Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Mammoth Lakes -> Duck Lake (Pass) -> Purple Lake -> Ram Lake
I heard there is them Goldens in the Ram Lake / Glen Lake Area
Perhaps day trip over to Virginia Lake
Every Trail Map
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=677616
One trip report:
http://sierrajourney.com/Sierra_Journey/Hiking_&_Backpacking/Entries/2009/7/3_Purple_Lake_via_Duck_Pass.html
Another:
http://www.highsierratopix.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3251
Great fishing page:
http://stevenojai.tripod.com/fishcreek.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/projects/environassess/wildernessplan/2005/deisfinal/map-fishcreek.pdf
Perhaps day trip over to Virginia Lake
Every Trail Map
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=677616
One trip report:
http://sierrajourney.com/Sierra_Journey/Hiking_&_Backpacking/Entries/2009/7/3_Purple_Lake_via_Duck_Pass.html
Another:
http://www.highsierratopix.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3251
Great fishing page:
http://stevenojai.tripod.com/fishcreek.htm
Some details in this book, please check google books!
Sierra South: Backcountry Trips in Californias Sierra Nevada
By Kathy Morey, Mike White, Stacy Corless, Analise Elliot
An official forestry type map?
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sierra/projects/environassess/wildernessplan/2005/deisfinal/map-fishcreek.pdf
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Rockhouse Basin - By The Kern River
Be sure to read about 'mojave green rattlesnakes' in this area, doesn't sound fun!
Great trip report here:
Friday, June 18, 2010
Roosevelt & Lane Lakes - Off 108 - By Kirman
One report from Imhooked.com
Three Friends , Ray, Tim, and Joe , Just Back form Back Packing thier Float Tubes and Camping Gear into the Sonora Pass Area with Great Fishing Success , somwhat Stinky,and With Mosquito Bites !!! They fished Kirman Lake the First Two Days with Brookies , Netted of 1 to 5 pounds !! The Largest was a Totally Hump-Backed Fat, Full Colored Male Brookie !! All Released. The Warden was Really On Every One .. so be Legal and Know the Regulations that are Special for that Area !!!! Poore Lake was thier Next Stop and they Caught and Fished the Lengh of Poore , Letting the Wind Push them , Until it was too strong and then they Shore Fished By the Famous Stump on the west side in the Middle and Brought Back to Camp Both Nights Some Excellant Brooks / Rainbows to Fry Up 13 to 19 Inchs !!! The Warden Also Checked Them Again and Thier Catch there As Well , There . The Coup De Graw Was , when they Moved Camp to the Two Small Round Lakes Southwest of there , that I mentioned to them , before Departing. While Kasting Some Kastmasters and Midges of the Logs from Shore , they Hooked into 3 Fat Brook Trout of over 20 Inchs !! A Couple Cookie Cutters of 5 Pounds and One Amazing Brookie of Just Under 7 Pounds !!! They Released them as they Had had Enough Fish to Eat at Poore Lake !!! They did not make it to Fremont Lake , However two Guys Back Packing in There , thought that it was Thawed Out. Bring Mosquito Stuff /Snake Bite Kit and Watch for Rattle -Snakes , as One Large Speiceman with a Head the Size of you Fist ,Tried to Slide Under thier Tent Floor from the Edge.. ( probalbly to get warm )... While they Were Strying to Go to Sleep 
!!! They Then Had a Very Hard Time Sleeping and That Night in the darkeness was .. in thier own words ... " NEVRVE RACKING " !!!! Where is that Blasted Head Lamp , Allie ? Read the Regultaions for the Area before hand and Abide By Then ... is is a Sportsman Thing and Will be A Whole Lot Cheaper Trip if You Do !!! Aloha !! gst
!!! They Then Had a Very Hard Time Sleeping and That Night in the darkeness was .. in thier own words ... " NEVRVE RACKING " !!!! Where is that Blasted Head Lamp , Allie ? Read the Regultaions for the Area before hand and Abide By Then ... is is a Sportsman Thing and Will be A Whole Lot Cheaper Trip if You Do !!! Aloha !! gst 
Well, my girl and I had a few days completely to ourselves and were dying to get to the high country. After some searching we found our potential destination. The Lane/Roosevelt area out of Leavitt Meadows in the eastern Sierra. Since I couldnt ascertain real time snow conditions up there, we packed very heavy, and packed so that we had the option of doing several other things if conditions dictated. As soon as we got to the junction of 108 & 395, I knew we would be good.
