Lake Oroville Fishing Report | August 11, 2025

Uncle Larry’s UV Squid is the upgrade hoochie built for low-light, deep-water, and stained-water conditions where UV visibility gives you a measurable edge over standard squid patterns. The UV coating enhances the squid’s visibility at depth while the squid-skirt profile maintains the pulsating, breathing action that kokanee, rainbow trout, and landlocked salmon key on behind a dodger at slow trolling speeds. Available in 12 vibrant colors including UV-enhanced patterns that outperform non-UV squids at the depths where fish hold during peak feeding. Fish them behind a CA Trolling Dodger for a complete slow-troll setup.

Uncle Larry’s Downrigger Ball Flashers attach directly to your downrigger cable to add vibration and flash at the terminal end of your spread where your downrigger ball runs. The ball-mounted flasher generates a distinct frequency through the water column that differs from above-water attractors, drawing kokanee and salmon in from deeper in the strike zone while your trailing lure does its job. Available in five finishes to match varying light and depth conditions throughout the season: Black Ice, Copper, Gold, Pearl Glow, and Silver.

Uncle Larry's Mini Downrigger Ball Flashers are the compact version of the proven ball flasher concept, scaled for lighter downrigger setups where a full-size ball flasher adds too much drag. Attached directly to the downrigger cable, the mini flasher generates vibration and flash at terminal depth, an additional trigger point that draws kokanee and salmon in from deeper in the strike zone while your trailing lure does its job. Available in Gold, Silver, Gold/Silver, Copper, Black Ice, and Pearl Magic to match varying light and depth conditions throughout the season.

The Turbo Flasher is a fundamentally different kind of attractor, a rotating-blade design that generates zero drag at any trolling speed, giving you the flash and vibration of a full-size flasher without any of the line load that limits your presentation options. Because it doesn't load the line, it pairs cleanly with lighter rods and smaller reels, runs at any speed from a dead-slow kokanee crawl to a fast open-water troll, and works effectively on both flat-line and downrigger setups. Replace your standard dodger with a Turbo Flasher when you need to run faster, lighter, or when fish are spooky and a large dodger's presence is working against you. Available in 13 color and pattern options.