![]() ![]() The area offers a variety of recreational activities including fishing, hiking, backpacking, biking, swimming, boating, kayaking, canoeing and exploring local historic sites. Firewood is available for sale at the campground. The campground also has drinking water, flush toilets, hot showers ($), a parking area and picnic area. ![]() Each campsite has a paved parking spur, table, food storage locker, fire ring and grate. There are no views of Fallen Leaf Lake or nearby Taylor Creek, but they are a short walk from the campground. The campground is approximately 1/2 mile from Fallen Leaf Lake and just a few miles from Lake Tahoe. It has 206 campsites for tents, trailers and RVs. There are also 6 yurts that have electricity, a heater, lights and comfy mattresses. A bit of hiking will get you to some out of the way and quiet spots where you can enjoy the fishing, scenery and solitude.Fallen Leaf Campground is nestled among towering native pine trees in a peaceful alpine canyon close to Fallen Leaf Lake. There are so many options in the area for bank fishing. We stopped there for snacks and a swim after a long hike to the Mt Tallac summit. They were bank fishing using worms and had landed a small rainbow in the time they had been there. I didn’t get a chance to fish here but I spoke to some guys camping and fishing there. Lots of people camp on the lake shore as well to maximize their fishing time. The trail will take you past a small creek, worth a few casts, before getting you to Gilmore lake 7km later. If you drive all the way past Glen Alpine falls, a very narrow and pothole filled road, you will get to a trailhead. It is situated behind/above Fallen Leaf lake. Gilmore LakeĪnother lake accessible via hiking is Gilmore lake. We hiked out there but I only had about twenty minutes to fish before we had to head back. Bank fishing from most of the very scenic shoreline. It has ample camping space and still has fish in it. Lake of the Woods is also off this trail, about 8.5km along. This has been done to protect the habitat of the Yellow-Legged Frog. Currently a few a of these have had all their fish removed. There are a number of lakes situated off this trail. It follows the contour of Upper and Lower Echo lakes until you join up to the Pacific Crest Trail. ![]() You can head out from Echo Lake along a very scenic trail. Lake of the Woods is also a hike to only lake. There is a well used pathway to follow.The lake is accessible off Highway 50 heading out of Meyers. Bank fishing from the dam wall near the parking lot or along most of the shoreline. Parking is limited so I would go very early or after 6pm when most of the day trippers have cleared out. I spent a few hours there but conditions were not great, the wind was pumping so hard it looked more like an ocean than a mountain lake. Bank fishing access at a number of places around the lake.Įcho Lake is also just up the road from South Lake Tahoe. Caples has a number of places you can fish from the banks or from the dam wall. I landed one small rainbow trout drifting this rig off a bobber. The second time I tried some Berkley Powerbait dough and Berkley trout worms. Once for a late afternoon/evening session that saw fish rising everywhere but where I was fishing! I was fishing with spinning gear. The dry fly got a few hits in the corner near the outlet stream. I fished with a small spoon as well as a dry fly. I only tried fishing it once, late afternoon going into evening. It has a lot of accessible water from the dam wall. Off Highway 88 you can find Red Lake and Caples Lake. This gave me hope that there were some trout in there! I did however see a crawfish devouring a trout. Fishing is free, two trout per person limit. You can launch a float tube or kayak there as well. There is ample parking and bank fishing is very accessible. It is regularly stocked with trout and has a catfish population. ![]() Fallen Leaf Lake has the following amenities based off of 4. Please use your best judgement when determining where you can fish, and make sure you follow local regulations. The most popular species caught here are Rainbow trout, Lake trout, and Brown trout. Situated in Meyers, part of Tahoe Paradise Park, is Lake Baron. Fallen Leaf Lake is near South Lake Tahoe. The first ‘lake’ I tried fishing was not a beautiful alpine lake. Lakes with bank fishing opportunities: Lake Baron Keep reading to see which ones I tried fishing at. Bank fishing is possible at some of them though. Again, for a lot of them, fishing off a boat is the ideal. Even though they are dwarfed by the sheer size of Lake Tahoe itself, many of them provide great fishing as well. They are all impressive in their own way. In the Tahoe area there are a number of alpine lakes to go fishing in. ![]()
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