hey hope all Fnners had a great Christmas and all othe fishing people.
Question, about Hesperia Lake. how many has fished Hesperia lake after they have claimed to have stocked 2000lbs of trout, every Monday and Thursday?
I go to victorville every Christmas to take my brother visting from Utah and my 78yr old dad
fishing. We decided to go to Hesperis so on Monday, we take a drive to the lake to see if it was crowed because they was supossed have stocked. When we got to the lake there was only 6 people on the lake. Stopped in the store to find out why so few people fishing they said the weather has been keeping them away. ( I though yea right!)
Tuesday morning up at five oclock got coffee arrived at Hesperia Lake, first ones to buy passes went to a spot that we have seen several people fight to get, spread out for the first time ever at hesperia and started to fish, 1hr goes by dad caught a 6lb strugen, I tried dropshoting lipziper worms orange white, chartruse, red white, white. roster tails kastmasters silver gold and what ever spinner had in box nothing.
few more people around the lake no one was catching any fish remember they claimed to have stocked 2000lbs of trout and i forgot to tell you in addition they claimed to have stocked 1000 or 1200lb of strugen. When they came around to check our fish, we asked again if they stocked and they resured us that they had must be the wheater. let me tell you it was a beauitful day very little wind sun traveling in and out of clouds.
I decided to take a walk and talk to some of the others fishing and ask them what they though about the fish not biting, the people that I spoke with said this has been going on for along time they claimed to have stocked but very few fish being caught. I ask a fisherman if they stocked on Monday he said no he was there all day waiting but nothing happened.
the rest of the day kept trying to catch fish throwing every thing, all colors of power bait. end of the day between 5 of us total count was 2 strugen 3 trout. Even the comurants was puzzeld they kept flying around looking did see a few jump but nothing that could indecate 2000lbs of trout?
I ask one of the staff if there was a record of the stock he said they don't have one?

Before any one jumps on me I have fished this lake several times and have caught my limits but the last two yerrs i have to question the stocking numbers

My question is how do we keep these private lakes accountable or prove that they are stocking the lbs that are being suggested. tough times money tight?