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Lake Perris Fishing Regulations 2026

Lake Perris fishing regulations as of 2026-05-08: 853 current rules from CDFW. Anglers target largemouth bass, trout.

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Rules (853)

CDFW regulates 853 rules across 8 species at this water.

Trout

Above Butano FallsClosed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Ahjumawi Lava SpringsClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Alambique Creek (San Mateo Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Alameda Creek Mainstem And All Tributaries Downstream Of San Antonio, Calaveras, And Del Valle Reservoirs Except For Arroyo Del Valle Between Bernal Ave. And The Thiessen St. Intersection With Vineyard Ave.Closed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Alameda Creek Tributaries Upstream Of San Antonio, Calaveras, And Del Valle ReservoirsClosed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Alameda Creek Tributaries Upstream Of San Antonio, Calaveras, And Del Valle Reservoirs.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
All Anadromous Waters Of The Klamath River Basin And Trinity River Downstream Of Lewiston DamClosed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
All Inland Lakes, Reservoirs, And PondsOpen year-round
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Possession
10 fish
All Inland Streams, Rivers, And Canals, Except Those Listed In Subsections 7.40(B) And 7.50(B)Catch & release
Status
Catch And Release
Possession
10 fish
From Nov. 16 through the Fri. preceding the last Sat. in Apr., a zero trout bag limit applies, and only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used for all species of fish. In waters where the bag limit for trout is zero, trout must be released unharmed, and should not be removed from the water.
All Other Portions Of Fish Slough. Also, See Section 5.00(B)(16) For Black Bass Regulations.
Daily bag
5 trout
All Remaining Cottonwood Creek Drainage Lakes.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Almanor Lake Tributaries (Lassen, Plumas And Shasta Cos.) Upstream To The First Lake.
Daily bag
5 trout
American River, North Fork, Middle Fork, South Fork And Their Tributaries Above Folsom Lake (Placer, El Dorado, Amador, And Alpine Cos.), Except Caples Creek (See Section 7.50(B)(24)).Closed
Status
Closed
Daily bag
5 trout
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Antelope Lake Tributaries (Plumas Co.).
Daily bag
5 trout
Any Container On Or Attached To Any BoatClosed
Status
Prohibited
No trout may be maintained or possessed in a live condition
Arroyo Del Valle Between Bernal Ave. And The Thiessen St. Intersection With Vineyard Ave.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Arroyo Seco River (Monterey Co.). The Main Stem Arroyo Seco And Tributaries Above The Waterfall Located Approximately 3.5 Miles Upstream From The U.s. Forest Service Ranger Station.
Daily bag
5 trout
Balm Of Gilead Creek Upstream Of Falls Located 1.2 Miles From Mouth And One Mile Downstream Of Wright’s Valley Trail Crossing (Trinity Co.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Bar Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Bear Creek (Downstream Of Pondosa Way Bridge)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Bear Creek (San Bernardino Co.) From Big Bear Dam To Confluence Of Santa Ana River.
Daily bag
2 trout
Bear River And Tributaries (Placer Co.). From Highway 20 South (Downstream) 2.5 Miles To The Abandoned Concrete Dam (The Boardman Diversion Dam).
Daily bag
5 trout
Beardsley Dam Downstream To The U. S. Forest Service Footbridge At Spring Gap (Including The Beardsley Afterbay)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Beaver Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Berryessa Lake Tributaries (Lake And Napa Cos.)
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Berryessa Lake Tributaries (Lake And Napa Cos.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Between Upper And Lower Twin Lakes
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Big LakeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Big Sur River (Monterey Co.). Big Sur River And Tributaries Above The Upstream End Of The Gorge Pool At The Boundary Of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Within The Ventana Wilderness Area.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Boggy Creek (Fresno Co.) And Tributaries (Tributary To Thomas Edison Lake).
Season closes
Sep 30
Boulder Creek (San Diego Co.) Upstream Of El Capitan Reservoir, And All Of Its Tributaries.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Bridge Approximately 300 Yards Below Pyramid Lake Downstream To The Falls About 1/2 Mile Above The Old Highway 99 BridgeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Bridgeport Reservoir And Tributaries (Mono Co.) Except Swauger Creek From Bridgeport Reservoir Upstream To Highway 395, And Swauger Creek From Bridgeport Reservoir Upstream To The Private Property Fence Line Above The Forest Service Campground.
Daily bag
5 trout
Bridgeport Reservoir And Tributaries (Mono Co.). Except Swauger Creek From Bridgeport Reservoir Upstream To Highway 395, And Swauger Creek From Bridgeport Reservoir Upstream To The Private Property Fence Line Above The Forest Service Campground.
Season closes
Nov 15
Bucks Lake Tributaries (Plumas Co.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Burney Creek (Shasta Co.). From Burney Creek Falls Downstream To Lake Britton.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Butano Creek (San Mateo Co.). Above Butano Falls.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Butt Creek
Season closes
Sep 30
Butt Creek And Butt Valley Reservoir Powerhouse Outfall (Plumas Co.). (A) Butt Creek.
Daily bag
5 trout
Butt Valley Reservoir (Plumas Co.).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Butt Valley Reservoir Powerhouse Outfall, From The Powerhouse, Downstream To A Marker Adjacent To
Daily bag
2 trout
Butt Valley Reservoir Powerhouse Outfall, From The Powerhouse, Downstream To A Marker Adjacent To Ponderosa Flat Campground.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Butt[E] Creek.
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Butt[E] Valley Reservoir Powerhouse Outfall, From The Powerhouse, Downstream To A Marker Adjacent To Ponderosa Flat Campground.
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Butte Creek (Butte And Sutter Cos.) From The Oro-Chico Road Bridge Crossing South Of Chico To The Point That Butte Creek Enters The Sacramento River Both Via Butte Slough Outfall Gates At Moon’s Bend And Through Butte Slough, Thence Both The East And West Canals Of The Sutter Bypass, Thence Sacramento Slough.Closed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout and steelhead.
