Lower Lola Montez Lake Fishing in Nevada County, California

• Overview

  Lower Lola Montez Lake lies in Nevada County, California. The land about it is rolling hill. It covers about 10 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The town to know is Truckee, 13 miles out. Sunnyside-Tahoe City is 20 miles and Dollar Point 21 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lower Lola Montez Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Nevada County include brook trout, rainbow trout and tahoe sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Lower Lola Montez Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put August near 60°F and January near 28°F. Mild ends to the year keep the season long. It should never be assumed safe, whatever the month says. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. On Lower Lola Montez Lake that shapes the whole year. Water temperature lags the air by a week or so.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. 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. Upper Lola Montez Lake, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Lower Lola Montez Lake are worth checking on the day.