Water temperature: 55-58 Water clarity: 6-15 feet Air temperature: 44-59 Wind direction/speed: west 0-12 Seasonal fish pattern: pre spawn Moon phase: waxing gibbous Recent significant weather: post frontal On March 8th 2020, I took my son Vincent to Lake McClure to pre fish for an upcoming law enforcement derby. I haven’t fished lake McClure in […]
Lake McClure
Lake McClure Fishing Report by Christian Ostrander
Water Temp 56-58 Lake McClure is fishing phenomenal for numbers but has been a puzzle to catch quality fish for most. The last week and a half I’ve spent the majority of my time on McClure and found you can catch fish from 1ft of water all the way down to 70 ft. On 12/14/19 […]
Lake McClure Fishing Report by Shaun Leytem
On March 23, 2019, I fished the Motherlode Kayak Angler (MKA) first tournament of the year at Lake McClure. I have never fished the lake before. It reminded me of Lake Oroville with the 45 degree angle banks, points, small coves/pockets and limited cover. The lake has a lot of spotted bass and a decent […]
Lake McClure Fishing Report by Ryan Cook
9-28-18 On the water- 1:00pm Off the water- 4:00pm Water Clarity- 6’-15’ My good buddy Don Longton and I decided to make a quick afternoon trip to Lake McClure since the bite has been good to say the least… We started fishing some creek channels dragging jigs in 15-40 foot of water with nothing to […]
Lake McClure fishing report by Ryan Cook
Friday Aug 31st On the water at 4:30pm Off the water at 7:45pm Water temp 82 Air temp 95 Water clarity 6’+ I got off work early so my wife and I called up a couple of friends of ours and decided to head to Lake McClure for a few hours. The jig bite has […]
McClure Fishing Report
On the water at 6:00am, off the water at 12:30 pm Air temp 76-100 Wind 0-5mph Water clarity very clear My cousin Justin and I went out for a fun little half day trip to Lake McClure. We couldn’t find much shallow on reaction baits this morning, so we moved out deeper to some main […]
Lake McClure fishing report by Rich Hale
Lake McClure fishing report for the month of January. Water temp holding around 57 degrees. The bite seems to be changing each day. On sunny days with a light breeze reaction baits such as the Ima Pinjack and 3.8” keitech fat swing impact on a 1/4oz heads have been working well. Target big shallow flats […]