Baltimore Lake Fishing in Nevada County, California

• Overview

  Nevada County, California, is where Baltimore Lake sits. It lies 7,218 feet above sea level. At 11 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Start from Truckee, 19 miles down the road. Sunnyside-Tahoe City follows at 26 miles, then Dollar Point at 27 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Baltimore Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Nevada County include brook trout, rainbow trout, tahoe sucker, brown trout and bluegill. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Baltimore Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 29°F to 62°F. Some winters cap it and some do not. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. That is the shape of the year on Baltimore Lake. After a storm, the water clears from the edges inwards.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Wagon Wheel Lake is 0.4 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Baltimore Lake for certain.