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Fish Report for Thursday August 12th, 2010
| Bridgeport Reservoir: | Bridgeport Reservoir is fishing incredibly well. The water is clean and the fish are onto a major feeding frenzy. It's hard NOT to catch fish on The Res right now... simply as good as it gets. Buckeye Bay and Rainbow Point are the hot spots but anglers are getting at healthy trout all over the place.
Fly anglers The midging on The Res is red hot. The trout are taking Pheasant Tails, Scuds (yes, SCUDS, you read that right), San Juans, Brokenback Midges, Zebra Midges... it's all working! Best spot to midge fish is Buckeye Bay in 7 feet of clear water. Stripping Punk Perch and Perch Fry patterns on the sink line is also a great idea.
Spin & bait anglers Bait anglers are whacking them with Nightcrawlers and Powerbait. Working either with a shorter leader in Buckeye is a hot ticket right now. Thomas Bouyants are also getting trout. Trolling with Perch Fry, Needlefish, and Rapalas are clean choices.
| | Convict Lake: | Convict Lake has been fishing very well all summer. Bait anglers pitching goods from the beach are getting hits. Shooting lures from more or less any part of the shore is working well. It's all good stuff.
Fly anglers Parachute Adams, Mosquitos, and California Mosquitos are happening dries. Matukas and Green Flash Buggers if you are stripping streamers on the sink line.
Spin & bait anglers Nightcrawlers are just killing it on Convict. Powerbait (Chunky Cheese and Rainbow) is working well. Thomas Bouyants, Kastmasters, Needlefish, Lip Rippers... all good.
| | Crowley Lake: | Crowley Lake is fishing exceedingly well right now! We are moving into BIG FISH season on Crowley. It's a great time to get at some trophy trout. Perch fishing is good, midge fishing is excellent. Trolling is a blast. If you're up for a good day with a great guy, call our shop for a trip with trolling specialist Don Meier. 760.934.7566.
Fly anglers Little Hilton is fishing well with the streamer action. Kick around with the float tube and your Punk Perch patterns. Olive Buggers are going to get hits also. Just let your streamer sink way down to the bottom. Midging is very productive in McGee and Green Banks, both in about 13 to 15 feet of water. Chironomids, Crystal Zebra Midges, Tiger Midges... all good stuff.
Spin & bait anglers Bait angling is closed for the season on Crowley, but the trolling is decent now. McGee with Rapalas is working well. Needlefish are also good lures.
Perch fishing McGee Bay with Rapalas or Jigs with about 5 or 6 colors out is the word on the street for hooking up with plenty of "Crowley Chicken." The meat makes great tacos!!!
| | East Walker River: | East Walker River flows are running around 300 cfs depending on the day. That said, as long as you wade with caution, you're going to get trout. It's been fishing very well... dries during the day, nymphs all day long, streamers in the evening.
Fly anglers Strip streamers in the late evening hour... Leech Patterns, Matukas, Flash Buggers, Punk Perch. Get 'em with your sink tip line. Per dries, Parachute Adams, Callibaetis Cripples, Hoppers, and any Caddis Patterns will work. Nymph with Micro Midges, San Juans, Prince Nymphs, and dead-drift your Perch Patterns.
Spin & bait anglers Pinch the barbs off Orange Stingers and Trout Teasers and work them throughout the off sections of "The Glory Hole." Yo-Zuris, Small Rapalas, and Panther Martins will also get hits.
| | Grant Lake: | Grant Lake is fishing decent where Rush flows into it.
Fly anglers Black Gnats in the evening if you're going after the Kamloops. Otherwise, sink line and streamers. Green Flash Krystal Bugger.
Spin & bait anglers Gulp and Powerbait work very well on Grant. Go with Rainbow, Sherbert, or Rainbow Candy. Dunking Nightcrawlers on Grant is a good choice. For lures, trolling with lunker Rapalas and Needlefish are going to get huge hits.
| | Gull Lake: | Gull Lake tends to be the most productive in The Loop. Inflated Nightcrawlers will get big fish out of Gull: Alpers, Browns, and DFG Rainbows. Fishing the beach, or Indian Rock are good spots.
Fly anglers Try stripping streamers around the cabin docks or off the marina. Olive Matukas and Buggers with a full sink line. Tie a PT 18-inches behind your streamers, the trout will take the trailing nymph.
