🎣 California Fish Plants for 10/06/2024 – 10/12/2024

📈 Overview of fish plants in California this week

This week, California is expected to have 8,500 lbs of trout planted across 17 locations. The top counties receiving plants this week are Mono County with 4,000 lbs and Inyo County with 2,500 lbs of trout. With the unannounced plants, last week saw a revised total of 12,500 lbs of trout planted across 25 locations.

This week, we’re headed to Whiskeytown Lake for a camp, catch & cook. Here’s our Gearlist for this week.

Our Whiskeytown Lake Gearlist


📌 Locations planting this week

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

LocationCountyAmount
Independence Creek 📈Inyo500lbs. trout
North Lake 📈Inyo500lbs. trout
Owens River (Section 2) 📈📍Inyo500lbs. trout
Pleasant Valley Reservoir 📈📍Inyo500lbs. trout
Tinnemaha CreekInyo500lbs. trout
Crystal Lake 📈📍Los Angeles500lbs. trout
Deadman CreekMono500lbs. trout
Ellery Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Glass CreekMono500lbs. trout
Lee Vining Creek 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Lundy Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Mill CreekMono500lbs. trout
Saddlebag Creek (Lee Vining Creek)Mono500lbs. trout
Tioga Lake 📈Mono500lbs. trout
Big Bear LakePlumas500lbs. trout
Lake Hemet 📈📍Riverside500lbs. trout
Cuyamaca Lake 📈San Diego500lbs. 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
Bishop Creek (Lower)Inyo500lbs. trout
Lone Pine Creek 📈📍Inyo500lbs. trout
Owens River (Below Tinnemaha)Inyo500lbs. trout
🆕 Bridgeport Reservoir 📈📍Mono500lbs. trout
🆕 Robinson Creek 📈Mono500lbs. trout
🆕 Twin Lake (Upper)Mono500lbs. trout
Big Bear LakePlumas500lbs. trout
🆕 Bucks LakePlumas500lbs. trout
Santa Ana RiverSan Bernardino500lbs. trout
Santa Ana River (South Fork)San Bernardino500lbs. trout
Doane PondSan Diego500lbs. trout
🆕 Baum Lake 📈📍Shasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Burney Creek (Lower)Shasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Burney Creek (Middle)Shasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Hat Creek (Upper)Shasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Hatchet CreekShasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Iron Canyon Reservoir 📈Shasta500lbs. trout
🆕 McCloud ReservoirShasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Montgomery CreekShasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Whiskeytown Lake 📈📍Shasta500lbs. trout
🆕 Carrville PondTrinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Coffee Creek 📈Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Trinity River (Above Clair Engle Lake) 📈Trinity500lbs. trout
🆕 Trinity River (Stuart Fork)Trinity500lbs. trout
Reyes Creek 📈Ventura500lbs. trout

🎣 Our Top Gear Picks for the Week

This week, we’re packing the Shimano Tekota 401HG LC. Primarily because we’re going to be trolling across Whiskeytown Lake targeting those Kokanee, and with its precise line counter, we’ll know exactly where to drop for a perfect strike zone every time.


🗺️ Recently Updated Maps

We recently updated our Google Maps with our best spots at Lone Pine Creek. If you’re a new or a returning angler here, check out our Lone Pine Creek Gearlist for our:

  • 📖 Guide and full writeup
  • 🗺️ Google Map with our 📍best spots (Including sand traps)
  • ☁️ Weather info we check before heading out
  • 🎣 Gear we use here

💡 Looking for a new fishing spot?

You can now view recent plants on a single Google Map, included with every fish plant report. Maps are updated weekly to reflect the most recent fish plants, ensuring anglers have access to the latest information on stocking locations and dates. View Google Map of Recent Plants

🗺️ 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.

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🟥 Locations planting this week

🟦 Locations that planted last week

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-The California Fish Plants Team


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