Designated Wild and Heritage Trout Waters

List of Heritage and Wild Trout Waters with Designation Boundaries (PDF)

The following are designated Wild Trout waters, some of which are also designated Heritage Trout waters (marked with *). See definitions

Northern Region

(Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties)

• Butte Lake map (PDF) | photo
• Eagle Lake* map (PDF) | photo
• Fall River Complex map (PDF) | photo
• Hat Creek map (PDF) | photo
• Lower McCloud River map (PDF) | photo
• Manzanita Lake map (PDF) | photo
• Upper Klamath River map (PDF) | photo
• Upper Sacramento River map (PDF) | photo
• Sacramento River map (PDF) | photo
• South Fork Smith River* (2016) map (PDF) | photo
• South Fork Smith River* (2017) map (PDF) | photo
• South Fork Smith River* (2018) map (PDF) | photo

North Central Region

(Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties)

• Caples Creek map (PDF) | photo
• East Fork Carson River map (PDF) | photo
• Gerle Creek Divide Reservoir map (PDF) | photo
• Heenan Lake* map (PDF) | photo
• Lavezzola Creek map (PDF) | photo
• Lower Yuba River* map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Long Lake map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Middle Fork Feather River map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2 | photo 3
• Milton Reservoir map (PDF) | photo
• North Fork American River map (PDF) | photo
• North Fork Mokelumne River map (PDF) | photo
• Pauley Creek map (PDF) | photo
• Rubicon River map (PDF)
• Truckee River map (PDF) | photo
• Upper Stony Creek drainage* map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Upper Truckee River* map (PDF) | photo
• Yellow Creek map (PDF) | photo

Bay Delta Region

(Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties)

• Lake Solano map (PDF)
• Putah Creek map (PDF) | photo

Central Region

(Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties)

• Clavey River* map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Golden Trout Creek drainage* map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Kings River map (PDF)
• Little Kern River drainage* map (PDF) | photo
• Lower Honeymoon Lake map (PDF) | photo
• Maggie Lake map (PDF) | photo
• Middle Fork San Joaquin River map (PDF)
• Middle Fork Stanislaus River map (PDF) | photo
• Royce Lake # 2 map (PDF)
• Sallie Keys Lakes map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• South Fork Kern River drainage map (PDF) | photo
• South Fork Kings River map (PDF)
• South Fork Merced River map (PDF)
• South Fork San Joaquin River map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Silver Lake* map (PDF) | photo
• Tuolumne River map (PDF) | photo
• Upper Kern River* map (PDF) | photo

South Coast Region

(Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties)

• Sespe Creek map (PDF)
• Upper East Fork San Gabriel River* map (PDF)
• Upper Piru Creek drainage* map (PDF) | photo

Inland Deserts Region

(Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino counties)

• Bear Creek map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2
• Cottonwood Creek map (PDF) | photo
• Deep Creek map (PDF) | photo
• Hilton Lake #1 (Davis Lake) map (PDF) | photo
• Hilton Lake #2 map (PDF) | photo
• Hilton Lake #4 map (PDF) | photo
• Hilton Lake #5 map (PDF) | photo
• Hot Creek map (PDF) | photo
• Laurel Lakes map (PDF)
• Lower Owens River map (PDF) | photo
• Parker Lake map (PDF) | photo
• Wolf Creek* map (PDF) | photo 1 | photo 2

* Designated Heritage Trout Waters

Contact

Heritage and Wild Trout Program
HeritageTroutChallenge@wildlife.ca.gov
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