Pine Flat Lake
General data
- Name: Pine Flat Lake
- Water system: Planet Earth
- Water type: Artificial lake
- Progression: Kings River (California) -> Tulare Lake -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Temperate
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
The lake was formed by the construction of Pine Flat Dam on the Kings River in 1954 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has a storage capacity of 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km3). The lake covers an area of 5,970 acres (24.15 km2). The fisheries are managed and stocked by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, common fish species include: large and smallmouth bass, spotted bass, rainbow trout, king (chinook) and kokanee salmon, catfish, crappie and bluegill. Anglers can fish for native rainbow trout in the upper Kings River, which is a special management area that encourages natural reproduction of wild trout without the planting of domestic stock.