounds.”

Bob Yates was out 12/22 and posted on Facebook and wrote, “Took our nephew out for his first fishing trip. He caught 3 trout 2 bass and lost 2. Nice day of fishing for his first time.”

Limit catches at Lake Camanche

Jovani Gonzalez of Lodi brought up these trout which he reported getting at the north shore Day Use point area using a Kastmaster lure on 12/14.

Sara Nece was out at the lake a few times over the last week and shared all of these pictures and commented, 12/19 “Good day out on the lake today. Grub and cut plug bite on the surface. First time pulling rocks outta a bows tummy!!! Ms. Trout Killer be back!!!”, 12/19 evening fishing Sara with Dennis Weaver “Fishing all day and all night!!!! Love catfishing!!!!” and 12/20 “Good day today on the water. 6 fish before noon!!!"

“Perfect weather for fishing but it was a tough day at Camanche. 6 hours of fishing took home 6 fish, 1 fish per hour. All on speedy shiner 5-10 ft narrow and main lake. Tip of the week….I switch my treble to Mustad KVD Elite Series Triple Grip Hooks and my catch ratio has been very good. So far 11 out of 11, haven’t lost any fish at the boat like before. Solid hook ups!”

"My first lightning trout. 19 inches probably around 3-4 pounds, put a hell of a fight."

Longtime Camanche anglers, Gene Buoy and Ty Courtroul sent us this picture from earlier in the week. Bass are biting!

“Fished Camanche yesterday. We ran towards the dam, rods loaded with speedy shiners. Made a couple runs along the buoy line then shot towards little hat, then hat, then the main body and back again. 5 long hours, for nada. We finally pulled up and went to the narrows, changed my approach entirely. This time white grubs, and GVF spinbugs on the slow troll. I wasn’t even finished putting all the lines out and we had fish on behind the planner board on the grub. The next 3 hours was on fire compared to our morning. We ended with 5 fish in the boat, but I must of lost 6 or 7. After losing 3 in a row, I finally called it a day. I had enough. Jen caught the big fish at 3.7 pounds. All fish came on topwater. One grub line had a 1/8 oz weight, the other grub and spinbugs with flashers had no weights. The setback was 110ft on the grubs, 125ft on the spinners. 1.4mph.”

Robbie Dunham of the Koke Machine Guide Service on 12-12-2018, “Grub Bite is On!!!”