California Delta Fishing Report Been hanging around the delta a couple days a week and the fishing has been so so. Fish are finally starting to get in fall mode using dead end sloughs and marinas. Tide has been pretty important. The low switch in has seemed to have them fired up. I’ve gone through […]
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Lake Don Pedro Fishing report by Christian Ostrander Guide Service
Lake Don Pedro fishing report I Fished Don Pedro twice in the last couple weeks and found it to be pretty tough! A 3+ pounder is a really nice fish for right now and finding those size fish can be extremely difficult. Fish are scattered all through the water column. We found 2.5+ pounders in […]
Clear Lake Fishing Report
Clear lake fishing report Clear lake is fishing really good right now for numbers and quality fish. There’s a small window for swimbait fish north and south of the lake. You can still find some fish spawning fish but I’ve been targeting pre spawn and post spawn fish out in 5-10 ft of water still […]
Lake New Melones Fishing Report
Lake New Melones Fishing Report-By Christian Ostrander Guide Service I Hit Lake New Melones for the first time in a week. We launched out of Tuttletown Around 11 having low light and a 7-10 mph south wind. Water temp was 54 on the main lake. The plan for the day was to just catch a […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Melones is still fishing better than most motherlode lakes at the moment. Over the last 2 weeks I’ve started to see more quality bass being caught. Run offs from heavy rains have spiked oxygen levels in the water, while also washing down food for baitfish and crayfish making every species of fish on the hunt. […]
Clear Lake Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Clear Lake is hands down fishing better than any other lake around right now. The lake has been super low but now is on the rise with the heavy rains in the last week. We averaged a couple 5+ pounders a day so did most people we talked to. Not many places you can go […]
New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Water Temp 52-54 New Melones is still fishing decent for both numbers and quality. With the lack of rain and warmer than usual weather for January, it has the fish unsure if they want to move up shallow or stay deeper. Shad is still found 30ft to 70ft deep but I did see some bass […]
Lake Don Pedro Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Water temp 52-53 Pedro has been fishing better than most lakes right now. Water is still super clear with the lack of rain causing no water flowing in back of creeks. The lake is right at 60ft low. The water has been steady or dropping lately keeping the majority of the fish deep but you […]
Lake New Melones Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Lake New Melones is fishing pretty good around the board. Fish are in all water columns you can catch them shallow as well as 60+ ft. Every trip out has been 30+ fish days throwing a assortment of baits. Jigs and small swimbaits like a 3.8 Keitech on a ball head fishing it on the […]
California Delta Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
I’ve been spending a few days a week on the delta and things are definitely slowing down, but still finding a few here and there. My last trips, catching 25 fish a day hasn’t been the problem as any dead end sloughs or areas right outside the current has been holding lots of fish. I’ve […]