Cache Creek And Tributaries (Lake Co.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Caples Creek From The Confluence With The Silver Fork American River Upstream To Caples Lake Dam (El Dorado And Alpine Cos.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Carson River, East Fork From Hangman’s Bridge Downstream To Nevada State Line.
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
14 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Cedar Creek And Tributaries Upstream From Moon Lake Access Road (Lassen Co.).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Clear Lake Tributaries (Lake Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Cogswell Dam Downstream To The Second Bridge Upstream From The Highway 39 BridgeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Cold Creek (Fresno Co.) And Tributaries (Tributary To Thomas Edison Lake).
Season closes
Sep 30
Convict Creek Downstream Of The U.c. Study Area.
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Convict Lake (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Cottonwood Creek And All Tributaries Upstream From The Confluence Of The Main Stem Cottonwood Creek And Little Cottonwood Creek, Including The Unnamed Tributaries Flowing Through Horseshoe Meadow (Inyo Co.).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Cottonwood Lakes 1, 2, 3 And 4 And Their Tributaries (Inyo Co.).Out of season
Season opens
Sep 1
Season closes
Nov 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
14 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Crooked Creek And Tributaries Above The City Of Los Angeles Gauging Station.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Crowley Lake, Except For The Closed Area Near The Outlet Dam (See Above).Out of season
Season opens
Aug 1
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
18 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Deadman Creek Downstream From Highway 395.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Deadman Creek Downstream From Highway 395. See Owens River Subsection 7.50(B)(104).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Deep Creek (San Bernardino Co.) From Below Green Valley Lake Dam To The Confluence Of Willow Creek.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Dismal Creek (Modoc Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Downstream Of Lake Isabella.
Daily bag
5 trout
Eagle Lake Tributaries, Including Pine Creek Above State Highway 44.
Daily bag
5 trout
Eagle Lake.
Daily bag
2 trout per day
Possession
4 trout
Eastman LakeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Eel River Above Lake Pillsbury And Tributaries To Lake Pillsbury (Lake Co.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Eel River Middle Fork And Tributaries Upstream Of Mouth Of Uhl Creek (Trinity Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Eel River Middle Fork Tributaries (Hammerhorn Creek, Rattlesnake Creek, Beaver Creek, Fly Creek, And Bar Creek) Upstream Of Usfs M1 Road Crossing (Mendocino And Trinity Cos).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Eel River North Fork Of The Middle Fork Upstream Of Mouth Of Willow Creek (Trinity Co.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Fall River (From The Confluence With Pit River Upstream To Origin At Thousand Springs)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Fall River (From The Confluence With Pit River Upstream To Origin At Thousand Springs).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Fall River LakeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Fall River PondClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Feather River North Fork From Belden Bridge Downstream To Cresta Powerhouse (Excluding Reservoirs) (Butte And Plumas Cos.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Fly Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Footbridge At Lower End Of Pleasant Valley Campground East (Downstream) To 5 Bridges RoadClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
From Footbridge At Lower End Of Pleasant Valley Campground East (Downstream) To 5 Bridges Road.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
From Highway 20 South (Downstream) 2.5 Miles To The Abandoned Concrete Dam (The Boardman Diversion Dam)Closed
Status
Closed
Possession
4 fish
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
From Highway 20 South (Downstream) 2.5 Miles To The Abandoned Concrete Dam (The Boardman Diversion Dam). See Also 7.40(B)(13) From Hwy 65.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
From Johnsondale Bridge Upstream To The Sequoia National Park Boundary Near The Kern Canyon Ranger Station.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
From Lake Isabella Upstream To The Johnsondale Bridge.
Daily bag
5 trout
From Pit No. 3 (Britton Dam) Downstream To The Outlet Of The Pit No. 3 Powerhouse.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
From Pleasant Valley Dam Downstream To Footbridge At Lower End Of Pleasant Valley Campground.Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Nov 16
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
From The Bridge Approximately 300 Yards Below Pyramid Lake Downstream To The Falls About 1/2 Mile Above The Old Highway 99 Bridge.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
From The Oro-Chico Road Bridge Crossing South Of Chico To The Point That Butte Creek Enters The Sacramento River Both Via Butte Slough Outfall Gates At Moon’s Bend And Through Butte Slough, Thence Both The East And West Canals Of The Sutter Bypass, Thence Sacramento Slough.Closed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout and steelhead.
Golden Trout Wilderness Area (Tulare Co.), Excluding The Main Stem Kern River (See Subsection 7.50(B)(69), And The Tule River Drainage (See Subsection 7.50(B)(154)).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Goose Lake And Tributaries (Modoc Co.), Excluding Davis Creek (See Subsection 7.50(B)(39), And Pine Creek (See Subsection 7.50(B)(106)).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Grant Lake (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Gull Lake (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Hammerhorn Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Hat Creek (Shasta Co.) From Lake Britton Upstream To Baum Lake, Exclusive Of The Concrete Hat No. 2 Intake Canal Between Baum Lake And The Hat No. 2 Powerhouse.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Heenan Lake.Open
