Fishing near Hollister, CA

Set in San Benito County, Hollister has limited in-town water, so anglers point their trucks toward the reservoirs and backcountry ponds that ring the region. The marquee draw is O'Neill Forebay and the adjacent San Luis Reservoir (~12,250 acres, ~30 mi NW), home to world-class landlocked striped bass. Closer hills hold Coyote Lake and the wild ponds of Henry W. Coe State Park.

Top waters to fish near Hollister

Species & education

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Alabama Bass

Micropterus henshalli

American Shad

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Golden Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita

Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

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