North Reservoir is a reservoir in California, near Contra Costa County.
North Reservoir is a reservoir in Contra Costa County, California and covers about 8 acres, reaches about 21.4 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 244 acre-feet.
North Reservoir is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.
Fish listed for North Reservoir include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hitch, Largemouth Bass, Prickly Sculpin, Sacramento Blackfish, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, and Rainbow Trout.
Start the bluegill search on North Reservoir by trying to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
A useful largemouth bass plan on North Reservoir is to work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
While looking for channel catfish on North Reservoir, fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.
One direct rainbow trout tactic on North Reservoir is to cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
Other targets listed here include Common Carp; give each one its own bait and depth instead of trying to catch everything with the same rig; fish one point at two depths, then save the heaviest tackle for deep cover.
Do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself; begin over firm bottom, then test the drop before leaving.
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; fish where rock meets mud, then use a moving lure to search.
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 a point before fishing a featureless bank; check a protected pocket after sunrise, then add vibration in stained water.
Record the wind, water color, depth beside the clean edge, 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; begin near moving water, then write down the depth that works.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.