Originally Posted by
seal
Because somebody got there following a Utah plant does not mean that the fishing was good all season long. There are obviously going to be spikes in fish caught based on the trophy stocking program that is in place. The discussion seems to be re: the DFW's poor stocking of all waters this season. I was there for a week last week and saw the lack of fish, stopped at Bishop creek for the fall colors on the way home and saw maybe 2 rainbows in all the spots I checked areas I know very well from years of visitation. On Thursday took a drive up to North before coming home, no fish other than the small brownies in the bridge hole, when I came back down I saw about 5 fish in the pool, small bows, obviously they planted, 5 trout in that hole that normally gets a couple net full. Now I know it's the fall and they cut back but to see the area (and that's not the only areas I observed without fish) completely devoid of fish was sad to say the least. Luckily I had made up my mind to do a more casual fishing trip and focus more on a "normal" type of vacation, hell even visited the insanity of Yosemite. By the way they are really doing a number on that place with construction and changes, it's been a while but with traffic and road work it sucked way more than I ever remember.
Vacation dollars are going to go even more outside this state if the powers that be don't pull their heads out of their back sides soon!