Books:
Inland Fishes of California, by Dr. Peter Moyle of U.C. Davis

Trout and Salmon of Western North America, by Dr. Robert Behnke

Northern California

Location	Trout Species	Lodging
Eagle Lake (Lassen County) and Pine Creek	Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
McCloud River and tributaries upstream of the Upper Falls	McCloud River Redband Trout
Goose Lake basin and its tributaries; upper Pit River and headwater tributaries (not below Bieber); South Fork Pit River drainage. Best chance is in tributary streams and headwaters of the Pit River.	Goose Lake Redband Trout
Warner Lakes basin tributaries. This is the rarest native trout in California.	Warner Lakes Redband Trout
Smith River drainage, the large river estuaries like the Smith and Klamath and Redwood Creek, coastal lagoons like Stone Lagoon and Lake Earl	Coastal Cutthroat Trout

West Slope Sierra

Clavey River	Rainbow Trout
Kern River: upper main stem (North Fork) Kern River and tributaries below natural fish migration barriers	Kern River Rainbow Trout
Golden Trout Creek drainage and South Fork Kern river drainage	California Golden Trout
Little Kern River drainage above the lowest fish migration barrier upstream of the Forks of the Kern.	Little Kern Golden Trout

East Slope Sierra

Heenan Lake, Slinkard Creek, the Upper Truckee River, and the Susan, Truckee, Carson, and Walker River drainages	Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
Silver King Creek below Llewellyn Falls. This is the second rarest trout in California.	Paiute Trout