California fishing guide: species & cities
90 species with California source associations
State evidence does not establish city-level presence or current legal rules.
Explore all California species evidence
- Albacore
- American Shad
- Barred Sand Bass
- Barred Surfperch
- Bat Ray
- Black Bullhead
- Black Crappie
- Black Rockfish
- Blue Catfish
- Blue Rockfish
- Bluegill
- Bocaccio
- Brook Trout
- Brown Bullhead
- Brown Trout
- Cabezon
- California Corbina
- California Halibut
- California Sheephead
- Channel Catfish
- Chilipepper
- Chinook Salmon
- Coastal Cutthroat Trout
- Coho Salmon
- Common Carp
- Copper Rockfish
- Dolphinfish
- Flathead Catfish
- Golden Trout
- Gopher Rockfish
- Green Sturgeon
- Green Sunfish
- Halfmoon
- Hardhead
- Jack Mackerel
- Kelp Bass
- Kelp Greenling
- Kelp Rockfish
- Kokanee Salmon
- Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
- Lake Trout
- Largemouth Bass
- Leopard Shark
- Lingcod
- Monkeyface Prickleback
- Mountain Whitefish
- Ocean Whitefish
- Olive Rockfish
- Opaleye
- Pacific Barracuda
- Pacific Bluefin Tuna
- Pacific Bonito
- Pacific Chub Mackerel
- Pacific Halibut
- Pumpkinseed
- Rainbow Trout
- Redear Sunfish
- Sacramento Hitch
- Sacramento Perch
- Sacramento Pikeminnow
- Sacramento Sucker
- Sand Sole
- Shoal Bass
- Shortfin Mako
- Smallmouth Bass
- Soupfin Shark
- Spiny Dogfish
- Spotfin Croaker
- Spotted Bass
- Spotted Sand Bass
- Starry Flounder
- Striped Bass
- Thresher Shark
- Tule Perch
- Vermilion Rockfish
- Walleye Surfperch
- Warmouth
- White Bass
- White Catfish
- White Crappie
- White Croaker
- White Seabass
- White Sturgeon
- Wolf-Eel
- Yellow Bullhead
- Yellow Perch
- Yellowfin Croaker
- Yellowfin Tuna
- Yellowtail
- Yellowtail Rockfish
City starting points
- Sacramento, CA — geographic discovery
- Bakersfield, CA — geographic discovery
- California City, CA — geographic discovery
- Fremont, CA — geographic discovery
- Fresno, CA — geographic discovery
- Lancaster, CA — geographic discovery
- Los Angeles, CA — geographic discovery
- Palm Springs, CA — geographic discovery
- Palmdale, CA — geographic discovery
- Riverside, CA — geographic discovery
- San Diego, CA — geographic discovery
- San Jose, CA — geographic discovery
Local directory coverage
City-specific local directories are not yet published for this state; the fish source set is available nationally.
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