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| Mammoth Lakes Area | Flies and techniques | |
| Crowley Lake | Thursday, June 3, 2010 The bite is starting to pick up at Crowley. The fish are starting to suspend with warmer water temps. The fishing should only get better with the warmer temps scheduled for the weekend. Most of the fish are 2-4 feet off the bottom in 12-16 feet of water. Alligator, Sandy, and Big Hilton are the hot spots. Look for the bite to pick up at 9 am to 11 am. The bite slows at 11 am but you can still pick up some nice fish through out the whole day. Keep your midge patterns with dark colors. Size 16 black, red and purple have been the best bottom fly and 14-16 gray or olive as your top bugs. |
Flies: Streamers Buggers #8-12, Carey Buggers#10-12, Simi Leeches#10-12, Matukas#6-10, Stanley Streamer(chub)#6 Trailers: Prince#12-14, Hares ear #14-16, A. P. nymph #14-16 |
| Convict Lake | .Sunday, May 16, 2010 Fishing has really improved lately with the warmer tempatures. There are plenty of hold over fish still left in the lake making for some exciting action. The best areas of the lake have been around the marina and the inlet of the lake. Fish full sink type 4 lines from your float tubes using the kick and twitch method. If you are not getting bit fish slower. Always I would fish around the marina and fan cast the whole area. When stripping your streamers back use a strip strip strip pause technique |
Flies: Woolly Buggers#10-12, Twin Lake Specials#10-12, Matukas#8-12, Mini Leech#10-12 Nymphs: Zug Bug#12-16, P. T. #12-16, Flashy Prince#14-16, Zebra Midge #16-18 |
| Twin Lakes | Thursday, June 3, 2010 Twin Lakes is now almost all the way free of ice. But fishing has been really poor. I haven't heard anybody say that they have even hooked fish. For the best fishing you will need to fish up near the water fall. The lower lake has just been a ghost town. |
Streamers Wooly Buggers and Twin Lake Specials. Nymphs zebra midge and tiger midge size 18 Trailing nymphs Prince nymph #16 |
| Lake Marry | Sunday, April 25, 2010 Ice fishing only right now. |
Streamers Wooley Buggers -#10-12 green, black and brown. Carry Buggers - #14cinnamon, red and black. Crystal Buggers.#14 Leech patterns. #12-14
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| Lake George | Sunday, April 25, 2010. Ice fishing only right now. |
Streamers Black Leech #10-14 Nymphs Zebra and Tiger Midges #16-18 |
| Lake Mamie | Sunday, April 25, 2010 Ice fishing only right now. |
Streamers Black Leech # 10-14 Nymphs Zebra midge #18 |
| Rock Creek Lake |
Sunday, April 25, 2010 Ice fishing only right now. |
Streamers Black Leech #8-12 |
| June Lake Area | Back to top page | |
| June Lake | Sunday, May 16, 2010 The Lake is fishing decent after the recent ice melt off a few weeks ago. Fishing has been pretty good around the marina and towards the tulle lines. Fish type 4 full sink lines and fan cast these areas. |
Streamers Matuka #8-12 Nymphs Copper John #16 |
| Gull Lake | Alright reports from the lake have came in now. The lake is about 60 to 70% thawed on the marina side. The marina boats have been breaking up the ice as fast as they can right now. There won't be much shore line fishing in the lake. It will limited to right from the marina and the spots on the other side of the lake near the rocks. So I would recommend fishing either from a boat, float tube or kayak. |
Flies: Streamers- Crystal Buggers #8-12, Doc’s Twin Lake Special #8-12, Matukas #8-12, Mini Leeches #10-12 Nymphs: Zebra Midges #16-18, Frostbite Pupa #16-18,Scuds #16-18, Copper Johns #14-18, Hares Ear#14-18 |
| Silver Lake | Monday, May 10, 2010 The Lake is now free of ice. Haven't heard much on the way of fly fishing. The lake just iced off this week so that is keeping most of the float tubers off the water right now. If you want to rough the cold water I would fish around the out let of the lake. Fishing type 4 full sink lines either casting and stripping very slow or use the kick and twitch method. |
Flies: Streamers-Crystal Buggers #8-12, B. H. Wooly Buggers#8-12, Carey Buggers#8-12, Doc’s Twin Lake Special#10-12. Nymphs: Prince Nymph#14-16, Zug Bug#14-16, Hares Ear#16-18, Zebra Midges #16-18 |
| Grant Lake | Monday, May 10, 2010 The Lake is now ice free. The water is still very cold and haven't heard any reports from fly fishermen. Best areas to start off when fishing from your float tubes would be the inlet of the lake or down the steep banks near the launch ramp. Also try fishing the inlet near the damn. Use full sink lines between 4 and type 6 and fish very slow. |
