Kirman Lake
Off Hwy 108 near Sonora Junction, north of Bridgeport · near Bridgeport · Eastern Sierra
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Late-April opener–Nov 15; early season & fall best
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). SPECIAL REGS: artificial flies/lures only, barbless, 2-trout limit with a large minimum size (16-inch per local shops; a restoration target may raise it — confirm the current CDFW size limit). No bait. Stocked trophy fishery. Nearby Junction Reservoir is closed to fishing year-round.
What is here
- Features
- Premier trophy brook-trout water (4–6 lb) · Special-reg: artificial-only, barbless · ~3-mile hike or bike in · Float tube strongly recommended
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly · Spin
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Trophy brook trout · Lahontan cutthroat
- Intl tip
- Pack a float tube and a sinking line — it's a ~3-mile hike or bike from Hwy 108. Artificial, barbless, big minimum size (confirm current CDFW limit). Ken's Sporting Goods in Bridgeport has the latest conditions. Early season and fall are best.
The guide
Kirman Lake is a trophy brook-trout jewel that makes you earn it — a tule-rimmed, spring-fed lake reached only by a three-mile …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Kirman Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.34, -119.47