We started up the trail and opted to take the more difficult, but more scenic route to Roosevelt via the Secret Lake trail. Some great scenery for sure.
Looking back towards the Marine Mountain Combat Training Center
This tree is cool. Click link for more detailed view http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Vp ... directlink
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_2bPMvJ99Jus/TA_35 ... NY2100.JPG
That is Kirman Lake down there.
Secret Lake. Fished for a little while. Did see one small rediside, no sign of trout.
After a little fishing, lunch, and a great nap on the rocks we moved on down the trail to Roosevelt and Lane Lake. Our destination for the trip.
I was bummed to see how much of a challenge this lake would be to fly fish without a tube. Somehow I had missed out on that little jewel of information during my short research of this trip. But, while my girl played home maker and set up the tent, i played hunter/gatherer and put my fly rod to work. After only ten minutes of fishing, I had this nice Lahontan come up and suck in my redside imitation streamer that I came up with this winter. Killer.
After making a circuit of the lake with my fly rod and finding only a couple places to cast, I headed back to camp and picked up my girl's spinning rod. After a bit of experimenting, I found the lure that they liked and spent the rest of the evening catching probably 20 fish. Most were between 8 and 12 inches, but did catch a couple nice ones the size of the first fish that I caught. Had a great dinner, found a tick on my male anatomy, dispensed justice to it, then went to bed. Had a very nice, mild night and got to sleep on my insulated Big Agnes air pad for the first time. Talk about an upgrade. I didnt realize you could wake up on a backpacking trip and not feel like the Crypt Keeper.
After breakfast, I caught another 15 or so fish, and we decided that since I couldnt flyfish effectively, we would opt not to spend another night here. Had a blast with the spinning rod, but after a little while, I get bored of that. So we packed up and headed out on the normal trail into these lakes. There were some awesome views of the valley on this stretch too.
So we got out of there, and headed to Bridgeport to get a Jolly Kone burger ( damn those are good! ) and talk to Jim at Kens Sporting Goods. We were still undecided on what to do for the rest of our trip at that point, but after talking with him, we opted to spend the rest of the day on the East Walker river.
Caught 2 fish and missed a couple more. Both were very nice Browns. The bigger one got foul hooked and took forever to land. I didnt know it at the time, but she got a video of it. Be forewarned, there is a bit of language.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CM ... directlink
I told her to be ready to take a pic, because I didnt want to stress the fish anymore. She snapped this just as it flopped free of my hands ( i had already dehooked it)
Mad Jedi fish levitation skills. The force was with me.
And that was our first backpacking trip of '10. FINALLY!
Bridgeport is beautiful.
We started up the trail and opted to take the more difficult, but more scenic route to Roosevelt via the Secret Lake trail. Some great scenery for sure.
Looking back towards the Marine Mountain Combat Training Center
This tree is cool. Click link for more detailed view http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Vp ... directlink
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_2bPMvJ99Jus/TA_35 ... NY2100.JPG
That is Kirman Lake down there.
Secret Lake. Fished for a little while. Did see one small rediside, no sign of trout.
After a little fishing, lunch, and a great nap on the rocks we moved on down the trail to Roosevelt and Lane Lake. Our destination for the trip.
I was bummed to see how much of a challenge this lake would be to fly fish without a tube. Somehow I had missed out on that little jewel of information during my short research of this trip. But, while my girl played home maker and set up the tent, i played hunter/gatherer and put my fly rod to work. After only ten minutes of fishing, I had this nice Lahontan come up and suck in my redside imitation streamer that I came up with this winter. Killer.
After making a circuit of the lake with my fly rod and finding only a couple places to cast, I headed back to camp and picked up my girl's spinning rod. After a bit of experimenting, I found the lure that they liked and spent the rest of the evening catching probably 20 fish. Most were between 8 and 12 inches, but did catch a couple nice ones the size of the first fish that I caught. Had a great dinner, found a tick on my male anatomy, dispensed justice to it, then went to bed. Had a very nice, mild night and got to sleep on my insulated Big Agnes air pad for the first time. Talk about an upgrade. I didnt realize you could wake up on a backpacking trip and not feel like the Crypt Keeper.
