Nun Lake Fishing in Santa Clara County, California

• Overview

  Nun Lake belongs to Santa Clara County, California. Beyond the shoreline you have open plain. The water measures roughly 3 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Santa Clara County list. The closest town, Hollister, is 15 miles distant. The big place round here is Salinas, 34 miles distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Nun Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Survey and observation records for Santa Clara County include flathead grey mullet, rainbow trout and common carp. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Nun Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 46°F to 74°F. Heat sets the pattern from late spring onward. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Nun Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern. Fish feed harder before a change in weather than after it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Dinosaur Lake is 2.5 miles off. Treat Nun Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.