Fishing

Fishing Lake Oroville

Fishing is what Lake Oroville is famous for.

Known as the best Bass lake in California, Lake Oroville plays host to several bass tournaments throughout the year. But Lake Oroville isn't just for pros. Everybody has a good time fishing here. The marina rents all sizes of fishing boats, and Bait & Tackle supplies are available, too.

Supplies
You can't fish without bait. Follow this link to see a list of the Oroville Chamber of Commerce's Bait and Tackle suppliers in the Lake Oroville area. You'll also find listings for food, camping supplies, equipment, and more. (more)

Tournaments
Lake Oroville has been called the best bass fishing lake in California and hosts fishing tournaments nearly every week. Click here to see the calendar of Bass tournaments.

Fish Varieties
Although it's known as the best bass lake in California, Lake Oroville isn't a one-fish wonder. Anglers love fishing the lake for catfish, coho salmon, sturgeon, crappie, blue gill, mackinaw and, of course, several types of bass, including small and large mouth, spotted, red eye and Florida strain black bass.

Fish report
Want to see how the bite is? Follow this link to read the weekly fishing report for this area. (more)

Lake Oroville Map
Need to find your way around the lake? Download this free map of Lake Oroville. It shows every campground, boat launch, floating restroom and trail. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to view this file.

Record Catches

SPECIES	WEIGHT	DATE
Chinook salmon	19 lbs. 11 oz.	1987
Coho salmon	10 lbs. 4 oz.	2005
Rainbow trout	16 lbs.	1990
Brown trout	15 lbs.	1979
Lake trout	11 lbs.	1979
Largemouth bass	14 lbs. 15 oz.	1998
Smallmouth bass	6 lbs. 2 oz.	1992
Spotted bass	8 lbs. 2 oz.	1997
Redeye bass	3 lbs. 4 oz.	1983
Black crappie	2 lbs. 10 oz.	1983
White crappie	3 lbs. 4 oz.	1993
Channel catfish	25 lbs.	1992
White catfish	27 lbs. 4 oz.	1992
Sacramento pikeminnow	13 lbs. 12 oz.	1995
Carp	14 lbs. 5 oz.	1983
White sturgeon	97 lbs.	1989

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