Status
Permitted
Season opens
Sep 1
Season closes
Nov 30
Gear
Barbless
Fishing hours are from sunrise to sunset. Night fishing is prohibited.
Hennessey Lake Tributaries (Napa Co.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Highway 89 Bridge Upstream To The Gauging Station At The East Boundary Of Sagehen Creek StationClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Hilton Creek Downstream From Crowley Lake Drive.
Season closes
Sep 30
Hobart Creek (Tuolumne Co.), Tributary To Spicer Meadows Reservoir.
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Horr PondClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Horseshoe Lake (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Hot Creek (Mono Co.). Hot Creek From The State Hatchery Property Line To The Confluence With The Owens River.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Independence Lake Except Independence Lake Within 300 Feet Of The Mouths Of All Tributaries.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Indian Tom Lake (Siskiyou Co.).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Ja She CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
June Lake(Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Kent Lake Tributaries
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Marin Co.
Kent Lake Tributaries (Marin Co.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Kern River (A) From Lake Isabella Upstream To The Johnsondale Bridge
Daily bag
5 trout
Kern River (B) From Johnsondale Bridge Upstream To The Sequoia National Park Boundary Near The Kern Canyon Ranger Station
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Kern River (C) Downstream Of Lake Isabella
Daily bag
5 trout
Kern River (Kern And Tulare Cos.) From Johnsondale Bridge Upstream To The Sequoia National Park Boundary Near The Kern Canyon Ranger Station.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Kings River From Cobbles (Alta) Weir Downstream To The Highway 180 Crossing.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River From Cobbles (Alta) Weir Downstream To The Highway180 CrossingClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River From Cobbles (Alta) Weir Downstream To The Highway180 Crossing.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River From The Highway 180 Crossing Downstream
Daily bag
5 trout
Kings River From The Highway 180 Crossing Downstream.
Daily bag
5 trout
Kings River From The U.s. Army Corps Of Engineers Bridge On Pine Flat Road Downstream To Cobbles (Alta) Weir.
Daily bag
5 trout
Kings River From The U.s. Army Corps Of Engineers Bridge On Pine Flat Road Downstream To Cobbles (Alta)Weir
Daily bag
5 trout
Kings River Main Stem, From The Confuence Of The South And Middle Forks Downstream To Garnet Dike CampgroundClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River Middle Fork, From The Western Boundary Of Kings Canyon National Park Downstream To The Main StemClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River South Fork, From The Highway 180 Crossing At Boyden Cave Downstream To The Main StemClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River South Fork, From The Highway 180 Crossing At Boyden Cave Downstream To The Main Stem; Middle Fork, From The Western Boundary Of Kings Canyon National Park Downstream To The Main Stem; And Main Stem, From The Confluence Of The South And Middle Forks Downstream To Garnet Dike Campground.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Kings River, From Garnet Dike Campground Downstream To Pine Flat Lake
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Kings River, From Garnet Dike Campground Downstream To Pine Flat Lake.
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Kings River, South Fork From Its Confluence With Copper Creek Downstream To The Highway 180 Crossing At Boyden Cave.
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Kings River, South Fork From Its Confuence With Copper Creek Downstream To The Highway 180 Crossingat Boyden Cave
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Kirman (Carmen) Lake And All Its Tributaries (Mono Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
18 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Kirman (Carmen) Lake And All Its Tributaries (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
18"
Gear
Artificial Only
Kitchen Creek (San Diego Co.) Upstream Of Lake Morena, And All Its Tributaries
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Klopp Lake (Humboldt Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Barbless
Laguna De Santa Rosa (Sonoma Co. Tributary To Russian River) Upstream From Guerneville Road BridgeClosed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout and steelhead.
Lagunitas Lake
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Marin Co.
Lane Lake (Mono Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Laurel Lakes And Tributaries (Mono Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
14 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Lava CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Lee Vining Creek From The Lee Vining Conduit Downstream To Mono Lake (Mono Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Little Butano Creek Above The Diversion Dam At Butano State Park (San Mateo Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Little Sur River And Tributaries Above Coast Road (Monterey Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Nov 16
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker) Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used.
Little Truckee River (Sierra And Nevada Cos.) From Stampede Reservoir Dam Downstream To Boca ReservoirClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Little Tule RiverClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Los Gatos Creek (Santa Clara Co.) Upstream Of Vasona Lake Dam Including Lexington Reservoir And All TributariesClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Lundy Lake (Mono Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Lytle Creek And Tributaries Upstream Of Interstate 15 Bridge (San Bernardino Co.)
Daily bag
5 trout
Mamie Lake (Lake Mamie, Mono Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Mammoth Pool (Fresno And Madera Cos.)
Daily bag
5 trout