After breakfast, I caught another 15 or so fish, and we decided that since I couldnt flyfish effectively, we would opt not to spend another night here. Had a blast with the spinning rod, but after a little while, I get bored of that. So we packed up and headed out on the normal trail into these lakes. There were some awesome views of the valley on this stretch too.
So we got out of there, and headed to Bridgeport to get a Jolly Kone burger ( damn those are good!
) and talk to Jim at Kens Sporting Goods. We were still undecided on what to do for the rest of our trip at that point, but after talking with him, we opted to spend the rest of the day on the East Walker river.Caught 2 fish and missed a couple more. Both were very nice Browns. The bigger one got foul hooked and took forever to land. I didnt know it at the time, but she got a video of it. Be forewarned, there is a bit of language.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CM ... directlink
I told her to be ready to take a pic, because I didnt want to stress the fish anymore. She snapped this just as it flopped free of my hands ( i had already dehooked it)
Mad Jedi fish levitation skills. The force was with me.
And that was our first backpacking trip of '10. FINALLY!
Bridgeport is beautiful.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Silver Creek / East Carson
Just posting this off another blog I read here:
http://www.nativetroutangler.com/2005/08/upper-east-carson-backcountry.html
*******MAP***********
Map of confluence of East Carson and Silver King Creek as described in this blog here http://www.nativetroutangler.com/2006/07/upper-east-carson-backcountry-2006.html
http://www.nativetroutangler.com/2005/08/upper-east-carson-backcountry.html
*******MAP***********
Map of confluence of East Carson and Silver King Creek as described in this blog here http://www.nativetroutangler.com/2006/07/upper-east-carson-backcountry-2006.html
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Horseshoe Meadows - Off 395 - Golden Trout Fishing - Near Mount Whitney
Great for Golden trout fishing, right above the Kern River.
Be sure to read up on the internet about 'Horseshoe Meadows' and 'Cottonwood Creek' and 'Cottonwood Lakes' and 'Golden Trout Creek'
*****Map*****
BEST LINK to another blog describing fishing in this area. If this ever gets deleted look under the saved pdf folder on your macbook called
However, this is for mostly creek/backpacking. See some fishing forums for chasing goldens in the Cottonwood Lakes
'Native Trout Angler.pdf'.
Another good link where nice map is : http://www.climber.org/driving/HorseshoeMdw.html
Be sure to read up on the internet about 'Horseshoe Meadows' and 'Cottonwood Creek' and 'Cottonwood Lakes' and 'Golden Trout Creek'
*****Map*****
BEST LINK to another blog describing fishing in this area. If this ever gets deleted look under the saved pdf folder on your macbook called
However, this is for mostly creek/backpacking. See some fishing forums for chasing goldens in the Cottonwood Lakes
'Native Trout Angler.pdf'.
Another good link where nice map is : http://www.climber.org/driving/HorseshoeMdw.html
From Rock Creek Lake - Little Lakes Valley
There is a ton of stuff out of here. Start at the Mosquito Flat Trailhead and go up Little Lakes Valley. Go further up to Mono Pass, Pioneer Basin Lakes, the Recess Lakes, and perhaps even down to Thomas Edison through Mono Creek Canyon.
A good link with photos is here: http://www.bytwerk.com/sierra/2006.htm
Another: http://www.accesscom.com/~ddonehoo/pioneer/pioneer01.htm
Nice route on everytrail: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=308262
A good link with photos is here: http://www.bytwerk.com/sierra/2006.htm
Another: http://www.accesscom.com/~ddonehoo/pioneer/pioneer01.htm
Nice route on everytrail: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=308262
Lost Lake - Sequoia National Forest
1. Lost Lake - Off 198 in Kings Canyon - Suggested by Mike Hofer.
Belle Canyon Trail (Sunset Meadow trailhead): Moderate hike; first 2 miles (3.2 km) hardest. Forests, lakes and vistas. 6 miles (9.6 km) to Seville Lake; 8 miles (12.8 km) to Lost Lake. First campsite - Rowell Meadow (2 miles/3.2 km) Limit 25 people/day.
( Map )
Belle Canyon Trail (Sunset Meadow trailhead): Moderate hike; first 2 miles (3.2 km) hardest. Forests, lakes and vistas. 6 miles (9.6 km) to Seville Lake; 8 miles (12.8 km) to Lost Lake. First campsite - Rowell Meadow (2 miles/3.2 km) Limit 25 people/day.
( Map )
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