Dave's Sierra Fishing

Eastern Sierra Fishing Maps



Map of West Walker River through Pickel Meadow, California


Map of the West Walker River at Pickel Meadow

Best Fishing Locations along the West Walker River near Pickel Meadow


West Walker River

  • Fishing good all the way from Leavitt Meadow through Pickel Meadow
  • Brookies, rainbows, and browns
  • Typical freestone stream
  • Usually good fishing by end of June
  • Pickel Meadow offers nice pools and easy wading by mid-summer

Poore Lake

  • 3 mile hike
  • Brook, rainbow and Lahontan cutthroat
  • Large fish to be caught here

Kirman Lake

  • 2.5 mile hike
  • Brook, Lahontan cutthroat
  • Barbless flies or lures only
  • 16" minimum, 2 fish limit
  • Kirman Lake tributaries are closed to fishing all year

Junction Reservoir

  • DFG Kamloops trout breeding location
  • Posted No Fishing

Little Walker River

  • Good fishing for browns, rainbows, and brookies
  • Fish the pools along the river





West Walker River Fishing and Camping Map Information


Sonora Bridge Campground

  • 23 camping sites
  • Piped water
  • Vault toilets
  • $17 per night
  • No reservations taken

Leavitt Meadow Campground

  • 16 camping sites
  • Piped water
  • vault toilets
  • $17 per night
  • No reservations taken

Obsidian Campground

  • 14 camping sites
  • vault toilets
  • Water situation undetermined
  • $12 per night
  • No reservations can be made

Dispersed Camping

  • Camping in National Forest
  • Good sites along Hwy 108 on pass


Fishing Supplies

  • Ken's Sporting Goods, Bridgeport

Off the Map

Pickel and Leavitt Meadows are the jumping off points to some great back country fishing . Pull out your map of the Hoover Wilderness. Heading south from Leavitt Meadow you pass Roosevelt and Lane Lakes which offer good camping and fishing. Pushing a little farther you can find Fremont Lake where the early season fishing is fabulous for big rainbows. Beyond lie the Chain of Lakes, Cinco Lake and then the northern edge of Yosemite National Park.

Recommended Books about Eastern Sierra Fishing


  • Fly Fishing Eastern Sierra Streams, Michael Brown. Loaded with information on equipment, flies and where to fish in the Eastern Sierra.
  • Fly Fishing Mammoth, Mark J. Heskett. Covers equipment, the 10 best flies for the area and how to tie them, lakes and streams, including private land, and hatches and their seasons.
  • The Definitive Guide to Fishing Central California, Chris Shaffer. An amazing book covering fishing places from Santa Barbara to Sonora Pass. Contains a whole section on the Eastern Sierra.
  • California's Best Fly fishing: Premier Streams and Rivers from Northern California to the Eastern Sierra, Chip O'Brien, 2010. Northern California fishing destinations including East Walker River, Owens River, and Hot Creek.