DC5fishR
09-03-2012, 12:48 PM
Two weeks ago, I was able to go up to the beautiful eastern sierras and it once again it was paradise! We stayed in Mammoth for a long weekend trip. I originally planned on going to the June Lake Loop area, but later decided on checking out some new places instead. I also got to try out my new wader in a couple of the lakes, it's pretty awesome, not bulky or hot at all! I'll probaly evolve to tubing soon... Here's the report:
Day 1PM: Got to Mammoth, the lakes there were seriously crowded! I couldn't even find a parking space near Lake George. After doing some scouting around the lakes, we ended trying Lake Mamie. It was pretty slow, I tried a lot of stuff, and finally managed 1 rainbow on c-rig salmon egg. Also, I caught a bunch of small carp/sucker like fish on bobber and nightcrawlers.
Day 2AM: Went to Little Virginia Lake for the first time, this little lake is now a favorite of mine! :Fishing Hole: I spent some time scouting and ended up catching around 10 or so rainbows and small brookies. I caught them on ds powerworms, gold thomas buoyants, and minijigs.
Day 2PM: Then headed to Big Virgina Lake, this lake kinda reminds me of Convict for some reason, except it's not as deep or turquoise. Walked around exploring and ended up fishing the inlet, caught about 5 or so rainbows and small brookies, mostly on ds powerworms.
Day 3AM: Decided to check out Lundy Lake for the first time. For some reason the annual sierra fishing guide always says this lake is a secret...I think the secrets out, since it had a decent amount of people there! I ended up catching around 6 or more rainbows, using mostly thomas buoyants in two main areas of the lake. I also fished the creek below the lake and caught 5 more decent sized rainbows on minijigs and salmon eggs.
Day 3PM: I was itching to go to Little Virginia once more and was not disappointed. :Fishing Catch: This time though, the fish seemed to be pretty stacked up along one shoreline. Caught a bunch of rainbows on buoyants, ds pw and nc, and split shot pb/nc. Decided on some bait and wait at the end, so that I could enjoy the last sunset before heading home the next day and have some fish to give away when I got back.
Overall, it was great exploration trip. Is the water at Lundy Lake this year, really down or is it usually that low? I attached a pic looking from the dam, which was totally dry.
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Day 1PM: Got to Mammoth, the lakes there were seriously crowded! I couldn't even find a parking space near Lake George. After doing some scouting around the lakes, we ended trying Lake Mamie. It was pretty slow, I tried a lot of stuff, and finally managed 1 rainbow on c-rig salmon egg. Also, I caught a bunch of small carp/sucker like fish on bobber and nightcrawlers.
Day 2AM: Went to Little Virginia Lake for the first time, this little lake is now a favorite of mine! :Fishing Hole: I spent some time scouting and ended up catching around 10 or so rainbows and small brookies. I caught them on ds powerworms, gold thomas buoyants, and minijigs.
Day 2PM: Then headed to Big Virgina Lake, this lake kinda reminds me of Convict for some reason, except it's not as deep or turquoise. Walked around exploring and ended up fishing the inlet, caught about 5 or so rainbows and small brookies, mostly on ds powerworms.
Day 3AM: Decided to check out Lundy Lake for the first time. For some reason the annual sierra fishing guide always says this lake is a secret...I think the secrets out, since it had a decent amount of people there! I ended up catching around 6 or more rainbows, using mostly thomas buoyants in two main areas of the lake. I also fished the creek below the lake and caught 5 more decent sized rainbows on minijigs and salmon eggs.
Day 3PM: I was itching to go to Little Virginia once more and was not disappointed. :Fishing Catch: This time though, the fish seemed to be pretty stacked up along one shoreline. Caught a bunch of rainbows on buoyants, ds pw and nc, and split shot pb/nc. Decided on some bait and wait at the end, so that I could enjoy the last sunset before heading home the next day and have some fish to give away when I got back.
Overall, it was great exploration trip. Is the water at Lundy Lake this year, really down or is it usually that low? I attached a pic looking from the dam, which was totally dry.
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