Fishing map and Report for Jackson Meadows Reservoir
Jackson Meadow Reservoiris located on the headwaters of the MiddleFork of the Yuba River and has excellent bank and boat fishing for brown and rainbow trout.
In fact, the entire area has options galore: Milton Reservoir is upstream, the YubaRiver, trout action onBowman Reservoir only six miles away, even brook trout in Lake of the Woods,more browns at Webber Lake, and finally severalmiles of fair creek fishing atCanyon Creek. Much camping is available everywhere.
Depending as always on the time of year, use bobbers, air-injected worms or try to troll the lake.In Jackson Meadows chase rainbows and browns in areas away from where sun is on the water.
Our 2015 Fishing Report shows that faster trolling areas using rainbow trout imitation Rebels or Rapalas.
You must wait until after the access road from Highway 89 opens, usually around the end of May, while the water temps are cool.
Once things heat up, switch to blades and worms or spoonsfrom 15 to 30 feet until Autumn and back to shallow lure techniques for the big browns.
As our fishing map shows, trolling off steep banks and drop offs or anchor off tributaries and the trout respond to baits such as worms or salmoneggs under bobbers.
Jackson Meadows Reservoir comes alive at dawn anddusk to swirls oftrout feeding on the surface, mostly in coves.
You can use Spoons, bobber-and-fly or spinnersandfly fishermen with Size 14 Female Adams,Size 18 Black Ants. Iffish are not swirling much,a Size 12 Rio Grande King or a Size 12 dark brown orolive Zug Bug in the flooded stream channels at cove.
Our 2015 California fishing report further concludes serious dry fly folks can fish Joe’s Hoppers and the usual terrestrialpatterns where creek currents enter thelake.
Webber Lake, is famous place for brown trout to gorgegrasshoppers if wind blows them into the shallowsouth side.Back at Jackson Lake, while there is floating debris residing at the dam,you can fish just off the edge of this.
In the evening, bigger browns are known to frequent in this area, so troll a very large rainbow-troutplug near the shore and off thedam
As our California Fishing Map shows, shore fishermen take trout off points on the shallow east side ofJackson Meadows in the morning.
Also inthe evening, Bowman Reservoir, along the points produce for count down casters and baitfishermen.In fall, the low lake can cause problemslaunching larger trailer boats, but it is well known that in the YubaRiver watershed,fall is thebest fishing
DETAILS: Jackson Meadowsis 1 1/2square when full, with about 11 miles of shoreline at 6,200 elevation.
Brown and rainbowtrout.: Deep fast trolling in summer, surface trolling spring/fall and try ski-in ice fishing in winter.Shore bait fishing at dam andpoints with worms andsalmon eggs.
Shore casters should try 1/4-ounce Goldcastmasters with a five- to 15countdown off the points.Troll rainbow trout and minnow looking lures. Nearby paycamping and RV hookups at Webber Lake. Open camping sites are six miles away at Bowman Reservoir. Brook trout fishing at Lakethe Woods north of JacksonMeadows Road .
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