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Fishing report 

Conditions, catches, and recent trout plants

 May 15 2025
       Welcome to Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods.


   Memorial Day weekend starts this upcoming Friday May 23rd.
    Please make any reservations ahead of time for your favorite campsites. 

 Available campgrounds: Waka Lu Hep Yo located at Sourgrass Recreation Area on The North Fork Of The Stanislaus is currently open, but no water is available, so please bring your own water.
    Big Trees State Park will also be open for camping.
  Spicer road anticipated opening date is May 24th, due to hazard tree removal.
 Spicer Group and Family campground reservation Information : www.royalelkparkmanagement.com or www.Recreation.gov.
  There has been several recent trout plants on the North Fork of The Stanislaus and White Pines Lake.

   Stop by Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods for all of your outdoor and fishing needs. Let Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods be your one stop shop for everything from camping, freshwater fishing, and fly fishing. We carry a broad line of fly fishing products including rods, reels, and waders from Redington, extensive fly assortment, and everything you need for your trout fishing experience. We now carry Fishpond, Outcast Boats, and Buff UV multi-functional head wear for protection against damage from extended sun exposure. We also stock a wide range of Footwear, including our new footwear, Cobian Footwear and Northside. We also stock Suncloud Polarized Sunglasses, along with a wide array of various brand sunglasses. Check out our huge selection of Berkley Power Bait and a wide selection of trout and bass lures for example Panther Martin spinners, Kastmasters, Berkley swimbaits, Yamamoto Senko, Daiwa Baits, and Zoom Baits. We carry Daiwa rods and reels.

 

For more local information go to our front page and click on the Fishing Resources. Then click on the Take Me Fishing tab. Then click on the map and in the address tab type in 925 Hwy 4 Arnold CA 95223. The map will show White Pines Lake. From here you can move the map up the Highway to all fishing locations. For rigging information and knots click on the fishing tab and under the learn tab go to to the learn to fish and click on that tab. This will show various ways to tie knots and how to set up rigs for any kind of fishing. Click on the tab, How To Fly Fish section. There is great deal of information on this page with instruction included with video. Feel free to contact us any time.​

          Man can learn a lot from fishing. When the fish are biting, no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered

          By: Oa Battista

         

 

WHITE PINES: White Pines Lake is scheduled to be planted the week 5/5/25.  Bait casters should try Berkley Power Baits including the new Tequila Fire  with Garlic, and the new Strawberry Limeade with Garlic and new Pink Flamingo with Garlic, along with Power Bait eggs, and Berkley Mice Tails.

You can also try floating nightcrawlers, and salmon eggs. Lure casters should try Kastmasters, Panther Martin spinners, Rooster Tails, Thomas Buoyants, and Sierra Slammers. Fly fishermen should try sparrow nymphs, wooly buggers, blue wing olive, ants, adams, and nymphs.

 

LAKE ALPINE: Ice is just about gone. I will update you as to when Lake Alpine will be boat accessible

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Spicer Reservoir: CLOSED DUE TO TREE REMOVAL. SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON MAY 24TH

NORTH FORK OF THE STANISLAUS:  Planted the week of 5/5/25. The Stanislaus River is in great shape but be cautious as the conditions can change rapidly if they decide to release water from our upper lakes and the water is snow melt and extremely cold. Lure casters should try Panther Martin Spinners, try the NEW dual flash Panther Martin, Kastmasters, Rooster Tails, and Thomas Buoyant lures. Fly fishing will be tough due to higher than normal flows if you do fly fish you should try bead woolly buggers, bead head nymphs, adams, stimulators, caddis. Bait casters should try salmon eggs, nightcrawlers, Berkley garlic scented mice tails, Berkley garlic eggs on a split shot rig.

 

BEAVER CREEK: 

 

UNION RESERVOIR: CLOSED DUE TO SNOW

MOSQUITO LAKES: CLOSED DUE TO SNOW

HIGHLAND LAKES: CLOSED DUE TO SNOW

ANGELS CREEK : 

 

Kinney Reservoir: 

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