mth1997
03-28-2008, 10:32 AM
I went to Bishop to meet my dad for some fishin' this week. Got to Owens around 1PM on Tuesday and hooked up with a few nice browns, about 12 inches. Those guys fight like crazy, awesome experience. They were all caught on a gold and black floating Rapala, barbless. That thing was the magnet until I lost it in the weeds. Waders would have saved me 4 lures on this trip!
Went to PVR and got skunked on Wednesday, farmed one on the kastmaster though. Had no bait and forgot about my trout worms. Went to Owens after and caught another brown on the same Rapala. I hooked myself really deep letting the fish go. Luckily it was barbless cuz the hook went in past the barb. Amazingly painless though, just a little sore. Scared the crap out of me to get stuck that deep. Nothing but the IRS has penetrated me that deep!
Went back for revenge at PVR early Thursday morning and got one on PB, and two on the Berkeley Power Worm in natural color. That thing was also a magnet, two fish, a farmed fish, and many bites in about 10 minutes. Kept two that took the hook deep so my dad could have a trout dinner. Had breakfast and went back to Owens. Second cast, got me a nice 14 inch brown. Dad got one on a rainbow pattern Rapala too. Other than a few farmed fish, nada for the rest of the day.
One crazy thing, a few of the browns came out snagged. I don't know if he spit the hook close to shore only to get stuck in the head (see the pic), or if he got stuck in the head and that's how I brought him in. The one that stuck me was hooked in the back!
Here's a pic of part of the recent burn area too. And one of the mountains for some scenic value.
Went to PVR and got skunked on Wednesday, farmed one on the kastmaster though. Had no bait and forgot about my trout worms. Went to Owens after and caught another brown on the same Rapala. I hooked myself really deep letting the fish go. Luckily it was barbless cuz the hook went in past the barb. Amazingly painless though, just a little sore. Scared the crap out of me to get stuck that deep. Nothing but the IRS has penetrated me that deep!
Went back for revenge at PVR early Thursday morning and got one on PB, and two on the Berkeley Power Worm in natural color. That thing was also a magnet, two fish, a farmed fish, and many bites in about 10 minutes. Kept two that took the hook deep so my dad could have a trout dinner. Had breakfast and went back to Owens. Second cast, got me a nice 14 inch brown. Dad got one on a rainbow pattern Rapala too. Other than a few farmed fish, nada for the rest of the day.
One crazy thing, a few of the browns came out snagged. I don't know if he spit the hook close to shore only to get stuck in the head (see the pic), or if he got stuck in the head and that's how I brought him in. The one that stuck me was hooked in the back!
Here's a pic of part of the recent burn area too. And one of the mountains for some scenic value.