FishWisher
07-23-2011, 05:35 PM
I took a week's trip with Wifey to Oregon to visit family. While there, an old high school buddy, Al, met me and we went to Central Oregon's Paulina Lake, in the Newberry Caldera about 25 miles south of Bend. This is the most beautiful lake I've ever fished! (Check out the photos.)
Al had his 14' pontoon in tow, and I had my coach. I followed Al up the mountain to Little Crater campground and settled in to the most perfect campsite ever! We were right on the lake, and the view was priceless. We spent just one night, but got in two days of kokanee fishing. Our check-out time on Day 2 was 1400, so we got in just some morning fishing on that day.
I don't know anything about the lake, but Al has fished it many times. His choice technique is to jig for kokanee. And jig we did! And trolled some, too. We didn't manage many kokes, just two for our efforts, plus two lost at the boat.
But this wasn't so much about bringing home meat - it was about two old geezers having a grand time in some of God's most beautiful creation!
We're planning a trip to Kokanee Mecca - Flaming Gorge in Utah - in September, and I've got to get a lot better at this kokanee fishing. I reckon summertime fishing the nearby California foothill lakes is the best way to practice. Life is good.
More story and lots of photos on my homepage: www.fishwisher.com
Al had his 14' pontoon in tow, and I had my coach. I followed Al up the mountain to Little Crater campground and settled in to the most perfect campsite ever! We were right on the lake, and the view was priceless. We spent just one night, but got in two days of kokanee fishing. Our check-out time on Day 2 was 1400, so we got in just some morning fishing on that day.
I don't know anything about the lake, but Al has fished it many times. His choice technique is to jig for kokanee. And jig we did! And trolled some, too. We didn't manage many kokes, just two for our efforts, plus two lost at the boat.
But this wasn't so much about bringing home meat - it was about two old geezers having a grand time in some of God's most beautiful creation!
We're planning a trip to Kokanee Mecca - Flaming Gorge in Utah - in September, and I've got to get a lot better at this kokanee fishing. I reckon summertime fishing the nearby California foothill lakes is the best way to practice. Life is good.
More story and lots of photos on my homepage: www.fishwisher.com