Submitted By: John
Sowder
Date(s)_Fished: 10 August 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: West side of Crappie Wall
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Danny King's Punchbait
Qty_Caught: 15 to 25
Additional_comments: Fished the area around the bridge in the morning,
Caught 3 channels and 1 blue there. Then moved to the west side of the crappie
wall, caught 16 channels and 2 blues there. Called it the day at about 2
pm.Thunderstorms were approaching
Submitted By: John
Sowder
Date(s)_Fished: 27 July
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: west side of crappie wall
Overall_Rating: Fair
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: Danny King's Punchbait and shad
Qty_Caught: 5 to 10
Additional_comments: =
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: July 16
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: West side of crappie wall around flooded timber
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Mostly Danny
King's Punch Bait but switched to shad when fishing in thicker growth
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Caught 68 fish by fishing punchbait under a cork
at arms length around the recently flooded grassy areas and trees. Pulled
as many as 10 fish from one spot at times. Weather was calm all night but
started a downpour just as I was finished cleaning the fish.
Submitted By: John
Sowder
Date(s)_Fished: 21 June and 22 June
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: 2nd cove from dam
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 10 to 15 Feet
Baits: Danny
King's Punchbait
Qty_Caught: 15 to 25
Additional_comments: Started fishing at about 9pm on the 21st. Did not
get the first bite until 1am on the 22nd, then three more followed. it then
slowed until just right before sunrise, taking 16 within an hour.
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: 06/24/02
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Under trees along shoreline west of the plant at night
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad and Danny
King's Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Caught over 60 fish, kept a limit. Biggest was
a 7 pound channel cat and total weight for the 25 keepers was 56 pounds.
Using the same pitching method I have described before, was able to "jerk"
these fish from the stumps of trees that hang over the water. Get shad at
the crappie wall at night
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: May 26, 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: 3-10 feet along west side of power plant
Overall_Rating: Good
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Shad and Danny King's Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Fishing was unusually slow, with only 7 fish taken
before sundown and 38 total. Lake was crowded with holiday fishermen and
fish were difficult to find, however was able to find a few by using punchbait
in 5-10 feet near dropoffs
Submitted By: John
Sowder
Date(s)_Fished: May 25
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished:
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Danny King's Punchbait
Qty_Caught: 5 to 10
Additional_comments:
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: May 20, 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Shallow under trees
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: Shad and Danny King's Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: During daylight hours, fished Danny King's punch
bait under a cork near trees in shallow water. After dark, fished shad and
cut shad under trees in shallow water and dropoffs in 8 feet. Caught 53
channel catfish.
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: May 19, 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Out of the wind just off wind blown points
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: Shad
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Caught two 9 pound blue cats and 37 channel cats
freelining shad around the trees just off the wind blown points.
Submitted By: Explorer
Date(s)_Fished: 05-03-02
Water_Body_Fished: calaveras
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: coves oposite from boat ramps
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Anything that would take a hook
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: 5 to 10 Feet
Baits: shad
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: fished early morning all day action reds are good
as well
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: April 28, 2002
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Near crappie wall in 3 feet of water
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: shad/Danny King's Punch Bait
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: Took a friend and although we were slow early,
we limited out in less than an hour after midnight when we found the fish
Submitted By: Donnie
McLemore
Date(s)_Fished: 04/15/02
Water_Body_Fished: Calaveras Lake
Water_was: Stained
Area_Fished: Under the roosting birds on the west end of the dam
Overall_Rating: Excellent
Species: Channel Cats
Devices: Rod and Reel
Depth: Less than 5 feet
Baits: shad
Qty_Caught: Caught so many I lost count.
Additional_comments: caught 41 fish by using a pitching method to
pitch shad at submerged stumps and overhangs. The fish are as close to the
tree roots as they can possibly get.
