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L Lake Area Fishing Spots

216 Fishing Spots California

With 216 documented fishing spots, the L Lake Area Fishing Spots stands as one of California's premier angling regions. The zone boasts 211 hidden lakes and 5 well-managed reservoirs where Largemouth Bass, Catfish, and other popular gamefish thrive in healthy populations throughout the season.

Year-round fishing is possible here, with spring and fall providing the most comfortable conditions and best bite. Local anglers recommend bringing a variety of tackle to match the diverse water conditions found throughout the zone. From shallow weedlines to deep structure, each waterway presents its own unique challenges and rewards.

Experienced anglers in California recommend matching your technique to the specific water conditions in this zone. During warmer months, topwater action can be explosive at dawn and dusk on the lakes. As water temperatures drop, transitioning to slower presentations like jigs and drop-shot rigs produces consistent catches. Ice fishing is available during winter months in the northern portions, targeting panfish and walleye through the ice.

Planning a fishing trip to the L Lake Area Fishing Spots is straightforward thanks to its accessibility. Many spots are within a short drive of towns offering lodging, dining, and bait shops where you can pick up local intel. Camping is available near several of the larger water bodies for multi-day trips. Remember to check the California fishing regulations for any special rules that may apply to specific waters in this zone, including slot limits, creel limits, and seasonal closures.

All 216 Fishing Spots in This Zone

Lakes (211)

Aweetasal Lake

📍 37.2932, -118.8072
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Baboon Lakes

📍 37.1682, -118.6240
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Battalion Lake

📍 37.0570, -118.7400
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Bear Lake

📍 37.3728, -118.7307
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Bear Twin Lakes

📍 37.3523, -118.8857
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Bearpaw Lake

📍 37.3311, -118.7951
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Beartrap Lake

📍 37.3416, -118.8222
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Big Bear Lake

📍 37.3322, -118.8027
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Big Shot Lake

📍 37.1239, -118.8243
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Bighorn Lake

📍 37.0687, -118.7563
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Birchim Lake

📍 37.3478, -118.7383
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Blanc Lake

📍 37.2787, -118.7313
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Blue Heaven Lake

📍 37.1699, -118.6606
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Bonita Lake

📍 37.1885, -118.8446
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Bottleneck Lake

📍 37.1858, -118.6467
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Brown Bear Lake

📍 37.3453, -118.8110
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Bullet Lake

📍 37.1030, -118.7846
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Cathedral Lake

📍 37.0409, -118.7411
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Chalfant Lakes

📍 37.3481, -118.7614
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Chalfant Lakes

📍 37.3473, -118.7578
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Chamberlain Lake

📍 37.2889, -118.9095
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Chapel Lake

📍 37.0461, -118.7474
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Chasm Lake

📍 37.0905, -118.6790
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Chevaux Lake

📍 37.2776, -118.7541
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Chickenfoot Lake

📍 37.3990, -118.7530
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Chimney Lake

📍 37.0274, -118.8914
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Cirque Lake

📍 37.3339, -118.9051
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Claw Lake

📍 37.3189, -118.8013
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Clear Lake

📍 37.0644, -118.9838
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Colt Lake

📍 37.0867, -118.7983
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Cony Lake

📍 37.2512, -118.6904
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Coronet Lake

📍 37.3336, -118.8140
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Council Lake

📍 37.2857, -118.8062
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Crabtree Lake

📍 37.1074, -118.7954
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Crazy Lake

📍 37.3022, -118.8986
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Crown Lake

📍 37.0329, -118.8475
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Dade Lake

📍 37.3797, -118.7640
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Dale Lake

📍 37.1518, -118.8317
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Davis Lake

📍 37.1652, -118.8305
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Den Lake

📍 37.3226, -118.7947
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Depressed Lake

📍 37.3282, -118.9158
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Desolation Lake

📍 37.2736, -118.7054
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Diamond-X Lake

📍 37.1599, -118.8230
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Dingleberry Lake

📍 37.1825, -118.6373
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Disappointment Lake

📍 37.1394, -118.8177
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Donkey Lake

📍 37.1731, -118.6175
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Dutch Lake

📍 37.2539, -118.9886
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East Twin Buck Lake

📍 37.1028, -118.7903
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Echo Lake

📍 37.1455, -118.6436
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Elba Lake

📍 37.2919, -118.7393
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Emerson Lake

📍 37.2302, -118.6673
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Ewe Lake

📍 37.0642, -118.7484
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Filly Lake

📍 37.0917, -118.7919
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Finch Lake

📍 37.3762, -118.7360
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First Recess Lakes

📍 37.3915, -118.8580
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Fishgut Lakes

📍 37.1922, -118.6422
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Flat Note Lake

📍 37.2952, -118.8545
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Fleming Lake

📍 37.1455, -118.8515
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Foolish Lake

📍 37.3041, -118.9007
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Forsaken Lake

📍 37.2738, -118.6922
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Gable Lakes