Spin & bait anglers Bait anglers are nailing trout on Gull right now... inflated nightcrawlers, Yellow and Chunky Cheese Powerbaits, Salmon Peach Powerbait... all good stuff. Get your goods about 4 or 5 feet off the bottom. Trolling with 2 to 3 colors out with Thomas Bouyants, Lip Ripperz, Bloody Rippers, Mirashads, and Needlefish are getting hits. Blue, Gold, and/or Pink Color Patterns seem to be the colors of choice for trout. Try around Indian Rock.
| | Hot Creek: | Hot Creek is fishing great. No surprise there. Lots of caddis, some good subsurface action. Water is clean. Vegetation growth is in its peak, so you might get snagged here and there but if you run the goods through the clear water channels, you are going to get fish.
Fly anglers Any Caddis Patterns when the heavy surface feeding is on. Smaller Elk Hairs and Hot Creek Caddis seem to be working the best (18/20). Hoppers, definitely. Parachute Adams. For subsurface, Black PT's, Micro Midges, Scuds, WD-40's. Nothing out of the blue at Hot Creek. The usual goods are landing trout. Concentrate on drift... that's your ticket to success!!! Leonard has been guiding down at Hot Creek a lot this summer and will gladly take any angler (new or learning) down there for a fun morning of fly fishing.
| | June Lake: | June Lake is fishing very well. Getting at the trout in the reeds near the marina is a great way to get into plenty of bent rods.
Fly anglers Stripping streamers through the reeds near the marina is a good choice. Buggers and Matukas. Orange and Green. Flash Buggers will work also.
Spin & bait anglers Trollers will have hook ups with Tasmanian Devils and Needlefish. Fire Tiger and Silver/ Orange. Fish are a bit more off the bottom, so having about 2 colors out should be fine. Dunking worms dipped in garlic are also clearly going to bend rods.
| | Lake George: | Lake George is a local's favorite. Getting into the lunkers around the far side next to the big rock is a great way to pass some time and land plenty of trout.
Fly anglers Standard Eastern Sierra dry flies: Callibaetis Cripples, Yellow Stimis, Parachute Adams, California Mosquitos. Stripping streamers with Matukas, Grey Ghosts, and Woolly Buggers will get hits. You'll want your intermediate or full sink line for the deep bug fishing.
Spin & bait anglers Casting Inflated Nightcrawlers into George is your best bet. Kastmasters is not a bad idea for shore fishing with lures: Orange, or Silver/Blue. Trolling with Rapalas is a good option.
| | Lake Mamie: | Lake Mamie is a very user friendly little fishery. It is compact but full of fish. Pretty fun angling up there.
Fly anglers Yellow Stimis and Parachute Adams for surface flies. Stripping Orange or Brown Flash Buggers on the floattube (though it will be cold) will work.
Spin & bait anglers American Pie Powerbait is the dough of choice for Mamie. Definitely Nightcrawler friendly. Thomas Bouyants in Brown Trout and Red are good lures. Needlefish and Taz Devils will also get trout for the trollers on the float tubes.
| | Lake Mary: | Lake Mary is still our pick for the lakes basin!!! It is fishing very, very well! DFG is keep its waters chalk full of trout, and anglers coming into the shop have nothing but positive reports to share per Lake Mary. It's really the place to be to pitch worms right now, as you can't go wrong. Just remember to have your 2 lb test on with a bit of drag. 4 lb test tends to shy away wary trout. Play the game right, and you will be aptly rewarded!
Fly anglers Same good flies for Mamie will work for Mary. You'll also want to try pitching a Callibaetis Cripple.
Spin & bait anglers Your best bet without doubt is Inflated Nightcrawlers. We are seeing lots of happy smiles come into our shop to share with our friendly staff the success of worms at Mary. It's good stuff. Garlic Powerbait will also fill stringers. Per trolling, the one and only Red and Gold Thomas Bouyants will work wonders. Red Dot Frog should get strikes also. Rooster Tails from the shore can be productive at Mary.
| | Lee Vining Creek: | Lee Vining Creek your best bet if you are in Lee Vining for the day. Not a bad place to fish coming into or leaving Yosemite National Park.
Fly anglers Working PT's and Zug Bugs through currents under a San Juan Worm will work well.
