Fishing Oroville Lake 11/01/2018

[Tom Gronwall]

Another rough launch at Bidwell at 6:30 am, but no water into the boat this time. Decent bite, found a place that kept me out of the winds, fishing about 75-100 foot of shoreline the entire trip. Slower fishing does better with spots, once you find the fish, hang in the general area longer, rather then move on down the bank. Today, perfect example, fishing 2 1/2 hours in the same location. Caught 14 spots, a couple 15", couple 14 1/2, couple 14" and none less then 13 1/2". Most fish caught at 30-35 foot mark, none deeper today. Every time the sun pokes through the clouds, the bite picked up, then slowed as clouds came back. Anything with chartreuse worked best today, mixed with browns. Gave up fishing at 9:45 am, as the winds seemed to pick up again. Steep rubble rock like banks did the trick today. Sure has been good fishing the last three or more weeks, always better sized fish end of Sept, through Oct. like most years and maybe this November.

[Tom Gronwall]