05-16-2023, 04:44 PM | #1 |
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Eastern Sierras
First cast at Convict Lake = 4.9 pounder Second cast 4.3 lbs 20 other trout from 10”to 16” released. Quit early LOL
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05-16-2023, 05:03 PM | #2 |
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Nice work, Jim! Lookin? good
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05-16-2023, 06:31 PM | #3 |
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Sweet....
Did they fight like freshwater yellow tail.
What did you get them on.
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05-17-2023, 12:26 PM | #4 |
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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)?
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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
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Trout?
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Luck prevailed Are you planning a sierra's trip this summer Mitchel?
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Love the Eastern Sierras. Crazy to see there is still snow up there.
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05-18-2023, 08:09 PM | #9 |
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Maybe in the fall....
If I do ill send you a pm....thanks Jim
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05-21-2023, 11:42 AM | #10 |
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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.
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Thunderstorms
The weather pattern has changed to Thunderstorms.
Beautiful till about noon then showers around 2 or 3pm. Fishing is slow at Silver, nothing Big so far. Catching about 4 fish a day for each of us. No Browns yet. I'll set some Crawdad traps tomorrow morning. The lake level is coming up so fast that water is seeping underground and flooding about a dozen campsites. I was lucky enough to arrive on the morning the campground opened for the season so the camp hosts gave me a new site up in the back of the campground. it's not next to the lake as I usually book, but it is the closest to Alger creek and the falls are roaring and seem especially loud at night, tons of frogs too since there's so much water, quite the natural orchestra.
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Any luck in the crayfish traps?
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05-24-2023, 09:08 PM | #14 |
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Crawdads
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?!
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05-25-2023, 04:30 AM | #15 |
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How many of those main lobster 🦞 looking
Kielbasa, does it take to get full with the sides 😋
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05-25-2023, 07:14 AM | #16 |
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Never had crawdads but I always see tons of them and traps at Silver. What do they taste like?
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June
Beautiful June Lake
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05-25-2023, 02:43 PM | #18 |
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Convict
Convict paid off again today.
4 1/2Lbs, and about 15 C&R Rainbows and Browns at the inlet at Convict Lake on the 1/32 Black Gold Hookup baits with the Crawdad hot sauce! The creek was flowing into the lake and forming an eddy that kept the PA in the perfect spot, every cast was a hit or a fish. soooo much fun just casting into the riffles and flow!
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Convict
Mt. Morrison and Convict lake are incredible
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05-25-2023, 05:47 PM | #20 |
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Heaven on earth 🌎 ✨️
God's country 🙌 thanks for sharing Jim
Are the perch biting to.
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