Coon Camp is a lake in Lassen County, California.
Coon Camp is a lake in Lassen County, California and covers about 40.9 acres.
Coon Camp can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water.
Fish listed for Coon Camp include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Lahontan Redside, Largemouth Bass, Speckled Dace, and Tahoe Sucker.
When black crappie are the target on Coon Camp, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
The first bluegill pass on Coon Camp should use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
While looking for largemouth bass on Coon Camp, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
Start the channel catfish search on Coon Camp by trying to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
Other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; use a small lure when bites are scarce, then work each small drop before going deeper.
Do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself; use a slow bait after the search lure, then watch for food before choosing lure depth.
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; return to productive water when light changes.
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; begin near moving water, then slow the bait when a good edge appears.
Record the wind, water color, lure depth that worked, 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; match the hook and line to the named target.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.