Fishing near Groveland, CA

Groveland sits in Tuolumne County in the Sierra Nevada foothills, close to Yosemite National Park and the Stanislaus National Forest. The area draws anglers to a mix of foothill reservoirs and Sierra rivers, with Don Pedro Reservoir, New Melones Lake, Pine Mountain Lake, and the Tuolumne and Merced rivers among the most-fished waters nearby. Largemouth bass, spotted bass, and rainbow trout are the top catches logged by local anglers.

Top waters to fish near Groveland

Species & education

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Alabama Bass

Micropterus henshalli

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris (Paiute), O. c. clarkii (Coastal), O. c. henshawi (Lahontan)

Golden Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita

Largemouth Bass

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

Sacramento Pikeminnow

Ptychocheilus grandis

Spotted Bass

Micropterus punctulatus and Micropterus henshalli

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