Spin & bait anglers Salmon Eggs and Powerbait will get plenty of hits in Lee Vining Creek. Trout Teasers if you are tossing jigs and running them across currents.
| | Lower Owens River: | Lower Owens River is hotter than Hades and flowing heavier than the Mississippi. Go the distance, and over the Sherwin Grade up to the Upper Owens to fish if you need to hit the Owens now. Otherwise, lather up 70spf sunscreen, and expect a day of casting without any bent rods. Trust us. It's a great place every other season of the year.
| | Mammoth Creek: | Mammoth Creek is receiving good fishing reports. DFG is putting a lot of fish in it. We commend them for keeping the creek in town full of trout. Productive spots tend to me around Hayden's Museum, Old Mammoth Road, and just east of the 395 out of town. DFG dumps their fish just east of the 395. If you want to go somewhere close to town without much of a challenge, this would be the place.
Fly anglers Parachute Adams, Madam-X's, and Mosquito Patterns are great flies. Griffith Gnats will also get hits. For the subsurface action, standard nymphs like PT's, Hare's Ear's, and Zug Bug's should do fine.
Spin & bait anglers All flavors of Powerbait is really the way to go, as you'll want that dough bait to stay on your size 16/18 treble hook. Sherbert, Yellow, Flourescent Red, Flourescent Orange, Garlic... all good options.
| | Owens River (Benton Crossing Down): | The Upper O below the bridge is a bit slow. There are some stockers going into the section around Brown's Town where the bait angling is still in season, other than that it is a bit slow. Not a lot my the mouth of the lake. It will change in due time shortly.
Fly anglers Stripping streamers is truly your best bet... Matukas and Buggers.
Spin & bait anglers Worms will do you fine. Buttercup Yellow or Grassy Green Gulp! is working. Trout Teasers in Roe/ Golden Nugget, or Green/Clear Red. Crappie Jigs are also great for the O.
| | Owens River (Benton Crossing Up): | The Upper O above the bridge is hit or miss right now. Waters have cooled down and is a bit mirky in places, but there are some holes with holding water where you can get at some trout. Ain't red hot now, but it's gonna improve shortly.
Fly anglers Strip some basic streamers through the pools, Buggers and Krystal Flash Buggers. Green or Black. Same fly patterns that will work below the bridge (see above) will also work in this section of the river.
Spin anglers Rooster Tails and Panther Martins worked through deep currents tend to land trout. Jig patterns like Trout Teasers are also gonna get hits! Just be sure to pinch down your barbs!!!
| | Rock Creek: | Rock Creek keeps fishing very well. It's been heavily stocked and will continue to hold trout in it.
Fly anglers We are into the season of terrestrials are Rock Creek. Black Ants, Parachute Ants, Cow Killer Ants, Hoppers... all good stuff. Mosquitoes, Sierra Brite Dots, Royal Wulffs, Royal Trudes... also good choices. PT's if you are working subsurface, flashback is your best bet.
Spin & bait anglers Salmon Eggs are candy. Nightcrawlers are working as effectively in the creek as the lake. Panther Martins are great lures for thus user-friendly creek.
| | Rock Creek Lake: | Rock Creek Lake has been fishing very well all summer long and it's not about to slow down anytime soon. Regular stockings of DFG and Alpers trout are keeping a lot of families happy. It's not uncommon to hear of a 4-plus pound trout coming out of Rock Creek Lake. Get your slice of some of the best pie in the world at the Resort when you are up there.
Fly anglers Matukas are working well for stripping streamers. Surface action is centered around Mosquitos, California Mosquitos, and Parachute Adams.
Spin & bait anglers Try fly-and-a-bubble fishing with any of the above mentioned dry flies. As for bait, Nightcrawlers are hands down the choice of the season for Rock Creek Lake. Powerworms (orange is a good color, but don't stop there) are working. Rapalas if you are trolling.
| | Rush Creek: | Rush Creek fishing conditions are good. We keep hearing success stories of happy anglers on Rush. Best spot, predictably enough, seems to be where the creek flows into Grant Lake.
Fly anglers Streamer action where Rush flows into Grant, and the section above it is productive. Egg Sucking Leeches, Woolly Buggers, Kyrstal Flash Buggers... all good stuff. Run your streamers across currents, or cast into Grant and retrieve. For nymphs, Flash PT's, Glo-Bugs, Hare's Ears, and Copper Johns.
Spin & bait anglers Panther Martins are great lures for Rush. Mepps also. Bait Anglers will whack em on Chunky Cheese, Chartreuse, Rainbow, and American Pie Powerbait.
| | Saddlebag Lake: | Saddlebag Lake is open to angling. Definitely a jewel of the Eastside. Worth heading to for half a day. Some great trekking around it also, come into our great shop to talk about some of your options for getting into the backcountry above Saddlebag. Some of the smaller fisheries above it also have some beautiful brookies in it.
