Sierra Fishing Destinations
Pickel Meadow Fishing Map
Mono County
High Sierra Trails
John Muir Trail, Kings Canyon National Park
Area Camping
Sonora Bridge Campground
- 23 camping sites
- Piped water
- Vault toilets
- $12 per night
- No reservations taken
Leavitt Meadow Campground
- 16 camping sites
- Piped water
- vault toilets
- $20 per night
- No reservations taken
Obsidian Campground
- 14 camping sites
- vault toilets
- Water situation undetermined
- $12 per night
- No reservations can be made
Dispersed Camping
- Camping in National Forest
- Good sites along Hwy 108 on pass
Best Fishing Locations
- Fishing good all the way from Leavitt Meadow through Pickel Meadow
- Brookies, rainbows, and browns
- Typical freestone stream
- Usually good fishing by end of June
- Pickel Meadow offers nice pools and easy wading by mid-summer
- Avoid areas posted as part of the Marine Base
- 3 mile hike
- Brook, rainbow and Lahontan cutthroat
- Large fish to be caught here
- 2.5-mile hike
- Brook, Lahontan cutthroat
- Barbless flies or lures only
- 16" minimum, 2-fish limit
- Kirman Lake tributaries are closed to fishing all year
- DFG Kamloops trout breeding location
- Posted No Fishing
- Good fishing for browns, rainbows, and brookies
- Fish the pools along the river
Fishing Supplies
- Ken's Sporting Goods, Bridgeport