Flies; Streamers: Zonkers#6-8, Cone Head Rubber leg Buggers#6-8, Crystal Buggers #8-12, Carey Buggers#8-12 Nymphs:Prince#12-16, P. T. #14-16, Jansens Callibaetis #14-16, Flashback Hares Ear#14-16, Zebra Midges #16-18, Zug Bugs #14-16 |
| NORTH OF MAMMOTH LAKES | Opens April 24th |
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| Lundy Lake | Monday, May 10, 2010 ICE FREE. The lake is extremely low. We drove by the lake yesterday and the launch ramp is all the way out of the water. The end of the ramp is almost 50 yards from the water. I would think about holding off right now tell the water rises a little. If your headed hear concentrate fishing from your float tubes near the inlet. Also I would try fishing the stream coming into the lake. |
Streamers: Crystal Buggers#10-12, Mini Leeches#10-14, Carey Buggers#10-12 Nymphs: Zebra midges #16-18, Flashy Prince#14-18, Zug Bugs#14-16, Flashback Hares Ear#14-18, Flashback P.T.#16-18 |
| Bridge Port Reservoir | Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The fishing at the reservoir has been pretty slow for the fly guys. Fish are in 8 to 15 feet of water and most of them have been suspended near steeper banks. Midging has been off and on and no real grab going yet. Best way to hook fish right now would be from a float ube with a type 4 or 5 full sink line using the kick and twitch method. You are going to have to cover water to find the fish that want to eat, but once you find them there are some decent size fish to hook right now. With the warmer wither this week we have hopes that the lake will improve. |
Streamers: Bandit Leech #4, Bunny Leech#4-6, Muddler Minnow#4-8, Flash-a-Buggers#6-10, Stanley Streamer#6,Matukas#6-8, Mini Leeches #10-12, Twin Lake Specials#10-12 Nymphs: Zebra Midges#14-18, Blood Midges#14-16, Tiger Midges#16-18,Flashback Hares Ear#14-16, P.T.’s #14-18, Scuds#16-18, Prince#14-18 |
| Twin Lakes | Monday, May 10, 2010 The lakes are ice free now and there was a monster brown caught last week. Fish near the inlet of the upper lake and fish around the marina of the lower lake for your best results right now. |
Streamers: Double Bunny’s#4-6, Bandit Leech#4-6, Articulated Leeches#2-6, Wolly Buggers#6-10, Mohair Leech#8-12, Matukas#6-8, Zonkers#6-8 Nymphs: Prince #12-16, Hares Ear #14-16, Zug Bugs#14-16, Soft Hackles#14-18, Aggravators#12-16 |
| Virginia Lakes | Ice fishing only here. Most likely won't thaw tell around June. |
Streamers Wolly Bugger #6-10 Black, Green and brown. |
| Bishop Area | ||
| Pleasant Valley Reservoir | I went tubing in PVR the other morning and at first I didn't get one grab. I fished the straight-away just past the river section all the way down until the reservoir proper (first big bend). The pump station was calm, the water seemed clear to about 5-7 feet and there was no surface activity to speak of. I fished many different pattern, colors, depths and retrieve cadences with nothing taking my presentation. About 9am the bite took off with almost every cast either a grab or a fish on. All nice fish between 13-16 inches, lot's of fight, chunky in sature and a few getting airborne. All colors and patterns (wolly buggers, mohair leeches) worked. They weren't picky! In an hour and a half i caught 13 nice fish and then the water became very murky due to the power station pumping water. The bite shutdown at that point. Report courtesy of Ken from Bishop. |
Streamers: Matukas#6-8, Hornburgs#8-12, Crystal Buggers#8-12, Stanley Streamers(chub)#6-8, Carey Buggers#10-12, Mini Leeches#10-12 Nymphs: Zebra Midges#16-18, Tiger Midges#16-18, Callibaetis #14-16, Flashy Prince #14-16, Flashback Hares Ear#14-16, P.T’s#16-18 |
| South Lake | Monday, May 10, 2010 The lakes are ice free but very cold for the float tubers. The same goes for here make sure to fish slow and deep to hook fish. Use type 4 to type 5 full sink lines and use the kick and twitch method to find the fish. |
Streamers Doc's Twin lake Special Nymphs Zebra and Tiger midges # 16-18 |
| Intake 2 | Intake 2 seemed to fish pretty good for the most part. Most of the fish were on the smaller side, but the guys were hooking a decent number of fish from the float tubes. Wooley Buggers seemed to be the hot ticket in any shape and color. One of the TWR followers sent in a quick report about his day fishing. Ken from bishop landed 11 fish in the morning and 12 that afternoon.
