Mosquito Lakes Fishing near Three Rivers, California

• Overview

  This water sits in Tulare County, California. The water sits 9,905 feet up. The water measures roughly 4 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Tulare County. 16 miles away sits Three Rivers, the nearest town. It is 39 miles to Visalia, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mosquito Lakes

  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. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Tulare County names rainbow trout, brook trout, california golden trout, Sacramento sucker and black crappie. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Mosquito Lakes in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 26°F and August at about 57°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Mosquito Lakes fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Eagle Lake is 0.5 miles off. None of that is settled for Mosquito Lakes in what we hold.