RL-IN-OC
06-16-2008, 07:34 AM
We headed up to Mammoth on Thursday, June 12th, traffic through L.A. was really lite. Stopped in Bishop, for gas ($4.60 at the Paiute Station) and caffeine. got into Mammoth around 1:00 am.
Our first stop was one of our favorite lakes, I'm sure most of you will know from the pic. around 9:30am. The beach side was pretty full, so we went over to the road/rocky side.
The trout were wide open on lures, we used Thomas Bouyants, Rapalas and Kastmasters. The red/gold, rainbow trout and firetiger patterns worked really well. C/R'd over 25 fish in a 2 hr span. Including 2 Beautiful browns that will live to swim another day. Trout ranged from 12" to 15", nice sturdy, hard fighting fish. The wind picked up around 11:30, so we packed it up.
We stopped for lunch at the Mobil Gas Station for lunch, and to say Hey to Matt. His special for the day was a Mahi Burger. It had to be the best Mahi burger I have ever had, especially at 8000 ft, and hours from the ocean. If you are ever in the area, stop by and check out this 'gem' in the sierras. Great food and friendly atmosphere.
After lunch, we headed up the Tioga pass to check out Saddlebag and Tioga Lakes. The road to Saddleback was still closed. I here he is going to open on June 21st. We headed to our favorite spot at Tioga. Made our way through the lite snow pack over to the dam. The fishing was great, My dad and his friend were soaking night crawlers with great success. My brother and I went ontop of the dam to try and spot some fish. We had really good action tossing a Rainbow patterned kastmaster. When we hooked up, we quickly ran back across the dam and shore landed it near the spillway. What a blast! The biggest fish that evening was a 1.5 lb, 18" fish. Got our limits, and C/R'd over 20 fish.
Weather: 85 degrees, blue sky, light winds to 5 mph.
Till next time.....
Our first stop was one of our favorite lakes, I'm sure most of you will know from the pic. around 9:30am. The beach side was pretty full, so we went over to the road/rocky side.
The trout were wide open on lures, we used Thomas Bouyants, Rapalas and Kastmasters. The red/gold, rainbow trout and firetiger patterns worked really well. C/R'd over 25 fish in a 2 hr span. Including 2 Beautiful browns that will live to swim another day. Trout ranged from 12" to 15", nice sturdy, hard fighting fish. The wind picked up around 11:30, so we packed it up.
We stopped for lunch at the Mobil Gas Station for lunch, and to say Hey to Matt. His special for the day was a Mahi Burger. It had to be the best Mahi burger I have ever had, especially at 8000 ft, and hours from the ocean. If you are ever in the area, stop by and check out this 'gem' in the sierras. Great food and friendly atmosphere.
After lunch, we headed up the Tioga pass to check out Saddlebag and Tioga Lakes. The road to Saddleback was still closed. I here he is going to open on June 21st. We headed to our favorite spot at Tioga. Made our way through the lite snow pack over to the dam. The fishing was great, My dad and his friend were soaking night crawlers with great success. My brother and I went ontop of the dam to try and spot some fish. We had really good action tossing a Rainbow patterned kastmaster. When we hooked up, we quickly ran back across the dam and shore landed it near the spillway. What a blast! The biggest fish that evening was a 1.5 lb, 18" fish. Got our limits, and C/R'd over 20 fish.
Weather: 85 degrees, blue sky, light winds to 5 mph.
Till next time.....