Fishing Carobe Lake in Tehama County, California

• Overview

  Set in Tehama County, Carobe Lake is a California water. It lies 2,890 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 3 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Nearest place of any size is Shingletown, 5.3 miles away. It is 50 miles to Chico, the nearest city. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Carobe Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Tehama County, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, green sturgeon, Sacramento sucker, rainbow trout and black crappie. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Carobe Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 69°F and December near 38°F. Warm months push fish deep; cool months bring them back. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Carobe Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Nora Lake, 3.6 miles away. None of that is settled for Carobe Lake in what we hold.