Photo of Parker Lake, Mono County, CA

Dave's Sierra Fishing Index


Dave's Sierra Fishing Index


  A     B    C    D    E     F     G     H     I     J     K    L     M     N     O     P     Q     R     S     T    U    V    W     Y     Z

FT = Featured Trip
ESM = Found on Eastern Sierra Maps
Otherwise, mentioned in passing


Lakes and Streams County FT or ESM
A
Agnew Lake Mono
Alder Creek Fresno
Aloha, Lake Alpine
Alpine, Lake Calaveras
Alta Morris Lake El Dorado
Arnot Creek Tuolumne
Arrowhead Lake Fresnot
Arrowhead Lake Mono
B        TOP  
Baboon Lakes Inyo FT
Baker Creek Inyo
Barney Lake Mono
Baxter Lakes Fresno
Bear Creek Fresno FT
Bear Lake Tuolumne
Beardsley Reservoir Tuolumne
Beardsley Reservoir Afterbay Tuolumne FT
Big Pine Creek Inyo ESM
Big Pine Lakes Inyo FT
Bighorn Lake Fresno
Big Pothole Lake Inyo
Birch Creek Inyo ESM
Bishop Creek Inyo ESM
Blue Lake Inyo FT
Blue Lake Mono
Blue Lake Nevada
Blue Lakes Alpine
Black Lake Inyo
Bonnie Lake Mono
Bottleneck Lake Inyo FT
Boulder Creek Alpine
Boulder Lake Alpine
Bowman Lake Nevada
Brainard Lake Inyo
Bridgeport Reservoir Mono ESM
Bubbs Creek Tulare FT
Buck Lakes Tuolumne FT
Buckeye Creek Mono ESM
Budd Lake Yosemite
Bull Lake Inyo FT
C        TOP  
Camp Lake Tuolumne FT
Caples Lake Alpine
Carr Lake Nevada
Chain of Lakes Mono
Charlotte Lake Fresno
Cathedral Lakes Yosemite
Chief Lake Fresno
Cherry Creek Tuolumne
Cherry Reservoir Tuolumne
Chewing Gum Lake Tuolumne
Chickenfoot Lake Inyo FT
Chocolate Lake Inyo
Cinko Lake Mono FT
Clark Creek Yosemite
Clark Fork Tuolumne FT
Clark Lake Mono
Clavey River Tuolumne
Conness Creek Yosemite
Conness Lakes Mono FT
Convict Creek Mono ESM
Convict Lake Mono ESM
Cooney Lake Mono FT
Cora Lake Mono
Cottonwood Creek Inyo
Cottonwood Lakes Inyo
Crane Creek YosemiteFT
Crooked Lake NevadaFT
Crowley Lake MonoESM
Crystal Lake MonoFT
Courtright Reservoir Fresno
Culbertson Lake Nevada
D         TOP  
Dana Fork Yosemite
Dardanelles Lake El DoradoFT
Dark Lake El Dorado
Davis Lake Mono
Devil's Bathtub Fresno
Dicks Lake El Dorado
Disaster Creek Tuolumne
Dollar Lake Fresno
Donkey Lake Inyo
Downey Lake Nevada
Duck Lake Mono
Dynamo Pond Mono
E        TOP  
Eagle Lake El DoradoFT
Eagle Lakes Nevada
East Carson River AlpineESM
East Lake Fresno
East Lake Mono
East Walker River MonoESM
Echo Lakes El Dorado
Ellery Lake MonoESM
Emerald Bay El Dorado
Emerald Lake MonoFT
Emerald Lakes Inyo
Emigrant Lake Tuolumne
Evelyn Lake Yosemite
Evolution Creek FresnoFT
Evolution Lake Fresno
F        TOP  
Fallen Leaf Lake El Dorado
Faucherie Lake Nevada
Fern Lake MonoFT
Fishgut Lakes Inyo
Five Lakes Basin Nevada
Florence Lake Fresno
Flower Lake Inyo
Fontanillis Lake El Dorado
Fordyce Creek NevadaFT
Fordyce Lake Nevada
Fourth Recess Lake FresnoFT
Freeley Lake Nevada
Fremont Lake MonoFT
Frog Lake Mono
Fuller Lake Nevada
G        TOP  
Gem Lake Mono
George, Lake Mono
Gilbert Lake InyoFT
Gilman Lake Mono
Gilmore Lake El Dorado
Glacier Lake TuolumneFT
Glen Alpine Creek El Dorado
Goddard Canyon Fresno
Golden Lake Fresno
