Fish & Trail Report Updated 8-3-14 Summary & Trail Report A big-time return of the afternoon T-storms made life interesting for the hikers of the Sierra this week. Many JMT & PCT hikers reported heavy hail and rain periodically during their backcountry travels. Some days weve even seen all-day rain, something were not used to here in the high country of the Sierra Nevada. To beat the rain, and also to avoid being in the danger zone during lightening activity, we recommend getting an early start so you can get over the passes by 1pm. There has been a lot of chatter about smoke in the area but unlike our neighbors to the north in Mammoth, the Bishop Creek area and the surrounding backcountry has not been seriously impacted by the smoke from the two main fires on the Western Sierra....just a little haze from time to time but nothing to inhibit hiking or fishing conditions thus far (thank goodness). The wildflowers are still hanging tough for the most part although some of the tiger lilies and columbines are saying their goodbyes until next year. There are still lots of paintbrush, lupine, iris and a few other species covering the spectrum from yellow, to red, to white, blue and purple along the streams and any of the more shaded, damp areas. Bring some insect repellant as there are still some skeeters hanging around in the same areas as the wildflowers. The excellent Wild Trout fishing in the backcountry continues, mostly on dries early and late in the day and on bead-head nymphs fished under a dropper mid day. Most of the reports coming in are on smaller model Brookies in the 6-9 range but a few reports of larger Rainbows are also coming in. Bishop Creek So. Fork Creek flows are holding steady at a perfect rate for fishing and weekly stockings from DFW are keeping the vast majority of anglers happy on the stream. Salmon eggs, Orange Powerbait and nightcrawler pieces are reported best, although we did get a few reports that everything we threw worked....we love to hear those reports. Weir Pond Still plenty of depth for excellent wading conditions and a mix of Brookies, Browns and Rainbows is still the result for most of the fly fishers. Olive Wooly Buggers, flash-back pheasant tails, and midges were the top producing flies. Intake II Tons of small 6-9 Rainbows cruising around, presumably from the SCE stocking last week, along with the 10-12 DFW stockers are making for plenty of action. Only a few of the larger fish were caught at the Intake this week but most folks were happy with the steady action, mostly for the bait n wait folks using crawlers under a bobber or various brightly colored powerbaits fished off the bottom with a 2ft - 3ft leader to keep them out of the weeds. North Lake Reports from the North Fork and North Lake ranged from wide open to really good, so few if any of our camp was disappointed with the short driver to the other side of the BCC (Bishop Creek Canyon). Thomas Buoyants, fly/bubble and crawler/bobber were the most productive tactics Some quality fish in the 2-3lb range were reported to be caught & released as well. Lake Sabrina Folks reported great fishing at Lake Sabrina this week with catch totals from 10 to 25+ per boat. Folks are doing best near the back inlets on a variety of tactics from powerbait fished off the bottom, crawlers fished under a bobber, mini-jigs, trout worms and even some trollers were doing well hauling spoons at 2 colors of lead core. For more details and pictures, visit their Facebook page or website at lakesabrinaboatlanding. South Lake Some of the heartier area visitors are still making the hike down to South Lake to try their luck in the hopes of catching a big Brown. Unfortunately, most are only managing a few smalller Brookies and Browns with an occasional holdover Rainbow. Sierrally, Jared Smith & the Parchers Resort Crew PS – As always, we are happy to provide high resolution images to our friends in the press upon request
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:12:55 +0000
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