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Lake Oroville

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Species

Spotted Bass

Season

Winter (Current)
13 Fishing Reports
86 Followers

Lake Oroville Overview

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Top Techniques Reported for Spotted Bass + Winter

Umbrella Rigs
  1. Umbrella Rigs
    3
Total Fishing Reports
13
Top Species Reported for Winter
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Fishing Reports

13 Reports on Lake Oroville

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  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    10/8/22

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Ledges

    Went back on Saturday for my second run at this lake. I had similar success as my first attempt last week. Although I caught 12, they were for some reason about a 1 pound smaller? Last week it was all 2.5 to 3 pounders and this week they were mostly in the 1.5 to 2 pound range. I was using the same tactic using a ned rig, looking for shelves and rock piles off of points. In retrospect, I think sometimes, I start creeping too close to the shoreline, and maybe I'm leaving the larger fish that are a bit further out? I tried various spinner baits, crank baits and top water lures again in the recessed areas between the points but wasn't having any action at all on those.
  • Dave Gwiazdon

    Gold Ambassador

    10/1/22

    • Species

      Largemouth Bass

    • Season

      Fall

    • Technique

      Ned Rigs

    • Structure

      Points

    This was my first trip out to Lake Oroville, and I was not disappointed. Can't wait to get out there again cuz those bass fight twice as hard as their size. And with 16 fish in the 2-3 lb range, it made for a fantastic day. And as mentioned, it seemed every one of those fish put up a fight that had me thinking they were going to be twice as big. I just received my latest order of tackle from Omnia and put it right to use. I started up the north fork, using a Ned rig on the points. The Zman Finesse TRD was killin it! (I was using The Deal pattern) When I advanced into a cove, I switched over to the Whopper Plopper and tried some jerk baits as well. Although I caught a few in the coves, I pretty much hurried over to the next point, because that's where the bigger fish were holding. They were in the 20-30 ft deep range on either side of the point. I would never have left the north fork, but since this was my first time on Oroville, I wanted to explore a little bit. Spent some time at the Dam, but only smaller fish there. And went under the bridge to the upper south fork with more success on the points. Overall a great day. My top five fish added up to 14lbs 4oz.
  • Omnia Community Member

    Bronze Ambassador

    11/29/22

    • Species

      Spotted Bass

    • Season

      Winter

    • Technique

      Umbrella Rigs

    • Structure

      Baitfish

    • Forage

      Shad

    We targeted main lake points from 5-25 with a-rigs in the morning catching fish most of the day in the 1.80-3lb range. The jig bite was fast and would happen on clay banks in 10-20
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