FNN Parchers Report at South Lake!! Fish story of the trip!!!!!

[Greg Madrigal]

Great time!!! That's an understatement......All fish CPR'd....

Got to meet a bunch of new FNNer's and hung out with sum really cool peeps. The fishing was good, and the scenery was to die for. We loved Parchers. The cabins were nice and the whole resort is laid out so cool. Thanks for hosting us Smitty! And thanks Dana 4 setting this up. This needs to be the first annual….


Our trip started out at 11am Thursday. We ended up getting stranded in Ridgecrest due to a recalled Audi fuel pressure regulator(Recall went out last Thurs!!!>:/) We ended up getting a rental and leaving the car in Ridgecrest. Had to jump thru some hoops 2 get the parts there by Sunday, but we picked it up on the way home….$900.00 later…..(Should be covered by the warranty tho)


Made it to Parchers around dusk. Many were congregated around the campfire at Sansou’s joint. Had sum beers and good times swapping stories and meeting peeps.

GM and Harvey
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Harvey at his rental camper…
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Next morning I got up and headed out to PVR with Bones, Big Red, and my buddy Harvey. Got to the Hydro-plant around 9:30 and Harvey hooks up a nice 15” bow first cast. There were 5000 6-8” browns swarming at our feet. They bit occasionally on crawlers for sum cute lil action….Bones caught a couple nice bows too. I just caught some small brownies. Big red was intent on catching his very first brown.

Bones' brownie...Note the model-type hands....LOL!!!
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As the day wore on and so did the temps, I started to call it a day when, suddenly, red hooks up on a lil brown. I look over to see him bendo when he starts shouting, “ It’s eating him! Something’s eating him!!!!!” I see a LARGE fish swirl deep below, and tell him to reel! He kept saying”, But he’s not hooked!!! He’s eating him!”

He was now MAJOR Bend-O, and I grabbed the net. The fish was thrashing and fighting for it’s life! He got the fish close in and we could see it was a monster brown! We were hooten and hollerin as we coached Red on this(His FIRST) brown trout. As the fish go close to a boulder near shore, I see his rod go slack, and I was SOOOOO Bummed Then, (This is where it gets good) we all were watching the fish as it sat next to the boulder in 2-3’ of water. I saw the fish look around and spot the baby trout,(still hooked and on red’s 4lb. Line. Instead of swiiming away after the initial fight, this hungry monster goes Discovery Channel on that poor fish. It swam right up to it, bit it midway up the body, then inhaled it! We were all watching this unfold right before our eyes! As soon as I saw those jaws clamp shut, I yell to Red to start reeling it in so I can net the hungry beast. He put sum pressure on it but was worried that it still wasn’t “hooked.” After a few moments of more fighting, Red muscled the thing within netting range, and I scooped it up! We were hi-fivin’ and hollerin! It was a great moment!
Harvey has the pics, so ya’ll will havta wait! Sorry! We marveled at the small dead brown inside this 4lb’s mouth! This fish was never actually hooked, he just was intent on eating Red’s baby!


NICE JOB RED!

After that, we photo’d and released her to fight another day! Later on we were joined by the Pirate crew, but the bite was nil. Headed out for a great pizza/beer party in Bishop.

We took a tour of North Lake,
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Sabrina, and Intake two(where we caught nothing but visions of SARL) We ended our day slaying bows and browns at the outflow of Sabrina. That was fun! Caught lotsa 9-11' fish.
Big Red fishing the Sabrina outflow....
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More fish from this locale...
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One of my browns caught on eggs
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Ate spaghetti dinner at the lodge that night and had a great time recounting that story in the diner at Parchers.

Next day, we awoke, and 7 hardy souls, (Me, my wife Julie, Harvey, Farmacist, Webfoot, Webfoot’s sis Annette, and Koshaw’s friend, Theron) set out at 8am for the 8 mile round trip hike to the Treasure Lakes above South lake. The hike was somewhat strenuous but amazingly beautiful! Annette is a stud, cuz she and Webfoot made the hike the day before, and she did both in FLIP FLOPS! I can’t say enough about the beauty, so I’ll let the pics tell the story.
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Theron...
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Finally! The 1st Treasure Lake!
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Some more Treasure trout...
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The fishing was outstanding on eggs at the lake. We found a nice perch above a waterfall in a cove and we’re site casting to rainbow/golden hybrids, and cutthroats.
The fish were stunning! We all caught several fish apiece, and had a blast.

