Loch Lane

Loch Lane is a lake in Amador County, California and covers about 94.8 acres, reaches about 30.7 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 1,163.5 acre-feet.

Loch Lane is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Loch Lane include Hardhead, Hitch, Prickly Sculpin, Sacramento Blackfish, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, Rainbow Trout, and Threespine Stickleback.

For rainbow trout on Loch Lane, cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.

How to Read the Water

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; start beside the first useful break, then watch water color during the day.

Season by Season

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; test a shaded bank, then keep the presentation close to useful cover.

A Simple Tackle Plan

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; use the old channel as a guide; use a moving lure to search.

Record the wind, water color, depth where the lure was hit, 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; try the windblown bank, then return to productive water when light changes.