Amador Lake

Bass & panfish: April/May/June and Sept/Oct (Spring and Fall)

Trout: October through April (All winter)

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Lake Info

The lake is ~400 acres with 13 mile of shore line. There is no speed limit on the lake but there is no water skiing or jet skis allowed. Fall, Winter and Spring is trout time on the lake. It is heavily planted with very nice trout that are raised by the Lake Amador Resort in the fish hatchery below the dam. Spring, Summer and Fall is the time for the Warm Water species including Black Bass, Bluegills and catfish. The resort was built and operated by the Lockhart family sense 1973. At the lodge there is a cafe, store, tackle shop, boat rental, docks and boat launch. There are full RV hook ups with 150 camp sites. There are modern bathrooms with showers and flush toilets. There is a swimming pond and a water slide now too. Most of the time you can show up to camp with no reservations except holidays.

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Tackle

Most use 9' or long fly rods in #5 to 7 line size. Have a weight forward floating line for fishing on or near the surface. Then have a clear slow sinking line for getting down about 3 to 6 feet. Have a very fast sinking line for getting real deep, maybe 10 to 15 feet at times in mid-summer.

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Water Craft

You really need a float tube, pontoon boat, kayak, canoe or small aluminum outboard powered boat to really fish this lake right. It is pretty brushy and drops off fairly quickly so fly fishing from shore or wading is pretty difficult and limited.

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Timing

This is a year round fishery that is probably most famous for winter fly fishing for large planted trout. These trout are not usually very deep in the winter so they can be taken easily on a fly. This is late Fall, Winter and early Spring when the weather is cooler. It is also a famous Black Bass fishery. Bass are usually up shallow in the Spring to to spawn and in the Fall to feed. In mid-winter and mid-summer they are usually deep.

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Amador Lake Map

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