Emigrant Lake Fishing in Plumas County, California

• Overview

  Emigrant Lake sits within Plumas County in California. Elevation runs to 6,407 feet. Small at around 4 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Plumas County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Chester, 18 miles away. Westwood follows at 26 miles, then Shingletown at 27 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Emigrant Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name rainbow trout, brook trout, Sacramento sucker and brown trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Emigrant Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 59°F and January reads 29°F. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. It holds true on Emigrant Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Soap Lake, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Emigrant Lake should be assumed from this page alone.