Bay Area Trout Fishing 2025 is in Full Swing - Lots of Lunkers being caught.

Northern California Bay Area trout plants are in full swing - lots of big fish being caught at our local lakes.  Lake Del Valle, Los Vaqueros Reservoir, Quarry Lakes, Lake Chabot, Lake Temescal, Contra Loma and Shadow Cliffs are all getting planted with nice size Lassen Trout.

My lure of choice is the mini-jig, this is a great lure when the fish are in shallow.  However, bait and spoons are productive as well.

This 8.5lb trout was caught on a Sierra Slammers mini-jig, please note that do not hesitate to change out your mini-jig lure colors especially if you see them around and they are not biting.  The color of choice here was Blue Shiner.

This was another trout caught on a mini-jig at Los Vaqueros Reservoir, catching trout on a mini-jig is a fun way to catch those planted trout.

Nice fat trout caught at Lake Del Valle on a mini-jig - always try different colors if your favorite color is not working, this one was fooled on black and purple mini jig.

California Bay Area Trout - Mini-Jig Fishing

Bay Area Trout Season is in full swing. My go to choice for fishing for these planted trout is a mini-jig.  Pair the mini-jig with an UL rod and some light line and you can have some real fun catching these trout.  My current set-up with a few mini-jig options are summarized below.

1.   You need a good fishing rod that has flexibility in the tip as well as some back bone to set the hook.

        a.  My current rod is the Okuma Guide Select Pro UL 7'6" model

        b.  I have this rod paired with a Shimano Stradic 2500 - any good UL reel will do

        c.  My current line of choice is Maxima Ultragreen - but there are other options

    Okuma Guide Select  

    Maxima Ultragreen

    Shimano Reels

2.   Mini-Jig Color Options - So far my top two choices are:

        a.  Grasshopper Color - Berkeley Power Tube 1/32 oz

    Berkeley Power Tube

        b.  Diablo Blanco Color - Sierra Slammers Mini Jig 1/32 oz

    Sierra Slammers

California Delta Fall Striped Bass Bite Heating up.

California Delta Striped Bass Bite starting to pick up.

Topwater and Swimbaits working early with incoming tide.

Night Time is a good Time for Striped Bass

 If you are not fishing for Stripers at night you are missing out, this DD was caught and released to fight another day

Stripers=Jerkbait

 Stripers love the jerkbait, fooled this one on the Duo Realis and the other on the LuckyCraft

Striper Fishing at Night Can be Rewarding

Check out this Beast caught at night, so next time when the daylight falls keep casting your PB can be just around the corner.

Fall is Prime Time for Catching Stripers on Topwater

Check out this one caught on a Lucky Craft Gunfish.