{"id":2462,"date":"2022-05-17T07:22:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T07:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2022-06-02T05:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T05:50:40","slug":"trout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/trout\/","title":{"rendered":"Stream & River Fishing Beckons"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/center> The season for stream and river fishing begins on the last Saturday in April and continues through November 15. The only exception is Frog Creek near Lake Eleanor, where fishing season does not open until June 15 to protect spawning rainbow trout. All lakes and reservoirs are open to fishing year-round. Stream waters, meanwhile, have been closed to fishing for six months.<\/p>\n For the most part, fishing regulations for Yosemite National Park follow those set by the State of California, including the requirement that people 16 or older have a valid California fishing license. (See below for special Yosemite regulations.)<\/p>\n Nearly every water in the Sierra holds rainbow trout, with some maintaining a population of cutthroat, golden, brook & brown trout. There are hundreds of thousands of trout in the region available to anglers looking to toss bait and spinners, troll or fly fish. <\/p>\n <\/center>Here in Yosemite \/ Gold Country in Tuolumne County, Kennedy Meadows & the Clark Fork on the Stanislaus River via Highway 108 were accessible for opening day of the new season. Downstream access to the middle fork of the Stanislaus is via Beardsley Road…open with good flows opening day. Special regulations including no bait, no barbs, 2 fish (in excess of 14″) limit apply to this middle fork below Beardsley. The Strawberry area (right off 108) offers easy availability & great fishing on the Stanislaus’ south fork.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n High Country Lakes (above 6,000 ft.) including Spicer Reservoir & Lake Alpine are not accessible until around Memorial Day.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Big Creek offers easier access and there’s no waiting for the snow to melt. It’s just off Highway 41 near Fish Camp.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Yosemite Valley & El Portal (Happy Isles to Foresta Bridge): <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In most Yosemite \/ Gold Country locations, the limit is typically 5 trout @ day, 10 in possession. 10 brook trout @ day are allowed. Anglers should check for varying limits in specific areas though. (See above for special regulations in the Yosemite Park Area & the middle fork of the Stanislaus, for example.) Area specific information on limits & regulations will be available where fishing licenses are sold. For the latest in California Department of Fish & Game regulations and information,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCalifornia Sierra fishermen are ready: with near record rain & snowfall, we should be in for quite a season.<\/p>\n
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