Fishing Articles


Collins Lake Fish Report
by Collins Lake Staff, MARCH 1, 2014
Collins Lake

We saw some SERIOUS limits of trout and bass this past week! The Auburn Bassmasters brought up 10 boats for their tournament and EVERYONE limited out on Bass, and most caught and released all day long! The bass are in their pre spawn mode and hanging out in the shallows on the east side in 8? to 10? of water. Surface temps ran from...
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Collins Lake Fish Report
by Collins Lake Staff, FEBRUARY 21, 2014
Collins Lake

With a fully functional boat ramp and 14 more feet water in the lake, fishing is peaking early this year due to incredible weather! With outside temperatures running in the high 60?s it is quite pleasant to be on the lake in a boat trolling for trout. Max Cheney caught a trout, a bass, and a crappie on his weekend trip! Connor, Kenneth, & Jonathan...
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Collins Lake Fish Report
by Collins Lake Staff, JANUARY 21, 2014
Collins Lake

Chris Hazen from Grass Valley had two fabulous fishing days here while shore fishing with Powerbait by the dam. The first trip was with Max and they both limited out and the second trip with Ron netted them two limits as well. My cousin Mica Fish (the old man and the dogs in the boat) limited every day on their...
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Late Fall Salmon Concerns
by Michael Coats, JANUARY 17, 2014
Sacramento River

San Francisco - As the Brown administration declared a drought state of emergency in California, the Coleman national fish hatchery plans to release another 73,000 baby salmon next week to almost certain death in the drought-stricken Sacramento River. The planned release follows releases of almost 750,000 baby salmon over the last five weeks ignoring warnings from salmon advocates...
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Collins Lake Fish Report
by Collins Lake Staff, JANUARY 13, 2014
Collins Lake

Any day now we will get a double trout plant of (larger than normal) sized trout from Fish & Game. The lake is still at it's winter low so catching these fish will be a breeze!! You may have to walk a little farther but we'll make sure it's worth it and the weather is expected to be close to 70 degrees for a...
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Collins Lake Fish Report
by Collins Lake Staff, DECEMBER 29, 2013
Collins Lake

Leave the long Johns at home, it's warming up this week! These beautiful sunny days have brought a lot of people out this week and some of the fish being caught are huge!! *Dino Tribuzi* was shore fishing with rainbow PowerBait when he hooked a gigantic */14 lb. 3 oz. Catfish/*, now that was a nice surprise! *Sumerlyn Whicker* caught 3 nice Rainbows, her biggest...
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