lake oroville ?

kane-o · Post by **kane-o** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:41 am

we might be moving to paradise, ca. and i was wondering how the bass fishing is at lake oroville, and if there is other good bass fishing in that area ?? thanks

Bill kizer · Post by **Bill kizer** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:25 am

Oroville is a great spotted bass fishery. There are also numerious other lakes in the area such as Clear Lake. Almanor, to many to name.

Where are you coming from?

Caudawg · Post by **Caudawg** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:18 am

Oroville is loaded with spotted bass. Getting a big one is a challenge sometimes. Plus the trout and salmon fishing is good if you are into that.

You also have lots of fishing/hunting opportunities opportunities surrounding you with the Feather River & Afterbay, good duck/goose hunting nearby, turkey, deer etc.

As with Clear Lake, there is some riffraff to deal with. But overall I really like fishing at Oroville.

MaddMaggs · Post by **MaddMaggs** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:23 am

The "O" is a great spotted bass lake. Water levels can rise and fall up to 200 ft per year. Within a 2 hour drive there are numberous "world class" fisheries. Hawg hunting on Clear lake or the Delta, Whiskeytown for spots and largies, Amador for smallies. Paradise is a nice town.

Good luck in your adventures...wish I was still there....

kane-o · Post by **kane-o** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:29 am

Bill kizer wrote:Oroville is a great spotted bass fishery. There are also numerious other lakes in the area such as Clear Lake. Almanor, to many to name.

Where are you coming from?

bill, were coming form los angeles area....i fish castaic mostly.. ive only been bass fishing around 5 years... mostly looking to fish largemouth and smallies, have a 95' champion 17'-6"boat, might be upgrading when i get up their ? ...thanks

Jason Milligan · Post by **Jason Milligan** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:00 pm

Redding CA. Home of Shasta Lake, Whiskeytown Lake and the beginning of the Lower Sacramento River. One hour to the west is Trinity Lake which held the state record smallmouth for sometime and has a great population of northern largemouth. Countless ponds in the area. Trout fishing on the upper Sacramento river before it flows into Shasta Lake is world class. Still only 2.5 hours to Clearlake, 1.5 hours to Oroville. A lot of other fishing opportunities within a short drive. Oroville is a decent lake but the fish are much smaller on average then the lakes mentioned above. You will have more stores, restaurants, banks, homes etc. in the Redding area also. Not trying to hijack, just letting you know what the area just to the north has to offer.

ash · Post by **ash** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:01 pm

kane-o wrote:
Bill kizer wrote:Oroville is a great spotted bass fishery. There are also numerious other lakes in the area such as Clear Lake. Almanor, to many to name.

Where are you coming from?
bill, were coming form los angeles area....i fish castaic mostly.. ive only been bass fishing around 5 years... mostly looking to fish largemouth and smallies, have a 95' champion 17'-6"boat, might be upgrading when i get up their ? ...thanks

Orroville fishes like any of those other resiviors just got to get through the smaller fish, or leave them entirly for the better bite

I moved up from SoCal a few years ago and found that a bass is a bass. But NorCal offers so much more in the way of fishing its just sick.

brambo0311 · Post by **brambo0311** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:47 am

Oroville and the spill way up there are great fishing. It is a lake you have to learn, but there are some good fish in there. Also if you can get a pontoon on the feather river in oroville and drift down, its the best small mouth fishing I have ever had. My biggest salmon I have ever landed I caught out of the feather up there back in 99 I think went 52#. Town is kinda run down, lots of tweekers and you roll the dice every time you park your rig anywere.

kane-o · Post by **kane-o** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:37 pm

brambo0311 wrote:Oroville and the spill way up there are great fishing. It is a lake you have to learn, but there are some good fish in there. Also if you can get a pontoon on the feather river in oroville and drift down, its the best small mouth fishing I have ever had. My biggest salmon I have ever landed I caught out of the feather up there back in 99 I think went 52#. Town is kinda run down, lots of tweekers and you roll the dice every time you park your rig anywere.

so even parking at the launches is not to safe ? do you know anyone that has had any trouble their... this sucks to hear

brambo0311 · Post by **brambo0311** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:45 pm

The ramps seem to be OK but I have been broken into 3 times along the feather river. There are alot of places to park that are tucked away back there. Safest place on the feather is right in front of matthews ready mix plant. On the other side behind the tackle shop is bad news, tweeker strip mall. They will either take everything they can, or destroy what they cant.