Lake Jennings
Lakeside · near Lakeside · San Diego
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Trout Nov–Apr; night catfish in summer
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) plus a lake day-use permit (~$10). Boat rentals available; specific open days/hours — check the lake schedule.
What is here
- Features
- Family trout & catfish lake near town · Winter trout stocking · Popular summer night catfishing · Boat rentals & campground
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Bait · Trolling · Casting
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Rainbow trout (stocked) · Channel catfish · Largemouth bass · Bluegill
- Intl tip
- Come in winter for stocked trout off the shoreline points, or join a summer night-fishing session for catfish. Buy the day permit at the entrance.
The guide
Lake Jennings is San Diego's easy, close-to-town family fishery — a Lakeside reservoir stocked with rainbow trout through the c…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Jennings — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 32.858, -116.885