Lake Perris
Riverside County · near Perris / Riverside · Los Angeles / SoCal
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Bass spring–fall · trout winter (planted)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. Lake Perris, a SoCal reservoir, once held the world-record spotted bass and remains a strong bass fishery. Also planted trout in winter. Marina, launches; state recreation area (day-use fee).
What is here
- Features
- Former world-record spotted bass · Strong SoCal bass fishery · Winter trout plants · Convenient inland-empire lake
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Casting · Bait · Trolling
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Spotted bass (record water) · Largemouth bass · Alabama spotted bass · Bluegill & catfish
- Intl tip
- License required (state recreation area day-use fee). Former world-record spotted bass water — target the hard-fighting 'spots' around rocky structure, spring/fall prime. Winter trout plants too. Marina and launches. Convenient for the LA/inland-empire crowd. Combine with the SoCal lakes circuit.
The guide
Lake Perris, a reservoir in the inland empire near Riverside, earned a place in fishing history when it produced the world-reco…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lake Perris — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.86, -117.17