Mother Nature rescinded her attempt at scaring us but it turned nice again for most of last week with a few scattered thin clouds hovering today. Next Wednesday has a slight prediction of some rain, but that's a few days away and things always change.
A few Alpers are still getting caught but very sporatic. DFG stocked all 3 on the 11th. Fishing has been good and great if you know what you are doing. Night crawlers are still their main bait of choice now, with a lot of lures and flies.
Seventeen anglers were on the water yesterday and some hit hot spots and others were smelling that animal.
Dries getting takes late after as it warms up, but I would still use black gnat parachute, grey hackle yellow, olive elk hair caddis (very naked) all in the 16 to 18 range, and a Yellow Sally nymph are doing great. All rainbows with a couple nice browns I picked up just in front of the Lodge but nothing brutal (14 & 16 inches). Thunder shoulders are still keeping true to form, very early am and not as late in the evening due to their spawning instincts.
Big fish for the week:
Alan Scheets of Gardnerville NV, 3lb 12oz Alper on a Thomas Buoyant, 10.12.11, LV
Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:33 |

Joe Schugt of Irvine, 6lb 1oz on a red/gold Bouyant out of LV

Doug Smallwood of Long Beach, 2lb 8oz Alper on a worm
Bill Pullano of Long Beach, 2lb 8oz Alper on a worm

John Fischer of Newport Beach, 7lb 2oz Alper on a lure, LV

Pat Ginise of Union City, 3lb 5oz Alper on Pink powerworm, LV

Steve Wymore of Escondido, 2lb 5oz Alper
on Pink Power Bait, LV
Ted Munson of Rancho Cucamonga, 3lb 1oz Alper on Gulp, LV

Lynn Thurmond of Simi Valley, 2lb 9oz Alper
on a mouse tail, LV

Bob Ripperian of Temecula, 4lb Alper
on Tasmanian Devil, LV

Nancy Cason of Hollister 5lb 5oz Alper, LV

Robert Castillo of Scottsdale AZ, 2lb 5oz Alper
on a black fly, LV

Robyn Takeshita of Laguna Niguel, 5lb 9oz Alper
on a power worm, 9.3.11, LV

Wendy Ludwick of Arroyo Grande, 2lb7oz Alper
on powerbait, 8.25.11, Big Virginia

Matt Henry of Riverside, 5lb 8oz Alper
on Red Powerbait, 8.27.11, LV

David Hemsley Jr. of Fontana, 3lb5oz Alper
on Salmon Peach powerbait, 8.25, LV

Keone Tyau of Wildermar, 8lb 5oz Alper on a jig, 8.14.11, LV

Gary Marston of San Francisco and & Sean Wilson
Newport Beach caught a 5lb 1oz Alper on powerbait 8.19.11, LV

Anton Jackson of Pasadena, 4lb 9oz Alper
on a Kastmaster, 8.16.11, LV

Mark Johnson of Santa Barbara, 7lb Alper on a fly
Catch and Release, 8.15.11, LV

Mike Balzano, Whittier, 2lb 6oz Alper on powerbait, 8.17.11, Big

Taylor Carnevale of Granada Hills, 9lb 6oz Alper
on inflated worm, 8.18.11, LV

Larry Hartsell of Montclair, 5lb 5oz BROWN, 8.15.11, LV

Scott Deman of Harbor City, 2lb 3oz on a worm 8.3.11, LV

Rex Landis of Temecula, 2lb 4oz Alper
on powerbait 8.3.11, LV

Elena Braly of Orange, 2lb 5oz Alper on
Salmon Pch powerbait, 8.3.11, LV

Dylan Nakagawa of South Pasadena,
2lb 7oz Alper
on power worm, 8.4.11, LV

Troy Leitner and Ryan Erickson of Bishop,
2lb 2oz Alper on a worm, 8.6.11, LV

RJ Brock, age 10 of Glendora caught
a
2lb 7oz
Alper
on powerbait, 7.24.11, LV

Terry Herman of Norco, 4lb 2oz Alper
on Powerworms, 7.23.11, LV

Joe Dillow

Bill Teesdale of Bakersfield - 6lb 11oz
on June 23 on power bait

Dylan Russell of Pacifica - 2lb 1oz Alpers
on June 22 on a Lure

Brent Voeller of Costa Mesa 2 lb 12 oz Alpers on
Salmon Peach power bait.

Ron Knechtel of Corona took a 3 lb 1oz on a gold lure.

Michael Tucker of Lemon Grove caught a 2 lb
Alpers
on power bait

Michelle Dude of Foster City with 4 Alpers
on
6.18.11 on lures.
Surprise for her Dad for Father's Day.

Grant Nichols of Temecula caught a 3 lb 7oz
Alpers
on Carolyns pie crust.

Mark Axup


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