Get in the Know of What’s Currently Happening
Get in the Know of What’s Currently Happening
Fishing report
Fishing report
Conditions, catches, and recent trout plants
Conditions, catches, and recent trout plants
September 11 2024
Welcome to Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods.
There are now new fire restrictions on our Highway 4 corridor. Make sure to check with our
local forestry station for an update. You can contact our Forestry Department at Hathaway Pines
at 209-795-1381. Please use extreme caution while camping in our beautiful Sierras.
Following is a list of campgrounds on our Highway 4 corridor.
Campgrounds are listed below from West to East
Big Trees State Park ( North Grove Campground, Oak Hollow)
Sourgrass Area Camping ( Wakalu-Hep-Yo Campground)
Spicer Meadow Reservoir Area Camping ( Stanislaus River Campground, Spicer Meadow Campground)
Spicer has a new concessionaire which I will post the contact info as soon as I get it
Big Meadow campground
Lake Alpine Camping
Mosquito Lake Camping
Hermit Valley Camping
Highland Lakes Camping
Make sure to get your fishing license prior to coming to sierras as we can lose power at any time. Bring cash if you can due to frequent power outages you will be able to purchase your goods easier.
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, St. Croix rods, extensive fly assortment, and everything you need for your trout fishing experience. We now carry Fishpond, Umpqua, 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, River2Sea Whopper Ploppers and S Waver, and Zoom Baits. We carry Daiwa rods and reels, and along with other major brands.
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.
How keenly the love of angling is developed in the bosoms of many men; how patient and long suffering fishermen are, and how content with the hope even of small mercies
By: J.P. Wheeldon
WHITE PINES: Unfortunately the lake has been lowered by our County. There are still a lot of trout in the San Antonio Creek, which feeds White Pines Lake.
LAKE ALPINE: Still loads of trout. Bait casters should try using Berkley Powerbait including the Tequila Fire with garlic, Berkley Mice Tails, Berkley Power Eggs, and floating a nightcrawler on sliding sinker rig. Lure fishermen should try Kastmasters, Thomas Buoyant, Super Dupers, Panther Martin's, and Rooster Tails. Fly casters should try woolly buggers, sparrow nymphs, ants, balanced leeches, and bead nymphs. Trollers should try using weddig rings, speedy shiners, and needlefish behiond your favorite flasher ,or dodger tipped with a nightcrawler.
Spicer Reservoir: Fish are at about 40 feet down for the trollers. Trollers should try wedding rings, speedy shiners, needlefish, triple teazers, and cripplures behind your favorite dodger tipped with a nightcrawler. Fly fishermen should try using woolly buggers, sparrow nymphs, prince nymphs, caddis, gnats and ants.
Lure casters should try Kastmasters, Panther Martin's, Rooster Tails, and Thomas Buoyant. Bait fishermen should try Berkley Corn scent, Garlic scented baits including the NEW Tequila Fire, and Strawberry Limeade, Salmon Egg Peach and nightcrawlers.
NORTH FORK OF THE STANISLAUS: Due to be planted the week of 8/19/2024. Lure casters should try Panther Martin Spinners, try the NEW dual flash Panther Martin, Mepps, 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, stone fly nymphs, blue wing olive, light cahill, caddis, and ants. Bait casters should try salmon eggs, nightcrawlers, Berkley garlic scented mice tails, Berkley garlic eggs on a split shot rig.
BEAVER CREEK: Due to be planted the week of 8/19/24
UNION RESERVOIR: Planted the week of 6/24/2024
MOSQUITO LAKES: OPEN
HIGHLAND LAKES: OPEN
ANGELS CREEK : Due to be planted the week of 8/19/2024
Kinney Reservoir: OPEN
