Crowley Lake

[sierratroutslaya]

Sierratroutslayer wrote:?...".I know the type. Any successful anglers know, you need to adapt to the situations. If not, you will have poor results. What's that saying?....10% of anglers catch 90% of the fish. I'm sure it was true this year too. Fair-weather anglers fall every year; nothing personal Cheers."
I fish 10 different lakes every July.in the Sierras.I have seen the decline on Crowley due to the State not stocking the rainbows. "Fair weather angler?" I spend every November sitting in trees with a bow in sometimes 20 below weather for a shot at a trophy whitetail. Another friend of mine also had all browns.

T-bone, Good job. If "culling" means upgrading the size of your limit out of a livewell, that is illegal and a hefty ticket from the warden.

By no means have I proclaimed to know everything, but I do know the obvious...As you can see, I don't post often. Just when something needs to be said either to help, or correct something that is wrong. I am not going out on a limb by saying Pope just had a bad day a fishing and in no way does this means the lake is dead.

My point was that you can't say the lake is no good after a weekend of bad fishing.....just that I know the one/two trip a year type of eastern sierra fisherman. They are the same type of people that brag how good of fisherman they are after killing them when the fish are going stupid WFO; and the same people that proclaim a lake is fished out after a single bad weekend.

This has nothing to do with bow hunting of which I know absolutely nothing about. I am just stating a simple fact that you can't judge a lake by one bad weekend. It's Crowely lake for crying out loud; I had two absolutely epic days there last October with my dad when nobody else was around.

Yes, it's not stocked like it used to be, but did you notice that the fish seemed smaller too over the last 10 years? I can't tell you the last time I heard of a 10# fish out of Crowely.... Maybe we'll get some more double digit trout like they used to get up until the 90's cause they aren't stocking so much. Stocking fish is perhaps one of the worst things that ever happened in the sierras, but that's another topic. Save yourself the drive and go to any local pay and take lake if that's what you want.

[TroutOnly]

all my native friends from bishop always tell me it gets great when the water warms a little ,were sometime its slow in areas at the opener but then it blows up big time,everytime i go i troll and smash the bigger browns and then the rainbows on the woolbuggers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,T/O,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[sierratroutslaya]

It's funny how this is even being discussed ha T/O? Us who fish it often enough, or fish with honest expectations know.....

I just care too much about these places for them to be bad mouthed. They're a second home to me as I know they are to others too.

[chansen49]

all my native friends from bishop always tell me it gets great when the water warms a little ,were sometime its slow in areas at the opener but then it blows up big time,everytime i go i troll and smash the bigger browns and then the rainbows on the woolbuggers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,T/O,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Bob, you should see the picture of the big *** brown that my friend Harmic caught out of Crowley this year at the opener.. Big ole brownie.. Your phone get pics Bob?


Chris

[phishin phool]

Dude, i know this, you got one big a** head. What do you think, you are the only one who fishes, or has fished up there for years, you sound like a complete idiot! I think anyone who has fished the eastern slope for any amount of time, loves it. Get over yourself, you are just one of thousands who have fished up there for years, or in some cases generations, you are not special.

it's funny how this is even being discussed ha t/o? Us who fish it often enough, or fish with honest expectations know.....

I just care too much about these places for them to be bad mouthed. They're a second home to me as i know they are to others too.

[ttplt]

Can't we all just get along and fish side by side?

[sierraslam]

I'm gona give Crowley my Best shot Friday, from 12:00 till dark. I'll be fishing from shore, so not the best odds for catching tons of trout. If I get 3 fish I'll be thrilled based on the reports. I've always managed a few from Greenbanks that were all quality trout. Wish me luck!

[Mike274]

A buddy and I fished Crowley hard twice last fall for not much. On the water early and off late. People not catching much overall maybe 2 or 3 per boat. Even the guide services were not catching much, in the way of trout that is. The perch fishing wasn't bad though. You would think that with the amount of fish reportedly being planted, and the change in regs from Aug 1st on there would definately be more fish caught but who knows. Maybe the guy reporting the fish stocking numbers is the same guy that reports for Santa Ana River Lakes LOL.

Mike

[sierratroutslaya]

Dude, i know this, you got one big a** head. What do you think, you are the only one who fishes, or has fished up there for years, you sound like a complete idiot! I think anyone who has fished the eastern slope for any amount of time, loves it. Get over yourself, you are just one of thousands who have fished up there for years, or in some cases generations, you are not special.

Classy......

[phishin phool]

STS, I fell into the thing I try to avoid on here........ be a negative knuckehead, I always try and be positive on here and STS's post rubbed me the wrong way, we are all people on here who share the same love of this wonderful sport and area, so to all offended, I apoligize. Peace and Great Phishin to all!!!

Classy......