Ruwau Lake

Ruwau Lake is a lake in Inyo County, California and covers about 25.7 acres.

Ruwau Lake can be broken down in a few passes: shallow cover, the first break, and the deepest useful water.

Fish and Baits

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

One direct rainbow trout tactic on Ruwau Lake is to cast a small spoon, inline spinner, light jig, or fly through cool water.

The first brown trout pass on Ruwau Lake should 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; start near the best mix of cover, then check the first shelf outside shallow cover.

Season by Season

In spring, start with warming banks, creek mouths, and shallow cover; summer usually pushes the better bite toward the outside weed edge or a nearby drop; fall can bring bait back to windblown points, while winter calls for smaller moves and a slower pace; check the downwind corner for food, then change retrieve speed before changing lures.

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 a light jig fall beside the break; work a quiet shoreline, then check both sides of the point.

Record the wind, water color, depth that held fish, 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; cast across the point tip, then let two bites set the useful depth.