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I stumbled upon Lake Manzanita by pure accident. In fact, I was temporarily misplaced at the time. Manzanita Lake was almost completely hidden from the roadway by overgrown vegetation and trees. This tiny little lake conveniently situated a few miles south of Bass Lake was so exquisite, I stopped my car, backed up, pulled out my camera, unloaded my kayak and to took a quick paddle around its shoreline. Lake Manzanita was a welcome change of pace after having just come from the noise, boat traffic, and crowd at Bass Lake. If I had not already planned to go to another destination, I would have spent the entire day floating around, basking in the sun on the quiet, mirror-like water surface of this stunningly beautiful little lake. It is an ideal destination for relaxing while fishing on the water. The stream that feeds into Lake Manzanita provides an upstream paddle that gives you a bit of a workout.
Although not numerous, Lake Manzanita has
had a few trophy size rainbow trout taken
here. Other species of fish include a few
brown and brook trout. The lake can be
fished from shore because it is so small,
but is better fished from a kayak while
You know how the saying goes… good things come in small packages. Map of Lake Manzanita
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