South Basin is a reservoir in California, near San Francisco County.
South Basin is a reservoir in San Francisco County, California and covers about 10.4 acres, reaches about 22.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 250 acre-feet.
The small size of South Basin makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle.
Fish listed for South Basin include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Prickly Sculpin, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, and Rainbow Trout.
Start the black crappie search on South Basin by trying to fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
For bluegill on South Basin, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
The first largemouth bass pass on South Basin should work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
A useful channel catfish plan on South Basin is 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; check the clearest edge before moving, then fish isolated cover before a long empty edge.
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; check rock and weeds as separate patterns, then separate open-water fish from bank fish.
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; follow a short creek arm, then use the same depth on the next similar feature.
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; work each small drop before going deeper; begin where shallow cover meets depth, then change lure speed before moving.
Record the wind, water color, depth of the repeat bite, 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; look for a clean edge beside cover, then check both sides of the point.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.