Lopez Lake
Arroyo Grande (SLO County) · near Arroyo Grande · Central Coast
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Bass spring–fall; trout stocked fall–spring
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). Lopez Lake Recreation Area day-use fee; marina, rentals, and launch on-site.
What is here
- Features
- Full-service rec area (camping, marina, rentals) · Stocked trout + resident bass · Family-friendly · Oak country
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Casting · Bait fishing · Trolling · Shore fishing
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Largemouth bass · Rainbow trout (stocked) · Redear sunfish · Crappie & bluegill
- Intl tip
- Rent a boat and fish the coves with soft plastics for bass in spring, or troll for stocked trout in winter; the full-service rec area makes it the easiest freshwater intro in the region.
The guide
Lopez Lake is San Luis Obispo County's most complete freshwater destination — a scenic foothill reservoir with camping, a marin…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Lopez Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -120.47