Millerton Lake fishing: Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, American Shad, Spotted Bass
The reservoir
Millerton Lake covers 4,074 acres in California, across 2 counties: Madera and Fresno. It is a reservoir: 94.1% of it is 180 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is ≈241 feet (73.4 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: ≈241 ft (73.4 m). 94.1% of the water is 180 feet or shallower. We hold 60 depth contours for this water, drawn from 5,257,573 soundings.
- 0–20 ft: 20.6% of the water
- 20–40 ft: 14.2% of the water
- 40–60 ft: 13.2% of the water
- 60–80 ft: 12.7% of the water
- 80–100 ft: 9.8% of the water
- 100–120 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 120–140 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 140–160 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 160–180 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 180–200 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 200–216 ft: 0.5% of the water
5 target fish, led by Striped Bass
- Striped Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- American Shad — Feeding water: 50–68°F.
- Spotted Bass — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
Where this data comes from
- US Bureau of Reclamation — USBR reservoir sedimentation surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2004.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
Part of these depths rest on an averaged water level, so they are approximate (≈).
