Cahuilla Park Lake fishing

Fishing at Cahuilla Park Lake is on a reservoir, stocked with Mixed Trout and Rainbow Trout. It is stocked about 3.5 times a year since 2025, most often in January and December. Species guides list dawn and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

March 1, 2026

Plants on record

7

Species recorded

1

Elevation

-1 ft

Common questions

What fish are at Cahuilla Park Lake?
Fishing Cahuilla Park Lake is most likely to be for Mixed Trout. All 7 plants on record are Mixed Trout. Mixed Trout was last stocked March 1, 2026. Rainbow 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 Cahuilla Park Lake stocked?
Last stocked March 1, 2026. It is stocked about 3.5 times a year since 2025, most often in January and December.
How do you get on Cahuilla Park Lake?
Shore fishing is available and it is not float tube friendly. The nearest town is La Quinta, CA. Facilities include restrooms and camping. Riverside County's Lake Cahuilla Veterans Regional Park in La Quinta, managed with the Bureau of Reclamation. Shore fishing only: no body contact, wading, swimming, or watercraft is permitted in the lake, and no fishing waders or float tubes are allowed under the park's quagga-prevention rules.
Which lakes near Cahuilla Park Lake were stocked more recently?
Lake Hemet (24.2 mi), Lake Fulmor (31.4 mi), Doane Pond (41.4 mi), and Skinner Lake (45.1 mi) were stocked more recently. Lake Hemet is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Lake Fulmor is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Doane Pond is also stocked with Mixed Trout, and Skinner Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout.

Access and facts

Water type
reservoir
Nearest town
La Quinta, CA
Shore access
Yes
Float tube friendly
No
Facilities
restrooms, camping

Riverside County's Lake Cahuilla Veterans Regional Park in La Quinta, managed with the Bureau of Reclamation. Shore fishing only: no body contact, wading, swimming, or watercraft is permitted in the lake, and no fishing waders or float tubes are allowed under the park's quagga-prevention rules.

Sources: recreation.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , rivcoparks.org, accessed September 23, 2026 , rivcoparks.org, accessed September 23, 2026 , rivcoparks.org, accessed September 23, 2026 , recreation.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , parks.ca.gov, accessed September 23, 2026 , parks.ca.gov, accessed September 23, 2026

How Cahuilla Park Lake is stocked

Lake Hemet (24.2 mi), Lake Fulmor (31.4 mi), Doane Pond (41.4 mi), and Skinner Lake (45.1 mi) were stocked more recently. Lake Hemet is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Lake Fulmor is also stocked with Mixed Trout, Doane Pond is also stocked with Mixed Trout, and Skinner Lake is also stocked with Mixed Trout.

Fish at Cahuilla Park Lake

Fishing Cahuilla Park Lake is most likely to be for Mixed Trout. All 7 plants on record are Mixed Trout.

Mixed Trout 7 plants
Plants
7 of 7
Last stocked
March 1, 2026

Stocking history

Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
March 1, 2026 Mixed Trout – – report
February 15, 2026 Mixed Trout – – report
January 18, 2026 Mixed Trout – – report
January 4, 2026 Mixed Trout – – report
December 21, 2025 Mixed Trout – – report
December 7, 2025 Mixed Trout – – report
November 23, 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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