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PHOTO CREDIT: REBECCA GARRETT Mono County Tourism professional fishing guides and more, contact: guides please fishing professional Lahontan Cutthroat* Lahontan on the same trip – Rainbow, Brown, Golden, and and Golden, Brown, –Rainbow, trip same on the Catch all four species of trout in the same day or day same ofthe trout in species four all Catch eastern sierra Sacramento Perch BishopVisitor.com MonoCounty.org visit bishop Rainbow Trout* Rainbow For information on derbies, events, lodging, lodging, on derbies, events, For information Golden Trout* Golden Brown Trout* Brown Cutthroat – and you’ve –and Cutthroat Slam! got aSierra Brook TroutBrook found inthe fish species

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PHOTO CREDIT: COLIN FARRELL/OPP CREATIVE PHOTO CREDIT: MONO COUNTY TOURISM Eastern Sierra Fishing Destinations Regular Fishing Season begins the last Saturday in April and ends on November 15. Many waters open for year-round fishing.

To Markleeville Topaz 1 west walker * RenoTo 13 * 14 bishop creek canyon US 395, Walker/Coleville/Topaz TOPAZ Owens River Road SR 168, West of Bishop Designated a Wild and Scenic River, the West The gently flowing scenic waterway is popular An alpine wonderland of pine forest, rushing COLEVILLE Little Walker has great fishing all year long, and is subject Antelope with both fly anglers that fish from shore, drift and clear blue lakes. Easy to access and popular to year-round fishing regulations from November Valley West boat or float tube and is open year-round. fishing spots include Lake Sabrina, South Lake,

16 until the last Saturday in April. WALKER The Wild Trout area below Pleasant Valley North Lake, Weir Pond, Intake II and North and Walker Campground is favored by fly fisherman; South Forks of Bishop Creek.

MILL CANYON RD 1 it is a barbless, catch and release zone. 2 River The Buckley Ponds area south of Bishop and east * 15 Independence creek offers warm water species including West of Independence SR 182, North of Bridgeport Pickel Meadow bass, catfish and bluegill. r e v A beautiful stocked heavily with rainbows by i er Anglers come from all over the country R v i r River 182 R

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Grant 120 Parker Lake 5 lundy lake Lake Gull June ANSEL Lake 18 diaz lake* Lundy Lake Road ADAMS Lake Lake WILDERNESS 6 Big Springs South of Lone Pine on US 395 North of Lee Vining, west of US 395, follow June JUNE Mountain U LAKE pper O Thousand S wen Diaz Lake is a popular roadside destination for an s Lundy Lake Road to a good-sized lake and lots Jo D k R Island Lake ea ree iv a dman C Lookout e q r uin Obsidian Mountain camping and fishing just a few miles south of Lone

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k e Laws Railroad e r Museum ANCIENT 8 hot creek* C Mill Pond Horton o n Recreation Area BRISTLECONE M O N O C O U N T Y Lakes Hor t Hot Creek Road PINE FOREST I N Y O C O U N T Y WEST LI y..q This popular stream, east of Mammoth Lakes, NE ST BISHOP 168 .q ANCIENT Schulman Grove is swimming with trout and is ideal for beginning BRISTLECONE PINE Visitor Center Buckley NATIONAL Bishop Creek Ponds SCENIC BYWAY fly fishing. Regulations – Fishing regulations are North 168 subject to change at any time. Please check Lake Intake 13 Keough the California Department of Fish and Wildlife 9 Lake II Hot Springs Klondike website prior to arrival at Wildlife.ca.gov. 14 S AS Sabrina Lake D P GAR South WEST South of Mammoth Lakes off US 395 B Requirements – a California Sport Fishing ak Lake er Cr Warren ee License is required for anyone over 16. Catching your limit is common on this big, well-stocked k .V Big Pine Lake One-day and annual licenses are sold at all GL BIG PINE ACIER L lake. A marina offers boat rentals and Convict Lake ODGE Lakes RD Eastern Sierra tackle shops or online at WILDERNESS Palisade Glacier Wildlife.ca.gov/Licensing. Resort hosts derbies every and fall. Big k Pine C ree Birch Lake Birch Cr Fish Springs *Year-Round Fishing – Green areas indicate eek State Fish Hatchery J. year-round fishing. Some waters have special Tinema 10 ha Creek FISH SPRINGS RD regulations for fishing methods and bag limits. South Landing Tinemaha Lake Tinemaha Be sure to check DFW sport fishing regulations. Reservoir reek .V *Special regulationsNATIONAL may PARK apply. East of Mammoth Lakes and north of Tom’s Place, the Taboo s e C rainbow at Crowley grow big off Sacramento perch fry. Early Open Fishing – Pink areas indicate early Creek ale Good open fishing. Fishing opens the first Saturday in March - November 15. Rock creek and L E G E N D 11 TINEMAHA RD Hike-In Lakes – Head up to the higher alpine Black Rock wmill Cr ek State Fish Sa e J. Hatchery lakes for solitude, scenery and wild trout. Parker rock creek lake US 395 and Little Walker lakes off the June Lake Loop Rock Creek Road Sawmill (SR 158) are recommended, as are those along Paved Roads and Highways Lake LOS ANGELES the Little Lakes Valley trail at the end of Rock Stretching from Paradise to Rock Creek Lake, the Historic AQUEDUCT Creek Road. Other favorite hike-in lakes are .V Parker Fish Hatchery around the Twenty Lakes Basin at Saddlebag creek offers countless spots for anglers to drop lines. Unpaved Roads Fork O J. th ak k Lakes Sou e Cre Lake (Tioga Pass Road/SR 120), as well as Rock Creek Lake, heading west at Tom’s Place exit, is INYOCottonwood MOUNTAINS Lakes over New Army Pass, and Visitor Center Big Pothole Indep .V INDEPENDENCE WILDERNESS en reek q dence C MAZOURK RD Kirman Lake off /SR 108. particularly gorgeous in the fall. Lake D A CAN YON ALLEY R Ranger Station Matlock ONION V k Additional Fishing Info – California 15 ee y Lake Cr s Department of Fish and Wildlife: 760-872-1171 me Roadside Rest Sym Shepherd Creek 12 pleasant valley reservoir* g REWARD RD or visit Wildlife.ca.gov. Pleasant Valley Dam Road Scenic Vista .V Copyright 2017 – Inyo County, Mono County, Mammoth An outstanding year-round fishery, Pleasant Valley V OWENYO-LONE PINE RD Lakes Tourism and Visit Bishop. Permission to use or reek River Owens Fish Hatchery Lake Helen ge C reproduce material herein must be with the express written or RD e AN CH J G T R Reservoir is located in a canyon along the Chalk Bluffs A of Troy F F consent of Inyo County, Mono County, Mammoth Lakes O StateCommercial Scenic ServiceHighway Airport M Tourism and Visit Bishop. All information in this guide is about 10 minutes north-west of Bishop. Many people Alabama ck Creek Hills Hogba subject to change and/or cancellation without notice. Inyo leave their vehicles in the parking lot at the base of the YearGeneral-Round Aviation Fishing Airport County, Mono County, Mammoth Lakes Tourism and Visit Mount Whitney Lon DEATH VALLEY El. 14,494 ft. e Pin WHIT e C k Bishop will not be held responsible for incorrect information. dam and bike or hike into the canyon along the two NE ree Y POR NATIONAL PARK EarlyHistoric Open Site Fishing Lone Pine TAL RD .yLONE PINE

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