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Topic: Easy rainbows near Sac?  (Read 1203 times)

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trapspeed

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Hey all....

Looking to take the kids out on the kayak this weekend. Looking for a place to catch rainbow trout an hour or so from Sac. Any recommendations? Just moved here from WA state. Thanks.
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DavidMel

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Below is a listing from the CDFW of recent plantings.  Not sure about travel time from your location but I know that people are always soaking power bait at Halsey and Fuller up I-80


 
    Week of Plant   Water Name   County   Map   Species
    07/28/2019 – 08/03/2019   Kirkwood Lake   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    07/28/2019 – 08/03/2019   Wrights Lake   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    07/21/2019 – 07/27/2019   Loon Lake   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    07/14/2019 – 07/20/2019   Fuller Lake   Nevada   Map It   trout
    07/07/2019 – 07/13/2019   American River Silver Fork   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    07/07/2019 – 07/13/2019   Halsey Forebay   Placer   Map It   trout
    06/30/2019 – 07/06/2019   American River, South Fork, Camp Sacramento   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   Boca Reservoir   Nevada   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   Donner Lake   Nevada   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   French Meadows Reservoir   Placer   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   Sawmill Pond   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   Sly Creek Reservoir   Yuba   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   Stumpy Meadows Reservoir   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    06/23/2019 – 06/29/2019   Sugar Pine Reservoir   Placer   Map It   trout
    06/16/2019 – 06/22/2019   Echo Lake, Lower   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    06/16/2019 – 06/22/2019   Prosser Reservoir   Nevada   Map It   trout
    06/09/2019 – 06/15/2019   Coldstream Pond, Donner Lake Park   Nevada   Map It   trout
    06/09/2019 – 06/15/2019   Echo Lake, Lower   El Dorado   Map It   trout
    06/09/2019 – 06/15/2019   Icehouse Reservoir   El Dorado   Map It   trout
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Old Kayak

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I believe if you go to the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife web site and look around there, it will tell you the trout planting schedule for a lot of areas. 
That would be your best bet I think.  It would be up to date.
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trapspeed

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Thanks a lot everyone!
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Pardee is within an hour and is very well stocked.  If you can't catch a trout there, something is wrong!  Check their website, they plant more fish than any 2 or 3 lakes combined.  The cost is a little more, but the kids are almost guaranteed to have a good time. 


 

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