Fishing Articles

Wowzer – it was a wild one up at the Lake this weekend. Fishing, this Fishmas, was definitely better than the weather, although the weather was typical Opening day weather – snowy and blustery. Vehicles started arriving in the snow covered lot at 3:00am and with those drivers not knowing where the parking lines were made for and interesting...
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Another fantastic week of trout catches galore!! Milan Rapo started the week off with his huge 6 lb. trout he hooked on a Flatfish lure. Following close behind was the biggest trout caught this week by Steve Bohlmanfrom Rocklin. Steve’s hefty trout weighed 7 lb. 8 oz., along with a 3 lb. 4 oz. and he caught...
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We saw many consistent "limits" of trout caught this week!! Many of them from the shoreline down by the dam or off the sand beach. All the biggest trout were caught on lures while trolling this week. Peter Tinoco from Roseville hooked a limit and his biggest was a 5 pounder, he used an orange Rapala. ...
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Two weeks till Fishmas Opener – can you believe it – almost feels like Summer up here in Bishop with temps in the high 70’s last and predictions of the mid 80’s next week, although it was pretty darn chilly at the Lake yesterday - 27° at 11:00am with a slight breeze. There’s open water showing in the front bay...
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Next week on Saturday, April 23rd Collins Lake is hosting our first Trout Derby. It is a Family Event and we are encouraging you to bring all the kids fishing- KIDS FISH FREE and adults are $20. Go to Collinslake.com for more info and how to sign up!!!! This past week was packed plum full of LIMITS of TROUT...
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