McGee Creek-Bridgeport May 9-11
After our great little weekend trip, POM and I headed back up 395 in search of some more High Sierra Beauties.... Driving just south of Big Pine on the way up we were right behing the stock truck.. haha... we followed it for a bit but it turned in to get some gas and the stockers weren't our main goal.
McGee Creek - Walked McGee Creek all the way down to Crowley and worked our way back up... POM fished the fly and I worked the spinner (barbless of course) for a few fish each.... There were some large concentrations of fish below the Convict Creek confluence down to Crowley... Wish I would of come across the beautiful cut Greg did... The water and fish in this creek are simply gorgeous
Rush Creek - Rush Creek looked to be in full runoff and cooking... Fishing was a bit slow and only caught a couple a piece... I did manage one 16 inch brown which was nice.
LeeVining Creek - They must of just dumped and these stockers were some of the hardest fighting fish we caught the whole trip... They were 14-17 inches and were leaping a couple feet out of the water when hooked... We had a field day here catching and releasing on the jigs.. On the way home we caught some more with the fly... Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures here.
Kirman Lake - Made the hike into Kirman with our float tubes in hopes of nailing a pig brookie or cut... On the way in we ran into someone working for the DFG asking where we were going but that was it... we tried to hitch a ride but he wasn't up for it.. hahaha.. Got to the lake and saw a school of about 5 20 plus inch cutties cruising the shoreline.... We were like ahhhhh mannnnn.. this is gonna be good.... inflated the tubes and headed out.... fished flies, spinners, and jigs and did not get one single bite... dohhhh.... it was still a scenic hike and we'll get em next time.
West Walker - Fished the West Walker with flies and spinners for probably a dozen average size bows... It was nice to get a few on the fly.... Got a cool picture of snake with a lil mouse in its mouth from this area.
Upper and Lower Twin - Caught and released around 20 stockers (1 brown) from both lakes on the jigs but no size to talk about.
East Walker - Worked the East Walker in another attempt to get a trophy fish (preferably on the fly)... POM worked the fly and I worked the spinner for a fish a piece... got a late start and the EW was crowded.
Virginia Creek - found another hole on Virginia Creek loaded with stockers... Caught several on the fly outta this area.... POM hooked a tree on a backcast and climbed up it to save a fly... haha
Bishop - On the way back home hit our waterways on and off the Lower O .... Highlight was catching the beast brown I got the last trip... hahaha.... this fish was extra mad this time making some long runs before we were able to get him to net... We lost a few more good ones on the way.
Another great trip with beautiful scenery and beautiful fish... POM is putting in the time with the fly rod and continues to improve his skills... Tight Lines and full tails... Enjoy the pics
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