Martis Creek From The Martis Lake Dam Downstream To The Confluence With The Truckee River (Nevada Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Martis Lake Tributaries (Nevada And Placer Cos.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mary Lake (Lake Mary, Mono Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Mccloud River From Confluence Of Ladybug Creek Downstream To Shasta LakeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mccloud River From Confluence Of Ladybug Creek Downstream To Shasta Lake.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mccloud River From Mccloud Dam Downstream To Confluence Of Ladybug CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mccloud River From Mccloud Dam Downstream To Confluence Of Ladybug Creek.Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mcgee Creek (Mono Co.) Downstream From Highway 395
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Mcgee Creek Downstream From Highway 395.
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Mcleod Lake (Mono Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Meiss Lake (Alpine Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mill Creek (Mono Co. Tributary To West Walker River) And Tributaries Upstream From Confluence With Lost Cannon CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Miller Canyon Creek From Silverwood Lake Upstream (San Bernardino Co.)
Daily bag
5 trout
Milton Lake And Middle Fork Yuba River Between Milton Lake And Jackson Meadows Dam (Nevada And Sierra Cos.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Mono Creek (Fresno Co.) And Tributaries From Edison Lake Upstream To The Confluence With The North Fork Mono Creek
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Nelson Corral Reservoir
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Nelson Corral Reservoir.
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Nicasio Lake Tributaries
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Marin Co.
Non-Anadromous Tributaries Of The Klamath River Above Lakeview Road BridgeClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Non-Anadromous Tributaries Of The Klamath River Above Lakeview Road Bridge.Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
North Central District, All Waters Except Berryessa Lake (Napa Co.) And Mendocino Lake (Mendocino Co.)Closed
Status
Prohibited
may not be taken at night
North Central District: All Waters Except No Fishing Hour Restrictions At Berryessa Lake (Napa Co.) And Mendocino Lake (Mendocino Co.)Closed
Status
Prohibited
no trout or salmon may be taken at night
North Coast DistrictClosed
Status
Prohibited
no trout or salmon may be taken at night
Ocean
Daily bag
3 fish
Three, except the take of steelhead rainbow trout in the ocean is prohibited
Oct. 1 Through The Fri. Preceding Memorial Day. Only Artificial Lures With Barbless Hooks May Be Used.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Owens River (C) From Pleasant Valley Dam Downstream To Footbridge At Lower End Of Pleasant Valley CampgroundClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Nov 16
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Owens River (D) From Footbridge At Lower End Of Pleasant Valley Campground East (Downstream) To 5 Bridges RoadClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Owens River (Inyo And Mono Cos.), Except (A), (B), (C), And (D) Below
Daily bag
5 trout
Parker Creek (Mono Co.) From Parker Lake To The Confluence With Rush CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Parker LakeOpen
Status
Open
addition to the list of trout waters with special regulations
Parker Lake (Mono Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
14"
Gear
Artificial Only
Pine Creek (Goose Lake Tributary) And Tributaries (Modoc Co.)
Daily bag
5 trout
Pine Valley Creek (San Diego Co.) Upstream Of Barrett Lake And All Its Tributaries
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Piru Creek (C) From The Bridge Approximately 300 Yards Below Pyramid Lake Downstream To The Falls About 1/2 Mile Above The Old Highway 99 BridgeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Piru Creek And Tributaries Upstream Of Pyramid Lake
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Piru Creek And Tributaries Upstream Of Pyramid Lake.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Pit No. 3 (Britton Dam) Downstream To The Outlet Of The Pit No. 3 PowerhouseClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Pit River (C) From Pit No. 3 (Britton Dam) Downstream To The Outlet Of The Pit No. 3 PowerhouseClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Pit River, From Pit No. 3 Powerhouse Downstream To Shasta Lake
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Pit River, From Pit No. 3 Powerhouse Downstream To Shasta Lake.
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Pit River, North Fork (Modoc Co.) And Tributaries From The Confluence With The South Fork Upstream To And Including Franklin Creek
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Pit River, North Fork (Modoc Co.) And Tributaries From The Confluence With The South Fork Upstream To And Including Franklin Creek.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Pit River, South Fork (Modoc Co.) And Tributaries Upstream Of The Highway 395 Bridge In Likely
Daily bag
5 trout
Pit River, South Fork (Modoc Co.) And Tributaries Upstream Of The Highway 395 Bridge In Likely.
Daily bag
5 trout
Pleasant Valley Dam Downstream To Footbridge At Lower End Of Pleasant Valley CampgroundClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Nov 16
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Portuguese Creek, West Fork (Madera Co.) From Headwaters Downstream To Confluence With The East Fork Portuguese CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Prosser Creek From The Prosser Reservoir Dam Downstream To The Confluence With The Truckee River (Nevada Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Purisima Creek (San Mateo Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Putah Creek (Solano And Yolo Cos.) From Solano Lake To Monticello DamClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Rattlesnake Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Artificial Only
Robinson Creek (A) From The U.s. Forest Service Boundary Downstream To Upper Twin Lake
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Robinson Creek (B) Between Upper And Lower Twin Lakes
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Rock Creek Lake (Inyo Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Roosevelt Lake (Mono Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Rush Creek (Mono Co.) Between Silver Lake And Grant Lake
