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[pct-l] Fishin' the JMT



Try Rose lake which is about 3 miles off trail from Rose Marie meadow.
My son caught and released 52 trout in about 3 hours.  That is pretty much
every cast and you have a fish.  E.Y.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fishin' the JMT


> best luck I've had was not only the outlet of thousand island lake, but
the
> marie lakes......not one fish under 12" in there it seemed....
>
> last trip I did well in paiute creek (a little off the trail on the
approach
> to pauiute pass) by fishing the ripples below falls.....
>
> I use mepps 1 gold spinners, titanium fry pan, seasoned salt and olive
oil.
> mmmm
>
> and I swear I saw a couple 20-24"ers come out of thousand island lake
once,
> though I got skunked there last trip.
>
> s.c.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Woods" <wpsnotebook@charter.net>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:23 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Fishin' the JMT
>
>
> > EEE HAAAHHH!
> > Thousand Islands Lake was great. Got there in early July, late, late
> > afternoon with gear maintenance to attend to, so the two I caught in
> > last light in about 15 minutes were still skinny from the winter, but
> > lots of fun. At the outflow under the dam.
> > I sometimes pack a short flyrod, glad I did for that trip. Lots of
> > little lakes between Devil's Postpile and Tuolumne, not to mention
> > Lyell Fork - fly fishing heaven. All I needed was a regular license,
> > with the normal limits. Farther south, Duck Lake looked good, although
> > I didn't stop. Johnston Lake is a few miles north of the Monument,
> > small and might have been active, but I passed through at the wrong
> > time of day for fishing, right time of day to become a moving mosquito
> > buffet. Shadow Lake is deep in a valley, fairly wooded and steep -
> > might be spin-casting territory unless you're really good with a flyrod
> > roll cast. Garnet Lake is also pretty, but Thousand Island has it all.
> > I could happily spend weeks looking for lunkers there.
> >
> > Rick
> >
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