Fishing Sallie Keyes Lakes in Fresno County, California

• Overview

  Within Fresno County, California, you have Sallie Keyes Lakes. Elevation runs to 10,174 feet. It covers about 18 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Nearest place of any size is West Bishop, 24 miles away. The nearest city of size is Clovis, 55 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Sallie Keyes Lakes

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Fresno County list brown trout, brook trout and rainbow trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Sallie Keyes Lakes a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 52°F at the top of summer and 21°F at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about early June, the fishing comes on quickly. From about early June to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Sallie Keyes Lakes.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Heart Lake, 0.7 miles out. None of that is settled for Sallie Keyes Lakes in what we hold.