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Tom Gronwall

Cool morning, burr. Launched at lime Saddle about 7am, fished till 10:45am. Wow, was it breezy today, hate that wind on days like this. Just so so fishing, with just 15 spots. Largest right at 15 1/2" taken on the submerged ridge from the point to the island where the West branch takes off in 2...

Tom Gronwall

Had to get on the lake today, as it looks like the only day it won't rain. Launched about 6:45am at Lime Saddle, fished till 10:30am. Water still clear even though we had 6" of rain the last two days. Picked up 4 spots first point on the left heading to N. Fork. Amazingly calm, slight breeze. S...

Tom Gronwall

Launched at 6:45am at Lime saddle, breezy morning. Stopped at the first point on the left heading to N. Fork, and wham, picked up a nice 15" spot, no picture as the camera battery died, so let her go. Talk about breezy, just like last week, making my little boat act like a kite. Hate these days...

Tom Gronwall

Launched at 6:30 at lime saddle, off the lake at 11am. I knew the bite was going to be slow today after fishing the launch ramp area. Fish it every time, and if the fish are active around the ramp, the rest of the lake tends to be good, but not today. No fish at the ramp, so headed to N. fork and fi...

Tom Gronwall

Windy city on the lake today, way too windy for my little boat that acts like a kite in the wind. My face feels like it was in a sand storm, wind burned from the darn winds. Never made it to the n. Fork, fished just the west branch trying to keep out of the winds. Still a decent day, considering the...

Tom Gronwall

Launched about 6:30am at Lime saddle, fished till about 11:10am. Wow, hot bite two trips in a row, no kidding. As I always do, test the waters when launching, got 6 spots, 12-13" size, but it gives me an indication of what the colors are for the day, and how the bite might be. Not kidding aroun...

Tom Gronwall

Wow, fishtagger costs a lot if tagging many fish. Don't think I can afford to tag 1500 fish each year with this website. Thanks for the input.

Tom Gronwall

So many times I know I've caught the same fish twice in Oroville lake. Catching so many on the lake had me wondering, can we as fisherman tag fish for the fun of it. Looked everywhere, no information seems to be available on fish and game websites. I'd love to create a data base of size, location ca...

Tom Gronwall

Thanks, makes lots of sense, will get me a head mount light for my next trip, including black lights and floro line. Wondering, does it help to fish with a big moon, or does that hurt the bite?

Tom Gronwall

Larry, thanks for the info. I did ask around a tad, just didn't do the black light and floro line, thought I could get away without it. Got the eyes, know the lake, as fishing every week on the lake for 5 years now, can't get lost or run into stuff:>) I'm going to try again after setting up my boat ...

Tom Gronwall

Lauched at Lime saddle about 6:40am, off the lake about noon. Third fish of the day, a nice 18" spot, the we want every cast!! fished here and there and had my typical 18 fish at 10:15am, so decided to head on in and call it a day. Made my final stop to give it that final cast of the day, and s...

Tom Gronwall

Try the big pond, Oroville lake, biggest pond around, after bay is decent too.

Tom Gronwall

After talking about doing some night fishing, well, finally did a short trip, and my last night trip!! Launched at about 5:30pm, headed for the dock about 8am. Damn, talk about dark, even with the bright moon. It felt like fishing as a blind man, cast to someplace, but never sure where. No way to kn...

Tom Gronwall

Thanks, good morning on the water. Better fish as the water cools, next couple months big fish should be more common. Actually, lake dropping as it always has, about a foot a day all year.

Tom Gronwall

Fall bite seems to be beginning. Got launched about 6:15am, fished till 11am. During launch today it was raining, enough to wet everything pretty good, glad it was just 15 minutes of rain. No winds to begin with which helped, but 9:30 10am or so, it got blowing from Oroville towards the mountains, s...

Tom Gronwall

Finally could get out on the lake after waiting all week for the fire to get under control and get me an open road to get to Lime Saddle. Weird, no sign of the fire from the lake! Got launched about 6:10am, fished till 10:30am. Nothing special day, other the the bite was fairly good at the bride sup...

