📈 Overview of fish plants in California this week
Winter’s chill is prime time for hooking into hungry trout, and anglers across California have plenty to look forward to. This week, California is expected to have 19,235 lbs. of trout planted across 26 locations. The top county receiving plants this week is San Bernardino, with 4,235 lbs. of trout. With the unannounced plants, last week saw a revised total of 43,782 lbs. of trout across 26 locations.
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📌 Locations planting this week
📈 = Includes historical fish plant graph 📍 = Includes guide to best spots
| Lake Temescal 📈 📍 | Alameda | 1000lbs. trout |
| Los Vaqueros Reservoir 📈 📍 | Alameda | 500lbs. trout |
| Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake) 📈 📍 | Alameda | 500lbs. trout |
| Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake) 📈 📍 | Alameda | 1000lbs. trout |
| Shadow Cliffs Reservoir 📈 | Alameda | 1000lbs. trout |
| Hidden Valley Pond | Contra Costa | 500lbs. trout |
| IWA Wister Pond | Imperial | 500lbs. trout |
| Sunbeam Lake 📈 | Imperial | 500lbs. trout |
| Owens River (Below Tinnemaha) | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Owens River (Section 2) 📈 📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Blue Lake (Upper) 📈 | Lake | 500lbs. trout |
| Elizabeth Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Cahuilla Park Lake 📈 | Riverside | 500lbs. trout |
| Rancho Jurupa Park Pond | Riverside | 500lbs. trout |
| Cucamonga Guasti Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Glen Helen Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Prado Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Yucaipa Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Chollas Park Lake | San Diego | 500lbs. trout |
| Lake Jennings 📈 | San Diego | 500lbs. trout |
| Lake Miramar 📈 | San Diego | 500lbs. trout |
| Lake Murray 📈 📍 | San Diego | 500lbs. trout |
| Lake Wohlford 📈 | San Diego | 500lbs. trout |
| Casitas Lake 📈 | Ventura | 500lbs. 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.
| Location | County | Amount |
| Lake Chabot (Castro Valley) 📈 | Alameda | 1000lbs. trout |
| Lake Del Valle 📈 📍 | Alameda | 1500lbs. trout |
| Lake Elizabeth | Alameda | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Los Vaqueros Reservoir 📈 📍 | Alameda | 1000lbs. trout |
| Shadow Cliffs Reservoir 📈 | Alameda | 1000lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Lake Amador 📈 | Amador | 700lbs. trout |
| Contra Loma Reservoir 📈 | Contra Costa | 1000lbs. trout |
| Lafayette Reservoir 📈 | Contra Costa | 500lbs. trout |
| Fresno City Woodward Park Lake | Fresno | 500lbs. trout |
| Kings River (Below Pine Flat Dam) | Fresno | 500lbs. trout |
| Diaz Lake 📈 📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Owens River (Section 2) 📈 📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Pleasant Valley Reservoir 📈 📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Brite Valley Reservoir 📈 | Kern | 2000lbs. trout |
| Kern River (Section 5) | Kern | 500lbs. trout |
| Alondra Park Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Belvedere Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Cerritos Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Downey Wilderness Park Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Echo Park Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| El Dorado Park Lakes | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Hansen Dam Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Hollenbeck Park Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Kenneth Hahn Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| La Mirada Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Legg Lakes | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Lincoln Park Lake | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Puddingstone Lake 📈 | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Santa Fe Reservoir 📈 | Los Angeles | 500lbs. trout |
| Carbon Canyon Reservoir | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Carr Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Eisenhower Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Greer Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Huntington Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Mile Square Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Ralph Clark Regional Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Tri-city Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Yorba Linda Regional Park Lake | Orange | 500lbs. trout |
| Bogart Park Pond | Riverside | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Lake Hemet 📈 📍 | Riverside | 4000lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Rancho Jurupa Park Pond | Riverside | 600lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Rancho Seco Lake 📈 | Sacramento | 500lbs. trout |
| McAlpine Lake | San Benito | 500lbs. trout |
| Cucamonga Guasti Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Ford Park Ponds | San Bernardino | 500lbs. trout |
| Glen Helen Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Silverwood Lake 📈 | San Bernardino | 5000lbs. trout |
| Prado Park Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 747lbs. trout |
| Yucaipa Lake 📈 📍 | San Bernardino | 1494lbs. trout |
| Santa Margarita Lake 📈 📍 | San Luis Obispo | 500lbs. trout |
| Sandy Wool Lake 📈 | Santa Clara | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Baum Lake 📈 📍 | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Shasta Lake 📈 | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Greenhorn Reservoir | Siskiyou | 500lbs. trout |
| Rancho Simi Park Lake | Ventura | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Collins Lake 📈 | Yuba | 1000lbs. trout |
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