Picayune Lake Fishing in Siskiyou County, California

• Overview

  The Siskiyou County entry here is Picayune Lake, in California. The land about it is rolling hill. Small at around 15 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The nearest town is Mount Shasta, 13 miles away. For a city, Chico is 109 miles off. Within a short drive: Gumboot Lake (1 mile), Upper Gumboot Lake 1.1 miles away, Cedar Lake (1.7 miles), Lower Cliff Lake 2.2 miles away and Mumbo Lake (2.2 miles). One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Picayune Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Siskiyou County records list rainbow trout, brook trout, Chinook salmon, klamath smallscale sucker and brown trout among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Picayune Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 59°F at the top of summer and 31°F at the bottom of winter. A lid forms in a hard winter only. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Picayune Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. The car has to stay half a mile away, which shapes how much tackle you bring. You can camp 0.9 miles off, which suits an early start. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Gumboot Lake, 1 mile away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Picayune Lake may have changed since it was mapped.