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🎣 California Fish Plants for 2/8/2026 - 2/14/2026 February action is strong, lot more plants coming in this week Cooler California mornings are creating the perfect bite, making it an ideal time to get out on the water. Spoon action is great and several locations are planting some BIG drops. This week, California is expected…
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Kings River (Below Pine Flat Dam)

Bite has slowed a bit but trout are biting on brighter colors. Try Chartreuse color minnow patterns

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Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake)

Spoons in bright colors working well. Try Rasta color way from Dancin FIsh Baits. Aim for weed lines or Marker 6 on the pro map.

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🎣 Mid-week Fish Plants for 2/1/2026 - 2/7/2026 Big boost this week with 2 4k plants "Hey anglers, here's your midweek update. 26 additional spots are planting fish, bringing totals to 42,100 lbs. of trout across 53 locations. Both NorCal and SoCal are seeing prime fishing weather right now, and February is starting off with…
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Lake Camanche

SS Boat Launch will reopen on limited basis for season. Inspections required by reservation. Boating Season May 1st through October 1st

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Glen Helen Park Lake

Spoons doing well, aim for weed lines. Spoons with pink or watermelon shades catching 2-3 lbers.

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Los Vaqueros Reservoir

8 lber caught on spoons near Marker 1 (Refer to Pro Map)

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Lake Amador

Half at the Dam, half at the Spillway

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Lake Chabot (Castro Valley)

Good action on white, yellow, and blue-white tube jigs, plus swim baits and plastics for bass.

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Contra Loma Reservoir

Lures are solid overall, and big swim baits or A-rigs could pull in some bass or stripers by the rocks near the dam or at Channel Point and Quail Cove.

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Lake Temescal

Dropshots in white and pink doing the trick about 6-8 inches up from the weight, along with 3-gram spoons in pink, watermelon orange, red, or white, and powerworms in chartreuse, pink, or pink-white.

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Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake)

Spoons are still catching fish but jigs are nailing the bigger ones spread out along the swim beach, cove, and row.

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Shadow Cliffs Reservoir

Lures working well in general, especially plastics and skirted jigs for bass past the boat launch.

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🎣 California Fish Plants for 2/1/2026 - 2/7/2026 February fishing is going to be PRIME trout fishing Alright anglers, we're now in February. Hope you got those January rainbows, and don't forget to check out some of the monster plants from last week. There were 14 spots that had over 1000 lbs, and one with…
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Burney Creek (Middle)

Tubes in bug colors lke BWO or Hopper working well. Remember to make barbs barbless in regulated areas.

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