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Even my wife went BendO!!
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After a few hours of stellar wheather, a freak Sierra storm quickly blew in and drove us out with a sprinkle that we feared would turn to rain or snow.
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Webfoot, Annette, and Farmacist ended up splitting off at a fork on the way back to see Long lake (something I think their feet regretted later!LOL!) Half the FNN crew were on a horseback pack-in trip to Long Lake that day as well. We returned to civilization and to more pizza/beer!J

Spent the round campfires swapping stories with many peeps. It was so fun! Theron fixed a gourmet dinner for Harv, Julie, Me , Webfoot, Koshaw, and Brett. Thanks Theron!!!!

Last day(travel day home), we spent eating a gourmet breakfast (Thanks again Theron!)


We headed out around 11am in our rental Camry. We quickly fished Aberdeen for 1 mini stocker. Then, we only had a few minutes to fish, cuz we had to return the rental, but Lone Pine Creek was on FIRE!!!! Every egg drifted was a beautiful pristine trout in the 1-1.5lb range. I am sure I lost a 2lber+. Harvey and I caught 3 and we had to leave a WFO bite, cuz the wife was yellin from the car. :/

Got to Ridgecrest at 2:30, and the car was all ready to go! Returned the rental, repacked everything, and we were home by 6.

Misc pics...



Smitty serving it up right!
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Free pancake breakfast Friday. Mmmmmmmmm...
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Sabrina....
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Hope you guys enjoyed the post. More pics 2b added later tonight!

GM<><

[Crawler]

Nice report man. I cant wait to see that brown. :Shocked:


How bad was the tresures hike? Did you guys go to the furthest lake?

[CrabMan]

What beautiful pictures. It looks like you guys had a great time. It was so hot down here in the city it's almost hard to believe that there was snow on the mountains and you guys were wearing coats! :LOL:

[ironshrimp]

YYYYEAAAH BOIEE!!!! HARD friggin' CORE...greg it was great meeting you and all the gang...good peeps great times....I'm still tellin' that Discover Channelesque brown trout story...

Truth be told on the way back to the San Fernando Valley Olfishergal and I stopped at some random creek near lone pine and I caught my first ever creek caught rainbow trout..after years of slammin' fresh water i am now officially hooked...now if I can only figure out a way to dive it!

[Shock]

Nice report!

Isn't it nice at Parcher's? We stayed there fir a week last year and loved every minute of it!!

[BIGRED KILLA]

Hey Greg it was good meeting you and Harvey out there you guys were slaying them trout and good job on the cpr.I am glad you guys did good on the hike those are some killer colores on the trouts nice job out there.Thanks for netting my brown and coaching me on i was so scared i was going to lose it lol.







C u on the water soon.




Bigred

[Granny Fish]

I was nice seeing you and your lovely wife again. We sure had a lot of fun didn't we? That brownie story is awsome! Great pictures and your report highlights the weekend perfectly.

[Badfish2]

Cool man, thanks for the pictures. That big rock you're sitting on is exactly where the Bishop Creek Record was caught.. something like a 15lb rainbow:Shocked:

[rotto84]

This is Brett, and those are great pictures and a nice report. It was great to meet you and your wife. I posted my underwater pictures, but your pictures and story are much better.

It was a great trip.

[troutdog]

Awesome pics and play by play Greg, I knew I would be missing out on a great trip. Sounds like a great time was had by all, thanks for the report!


TD

[SoCalGuy7]

Greg,

It was great meeting you and your wife Julie. And chatting with you over
the awesome spaghetti dinner (didn't ALL the food taste incredible up there?).

I wish we could have done the hike :Confused: Maybe next time.

Beautiful pictures, that area had some spectacular views. I hope they do this event again, next year!!!!!!!

We are already planning a family trip up there again some day....
Hope to see you at Legends....!

