![]() Home to a former state record smallmouth weighing a hefty 9.1 pounds, Trinity Lake deserves a spot on anyone’s list of great California bass lakes.Īnd although Trinity’s smallmouth crown has since been stolen by another lake on this list, it’s still among the handful of lakes where the next record smallmouth is likely to be caught. (When you’re finished with this article, check out our simple guide for catching more bass linked below.) Trinity Lake Some of the most effective lures for smallmouth bass include soft stickbaits, tube jigs, jerkbaits, curly-tail grubs and crankbaits. Wherever you go in search of smallmouth bass, look for them around rocky habitat, including gravel beds, rock piles, reefs, rocky shorelines and drop-offs. Pound for pound, they pretty much always out-fight largemouths. ![]() Though they don’t get quite as big as largemouth bass, smallmouths commonly reach five pounds or more. Smallmouth bass are easy to identify by their bronze color (often with dark stripes or bars along their sides) and mouths that don’t extend past the middle of the eye. Most of the California lakes in which smallmouths thrive are located in the northern part of the state. Smallmouth bass prefer cool, clear water and rocky habitat-characteristics that are hard to come by in Southern California’s warm, weedy bass lakes. In smallmouths’ case, the first batch was taken from New York’s Lake Champlain in 1874 and introduced in California’s Napa River.īut while largemouth bass thrive in warm climates and now flourish in lakes all over the state, smallies are a different story. ![]() Both species were transplanted here in the late 19th century. Much like their large-mouthed brethren, smallmouth bass are not native to California. Anywhere you find them, smallmouths are some of the toughest fish you’re likely to tangle with. Smallmouth bass thrive in a handful of California lakes. While you don’t often hear much about California’s smallmouth bass population, you can rest assured that these fish are out there. ![]() California has earned a reputation as one of the best states in America for bass fishing.īut when you hear a fisherman gushing about the great bass fishing in California, it’s usually largemouth bass they’re talking about. ![]()
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