Sawmill Lake Fishing

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Sawmill Lake Fishing

Sawmill Lake Near Graniteville is located in Nevada County in California. If you live in Graniteville or Sierra City you're less than 10 miles from Sawmill Lake. The fishing regulatory body for California is California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If you need a fishing licence you can purchase one directly from Sawmill Lake Fishing License 24/7. Prices and optons are listed including non resident fishing licenses. Please ensure to adhere to the fishing regulations for the state. Remember, regulations are there to protect fish species and enable fishing for generations to come.

Sawmill Lake Fishing Report Card

Here's your fishing report for today the 29th of March for Sawmill Lake. We take a number of different data points to make our fishing recommendation. Our recommendation is based on aspects about the weather conditions, moon phase & water conditions. Of course these should only be used as indicators combined with your own past fishing experience fishing on the banks of Sawmill Lake.

Clour Cover

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It's common knowlege cloud cover is an angler's best friend. Pack your bags, rod and head out the door right now as you've got 100% cloud cover over Sawmill Lake. You chances of bagging a few has increased.


  • Average

Wind Direction

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There’s an old saying on wind direction which has many variations but here's the most popular which I'm sure you've heard: “Wind from the West, fish bite the best. Wind from the East, fish bite the least. Wind from the North, do not go forth. Wind from the South blows bait in their mouth.” Its less so about the direction but the cause for the direction. We’ll cover this more in a blog post soon but for Sawmill Lake right now the wind is coming from a south easterly direction which means fishing is poor.


  • Poor Fishing

Wind Speed

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With the wind at 4 mph hardly a puff out there makes for a calm mirror like surface. With the wind so light less ripples in the water makes it more difficult to mask the line and lure on Sawmill Lake


  • Average

Moon Phase

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Moon phases have split fishing folk's opinion straight down the middle with the bigger impact on saltwater fishing but some freshwater anglers swear their catch improves when the moon is in a "New" or "Full" moon phase. These phases cause bigger tides making fish more active and susceptible to feeding meaning an opportunity for you to nab a catch. Sawmill Lake is currently under a "Waning Gibbous" phase which means its less optimal fishing time.


  • Poor Fishing

Sawmill Lake Map Location

Sawmill Lake Fishing 7 Day Weather Report

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Fish Information For Sawmill Lake

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Sawmill Lake Water Conditions

Find out if theres a raging torrent for torent or a calm mirror like surface using our daily updated stats for over 500,000 fishing locations.

Sawmill Lake Fishing Lunar Forcecast

Moon phases have a signifigant impact on fishing. The moon in the night skies over Sawmill Lake is in a Waning Gibbous phase. This means if you're planning of fishing at night then fishing conditions are optimal. Due to the moon conditions night brightness levels are at 88%.