Fishing

picture of bassCurrent Conditions: March 7

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Lake Camanche’s current elevation is 219.65 feet above sea level, a lake level rise of .32 of a foot this week. The inflow from Lake Pardee will be about 1,200 c.f.s. from 7 A.M. to 10 P.M., Monday through Saturday. The outflow from Lake Camanche will be 330 c.f.s.  Surface temperature at the North Marina is 54°
 

5,400 POUNDS OF TROUT WILL BE PLANTED IN MARCH!        

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TROUT

This week brought a number of great reports from anglers at Lake Camanche, for both trollers and bank fishermen alike.
•  Hugh Turner, from La Selva, caught and released 10 trout while trolling this week. His big trout was a 6 pounder, with several in the 3 pound range. He also caught one bass, and was trolling a dodger/nightcrawler combination in the main lake, on the surface, on a cloudy day.
•  Jim Streif, from Petaluma, caught several nice trout, with a whopper at 8.34 pounds. The fish was 32 inches long, and was caught trolling with a Krocodile lure in gold/rainbow color.
•  Don Swim, from Camanche, caught 3 trout up to 2 ½ pounds while fishing from his boat with Power Bait.
Haily Herrick (age 5) and her brother David (age 8), from Sacramento, were fishing from shore in Camanche Arm with their grandparents.  Haily caught an 8 pound trout on PowerBait, and her brother David caught a 7 pound carp on a worm.
•  On Tuesday Billy Neely and his son Coleman (age 8) were fishing at North Shore Day Use Area. Coleman landed 4 very nice trout between 18-24 inches. They were using Power Bait dipped in garlic trout dip.
•  Eric Evans and Kim Vell, from Turlock, caught fine limits of trout at the South Shore Pond on Monday. They were using Power Worms.
•  An unidentified angler caught his limit at The Pond on Tuesday. All his fish were 4-5 pounds, and he was using Power Worm/Power Egg combinations.
•  Jeremy Butler, from Santa Rosa, caught a fine limit at The Pond on Saturday. His big fish was 3 pounds, and he was using Power Worms.
•  Jim Murray, from Camanche, caught 3 different limits on 3 different days this week. Two days all of his fish were 4-5 pounds, and were caught on Rapala lures, and Power Worms.
•  Dennis Maloney and Ron Williams, from San Andreas, caught 3 nice trout each at The Pond, including a 5 pounder for each of them. They were using Power Eggs and Power Worms.

BASS

We would like to thank the bass club from Walton’s Pond Tackle Shop in San Leandro for holding their bass meet here last weekend. They had 15-20 boats go out, with many limits brought back in. We congratulate John Walton for his winning 5 fish limit at 19 pounds, and we also congratulate Chris Bartling for his big fish weighing 4.2 pounds. They were using Carolina rigged plastic worms, and brown/purple jigs with a Hula Grub; fishing over submerged island tops with trees. They said fish were between 15-40 feet deep.  Lee Sanchez and a friend, from Valley Springs caught and released 10 bass last Sunday. They were drop shotting worms, and using brown jigs, and had bass at 3.75 pounds, and several at 2.5 pounds. The week before, they caught and released 20 total bass; in 25-30 feet of water, with a big fish at 3.79 pounds. Their 5 big fish weighed 18 pounds total.

CRAPPIE

Lew Williams, from Lodi, caught five nice crappie in the main lake on Thursday. He was using a white crappie jig, and had fish to 2 pounds.

We encourage all anglers to report their stories, comments, or concerns to the North Shore Store, the South Shore Store, or by email to eporray@camancherecreation.com. Thanks again for choosing Lake Camanche as your recreation destination.

On behalf of Camanche Recreation Company... Boat safely, and happy fishing!

STORE HOURS OF OPERATION
North Shore & South Shore

Saturday & Sunday:  7:00am – 5:00pm
Monday – Thursday:  8:00am – 2:00pm
Friday:  8:00am – 5:00pm

Camanche Recreation Area is open 365 days a year. Gate hours for North and South shores are 5:00am - 11:00pm

North Shore Store:   (209) 763-5166
South Shore Store:   (209) 763-5915


ATTENTION ALL BOATERS

Due to the growing presence of the invasive Zebra and Quagga mussel in California, we will be conducting mandatory boater interviews and vessel inspections prior to entry. At this time, East Bay Municipal Utility District has taken several steps to manage this issue at Lake Camanche, Lake Pardee, and San Pablo Reservoir: 

1.  Vessels from Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, Southern California, and outside of California will not be allowed on Lake Camanche, Lake Pardee, or San Pablo Reservoir. 

2.  All vessels from approved counties will be inspected prior to launch. These inspections should take no more than five minutes per vessel. 

In order to pass the inspection, we require that your vessel's water reservoirs (live wells and bilges) be totally dry and that the boat hull be clean. We do not anticipate these procedures to take more than five minutes per vessel, but we do strongly encourage you to arrive early to make sure you get on the water as soon as possible.