🎣 California Fish Plants for 08/18/2024 – 08/24/2024

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📈 Overview of fish plants in California this week

This week, California is expected to have 17,000 lbs of trout and 4,450 lbs of catfish planted across 40 locations. The top county receiving plants this week is San Bernardino County with 1,000 lbs of trout and 4,450 lbs of catfish. With the unannounced plants, last week saw a revised total of 32,900 lbs of trout and 2,950 lbs of catfish across 67 locations.

Week of 8/18/2024

Map of latest plants

This map gets a fresh update every week with the latest fish plant info, so you’re always in the know about the newest stocking spots and dates.

🟥 Locations planting this week

🟦 Locations that planted last week

📌 Locations planting this week

📈 = Includes historical fish plant graph 📍 = Includes guide to best spots

LocationCountyAmount
Caples Lake 📈Alpine500lbs. trout
Kirkwood Lake 📈Alpine500lbs. trout
Kings River (Below Pine Flat Dam)Fresno500lbs. trout
Bishop Creek (Lower)Inyo500lbs. trout
Lone Pine Creek 📈📍Inyo500lbs. trout
Owens River (Section 2) 📈📍Inyo500lbs. trout
Convict Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Deadman CreekMono500lbs. trout
Ellery Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Glass CreekMono500lbs. trout
Grant Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Lee Vining Creek (South Fork)Mono500lbs. trout
Lee Vining Creek 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Lundy Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Mammoth Creek 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Mill CreekMono500lbs. trout
Rock Creek Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Rush CreekMono500lbs. trout
Saddlebag Creek (Lee Vining Creek)Mono500lbs. trout
Saddlebag Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Tioga Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Prosser Reservoir 📈Nevada500lbs. trout
Cucamonga Guasti Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Glen Helen Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Lake Gregory 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 1500lbs. catfish
Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Prado Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Santa Ana RiverSan Bernardino500lbs. trout
Santa Ana River (South Fork)San Bernardino500lbs. trout
Yucaipa Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Baum Lake 📈📍Shasta500lbs. trout
Burney Creek (Lower)Shasta500lbs. trout
Burney Creek (Middle)Shasta500lbs. trout
Hat Creek (Middle)Shasta500lbs. trout
Hat Creek (Upper)Shasta500lbs. trout
Hatchet CreekShasta500lbs. trout
Montgomery CreekShasta500lbs. trout
Jackson Meadows Reservoir 📈Sierra500lbs. trout
Medicine Lake 📈Siskiyou500lbs. trout
Yuba River (North Fork)Yuba500lbs. trout
📢 Unannounced & updated fish plants from last week

Note: The following is the full fish plant from last week. Locations marked with 🆕 are where plants were reported after the fish plant was completed, as some fishing locations do this to prevent a rush of anglers coming all at once.

LocationCountyAmount
🆕 Carson River (East Fork)Alpine500lbs. trout
🆕 Carson River (West Fork)Alpine500lbs. trout
🆕 Markleeville CreekAlpine500lbs. trout
Silver Lake 📈Amador500lbs. trout
🆕 Dark Lake 📈El Dorado500lbs. trout
🆕 Ice House ReservoirEl Dorado1000lbs. trout
🆕 Loon LakeEl Dorado1000lbs. trout
🆕 Union Valley ReservoirEl Dorado1000lbs. trout
🆕 Wrights Lake 📈El Dorado500lbs. trout
Courtright Reservoir 📈Fresno500lbs. trout
Huntington Lake 📈Fresno500lbs. trout
Shaver Lake 📈Fresno500lbs. trout
Wishon Reservoir 📈Fresno500lbs. trout
Bishop Creek (Intake II)Inyo500lbs. trout
Bishop Creek (Lower)Inyo500lbs. trout
Bishop Creek (Middle Fork)Inyo500lbs. trout
Bishop Creek (South Fork)Inyo500lbs. trout
Lake Sabrina 📈Inyo500lbs. trout
Lone Pine Creek 📈📍Inyo500lbs. trout
North Lake 📈Inyo500lbs. trout
Owens River (Below Tinnemaha)Inyo500lbs. trout
South LakeInyo500lbs. trout
🆕 Trumbull LakeKern600lbs. trout
🆕 Plaskett Meadows PondMendocino500lbs. trout
🆕 Lake McSwain 📈Merced500lbs. trout
🆕 Merced River (Section I) 📈Merced500lbs. trout
Convict Creek 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Gull Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
June Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Mamie Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Mary Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
McGee CreekMono500lbs. trout
🆕 Robinson Creek 📈Mono600lbs. trout
🆕 Twin Lake (Upper)Mono600lbs. trout
🆕 Virginia Creek 📈Mono600lbs. trout
Rock Creek (Section 1)Mono500lbs. trout
Rock Creek (Section 2)Mono500lbs. trout
Twin Lakes (Mammoth) 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Trabuco Creek 📈Orange500lbs. trout
🆕 Lower Bucks LakePlumas500lbs. trout
Cucamonga Guasti Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Glen Helen Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Prado Park Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Yucaipa Lake 📈📍San Bernardino0lbs. trout / 590lbs. catfish
Baum Lake 📈📍Shasta500lbs. trout
Burney Creek (Lower)Shasta500lbs. trout
Burney Creek (Middle)Shasta500lbs. trout
Hat Creek (Middle)Shasta500lbs. trout
Hat Creek (Upper)Shasta500lbs. trout
Hatchet CreekShasta500lbs. trout
Montgomery CreekShasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Carrville PondTrinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Coffee Creek 📈Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Lewiston Lake 📈Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Trinity River (Above Clair Engle Lake) 📈Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Trinity River (East Fork)Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Trinity River (Stuart Fork)Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Cherry Valley ReservoirTuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Lyons Canal (Columbia Ditch)Tuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Pinecrest Lake 📈Tuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Powerhouse StreamTuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Stanislaus River (Middle Fork)Tuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Stanislaus River (South Fork)Tuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Tuolumne River (Middle Fork)Tuolumne500lbs. trout
🆕 Tuolumne River (South Fork)Tuolumne500lbs. trout
Reyes Creek 📈Ventura500lbs. trout
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🗺️ Recently Updated Maps

We recently updated our Google Maps with our best spots at Prado Park Lake. If you’re a new or a returning angler here, check out the Google Map and Guide to get a leg up on other anglers before you cast your line.

💡 Looking for a new fishing spot?

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