Fly anglers Stripping Eastside-style streamers will get hits: Buggers, Flash Buggers, Grey Ghosts, etc. Use your sink line. Parachute Adams and Callibaetis Cripples for the surface flies.
Spin & bait anglers Trollers working Rooster Tails, Thomas Bouyants, and Taz Devils will get into trout. Nightcrawlers for the bait anglers.
| | San Joaquin River: | San Joaquin River is fishing well. Good around the meadows, but, as usual, getting off the beaten path with a sturdy pair of good hiking boots (we carry plenty of great brands) will get you into some good wild trout fishing.
Fly anglers Sierra Brite Dots, Royal Wulffs, Royal Trudes, Mosquitoes, Parachute Adams... all good dries. For the subsurface action, Flashback PT's are about as sound a choice as any.
Spin & bait anglers Bait anglers dunking Salmon Eggs or Powerbait will do fine. Sherbert, Yellow, Garlic, and Rainbow are working well. Trout Teasers are good little jigs for smaller rivers like the San Joaquin.
| | Silver Lake: | Silver Lake is fishing well. Getting into a good breakfast of biscuits and gravy at the Silver Lake Resort, then kicking the float tube on the far side is a great way to pass the morning hours.
Fly anglers Troll to the far side with a BH Olive Matuka. That's really the one and only bug you'll need for Silver, of course, you can also use Buggers and G's-catchem-alls. If they are surface feeding, Parachute Adams, California Mosquitos, Yellow Stimis, and Callibaetis Cripples will get hits.
Spin & bait anglers The most productive angling will be trolling w/ Thomas Bouyants. The Red/Yellow pattern is a good choice for Silver. Needlefish will also get grabs. Go with silver, or silver and orange. Nightcrawlers will also get trout, as will Powerworms -- Red.
| | Sotcher Lake: | Sotcher Lake is a great place to float tube. It is small and in a beautiful setting. Lots of trout in its waters.
Fly anglers Stripping streamers on a sink line is a good way to go. Krystal Flash Buggers (Olive/Black) will get trout. We've also got plenty of Sierra Drifter streamers (and other flies) in our shop that will work well on Sotcher, and other stillwater fisheries. For surface action, Parachute Adams and Yellow Stimulators when they are surface feeding.
Spin & bait anglers If you are trolling with the tube, Panther Martins, Rooster Tails, and Mepps will work well. Nightcrawlers are as good a bait choice as any on Sotcher.
| | Twin Lakes (Bridgeport Area): | Twin Lakes is notorious for holding some of the largest trout to be caught in the Eastside. It is not uncommon for a couple of 20-plus pound trout to be hooked in Twin. Trollers and fly anglers working the deeper waters will get into the larger lurking trout.
Fly anglers Stripping really big streamers is your best option. G's-catchem-alls, Woolly Buggers, Flash Buggers, Matukas... all with your full sink line.
Spin & bait anglers Troll with about 3 to 4 colors out. Get your large Rapalas and Yo-Zuris for the larger trout. Shore anglers tossing Inflated Nightcrawlers will get hits. Powerbait, of course, will also work.
| | Twin Lakes (Mammoth Basin): | Twin Lakes is fishing a bit slower than the others in the basin, but it is not to be overlooked. There are definitely trout in its waters, and spending a couple hours on Upper Twin next to the waterfall can be quite the zen experience of ultimate relaxation.
Fly anglers Stripping Olive and Purple Krystal Flash Buggers where you can should get hits. One of our favorite ways to fish Twin is with Black Gnats near the waterfall in the evening. This can be a lot of fun.
Spin & bait anglers Inflated Nightcrawlers dipped in garlic work well at Twin. Rainbow Sherbert and American Pie Powerbait are excellent. Thomas Bouyants (Red/ Rainbow/ Brown Trout) are good lures. Mepps and Panther Martins also.
| | Virginia Lakes: | Virginia Lakes is fishing excellent now! Carolyn Webb who runs the resort keeps us in the loop on what's working. She is a sweetheart and makes a gold medal apple pie. Stop in her shop for a slice of pie, a cup of java, and a conversation of what's the immediate best spot on the lakes to fish.
Fly anglers Olive Leeches, Olive Flash Buggers, Small Emerger Patterns, Yellow Sallies, Mosquitoes.
Spin & bait anglers Nightcrawlers, Crickets, and Orange Powerbait for the dunkers. As for lures, the Red and Silver Kastmaster, Red and Gold Thomas Bouyant, and Silver TB's are working well.
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