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Camanche

Lake Camanche is located at an elevation of 236 feet in the Mokelumne River basin.

It has 7,700 surface acres and 54 miles of shoreline. Facilities are located on both the north and south shores.

Available at Camanche are campgrounds, cottages, beaches, trailer park, marinas, bait shops, boat rentals and two 4-lane launch ramps. There is a $5 fee for launching, $5 for parking and $3 for each person fishing.

One of Lake Camanche's most obvious features is its standing timber. You will find it throughout the lake and it can hold bass in a variety of situations. The upper lake is a no-ski zone with a 20 mph speed limit. Camanche also has its share of shallow flats but due to lake level fluctuations grass growth is minimal.

For more information, call (209)763-5121 for North Shore; or (209)763-5178 for South Shore.

Current Lake levels can be obtained at the East Bay Municipal Utilities District (water supply daily reports)Click on the most recent report and note the elevation/feet and change readings for Camanche.



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Name: Bobby Date: 2009-11-11
Location: EDH E-Mail:
Water Teamp: 61-63 Degrees Water Clarity: 2
Report: I needed to take the boat out to see if transome transducer was reading depth properly once on plane after re gluing. After finding out that it now reads water dept at speeds above 10mph is a good thing so I decided to fish...Found the bite good for size in the 30-40 foot depths. All of my fish came on a spoon at those depths. Quality spots all five at 2 lbs or greater with the largest near 3lbs. I left after @5 hours of fishing. There were at least 20 other boats that I seen up river and yet nobody will take the time to post which is why I am. I didn't go behond the bridge because at least 5 other boats made their way up river. Saw several boats fishing the two bridge pilings but only one piling was producing fish all small from what I could see. There were a mix of trout and bass fishermen yesterday and the weather cooperated. I was off the water by 1:30pm and wish I could have stayed longer but had things to do at home....Lake level is @75% full which is a good thing around here....

Tips: The Spots were spitting up crawdad pieces and probably should have used my jigs but I wanted to see if the Dah spoon would produce here like they did for me on Berryessa. The craw color pieces that they were spitting up was red/orange.


Name: T2 Date: 2009-09-27
Location: Foster City E-Mail:
Water Teamp: 76 Water Clarity: 3
Report: I fished Comanche Thur thru Sunday AM. I averaged 12-15 bass each day with one 20 fish day. There was a great top water bite from 6:00 -7:15 PM each night. Caught numerous 3lb fish and one 4lber. Top water fish were caught along the rocky shore in the upper river area. Sara spooks and tiny torpedoes were the best baits. The morning and afternoon bite was slow due to extreme heat and limited to smaller fish caught on drop shot robo worms and Comanche Jack plastics in 20ft off rocky points. Tried crank bait and carolina rigged plastics and nada. Caught a couple of missed top water fish on senko.

Tips: Fish top water late evening and drop shot during the morning. Sleep during the heat of the mid-day


Name: Guppyboy Date: 2009-09-19
Location: sac E-Mail: tomthefisherman90@yahoo.com
Water Teamp: 76 Water Clarity: 1
Report: dropshottin 7 inch sencos is possible wacky rig them on a drop shot i've done this. I did it at clear lake and yes there was a pig caught on it, 5 lbs. it depends on the lake certain fish like big profile and certain fish like small profile. yes a 7 inch senco sinks hella fat you gotta keep it movin in a natural way.

Tips: look more into the lake before you fish it. the more knowledge the better chances you have on putting a pattern together.


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Name: brandon E-Mail:
Spring: Summer: Had a great day.Fished early morning using keeper 082 red flake boated 12 Bass in 1hr. Fished 8-12 foot of water wacky rigged. Caught a few more later but my son was about done.Had a great day my son smiled the hole time.
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