Lake Camanche - CA

Austin Baker, austinbarkk Austin commented on 6/1, “Today was a day that i will remember for a long time. I was blessed with a chance to take @masonferrulli3 out fishing with me and let me tell you, this kid is life changing. Mason, you’re an inspiration to many including myself. Your smile is contagious and I have gained a lifelong friend today. I can’t wait to take you out fishing again and watch you excel in fishing and in life. Keep that positive attitude and faith in the man upstairs. I have availability right now and the fish are eating. Let’s catch some fish!”

Rob Rucker was fishing the catfish pond using chartreuse worms and found this monster plus another smaller trout on 7/1. Looks like a bass from the trout pond too.

The photos below were posted to social media by Matt Frazier, frazierluckfishing Matt wrote on 6/28, “For those of you that don’t know Mason battled Cancer and is winning the fight! This video is a young man that went into the day not wanting numbers instead he wanted to go for a big one! He fished so hard and focused so well at the task at hand that he willed it to happen!! Look at the joy all over his face, words can’t even come close. This was by far my most memorable day on the water and it will be hard to ever top. Inspired!! Mason said this St Croix rod is amazing!! If anyone one would like to donate some new fishing tackle, rods or reels to help get Mason set up please let me know and if any of my tagged sponsors would like to set Mason up please reach out.

mr_b_lure_company added, “@austinbarkkhas been putting the Mr B Football jigs to the test and having great results. Check out this Lake Camanche Hawg!” and “Holy buckets Peter! There was a Mr B Football jig down in there, somewhere.@austinbarkk landed this Double Fister at Lake Camanche…one of the lakes he guides on. Check him out.”

Camanche employee, Sarah sent this picture and report on 6/4. She wrote, “Both of us used a drop shot, using Bass Pro Shop Tournament Series worms, we both fished off of a boat, and didn’t stay in one spot. We fished multiple areas along the shoreline where we thought might be good “sabotage spots” “I personally caught 15 smallmouth bass, 4 of which were legal size, biggest was 16” Jason caught about 9 smallmouth bass and 1 spotted bass, only one of his small mouth was legal size 14” and the spotted bass was 13” We kept 6 in total that were legal size and they tasted great! It was a fun day!”

Roger Cummings of Prather, brought in these 2 bass weighing in at 3.13 & 4.2 lbs. on 6/2. He listed that he was fishing out by the dam but didn’t report any baits.

Our local trout expert, Robbie Dunham posted this report and picture to Facebook on 6/5, “Today I fished with Paul from the Fishermans Friend… He is totally a Bass Guy… Never seen a Downrigger in Action!!! Well today I fixed that… Met me at North Shore ramp at 5:30… Started down the River Channel and worked our way to the Dam… Open Water with Speedy Shiners!!! Ended the Day with 8 on the stick, with 12 grabs… Had 2 1/2 hour period with the “Kiss of Death”…. Not Good… We took turns bringing in these Fish!!! Here are a couple Photos from my Phone… My good Camera battery went dead… It’s on the Charger now… Until next time….Robbie, Koke Machine Guide Service.” When asked about the appearance of the trout Robbie replied, “They are called Copods. They only cling on the skin and scales. They DO NOT burrow into the Meat. They don’t look very good, but it doesn’t affect the meat at all. I Fillet and Skin them.”​

Bass Guide, austinbarkk, aka Austin Baker of Rio Linda hauled in this monster 8.98 lb. bass using football jig which he posted to Instagram commenting, “Well I guess @lakecamanche missed me a little. Been a while since I caught a big one here. @mr_b_lure_company football jig was the ticket. Would love to see this fish pre spawn. Also, shout out to @gonefishinmarine and @reelcrazy1 for keeping me on the water in between boats.

Long time Camanche Angler, Dave Jans shared this shot with us and reported, ” I caught 7 today on 7 different baits- plastics to reaction baits. Fish are close to the shore in the morning and move deeper as the sun warms the water. Water temp was 68 in the morning and 74 in the afternoon.”