Bishop Creek & Sabrina Basin
Above Bishop · near Bishop · Eastern Sierra
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Late spring–fall (roadside) · summer (backcountry)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. The Bishop Creek drainage offers everything from roadside stocked lakes (South Lake, Lake Sabrina, North Lake) to backcountry alpine lakes reached by trail from those trailheads. Something for every level. Permit for overnights (Inyo NF).
What is here
- Features
- Roadside lakes to backcountry basins · Something for every skill level · Fall aspen color · Gateway trailheads to the high country
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- high-sierra
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly · Casting · Bait
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Rainbow trout (planted & wild) · Brook trout · Brown trout · Golden trout (backcountry lakes)
- Intl tip
- License required (permit for overnights). Roadside stocked lakes (South Lake, Sabrina, North Lake) for easy family fishing, plus trailheads climbing to backcountry golden-trout basins. Fall aspen color is spectacular. Late spring–fall roadside; summer backcountry. Combine with the Owens and Bishop. Something for every level.
The guide
The Bishop Creek drainage, climbing steeply into the Sierra above Bishop, packs an entire spectrum of trout fishing into one sp…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Bishop Creek & Sabrina Basin — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.217, -118.612