Lake Cleone ????fish or no fish

Does anybody have any stories or experience with this little lake in Fort Brag?

I herd a nasty rummor that their are bass in them waters.  t It would be nice to have a place to wet a line wile camping next summer.


I know...I Know....  but the ocean scares me 

I know they used to stock trout in Cleone and I have caught them. I would call and see what the planting schedule is if they still do. There are Bass and Sunfish in there also, not sure about Kitties. The lake gets pretty weedy when it warms up.

Hey Matt I will brobably take you up on the tour of the big pond, but I am new at the kayak thing, I have not learned self resque yet(to cold) I have just purchased an O.K Drifter and am still learning.

I called today about cleone and the ranger said that is planted with trout, every labor day, and said that someone just recintly caught a bass in the nine pound range.

Matt, you confermed a crawfish population,and F-shim mentioned Sunfish??
I think we might have a sleeper of a bass lake here!!

stocker bows in a "bass pond"? interesting

if you live in the Clear Lake area, Blue lakes has clear comfortable water and perfect for entry practice.

Hey Spider, are you thinking what I am thinkig when it comes to stockers, (tie on a swimbait and hold on.)

As far as having a place to practice self rescue, I am lucky. I am the asistant caretaker at a little lake located on the outskerts of lakeport CA, called Highlandsprings (have you herd of it) I can literaly throw a rock from my porch and hit the water.

I dont own a wetsuit yet, and the water is getting cooler by the day. I am waiting on a job with the Lake CO, Sheriffc dept, and I am in the middile of the backround check. (takes forever) Soon as I get a job I will work some over-time for kayak pimping prep, and a nice seat.

In Lake Cleone there are:  Stocked hatchery trout, large mouth bass, crappy, and greenears. There's also some bait fish like golden shiners and mosquito fish.  A guy I went to school with worked on the CDFG electro-fish boat about 10 years ago and helped sample that pond.  He told me they shocked up bass in the 10 -12 lb range - and quite a few of the toads.

They stock the crap out of the pond with trout, and every predator worth it's salt around there knows about the fish truck - especially the osprey.  They line up when they see the truck.

I've fished the pond a few times for some 3 -4 lb bass, but recently a big bass fisher guy told me the secret to big bass in that pond:  They (like the osprey and the otters) feed on the stupid hatchery trout - a lot.  So the deal for big bass in that pond is big bait - like big swimbaits that look like trout.  Maybe you could cut off the edges of the fins to simulate fat hatchery fish.

Thanx for the info Dave 

I would emagine that it could provide some great winter fishing, being that it hardly freezes, and less people.