Fishing the Eastern Sierras

[Catcher Man]

I may be going up to Mammoth Lakes, CA next weekend. Have any of you ever fished up there before? Can you give me any tips on techniques and hot spots?

Thanks in advance.

[SKP]

Forget Mammoth Lakes, come up to the Great Pacific Northwest! I used to live in Southern Cal, but no more. I've been gone from there since 1979.

Where else beside Alaska can you catch two salmon before you go to work in the morning? I did this once this year.

SKP.

[Bill Monroe]

I never fished Mammoth, but did fish Virginia Lakes as a kid and we spent several summers out of Bridgeport fishing Robinson Creek...the East Walker river used to be good, too...Robinson is stocked regularly...most fun was hiking into Barney Lake ... late fall found brook trout eating almost anything in the beaver dams at the head of the smalll lake...
good luck

Oh, Owens River out of Bishop was a good winter trout fishery...

[Ray S.]

Fall fishing at mammoth can be lots of fun. Most folks do the power bait or marshmallow and egg combo with a sliding sinker rig off the beach. I prefer a nightcrawler inflated by hypodermic needle to float it above the summer grass. Silver, gull,convict and the twin lakes can also be good. Enjoy and post back to let us know how u did... Tight lines bro.

[Smily]

I use to go up to the Owens River for opening day.That was pretty crowded way back then. Lot's of limits from that river.

I use to hike a lot in that area. Have pack will travel. I think that was the best hiking in the world up there. I loved the granite rocks and getting above the tree line was an absolute lunar experience. Everything was sandy with big boulders. Lot's of boulder fields for ever. Ahh the good old days. Any way.

There was South lake that was pretty good and Sabrina lake that had big trout in them also. There is north lake too. A lot of people fsihed there and it was too shallow and at elevation 9,000 ft. That was where I use to start my hikes. Bishop creek teased you cuz you can see the fish and not bite.

There is also Convict lake in that area too, a beautiful lake at that.

Crowley lake use to hold the state record way back when at 28 lbs. The owens river flows into crowley lake.

If your going to mamoth lakes you MUST stop in at Hot Creek. The best river to swim in because half the river is hot and half the river cold. There is a geyser in the middle of the river. Beware as there willl be signs that will tell you people have died from scalding water. It must have erupted when pople are in there. Still a must see and swim!!! :grin: We also use to find thunder eggs in that area. SShhhhh. :cool:

Most of all, It's all beuatiful down there. Definately my favorite hiking place and fishing places too till I started getting into salmon and steelhead around here.

Have fun. :cheers:

:smile: Smily :smile:

[Catcher Man]

Thanks for all the great info everyone - I'll share the info with a guy on my site that's going up this weekend and see how he does with it.

If I end up going next week, I'll let you know how it goes.

So trolling isn't necessary to land some big trout?

p.s. What are thunder eggs?

[ 09-06-2002, 11:49 PM: Message edited by: Catcher Man ]

[Crashin' Bait]

Thunder eggs are rocks. If I'm not mistaken, they are a form of geode that is round like a salmon egg and hollow in the middle, and has purdy crystalline formations in them. Its been a loooooong time since I took that geology class, so, my memory is a little hazy. graemlins/1zhelp.gif

What? It's not NFR because I used the word "salmon" in this post. :grin:

[ 09-07-2002, 03:22 AM: Message edited by: Crashin' Bait ]