Lower Caribou Lake

Lower Caribou Lake is a lake in Siskiyou County, California and covers about 24.5 acres.

One weed edge or deeper pocket can hold much of the day’s activity; fish the first useful drop, then compare shallow and deeper water.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Lower Caribou Lake include Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Speckled Dace, and Rainbow Trout.

While looking for rainbow trout on Lower Caribou Lake, cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.

The first brown trout pass on Lower Caribou Lake should work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving 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; begin beside green weeds, then let a light jig fall beside the break.

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; try firm bottom before soft silt, then use a moving lure to search.

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; test the drop before leaving; try a natural color before a loud pattern.

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; fish one point at two depths, then return to productive water when light changes.