Tom Gronwall

Oroville works for me, but do need a boat as the walking will kill ya and better fishing locations are not anyplace near access points. Used to shore fish Lime saddle area, right side of the ramp when looking down hill, worked for me a few years ago.

Tom Gronwall

Launched at Lime Saddle about 6am, fished till 11am, an hour longer then I normally fish, because the bite was so awesome at my last stop. Could not get fish to hit at the hwy 70 bridge pilings, even though they were stacked in the corners again. Fished mostly the N. Fork, headed towards the main la...

Tom Gronwall

Thanks guys, will try a few cranks and spinner baits. Looks like the 14th the moon will be high enough as the sun goes down. Thanks for the tips.

Tom Gronwall

I used to fish Lime Saddle area before I had a boat, did well all around the launch ramp, and to the right side of the ramp as you look down hill, left side never got anything. Most other places the walk is a killer, as the lake is down 114 feet now.

Tom Gronwall

Jigs, might just give that a try. Hear black and or black and red is a good color for nights. Thanks.

Tom Gronwall

Anyone ever fish nights for spots. Wondering is it the same style fishing as daylight? Thinking of fishing with the next full moon.

Tom Gronwall

Helps, but this day, not working at the other end of the lake. Fished same stuff, nada! much better 24th.

Tom Gronwall

Much better fishing today for me then the last two weeks. Launched at Lime Saddle about 6am, stopped fishing at 10am. The bridge supports at Hwy 70 still have fish stacked on the corners like in the past. Not easy to get them to bite, but patience produced the large fish of the day, right at 16 1/2&...

Tom Gronwall

Where have the fish gone to, me, no idea. This will be the second week in a row that fishing is way off for me, could not find much to catch, and tried it all. As they say, fishing was great, catching was bad. Drove an hour to launch at Bidell to try the middle fork, as in the past, lots of fish to ...

Tom Gronwall

Today was one of those days I could find fish worth a darn, like they all went on vacation or full bellies as I only got 9 fish today, and all small ones in the 12-13" range. Tried half a dozen color and baits, nothing seemed to help, so gave up, and got off the lake thinking I can't catchy fis...

Tom Gronwall

Launched about 5:30am, off the lake by 10am as usual. Decided to try the bridge pilings at hwy 70 on my way to N. fork, found plenty of fish on the graph, stacked from 12-60 feet or deeper, lots of them, guessing 40-50 fish, yet could not get one bite with anything. Weird, last week got over 12 fish...

Tom Gronwall · Re: Fishing Oroville Lake 07/25/2016

Tom Gronwall

Bite seems to be wide open now days. Launched a little early trying to beat the heat at 5:20am, completely off the water at 10am. First stop the bridge pilings at hwy 70, as now days fish are stacked from 5 feet to 70 feet on the graph and they were in the mood to bite today. Just no big fish. Think...

Tom Gronwall · Re: Fishing Oroville lake 07/18/2016 The other pictures.

The other pictures.

Tom Gronwall

Wow, wide open bite today and larger fish are beginning to move up a tad. Launched at lime saddle about 5:30am, fished till 10am when the winds got crazy, couldn't hold my little boat worth a darn so had to give it up. I managed to catch 30 fish this am, seemed like darn near every cast a hit. Worke...

Tom Gronwall

Awesome fishing day. Launched about 5:30am at Lime Saddle, fished mostly the north fork headed towards the river where the winds blow good, stopped fishing at 10am. Today I decided to fish deeper and only fish locations I have never fished before. Guess what, deeper was the ticket today. Fished from...

Tom Gronwall

Launched at Lime Saddle about 5:30am, fished till 10am. Hit a few locations on the way to North fork, picked up one here and their, fishing N. Fork mostly, heading towards the main lake. Decided to fish deeper today, looking to get something lager then 12" and yes, slightly larger fish in the 3...

