Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Milton Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in California, listed as Wild Trout Water by California Department of Fish and Wildlife / California Fish and Game Commission.
4 guides nearby are listed here.
Milton Reservoir is a lake or reservoir in California.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Milton Reservoir or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Milton Reservoir
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Milton Reservoir in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Pauley CreekThe Yuba River at Sierra City, California. Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pauley Creek.
California · about 11 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Lavezzola CreekUpper Hat Creek below Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Photo: NPS / Lassen Volcanic National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lavezzola Creek.
California · about 13 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Willow CreekPit River Falls near Fall River Mills, California. Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Willow Creek.
California · about 19 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Long Valley CreekThe Fall River Dam and the pool behind it at the lower end of the Fall River, near Fall River Mills, California. Photo: Astronomy1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Long Valley Creek.
California · about 25 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Nelson CreekThe Sacramento River in Redding, California. Photo: RoyalMayfair, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Nelson Creek.
California · about 26 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Truckee RiverThe East Walker River in Bridgeport, California. Photo: Ixfd64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Truckee River.
California · about 27 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Designated Wild Trout Waters (Fish and Game Commission) list (California Department of Fish and Wildlife / California Fish and Game Commission, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
1.1 of 1.3 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Truckee, CA · 29 mi
Float trips · Walk-and-wade · Truckee & Pyramid Lake
Nearby
Olympic Valley, CA · 29 mi
Beginners & lessons · Truckee & Trinity
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
What 3 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 3 nearby guide websites
12 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From California Fly Fisher (secondary sources: an angling organisation or magazine, not an agency).
American grannom (April to September) · Golden stonefly (May to July) · Green drake (May to July) · Pale morning dun (May to August) · Saddle-case caddis (May to September) · Salmonfly (May to June) · and 6 more on the chart
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on stillwater
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Milton Reservoir.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Milton Reservoir” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Pauley CreekThe Yuba River at Sierra City, California. Photo: Yngvadottir, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pauley Creek.
California · about 11 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Lavezzola CreekUpper Hat Creek below Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Photo: NPS / Lassen Volcanic National Park, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lavezzola Creek.
California · about 13 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Willow CreekPit River Falls near Fall River Mills, California. Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Willow Creek.
California · about 19 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Long Valley CreekThe Fall River Dam and the pool behind it at the lower end of the Fall River, near Fall River Mills, California. Photo: Astronomy1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Long Valley Creek.
California · about 25 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Nelson CreekThe Sacramento River in Redding, California. Photo: RoyalMayfair, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Nelson Creek.
California · about 26 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Truckee RiverThe East Walker River in Bridgeport, California. Photo: Ixfd64, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Truckee River.
Sierra City, California
River cabins · 4.2 mi
Sierra City, California
Fishing lodge · 7.1 mi
Sierra City, California
Fishing lodge · 8.2 mi
Downieville, California
Fishing lodge · 14 mi
Graeagle, California
Fishing lodge · 15 mi
