Bridgeport Reservoir & Twin Lakes
Bridgeport · near Bridgeport · Eastern Sierra
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Late April opener–fall
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. The Bridgeport area — Bridgeport Reservoir and nearby Twin Lakes — is famous for TROPHY brown trout, including near-state-record fish. Trolling large lures for the big browns is the game. Launches and resorts; standard Sierra trout season.
What is here
- Features
- Trophy brown trout (near state records) · Bridgeport Reservoir & Twin Lakes · Big-fish trolling · Sawtooth Range scenery
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Trolling · Bait · Fly · Casting
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Trophy brown trout (record-class) · Rainbow trout · Kokanee (some years)
- Intl tip
- License required. Famous for TROPHY brown trout (near state-record fish) in Bridgeport Reservoir and Twin Lakes — troll big lures/plugs for the giants. Plenty of catchable rainbows too, so it's family-friendly. Launches and resorts. Combine with the East Walker River and the high country. A trophy-brown destination.
The guide
The Bridgeport area, cradled in a high sagebrush valley beneath the jagged Sawtooth Range, is legendary among Eastern Sierra an…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Bridgeport Reservoir & Twin Lakes — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.27, -119.36