📍 37.3271, -118.6877
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Gem Lakes

📍 37.3899, -118.7584
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George Lake

📍 37.1848, -118.6039
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Goethe Lake

📍 37.2213, -118.7038
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Golden Lake

📍 37.3339, -118.7478
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Gordon Lake

📍 37.3068, -118.9179
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Granite Lake

📍 37.1980, -118.6491
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Grass Lake

📍 37.2172, -118.6308
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Gruff Lake

📍 37.3154, -118.7980
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Guest Lake

📍 37.0775, -118.7976
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Halfmoon Lake

📍 37.0495, -118.8488
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Harvey Lake

📍 37.3052, -118.9129
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Heart Lake

📍 37.2821, -118.8754
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Helen Lake

📍 37.1188, -118.6638
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Hell Diver Lakes

📍 37.1751, -118.6510
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Hester Lake

📍 37.0933, -118.6241
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Hidden Lake

📍 37.3834, -118.7268
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Hidden Lake

📍 37.2493, -118.9849
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Hilgard Lake

📍 37.3670, -118.8395
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Hockey Lakes

📍 37.1027, -118.7822
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Holster Lake

📍 37.1062, -118.7839
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Honeymoon Lake

📍 37.3394, -118.7434
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Hoopah Lake

📍 37.2718, -118.8195
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Hooper Lake

📍 37.3009, -118.9091
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Horsehead Lake

📍 37.0903, -118.7996
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Horseshoe Lake

📍 37.1328, -118.8042
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Horton Lake

📍 37.3165, -118.6660
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Hummingbird Lake

📍 37.0212, -118.7620
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Humphreys Lakes

📍 37.2663, -118.6822
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Hungry Packer Lake

📍 37.1595, -118.6445
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Huxley Lake

📍 37.1343, -118.6945
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Jawbone Lake

📍 37.2881, -118.8016
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Jigger Lakes

📍 37.1259, -118.8398
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Jumble Lake

📍 37.3498, -118.7959
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Knob Lake

📍 37.2666, -118.7483
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L Lake

📍 37.2958, -118.7219
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La Salle Lake

📍 37.3137, -118.7861
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La Tete Lake

📍 37.3080, -118.7065
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Ladder Lake

📍 37.0689, -118.6199
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Lake Italy

📍 37.3581, -118.8049
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Lake McDermand

📍 37.1194, -118.6808
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Little Bear Lake

📍 37.3305, -118.8086
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Little French Lake

📍 37.3112, -118.7128
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Little George Lake

📍 37.1890, -118.6107
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Little Jo Lake

📍 37.0876, -118.7843
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Little Moccasin Lake

📍 37.2733, -118.8023
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Little Shot Lake

📍 37.1252, -118.8260
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Lobe Lakes

📍 37.2432, -118.7546
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Lone Doe Lake

📍 37.0995, -118.8009
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Longley Lake

📍 37.2841, -118.6612
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Lost Lake

📍 37.2029, -118.9457
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Lost Lakes

📍 37.2269, -118.6906
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Lou Beverly Lake

📍 37.3169, -118.8611
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Lower Golden Trout Lake

📍 37.2409, -118.7214
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Lower Honeymoon Lake

📍 37.2519, -118.7664
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Lower Indian Lake

📍 37.1612, -118.8461
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Lower Lamarck Lake

📍 37.2171, -118.6426
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Lower Mills Creek Lake

📍 37.3989, -118.8110
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Lower Petite Lake

📍 37.3066, -118.7099
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Lower Turret Lake

📍 37.2572, -118.8343
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Marcella Lake

📍 37.3477, -118.9140
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Marmot Lake

📍 37.2598, -118.6839
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Marsh Lake

📍 37.0321, -118.8916
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Marshall Lake

📍 37.3019, -118.8759
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Martha Lake

📍 37.0945, -118.7391
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Maxson Lake

📍 37.0309, -118.8126
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McGuire Lakes

📍 37.0785, -118.8062
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Mermaid Lake

📍 37.2337, -118.8832
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Merriam Lake

📍 37.2949, -118.7918
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Mesa Lake

📍 37.2676, -118.7205
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Middle Morgan Lake

📍 37.3863, -118.7411
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Middle Turret Lakes

📍 37.2682, -118.8328
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Midnight Lake

📍 37.1662, -118.6473
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Midway Lake

📍 37.0418, -118.7510
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Moon Lake

📍 37.2924, -118.7295
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Moonlight Lake

📍 37.1627, -118.6352
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Mount Shinn Lake

📍 37.2064, -118.9246
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Negit Lake

📍 37.2816, -118.8038
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Neil Lake

📍 37.2984, -118.9070
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Old Pipe Lake

📍 37.0608, -118.8681
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Orchid Lake

📍 37.3273, -118.8904
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Paoha Lake

📍 37.2827, -118.8056
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Paris Lake

📍 37.2820, -118.7409
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Payne Lake

📍 37.2311, -118.7304
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Pee Wee Lake

