Fishing Report For Pyramid Lake, CA

By Rick Seaman

March 25, 2025

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Fishing Report Pyramid Lake, CA

Fishing Reports

Popular Fish Species Pyramid Lake, CA

Rainbow Trout

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good

A consistent, annual stocking by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is maintaining a good population of rainbow trout here, and the fishing has been good. The diet of these trout consists of insects, small fishes and crustaceans. Locals report using small lures that imitate their natural food has been successful. Small spinners are doing well. Miniature crankbaits and swimbaits are also catching rainbows, as are nightcrawlers, salmon eggs and prepared baits.

Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

There are plenty of rocky points, ledges and chunk-rock shoreline for bass in Pyramid Lake, and the fishing has been good for both largemouth and smallmouth bass. The west Piru Creek bay offers just about everything bass need, from Spring where they spawn, to Summer and Winter where they drop to deeper water. The pocket behind Vaquero Beach, and the points at the mouth of that bay also offer year-round habitat for bass. A wide variety of lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, worms, jerkbaits, drop-shot rigs, Ned rigs and Carolina rigs are all catching both species. Topwater is working well early and late in the day.

Striped Bass

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

The colder months here drive the stripers into areas of deep water, however they generally suspend in the 25' to 50' depths over this deep water. The deepest water is around the dam. So the general area around the big island has been holding stripers. Successful locals report using fish finders to find schools of stripers, then working them with Bladebaits, swimbaits, spoons and cut bait are all effective here. In Summer, when striped bass drive schools of baitfish to the surface, fishing can be spectacular with jerkbaits and topwater lures.

Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, rainbow trout, bluegill and striped bass at Pyramid Lake in California.

Pyramid Lake is a 1,300 acre lake with 21 miles of shoreline. This scenic lake is home to bass, trout, catfish and crappie. Easy access off Interstate 5, and plenty of areas for fishing from the bank, make this an ideal destination for fishing, with or without a boat..

Primary fish species to catch

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".