Sly Park / Jenkinson Lake Fishout

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Fishout Site: Sly Park / Jenkinson Lake			Fishout Date(s): Wednesday, May 11, 2005				Fees: $6 - 8 Vehicle fee; $5 non-CF boat fee
Fishout Leader(s): Gene Goss			Phone: 916-962-7375				Email address: eugenesusan@aol.com
Meeting Time: 8:00 am Return Time: 4:00 pm			Meeting Location: Chimney Camp day picnic parking lot				Max. # Attendees: 15
Directions: Take Highway 50 East towards Lake Tahoe.  Exit on Sly Park Road in Pollock Pines.  Head South on Sly Park Road about 5 miles to the entrance into Sly Park on your Left. Turn Left on Lake Drive to Chimney Camp, which is close to the NE end of the lake where we’ll be fishing. See maps below.
Website link(s): http://www.eid.org/recreation/sly_park/sly_activities_facilitites.htm http://www.eid.org/recreation/sly_park/sly_fees.htm
Fish:	Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout	Fishing strategy:		Wading Stillwater, Float Tube, Pontoon Boat is best
Tackle:	Rod Wt(s)	6 wt
	Line	Clear intermediate
	Leader	10 ft
	Tippet	8 lb
	Other
Flies:	Pattern(s) Hook size(s)	Woolly buggers, streamers, leech patterns #4 - 8
Other gear:	Waders Wading Boots	Float Tube Pontoon Boat Net			Personal Flotation Device Polarized Sunglasses Etc.	BRING LUNCH!
Comments: Jenkinson Lake is located on Sly Park Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Cosumnes River. Jenkinson Lake is a 640-acre lake at 3,500 feet elevation in the Sly Park Recreation Area of El Dorado County, and is the lowest elevation reservoir in California to hold a viable population of mackinaw with fish up to 18 pounds. The lake also has a decent population of brown trout; the lake record for a brown trout is 21 pounds. The lake is stocked with catchable rainbow trout from the late winter or early spring. Most of the planted trout are 12-14 inches with some holdovers 2-3 pounds. Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and bluegill are found in Jenkinson Lake, but smallmouth bass are the predominate species because the lake offers the rocky points, ledges and flats that smallmouth prefer. Every year I hook a couple of smallmouths between 17-19 inches, 4 to 5 pounds of hard fighting fish. A six-weight rod, clear or camo intermediate line will keep you into the fish this time of the year, 10 ft. leader with 8 lb tippet, a size 4-8 woolly bugger, streamers, leeches pattern. My favorite way to fish is to cast to the shoreline and rip back a gold olive streamer, or slowly troll a leech in 10 ft. of water along the rocky points or rocky shoreline. A watercraft is the best way to fish this lake, something you can pick up and move to a new spot if fishing is slow in that spot. A float tube is best for this type of fishing where you can fish 3 or 4 places in a day. The fishout is Wednesday, May 11. We will meet at Chimney Camp day picnic parking lot at 8 am. Bring a lunch. “Fishon” - Gene Goss eugenesusan@aol.com 916-962-7375

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