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Streamers Black Leech #10-12 Nymphs Zebra and Tiger Midges #16-18
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| Lake Sabrina | Expected to be frozen for the opener. |
Streamers Black Leech #10-12 Nymphs Zebra and Tiger midges #16-18 |
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| Mammoth Lakes | Back to top of page | Flies and techniques |
Mammoth Creek
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Thursday, June 3, 2010 The Creek is pretty much blown out right now due to the spring run off finally getting into full swing. |
zebra midges size 18 to 20 |
Hot Creek
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Thursday, June 3, 2010 Well the creek finally saw its worst day of fishing all season today. The spring run off really hammered this place today and the flows jumped up around 26 csf's. The water looks like a raging river of chocolate milk right now and it will take a few days for it to clean out and be fish able again. PLEASE NO WADING! Think about the others that also fish this creek. |
Nymphs Brooks beatis size 20 Dry flies Elk Hair Caddis #16 #18 |
Upper Owens River
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Sunday, May 16, 2010 The flow on the Upper Owens River has been jumping around a lot lately. But has been mostly around 55-60 csf. This is a pretty low flow for this river but it is actually fishing well. There are quite a few fish that have been pushing in from Crowley Lake and they are of decent size. Fish are scattered so when fishing the Owens the key is to cover a lot of water. Just walk and keep your eyes open for fish moving. You can run streamer patters and fish downstream hitting bends and fast water. This is a great way to cover water. If you are throwing nymph rigs than the key is to run something bright and flashy as your point fly and put more natural patterns below that. Stuff like cased caddis, caddis emerges, midges, beatis or stonefly nymphs. Just remember not to spend to much time in one spot if you are not getting strikes. Be on the lookout for the water to be rising soon.
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Nymph Brooks beatis size 20 |
| Convict Creek | Well if you don't mind the crowds and I mean CROWDS! this place can be fun to catch some of the bigger hold overs. The banks here are lined with 100s of anglers casting in every direction. So it will be extremely tough for the opener but sometimes can be rewarding. |
Zebra midge black or green size 18 to 20 Pheasant tail size 18 Prince Nymph size 18 Egg size 18 San Juan Worm #12 |
| Rock Creek | High waters and not much road access will makes things difficult for the opener. If you want to get away from the crowds and don't mind the walk this place could be very rewarding. Fish through the camp ground areas of the river. Most of the deeper pools will all be holding fish. |
Nymphs Flash Back Pheasant Tail #16-18 Dry's |
| June Lake | Back to top of page | |
| Rush Creek | Tuesday, May 4, 2010 The fishing here has been slow. The spawners from Grant Lake still haven't moved into the river yet. So it is pretty much stalker fish only right now. Once the fish have all been taken from the creek the fishing slows way down. For best results right now fish late in the week and avoid the weekend crowds. |
Nymphs Prince nymph #14 to #18 Dry's Stimulator #14 #16 Streamers Bead head wooley bugger green or black #12 |
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| East Walker River | Thursday, June 3, 2010 The bite at the East Walker is good but the crowds are bad. Flows are just about perfect at 180 cfs with the water temps at 55 degrees. There are a ton of fish over 16 inches being caught. The one bad this is that fish are feeding on a medley of insects from midges to caddis. The hatches are midges in the morning,beatis in the afternoon and caddis in the evening. |
Nymphs Small Zebras- size 18- 22 black, gray or green body with copper wrap works best.
