Collins Lake

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November “blessings” start off with beautiful weather, big fish, and trophy trout plants!!  If it’s foggy in the valley, come see us and enjoy our great clear sunshine weather in the foothills!!  We did receive a trophy trout plant on 10/24 and the next one is to arrive the end of this week.  Our final 2014 trophy trout plant is planned around Nov. 21st,  call first to make sure they are on schedule. 

Rick Grimmett and his son Gus brought a friend fishing named Jeremiah Johnson and they had a blast, catching lots of trout trolling with a Rapala lure.  The shad are thick right now and the fish are chasing the shad near the surface so trollers don’t have to go deep at all.  Gus & Jeremiah trolled with flashers and worms also, Daddy Rick’s biggest trout was a 5 lb. 12 oz. beauty.  Tom Gardella of El Dorado Hills limits out on trout (biggest 4 lb. 8 oz.) off the dam using his own secret bait.  Rick Reeve from SAC.  used rainbow PowerBait to lure in a 4 lb. 2 oz. trout from shore near the dam.  Jacina, Jacob, & Melinda of Marysvile caught a 3 lb. 8 oz. trout and a 2 lb. 8 oz. Redear Sunfish on worms by the dam.

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Linda & Barney LaRue had a super fabulous and amazing camping and fishing trip!!!  Barney thought Linda got a little too spoiled the first day out, catching a 5 lb. 4 oz. and a 4 lb. 12 oz. and a 4 lb. trout!!!  How do you “top that”???? Well you top that with an 11 pound Catfish says Linda, as she barely holds onto it long enough for us to take the picture!!  Elaine Briefman caught two trout from the dock using Powerbait on her quick getaway to our lake!

Pete Visali and his son Joe trolled with Rapalas and took home two limits of trout.  They were very shallow, no down riggers and trolled in the middle of the lake above the channel.    Alice Tucker looks pretty tickled with her 2 lb. 4 oz. trout which she caught from a boat near the buoys by the beach, anchored in using Powerbait.  Luis Garcia from Yuba City fished with his Dad and they hooked an 8 lb. 8 oz. Catfish from shore by the dam, very thrilling for him!!

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Doug Clark snapped a picture of his fishing buddy Jimmy Trejo holding up their 10 trout they caught trolling a couple of days ago!  It’s hard to take a “selfie” of two guys on a dock that’s moving with 10 slippery fish!@  The Johnson’s caught a limit of  trout and two Catfish, using worms from shore.  Randy & Loretta Bryant hooked seven  trout while trolling a blueish jig with a worm and their “Booyah Fish” was 4 lbs. 12 oz.

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Jeff Berglund took home a nice 6 lb. 8 oz. Catfish he enticed with a nightcrawler.   Charlene, Dan & Les trolled near the rental dock and caught 5 Rainbows.  Young Julian Vargas fished from the dock using his homemade bait, and he caught a 2-1/2 lb. trout.  Roman & Yuriy caught 3 trout and 1 Bass the first week, and upped their skills the following week and caught 7 trout and 2 Bass! 

Maddy & Audrey Bernard caught some gorgeous Rainbows (thier biggest was 3 lbs.) and they fished off the dock using Powerbait.