Silver Lake June 2017

[hiramehunter]

Thanks for the great report! I'm going up this Friday and I can't wait!
Taking the kids and a few kayaks!

Tony, what did you use for bait for the crawdads?

[FISH11]

Great write up Tony. Great pictures and looks like a great crawfish boil. Sorry for the car problem, at least you made it home before having to deal with it. Yeah the colder water temperature sure slowed down the fishing, I had no idea there was such a thing as too cold for trout. There was a lot more snow on the ground than the last few years. When the wind blows up there, it's a bitch. Super cold and if on the water it's large white caps and fast moving drifts. Looks like you all still had a great time, thanks for sharing.

[StinkyMatt]

Great story and photos Tony!


Man, I miss you fuggers!


Miss the camp meals.

[ful-rac]

Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

Great story and photos Tony!


Man, I miss you fuggers!


Miss the camp meals.

Yeah Matt you missed it...But so did Jorge and Greg...
Would have been nice to hear some more bullshit stories from you...


Now back to rebuilding my engine...

[Andy]

As if I needed another reason to head up to the sierras...but after the crawfish boil I have to do it again! Thanks Tony for hooking it up.

[YakHanded]

Looks like a killer trip! I would think the engine having issues doing something like that would be a lot less frustrating than going to the grocery or work ha!

Never done a crawfish boil, but I am hungry now and v'curious.
Thanks for the write up

[FullFlavorPike]

Super fine scenery!

How was the food at the barbecue place in Bishop? I mean to stop there on my way to mammoth at some point, unless it sucks.

[FISH11]

I never get tired of this scene, especially if on the water at silver Lake. Three weeks ago when I was there on one of the days with the right angle from the sun I could see ski tracks down the chute in figure 8's. If I still had the knees and legs I had 17 years ago I would love to ski it.

[ful-rac]

Cat food...but mainly mackerel.

But make sure that you don't drop your gear at silver right now...water is too cold. Check gull or june...make sure that your water temp isn't too low otherwise it's gonna suck like it did for us. It was 66 at gull the other day vs 42-43 at silver...so you want to at least try the other lakes right now.

[Saba Slayer]

Originally Posted by hiramehunter

Thanks for the great report! I'm going up this Friday and I can't wait!
Taking the kids and a few kayaks!

Tony, what did you use for bait for the crawdads?

I'll be up at Silver Lake from the 11th thru the 20th...stop by at campsite 23 or 24...we have two sites reserved.
Freezer burned Chicken lasts forever as bait and a cheap can of cat food is the most important part of the whole deal. Really anything works as bait for those cockroaches del mar....hot dogs, that hard oily salami, any leftover meat or fish...you Cannot use trout or parts of trout.
We'll probably set our gear at Gull since the water at Silver is so cold.