Lake Piru Fishing/Stocking Report

[DarkShadow]

It is a feeder to Piru creek.

Hopefully it was Agua Blanca which is accessible from the road off of Blue Point.

[fshnritchey]

Hopefully it was Agua Blanca which is accessible from the road off of Blue Point.

It is approximately a 10 mile hike from the lake to Agua Blanca. The road is no longer open. Unfortunately though Agua Blanca dried up for the most part during the last drought period.

[DarkShadow]

It is approximately a 10 mile hike from the lake to Agua Blanca. The road is no longer open. Unfortunately though Agua Blanca dried up for the most part during the last drought period.

I would think a lot of the tributaries dried up during that drought we had, except for those that have deep summering holes, which are far and between. That is why I thought it interesting that someone chose to stock them and not the main stem, which would give the fish a better chance of survival.

[fshnritchey]

I would think a lot of the tributaries dried up during that drought we had, except for those that have deep summering holes, which are far and between. That is why I thought it interesting that someone chose to stock them and not the main stem, which would give the fish a better chance of survival.

Darkshadow, the stocking I am speaking of happened years and years ago. All Salmonids seem to be a species that were built to come back from the brink of extinction. And it is not just deep summering holes but gorges and springs that seem to keep the Southern Steelhead going. Piru creek between Pyramid and Piru is a deep gorge. I have hiked it from Frenchmans Flats to Piru Lake years ago. But the feeder streams seem to be the area that the fish survive the summers in. So a few good years of rain in a row should have the trout starting to bounce back to fishable populations again.

[carpanglerdude]

Darkshadow, the stocking I am speaking of happened years and years ago. All Salmonids seem to be a species that were built to come back from the brink of extinction. And it is not just deep summering holes but gorges and springs that seem to keep the Southern Steelhead going. Piru creek between Pyramid and Piru is a deep gorge. I have hiked it from Frenchmans Flats to Piru Lake years ago. But the feeder streams seem to be the area that the fish survive the summers in. So a few good years of rain in a row should have the trout starting to bounce back to fishable populations again.

Now this is an interesting thread! Thank you for the info.


Shame so many of these creeks are low on fish, nice to hear of an area that may not be :)

It's fairly ironic thread of gene mixing would lead to them stopping all stocking in the creek, yet nothing being done about the real obstacles to a return of the southern steelhead in the same creek . . . . needs constant water flow and some dam bustin' to occur. Other than that, most of the steps taken are just stop gap measures at best

[QB7940]

Now this is an interesting thread! Thank you for the info.


Shame so many of these creeks are low on fish, nice to hear of an area that may not be :)

It's fairly ironic thread of gene mixing would lead to them stopping all stocking in the creek, yet nothing being done about the real obstacles to a return of the southern steelhead in the same creek . . . . needs constant water flow and some dam bustin' to occur. Other than that, most of the steps taken are just stop gap measures at best

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