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Rush Creek From Grant Lake Dam Downstream To Mono LakeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sabrina Lake (Lake Sabrina, Inyo Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Sacramento River And Tributaries From Box Canyon Dam Downstream To The Scarlett Way Bridge In DunsmuirClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sacramento River And Tributaries From Scarlett Way Bridge Downstream To The County Bridge At SweetbriarIn season
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Sacramento River And Tributaries From The County Bridge At Sweetbriar Downstream To Shasta Lake
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Sacramento River And Tributaries From The County Bridge At Sweetbriar Downstream To Shasta Lake.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Sagehen Creek (B) From The Highway 89 Bridge Upstream To The Gauging Station At The East Boundary Of Sagehen Creek StationClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sagehen Creek (Nevada Co.) From The Highway 89 Bridge Upstream To The Gauging Station At The East Boundary Of Sagehen Creek Station.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Salmon Creek And Tributaries Above Highway 1 (Monterey Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Salmon Creek And Tributaries Above Highway 1 (Monterey Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Salmon Creek Main Stem Above Highway 1 And All Salmon Creek Tributaries.Closed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout and steelhead.
San Antonio And Calaveras ReservoirsClosed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
San Antonio And Calaveras Reservoirs.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
San Diego Creek (Orange Co.). Downstream Of The Macarthur Blvd. Bridge Only.Closed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout, and steelhead.
San Gabriel River (Los Angeles And Orange Cos.) Upstream Of The Highway 22 Bridge To The Start Of Concrete-Lined Portion Of The River Channel.Closed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout and steelhead.
San Gabriel River, West Fork And Tributaries (A) Upstream Of Cogswell Dam (Including Cogswell Reservoir And Its Tributaries)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
San Gabriel River, West Fork And Tributaries (B) From Cogswell Dam Downstream To The Second Bridge Upstream From The Highway 39 BridgeClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
San Gabriel River, West Fork And Tributaries (Los Angeles Co.) From Cogswell Dam Downstream To The Second Bridge Upstream From The Highway 39 Bridge.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
San Gabriel River, West Fork And Tributaries (Los Angeles Co.) Upstream Of Cogswell Dam (Including Cogswell Reservoir And Its Tributaries).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
San Luis Rey River West Fork (San Diego Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
San Luis Rey River West Fork (San Diego Co.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
San Mateo Creek And Tributaries Downstream From The Falls Between The Tenaja Road Crossing And Fisherman’s Camp (San Diego And Riverside Cos.)Closed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Santa Ana River And Tributaries Upstream Above Seven Oaks Dam. (San Bernardino Co.)
Daily bag
5 trout
Santa Ana River And Tributaries Upstream Above Seven Oaks Dam. (San Bernardino Co.).
Daily bag
5 trout
Santa Rosa Creek (Sonoma Co. Tributary To Russian River) From Laguna De Santa Rosa To Highway 12 Bridge.Closed
Status
Closed
Closed to the take of trout, and steelhead.
Santa Ynez River And Tributaries Upstream Of Gibraltar Dam (Santa Barbara Co.)
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Scott Creek (Santa Cruz Co.) From Mouth To Confluence With Big Creek.Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Dec 1
Season closes
Mar 7
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker) but only Sat., Sun., Wed., legal holidays and opening and closing days.
See Also 7.40(B)(17) Within Pfeiffer Big Sur StateparkClosed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sespe Creek And Tributaries Above Alder Creek Confluence (Ventura Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sespe Creek And Tributaries Above Alder Creek Confluence (Ventura Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Shasta, Siskiyou, Lassen And Tehama Cos.Closed
Status
Prohibited
may not be taken at night
Shasta, Siskiyou, Lassen And Tehama CountiesClosed
Status
Prohibited
no trout or salmon may be taken at night
Silver Creek And All Other Tributaries To Sworinger Lake (Modoc And Lassen Cos.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Silver Lake (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Slinkard Creek And Tributaries (Mono Co.) Upstream From A Department Of Fish And Wildlife Rock Gabion Barrier (38.606976°N, 119.567687°W). The Barrier Is Located Approximately 5-6 Miles Upstream From The Hwy 89 And Hwy 395 Junction.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Solano Lake (Solano Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sonoma Creek And Tributaries (Sonoma Co.) Above The Sonoma Creek Seasonal Waterfall In Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (Located 0.2 Miles Upstream Of The West End Of The Canyon Trail).Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sonoma Lake (Sonoma Co.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Sonoma Lake Tributaries (Sonoma Co.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Soulajule Reservoir Tributaries (Marin Co.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
South Central District, All Waters Except Coyote Lake (Santa Clara Co.)Closed
Status
Prohibited
may not be taken at night
South Central District: All Waters Except No Fishing Hour Restrictions At Coyote Lake (Santa Clara Co.)Closed
Status
Prohibited
no trout or salmon may be taken at night
South Lake (Inyo Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Spring CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Stanislaus River, Middle Fork (Tuolumne Co.) From Beardsley Dam Downstream To The U. S. Forest Service Footbridge At Spring Gap (Including The Beardsley Afterbay).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Stanislaus River, Middle Fork (Tuolumne Co.) From The U.s. Forest Service Footbridge At Spring Gap To New Melones Reservoir.
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
Stevens Creek And All Tributaries Upstream Of Stevens Creek Reservoir (Santa Clara Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Stony Creek, And Tributaries (Including The North, South, And Middle Forks) From The Headwaters Downstream To The Diversion Dam West Of Stonyford In The Center Of Section 35, T18n, R7w (Colusa, Glenn And Lake Cos.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Susan River (Lassen County).
