Eastern Sierras

[Saba Slayer]

Here's a couple of photos of the first trip of the year and it’s off to a great start.
First cast at Convict Lake = 4.9 pounder
Second cast 4.3 lbs
20 other trout from 10”to 16” released.
Quit early LOL

[slobound]

Nice work, Jim! Lookin? good


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[MITCHELL]

Did they fight like freshwater yellow tail.
What did you get them on.

[Nobody]

Is that the first lake you stopped at and are going to keep heading north or are you just sticking to Convict and possibly Crowley (if it's not still iced over)?

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

Second picture looks like Silver Lake to me.

[Saba Slayer]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Is that the first lake you stopped at and are going to keep heading north or are you just sticking to Convict and possibly Crowley (if it's not still iced over)?

Crowley has been ice free for over a week.
Staying at a friends house in Mammoth then moving over to Silver lake Friday morning when the campground opens.
I?ll be fishing mostly Silver when I move in there ����
That pic is from Twin Lakes in Mammoth.
If you zoom in you can see just a small hole where the falls are visible.
The road to the upper lakes is blocked with about 6? snow ��

[Saba Slayer]

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

Did they fight like freshwater yellow tail.
What did you get them on.

The big one splashed at the net but came right in, the second one pulled line and tangled on my partners line. I thought we were going to lose it...LOL
Luck prevailed ��
Are you planning a sierra's trip this summer Mitchel?

[aeverett152]

Love the Eastern Sierras. Crazy to see there is still snow up there.

[MITCHELL]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

The big one splashed at the net but came right in? the second one pulled line and tangled on my partners line?I thought we were going to lose it?LOL
Luck prevailed 😳
Are you planning a sierra?s trip this summer Mitchel?

If I do ill send you a pm....thanks Jim

[Nobody]

Curious to know how you do at Silver. Haven't caught too many out of there last year as previous years but June was great and so was Grant. I don't bother with Gull where I mainly caught perch.

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

Any luck in the crayfish traps?

-Keith

[Saba Slayer]

The little Bugs were crawling! I set 4 traps with chicken and a can of cat food for two nights and this morning I collected about 60 mixed sizes.
We kept about 40 nice sized ones for a boil tonight and released all the little guys.
They were DELICIOUS
I was very surprised to see so many in the traps with the water temp between 46 and 48
Another surprise was the number of berried females.
Fishing was slow today at Silver lake. Sooooo we’re headed to Convict tomorrow for the last day of the trip. We’re hoping for a repeat of some Big hookups?!

[MITCHELL]

Kielbasa, does it take to get full with the sides 😋

[Nobody]

Never had crawdads but I always see tons of them and traps at Silver. What do they taste like?

Can you snap a picture of June?

[Saba Slayer]

Beautiful June Lake

[OldTown]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

Here's a couple of photos of the first trip of the year and it?s off to a great start.
First cast at Convict Lake = 4.9 pounder
Second cast 4.3 lbs
20 other trout from 10?to 16? released.
Quit early LOL

First year wanting to fish off my kayak.

You rig a Carolina rig with a 12 inch leader. Or do you troll?

[Saba Slayer]

Old Town...Good Luck with your first year of kayak fishing...
Sorry...there's no simple answer to your question...
I fish according to where the Trout are and what they're feeding on.
If they're deep or mid depth...I'll troll and use the down rigger or the lead core line with a small broken back Rapala or a Thomas Boyant...and if they're picky I'll use the Owner Slow Death worm hooks with a nite crawler threaded on (a worm threader is a great tool to get em on the hook neatly) and a small flasher.
If they're shallow or on the surface I'll just fish the 1/32 or 1/16oz Hookup Baits in Brown or Black/Gold...if the fish were recently planted the yellow/white works well too. I fish the Hookup baits on 4 pound Flouro with 8 or 10 pound braid line as backing on a small Shimano spin reel and a Loomis 7.5' light action rod.
If the fish are spread out... I'll Very Slowly troll the Hookups while giving them some action to activate the crazy darting action they have...the Crawfish hot sauce that HookUp sells, really helps getting bit too.
Have Fun...That's the key...and have confidence in your rigs...