September 21-27 -- Virginia Lakes Resort Fish Report
Weather: - 7am Temp Sunrise/Sunset - Full Moon September 7- Full Corn Moon, New Moon September 21
| Sunday |
42° |
-6:43/6:56 |
Clear and beautiful until the clouds moved in and at 6pm, thunder and lighting then it started.to rain. |
| Monday |
48° |
-6:44/6:54 |
Clear and warm, and a more people than I've seen on any Monday this summer. |
| Tuesday |
39° |
-6:45/6:53 |
Colder but clearer that most of the summer. Aspens are going gold in some areas. |
| Wednesday |
38° |
-6:46/6:51 |
Aspens have peaked and if the wind blows they will be gone. |
| Thursday |
42° |
-6:47/6:50 |
Rained for several hours and didn't clear up. |
| Friday |
39° |
-6:47/6:48 |
Clear, tons of people and starting to cloud up (12 noon) with clearing later. |
| Saturday |
37° |
-6:48/6:48 |
Clear and cool lots of nice fishing coming out of the lake today. |
NOTE: If you use a RAG on the fish or you let it flop on the shore or rocks when removing hooks, the fish is yours PLEASE DO NOT THROW IT BACK INTO THE LAKE, IT WILL DIE! IT ATTRACTS BEARS AND IS NOT GOOD FOR THE RESOURCE.
Still numerous anglers on the lakes which is surprising for this time of year. DFW stocked this week which was a pleasant surprise for anglers.
BAIT: Mice tails: crawlers and pinched crawlers are neck -in-neck, mice tails pink/white head, Orange/w , Chartreuse/tan; natural garlic power bait and rainbow garlic glitter.
LURES:: Again it's the same as last week. The 1/6 oz Red/gold Buoyant, gold Kastmaster, silver/blue Kastmaster, black yellow dots Panther Martin on occasion, and still ANY small gold spoon. Stay on the small size for lures on Little V and 1/4oz on Big V. Fishing is still great but will require some work unless it starts to rain again, and then it's easy. Mornings and late afternoon are nice and parking is easier at Little V this past week up until Wednesday, but reports that there are no parking spaces on Big V the last 2 days.
FLY AND BUBBLE: Always try some small searching patterns like Adams parachute #16, black caddis #16, small mosquito and Griffith's Gnats should do well when the sky has some cloud cover. The upper lakes haven't seen much action except on a Black gnat parachute, olive elk hair caddis, and Griffith's Gnat. But not many anglers using this method. Everyone wants to catch a big one both lower lakes are overcrowded and this has hurts the area as far as trash around the lakes. Don't understand why people don't pack out what they bring into the area.
FLY RODS: Only saw one hatch this week, but then I spend way too much time in the Lodge.. Try Light dun (BWO blue wing olive) dries toward a dark grey. Dirty Doc olive Twin Lake special with prince nymph (always) and Virginia lakes special (olive Matuka with red throat). Try midges they always work along with scuds. Regardless, the fishing has been great! No, I apologize - it's sensational!
BACKCOUNTRY: still the same: Lots of backpackers up canyon but no reports. Wait until I hit the trail, we'll see what's going on up there. Haven't had time to go up there, but I've fished it long enough to know that some people move along with the times and fish the wrong areas with the wrong "things".
NOTE: If the trout bleeds DO NOT throw it back, it will die. If you care about the resource please be careful when releasing fish back into the water, it hurts the resource and also attracts bears!
We don't have bears now, probably because the amount of people that have fished or just visited the area and that has scared them off.
Something I have avoided mentioning is SOCIAL MEDIA has done a tremendous amount of damage to a lot of area within the Eastern Sierra. The trash and waste has increased a great deal and it's been a sort of pain for those who don't leave trash.
Carolyn
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