🎣 California Fish Plants for 4/28/2024 – 5/4/2024

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Overview of fish plants in California this week

This week, California will plant 6,000 fish across 11 locations. Notable counties for these plantings include Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Shasta. Additionally, Alameda, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tuolumne counties had significant unannounced fish plants last week, providing anglers with excellent opportunities for a good catch.

Green Valley Lake
May 2024 Rockfish Regulation Changes

Additional California fishing information for this week

Today (4/27/2024) is Fishmas in California, the opening day of trout fishing season, held annually on the last Saturday of April. It takes place in the Eastern Sierra region and many other regions in California. (Make sure to check with CDFW to ensure the waters you’re fishing in is open to trout)

On Wednesday (5/1/2024) California’s Fish and Game Commission new recreational season structure for the groundfish/rockfish season will switch for regions above N 36°. Reminder that new bag limits, boundaries, timetable and regulations (like requirements to have descending devices on board) apply. To learn more, check out our overview. Source: CDFW

Locations planting this week

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

LocationCountyAmount
American River Silver ForkEl Dorado500
Crowley Lake 📈 📍Mono500
Duncan ReservoirMono500
June Lake 📈Mono500
Halsey Forebay 📈Placer500
Lake FulmorRiverside500
Arrowbear LakeSan Bernardino500
Glen Helen Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino500
Green Valley Lake 📈San Bernardino500
Jenks LakeSan Bernardino500
Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino500
Iron Canyon Reservoir 📈Shasta500

Unannounced fish plants from last week

Note: These are fish plants from last week that were reported after the fishing location completed their fish plant. Some fishing locations do this to prevent a rush of anglers coming all at once. All of our data sets are updated and future reporting include this to give you the most accurate data possible.

LocationCountyAmount
Del Valle Lake 📈Alameda1000
Lake Temescal 📈Alameda1000
Los Vaqueros Reservoir 📈 📍Alameda2000
Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake) 📈Alameda1000
Angels CreekCalaveras500
Stanislaus River North ForkCalaveras500
White Pines LakeCalaveras500
Lake Amador 📈Ione1500
Burney Creek LowerShasta500
Burney Creek MiddleShasta500
Burney Creek UpperShasta500
Sacramento RiverShasta500
Antelope CreekSiskiyou500
Butte CreekSiskiyou500
Cold CreekSiskiyou500
McCloud River, Fowlers, Lower Falls 📈Siskiyou500
Orr Lake 📈Siskiyou500
Siskiyou Lake 📈Siskiyou500
Wagon CreekSiskiyou500
Pinecrest Lake 📈Tuolumne500
Powerhouse StreamTuolumne500
Stanislaus River Middle ForkTuolumne500
Stanislaus River South ForkTuolumne500
Tuolumne River Middle ForkTuolumne500
Tuolumne River South ForkTuolumne500
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