Cameron Park Pond

Spring is best with April, May and June all being pretty good. Fall can be good too; September/October.

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Pond Info

Located at 2989 Cambridge Road, Cameron Park, the Cameron Park Pond facility offers four tennis courts, a volleyball court, playground, walking/jogging trail around the lake, fishing, boat rentals, paved parking, swim area, and grassy picnic areas.

A fee of $2.00 per CSD resident or $4.00 per non-resident is charged at the gate; however, children six-years old and younger are free of charge, and seniors 55 and older (resident or non-resident) are charged $1 per person.

** The lake was dredged deeper and underwater structure was added a few years then it was restocked with bass and panfish. It is ‘catch and release’ fishing and you are allowed to use artificial lures and flies only which is good because many other local public ponds are actually fished out by the general public.

The park is open 7am till dusk year round.

Season: April/May/June is normally some of the best months for good fishing here. October can be another top time.

Cameron Park web site

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Kiene's is open 7 days a week so call the shop for a first hand update.

Go to our Kiene's 'message board' under Warm Water (bass & panfish) for more fishing information.

Local: 916/486-9958

Toll Free: 800/400-0359 (USA)

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Getting there

• From Watt Avenue take Hwy 50 east about 23 miles up to Cambridge Road off ramp # 34. Take Cambridge Road north over the freeway about 2.5 miles to Cameron Park Pond on your right.

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Tackle

Rods: Fly rods from # 3 to # 8 line size will work depending on the size of your bass flies you are using. Longer 9’ fly rod will be best for this open water and for fly fishing from a float tube, pontoon boat, kayak, canoe or small car-top boat.

Lines: We use mostly weight forward floating lines that are one or two sizes large than normal for our fly rods.

Leaders: You can use a 7’6” 0x to 3x leader depending on the size bass bugs you are throwing.

Flies: For top water in the late afternoon and evenings after the sun is off the water you can use hair bugs, poppers or large dry flies. Black or Frog bass patterns are good. Dahlberg Divers or the Umpqua Swimming Frog are good too. Any larger wooly buggers or leeches will work under water.

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Access

They have good parking inside the park. You can walk around the entire lake and fish from the bank but fishing from a float tube, pontoon boats, kayaks, canoes or small car-top boat will be a great advantage.

No gas motors are allowed.

Your friends and family can picnic and barbeque while watching you fish.

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Staff note

**We prefer fishing weeknight evening in the Spring, April/May/June, from late afternoon till dark.

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Maps

• Cameron Park Google Map

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Instruction

• Fly fishing & fly casting instruction on the river with Jeff Putnam