Collins Lake

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The summer transition has finally happened, the Trout have gone deeper and the Sunfish & Bass are in the shallows.  Live bait for the bass is best, including crawdads or worms.  Live minnow or worms work are excellent choices when fishing for Redear Sunfish or Crappie.  Boat rentals are available any day of the week and are reduced on weekdays.  Catfish crave stinkbaits such as clams, sardines, or chicken liver.

David Bennett of Marysville fished all night and brought in four Cats over 5 pounds each on his very first attempt at Catfishing. He said they started biting after 10 p.m and and pulled them in using chicken livers for bait.  He caught them all between 10pm and midnight then he fell asleep in his boat and woke up with a blanket of ants on him that came out of the tree he was tied to!!

Our Korbel campers -Ryan & Bari Barella returned with Louie, Dan, Sandi, Carol, Pat, & Tom and caught some nice Trout off the dock using worms or green Powerbait.  Some of them were caught trolling off the sand beach as well.

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Larry Goforth from Magalia trolled with a Sling Blade and a Cripplure and netted a 4 lb. 10 oz. Rainbow  Roy Ahner, Jerry Krahne, & Howard Weitzel caught 3 limits of Trout trolling worms & powerbait all over the lake.  Howard lucked into the biggest fish in their group which was a 4 lb. 12 oz. Rainbow caught in 40 ft. of water around 8 am.

Sheri Suoja of Brownsville & her husband Rodney had an eventful day with their daughter Jessica who was visiting and asked to go fishing at their favorite campground.  Sheri “stole the show” as she hooked all four Trout caught that day while trolling flashers & worms.

Gary Coffman had a great fishing trip, he hooked a 4 lb. 4 oz. Rainbow near the power lines on Rainbow powerbait on 6/13.  The next day he repeated his set-up and caught 3 more Trout, biggest was a 5 pounder. Ray Johnson & his buddy Coco landed a limit of Trout on the east side from a boat using powerbait.  Ray’s wife and sister-in-law caught 6 Rainbows in a couple of hours, enjoying quality time together as well.

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Little Emily Wilson of Temecula caught her 1st fish ever, a nice Bass out of Elmer’s Cove on a live crawdad. Gus Grimmett of  Citrus Heights and his Dad worked hard for their Trout and it paid off, Gus caught a 3 lb. 4 oz. trolling Rapalas in the middle of the lake around 30′ down.

Little Makenzy fished from the boat dock and landed 2 Trout on powerbait. Jacob Bloom fished the east side from a boat and netted three Rainbows, his favorite was the one with the FREE ICE CREAM TAG!!

Pang Her from Chico caught a gorgeous Redear Sunfish that weighed nearly 2 pounds!  Balke & Brooke Bertolin of San Jose caught a Crappie from the rental boat dock on worms. Tyler & Brian Oguinn  of Chico used rubberworms by the bridge and hooked two Bass.

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The Zinkl’s from Rohnert Park caught their 7 Trout under the power lines and off the dock using worms or powerbait.  Dick Blanke of Stockton was mighty proud of his hefty 4 lb. 2 oz. Trout that he hooked by the dam using red powerbait.

The Machens & Andersons of Marysville and Danielle from Clayton did a bang up job of catching Trout from shore by the dam using watermelon & sherbert mix of powerbait.  On Sunday their family caught 20 total and yesterday the girls caught 8 more!