📍 37.1757, -118.6357
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Pemmican Lake

📍 37.2604, -118.8151
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Pendant Lake

📍 37.2595, -118.8217
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Pine Lake

📍 37.3523, -118.7288
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Piute Lake

📍 37.2353, -118.6715
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Portal Lake

📍 37.0429, -118.7574
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Puppet Lake

📍 37.2860, -118.7357
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Ram Lake

📍 37.0640, -118.7504
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Ramona Lake

📍 37.2500, -118.7827
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Regiment Lake

📍 37.0597, -118.7465
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Roget Lake

📍 37.2797, -118.7284
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Rose Lake

📍 37.3077, -118.8844
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Rosebud Lake

📍 37.3096, -118.8920
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Royce Lakes

📍 37.3266, -118.7656
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Rust Lake

📍 37.2940, -118.7074
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Sailor Lake

📍 37.1653, -118.6380
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Sallie Keyes Lakes

📍 37.2733, -118.8775
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Sallie Keyes Lakes

📍 37.2717, -118.8745
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Sandpiper Lake

📍 37.3086, -118.8529
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Scepter Lake

📍 37.0302, -118.8360
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Schoolmarm Lake

📍 37.1090, -118.7897
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Sharp Note Lake

📍 37.2847, -118.8562
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Six Shooter Lake

📍 37.1090, -118.7862
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Sky High Lake

📍 37.2085, -118.6698
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Spearpoint Lake

📍 37.2634, -118.8190
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Spire Lake

📍 37.3691, -118.7517
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Square Lake

📍 37.2661, -118.7270
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Star Lake

📍 37.2860, -118.7199
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Steelhead Lake

📍 37.3008, -118.7123
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Stub Lake

📍 37.3162, -118.8217
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Summit Lake

📍 37.2398, -118.6900
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Summit Lake

📍 37.2040, -118.9906
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Sunset Lake

📍 37.1543, -118.6170
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Teddy Bear Lake

📍 37.3467, -118.8145
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Tether Lake

📍 37.2757, -118.8236
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Thompson Lake

📍 37.2025, -118.9577
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Thompson Lake

📍 37.1682, -118.6036
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Toe Lake

📍 37.3627, -118.7919
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Tomahawk Lake

📍 37.2583, -118.7269
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Tooth Lake

📍 37.3173, -118.7989
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Treasure Lakes

📍 37.3884, -118.7674
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Tubbe Paa Lake

📍 37.2734, -118.8275
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Tule Lake

📍 37.2304, -118.8640
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Tunemah Lake

📍 37.0154, -118.7039
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Turf Lakes

📍 37.1732, -118.8326
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Upper Golden Trout Lake

📍 37.2415, -118.7161
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Upper Horton Lakes

📍 37.3033, -118.6802
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Upper Indian Lake

📍 37.1838, -118.8522
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Upper Lamarck Lake

📍 37.2104, -118.6505
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Upper Mills Creek Lake

📍 37.3905, -118.8036
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Upper Morgan Lake

📍 37.3886, -118.7448
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Upper Petite Lake

📍 37.3062, -118.7080
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Upper Pine Lake

📍 37.3434, -118.7352
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Upper Turret Lakes

📍 37.2741, -118.8337
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Ursa Lake

📍 37.3318, -118.7982
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Valor Lake

📍 37.0818, -118.7457
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Wah Hoo Lake

📍 37.1080, -118.7846
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Wahoo Lake

📍 37.2306, -118.7147
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Wampum Lake

📍 37.2781, -118.8252
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Ward Lake

📍 37.3009, -118.9877
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Ward Mountain Lake

📍 37.2221, -118.9013
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Wedge Lake

📍 37.2728, -118.7133
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West Twin Buck Lake

📍 37.1022, -118.7951
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White Bear Lake

📍 37.3389, -118.8006
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Wishbone Lake

📍 37.2055, -118.6629
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Wonder Lakes

📍 37.2188, -118.6621
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Woodchuck Lake

📍 37.0415, -118.8811
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Reservoirs (5)

Bear Dam Lake

📍 37.3367, -118.9748
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Lake Thomas A Edison

📍 37.3882, -118.9764
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Lower Morgan Lake

📍 37.3855, -118.7329
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North Lake

📍 37.2317, -118.6139
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Wishon Reservoir

📍 37.0221, -118.9599
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Frequently Asked Questions

Year-round fishing is possible here, with spring and fall providing the most comfortable conditions and best bite. Water conditions, hatches, and fish behavior all vary by season, so checking recent local reports before your trip is always a good idea.

Many of the larger lakes in this zone have public boat launches and ramp access. Shore fishing is also available at numerous locations. Check individual spot details for specific access information.

The L Lake Area Fishing Spots includes 216 documented fishing locations across California. These range from small ponds and streams to large lakes, providing options for every skill level.

Yes, a valid California fishing license is required to fish at any location within this zone. Licenses can be purchased online through the California wildlife agency or at local bait shops.