Fishing near Mill Valley, CA

Mill Valley sits in Marin County, just north of the Golden Gate, with quick access to San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Marin County coast. The area draws anglers to saltwater piers, bay shorelines, and nearby freshwater reservoirs, with striped bass, leopard shark, and largemouth bass among the most commonly caught species in surrounding waters.

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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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Fishing near Mill Valley, CA

San Joaquin River

Napa River

San Francisco Bay

Sacramento River

Russian River

San Pablo Bay

Lagunitas Creek

Arroyo Sausal

Richardson Bay

Phoenix Creek