Pine Lake Fishing Guide, Inyo County, California

• Overview

  Pine Lake is listed under Inyo County, California. The surface lies 9,964 feet up. Small at around 14 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. For supplies, West Bishop is 15 miles out. Clovis sits 65 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple. Nothing about it is complicated once you have walked it.

• Where to Fish on Pine Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Inyo County, recorded fish include california golden trout, brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. The shape of Pine Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 53°F and February at 22°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in late May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at late May and the freeze at late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan around that when you fish Pine Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Birchim Lake, 0.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Pine Lake should be assumed from this page alone.