Stonegate Lake is a reservoir in California, near Yolo County.
Stonegate Lake is a reservoir in Yolo County, California and covers about 15.1 acres, reaches about 25.4 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 165.1 acre-feet.
The small size of Stonegate Lake makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle.
Fish listed for Stonegate Lake include Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hardhead, Hitch, Largemouth Bass, Prickly Sculpin, Sacramento Blackfish, Sacramento Pikeminnow, Sacramento Sucker, Speckled Dace, Rainbow Trout, and Threespine Stickleback.
A useful black crappie plan on Stonegate Lake is to fish a small jig or minnow around wood, weeds, and sharp little drops.
When bluegill are the target on Stonegate Lake, use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.
One direct largemouth bass tactic on Stonegate Lake is to work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.
A useful channel catfish plan on Stonegate Lake 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; start where bait gathers, then keep the bait near useful cover.
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; follow the old channel through the lake, then keep the bait above soft bottom.
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 beside green weeds, then try natural colors in clear water.
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; look for a second bite before leaving; separate open water from cover.
Record the wind, water color, lure depth that worked, 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; check rock and weeds as separate patterns, then give shaded water a separate pass.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.