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aboos
08-18-2007, 11:57 PM
BEWARE..long report. according to striperstud, i write "novels" :D

after a weekend in vegas, we decided to go to mammoth..again. over all, a very successful trip. tried different places, ate at different places, tried different baits..basically an experimental trip. anyways..here are the lakes that we fished..

George
fished it mainly during the late afternoon. caught a decent amount of fish, mostly caught on lures. however we did catch a few on rainbow powerbait and worms. all of them small around 12 inches but they do put up one heck of a fight. they remind me of crowley fish :)

Sherwin Creek
tons of fish, tons of people fishing it. caught a few there, mostly on powerworms (those still amaze me). caught a couple on a dry fly. again, those were pretty small, from 5 inches to about 10-12 inches.

Virginia
ive never fished the virginia lakes before so i was pretty stoked to check em out (thanks to my uncle for driving). fished the bigger one first for about 30 mins. between 3 of us fishing we caught 7. 5 of them must have came in the first 10 casts or so. nice size fish, one was around 16 inches or so. all caught on lures. then we moved on to the littler lake. my cousin and i tubed it while the rest of the family fished from shore. my cousin was throwing a lure and just killed em, except his catch to bite ratio was about about 1:10 :lol: i was fly fishing and also did pretty decent. mostly rainbows but pulled up a few brookes. nice looking fish. the rest of the fam were bait fishing and also throwing lures. they did decent but not as well as us!! haha. to top it off, my lil cousin caught about 2 lber which she brought in all by herself on a worm.

East Walker
since we were near bridgeport, we stopped off at east walker and fished for about an hour. my cousin, bro and i were playin around with the lil perch, must have caught at least a 100 in this lil pond area. almost every cast. my uncle pulled up a few rainbows, nothing worth taking a picture with tho. finally, i see my dad hook up with a fish. i see the rod bending but its not taking out line so im thinking its just another fish. but then i see it pop up and WHOA. nice brownie, we didnt have a scale but it must have been around 2-2.5 lbs or so. it was a nice surprise since we've been pulling up dink perch and 12 inch rainbows all day.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0239.jpg

Hilton
SUPER slow. we fished it for maybe lil over a hour. 3 of us fly fishing, 1 throwing lures from shore. 1 bite, 1 fish. it was one of the slowest days ive ever fished there. but i did end up with a nice 17 inch brown on a fly.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0193.jpg

Crowley
as always, i like to save the best for last. after fishing crowley, all the other lakes are just fighting for second imo. anyways, we fished it 2 days and both days it was just amazing. 4 of us each day, solely fly fishing. whether it was stripping, trolling or midging flies, it all seemed to work. tons of small ones, from 10-14 inches. fun to catch, they put up a good fight. a few decent ones which fight like theyre 5 lbers. and a few bigger ones which we picture-worthy.

my dads rainbow, ~4/4.5 lbs or so. fought like crazy, took a LONG time to bring in. it had about 4 good runs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0165.jpg

my uncles rainbow, take your best guess at the weight
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0264.jpg

my last of fish of the trip. i was determined to catch a decent one before we left cuz everyone else had a picture-worthy fish that day except for me
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0267.jpg

my uncles second picture-worhty fish of the day. it slammed a midge right in front of a guide boat (which i thought was kinda funny)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/DSC03064.jpg

last but not least, my bros fish. he caught 3 decent ones on our last day, lucky guy.[b]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0260.jpg

[b]and this last one, took my bro all the way to his backing on his fly reel. i hope one day it happens to me. super nice looking fish
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/emkayen/IMG_0256.jpg

as for his last one, i dont know what happened to the picture but it was about the same size as his first one. hope you enjoyed..until next season (unless i sneak in a weekend trip back up there) :wink:

johnsfishing
08-19-2007, 12:09 AM
looks like a great time.. congrats on the trip!! :D


johnsfishing

Fear No Trout
08-19-2007, 01:16 AM
Those last set of photos while you were tubing...was that back in Crooked Creek?

Fear No Trout :shock: :shock: :shock:

tpfishnfool
08-19-2007, 03:20 AM
Great trip and report :shock: Thanks and we are all in awe..You guys tore
it up!

fleaflicker
08-19-2007, 07:09 PM
I have to agree with you about Crowley. :D

CROWLEY is KING and the fly rod rules over there.

I dragged my boat up for a quick one day jaunt and fished Sat, the 18th. The North Arm was on fire!!! :D 50+ fish up to 23 inches and 4 browns to 19". Awesome day at Green Banks.

Troutman65
08-19-2007, 11:16 PM
Aboos, Oh man that was a nice report and great pics. !!!!!

8)

All the trout in your pics. are nice sized !!!!!



:appl:


Congrats to you and your family for getting together and making a trip like that. I hope to do a trip like that with one of my brothers someday.


:thumb:


Thanks for posting your report !!!!



Troutman65

Wingnut
08-20-2007, 10:25 AM
Those are some great looking Trout, nice job! Very nice report & pics. :wink:

aboos
08-20-2007, 02:18 PM
Those last set of photos while you were tubing...was that back in Crooked Creek?

Fear No Trout :shock: :shock: :shock:

yea


I dragged my boat up for a quick one day jaunt

if i could catch 50+ up to 23 inches, id be down to do that also hahaha

fleaflicker
08-20-2007, 05:23 PM
if i could catch 50+ up to 23 inches, id be down to do that also hahaha

When do you want to go! 2 rods fishing in the boat------> 100 fish!!! :shock: EPIC DAY!!!

Plus there's 2 drivers for the ride home. :lol:

IT"S ON

aboos
08-20-2007, 05:49 PM
if i could catch 50+ up to 23 inches, id be down to do that also hahaha

When do you want to go! 2 rods fishing in the boat------> 100 fish!!! :shock: EPIC DAY!!!

Plus there's 2 drivers for the ride home. :lol:

IT"S ON

hahaha if i didnt take 3 weeks of vacation in the past month and a half to go up to mammoth and if i wasnt broke from the gas prices of driving to mammoth then id say tomorrow :D haha i think im gonna chill out with mammoth for a while so i can go up before the season ends. probably hit up some of the local lakes to cure my fishing-itch tho

Fisher-of-Men
08-20-2007, 06:44 PM
You guys cleaned up out there :!:

My favorite fish is the Brownie your Dad caught. The colors on that guy are amazing!


Fisher-of-Men

diamondbear
08-20-2007, 08:52 PM
THANKS FOR THE GREAT REPORT AND GOOD LOOKING FISH , good job / db

aboos
08-20-2007, 09:06 PM
My favorite fish is the Brownie your Dad caught. The colors on that guy are amazing!

yea..i think its the photographer thats makes it look sooo good!! :wink: just messin

steve092
09-09-2007, 12:37 PM
WOW!!!! Nice trouts. All of you guys!! :appl: :appl: :appl: