Fish & Trail Report Updated 9-7-14 Summary & Trail Report Summer weather continued this week with gorgeous sunny skies and highs in the 70’s at our resort elevation of 9260ft. Having said that, there is a certain crispness to the mornings in the high country that screams fall and with the days getting noticeably shorter, it’s beginning to both look and feel like fall is upon us. Overall fishing was excellent this week with some nice fish in the 2 to 4lb range hitting the scales. The fall color has really come on strong over the past 10 days with some areas already showing some yellow, orange and even a touch of red. Much of the canyon is still green as can be but it will be interesting to see how things develop over the coming weeks and if the higher than average summer rainfall has a positive effect on the foliage. We’re certainly hoping that the rain in some way counteracted the drought’s effect to some degree but only time will tell. Feel free to visit our Fall Color Report Page where we will be posting weekly fall color reports complete with images of the color change. With the gorgeous weather it should be no surprise that we’re still seeing plenty of activity on the area hiking trails including plenty of day hikers to go along with thru-hikers traveling along the JMT or PCT. Only a few wild trout reports from the backcountry this week but those who chose to wet a line managed a mix of Rainbows, Brookies and Browns depending on the trailhead and destination. Bishop Creek So. Fork We couldn’t confirm whether the DFW made it up to stock the stream this week but heavy stocking the two weeks prior to the holiday weekend, anglers did manage to find a decent bite in the stream, mostly for the bait fishers using salmon eggs, nightcrawlers and Powerbait. Weir Pond No reports this week North Lake Excellent action from shore this week, especially for the bait n’ wait folks. Nightcrawlers fished 5ft under a bobber or Powerbait (chartreuse, orange, rainbow) fished 3ft off the bottom were very effective and limits were common. A slow pick for the lure tossers this week. Intake II Slower than normal fishing at Intake II this week, presumably due to the holiday weekend crowd which fished the lake hard last weekend. The fish that did chew were hitting mini-jigs, pink/white mice tails and Thomas Bouyants. Lake Sabrina The bite was a bit on the slow side early in the week following the holiday crowds but by mid week the bite was back on and there is certainly no shortage of fish. Moderate to slow bite trolling but folks found good numbers of fish to 4lbs on jigs and trout worms near the inlet or Powerbait or Micetails fished deep off the rock slide. For more details visit LakeSabrinaBoatLanding South Lake Slow pick on Browns and Brookies. We will be watching the action here carefully to see if the bigger model Browns start to show up as we continue into the fall. 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, 07 Sep 2014 17:06:41 +0000
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