Lake Oroville

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Jun 20, 2025

Species

Spotted Bass

Season

Summer (Current)

13 Fishing Reports

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Medium Diving Crankbaits (7'-12')
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Spotted Bass3 Reports
Smallmouth Bass1 Report
Panfish / Bluegill1 Report

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Fishing Reports

13 Reports on Lake Oroville

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Zeth Kinnett Fishing
Gold Ambassador
7/5/23
- Species
  Spotted Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Drop Shot
- Structure
  Shad
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  74°
Bite is pretty good on Oroville right now. Caught fish anywhere from 5-40' of water. Use your graphs and a heavy dropshot weight with a straight tail pond smelt/shad imitator. as soon as you see a pod of fish cast to them and you will likely get bit. If not graph until you see the next. If you don't see balls of bait around the area as well don't bother. Move on until you see the bait and the small schools of bass pushing them around. Forward facing sonar helps but is not necessary with this technique. A damiki style jighead and 3-4" straight tail baitfish imitator will also work. Other techniques that would be effective would be ballhead with keitech etc or underspin. 2.8-3.3 size. Or a spoon or a blade bait. Good luck.
James Flicker
Silver Ambassador
6/18/21
- Species
  Largemouth Bass
- Season
  Spring (Post-Spawn)
- Technique
  Tubes
- Structure
  Points
Water Temp: 76 Water Clarity: Clear (6-8foot visibility) Report: Fished evening, launching around 4:30pm until around 9:00pm. Wind was dead, average wind was 2-3mph. Caught 24 fish between partner and I. They were concentrated on rocky structure points and shallow coves. Many strikes in the 2-4ft range. We had the best luck with Old Ugly colored Dry Creek Tubes and the larger fish on 3.5” KVD Coffee tubes in watermelon with black flakes. Largest fish 3.5, But a aerate size was right around 2lbs. Majority of the bites were on spinning reel. But was able to land quality fish on both bait casting as well. Tips: Slow roll the tubes until you can feel every rock and structure. Bites were strong and easily detectable. Gear: Shimano Vanford spinning reel, 8lb floro Sunline Sniper leader, Dobyns Fury 703SF, Owner darter head 1/4 oz.
Bob
Silver Ambassador
6/10/24
- Species
  Smallmouth Bass
- Season
  Summer
- Technique
  Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
- Structure
  Baitfish
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  79°
There were tons of baitfish with bass feeding on them visible on the graph. I launched at Lime Saddle Marina. I stayed within sight of the covered houseboat area. I let the lure hit the bottom before slowly reeling it in. This small mouth hit the Keitech shortly after I started my retrieve. There were many suspended fish as well.