Baker Lake fishing

Baker Lake fishing is stocked with Cutthroat Trout on a high alpine lake. It is stocked once in 2024, most often in September.

Baker Lake
Photo: Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0
Last stocked
September 17, 2024
· Cutthroat Trout
Plants on record
1
Since 2024
Species recorded
1
Elevation
10,610.6 ft

Fish at Baker Lake

1 stocked · 0 confirmed present

How Baker Lake is stocked

Source: Nevada Department of Wildlife.

Sacramento Pass Pond (11.3 mi), Cleve Creek (21 mi), Comins Lake (29.9 mi), and Dacey Reservoir (58.2 mi) were stocked more recently.

Stocking history

Source: Nevada Department of Wildlife.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 17, 2024Cutthroat Trout78–report

Access and facts

Water type
high alpine

A cirque lake in Great Basin National Park reached only on foot: 10.4 miles round trip with 2,610 feet of climb from the Baker Creek Trailhead at the end of gravel Baker Creek Road, off Highway 488. The trailhead has pit toilets but no water. Snow often lingers on the rocky banks.

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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Nevada Department of Wildlife before you go.

About Baker Lake

Photo of Baker Lake
Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0

Nearest lakes

Sacramento Pass Pond 11.3 mi last stocked May 30, 2026 Cleve Creek 21 mi last stocked May 20, 2026 Cave Creek 26.3 mi last stocked June 25, 2024 Comins Lake 29.9 mi last stocked May 25, 2026 Dacey Reservoir 58.2 mi last stocked June 4, 2026

Camping near Baker Lake

Campgrounds within 15 miles of Baker Lake's mapped point, nearest first: Wheeler Peak Campground (3.7 miles), Baker Creek Campground (4.1 miles), Upper Lehman Creek Campground (5.1 miles), Grey Cliffs Campground (5.3 miles), and Lower Lehman Creek Campground (5.6 miles), each with its own campground page on campgroundsdb.com.

Straight-line distances.

Public land at Baker Lake

Baker Lake is inside Great Basin National Park.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Baker Lake?

Fishing Baker Lake usually means Cutthroat Trout. The one plant on record is Cutthroat Trout. Cutthroat Trout was last stocked September 17, 2024.

When is Baker Lake stocked?

Last stocked September 17, 2024. It is stocked once in 2024, most often in September.

How do you get on Baker Lake?

A cirque lake in Great Basin National Park reached only on foot: 10.4 miles round trip with 2,610 feet of climb from the Baker Creek Trailhead at the end of gravel Baker Creek Road, off Highway 488. The trailhead has pit toilets but no water. Snow often lingers on the rocky banks.

Which lakes near Baker Lake were stocked more recently?

Sacramento Pass Pond (11.3 mi), Cleve Creek (21 mi), Comins Lake (29.9 mi), and Dacey Reservoir (58.2 mi) were stocked more recently.

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