Lake Davis
Portola (Lost Sierra / Plumas) · near Portola · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Ice-off (late Apr–May) through June and again in fall (Sept–Oct); iced in cold winters. ~5,775 ft
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+).
What is here
- Features
- Trophy Eagle Lake-strain rainbows · Fat, hard-fighting fish · Damselfly/blood-midge fly fishing · Float-tube friendly
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly · Trolling · Spin · Bait
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Rainbow trout (Eagle Lake strain) · Brown trout · Largemouth bass
- Intl tip
- Don't run-and-gun — these fish cruise the weed edges eating insects. Anchor or slow-troll near submerged vegetation and downsize; a float tube or small boat massively outfishes shore casting.
The guide
Lake Davis is the Lost Sierra's trophy stillwater — a shallow, food-rich reservoir that grows Eagle Lake-strain rainbows into t…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Davis — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.888, -120.483