Post by markskor on Apr 24, 2021 19:25:41 GMT -8
Short and sweet - live above Crowley - (you know the area)...East side Sierra.
- Early on the road...Crowley Lake closest fishing but no fun without a boat. Convict Lake also considered but always too crowded, and Lake Mary road still closed at Twin Lakes junction.....so started off backside at June Lake. Calm early but heavy winds came in soon enough, from the north. The usual fishmas fun...Why does it always storm opening day? BTW, 4 inches of snow due here, Mammoth Mountain area tomorrow.
- After a lot of hits and misses - (throwing big lures), then being blown out backside June Lake, we tried the east side of Silver...lots of people leaving with stockers...not as crowded as in years past...alas, nothing to relate here as too windy by the time we arrived. Continued past Grant Lake (June Lake Loop) and surprised that the water level there is so low right now you can almost walk across it...sigh! Had considered the wooded stream inlet to Grant (always good) but the wind nixed that plan too.
- Stopped off at Lee Vining - Mono Cone for lunch...great shakes, burgers, and onion rings...ate up at the Mono Lake Visiter Center (still seasonally closed but near by, always scenic)...BTW, Mono Lake water level is up.
- On the way back home, stopped off to try the Owens... (Green Church road, ~ 3 miles in) and bagged dinner.
taut lines!
mark
- Early on the road...Crowley Lake closest fishing but no fun without a boat. Convict Lake also considered but always too crowded, and Lake Mary road still closed at Twin Lakes junction.....so started off backside at June Lake. Calm early but heavy winds came in soon enough, from the north. The usual fishmas fun...Why does it always storm opening day? BTW, 4 inches of snow due here, Mammoth Mountain area tomorrow.
- After a lot of hits and misses - (throwing big lures), then being blown out backside June Lake, we tried the east side of Silver...lots of people leaving with stockers...not as crowded as in years past...alas, nothing to relate here as too windy by the time we arrived. Continued past Grant Lake (June Lake Loop) and surprised that the water level there is so low right now you can almost walk across it...sigh! Had considered the wooded stream inlet to Grant (always good) but the wind nixed that plan too.
- Stopped off at Lee Vining - Mono Cone for lunch...great shakes, burgers, and onion rings...ate up at the Mono Lake Visiter Center (still seasonally closed but near by, always scenic)...BTW, Mono Lake water level is up.
- On the way back home, stopped off to try the Owens... (Green Church road, ~ 3 miles in) and bagged dinner.
taut lines!
mark
