fishing for trout

is there such thing as a trout season in california

Sort of.

MolBasser

i have always fished for trout all year long.someone has told me there are only certain times for catching trout in cali

Many lakes/streams where trout are are open only certain times of the year.  That is what makes it "trout" season.  Also, many of the lakes get to hot in the summer to hold over the trout.  Most of the trout in this state are of the "Put and take" variety.  Check the local regs of where you want to go.

MolBasser

Lake fishing for trout is year round in some lakes (some Lakes like San Pablo and Loch Lomand close down for several months) but "stream fishing for trout" is seasonal. I believe stream fishing (for trout) starts on the first saturday of April - don't know when it ends....

I think certan counties have a trout season I know it is this way in the eastern siearas ie crawley june jake loop ect

http://www.fgc.ca.gov/2005/05freshfishregbook.pdf
 
Same as the printed booklets you can get at your local fishing tackle shop...
 
Trout regulations are Chapter 3.  Detailed listing start on page 26.
 
Other species restrictions start on page 16 (the table of contents lists, "Species Regulations.......16").
 
Some places, trout season starts LAST Saturday of April, not the first...other places have different start times.
 
You can get an alphabetical listing of waters starting on page 29.  Going somewhere new?  The alphabetical listing can make it easy to find out the regulations for that place.