Lake Chabot
Castro Valley (East Bay) · near Castro Valley · SF Bay Area
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Trout fall–spring; bass/catfish summer
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). EBRPD lake; heavily planted with trout. Marina with rental boats and bait; no private boats or body contact (drinking-water reservoir).
What is here
- Features
- Classic East Bay urban fishing lake · Heavily planted trout · Big channel catfish · Marina rentals, no private boats
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Bait · Casting
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Rainbow trout (planted) · Largemouth bass · Channel catfish · Crappie & bluegill
- Intl tip
- Heavily planted trout make it ideal for beginners and kids from shore or a rental boat; big catfish and bass reward the patient. No private boats or swimming.
The guide
Lake Chabot, cradled in the hills above San Leandro, is one of the Bay Area's most beloved city fishing lakes — a drinking-wate…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Chabot — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.724, -122.105