Eastern Sierra - Rock Creek Lake - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Poxy Boggards · 06-25-2012, 08:27 PM

Hey BWE,

Made our drive up the 395 in good time on Thursday afternoon, but the wind was blowing like a mofo. We ran up the mountain at Bishop to see what the conditions were like, and it was blown out big time up there.

This is only my second time to the Eastern Sierra's so was not really sure where to go, but took advice from some fellow anglers and a camp host and headed up to Rock Creek to try and escape the wind.

Set up camp and tried to sleep. Woke up at around 6:30 and headed straight up to Rock Creek Lake and launched the yaks.

Very Scenic view, and the wind was blowing, but it was fishable.

Not 5 minutes in and bendo - first of many DFG stockers

Didn't take many more pics, cause the fish were all cookie cutters with the larger fish going just over 1 pound. The fish were small but plentiful. Had a great day on Rock Creek Lake. Metered some big fish, but could not entice them to bite. Does this lake have large Catfish or some other species that gets very large?

Hit up Rock Creek the next morning after breakfast and was treated to some awesome scenery and beautiful native rainbows.

Packed up on Sunday and hit the road, but stopped by Intake 2 on the way back and fished the float tube for a couple of hours. Got a couple of Browns. Talked to a local who said that they had just drained intake 2 last week, but after they refilled it DFG had stocked it several times, once with larger than usual rainbows.

Enjoy and Tight Lines!

06-25-2012, 08:27 PM	#1
Poxy Boggards Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 146	Eastern Sierra - Rock Creek Lake Hey BWE, Made our drive up the 395 in good time on Thursday afternoon, but the wind was blowing like a mofo. We ran up the mountain at Bishop to see what the conditions were like, and it was blown out big time up there. This is only my second time to the Eastern Sierra's so was not really sure where to go, but took advice from some fellow anglers and a camp host and headed up to Rock Creek to try and escape the wind. Set up camp and tried to sleep. Woke up at around 6:30 and headed straight up to Rock Creek Lake and launched the yaks. Very Scenic view, and the wind was blowing, but it was fishable. Not 5 minutes in and bendo - first of many DFG stockers Didn't take many more pics, cause the fish were all cookie cutters with the larger fish going just over 1 pound. The fish were small but plentiful. Had a great day on Rock Creek Lake. Metered some big fish, but could not entice them to bite. Does this lake have large Catfish or some other species that gets very large? Hit up Rock Creek the next morning after breakfast and was treated to some awesome scenery and beautiful native rainbows. Packed up on Sunday and hit the road, but stopped by Intake 2 on the way back and fished the float tube for a couple of hours. Got a couple of Browns. Talked to a local who said that they had just drained intake 2 last week, but after they refilled it DFG had stocked it several times, once with larger than usual rainbows. Enjoy and Tight Lines!