Diaz Lake & Lone Pine
Diaz Lake & Lone Pine Creek, southern Owens Valley · near Lone Pine · Eastern Sierra
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Trout fall–spring; bass spring/summer; southern early opener (first Sat March)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). Diaz open year-round; the southern Inyo early opener (first Saturday in March) applies here. General limits. Motorized boats May 15–Oct 31, capped daily. Confirm current CDFW rules.
What is here
- Features
- Rare Owens Valley warmwater + trout lake · Early-March opener & trophy Alpers derby · Mt Whitney & Alabama Hills backdrop · Lone Pine & Tuttle creeks nearby
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Bait · Spin · Trolling · Fly
- Boat
- boat
- Target species
- Stocked rainbow trout (incl. Alpers) · Largemouth bass · Catfish & bluegill · Wild/stocked trout (creeks)
- Intl tip
- The southern Owens opens early — first Saturday in March — with a trophy Alpers derby at Diaz. Trout in the cool months, bass and catfish in summer. Fish the small creeks (Lone Pine, Tuttle) on the way to Whitney Portal. Whitney backdrop.
The guide
Diaz Lake anchors the southern end of the Eastern Sierra fishery — a low-elevation lake just south of Lone Pine that offers som…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Diaz Lake & Lone Pine — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.5624, -118.0544