Sword Lake is a lake in California, near Alpine County.
Sword Lake is a lake in Alpine County, California and covers about 0.6 acres, reaches about 7.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 1.9 acre-feet.
Sword Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover. With little deep water in Sword Lake, weeds, wind, and water color can matter more than depth alone.
Fish listed for Sword Lake include Brook Trout, and Rainbow Trout.
The first rainbow trout pass on Sword Lake should cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.
Make one shallow pass and one deeper pass on the same shoreline; that shows whether fish are tight to cover or using the first break; use a light bait when the water is clear, then give shaded water a separate pass.
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; try firm bottom before soft silt, 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; use wind to narrow the search; compare shallow and deeper water.
Record the wind, water color, depth beside the useful 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; work a quiet shoreline, then give low-light water a slower bottom pass.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.