Avalanche Lake Fishing in Mono County, California

• Overview

  Avalanche Lake sits in Mono County, out in California. The land about it is mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 5 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Mono County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Yosemite Valley, 28 miles away. Clovis sits 91 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Avalanche Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Mono County names brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and owens sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Avalanche Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 23°F in January and 54°F in August. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late May. Open water usually runs from late May until about late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Avalanche Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Glacier Lake is 0.6 miles off. Check the position on Avalanche Lake before loading the car.