Beatis- size 20-22 Stone Fly's- size 16-20- mercers stone, poxy back stone or copper johns. Caddis-size #16-20 PMD's Streamers size 4-12- perch imitation work best try a wide variety
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| West Walker River | High water levels for the opener. I would recommend steering clear of here for the opener until things slow down. |
Nymphs Hares ear #16 #18 Streamers Bead head wooley bugger #12 |
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| Lower Owens Gorge | This is always the place to go to get away from the crowds. This fishing here has really been good and there are some great BWO hatches coming off mid day and a decent caddis hatch coming off later in the afternoon. Be careful of the stinging neddles though as they are starting to pop up every where along the creek. Fishing here is always pretty simple. Fish a dry dropper combo. I would fish a stimulator as your dry to start off with a size 18 or 20 midge as your dropper. You can fish all sorts of different attractor type dry's. When you see the BWO's come off switch over to one of those. Most of your fish are going to be in the 8 to 12 inch range with bigger fish being around 14 to 16 inches. |
Nymphs Dries
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| Lower Owens River Wild Trout Section | Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Lower Owens is flowing at 540 cfs. You will need to use a ton of weight to get down to the fish. Midges and Beatis will be hatching in the morning. Caddis and Midges in the afternoon. The Beatis are hatching at 10-12 and the Caddis show up at 1-4. A few fish are coming up to the surface but most are staying near the bottom. You will need at least 2-4 AB shots to get down to the bottom. 18-20 Midges patterns, 18-20 Mayfly nymphs or emergers and 14-16 Olive or Gray Caddis Pupa and dries. Please be safe when trying to cross. |
Nymphs Dries Streamers |
| Lower Owens River | The rest of the lower Owens is fishing about the same and the wild trout section. This is a good area of the river to swing or strip streamers though. Fish either a sink tip line or a bead head streamer. | same as above |
| Bishop Creek | High water levels and massive amounts of people here for the opener. | Nymphs Dries
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| Mammoth Lakes Area | Reports | Bait and Lures |
Lake Marry
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Ideal for ice fishing guys! The best areas are always around the inlets and outlets of this lake. If you have an auger and want to make your own holes I would start by the inlet from lake George. If you haven't ice fished before this can be a ton of fun for easy limits. Go up in the evening of the opener or even the next day and there will be holes all over the lake for easy picking. The best tactic is to use a trout trap tipped with either a night crawler piece or a salmon egg. Let it sink to the bottom then reel up a couple cranks and gently jig it in 3 inch shakes. For all the tackle and gear you need for ice fishing go into Rick's Sports for more info. GET OUT HERE AND TRY THIS! |
Trout teaser - any of the brighter colors work well. Make sure to tip them with a pinch of night crawler. Added sent always helps too. Jig spoons Thomas buoyant work well. |
| Lake George | Same as Lake Marry for the report on how to fish. Find your holes in the ice and go hook some fish. |
Trout Teasers Any of the brighter colors Red, green, yellow, orange and pink Salmon Eggs Night Crawlers |
| Lake Mamie | Same as Lake Marry. |
same as Lake Marry |
| Twin Lakes | Sunday, May 16, 2010 STAY OFF THE LAKE! The ice is now rotten all over the lake and is breaking up pretty dang fast! We should be ice free for Memorial day weekend. There are small sections on the lake that have open water that can be really good at times. Below the foot bridge infront of Tamarack lodge can be really good and also underneath the water fall. Fish Panther Martins and Trout Teasers for your best results. Also it would be a good time to fish a fly and a bubble set up. |
Fly and a bubble with a wooly bugger green or black. Thomas Buoyant - red and gold Lip rippers - green, orange, yellow |
| Mammoth Creek | Sunday, May 16, 2010 The Creek is pretty high right now. Most people are getting 3 or 4 fish a day and limits can be tough at times. The best ways to fish right now are small spinners like panther martins or salmon eggs. Also try site fishing with trout teasers with some scent on them. |
Power bait - chunky cheese, rainbow, garlic and salmon egg sent. |
| Upper Owens River | Sunday, May 16, 2010 The river has been fishing pretty good for most spin anglers lately. The guys doing the best are working small spinners in the deeper runs. There a good amounts of Crowley fish coming into the river right now also. Please make sure to respect the fishery and only keep what you can eat. The spawners are what make the Upper O and Crowley such a great fishery.
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Floating rapalas - f3s and f5s, silver and gold, rainbow, brown trout, and perch pattern. |
| Crowley Lake | Sunday, May 16, 2010 The fishing on Crowley has been all over the place. We did have some warmer days this week and it seems to have helped the fishing a bit. For the guys trolling the ticket has been about 25-30 feet of water and 4-6 colors. The Tasmanian Devils have still be the lure of choice for most people. Running a pattern form Pelican Point over to Sandy Point and then towards Stormy Flats has been best. I talked with people that have been trolling different areas with some success but the Pelican to Sandy loop seems to be the ticket. For those of you that are Bait Fisherman I would be concentrating on the quick drop offs. The same thing goes for where the fish will be located. 25-30 feet of water and suspended in about 16- 20 feet. With that being said you would want to run longer than average leaders ranging from 4-6 feet. Switch it up with your baits till you find what is working for that day. Use various power baits and and inflated worms. Thing are on the up and I am going to have to say that Crowley should be fishing pretty good within the next few weeks.
