Gillem Lakes is a lake in Siskiyou County, California.
Gillem Lakes is a lake in Siskiyou County, California and covers about 42.5 acres.
Gillem Lakes is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns.
Fish listed for Gillem Lakes include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Speckled Dace, and Tui Chub.
When black crappie are the target on Gillem Lakes, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
When bluegill are the target on Gillem Lakes, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
The first largemouth bass pass on Gillem Lakes should work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
A useful channel catfish plan on Gillem Lakes is 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; match lure size to the fish.
Use wind as a clue; a light push can carry food toward a bank, but hard wind may muddy it, so look for a clean edge near a point or protected pocket; search one cove before changing areas, then work the bottom where the bank turns steep.
In spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace; try deeper shade during summer afternoons, then note the exact cover that gives a bite.
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; change depth before changing the whole spot, then note the exact cover that gives a bite.
Record the wind, water color, depth along the active edge, 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; work from shallow to deep, then test a point before fishing a featureless bank.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.