Fishing near Visalia, CA

Set in Tulare County at the edge of the San Joaquin Valley, Visalia puts anglers within an hour of Sierra foothill reservoirs, irrigation canals, and the Kings and Kaweah river systems. Lake Kaweah, a 1,945-acre reservoir roughly 20 miles east via Hwy 198, anchors the local warmwater scene, while Pine Flat Lake ranks among the world's premier spotted bass fisheries. Bass, stocked and wild trout, catfish, crappie, and panfish are all in reach.

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Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Brown Bullhead

Ameiurus nebulosus

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Green Sunfish

Lepomis cyanellus

Largemouth Bass

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

Smallmouth Bass

Spotted Bass

Micropterus punctulatus and Micropterus henshalli

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

White Catfish

Ameiurus catus

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Fishing guides near Visalia

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Scott MacDonald
Kings River Fly Guide
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Upper and Lower Kings River fly fishing adventure!
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