Fisheries

We are fortunate to have many great public fisheries in our area:

Additional waters:

Hat Creek (tributary of the Pit River). 🆕
Pine Forest Range fisheries, including Knott Creek Reservoir, Onion Valley Reservoir, and Blue Lakes. 🆕
South Fork American River and its tributaries, including the Silver Fork, Lyons Creek and Silver Creek.
Susan River and its tributaries 🆕, including Willow and Willard Creek.
Wall Canyon Area including Wall Canyon Reservoir, Wall Canyon Creek, and Boulder Reservoir. 🆕

Please keep fish wet.

Be sure to know and understand the applicable fishing regulations (CA, NV) before heading out to fish.

Report poachers and others breaking fish and wildlife regulations.

CAL TIP: Call 888-334-2258.
Nevada Operation Game Thief: Call 800-992-3030.

East Walker River

Hat Creek in Lassen Volcanic National Park (NPS Photo)

Knott Creek Reservoir (BLM Photo)

For information about the fish species or about where to fish, see Fish Species of the Eastern Sierra and Kurt's Where to Fish presentation, respectively. Also check out Jeff's Blog on where he's been fishing.

Additional Reading

Elsewhere on the Internet:

Dave's Sierra Fishing
Fly Fishing The Sierra by Steve Schalla
Fly Fishing the Sierra Nevada Mountains by Michael Carl
Eastern Sierra Back Country Fishing Guide by James Erdman (CDFW).

Tools

CA Fishing Guide － an interactive fishing map of California by CDFW.
FishNV － an interactive fishing map of Nevada by NDOW.
- Western Region Fishable Waters Map －hard copies available for the local pickup at club events. Just ask us at info@hsfc.us.

HSFC members and friends are welcomed to submit family-friendly fly-fishing-related articles for publication. To submit an article, please send it to info@hsfc.us.