Fishing at Glacier Lake, Mono County, California

• Overview

  Mono County, California, is where Glacier Lake sits. Height above sea level is 10,085 feet. The water measures roughly 12 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Nearest place of any size is Yosemite Valley, 28 miles away. It is 91 miles to Clovis, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Glacier Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Mono County include brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and owens sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Glacier Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 54°F at the top of summer and 23°F at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter locks it down, and late May brings it back. The season between ice runs from about late May to late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Glacier Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Avalanche Lake is 0.6 miles off. For Glacier Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.