Five Acre Lake Fishing Guide, Tuolumne County, California

• Overview

  Look for Five Acre Lake in Tuolumne County, California. It sits at 7,894 feet above sea level. At 4 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Tuolumne County standards. Start from Twain Harte, 26 miles down the road. Modesto is the closest city, 75 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Five Acre Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Tuolumne County: rainbow trout, brook trout, Sacramento sucker, bluegill and brown trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Five Acre Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 26°F in January up to 59°F in August. Some winters cap it and some do not. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. The season on Five Acre Lake rarely departs from it. Cool nights slow the mornings but sharpen the evenings.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Leighton Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Five Acre Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.