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20230810_155424.jpg Reds Meadows and Pumice Flat open. Other campgrounds too swampy. The Postpile is open for day use. Got 8 browns in the postpile area on Thursday. Small and micro.
All caught on the new spinners...dubbed the Patient Zero. The trout catching epidemic starts now...

(Selling the ...

On the way home, I stopped at Baker Creek Campground outside of Big Pine.

Got two little brownies out of the various creek branches. The campground is very nice, and has two ponds that probably get stocked.

I made a couple casts into a pond...snagged a broken line that had a foot-long stocker ...

So on the way home, spotted a medium-sized herd of elk in the wildlife viewing area. This is where the pastures are watered all summer to grow grass, and the elk come down to hang out an fatten up for the winter.

This group of about two dozen included one bull, who only had one antler. They were ...

Fished Crowley in June with guide, Sam Vasily. Caught rainbows, browns and 1 cutthroat.

I was mountain biking at Cuyamaca this morning so I decided to stop by Green Valley Falls. There's plenty of water in the creek and air temperature was >90F. The ranger said that the river is not stocked and most years there is not much flow this time of year. So I doubt you will catch much if any ...

I went to Lake Hemet yesterday with my son. We threw night crawlers and power bait deep. At the same time fished around with gold and chrome Kastmasters for about four hours. Not a sniff.

Midnightpass wrote: Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:16 am My kind of fishing... At least it used to be... Old, bad knees aren't doing it anymore... But I really enjoyed your video.. "Thanks for the memories"... ..
Butch

Glad you liked it, hoping to do more of this in the sierras at some point! Maybe work on the heritage trout list.

So cool.
Bad knees, but mostly just lazy so I don't do this kinda thing anymore. But it reminds me of the easy-access spots along Beasore Creek (Near Yosemite), where you only have to hike a little bit to find small, very wild fish in tiny pools.


Best part of those out there areas. Good access ...

Most all the “Wild Trout” in So Cal are really Steelhead that can’t get to the ocean any more. These were the fish that repopulated the streams after times of extreme drought. There are some rare streams that flow East off the mountains that have never had access to the ocean. These are Purebred ...

They taught us different at UC Santa in 1978. Of course knowledge increases as time winds on. We sampled Fish from unnamed streams in the mountain’s behind Santa Barbara, in the back country behind Camp Pendleton, and several streams that would have emptied into Salton Sea. Our results seemed to ...

I just watched the tight loops video on san pedro martir. Pretty cool stuff. I doubt I'll ever get up there and even if I did, I'd may catch one or two and then leave, but it's cool to know it's there. I wonder if there's still grizzlies up there too. I hear occasionally people tell stories of ...

There have been a few exceptions (like Piru Creek downstream from Frenchman's Flat) where the fish I caught were really washed and and silver.

But for the most part, all the wild fish in our watersheds in SoCal are beautifully colored, still sporting their par marks that I don't think they'll ever ...

Nice vid! I think that's the West Fork tho. I don't think there's a South Fork, unless you call the tailwater out of Morris Dam the South Fork, i guess.


Yeah you could be right. Really curious about the conditions for this year. any reports from anyone?


Because the West Fork is a tailwater ...

I believe there is a stream near Santa Barbara with a tiny population of SoCal Steelheads.


:D

I'd seriously recommend not going to any creeks in SoCal that may have Steelhead. They are federally protected and from what I've seen, you can poach all you want in lakes, but the moment you mess ...

Wish i had the time to investigate all my hunches but with only about 1 day a month to spend it exploring somewhere or on a boat on the ocean I guess it’s just a shot in the dark and a nice hike if nothing else…

<<Update May 24...the Devils Postpile website says the Red's Meadows Campground will be the only one open this summer. First come, first served. Hmmm...>>



Okay. Snowpack is average which is good.

Construction on the road from Mammoth into the San Joaquin River Valley is continuing. The road's ...

We are in Helena Mt for the next week and a half for my son’s wedding. Staying at our future in laws cabin right on the Missouri River. Talk about gorgeous and serene!

Got in late yesterday and my son wanted to take me down for a short evening session just casting from the dock. Managed one ...

As a trucker I travel to Utah every week. I almost always have a Bass rod with me but have always wanted to try some trout fishing in the various streams/ rivers I pass by every week. This is my report.

Took a 2,500 mile road trip pulling the trailer to the Cascade Mountains and everywhere in-between. Had a chance to fish Diamond Lake, about a half an hour from Crater Lake.

Took out the kayak and it was windy. Sucks because it was glass the evening before, but that's the way it goes when you want ...

Nice brownie.. I fished that lake with my Brother, Sister, Cousin and Stepdad when I was a kid… Best trout fishing I ever did… We all limited out 2 days running with Kamloops rainbows that averaged 2#s after being gutted.. All bright pink meat… My Mom and Aunt caned most of the fish… Just ...