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Photo Gallery of this Hidden Valley (HVCA)
Fishout
(Scroll Right and Click each of 12 photos
to see it enlarged below)
Float tubers on Pine Lake Dylan float tubes near the bridge on Cottonwood Lake and gets a bite! Whoa! Look at the bend in his fly rod! Dylan catches a nice bass... Jeanne starts off fast from the shore of Oak Lake... Jeanne catches another one at Oak Lake...is that one of "Old Walter's" offspring? Julie has less luck at the other end of Cottonwood near Folsom-Auburn Rd. Perhaps too many geese and ducks scaring the fish? Doug works the shoreline of Pine Lake Ron & Jeanne float tube the center and near shoreline of Pine Lake Ron's catch totals 5 fish, all bass except for one snagged bluegill. Jeanne wins with 5 fish, all bass! Horses near the clubhouse
Float tubers on Pine Lake
Again this year, Granite Bay Flycasters member Tom Bartos has
organized another warm water fishout on four private lakes
located where he lives in Hidden
Valley. The dates for
this fishout are Wednesday March 21 and Saturday March 24.
Hidden Valley Community Association (HVCA) is a
private community built in 1950. It
consists of 162 homes that surround 200 acres of forest preserve with 4
lakes, 7 ponds and Miner’s Ravine running through it. The lakes range in size from a few acres
to about 15 acres. The county has indicated that this preserve is the
largest privately owned designated undeveloped property in Placer County. Members are allowed to pasture their
horses in this preserve which has miles of trails and is broken down into
small pastures.
The
lakes are filled with large mouth bass, crappie and bluegills. Last fall
a member caught a 12 pound bass in one of the ponds. I happened to run
into him right after the fish was caught and saw the picture in his
camera. It was a monster. He is still there for those of you wanting
to try to land him. (Was
this "Big Walter" in Oak Lake?) My experience is that the bass range in the 2 to 6
pound range. Last year we caught about quite a few crappies 16” to
18”. On a good day which consists of a couple of hours fishing I've
caught as many as a dozen bass. We practice a
catch and release policy and
have private security patrolling the community for trespassers.
The HVCA board of directors has approved
two outings of 10 people at each outing from GBF. A letter will be given to those attending
the fishout so that if they get stopped they can show it to the security
patrol. We will meet at the Hidden
Valley Clubhouse where I will provide a map and decide where people will be
fishing. Float tubes are the best
method for fishing although we do allow pontoon and small boats without motors.
There will be a sign up sheet for this
event at the March meeting.
For further information contact Tom Bartos
at (916) 791-6072 or Gbfs@surewest.net
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