Huntington Lake
Lakeshore / Big Creek (Fresno Co.) · near Lakeshore · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- ~Late May/June (after snow clears) through October; higher/colder than Shaver. ~6,955 ft
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). Upper-elevation campgrounds and full lake access are snow-gated — expect a late spring opening.
What is here
- Features
- High alpine trout lake · Cold clear water · Famous sailing lake · Gateway to Kaiser Wilderness
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Trolling · Fly · Spin · Bait
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Rainbow trout · Brown trout · Brook trout
- Intl tip
- Because it's high and cold, surface and near-surface trolling stays productive later into summer than at lower lakes. Pack layers; afternoon wind and cool nights are the norm at 7,000 ft.
The guide
Fourteen miles and roughly 1,600 vertical feet above Shaver, Huntington Lake is the cooler, higher alpine option — a long, timb…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Huntington Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -119.219