PVR and Owens w/ pescaditos 0404
Planned a family outing to Bishop for this weekend, but at the final second, the wifey was held back because of work. I ended up taking the kids out on my own, and it turned out to be a great trip! We hit pvr before 8 on saturday, and started the hike up from the power plant.
There was a spot that I was planning on hitting that I know was productive in the past, plus wasn't too far from the only outhouse there (trying to plan ahead w/ the kids in tow...). We got there and this is what I found:
The water level was way down (i couldn't see the boulders there when i went last about 6 weeks ago) and didn't seem deep enough to hold any decent sized fish. So we moved along to another spot that I knew had been productive. Again, the landscape was different w/ the water level being low, but I thought I'd give it a chance anyway. I started by tossing a thomas bouyant, and within the first couple of casts, FISH ON!! I brought it in and decided we'd post there for the day. I told the kids that we weren't going to be soaking bait, and helped them set up what I thought would be the easiest and most effective rig to get the fish on the line: a PW split-shotted wacky style. A while later, my oldest, who had never caught a fish before, starts yelling, DAD, I GOT A BITE!! I look over, and he had a fish on!!!
I coached him on bringing it in, but let him do all the work. Here's his first:
The next couple of hours consisted of me catching some fish, me re-tying hooks, me untangling lines, the kids playing, me re-tying hooks, me untangling lines, the oldest catching another, me re-tying hooks, and me untangling lines.
Here are a couple of action shots:
I used a variety of lures and colors, including different spinners, spoons, tubes, nymphs and minows. I only saw maybe two other fish caught by other people. The bait and wait game did not seem to be very productive while we were there. Here's another reason why I might have been more successful:
I had a scout finding the schools for me!
My younger son was getting discouraged since he hadn't caught anything yet, but it finally happened for him. Here he is reeling in his first trout ever, "crouching tiger hidden dragon" style:
Here's his:
We called it a day soon after since we had plans around town and I also wanted to show them the Owens.
I ended up w/ 7 caught, releasing 4, and the boys w/ 3 between them, all kept (I promised them they could keep any fish that they caught that weren't brown). Unfortunately, my daughter got the skunk, but she was ok with that.
Here are a couple of landscape shots:
Here's the catch before filleting at the motel:
Later that day, we hit the owens. I only fished it for about 45 mins and got skunked, but the kids had a good time.
All in all, we had a great time. I'm hoping to make it out again in a few weeks, this time w/ the wife.
Sorry for the long read and I hope you enjoyed.
TIGHT LINES!!
pa
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Originally Posted by big_mike_70
