📈 Overview of fish plants in California this week
This week, California is expected to have 6,000 pounds of trout planted across 12 locations. The top counties receiving plants this week include Fresno, Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino, each with 1,000 pounds of trout. With the unannounced plants, last week saw a revised total of 14,500 pounds of trout planted across 30 locations, including 4,000 pounds in Shasta County.
This week, we’re headed to Pleasant Valley Reservoir, also known as “PVR”. Here’s our Gearlist for this week. Our Pleasant Valley Reservoir Gearlist
🔔 Additional California fishing information for this week
In 10 days (starting October), the Rockfish season boundary will switch again. Everybody fishing for Rockfish must be outside the 50 fathom line. View more info and boundary line here.
📌 Locations planting this week
📈 = Includes historical fish plant graph 📍 = Includes guide to best spots
| Location | County | Amount |
| Bear River Reservoir (Lower) 📈 | Amador | 500lbs. trout |
| Kings River (Below Pine Flat Dam) | Fresno | 500lbs. trout |
| Wishon Reservoir 📈 | Fresno | 500lbs. trout |
| Owens River (Section 2) 📈📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Pleasant Valley Reservoir 📈📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Kern River (Section 5) | Kern | 500lbs. trout |
| Kern River (Section 6) | Kern | 500lbs. trout |
| Big Bear Lake | Plumas | 500lbs. trout |
| Santa Ana River | San Bernardino | 500lbs. trout |
| Santa Ana River (South Fork) | San Bernardino | 500lbs. trout |
| Kern River (Section 4) | Tulare | 500lbs. trout |
| Little Grass Valley Reservoir 📈 | Yuba | 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 |
| Bishop Creek (Lower) | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Lone Pine Creek 📈📍 | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Bishop Creek (Intake II) | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 South Lake | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| Owens River (Below Tinnemaha) | Inyo | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Clear Creek | Lassen | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Convict Lake 📈 | Mono | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 East Walker River | Mono | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Rock Creek Lake 📈 | Mono | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Starkweather Lake | Mono | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Feather River North Fork (Almanor) | Plumas | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Lake Almanor 📈📍 | Plumas | 500lbs. trout |
| Cuyamaca Lake 📈 | San Diego | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Baum Lake 📈📍 | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Burney Creek (Lower) | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Burney Creek (Middle) | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Hat Creek (Middle) | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Hat Creek (Upper) | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Hatchet Creek | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Montgomery Creek | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Sacramento River (Shasta) | Shasta | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Kangaroo Lake 📈 | Sisikiyou | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Greenhorn Reservoir | Siskiyou | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Juanita Lake 📈 | Siskiyou | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Sacramento River (Siskiyou) | Siskiyou | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Siskiyou Lake 📈 | Siskiyou | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Battle Creek (South Fork) 📈 | Tehama | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Deer Creek 📈 | Tehama | 500lbs. trout |
| 🆕 Lewiston Lake 📈 | Trinity | 500lbs. trout |
🗺️ Recent Fish Reports
Last week, we went back out to Grant Lake and updated our Google Maps with our best spots. If you’re a new or a returning angler here, check out our Grant Lake Gearlist for our:
- 📖 Guide and full writeup
- 🗺️ Google Map with our 📍best spots
- ☁️ 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
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