Species · Rainbow Trout · CA
Rainbow Trout in California
263 waters with rainbow trout, the lures working now, and recent stocking.
California waters with rainbow trout
- Bridgeport Reservoirlive gauge
- Coffee Creeklive gauge
- Deadman Creeklive gauge
- Donner Lakelive gauge
- Lake del Vallelive gauge
- Lewiston Lakelive gauge
- Lopez Lakelive gauge
- Markleeville Creeklive gauge
- Tulloch Reservoirlive gauge
- Twin Lakeslive gauge
- Angels Creek
- Antelope Creek
- Antelope Lake
- Ash Creek
- Atascadero Lake
- Avocado Lake
- Baker Creek
- Bass Lake
- Bass Lake
- Baum Lake
- Bayley Reservoir
- Big Bear Lake
- Big Creek
- Big Grizzly Creek
- Big Meadows Creek
- Big Pine Creek
- Bishop Creek
- Black Rock Reservoir
- Blue Lake
- Briles Reservoir
- Buckhorn Lake
- Bucks Lake
- Bullseye Lake
- Burney Creek
- Burnside Lake
- Butte Creek
- Caples Lake
- Caribou Lake
- Cave Lake
- Chiquito Creek
- Clark Creek
- Clear Creek
- Cold Creek
- Convict Creek
- Convict Lake
- Corrine Lake
- Courtright Reservoir
- Crater Lake
- Crystal Lake
- Dark Lake
- Deer Creek
- Deer Creek
- Diaz Lake
- Dinkey Creek
- Doane Pond
- Dodge Reservoir
- Don Pedro Reservoir
- Dry Lake
- Dry Meadow Creek
- Duncan Reservoir
- Eagle Lake
- East Fork Carson River
- East Fork Trinity River
- Eastman Lake
- Echo Lake
- El Estero
- Ellery Lake
- Fee Reservoir
- Finnon Reservoir
- Fish Creek
- Fish Lake
- Florence Lake
- Folsom Lake
- Freeman Creek
- Freshwater Lagoon
- Fuller Lake
- Glass Creek
- Gold Lake
- Goodale Creek
- Goodrich Creek
- Grant Lake
- Greenhorn Reservoir
- Green Valley Lake
- Gull Lake
- Halsey Forebay
- Harry L. Englebright Lake
- Hatchet Creek
- Hat Creek
- Hensley Lake
- Herring Creek
- Hidden Valley Lake
- Horseshoe Lake
- Hume Lake
- Huntington Lake
- Independence Creek
- Indian Creek Reservoir
- Indian Valley Reservoir
- Iron Canyon Reservoir
- Isabella Lake
- Jackson Lake
- Jenkinson Lake
- Jenks Lake
- Juanita Lake
- June Lake
- Kangaroo Lake
- Kirkwood Lake
- Laguna Lake
- Lake Almanor
- Lake Alpine
- Lake Annie
- Lake Casitas
- Lake Chabot
- Lake Cuyamaca
- Lake Davis
- Lake Emily
- Lake Fulmor
- Lake George
- Lake Gregory
- Lake Hemet
- Lake Herman
- Lake Jennings
- Lake Kaweah
- Lake Mamie
- Lake Mary
- Lake McCloud
- Lake McClure
- Lake McSwain
- Lake Ming
- Lake Pillsbury
- Lake Ralphine
- Lake Sabrina
- Lake San Antonio
- Lake Shastina
- Lake Siskiyou
- Lake Success
- Lake Tabeaud
- Lake Temescal
- Lake Valley Reservoir
- Lake Walton
- Lake Wohlford
- La Mirada Creek
- Lee Vining Creek
- Lewis Creek
- Lily Lake
- Little Beaver Creek
- Little Grass Valley Reservoir
- Little Lake
- Lone Pine Creek
- Lower Bear River Reservoir
- Lower Blue Lake
- Lower Bucks Lake
- Lower Sardine Lake
- Lower Twin Lake
- Lundy Lake
- Lyons Reservoir
- Mammoth Creek
- Mammoth Pool Reservoir
- Manzanita Lake
- Mather Lake
- McCoy Flat Reservoir
- McCumber Reservoir
- McGee Creek
- Medicine Lake
- Middle Creek
- Middle Fork Bishop Creek
- Middle Fork Feather River
- Middle Fork Stanislaus River
- Middle Fork Tule River
- Middle Tuolumne River
- Modesto Reservoir
- Mono Creek
- Montgomery Creek
- Mountain Meadows Reservoir
- Murray Reservoir
- Nacimiento River
- Nelder Creek
- New Melones Lake
- Nora Lake
- North Battle Creek Reservoir
- North Fork Feather River
- North Fork Middle Fork Tule River
- North Fork Stanislaus River
- North Fork Willow Creek
- North Lake
- North Yuba River
- Orr Lake
- Packer Lake
- Paradise Lake
- Pine Creek
- Pinecrest Lake
- Pine Flat Lake
- Pleasant Valley Reservoir
- Portal Forebay
- Puddingstone Reservoir
- Rainbow Lake
- Red Lake
- Reservoir C
- Reservoir F
- Reyes Creek
- Robinson Creek
- Rock Creek
- Rock Creek
- Rollins Reservoir
- Round Corral Reservoir
- Round Valley Reservoir
- Rush Creek
- Ruth Lake
- Sacramento River
- Saddlebag Lake
- Sandy Wool Lake
- Santa Margarita Lake
- Sawmill Pond
- Scotts Flat Reservoir
- Shasta Lake
- Shaver Lake
- Sherwin Creek
- Shotoverin Lake
- Silver Fork American River
- Silver Lake
- Silver Lake
- Silver Lake
- Skinner Reservoir
- Sly Creek
- South Fork American River
- South Fork Battle Creek
- South Fork Bishop Creek
- South Fork Middle Fork Tule River
- South Fork Pit River
- South Fork San Joaquin River
- South Fork Santa Ana River
- South Fork Stanislaus River
- South Fork Tule River
- South Fork Tuolumne River
- South Fork Willow Creek
- South Lake
- Spanish Creek
- Stony Creek
- Stough Reservoir
- Sugar Pine Reservoir
- Susan River
- Taboose Creek
- Tamarack Creek
- Tenmile Creek
- Three Lakes
- Tioga Lake
- Trout Lake
- Tuttle Creek
- Upper Blue Lake
- Upper Salmon Lake
- Upper Twin Lake
- Volcano Lake
- Wagon Creek
- Ward Lake
- Weaver Lake
- West Fork Carson River
- West Fork Chiquito Creek
- West Fork Granite Creek
- West Valley Reservoir
- Whiskeytown Lake
- White Pines Lake
- Wishon Reservoir
- Woodward Reservoir
- Yosemite Lake
What's working now
Current conditions on Bridgeport Reservoir, a representative California water. Every lake fishes its own conditions — open one for its live read.
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
- Spoonsilver
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → trolled over deeper water silver spoon
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer trout guidance
Recent rainbow trout stocking in California
- Rainbow TroutJul 19, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 19, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 19, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 12, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 12, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 12, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 5, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 5, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 5, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJul 5, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026
- Rainbow TroutJun 28, 2026