By Mark Lassagne Lake Oroville State Recration Area can be fun or frustrating, depending on your goals. If you’re looking for a nice lake – clean water, camping, boating and fishing – that also has a ton of fish, then Oroville is a fun and enjoyable place to be. However, if you’re looking for an easier shot at quality fish, then you might want to head to Clear Lake, Berryessa, or the Delta. Lake Oroville sits at 900 feet of elevation and is approximately 25 miles long, end-to-end, with about 150 miles of shoreline. Located an hour … [Read More...]
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March and April at Berryessa
March and April found great fishing at Lake Berryessa The warm weather after the last storms brought the fish up shallow to spawn giving us many choices. Early March found the fish on points leading into coves then once the water warmed into the high 50's the bass moved into the coves along the sunny walls. The north facing walls with full sun were the best. It didn't matter if you fished the main lake or the narrows the fish moved up and were biting. In early March we were getting 20to 30 fish a day and now in April it's 30 to 70 a day … [Read More...]
Weather or Not
By Mark Lassagne with Ish Monroe Undoubtedly the most important consideration when going fishing is the weather. Weather not only affects how the fish bite, it also lets us know what to wear and how to prepare for the day. Imagine not knowing what it’s like on a given day, showing up in shorts and a tee to find it 45 degrees and blowing 30 mph – you’d probably have to head back home. Most anglers now have smart phones and the internet - so they have a general idea of what the weather is going to be - but what about on the water when … [Read More...]
KEEP YOUR HAT ON
GEAR TEST - Eyzgear glasses / hat retainer - never lose a pair of glasses again. This product was intended to hold you glasses from falling off the top of you hat which it works perfect for but I also found that wearing the Eyzgear retractable retainers when your hat flies off it will stay right behind you hear and not in the water. The retainers clip to your hat with a small but sturdy clip and then a loop that connects to your glasses. Comfort - With the retainers installed you won't even know they are there. Style - The black … [Read More...]
Catching Bass After a Front
Post Front Bass By Mark Lassagne You’re now on your fifth spot and haven’t gotten a bite! Saturday morning, mid-November and it’s a beautiful day. Cold but bright blue skies with puffy cumulus clouds and barely a breeze. I’ve tried spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs, jerkbaits, even a drop shot and Senkos , and I can’t get bit. Last weekend I caught 20 fish! WHAT’S GOING ON? Post front bass is what’s going on. The weather’s nice now, but last week it was storming. Unless you’re a bass you won’t ever know exactly why it … [Read More...]
Bass Location Through Validation
By Mark Lassagne Winter bass generally travel to the main lake in late fall and stay there until the water warms and then make their way to the shallow to spawn. Though this is the general path not all fish follow these rules. Since fish are a living breathing creature they can travel as they need to maintain their own way of life whether or not it fits into our idea of their normal travels. On one cold winter day on a reservoir in Calif the water was in the mid 40’s and we were struggling to catch fish so several times we lowered my … [Read More...]