Daily bag
5 trout
Swamp Creek And All TributariesClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Swamp Creek And All Tributaries.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Sweetwater River And Tributaries Upstream Of The Sweetwater Reservoir (San Diego Co.).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Tahoe Lake Tributaries Upstream To The First LakeClosed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Tahoe Lake Tributaries Upstream To The First Lake.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Tahoe Lake Within 300 Feet Of The Mouth Of Its TributariesClosed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Tahoe Lake Within 300 Feet Of The Mouth Of Its Tributaries.Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
The Ocean
Daily bag
3 fish
Trinity River, Above Trinity Lake (Trinity Co.) From The Confluence With Tangle Blue Creek (Hwy. 3), Downstream (South) To The Mouth Of Trinity Lake, Approximately 13.8 Miles.Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Truckee River From The Confluence Of Trout Creek Downstream To The Mouth Of Prosser CreekClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Truckee River From The Confluence Of Trout Creek Downstream To The Mouth Of Prosser Creek.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Truckee River From The Mouth Of Prosser Creek Downstream To The Nevada State LineClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Nov 16
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Truckee River From The Mouth Of Prosser Creek Downstream To The Nevada State Line.Closed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Nov 16
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Tule RiverClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Tule River, North Fork (Tulare Co.), Only In The North Fork Tule River And All Its Forks And Tributaries Above The Confluence With Pine Creek (About 50 Yards Upstream From The Blue Ridge Road Bridge, About 12 ¼ Miles North Of Springville).
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Tuolumne River (Stanislaus And Tuolumne Cos.) From O’shaughnessy Dam (Hetch Hetchy Reservoir) Downstream To Clavey River Falls.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Twelvemile Creek (Modoc Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Twin Lakes (Mammoth, Mono Co.).
Daily bag
5 trout
Twin Lakes, Upper And Lower (Bridgeport, Mono Co).
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
U.s. Forest Service Boundary Downstream To Upper Twin Lake
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
U.s. Forest Service Footbridge At Spring Gap To New Melones Reservoir
Daily bag
2 trout
Possession
4 trout
U.s. Forest Service Ranger Station
Daily bag
2 fish/day
U.s. Forest Service Ranger Station. See Also 7.40(B)(9) Below Waterfall
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Unnamed Creek
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
18 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Upper Otay Lake (San Diego Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Upper Owens River From Benton Bridge Road Crossing To Crowley LakeOut of season
Season opens
Aug 1
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
18 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Upper Owens River From Benton Bridge Road Crossing To Crowley Lake.Out of season
Season opens
Aug 1
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
18 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Upper Owens River From Benton Bridge Road Crossing Upstream To Big SpringsClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Upper Owens River From Benton Bridge Road Crossing Upstream To Big Springs. Above Big Springs, See Deadman Creek (Subsection 7.50(B)(41)).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Upper Truckee River And Tributaries Upstream From Confluence With Showers Creek (Alpine And El Dorado Cos.).Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Sep 30
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Upstream Of Cogswell Dam (Including Cogswell Reservoir And Its Tributaries)
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Valley District, North Of Interstate 80, All Waters Except Camp Far West Lake (Nevada, Placer, And Yuba Counties), Collins Lake (Yuba Co.), Oroville Lake (Butte Co.), And Wildwood Lake (Nevada Co.)Closed
Status
Prohibited
may not be taken at night
Valley District, North Of Interstate 80: All Waters Except No Fishing Hour Restrictions At Camp Far West Lake (Nevada, Placer, And Yuba Counties), Collins Lake (Yuba Co.), Oroville Lake (Butte Co.), And Wildwood Lake (Nevada Co.)Closed
Status
Prohibited
no trout or salmon may be taken at night
Van Duzen River. Main Stem And Tributaries Upstream Of Eaton Falls, Located About 1/2 Mile Upstream Of The Mouth Of The South Fork (Little Van Duzen) And 2 1/2 Miles Downstream Of Dinsmore (Humboldt And Trinity Cos.).
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Virginia Lakes, Upper And Lower (Mono Co.).
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 trout
Walker Creek (Mono Co.) From The Private Property Line (Fence) To The Confluence With Rush Creek.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Walker River, East Fork (Mono Co.) From Bridgeport Dam To Nevada State Line.
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 trout
Min size
18 inches total length
Gear
Artificial Only
Way Bridge Downstream To The County Bridge At Sweetbriar.In season
Season opens
Oct 1
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
Whiskey Creek (Mono Co.) Downstream From Crowley Lake Drive (Old Highway 395).
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
5 trout
Willow CreekOpen
Status
Open
addition to the list of trout waters with special regulations
Willow Creek (Alpine Co.) Upstream From The Confluence With The West Fork Carson River To The Main Tributary Of Willow Creek.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Wolf Creek And Tributaries (Tributary To West Walker River) (Mono Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Yellow Creek (Plumas Co.) From Big Springs Downstream To The Marker At The Lower End Of Humbug Meadow.Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Yét Atwam Creek (Previously Known As Sq. Valley Creek) And Tributaries (Shasta Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Yuba River, North Fork (Sierra And Yuba Cos.) From The Western Boundary Of Sierra City To The Confluence With Ladies Canyon Creek.
Daily bag
2 trout
Gear
Artificial Only
California statewide
Daily bag
5 fish/day

