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April 28,2003
WEATHER
Friday had all of us worried because the wind was howling up at the lakes and all the way down the canyon. Saturday morning at sunrise someone turned the fan switches off and it was calm and beautiful all day long. The evening was spectacular with the high temps in the 60’s and lows in the high 30’s to low 40’s. The wind began to pick up again on Sunday morning and was breezy all day. The weather was spectacular for an opener, none of the usual bad temps and moisture. Everyone commented on the weather. The temps seem to be cooling down a bit with the forecast of slight showers tomorrow, we’ll see. I sat at South Lake and watched the sunrise this morning—INCREDIBLE!!
SOUTH LAKE
The ice fishing was great!! Most anglers did well with some at the inlet catching a fish on almost every cast. There were no big fish reported but a lot of 10–11 inchers. One nice report is a lot of 8-10 inch Browns. They are not stocked fish so the Browns we have been planting are obviously reproducing. There were probably 100 people on the lake so there was plenty of room. Stingers, TroutTeasers with a mealworm, or just plain old Powerbait seemed to work the best.
BISHOP CREEK
The creek was excellent over the weekend. The accessibility was perfect with a little snow at higher elevations. DFG did a good job of stocking and several big Alpers were hauled in. We now have a beaver pond just above the Tyee Lakes Bridge; they were real active this winter. They have also cut down a lot of trees in the Table Mtn. Campground area. Most action was on Nightcrawlers or Powerbait. There was a little action with Panther Martins but worms seemed to win out.
NORTH LAKE AND INTAKE II
Fishing at the Intake was like being at Disneyland. There were probably 35 float tubes and at least two aluminum rowboats on the lake. The cars were lined on both sides of the road up to the highway and needless to say the anglers were elbow to elbow. Everyone I talked to was very happy with the fishing and the excellent quality of fish that were stocked by Edison. The only bad word was that anglers were catching fish so fast they were not careful on releasing and there were a lot of dead fish by the dam. Remember, we all need to learn to catch and release properly. If damaged they will swim away only to die in less than an hour.
BIG FISH
Paul Harris of Santa Barbara nailed a nice 3 lb. 14 oz. Alpers Trophy Rainbow in Bishop Creek
Wade Baltzer of Upland caught a real nice 3 lb. 6 oz. Alpers in Bishop Creek using Nightcrawlers
Sam Alexander fished Intake 2 with orange Sierra Gold to land a 2 lb. 13 oz. Obanion Rainbow. Sam came from Palmdale for the weekend. |
