Crowley Lake Fishout

Friday – Sunday

October 3 - 5, 2008

Fishout Site: Crowley Lake

Fishout Dates: Friday – Sunday, October 3 - 5, 2008

Fishout Leaders:

Karl Wolff

Phone: (916) 719-0860

Email: karl.wolff@sbcglobal.net

Meeting Time:

Return Time:

Whenever Friday

Whenever Sunday

Meeting Location:

Convict Lake Campground

Max. #

Attendees:  no limit

Directions:

If you're coming from N. California, you can cross the Sierra Nevada on I-80 to Reno, or U.S. 50 to Carson City, or SR-108 (Sonora Pass Road) to Bridgeport, or SR-120 (Tioga Pass Road) to Lee Vining. From any of these roads, drive southward on US-395 to the Convict Lake turnoff.  US-50 to SR-89 to US-395 will be the fastest for most GBF members.

Map: (See below)

www.mapquest.com

Website link(s):

www.convictlake.com  www.thetroutfly.com (click their Fishing Report & scroll down past photos)

Fish:

Trout

Browns

Fishing strategy:

Stillwater

 

Tackle:

Rod Wt.

5 – 6 wt.

Line

Floating, Sinking and Intermediate

Leader

5 – 12 feet

Tippet

3X, 4X, 5X

Other

 

Flies:

Patterns

Chronimids, and small perch patterns.  Also, check with The Trout Fly Shop in Mammoth Lakes: www.thetroutfly.com (scroll past photos on Fishing Report)

Other gear:

Wading staff

Waders

Wading Boots

 

Float Tube, Fins, Net

Pontoon Boat

Anchor System

Personal Flotation Device

Polarized sunglasses

Hat

 

  

Our Crowley Lake Fishout hosted by Karl Wolff is scheduled for October 3 – 5, 2008. This is a beautiful time in the Eastern Sierra with the quaking aspen in full fall colors, the days warm but not hot and cool nights. The fish are usually stuffing themselves for the winter on midges and other invertebrates along with (in Lake Crowley) perch fry. 

 

If you want to extend the trip (highly recommended!), the trip down to Lake Crowley passes by Bridgeport Lake, West Walker River, and/or Virginia lakes, all destination points on their own. Take an extra day and visit any of those spots! On Sunday we traditionally leave rather early from Lake Crowley and stop at Heenan Lake, the home of some gigantic cutthroat trout…but this is very optional!

 

We have several choices for lodging; we can camp at Convict Lake (a very nice campground but at that time of the year it can be cold), or we can motel camp in Mammoth (only a short distance from the fishing grounds), or we can get a condo or house for all of us. As the time gets closer we can make that decision!

 

Although all are welcome (of course!) this is probably best suited for those who have a little fishing experience especially in a float tube/pontoon boat as there is sometimes a lot of kicking/casting involved. There is little shore fishing from Lake Crowley but there is Hot Creek, which has 9,000 (literally!) fish/mile.

 

No guarantees but the fish can be big and very hot and quite plentiful if everything is right. Hope you can join us!

 

 

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