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LAKE OROVILLE SPOTTED BASS
(Oroville) Lake Oroville has yielded some of the most consistent black bass fishing in California this winter. That’s because the lake’s predominant bass, spotted bass, keep feeding heavily even after the water cools down.
“The bite is pretty wide-open,” said Brent Cline at Oroville Outdoors. “Anglers are catching a lot of 2 to 2-1/2 lb. spots while using a variety of lures including Senkos, tubes, rip baits and crankbaits. The key is to find concentrations of bass feeding on pond smelt.”
In the last three Anglers Choice tournaments at Oroville, it took over 14 pounds to win, according to Cline. Anglers weighed in a lot of 10 to 12 pound five-fish limits during the events.
Hardly anybody has been targeting the lake’s coho salmon. However, bass anglers are hooking and releasing big numbers of 8 to 12 inch salmon while casting a variety of baits in the main lake and forks.
The lake level is 681 feet in elevation, 219 feet from maximum pool, and the water level is rising 1 to 2 feet per day from the recent storms that pounded northern California.
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Great Places to Fish
The Sacramento River, also known as the Lower Sac in this area, is where you fish. There are annual runs of salmon, steelhead, shad, and striped bass. The stretch of river from Shasta Dam to Red Bluff has an abundance of large trout that are popular with both fly and spin fishermen. You will also find smallmouth bass and catfish native to the river system. Lake Oroville is one of the most productive bass fisheries in Northern California. The Feather River has one of the most healthy salmon runs in the state with fish showing as early as April and lasting into October. The Yuba River has a quality steelhead run which is not fished heavily.
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