Tioga Lake / Highway 120

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Tioga Lake

Road condition:   Paved   Elevation: 9,500  

Region: Tioga Pass / Highway 120 / Just outside Yosemite National Park

Description: A beautiful lake surrounded by towering mountain tops, Tioga Lake is a popular camping and fishing spot just outside the park

Lake size: 73 acres   Species: Planted Rainbow trout

Closest town or supplies: Tioga Pass Resort, Lee Vining

Contacts: Lee Vining Chamber of Commerce (info@leevining.com; Visiting Mono Lake www.monolake.org/visiting/; Mono Lake Visitor Center (http://www.monolake.org/monomap/vc.htm

Nearest campground: Tioga Lake Campground

Fishing Tips:

Favorite lures or bait: Use small lures such as Kastmasters, Daredevils and Panther-Martins.  Bring smaller lures, but have a variety of color combinations to entice both shallow and deep cruising trout. (See Category: Fishing Tips – Best Lures and Bait)

Favorite fly patterns: Fly & Bubble technique with small nymphs such as Hare’s Ear, Zug Bug, Bead-Head Prince Nymph, Pheasant Tail or a Tellico Shrimp.  (See Category: Fishing Tips – Best Fly Patterns and Techniques)

Stocking information: 35,000 annually

Nearby fishing: Ellery Lake, Saddlebag Lake

Additional information: The lake does not have a boat launch, although small prams and canoes may be carried to the water.  The best chance to catch a carry-over trout is at the Glacier Creek inlet.  Glacier Creek also has some small Brook trout in the area just above the lake.

Directions: From the junction of Highway 395 and Highway 120 on the outskirts of Lee Vining, turn west on Highway 120 and proceed approximately 11 miles just past Ellery Lake.