West Walker River
Walker Canyon (Hwy 395/108), Leavitt Meadows · near Walker / Bridgeport · Eastern Sierra
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Late-April opener–Nov 15; summer & fall after runoff
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+). General trout season and limits. Heavily stocked in the canyon, wild fish upstream. Do not enter the Marine Corps training-center land bordering the corridor. Confirm current CDFW rules.
What is here
- Features
- Excellent roadside wet-wading river · Heavily stocked canyon + wild upper meadows · Pocket water & meadow pools · Late-summer hopper/caddis dry-fly
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- river
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly · Spin · Bait
- Boat
- shore
- Target species
- Stocked rainbow & brown trout · Wild brook & rainbow (upper) · Lahontan cutthroat
- Intl tip
- Wet-wade the canyon in summer and fall once runoff drops. Heavily stocked and beginner-friendly roadside; hike into Leavitt Meadows for wild trout. Stay off the bordering Marine Corps land. Ken's Sporting Goods (Bridgeport) for info.
The guide
The West Walker is one of the Eastern Sierra's best wet-wading rivers — a freestone stream that tumbles down Walker Canyon alon…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to West Walker River — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.335, -119.55