Hatchery Trout

Albion River (Mendocino Co.). Main Stem Below The Confluence Of South Fork Albion.
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Alder Creek (Mendocino Co.). Main Stem Below Tramway Gulch.
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
All Anadromous Waters Except Those Listed By Name In Section 7.40, Special Regulations (See Definition Of Anadromous Waters, Section 1.04)
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
All Anadromous Waters Except Those Listed By Name In Section 7.40, Special Regulations (See Defnition Of Anadromous Waters, Section 1.04).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
All Anadromous Waters Tributary To Humboldt Bay, And North Of Humboldt Bay, Except Those Of The Klamath And Trinity River Systems And Those Listed By Name In The Special Regulations.
Season closes
Oct 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
American River (Sacramento Co.) From The Jibboom Street Bridge To The Mouth.Out of season
Season opens
Jul 16
Season closes
Dec 16
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
American River (Sacramento Co.) From The Smud Power Line Crossing At The Southwest Boundary Of Ancil Hoffman Park Downstream To The Jibboom Street Bridge.Out of season
Season opens
Jul 16
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
American River (Sacramento Co.) From The U.s. Geological Survey Gauging Station Cable Crossing About 300 Yards Downstream From The Nimbus Hatchery Fsh Rack Site To The Smud Power Line Crossing At The Southwest Boundary Of Ancil Hoffman Park.Out of season
Season opens
Jul 16
Season closes
Oct 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Anadromous Waters Of Tehama And Shasta Cos. Not Listed In The Special Regulations. (Section 7.40). (See Subsections (B)(80) Of Section 7.40, Regarding The Sacramento River.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
Antelope Creek (Tehama Co.) From Confluence With North Fork Downstream To U.s. Geological Survey Gauging Station Cable Crossing At Mouth Of Antelope Creek Canyon.
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Antelope Creek (Tehama Co.) From U.s. Geological Survey Gauging Station Cable Crossing At Mouth Of Antelope Creek Canyon Downstream To Mouth Of Antelope Creek.Out of season
Season opens
Jun 16
Season closes
Sep 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Antelope Creek From Confluence With North Fork Downstream To U.s. Geological Survey Gauging Station Cable Crossing At Mouth Of Antelope Creek Canyon.
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
Antelope Creek From U.s. Geological Survey Gauging Station Cable Crossing At Mouth Of Antelope Creek Canyon Downstream To Mouth Of Antelope Creek.Out of season
Season opens
Dec 1
Season closes
Mar 7
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
but only on Sat., Sun., Wed., legal holidays and opening and closing days.
Aptos Creek (Santa Cruz Co.) From Mouth To Bridge On Aptos Creek Road (First Bridge On Aptos Creek Road).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Arroyo De La Cruz From Mouth To Lopez Canyon Dam.In season
Season opens
Dec 1
Season closes
Oct 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
Arroyo Del Valle Between Bernal Ave. And The Thiessen St. Intersection With Vineyard Ave.
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
from the fourth Sat. in May through Mar. 31. Only barbless hooks may be used from Nov. 1 through Mar. 31.
Arroyo Seco River (Monterey Co.). The Main Stem Arroyo Seco And Tributaries Below The Waterfall Located Approximately 3.5 Miles Upstream From The U.s. Forest Service Ranger Station.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Auburn Ravine Creek And Tributaries (Placer Co.) East Of Nelson Lane.
Season closes
Oct 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Battle Creek (12)
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
Battle Creek (13)
Season closes
Oct 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Battle Creek (Shasta And Tehama Cos.) From 250 Feet Upstream From The Coleman Fish Hatchery Upstream To Angel Falls (Near Mineral) On The South Fork And To Ponderosa Way Bridge On The North Fork.
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Battle Creek From 250 Feet Upstream From The Coleman Fish Hatchery Upstream To Angel Falls (Near Mineral) On The South Fork And To Ponderosa Way Bridge On The North Fork.
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
Bear River (Humboldt Co.) Downstream From County Road Bridge At Capetown, Excluding Tributaries.
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Bear River And Tributaries (Placer Co.) From Highway 65 To The South Sutter Irrigation District Diversion Dam.
Season closes
Oct 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Big Chico Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Big Chico Creek (Butte Co.) From Bear Hole To The Upper Boundary Of The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve.Out of season
Season opens
Nov 1
Season closes
Apr 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Big Chico Creek (Butte Co.) From Mouth To Bear Hole, Located Approximately One Mile Downstream From The Upper End Of Bidwell Park.Out of season
Season opens
Jun 16
Season closes
Feb 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Big Chico Creek From Bear Hole To The Upper Boundary Of The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve.Out of season
Season opens
Nov 1
Season closes
Apr 30
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
Big Chico Creek From Mouth To Bear Hole, Located Approximately One Mile Downstream From The Upper End Of Bidwell Park.Out of season
Season opens
Jun 16
Season closes
Feb 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
from Oct. 16 through Feb. 15.
Big Lagoon (Humboldt Co.). For Purposes Of This Subsection, The Boundary Between Big Lagoon And Maple Creek Is The First Private Road Bridge, Located Approximately 1/2 Mile Southeast Of The Highway 101 Bridge Crossing.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Big River (Mendocino Co.). Main Stem Below The Confluence Of Two Log Creek.
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Brush Creek (Mendocino Co.). Main Stem Below The Lawson Bridge.
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Butano Creek (San Mateo Co.). From Mouth To County Bridge On Pescadero-Bean Hollow Road.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Butte Creek (Butte And Sutter Cos.) From Oro-Chico Road Bridge Crossing South Of Chico To The Centerville Head Dam, Located 300 Yards Downstream From The Desabla Powerhouse Below Desabla Reservoir.Out of season
Season opens
Nov 15
Season closes
Feb 15
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Calaveras River Downstream From New Hogan Dam And The Diverting Canal (Mormon Slough) From Bellota Weir Downstream To Interstate Highway 5
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Every Body Of Water Listed In Subsection (B)Closed
Status
Closed
Every body of water listed in subsection (b) is closed to the take of hatchery trout, hatchery steelhead, and salmon and to fishing for these species, unless otherwise noted.
From The Jibboom Street Bridge To The Mouth.Out of season
Season opens
Dec 17
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
From The Smud Power Line Crossing At The Southwest Boundary Of Ancil Hoffman Park Downstream To The Jibboom Street Bridge.Out of season
Season opens
Jul 16
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
From The U.s. Geological Survey Gauging Station Cable Crossing About 300 Yards Downstream From The Nimbus Hatchery Fish Rack Site To The Smud Power Line Crossing At The Southwest Boundary Of Ancil Hoffman Park.Out of season
Season opens
Jul 16
Season closes
Oct 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
That Portion Of Any Stream West Of Any Highway 1 Bridge Except Those Listed By Name In Section 7.40, Special Regulations.Out of season
Season opens
Dec 1
Season closes
Mar 7
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Possession
4 fish
Gear
Barbless
but only on Sat., Sun., Wed., legal holidays and opening and closing days.

