Fishing near Gridley in Butte County, CA

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

• slow rollin thru ledges and brush and edges
• Keitech 3" color important

Check Prices

• float at night with a light and BAM they are here. Look for structure

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

• nightcralers and salmon eggs over 11 years i caught everything this lake had to offer.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

• float it and use minnows closer to the dam.
• liver, whatever will catch em. This is a hotspot, but you'll have to pay to fish it. BIG cats and bass. this is the inlet area
• power bait, small spinners. This lake is prime, lot's of records caught here. lots of big fish. bass, catfish, crappie, you name it. call em
• caught many trout here catch and release here. fish from the lake up and watch for the falls. You can walk the shoreline at the tree level. steep banks. bit of a walk. park at the launch ramp and follow the canal.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

• learned to use everthing on this lake. rubber worms and spinnerbaits and buzz baits work well

Stick Bait Check Prices

• water was flowing out of Ponderosa and tossed it in and let it drift then retrieved it jerking it and WHAM. tossed to the jetsem and caught a few more. saw lots of crappie too.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

• lots of big bass caught here. boats allowed

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

• beads with nightcrawler too

Bass Jig Check Prices

• jiggin behind a flot tube

Panfish Jig Check Prices

• saw lots of big crappie in this cove

Other Check Prices

• beading them on a 6' leader with ball weights from the outlet into the current. THIS IS A HOTSPOT for many, many fishermen. Watch your back, they can get mean in here.
• beads and blue fox spinners big ones