Lake Spaulding is a reservoir in California, near Nevada County.
Lake Spaulding is a reservoir in Nevada County, California and covers about 691.5 acres, reaches about 71.2 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 21,170 acre-feet.
Several patterns can work at once on Lake Spaulding, especially when wind separates clear water from dirty water. Deep water at Lake Spaulding gives fish room to move away from shore as summer heat and bright light build.
Fish listed for Lake Spaulding include Inland Silverside, Sacramento Pikeminnow, and Rainbow Trout.
For rainbow trout, cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water; start near the best mix of cover, then use wind to narrow the search.
Start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it; begin near moving water, then test a point before fishing a featureless bank.
Early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again; look for a clean edge beside cover, then change lure speed before moving.
A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; separate open-water fish from bank fish; check the coolest inflow, then write down the depth that works.
Record the wind, water color, depth where fish were holding, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; begin near moving water, then test a point before fishing a featureless bank.
Use a simple moving bait near cover; work each small drop before going deeper.
Treat 71.2 feet as the deepest point, not the automatic fishing depth; start near cover and move deeper only when bites or bait give a reason.
Move after checking the same useful feature at several depths without finding bait, a clean edge, or a bite; change depth before changing the whole spot, then slow the bait when a good edge appears.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.