Sierras

[DogKnot]

This trip was to be different than our typical trip to the June Loop we did not have the kids with on a camping trip in twenty years. We packed up and got on our early tuesday moring and headed out the 395. The weather looked bad
Out side of Mammoth

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Camped at Mono Village on upper twin Lake outside of Bridgeport, busy campsite but we managed to get a secluded spot with running water it was nice

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Rented a boat the next morning and trolled for the Big Skunk ended the day soaking power bait and me and the wife caught and released a limit of small stockers

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The next moring up bright and early and off to Little and Big Virginia Lakes as well as trumble

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Fished the big lake and was not disappointed caught loads of the prettiest little trout i have ever seen The beautiful Brook trout so abundant in these higher elevation lakes.

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Included a little vid

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All in all caught around ten Brookies and same amount of small stockers
Fish were all put back The rest of the trip in short

Lundy Lake Brown Trout

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Gull Lake

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Owens River

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And the last stop before heading home Convict lake Where we kept some table fare

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What a great trip with a lot of new places for us .

DogKnot

[troutdog]

Fantastic report with great pictures to boot, very nice!

Looks like a twister about to touch down in the 1st pic :Shocked:


TD

[CatchthatTrout]

Looks like a twister about to touch down in the 1st pic :Shocked:

TD

That's the first thing I noticed.....WHOA!

What a cool report and great pictures.

I plan on making the trip up to those lakes in the very near future.

Thanks.

[Jester]

Fantastic report with great pictures to boot, very nice!

Looks like a twister about to touch down in the 1st pic :Shocked:


TD

Wow... That is a twister I think.. crazy... Nice report.

[MAN VS WILD]

Beautiful pics! I like how you hit up a bunch of lakes in your trip. Nice way to spend time with the wife. My wife and I need a trip like that. Thanks for the report.

FISH ON!!!

[DogKnot]

Yes it was a funnel cloud it was cool to see "not in kansas anymore"

the trip was great tried to see as much water as possible .I could not get a bite on lures to save my life. Bouyants ,crappie jigs ,small rapalas, panther martins ,rooster tails you name it just couldn't make it happen this trip resorted to night crawlers and power bait will try to get up their once more before the end of october many more lakes to see and fish.

DogKnot

[tacklejunkie]

Very beautiful brookies!
Looks like a very relaxing kind of trip minus the tornado!
Thanks for the pics and write up!

[Fisherman57]

SWEET report and some very cool photos!
The tornado shot is unbelieveable! :Shocked:



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[dnsjess]

thanks for sharing that excellent week..:Big Grin:

[Loco]

Those brookies are so beautiful! Good job

[DogKnot]

Yes they are a beatiful fish, a first for me in all the many years going to the east Sierras. I did some reading on the brooks and they are apparently so prolific in the higher lakes that they have stunted their growth and have special limits in place 5 fish of ten inches or more and 10 more 8 inches and smaller a total of 15 per angler. Supposedly a local favorite dusted in flour or cornmeal and fried in a quarter inch of bacon drippings Who knew !They were just to vibrant and colorful to keep.

Glad everyone enjoyed the post and Pics
DK