Tom Gronwall

Talk about Hot!! hottest day on the lake all year. Way too hot to be fishing for me, and for many others! Launched about 5:30am, off the lake and on the top of the ramp at 10am, and it's hot! Warm water, but still fish to be caught, small ones mostly. Caught just 13 fish, in the west branch, mostly ...

Tom Gronwall

Where are the larger fish!! Launched early, about 5:30am at Lime Saddle, fishing till 10am when it began getting hot. Bite fairly good, just nothing of any size. First point found fish at 30-35 feet and they were hungry, managed to land 10 fish off this point in about an hour. Working just a 30 foot...

Tom Gronwall

Thin girl, same today, nothing of any size again. !

Tom Gronwall

Drove all the way to bidwell so I could fish the middle fork today, launched about 6am, off the lake about 11:30am. Could not find any decent fish today but did find plenty of small fish. All fish went from 11-13" today, and even a few 9-10" fish. Fished deep, shallow, mid levels and no la...

Tom Gronwall

Launched at Lime Sadddle about 5:45am, surprised me, very light winds today. Bite way off from last week, no idea why, but no larger fish to be found this morning. Not many fish either, and the ones in the mood were small and dinks too. Managed just 17 fish today, largest right at 13 1/2" with ...

Tom Gronwall

Bill, today was a blast, one of the better trips. Not ll are like today:>) Most fish looking good.

Tom Gronwall

Guess the holiday boat traffic didn't both the fish much, great trip today. Seemed like every cast a hit. Launched about 6:35am at lime saddle, stopped fishing at 10am when it got hot. Fish were deeper today, with most fish caught 25-35 feet. 38 fish today, with one 15 1/2" in the picture, the ...

Tom Gronwall

Took my son Jesse fishing, one of our two trips each year. He's not a fisherman, but loves to see the lake and catch fish now and then. We did a lot of sightseeing of the lake, more then fishing. Started in the south fork, went as far as the bridge. He's not a rubber man, so set him up with night cr...

Tom Gronwall

Awesome, great catches, glad they were biting like they should be. Serious, better bite further out the middle fork. :>)

Tom Gronwall

Further out the middle fork, the better.

Tom Gronwall

Bite has been great for 5-6 weeks now. Middle fork best for me. Have the kids fish with night crawlers, easy to fish and spots love them. Remember, the spots hug the bottom, gets the kids down on the bottom for fish. Taking my son next week, plan on him (30 yrs old) using night crawlers. Last year h...

Tom Gronwall

It's is time, been think after my son visits next week, then the week after, get some LM. Should be the time now, maybe a little late.

Tom Gronwall

Lauched at Lime Saddle about 5:30am, nice early start. Blow wind blow. The N. Fork sure gets winds early just as Lunker Larry says, can darn near set your clock by the winds!! Still hate them. Didn't do so good, Senko bite has gotten slow, with only 13 fish caught this trip. Water doesn't look so go...

Tom Gronwall

Thought I'd try fishing the west branch west of lime saddle, since it's been over a month since my last trip into the area. Launched 5:45, off the lake 10:30am. What a mistake that was, lousy looking water (dirty) and very few fish to be found. First cast 14 1/2" decent fish, after that nothing...

Tom Gronwall

Thanks Larry, thought it was something like that, still wish it would go away:>) Those couple hours with the wind can be brutal at times. No choice, tough it out and FISH :>) If anyone knew, it had to be you.

Tom Gronwall

Don't know why, but the North fork blows so much in the early hours, hate trying to fish when it's like that, but it does die down about 8:30am. Launched about 5:45, stopped fishing at 10:30am when it got hot. Fished mostly the east side of the N. fork, where it connects to the W. branch. Fish seeme...

Tom Gronwall

Yes, again, but this time went out with Joe in his boat. Left the launch ramp at Bidwell about 6:30am, off the water about noon. Just like recent trips, didn't seem to matter where one fished. Started in S. fork, got a few fish, then went to as far as we could in the middle fork, but got stopped at ...

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