Fishing in the City

Fishing Tackle Loaner Program

There are several Tackle Loaner Sites throughout areas served by the Fishing in the City Program. For more info on the tackle loaner program, Call Ethan Rotman at 415-892-0460.

Sacramento Area

• Southside Park Broadway Bait
  916-448-6338
  W. Land Park 1701 Broadway
  (downtown) Sacramento
• Gibson Ranch Elkhorn Bait & Tackle
  916-991-5298
  (north area) 6745 20th at Elkhorn Blvd.
  Rio Linda
• Oak Grove Larry’s Bait & Tackle
  209-473-2339
  (Stockton) 9242 Thornton Rd.
  Stockton
• Group Rod Loan “Fishing in the City” office
  916-358-2872
  1701 Nimbus Rd.
  Rancho Cordova 95670
  

East San Francisco Bay Area

• Antioch, Contra Loma Reservoir, 510-757-0404
• Castro Valley, Lake Chabot, 510-635-0138 x 3402
• Fremont, Lake Elizabeth, 510-791-4152
• Livermore, Lake Del Valle, 510-373-0332
• Newark, Lakeshore Park, 510-794-2370
• Oakland, Lake Merritt, 510-444-3807
• Oakland, Lake Temescal, 510-652-1155
• Pleasanton, Shadow Cliffs, 510-846-3000

South San Francisco Bay Area

• Campbell, Los Gatos Creek, 408-356-2729
• Los Gatos, Lake Vasona, 408-356-2729
• Milpitas, Ed Levin County Park, 408-262-6980
• San Jose, Cottonwood Lake, 408-225-0225
• San Jose, Lake Cunningham, 408-277-4319
• San Jose, Mel Cottons Sporting Goods, 408-287-5994
• South San Jose, Coyote Bait & Tackle, 408-463-0711

Southern California

The Rod and Reel Loan Program is designed to provide youths with the opportunity to check out fishing equipment.  Certified anglers who have completed the Responsible Angler Program are issued Rod and Reel Loan Cards and may borrow for the day a rod and reel from an authorized site.

The RR Loan Program includes staff training as well as hands-on fishing clinics and workshops for youths. The Program promotes safe and ethical angling at lakes stocked by the Department Urban Fish Stocking Program.  Areas of instruction include of the following topics:

• Program guidelines and responsibilities
• Authorization forms
• Use and care of equipment
• Fishing techniques
• Biology and ecology
• Safety and angling ethics