Trinity Lake
Trinity County · near Weaverville / Trinity Center · Shasta Cascade
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Smallmouth spring–fall · trout/kokanee trolling
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. Trinity Lake, in the remote mountains west of Redding, is famous for its excellent smallmouth bass fishery plus trout and kokanee. Uncrowded; launches around the lake. Water levels fluctuate.
What is here
- Features
- Superb smallmouth bass fishery · Trout & kokanee trolling · Remote, uncrowded mountain lake · Trinity Alps backdrop
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- lake
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Casting · Trolling · Bait
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Smallmouth bass (excellent) · Largemouth bass · Rainbow & brown trout · Kokanee salmon
- Intl tip
- License required. Excellent smallmouth bass around the rocky structure (spring–fall); troll for trout and kokanee. Remote and uncrowded beneath the Trinity Alps. Water levels vary. Combine with the Trinity River (steelhead) and the Alps' trails. A scenic, low-pressure gem.
The guide
Trinity Lake, cradled beneath the jagged Trinity Alps in the remote mountains west of Redding, is one of California's finest sm…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Trinity Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 40.8, -122.76