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Antelope Creek Lakes

Antelope Creek Lakes is a lake in California, near Siskiyou County.

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Fish species in Antelope Creek Lakes

Official stocking history

Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.

Antelope Creek Lakes is a lake in Siskiyou County, California and covers about 2.8 acres, reaches about 11.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 13.2 acre-feet.

The small size of Antelope Creek Lakes makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle. With little deep water in Antelope Creek Lakes, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Antelope Creek Lakes include Speckled Dace.

Rainbow Trout have also been stocked here; that proves fish were released, but it does not promise that they are still common or easy to catch.

How to Read the Water

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; fish the windy and calm sides differently.

Season by Season

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; check a rocky edge, then keep one slow bait ready.

A Simple Tackle Plan

A medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle; move only after checking the nearby drop.

Record the wind, water color, depth along the best drop, 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; use a moving lure to search.

Check the evidence

Sources and what they establish

Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.

  • Steelhead — supporting source

    California Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish Planting Schedule

    The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.

    Source checked:

    This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.

  • Speckled Dace — supporting source

    PISCES California Fish Data and CDFW Native Fish Ranges

    The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.

    Source checked:

    This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.

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