Kunkle Reservoir is a reservoir in California, near Butte County.
Kunkle Reservoir is a reservoir in Butte County, California and covers about 17.3 acres, reaches about 26.3 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 155 acre-feet.
Kunkle Reservoir is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for Kunkle Reservoir include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hardhead, Largemouth Bass, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, and Rainbow Trout.
A useful black crappie plan on Kunkle Reservoir is to fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
A useful bluegill plan on Kunkle Reservoir is to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
The first largemouth bass pass on Kunkle Reservoir should work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
For channel catfish on Kunkle Reservoir, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
Other targets listed here include Rainbow Trout, and Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; check the downwind corner for food, then repeat the depth that gives the first bite.
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; follow a short creek arm, then use a moving lure to search.
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; follow a short creek arm, then try natural colors in clear water.
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; compare shallow and deeper water; make one pass close to bottom.
Record the wind, water color, depth of the best pass, 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; check the clearest edge before moving, then change lure speed before moving.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.