Mackinaw (Lake Trout) Confirmed present Best: dawn Best: dawn
Mackinaw (Lake Trout) species guideSilver Lake fishing
Silver Lake fishing lists Mackinaw (Lake Trout), Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout on a reservoir, outside the stocking reports. Species guides list dawn for Mackinaw (Lake Trout), dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout, and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.
- Last stocked
- Not in these reports
- Plants on record
- 0
- Species recorded
- 3
- Elevation
- 7,265.2 ft
Fish at Silver Lake
Mackinaw (Lake Trout) Confirmed present Best: dawn 
Brown Trout Confirmed present Best: dawn, day, dusk Best: dawn, day, dusk
Brown Trout species guide
Rainbow Trout Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk Best: dawn, dusk
Rainbow Trout species guideSilver Lake on the agency's stocking plan
California Department of Fish and Wildlife lists Silver Lake on its stocking plans. These are planned or scheduled dates, not confirmed releases, and they are not counted in this page's stocking totals.
Access and facts
- Water type
- reservoir
- Nearest town
- Kit Carson
- Facilities
- restrooms, camping
Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the California Department of Fish and Wildlife before you go.
About Silver Lake
Nearest lakes
No other lakes on record in California yet.
Camping near Silver Lake
Campgrounds within 15 miles of Silver Lake's mapped point, nearest first: Pine Marten camping (14.1 miles), Silver Valley camping (14.2 miles), Wrights Lake Campground (14.3 miles), and Kit Carson Campground (14.5 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.
Straight-line distances.
Public land at Silver Lake
Silver Lake is 0.2 miles outside the edge of Eldorado National Forest.
Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.
Common questions
What fish are at Silver Lake?
Mackinaw (Lake Trout), Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout are recorded here outside the stocking reports.
How do you get on Silver Lake?
The nearest town is Kit Carson. Facilities include restrooms and camping.