Mills is a lake in Sacramento County, California.
Mills is a lake in Sacramento County, California and covers about 17.9 acres.
The small size of Mills makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle.
Fish listed for Mills include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hitch, Largemouth Bass, Prickly Sculpin, Sacramento Blackfish, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, Rainbow Trout, and Threespine Stickleback.
For black crappie on Mills, fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
One direct bluegill tactic on Mills is to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
A useful largemouth bass plan on Mills is to work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
Start the channel catfish search on Mills by trying to 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; start with the cover closest to deep water, then keep one slow bait ready.
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; let wind choose the first bank, then write down the depth that works.
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; fish the first useful drop, then work the bottom where the bank turns steep.
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; separate open-water fish from bank fish; use a smaller lure in clear water.
Record the wind, water color, depth of the working lure, 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 strongest cover, then keep a worm ready for a slower check.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.