Angora Lake Lower fishing

Fishing at Angora Lake Lower is on a high alpine lake, stocked with Mixed Trout and Cutthroat Trout. It is stocked once in 2025, most often in October.

Last stocked

October 5, 2025

Plants on record

1

Species recorded

1

Elevation

7,377.7 ft

Common questions

What fish are at Angora Lake Lower?
Fishing Angora Lake Lower is most likely to be for Mixed Trout. The one plant on record is Mixed Trout. Mixed Trout was last stocked October 5, 2025. Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (A Lahontan-basin subspecies of cutthroat trout. Per CDFW's 2026 Provisional Stocking Plan for this water (a planning document, not a confirmed release)) is recorded here outside the stocking reports.
When is Angora Lake Lower stocked?
Last stocked October 5, 2025. It is stocked once in 2025, most often in October.
How do you get on Angora Lake Lower?
Shore fishing is available, there is no boat ramp, and a fee is required. The nearest town is South Lake Tahoe, CA. Walk-in only, a half-mile trail from the Angora Lakes trailhead off Fallen Leaf Lake Road, about 3 miles from South Lake Tahoe. Angora Lakes Resort rents non-motorized boats along the shore; no vehicle boat launch exists. Trailhead parking requires a fee and there is no potable water.
Which lakes near Angora Lake Lower were stocked more recently?
Sawmill Pond (2.6 mi), American River, South Fork, Camp Sacramento (4.9 mi), Wrights Lake (9.1 mi), Dark Lake (9.6 mi), and Kirkwood Lake (11.1 mi) were stocked more recently. Sawmill Pond is also stocked with Mixed Trout, American River, South Fork, Camp Sacramento is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Wrights Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Dark Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, and Kirkwood Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout.

Access and facts

Water type
high alpine
Nearest town
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
No
Fee required
Yes

Walk-in only, a half-mile trail from the Angora Lakes trailhead off Fallen Leaf Lake Road, about 3 miles from South Lake Tahoe. Angora Lakes Resort rents non-motorized boats along the shore; no vehicle boat launch exists. Trailhead parking requires a fee and there is no potable water.

Sources: visitlaketahoe.com, accessed September 23, 2026 , fs.usda.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , fs.usda.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , fs.usda.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , fs.usda.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , nrm.dfg.ca.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , fs.usda.gov, accessed September 23, 2026

How Angora Lake Lower is stocked

Sawmill Pond (2.6 mi), American River, South Fork, Camp Sacramento (4.9 mi), Wrights Lake (9.1 mi), Dark Lake (9.6 mi), and Kirkwood Lake (11.1 mi) were stocked more recently. Sawmill Pond is also stocked with Mixed Trout, American River, South Fork, Camp Sacramento is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Wrights Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Dark Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout, and Kirkwood Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout.

Fish at Angora Lake Lower

Fishing Angora Lake Lower is most likely to be for Mixed Trout. The one plant on record is Mixed Trout.

Mixed Trout 1 plant
Plants
1 of 1
Last stocked
October 5, 2025

Stocking history

Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
October 5, 2025 Mixed Trout – – report

Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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