Scouting Fishing Trip to the Sierra

So on Friday and Saturday before Father's Day, the Missus attended a Women's Retreat at Zephyr Cove, NV.  This was an excellent opportunity for JU, Striker, Litter "j," and Lion to go fishing.

Well we couldn't go Friday because it was late when we were free.  However, we were treated to a spectacular sunset at Zephyr Cove:

Then on Saturday, the Missus attended the retreat from 9 AM to 5 PM.  This gave us the opportunity to check out some fishing holes in the Sierra.

We went to Hope Valley.  There were some fishermen there... but no one caught any.

Then onto some locations at the West Carson River.  "Nada."

Locations at East Carson River resulted with nothing also.

We checked out Caples Lake; it was still half-frozen.  About half a dozen fishermen were at the dam, but no one caught anything....

Finally we went to Indian Creek Reservoir (ICR).  The group camping site was packed with campers - the most that I have seen in the past 30 years!  Now that ICR can be reserved online, it's gonna be tough to make reservations for the group site.

Through out the reservoir were fishermen.  We fished to the east of the boat ramp.  We thought we might be skunked for the entire weekend, but that was not the case.  We used worms 3-foot under a bobber and landed fish left and right!  Unfortunately, the fish were not trout and we didn't want to keep them.  Lion and Little "j" had a blast catching and releasing fish for the rest of the day.

On the way out, I met a fisherman with a kayak.  He gave me the "intel" that he and his dad limited out on trout!  He said the trick was to get beyond the weed lines.  He and his dad were using power bait with a Carolina rig.

This is good to know for next month when we will revisit this reservoir.

Have a blessed day!
-JU

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