Latest Fish Plant Update

  • 🎣 California Fish Plants for 01/19/2025 – 01/25/2025

    📈 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 📈 📍Alameda1000lbs. trout
    Los Vaqueros Reservoir 📈 📍Alameda500lbs. trout
    Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake) 📈 📍Alameda500lbs. trout
    Quarry Lakes (Horseshoe Lake) 📈 📍Alameda1000lbs. trout
    Shadow Cliffs Reservoir 📈Alameda1000lbs. trout
    Hidden Valley PondContra Costa500lbs. trout
    IWA Wister PondImperial500lbs. trout
    Sunbeam Lake 📈Imperial500lbs. trout
    Owens River (Below Tinnemaha)Inyo500lbs. trout
    Owens River (Section 2) 📈 📍Inyo500lbs. trout
    Blue Lake (Upper) 📈Lake500lbs. trout
    Elizabeth LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Cahuilla Park Lake 📈Riverside500lbs. trout
    Rancho Jurupa Park PondRiverside500lbs. trout
    Cucamonga Guasti Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Glen Helen Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Prado Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Yucaipa Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Chollas Park LakeSan Diego500lbs. trout
    Lake Jennings 📈San Diego500lbs. trout
    Lake Miramar 📈San Diego500lbs. trout
    Lake Murray 📈 📍San Diego500lbs. trout
    Lake Wohlford 📈San Diego500lbs. trout
    Casitas Lake 📈Ventura500lbs. 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
    Lake Chabot (Castro Valley) 📈Alameda1000lbs. trout
    Lake Del Valle 📈 📍Alameda1500lbs. trout
    Lake ElizabethAlameda500lbs. trout
    🆕 Los Vaqueros Reservoir 📈 📍Alameda1000lbs. trout
    Shadow Cliffs Reservoir 📈Alameda1000lbs. trout
    🆕 Lake Amador 📈Amador700lbs. trout
    Contra Loma Reservoir 📈Contra Costa1000lbs. trout
    Lafayette Reservoir 📈Contra Costa500lbs. trout
    Fresno City Woodward Park LakeFresno500lbs. trout
    Kings River (Below Pine Flat Dam)Fresno500lbs. trout
    Diaz Lake 📈 📍Inyo500lbs. trout
    Owens River (Section 2) 📈 📍Inyo500lbs. trout
    Pleasant Valley Reservoir 📈 📍Inyo500lbs. trout
    Brite Valley Reservoir 📈Kern2000lbs. trout
    Kern River (Section 5)Kern500lbs. trout
    Alondra Park LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Belvedere LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Cerritos LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Downey Wilderness Park LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Echo Park LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    El Dorado Park LakesLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Hansen Dam LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Hollenbeck Park LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Kenneth Hahn LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    La Mirada LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Legg LakesLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Lincoln Park LakeLos Angeles500lbs. trout
    Puddingstone Lake 📈Los Angeles500lbs. trout
    Santa Fe Reservoir 📈Los Angeles500lbs. trout
    Carbon Canyon ReservoirOrange500lbs. trout
    Carr Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Eisenhower Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Greer Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Huntington Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Mile Square Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Ralph Clark Regional Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Tri-city LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Yorba Linda Regional Park LakeOrange500lbs. trout
    Bogart Park PondRiverside500lbs. trout
    🆕 Lake Hemet 📈 📍Riverside4000lbs. trout
    🆕 Rancho Jurupa Park PondRiverside600lbs. trout
    🆕 Rancho Seco Lake 📈Sacramento500lbs. trout
    McAlpine LakeSan Benito500lbs. trout
    Cucamonga Guasti Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Ford Park PondsSan Bernardino500lbs. trout
    Glen Helen Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Mojave Narrows Regional Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    🆕 Silverwood Lake 📈San Bernardino5000lbs. trout
    Prado Park Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino747lbs. trout
    Yucaipa Lake 📈 📍San Bernardino1494lbs. trout
    Santa Margarita Lake 📈 📍San Luis Obispo500lbs. trout
    Sandy Wool Lake 📈Santa Clara500lbs. trout
    🆕 Baum Lake 📈 📍Shasta500lbs. trout
    🆕 Shasta Lake 📈Shasta500lbs. trout
    🆕 Greenhorn ReservoirSiskiyou500lbs. trout
    Rancho Simi Park LakeVentura500lbs. trout
    🆕 Collins Lake 📈Yuba1000lbs. trout

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