Fishing
A climate moderated by a wide range of elevations makes fishing possible throughout the year. Depending on when and where you go, species range from rainbow or German trout (with some steelhead, brook and mackinaw), to bass, Kokanee salmon, and pan fish.

Popular spots in the higher elevation include Boca and Stampede Reservoirs and the Truckee River. Favorite foothill locales include the Yuba River, Scotts Flat, Bowman Lake, and the Grouse Lakes Area. Fly-fishing is popular and ice fishing is available. Mountain Hardware in Truckee offers current conditions, tips, maps and gear.
Alder Creek / Prosser Creek

Bear River

Boca Reservoir

Location: seven miles East of Truckee on I-80, take the Hirschdale exit. Drive 1.5 miles to (paved) Stampede Dam Road and either go straight along Boca’s East shore or turn left and travel across the dam.
Bowman Lake Recreation Area

Forest Road 18,
Nevada City, CA 95959
Bullards Bar

Dobbins, CA 95935
Buzzard Roost Lake

Donner Lake

Donner Lake,
Truckee, CA
Donner Memorial State Park & Emigrant Trail Museum

12593 Donner Pass Road,
Truckee, CA 96161
Englebright Lake

13104 Marina,
Smartville, CA 95977
Fordyce Lake

Fuller Lake

Grouse Lakes

Jackson Lake

Jackson Meadows Recreation Area

Kid's Fishing Derby at Malakoff Diggins

23579 North Bloomfield Rd.,
Nevada City, CA 95959
Lake Spaulding

Lake Sterling

Little Truckee River

Martis Creek Lake

Paradise Lake
