Lake Chabot Current Fishing Conditions 
March 7, 2010

GENERAL CONDITIONS

On February 26, 2010 Mt. Lassen planted 500 lbs of nice size rainbows next to the marina.  This upcoming week we are expecting another trout plant from Mt. Lassen of 750 lbs. Trout fishing continues to be great with a lot of trout being caught from Indian Cove to Raccoon Point.  Whoppers continue to get pulled out daily by anglers fishing on both the shore and trolling on a boat.  Catfishing still remains slow, but a couple weeks ago whopper-sized cats were getting pulled out.  Bass fishing remains a little slow due to the cooler water temperature.  Currently, the water level is about 3 and a half feet below full. The water temp is in the low 50’s.  If you catch a whopper bring it into the marina and get a free whopper hat and pin. No, this is not a typo, whopper hats are back!          

TROUT

Fishing has started picking up this past week with the water clearing up, there were more then several trout reported getting caught on the east shore trial from Indian cove to Raccoon point.  Not a lot of limits are getting pulled out, but whoppers continue to get pulled out.  This past week we had over 5 whoppers pulled out from both the shoreline and trolling.  Anglers trolling are also doing well with several big trout getting caught in Half Moon Bay and across from Raccoon Point.  The lake is being stock pretty heavy with trout this time of the year.  The best way to fish for trout right now is using a sliding sinker set up and using PowerBait and night crawlers during the morning or early evening down in deeper water.  The current hotspots for fishing on shore is Indian cove and down to raccoon point.  Make sure your leader line is at least 18 inches over by Raccoon point where the creek has water coming in. Make sure to have those Kastmasters and Rapalas ready!!!  Those are the lures that are going to catch you those limits of trout.  If you have any questions or you’re new to fishing come by the marina and one of our staff will help you out.  

BASS

Bass fishing has been a little slow this past week.  The lake level is really low this year a lot of structures are sticking out of the water.  One whopper sized bass was caught from deep out in half moon bay using a night crawler.  Those areas are areas you want to concentrate on.  Bass fishing is usually very slow this time of the year, most of the bass that are caught here are mostly in the spring and summer months.  Bass are moving to deep water and are suspended off of main lake points.  Livewells can be provided upon request thanks to Walton’s pond.  Please practice catch and release for bass, as they are not stocked into the lake and their population depends on you.  

CATFISH

Catfishing this time of the year is very slow.  One whopper cat was caught by Jesse McBain on accident while PowerBait fishing for trout at 8.2 lbs.  Catching catfish is very uncommon during the winter, but possible.  Look for better catfishing conditions when the water warms back up. 

WHOPPERS

This past week:

• Jesse McBain of Hayward landed a 8.2 lb catfish at Catfish Landing using power bait.
• Mike Ladeck of Petaluma caught a 8 lb trout from Alder point using a Panther Martin In-line spinner.
• Antonio Sr. of San Leandro caught a 7.85 at Raccoon Point using Power Bait.
• Bryan Williams of Redwood City landed a 6.3 trolling in Half moon bay using a Rapala Shad rap.
• Greg Mascott of Arcadia caught a 5.4 trolling a Rapala in Bass Cove.
• Matt Montez of San Leandro caught a 7.13 at Indian Cove using Night crawlers. 

Two weeks ago:

• The largest trout of the year was caught by Pamela from San Jose at 12.75 from Raccoon point using white PowerEggs.
• Andriy Raz of San Francisco caught a 5.28 on a Kastmaster at Indian Cove.
• Peter Lee of Mountain View caught a 4.5 bass from Half moon bay on a night crawler.
• Ken Kruse of San Lorenzo caught a 5.12 trout on power bait eggs at Half Moon Bay.
• Wes Halliwell of Newark landed a 6.2 on a Kastmaster at Indian Cove.
• Nelson Freitar of Newark landed a 6.9 on Power bait at Raccoon point.
• Mark Macquarrie of Novato caught a 5.68 on a Gulp worm at Alder Point.

SPECIALS

HALF OFF all boat rentals, Tuesday & Wednesday

HOURS

6:00am – 4:30pm

Boats due back to the marina by 5:30pm