FORESTHILL – Rainbow trout were hitting at French Meadows Reservoir as an early winter storm was getting ready to hit the Sierra Nevada.

“Limit-style rainbow fishing is available to both boaters and shore anglers,” reported Cal Kellogg of fishcalkellogg.com. “On my latest kayak trip to the reservoir I caught and released 16 rainbows to 18 inches. I used a bunch of different baits, but I had my best success while trolling with nightcrawlers 16 to 18 inches behind Mini Willow Leaf dodgers with three colors of leadcore at 1.8 mph.”

“If you plan to shore fish, I recommend rigging up one rod with an inflated nightcrawler about 30 feet off shore and another rod with a nightcrawler under a bobber,” Kellogg advised. “I think the next two to three weeks should yield outstanding trout fishing at French Meadows and other lakes in the High Sierra.”