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Inflated night crawlers with scent. |
| Convict Lake | Sunday, May 16, 2010 Convict has been fishing inconsistent for a lot of people. It is hard to give a report for the last week due to the fact that some groups have been doing pretty well and others would not say that at all. It seem to me that the average for most groups has been 1-2 fish per hour and that is coming from the groups that have been doing better. Right now the key for bait fisherman is SCENT. If you are fishing off the bottom then you need to be running fairly long leaders ranging from 3-6 feet and make sure that you are putting scent on everything. Gulp baits are a good thing to start with because they are already so potent. But you must add a little something extra on whatever it may be that you are fishing with. Another helpful tip is to keep moving. If you spend more than 30 min in one spot without a strike then you should be moving down shore. Sometimes all it takes is moving 30-40 yards away to find the fish. That is the key, you need to find the fish, they won't find you. |
Gulp Worms - red, chartreuse, brown and orange. Inflated night crawlers behind a bubble. Power Bait - gulp eggs pink. |
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| June Lake | BAIT .Lures
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| Gull Lake | Gull lake is about 60 t0 70% defrosted and the marina has been breaking up the ice as best they can. There will not be much shore fishing here so you are going to need to either fish from a boat, float tube or kayak. The ice is all hanging on the right hand side of the lake looking at the lake from the marina. Good luck guys and let me know how you do? |
Bait Lures
Fly-n-Bubble,Wolly Buggers- Olive, Black,Brown. Mini jigs-Bright Colors.
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| Silver Lake |
Sunday, May 9, 2010 Fishing is finally getting under way at Silver Lake; after the ice has all gone away. We had several nice fish caught this week from shore and from boats. The new Salmon Egg Glitter Power Bait and Salmon Peach Power Bait has been working well from shore, as well as worms. From boats, trolling a Tasmanian Devil (anything Pink) or a Rapala have been working very well also. we are excited about the lake finally being ice free and are looking forward to a great season of fishing on Silver Lake. |
Bait Power Bait and Power Eggs in all colors. Inflated Crawlers with scent. Zekes Sierra Gold. Lures Kastmasters-Gold, Silver/Blue. Thomas Buoyants- Red/Gold. Super Dupers-Gold, Silver. Needlefish-Bright colors. Minijigs-Bright colors. |
| Grant Lake |
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Bait Power Bait-All colors. Gulp Eggs-Pink, Orange. Inflated Crawlers. Lures Rapalas- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout. Thomas Buoyants-Red/Gold, Red Dot Frog, Copper. Kastmaster's- Gold. Jake's Spin-a-Lure-Gold/Red. Needlefish- Bright colors. Mini jigs-all colors. |
| Rush Creek | Bait Gulp eggs-pink, orange and yellow Lures Mini jigs all colors |
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| Bridgeport Reservoir | Saturday, May 1, 2010 The water is extremely cold and the fish are suspending the water column. Trolling is the best way to get the suspended fish to bite. You want to be 12-20 feet down off Rocky Point or By the damn. Kastmasters, Rapalas and Needlefish in Gold, Red or Frog will do the trick. |
Bait Power Bait-Rainbow, Cheese, Orange. Gulp Eggs-Pink, Red. Inflated Crawlers. Lure Rapalas-Brown, Rainbow, Gold. Owners Mira Shad. Thomas Buoyants-Red/Gold. Jake's Spin-a Lure-Red/Gold. Power Worms-Red,Natural, Orange. Fly-n Bubble-Wolly Buggers-Olive, Brown, Black. Swim Baits-Huddleston Rainbow, Z-Plugs-Rainbow. |
| Twin Lakes | Lower Twin is now completely ice free and the middle twin is about half way defrosted. |
Bait Power Bait-Orange,Rainbow, Green. Gulp Baits- all shapes and form. Inflated crawlers with scent. Lures Thomas Buoyants-Red/Gold, Rainbow, Brown. Jake's Spin-a-Lure-Gold/Red. Needlefish-Bright colors. Super Dupers-Gold. Kastmaster's. Rapalas- Silver, Gold, Rainbow: Don’t be afraid to throw CD5-CD9’s. Swim Baits-Huddleston Deluxe-Juvenile Trout, Stocker Trout. Big Z-Plugs-Rainbow Patterns. |
| West Walker River | ||
| Bishop | Back to top of page | |
| Pleasant Valley Reservoir | ||
| Lower Owens River | ||
| Bishop Creek |
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Bait : Gulp eggs, Salmon eggs, Lures : Panther Martins and Rooster Tails |
| South Lake |
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Bait : Gulp eggs, Salmon eggs and Night Crawlers. Lures : Trout Teasers in brighter colors, Red, Orange and green. Also try crawdad. Make sure to tip your lures with either a piece of night crawler or salmon egg. |
| Intake 2 | ||
| Lake Sabrina |
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