Lower Velma Lake is a lake in California, near El Dorado County.
Lower Velma Lake is a lake in El Dorado County, California and covers about 33.5 acres.
Lower Velma Lake is compact enough to fish slowly, but a change in weeds or bottom can still split it into separate patterns.
Fish listed for Lower Velma Lake include Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Lahontan Redside, Mountain Whitefish, Speckled Dace, Rainbow Trout, and Tahoe Sucker.
The first rainbow trout pass on Lower Velma Lake should cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
To begin with brown trout on Lower Velma Lake, work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.
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; try firm bottom before soft silt, then work the bottom where the bank turns steep.
Shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move; begin near moving water, then keep the bait near useful cover.
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; try a brighter bait when the water is dirty; fish the edge from top to bottom.
Record the wind, water color, depth near the strongest cover, 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; search one cove before changing areas, then test a point before fishing a featureless bank.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.