SoCalGuy7

[TroutOnly]

GREAT REPORT AND PICS GREG,I HAVENT MADE IT TO SMITTY'S BACKYARD THIS YEAR BUT VERY SOON ITS HAPPENING,WAS THE SOUTH LAKE HIGH ENOUGH ON THE RAMP FOR PRIVATE BOAT LAUNCHS,,,t/o

[samgann93]

great pics.

sounds like a lotta fun.

[INDOANGLER2]

Excellent report and pics Greg, looks like a great time. This really makes me anxiuos to get up there real soon.

Thanks for sharing.

[steve092]

Great job on all the fish!

Looks like you guys had a great time!

[Beancounter]

Another GREAT report from GM.
Thanks for starting out my Monday with some beautiful pictures...:)

[Trout-Slayer77]

great report and great pics, love those browns !!! and some beautiful rainbows aswell !!

[one_leg]

Greg, bummer about the car. Great pics and report though.

Thanks a lot!

O_L

[DrewRanch]

Hey Greg,
Great report and pics!
It was nice to meet you and chat for awhile. We'll have to hit the salt some time this summer

[Sierra_Smitty]

Great report Greg. It was nice to have the whole crew up here this last weekend....I wish I could have hung out a bit more with everyone.

Awesome pics of the Treasure Lakes trip!

Smitty

[Hitts0n]

Great pics and report!:cool:

[Wingnut]

Now that's a FISH STORY! ;) :Envious:
Nice report Greg, I just might have to go up there next year. :cool:

[xtranzman]

Great report sir. The brown story is amazing, I couldn't believe it when you were telling it over dinner. I can't wait to see the pics of it.

Was great to see you and your wife again..

X

[Fisherman57]

Awesome report GM!....


Always nice to see you and Juliw..... it was my pleasure meeting your friend Harvey.....

Was glad to hear that the car was fixed and ready toi go when you left Parchers...... thanks again for organizing the hike, it looks like it was outstanding!


Dana

[PONTOON]

Greg,

I read your report at work today but the internet police have blocked any chance to see the pictures. I knew that they would be awesome and they are!:Thumbs Up::Thumbs Up:
Great report and I can't wait to see the pics of the cannibal brown!

[Santa Fe Eric]

Awesome Pictures! Looks like a great trip!

Eric

[paDDy]

Great report Greg. It was a fun trip, wish we could have been up there a little longer.

[Beeracuda211]

GREAT REPORT AND PICS GREG,I HAVENT MADE IT TO SMITTY'S BACKYARD THIS YEAR BUT VERY SOON ITS HAPPENING,WAS THE SOUTH LAKE HIGH ENOUGH ON THE RAMP FOR PRIVATE BOAT LAUNCHS,,,t/o

Greg, it's always a blast dude... return my calls... send me those pics from Harvey...


T/O The Lake was too low for pr launches... couple areas where boulders are close to the surface out in the middle of the lake... Have to be real careful dodging boulders... the mini jig was killing em

B/C

[Greg Madrigal]

Call me tomorrow at yo break....

GM

[one_leg]

T/O The Lake was too low for pr launches... couple areas where boulders are close to the surface out in the middle of the lake... Have to be real careful dodging boulders... the mini jig was killing em

B/C


I hope that the snow melt is enough to raise it a bunch more.
I want to troll for the big browns next fall.

[TroutOnly]

THANKS CUDA,LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO HIT SABRINA INSTEAD,REALLY WANTED TO FISH THE INLETS OUT SOUTH LAKE THATS WERE THE BIG BOYS CRUISE,,,t/o

[sansou]

Greg M: a pleasure as always shooting the breeze and joking with you. Thank you for organizing the hiking trip, I think everyone appreciated your initiative. It's the kind of stuff that makes these Tema 57 events even more fun. You also took some truly wonderful pics!! Have fun with that cherry wood....post a pic of whatever it becomes. See you around!

[SoCalGirl7]

Greg it was great meeting you, your wife, and your friend Harvey! I'm glad we got a chance to chit-chat over dinner...

We were bummed we couldn't make it on Saturday's hike with you guys...it sounds like you all had a great time! Maybe next year...

On the way home Sunday night we checked FNN from my phone...we were all laughing at the "Discovery Channel" comment about Red's Brownie! :ROFL:You're an awesome story teller!

Glad everything worked out with your car...what a mess that was.

Looking forward to fishing with you and Julie in future....

SoCalGirl7