Cutthroat Trout

Above The Mouth Of Stony Creek
Min size
10 inches total length
All Anadromous Waters Of The Klamath River Basin And Trinity River Downstream Of Lewiston Dam
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
All Year. Only Barbless Hooks May Be Used. Cutthroat Trout Minimum Size Limit: 10 Inches.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Big Chico Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Big Lagoon (Humboldt Co.). For Purposes Of This Subsection, The Boundary Between Big Lagoon And Maple Creek Is The First Private Road Bridge, Located Approximately 1/2 Mile Southeast Of The Highway 101 Bridge Crossing.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Earl Lake/Talawa (Del Norte Co.).
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
From The Highway 120 Bridge In Oakdale To The Mouth
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
14"
Little River (Humboldt Co.) Downstream From The County Road Bridge At Crannell, Excluding Tributaries
Season closes
Mar 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Gear
Barbless
Only barbless hooks may be used from Nov. 1 through Mar. 31.
Main Stem From The Mouth To Confluence Of Middle And South Forks
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Middle Fork Smith River Above The Mouth Of Patrick Creek
Min size
10"
Middle Fork Smith River Above The Mouth Of Patrick Creek.
Season closes
Oct 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Barbless
Middle Fork Smith River From Mouth To Patrick Creek
Min size
10"
Middle Fork Smith River From Mouth To Patrick Creek.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Middle Fork Smith River, Above The Mouth Of Patrick Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Middle Fork Smith River, From Mouth To Patrick Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
North Fork Smith River Above The Mouth Of Stony Creek
Min size
10"
North Fork Smith River Above The Mouth Of Stony Creek.
Season closes
Oct 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Barbless
North Fork Smith River From The Mouth To Stony Creek
Min size
10"
North Fork Smith River From The Mouth To Stony Creek.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
North Fork Smith River, Above The Mouth Of Stony Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
North Fork Smith River, From The Mouth To Stony Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Smith River (Del Norte Co.) Main Stem From The Mouth To Confuence Of Middle And South Forks
Min size
10"
Smith River (Del Norte Co.) Main Stem From The Mouth To Confuence Of Middle And South Forks.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
South Fork Smith River Above The Mouth Of Jones Creek
Min size
10"
South Fork Smith River Above The Mouth Of Jones Creek.
Season closes
Oct 31
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Gear
Barbless
South Fork Smith River From The Mouth Upstream Approximately 1,000 Feet To The County Road (George Tryon) Bridge And Craigs Creek To Jones Creek
Min size
10"
South Fork Smith River From The Mouth Upstream Approximately 1,000 Feet To The County Road (George Tryon) Bridge And Craigs Creek To Jones Creek.
Daily bag
2 fish/day
South Fork Smith River, Above The Mouth Of Jones Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
South Fork Smith River, From The Mouth Upstream Approximately 1,000 Feet To The County Road (George Tryon) Bridge And Craigs Creek To Jones Creek
Daily bag
2 fish/day
Min size
10"
Stone Lagoon (Humboldt Co.).
Daily bag
2 fish
Min size
14"

Brown Trout

All Anadromous Waters Of The Klamath River Basin And Trinity River Downstream Of Lewiston Dam
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Carmel River And Tributaries Above Los Padres Dam (Monterey Co.).
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Cedar Flat
Daily bag
10 fish
10 Brown Trout
Klamath
Possession
20 fish
The Brown Trout possession limit is 20.
Klamath River Basin
Possession
20 fish
Last Saturday In Apr. ThroughIn season
Season opens
Apr 24
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Nov. 15. Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used.
Los Padres Reservoir (Monterey Co.)
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Gear
Barbless
Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used.
Mad River From The Mouth To 200 Yards Upstream.
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Padres ReservoirIn season
Season opens
Apr 28
Season closes
Nov 15
Daily bag
5 fish
Gear
Artificial Lures Barbless Hooks
Last Saturday in Apr. through Nov. 15 5 Brown Trout. Only artifcial lures with barbless hooks may be used.
Trinity River Main Stem Downstream Of The Denny Road Bridge At Hawkins Bar To The Mouth Of The South Fork Trinity RiverOut of season
Season opens
Sep 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
10 fish/day
Sep. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024.
Trinity River Main Stem Downstream Of The Highway 299 West Bridge At Cedar Flat To The Denny Road Bridge At Hawkins BarOut of season
Season opens
Jul 1
Season closes
Aug 31
Daily bag
10 fish/day
Trinity River Main Stem Downstream Of The Mouth Of The South Fork Trinity River To The Confluence With The Klamath RiverOut of season
Season opens
Sep 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
10 fish/day
Sep. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024.
Trinity River Main Stem Downstream Of The Old Lewiston Bridge To The Highway 299 West Bridge At Cedar FlatOut of season
Season opens
Sep 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
10 fish/day
Sep. 1 through Dec. 31, 2024.

Rainbow Trout

All Anadromous Waters Of The Klamath River Basin And Trinity River Downstream Of Lewiston DamClosed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Anadromous Waters
Min size
16"
steelhead trout is defined as any rainbow trout greater than 16 inches in length found in anadromous waters
Carmel River And Tributaries Above Los Padres Dam (Monterey Co.).Closed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
Last Saturday In Apr. ThroughClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Apr 24
Season closes
Nov 15
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker); Nov. 15. Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used. Nov. 15. Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used.
Los Padres Reservoir (Monterey Co.)Closed
Status
Closed
Season closes
Nov 15
Gear
Barbless
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker) Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used.
Mad River From The Mouth To 200 Yards Upstream.Closed
Status
Closed
Reshaped from bag_limit=0 (closure marker)
MontereyClosed
Status
Closed
Gear
Artificial Lures Barbless Hooks
Only 0 Rainbow Trout artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used

Brook Trout

All
Daily bag
10 fish
Limit: Ten.
Red Lake (Alpine Co.)
Daily bag
10
California statewideClosed
Status
Closed
Season opens
Jan 1
Season closes
Dec 31
Daily bag
10 fish/day
Max size
10"
Statewide: b

Largemouth Bass

California statewide
Daily bag
5 fish/day
Min size
12"

All Species

Lake PerrisOpen
Status
Permitted
Safe Eating Guidelines

FAQ

Who regulates fishing on Lake Perris?

CDFW regulates fishing on Lake Perris.

What species can I target on Lake Perris?

Lake Perris is best known for largemouth bass, trout. Other species are present and tracked in the rule tables below.

When was this last updated?

These rules were last verified against CDFW on 2026-05-08. Always confirm with the official source before keeping a catch.

Reference only. Regulations change mid-season. Always verify with the official source before keeping a catch. Last verified .

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