Grant Lake MonoESM
Graveyard Lakes FresnoFT
Green Creek Mono
Green Lake MonoFT
Greenstone Lake Mono
Grouse Lake El Dorado
Grouse Lake Tuolumne
Gull Lake MonoESM
H         TOP  
Half Moon Lake El Dorado
Harriet, Lake Mono
Heather Lake El Dorado
Heenan Lake AlpineESM
Herring Creek TuolumneFT
Herring Creek Res. TuolumneFT
Highland Lakes AlpineFT
Hilton Lakes MonoFT
Hole in the Ground Tuolumne
Hoover Lake Mono
Horseshoe Lake Mono
Horton Creek InyoESM
Hot Creek MonoESM
Huckleberry Lake Tuolumne
Hull Creek Tuolumne
Hummingbird Lake Mono
Hungry Packer Lake InyoFT
Huntington Lake Fresno
Hurd Lake Inyo
I         TOP  
Ice House Reservoir El Dorado
Illilouette Creek Yosemite
Independence Creek Inyo
Indian Creek Reservoir AlpineESM
Ireland Lake Yosemite
Island Lake Tuolumne
J         TOP  
Junction Reservoir MonoESM
June Lake MonoESM
K         TOP  
Kinney Lake, Lower AlpineFT
Kinney Reservoir AlpineESM
Kirman Lake MonoESM
Kennedy Creek Tuolumne
Kennedy Lake Tuolumne
Kennedy Meadows TuolumneFT
Kings River (South Fork) Fresno
L         TOP  
Lake of the Lone Indian Fresno
Lake 10315, Kings Canyon National Park FresnoFT
Lane Lake Mono
Le Conte, Lake El Dorado
Lee Vining Creek MonoESM
Lily Lake El Dorado
Lindsey Lake Tuolumne
Little Hot Creek MonoESM
Little Lakes Valley Inyo
Little Pothole Lake Inyo
Little Walker River MonoESM
Long Lake Nevada
Long Lake (Rock Creek) Inyo
Long Lake (South Lake) Inyo
Long Lakes Mono
Loon Lake El DoradoFT
Lower Hopkins Lake Fresno
Lower Lola Montez NevadaFT
Lower Ottoway Lake Yosemite
Lou Beverly Lake Fresno
Lucille, Lake El Dorado
Lundy Lake MonoESM
Lyell Fork YosemiteFT
Lyons Reservoir Tuolumne
M         TOP  
Mamie Lake Mono
Mammoth Creek MonoESM
Mammoth Lakes MonoFT
Marble Fork Kaweah River TulareFT
Marie Louise Lakes InyoFT
Margery, Lake El Dorado
Mary, Lake MonoFT
Matlock Lake Inyo
McLeod Lake Mono
McGee Creek MonoESM
Medley Lake Fresno
Meiss Lake El Dorado
Merced Lake Yosemite
Merced River (Lower) MariposaFT
Merced River (Upper) YosemiteFT
Merced River (Yosemite Valley) YosemiteFT
Midnight Lake Inyo
Milk Lake NevadaFT
Mill Creek MonoESM
Millerton Lake Fresno
Mirror Lake Yosemite
Mokelumne River Alpine
Moonlight Lake Inyo
Mosquito Lakes Alpine
Mott Lake Fresno
N         TOP  
Noble Creek AlpineESM
Noble Lake Alpine
North Lake InyoESM
O         TOP  
Odell Lake Mono
Owens River (upper) MonoESM
P         TOP  
Papoose Lake Fresno
Paradise Lake NevadA
Parker Lake MonoFT
Penner Lake NevadaFT
Pine Creek InyoESM
Pine Flat Reservoir Fresno
Pinecrest Lake Tuolumne
Pioneer Basin Lakes Fresno
Piute Creek Fresno
Pleasant Valley Cr. Alpine
Pleasant Valley Res. InyoESM
Poore Lake MonoESM
Q         TOP  
R         TOP  
Rae Lakes Fresno
Rafferty Creek Yosemite
Ralston Lake El Dorado
Ranger Lake Tulare
Red Lake Alpine
Relief Creek TuolumneFT
Relief Reservoir TuolumneFT
Robinson Creek MonoESM
Robinson Lake Inyo
Rock Creek Inyo
Rock Creek Lake Inyo
Rock Lake Nevada
Roosevelt Lake Mono
Rose Creek Fresno
Rose Lake FresnoFT
Rosy Finch Lake Fresno
Round Lake El Dorado
