Carnero Lake

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Location

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Description

Carnero Lake is a shallow Script error: No such module "convert". headwater impoundment of Carnero Creek. It has a maximum depth of ten feet. It's quite weedy, which is problematic for fishing, but is also an indicator of a highly productive lake. It's stocked with catchable-sized and smaller-than-catchable rainbow trout and tiger trout in the spring. Because it's at high elevation and shallow, it's subject to periodic winter kills.

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