Hatfield Reservoir Fishing in Lassen County, California

• Overview

  Hatfield Reservoir is one of the Lassen County waters in California. The bank is 5,843 feet above sea level. The far bank is a conversation away, so keep low and quiet. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lassen County list. Head to Susanville, 38 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 99 miles to Chico, the nearest city. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Hatfield Reservoir

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Lassen County names rainbow trout, tahoe sucker, Sacramento sucker, brown trout and brook trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Hatfield Reservoir for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 63°F, while January sits near 29°F. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Expect Hatfield Reservoir to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Hazelton Reservoir is 1.3 miles distant. Confirm access to Hatfield Reservoir locally before you travel.