Rosy Finch Lake in Mono County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Rosy Finch Lake is one of the Mono County listings for California. The bank is 10,830 feet above sea level. With some 34 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Compared with other California water on our list, it sits high. Head to Mammoth Lakes, 14 miles away, for anything you forgot. Clovis is the closest city, 63 miles away. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Rosy Finch Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Mono County include brook trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Rosy Finch Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 52°F, with February the cold end at about 21°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early June. The water is typically free of ice between early June and mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Rosy Finch Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Bighorn Lake is 0.5 miles off. Check the position on Rosy Finch Lake before loading the car.