Wait- folsom is full now?
And then, they will start talking about the global warming and the drought ...........let's start by saying no to very poor water management and wasting water.
Yes, the state record Rainbow comes out of Natoma, have a friend that does well there. Would love to fish up in that area of photo but it’s closed to the public.
We bait fished it years ago . Landed them to 11 Lbs. , lost them to perhaps 14 Lbs. ? Lots of large Sculpin on the bottom there above the bridge . I tried fly fishing it , but the water is over 20 feet and there are many large fly-eating rocks .
I understand that since Trout stocking stopped , Rainbows are pretty rare in Natoma . I fished the lower lake HARD out of a tube for several years , took a handful of stockers to 16 inches , one very large Catfish (#10 Prince Nymph) , and nothing else .
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I didn’t realize that they had stopped stocking Natoma. I used to fish it for smallies, and there were some big ones (18-20” and bigger) that weren’t uncommon. Now that I literally live on the north shore of the lake, I only fish it for carp in the spring. Go figure.
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