WMade it to the High Sierras finally. Had a nice site on Gull Lake the first day. Set crayfish traps and let them soak overnight night for 20, enough for dinner. Tonight we are in Silver Lake. Expecting wind gusts to 45 thru this evening.
... Did I mention, It's windy...
Story continues... went out to set traps... still windy. Paddled to a shallow spot out of the wind to setup traps and waited for a lull in the wind to paddle out and drop two traps. Then then frantically fight the wind to get back to shore. Once finished I kept myself pointed into the wind and drifted back within 10 ft of where I started.
It'll be interesting to see what's in them in the morning....
Morning was less windy. Went out to the traps and found a dozen larger size crayfish and a 11" brown trout.
. Must have wanted crayfish pretty bad to swim into a net.
Last drop for crayfish before leaving had interesting results. Got about 8 large crayfish, two white fish, and two brown trout.
So, all said and done. I got 4 fish, one brown and three white, on my fishing pole and 5 fish, 3 brown and two white in the crayfish traps, and 40+ crayfish for three drops.
Special Thanks to SabaSlayer who provided the traps and StrikerMC for the new ride, Perception Striker 11.5.
- Keith
PS - All netted fish were promptly released.