Owens River Gorge Fishing Map
Inyo County
High Sierra Trails
Evolution Valley, Kings Canyon National Park
Area Camping
Tuff Campground
- 34 camping sites
- Piped Water, vault Toilets
- $28 per night, some reservations taken
Lower Rock Creek Campground
Holiday Campground
- Overflow campground
- 35 sites
- $20 per night
- Usually only open on holiday weekends; winter
French Camp Campground
- 1/4 miles from US 395
- 86 camping sites
- Piped water, flush toilets
- $30 per night, some reservations taken
Iris Meadow Campground
- 14 camping sites
- Piped water, flush toilets
- $30 per night, no reservations
Big Meadow Campground
- 11 camping sites
- Flush toilets, piped water
- $30 per night, no reservations
Palisade Group Campground
- Up to 25 people
- Vault toilets, piped water
- $85 per night, reservations required
East Fork Campground
- 138 camping sites
- Flush toilets, piped water
- $30 per night, reservations available
Pine Grove Campground
- 11 camping sites
- Flush toilets, piped water
- $30 per night, no reservations
Upper Pine Grove Campground
- 8 camping sites
- Pit toilets, piped water
- $30 per night, no reservations
Rock Creek Lake Campground
- 28 camping sites
- Flush toilets, piped water
- $30 per night, no reservations
Pleasant Valley Campground
LA Dept. of Water and Power
- 200 camping sites
- Vault toilets, piped water
- Open year round
Rock Creek Lake Resort
- Tackle shop, store
- small breakfast/lunch counter
- Mid-May to mid-October
- Housekeeping cabins
Fishing the Owens River
Owens River
Owens River Gorge
- From Lake Crowley down to Pleasant Valley
- Flow changes based on release from dam
- Difficult access, watch for rattlesnakes
- Browns 8" to 10"
Lower Owens River
- From Pleasant Valley on downstream
- From Pleasant Valley Dam to the campground footbridge:
- Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, limit 2
- Oct 1 to Dec 31, barbless, artificial lures and flies only, catch and release
- 3.3 miles downstream from footbridge:
- Wild Trout section
- Barbless, artificial lures and flies only
- Catch and release
- Year-round fishing below Wild Trout section
- Access from Chalk Bluff Road
- Farther downstream bass begin to appear
Owens River below Pleasant Valley
Rock Creek
- Golden, brook, brown, and rainbow
- Good fishing all along the creek
- Try "The Pond" just below the lake
- Fish beaver ponds between Big Meadow and Iris campgrounds
- See Chickenfoot Lake in the Little Lakes Valley upstream from Rock Lake.
- See Hilton Lakes, a two hour hike from Rock Creek Lake.
Rock Creek Lake
- Golden, brook, brown, and rainbow
- Night fishing allowed
Pine Creek
- Brook, brown, and rainbow
Fishing Supplies
- Brock's Fishing Supplies, Ltd., Bishop
- Crowley Lake Fish Camp, South Landing Road
- The Trout Fly and Troutfitter, Mammoth Lakes
- Tom's Place
- Rock Creek Lake Resort