Robinson Lake

Robinson Lake is a lake in Inyo County, California and covers about 3.4 acres.

Robinson Lake is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Robinson Lake include Brook Trout, Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout.

Start the rainbow trout search on Robinson Lake by trying to cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.

For brown trout on Robinson Lake, work a small minnow bait, spoon, or streamer along cool breaks and moving water.

How to Read the Water

Start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it; follow a short creek arm, then slow the bait when a good edge appears.

Season by Season

Shallow water is worth a careful look in spring and again during fall; bright summer days favor shade, weeds, or deeper breaks; under ice, a small depth change can be more useful than a long move; check rock and weeds as separate patterns, then check the first shelf outside shallow cover.

A Simple Tackle Plan

A light spinning rod, thin line, a few small spoons, inline spinners, and jigs cover the listed trout; carry one slightly heavier setup when other fish or windy water call for more control; let two bites set the useful depth; fish a small bottom change, then keep the first route short.

Record the wind, water color, lure depth that worked, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce; work an old channel turn, then give low-light water a slower bottom pass.