Round Lake NevadaFT
Ruby Lake Inyo
Rucker Lake, Nevada
Rush Creek MonoESM
S         TOP  
Sabrina, Lake INYOESM
Saddlebag Creek MonoESM
Saddlebag Lake Mono
Sandpiper Lake FresnoFT
Sand Ridge Lake Nevada
San Joaquin River (South) FresnoFT
San Joaquin River (Middle MaderaFT
Sapphire Lake Fresno
Sawmill Lake Nevada
Secret Lake Mono
Scotts Lake El Dorado
Sentinel Creek Yosemite
Shamrock Lake Mono
Sharon Lake TuolumneFT
Shaver Lake Fresno
Shelf Lake Fresno
Sherwin Creek MonoESM
Sherwin Lakes MonoFT
Silver Creek AlpineFT
Silver King Creek Alpine
Silver Lake MonoESM
Silver Pass Lake Fresno
Skelton Lake MonoFT
Slinkard Creek Mono
Sotcher Lake Madera
South Lake Inyo
Spaulding, Lake Nevada
Sphinx Lakes Fresno
Stanislaus River, Below Pinecrest TuolumneFT
Stanislaus River, Middle Fork Tuolumne
Stanislaus River, South Fork TuolumneFT
Starkweather Lake Madera
Steelhead Lake Mono
Summit Creek Tuolumne
Summit Lake Inyo
Susie Lake El DoradoFT
T         TOP  
Tamarack Lake El Dorado
Tenaya Creek YosemiteFT
Tenaya Lake Yosemite
Thomas A. Edison, Lake Fresno
Three Island Lake Fresno
Tioga Lake MonoESM
T.J. Lake MonoFT
Topaz Lake MonoESM
Topsy Turvy Lake Inyo
Trail Lakes Fresno
Treasure Lakes Inyo
Triangle Lake El Dorado
Trumbull Lake MonoESM
Tuolumne River Tuolumne
Twenty Lakes Basin Mono
Twin Lake Alpine
Twin Lakes El Dorado
Twin Lakes (Mammoth) Mono
Twin Lakes MonoESM
Twin Lakes TulareFT
U         TOP  
Union Valley Reservoir El Dorado
Upper Merced River YosemiteFT
Upper Truckee River El Dorado
V         TOP  
Valentine Lake Mono
Velma Lakes El DoradoFT
Virginia Creek MonoESM
Virginia Lakes El Dorado
W         TOP  
Walker Creek MonoRSM
Walker Lake MonoESM
Walker River gorge MonoESM
Waterhouse Reservoir Tuolumne
West Walker River MonoESM
Warren Lake Nevada
Wasco Lake Mono
Weaver Lake Nevada
Weil Lake Nevada
Weir Pond Inyo
West Lake ono
White Rock Lake Nevada
Wishon Reservoir Fresno
Wolf Creek AlpineESM
Wrights Lake El DoradoFT
X         TOP  
Y         TOP  
Yost Lake Mono
Z         TOP  
Z Lake Mono

Find Your Own Special Fishing Destinations

Just by skimming down the index you can see that there are so many lakes, rivers, and streams waiting for you to explore. Sure, a good number of them listed here are well-known destinations, but many others are secluded places - perhaps just a short distance off the road or trail - that are rarely fished. Pull out a map, scan the terrain for little out-of-the-way places that may have been overlooked by others, and then plan your adventure.

Always set out with at least one other person. Carry all the obvious safety items such as a first-aid kit, cell phone, GPS, maps, and perhaps even an emergency signaling device like a Spot or InReach. Tell others where you will be and when you expect to return.

Carry a variety of fishing gear for whatever conditions you may find, and include a repair kit for those unexpected mishaps. Duct tape, a knife, pliers, and whatever else come to mind.



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