Mountain Meadows Reservoir Fishing near Westwood, California

• Overview

  Mountain Meadows Reservoir is a Lassen County water, in California. The ground around here is rolling hill. This is big water, about 7.6 sq miles, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. There is roughly 21 miles of bank, and each arm behaves like its own water. On our Lassen County list it sits near the top for size. Westwood is the closest place, 3.5 miles off. For a city, Chico is 60 miles off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Mountain Meadows Reservoir

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Reported across Lassen County: rainbow trout, tahoe sucker, Sacramento sucker and brown trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Take Mountain Meadows Reservoir a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 29°F to 63°F. In milder years the surface never sets. It is not guaranteed even in a cold spell, so check yourself. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. It sets the rhythm of the year at Mountain Meadows Reservoir. Settled weather over several days beats a single fine one.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Deerheart Lake is 2.6 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Mountain Meadows Reservoir for certain.