The nearest store with gas, propane, and camping and fishing supplies is at Woodfords on Highway 88. The Blue Lakes area is usually closed until late May due to snow, but spring creek fishing is excellent closer to Highway 88 on Blue Lakes Road. Once the area opens, all the lakes offer good shore angling, Upper and Lower Blue Lakes and Twin lake offer small boat access, and many of the smaller lakes can also be accessed with a canoe or float tube. Heenan Lake Accessed from Highway 89 near Monitor Pass, this lake is the only Lahontan Cutthroat brood stock lake in California. It offers restricted fishing for this special and rare breed of trout.
Special regulations are for barbless, single hook, no live bait, catch and release angling.
Shore angling and small boats are permitted. No services or camping are available, but there are many undeveloped camps on Monitor Pass. This river offers some of the easiest access and best fishing challenges for all ability levels. It parallels Highways 4 and 89 for many miles, then farther downstream it turns away from the road and access is more challenging. West Fork Carson River From its headwaters near Lost Lakes to the Nevada border, this incredible little river takes many interesting forms.