California fishing maps
Free interactive depth charts for 119 California lakes and rivers, 34 of them built on real state fisheries depth surveys. Open any water, pick your species, and see the spots worth fishing, why each one is good, and the best times to be there. No account needed to browse.
New to depth charts? Learn to read a lake depth map or turn one into a three-stop fishing plan.
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No boat? Bank and shore fishing in California (39 waters with public access)
Deepest lakes in California
The deepest water mapped on DepthScout in California is Central Monterey Bay at 2757 ft (840 m). The ten deepest charts here:
| # | Water | Max depth | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Monterey Bay | 2757 ft | survey |
| 2 | Lake Tahoe | 1634 ft | survey |
| 3 | Northern Monterey Bay | 870 ft | survey |
| 4 | Southern Monterey Bay | 315 ft | survey |
| 5 | Millerton Lake | 288 ft | survey |
| 6 | Folsom Lake | 281 ft | survey |
| 7 | Sly Creek Reservoir | 260 ft | modeled |
| 8 | Whiskeytown Lake | 232 ft | survey |
| 9 | Drakes Bay | 150 ft | survey |
| 10 | Lake Del Valle | 135 ft | survey |
California fishing by county
Alpine (10) · El Dorado (5) · Mono (9) · Nevada (15) · Plumas (14)
What California anglers fish for: striped bass (15 waters) · rainbow trout (15 waters) · california halibut (15 waters) · largemouth bass (14 waters) · channel catfish (11 waters) · lingcod (10 waters) · chinook salmon (10 waters) · surfperch (9 waters)
Mapped water systems in California
Large rivers, lakes and coastal waters are split into useful map sections. Start with the system overview, then choose a surveyed or modeled section.
- Los Angeles–Long Beach Harbors fishing maps (4 mapped sections)
- Monterey Bay fishing maps (3 mapped sections)
- Albion Cove 33 ft · survey
- American River (Lower) 12 ft
- Antelope Lake 90 ft
- Bethany Reservoir 45 ft · survey
- Big Break 20 ft · survey
- Bodega Bay 87 ft · survey
- Bolinas Bay 54 ft · survey
- Bucks Lake, Lower 96 ft
- Central Monterey Bay 2757 ft · survey
- Clear Lake 43 ft · survey
- Clifton Court Forebay 68 ft · survey
- Cuffeys Cove 104 ft · survey
- Drakes Bay 150 ft · survey
- Folsom Lake 281 ft · survey
- Franks Tract 35 ft · survey
- Frenchman Lake 120 ft
- Half Moon Bay 64 ft · survey
- Inner Harbor 73 ft · survey
- Kangaroo Lake 12 ft
- Klamath River 12 ft
- Lake Almanor 90 ft
- Lake Davis 105 ft
- Lake Del Valle 135 ft · survey
- Lake Havasu 105 ft · survey
- Lake Tahoe 1634 ft · survey
- Mendocino Bay 49 ft · survey
- Middle Harbor 84 ft · survey
- Millerton Lake 288 ft · survey
- Morro Bay 35 ft · survey
- Napa River 35 ft · survey
- Northern Monterey Bay 870 ft · survey
- Packer Lake 11 ft
- Petaluma River 39 ft · survey
- Queensway Bay 30 ft · survey
- Richardson Bay 27 ft · survey
- Sacramento River (Redding) 15 ft
- San Diego Bay 73 ft · survey
- San Pablo Bay 79 ft · survey
- San Pedro Bay 94 ft · survey
- Sardine Lake, Upper 23 ft
- Sly Creek Reservoir 260 ft
- Southern Monterey Bay 315 ft · survey
- Suisun Bay 75 ft · survey
- Tomales Bay 60 ft · survey
- Topaz Lake 92 ft
- Trinity River 22 ft · survey
- Whiskeytown Lake 232 ft · survey
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