Fishing Reports
Reports from the water
Guide updates on depth, speed, and color — newest first. Updated 143 days ago.
Lake Almanor
Run Junior Optimizer and Trigger Spoons over 3 to 3.5 mph in reds, golds, and oranges. To slow down, drop to about 1 mph with soft plastics and worms 15 to 30 feet deep....
Lake Almanor
Everything is about mimicking the pond smelt, still the primary forage. Bryan ran plugs, hardware and spoons up in the water column and soft plastics down lower.
Lake Almanor
Bryan prefers toplining this time of year, running plugs or trolling soft plastics up top. When fish slide deeper, he switches to deeper diving plugs or drops down on the downriggers. Watch the sonar...
Lake Almanor
Slow-troll program. Rig Trix Minnows scented with Brown Town scent, running them from the surface to 25 feet to match the pond smelt.
Lake Almanor
Mostly the slow game. Pulling Trout Trix Minnows set up with Brown Town scent to match minnow-feeding fish. Fast gear is always an option this time of year, especially in the wind.
Lake Almanor
On windy days go fast with Trigger Spoons and Optimizer Juniors scented with Brown Town. When fish group up, switch to a slow program with Trout Trix Minnows trimmed slightly to match the pond...
Lake Almanor
Slow troll a cutdown minnow scented up, running it 35 to 45 feet down over marked fish. When wind makes slow trolling tough, switch to hardware.
Lake Almanor
Two programs: slow troll Trix Minnows cut to match pond smelt scented with Brown Town, or high-speed troll Trigger Spoons and Junior Optimizers in darker green and baitfish or rainbow patterns.
Lake Almanor
Running slow, pull Trout Trix Minnows scented with Brown Town at 1.2 mph through the mid-30s to mid-40 foot zone. Running fast, pull rainbow-pattern Trigger Spoons at 2.8 to 3.2 mph in the 35...
Lake Almanor
Fish fast when the trout are spread out, then slow down over tight pockets. Fast trolling spoons draw reaction strikes, while a slow minnow presentation shines when fish are stacked.
