Camanche Reservoir
Ione / Valley Springs (Amador-Calaveras line) · near Valley Springs · Gold Country & Central Valley
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Spring for bass & trout; year-round warmwater; kokanee in summer
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). EBMUD lake: no swimming/body contact, boat ramps closed through 2026 for golden mussel (rentals continue). Standard regs.
What is here
- Features
- The all-around bass, panfish & family lake · Outstanding spring crappie fishing · Planted trout & kokanee too · North & South Shore marinas, pools, camping
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Nickname
- Pardee's Warmwater Sibling
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Spin · Bait · Trolling
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Largemouth bass · Smallmouth bass · Crappie · Bluegill · Rainbow trout · Kokanee
- Intl tip
- Spring crappie fishing around the coves and submerged brush is outstanding and perfect for kids - bring small jigs or minnows. Rent a boat if the golden-mussel ramp closure is in effect.
The guide
Camanche is Pardee's warmwater sibling on the Mokelumne, and the two together cover the whole fishing spectrum: where Pardee is…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Camanche Reservoir — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.22, -121