Chittenden Lake Fishing near Yosemite Valley, California

• Overview

  Chittenden Lake lies in Madera County, in California. Around the bank it is rolling hill. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Nearest place of any size is Yosemite Valley, 17 miles away. The nearest city of size is Clovis, 53 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Chittenden Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Madera County list brown trout, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and bluegill. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Chittenden Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put August near 58°F and February near 27°F. A lid forms in a hard winter only. It is not guaranteed even in a cold spell, so check yourself. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Anyone fishing Chittenden Lake regularly works to that calendar. Barometer swings matter more than a degree or two.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Shirley Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Chittenden Lake should be assumed from this page alone.