Down river from Lake Oroville lie some of the best salmon fishing grounds in the state.

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.

	Tournaments Lake Oroville has been called the best bass fishing lake in California and hosts fishing tournaments nearly every week. Click here to see a list of Bass tournaments in 2008.
	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