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guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Sep 8, 2016 - 05:10pm PT
WTF.... thanks for the info. Those monsters died, that's sad, when I first started G_Gonme took me their and I got a 18 inch Brown. Figured this FF stuff was easy. G_Gonme got about 20- 30 and one was really big... didn't fit his net! Then the next year the water was low...and it was very slow and this year NOTHING.

Now I know why.


Ruppell.... you have some hard decisions to make, lucky you. Have fun climbing- B safe.
BG

Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
Sep 8, 2016 - 09:30pm PT
Stimbo

Trad climber
Crowley Lake
Sep 9, 2016 - 08:36am PT
Hot Creek, was so low that the fishing went away completely.... this year its back up some but the fishing is dead.

Any East Side Locals know why???

As WTF mentioned, "the fish have died." The drought has been really tough on all of the eastside fisheries. Hot Creek is not dead however, there are plenty of trout, you just need to adjust your expectations. The numbers are down by maybe as much as 90%(?). Instead of 10,000 fish per mile, the numbers seem to indicate 1,000. We need some big winters with lots of precipitation.

Here is a photo from a couple of weeks back. CDFW doing a fish survey on Hot Creek.

G_Gnome

Trad climber
Cali
Sep 9, 2016 - 09:11am PT
I've seen the survey crew go thru Hot Creek a few times. It always makes me laugh. Everyone is so worried about wading there and then these guys come thru and rip half the plants out and crush everything from bottom to top. I am pretty sure the fishing was better there back when the cows still roamed freely and ate all the nettles and stirred the bottom up some.
Escopeta

Trad climber
Idaho
Sep 10, 2016 - 10:46am PT
You wanna catch a boat load of fish......go about a quarter mile downstream of one of those fish counts. Its like the mother of all san-juan-shuffles...
BG

Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
Sep 10, 2016 - 05:55pm PT
Float tubing in Alaska
perswig

climber
Sep 10, 2016 - 06:02pm PT
Careful, your biner's cross-loaded.
Nice fish, all.

Dale
BG

Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
Sep 13, 2016 - 09:14pm PT






BG

Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
Sep 13, 2016 - 09:27pm PT

ruppell

climber
Sep 13, 2016 - 09:35pm PT
Nice photos Bob.

Here's an interesting article about the char family.

http://drowningworms.com/arctic-char-vs-dolly-varden-vs-bull-trout-vs-salmon-differences/
BG

Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
Sep 13, 2016 - 11:21pm PT
Thanks Ruppel, nice link.

The article confirms what I've always thought about differentiating between an arctic char vs. dolly varden: if the spots are bigger than the pupil of the eye it's an arctic char, smaller, a dolly varden.
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Sep 14, 2016 - 03:31am PT
Looks like a pink clouser you hooked that bad boy with BG...

I've been tying a bunch of those lately as I have a Oman trip coming up and just finished a Goa trip. All SWFF.
Hoping for some GT's in Oman!
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
Oct 12, 2016 - 08:11am PT
Hoping to get out Saturday. Thinking Middle Fork of the Kings or possibly bombing over to the east-side. How have things been in the Upper Owens? Have never fished there. Fished the Lower Owens RG last fall and had a blast.

Is the Upper packed with fishermen?

Have they been catching anything?

Any beta would be much appreciated since its a ten hour driving day for a few hours of fishing for us Fresnans.

limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Oct 18, 2016 - 07:30pm PT
Made a fishing trip to Tehipite and the help of people on here and highsierratopix payed off! Here's a little TR

http://www.highsierratopix.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15179

EDIT: Just realized you have to log in over there to see the pics. Dumb
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Oct 18, 2016 - 07:40pm PT
Sounds cool. I can't see the pics at the link though, and that kinda sucks for a fishing thread. But it sounds like the trip was good, so that's cool.

Try to fix the pics. Or post them here!
Escopeta

Trad climber
Idaho
Oct 18, 2016 - 07:55pm PT
Been chasing elk but figured I would pull some fishy pics from the archives...apologies if they are duplicates....




limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Oct 18, 2016 - 08:00pm PT
Apparently you have to log in to see pics on that site. Dumb
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Oct 19, 2016 - 04:04am PT
Escopeta the first image...looks like beautiful water and fine place to be wetting a line!
The second...beauty too! Love the spotted patterns.

and the 3rd...did you get that 'poon all the way to the boat? I'd love to hook into one of those babies one of these days.

Bummer about those pics Limper...post some here as Blue suggested!
Capt.

climber
some eastside hovel
Oct 19, 2016 - 04:40am PT
I'm heading to El Chalten/El Calafate Argentina at the end of February and I am taking my fly gear. Anybody have any useful insight on fly-fishing in the region??
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
Oct 19, 2016 - 07:25am PT
Don't believe Limpingcrab until you see pics. That's been my experience with him.
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