Howdy folks!
There has been some BS press on the Eastern Sierra as of late but here are a few highlights which should ease everyone's mind with regard to the big fish situation in the ES. While this is not a fishing report per say, it's an information report - so this seemed like the best spot for the post.
First - hot of the presses (I don't even think there has been a press release yet actually) but there is a load of jumbo Alpers coming to the Bishop Creek Canyon for the opener. It was actually stated in my conversation with the person organizing the stocking that there is some concern that these fish may be too big to safely stock in the creek. My advice was to that the driver will know the deeper holes along the creek and that he should put the larger models in those deeper creek holes, Intake II and North Lake(if the road is open) and save any of the smaller 2-4lb models for the rest of the creek/Weir pond if applicable. Good stuff.
Second - for those that haven't already heard, Mammoth Lakes has already secured 11,000lbs of trophy Rainbows from Desert Springs Trout Farm in Oregon for this season. That is about twice as much as last year and does not include other stocking funds and organizations which may further supplement the area.
I myself received a call from Jimmy Lim (formerly with Alpers) who is now with Desert Springs Trout Farm offering their services for stocking trophies this summer and I would imagine that similar calls were made all up and down 395.
Never fear folks, trophy trout will be here.
Sierrally,
Smitty aka Jared Smith
GM Parchers Resort
Bishop CA