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We scouted quite a bit of water this morning in the south basin. Fish were sporadic but still on orange trolling flies or grubs & my lucky gold/red Thomas Buoyant & red dot frog speedy shiner. Mostly the fish came around 7ft today. One at 17ft but we had quite a few nudges at that depth & line rubs, but...
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A scouting day on the pond! Water continues to have heavy particulates in the column…everywhere. But didn’t hamper trolling. Check for weeds though. We covered from the south to Pelican Pt. (Not advised if you don’t know the channel & submerged rock piles). Pretty solid surface temps in the 66F’s showing this morning. The spring gyre is showing 59/60F. We...
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INYO NATIONAL FOREST IS SET  TO CLOSE TO ALL USERS ON TUESDAY, August 31, 2021 as of Midnight! Dear Inyo Partners and Friends, The Inyo National Forest, along with all National Forests in the Pacific Southwest Region, will be closing to most public use beginning tomorrow, August 30 until at least September 17. The decision was just made at the regional level after lengthy...
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That’s a wrap before the wind came up. Lake conditions: ash fall. Algae seams mixed with ash mostly in the middle but stretch a long way from south to north. For the most part the green surface algae/pollen mix is very forgiving for trolling. Weeds are there but not too bad. There’s a lot of particulates in the water…all the...
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  GSSA Newsletter – August 2021 August 25, 2021 admin Trucking boosts adult returns for most Sacramento Valley rivers Return of adult hatchery salmon to the Feather River is much higher for trucked fish Some have questioned whether or not trucked fish return to their birth stream.  In the case of fish from the Coleman Hatchery, located hundreds of miles up the Sacramento River, the answer...
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The Monument Fire has been burning now for almost three weeks and probably will burn to about October. It has been smoky most of the time but not every day here in Willow Creek. Health issues are of concern for the elderly and people with health issues. For most of us it is annoying but livable as we can go...
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