June Lake Loop - Mothers Day Weekend

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Went to June Lake Loop last weekend with 3 co-workers and a friend of a co-worker. While I am the only kayaker in the group....I did sneak it up with me and took it for a few spins on the lakes. First off, I would like to point out this was my first trip to the Sierra's, and I must say....BEAUTIFUL....secondly, the damn moon was full, which means it was strictly a reaction bite. I caught a total of 14 that I kept (over three days, so I was legally in possession!). Five became lunch, and the rest went home with the co-workers. Mind you, I caught by far the most, and it ranged all the way down to someone getting skunked!

Stop 1: Got into town on Thursday afternoon....grabbed a few drinks and lunch at the Tiger Bar there in town. Cool little place, I really enjoyed it. Unpacked and headed to Silver Lake. Launched the yak into a stiff wind, but its a Hobie...so it didn't mind. Trolled the lake for two rainbows on a gold and red Thomas Buoyant. Only three of the five of us caught fish that evening.



Stop 2: Woke up at the butt crack of dawn....jumped in the car and drove on down to Convict Lake. Now there wasn't supposed to be wind but there was...so the Yak stayed atop the car that day....worked really hard that day casting the shore but managed 5 rainbows. All were caught casting a gold and red Thomas Buoyant. Only one other guy in the group managed fish and he had two. Must say, what a beautiful lake.






Stop 3: Hit the local lake, June Lakefor three rainbows. Decided it would be fun to Yak the lake, but I was disappointed. My brand new Eagle Cuda 350S/Map crapped out on me. So that has to get tested this upcoming weekend before sending it back to Eagle.....sucks with the HH tourney coming up...hope my 168 will mate with the transducer. Anyways, two came on a silver kastmaster one on a silver and red Thomas Buoyant.....started heading to the beach at dark to see some shadows by the car. Got to sit just off the shoreline and watch 4 deer grazing the fields...AWESOME, would have shot pictures but it was too dark.




Stop 4: Time to do a little hiking. On the recommendation of a former guide of the area (go see Dave at Bluewaters Edge and San Diego Fly Shop in Temecula...great guy) we took the two mile hike to Parker Lake. Amazing lake, saw some monster browns....didn't catch squat in the main lake. One guy managed a rainbow and on a brown....so off to Parker Creek with one of the other guys. Managed a ton, literally a ton of native brooks and browns on a variety of spinners and flys. Biggest was about 14" brown on a midge! All of these gems went back to their waters, but I did manage a few pictures.





Stop 5: Last call, back to Silver we went. Shore fished for two small stocker rainbows and two browns. All on the Silver and Red Thomas Buoyant. Did you catch the theme of this trip. All the other guys used bait, I went the Thomas Buoyant route, and it worked very very well. Anyways, it was a good trip, and we will probably be doing it again in the fall!