New Bullards Bar Reservoir
Dobbins / Camptonville (Yuba County) · near Dobbins · Gold Country & Central Valley
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Spring & fall for giant spots; May-Aug for kokanee
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). Standard bass regs, but this is a genuine trophy fishery - a photo-and-release ethic is the norm. Kokanee count under the trout/salmon limit. Confirm current CDFW rules.
What is here
- Features
- World/state-record spotted bass water (11 lb 5 oz, 2022) · Top-tier kokanee lake · Deep, clear, steep canyon reservoir · Emerald Cove Marina & houseboats
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Nickname
- The Spotted Bass Factory
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Jigging · Spin · Trolling
- Boat
- boat
- Target species
- Trophy spotted bass (state record water) · Kokanee salmon
- Intl tip
- For record-class spots, fish deep main-lake points and bluff walls Nov-Feb with good electronics. For kokanee, troll a small dodger and hoochie tipped with corn 30-60 ft down at about 1.2 mph.
The guide
New Bullards Bar is the most famous spotted-bass water in the country - the deep, clear, steep-walled Yuba County reservoir tha…
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.4, -121.135