Getting There

To reach Tenaya Lake, get to Highway 120 at the east end of Yosemite National Park, or if coming from the west entrance of Yosemite National Park, take Tioga Road until you reach the Tenaya Lake on the right.

The Hike

Tenaya Lake is a roadside lake, so there is no hiking to do.

The Fishing

We stopped the car on the way home from Saddlebag Lake to fish Tenaya Lake on Tioga Road. With the hordes of people stopping and swimming I will admit, my expectations were rather low. However, our first cast with an inflated night crawler returned a bite right away. While we didn't land that one, we did manage to hook and release three beautiful fish before we left.

The first fish was a nice Rainbow that we hooked near the east shore of Tenaya Lake. We then landed a nice Brook Trout in the same spot. And finally, we hooked one more nice Rainbow from the same spot. I took my fly rod down to the east beach looking for action but only managed to get an eyeful of what the trout are eating. I saw a great deal of bait fish cruising the shallows. Some of them reaching 7 inches long. Tenaya Lake looks like a great place to take your float tube or Kayak for some serious trout fishing.