Goffinet Reservoir Fishing near Ione, California

• Overview

  You will find Goffinet Reservoir in Amador County, California. Height above sea level is 712 feet. Small at around 17 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The nearest town is Ione, 3.3 miles away. Sutter Creek is 4.5 miles and Jackson 6.2 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple. It sits far enough from the road to feel away from things.

• Where to Fish on Goffinet Reservoir

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Fish documented in Amador County include rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, Sacramento sucker and smallmouth bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Anyone new to Goffinet Reservoir should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 77°F for July and 46°F for December. The year never really closes; it just gets uncomfortable in summer. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. That is the shape of the year on Goffinet Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Preston Reservoir is 3.1 miles distant. None of that is settled for Goffinet Reservoir in what we hold.