South Lake Fishing

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South Lake Fishing

South Lake Near Bishop is located in Inyo County in California. If you live in you're less than 10 miles from South Lake. The fishing regulatory body for California is California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If you need a fishing licence you can purchase one directly from South Lake Fishing License 24/7. Prices and optons are listed including non resident fishing licenses. Please ensure to adhere to the fishing regulations for the state. Remember, regulations are there to protect fish species and enable fishing for generations to come.

South Lake Fishing Report Card

Here's your fishing report for today the 3rd of December for South Lake. We take a number of different data points to make our fishing recommendation. Our recommendation is based on aspects about the weather conditions, moon phase & water conditions. Of course these should only be used as indicators combined with your own past fishing experience fishing on the banks of South Lake.

Clour Cover

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It's common knowlege cloud cover is an angler's best friend. You'll need a sun hat today if you head out to South Lake as you'll be in the sun more often than not as coverage is only at 15%.


  • Poor Fishing

Wind Direction

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There’s an old saying on wind direction which has many variations but here's the most popular which I'm sure you've heard: “Wind from the West, fish bite the best. Wind from the East, fish bite the least. Wind from the North, do not go forth. Wind from the South blows bait in their mouth.” Its less so about the direction but the cause for the direction. We’ll cover this more in a blog post soon but for South Lake right now the wind is coming from a north westerly direction which means fishing is optimal.


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Wind Speed

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With the wind at 4 mph hardly a puff out there makes for a calm mirror like surface. With the wind so light less ripples in the water makes it more difficult to mask the line and lure on South Lake


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Moon Phase

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Moon phases have split fishing folk's opinion straight down the middle with the bigger impact on saltwater fishing but some freshwater anglers swear their catch improves when the moon is in a "New" or "Full" moon phase. These phases cause bigger tides making fish more active and susceptible to feeding meaning an opportunity for you to nab a catch. South Lake is currently under a "Waxing Crescent" phase which means its more favorable fishing time.


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South Lake Map Location

South Lake Fishing 7 Day Weather Report

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Fish Information For South Lake

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South Lake Water Conditions

Find out if theres a raging torrent for torent or a calm mirror like surface using our daily updated stats for over 500,000 fishing locations.

South Lake Fishing Lunar Forcecast

Moon phases have a signifigant impact on fishing. The moon in the night skies over South Lake is in a Waxing Crescent phase. This means if you're planning of fishing at night then fishing conditions are less optimal. Due to the moon conditions night brightness levels are at 3%.