Windy Lake Fishing near Yosemite Valley, California

• Overview

  Windy Lake is one of the Mariposa County listings for California. The country round it is farm and woodlot from end to end. The water measures roughly 4 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Mariposa County. The town to know is Yosemite Valley, 9.6 miles out. It is 55 miles to Clovis, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Windy Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Mariposa County names rainbow trout, brook trout and brown trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Windy Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 58°F, the coldest about 29°F. Conditions shift steadily rather than sharply. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Windy Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern. Water temperature lags behind air temperature by days, not hours.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Buena Vista Lake is 0.9 miles distant. What applies at Windy Lake may have changed since it was mapped.