Fishing Forum

It's been a busy past couple of weeks with a move and a temporary layover at my Mother's home while we wait for our duplex to be vacated. Very hectic.

In that time, I have caught ZERO fish! I got skunked two weekends in a row (3 trips) and I hadn't slimed my fingers on a trout for over a month.

Today was our (my wife, son, and I) recuperation day to let the fishing gods heal our chaotic woes and I decided a long drive was in order.

In my past research, I stumbled upon a water body that I had never heard of before and never heard a report about it either. I checked in to it and found out that it actually gets stocked every year. I vowed to vist, one day.

We made great time and made it to Rex Reservoir in just over 2 hrs. I believe it's also known as Lost Creek Reservoir (Sevier County) on some maps.

I worked a brass kastmaster while a minnow soaked and on my 2nd cast, a decent looking fish (probably around 18") followed my lure to the shore without a strike. This gave me hope for some nice fish today.

I kept lobbing the kastmaster out with very little action, but I still somehow caught a gorgeous cutthroat (not stocked there) that tricked me into thinking it was twice as large by its ferocity.

I almost got a pic, but before the camera engaged, the fish had fought its way out of my grasp and off my hook. It wasn't large, but very nice to look at.

Shortly thereafter, Sonia got her first fish in a long time:



I had several more fish attack and throw the hook before I could get them all the way in, but after a while I finally got to hold a trout again.



It even had fins...Bonus.

Rex is a nice little reservoir and I can tell it doesn't get a whole lot of pressure outside of the local region. It's tucked back out of the way and I can't imagine too many people would choose to go there over the near by Fish Lake.









I kept getting good hits when I switched to my Blue Fox but those fish fought so hard that I could only bring a few to hand. It was still a lot of fun to watch how aggressively they fought the hook though. I saw some major air time from many of them.



They weren't very big, but they made up for it in spunk. It was just nice to get out of suburbia and see some wide open spaces and pretty mountains.









These were growing all over the area. Snow peas? Not sure:





We were hot and hungry and thought we'd head to another water on the way home. We weren't sure which one to try, but we decided Palie while we were rolling.

Palie looked great, but we were in the wrong spot. The dam area was overrun with koi and other species weren't showing themselves. We spent about three hours there, moving around the dam with no luck.



Well, we didn't get totally skunked by Palie...

We caught a few of these hopping around the rocks. TINY!





So after getting the treatment from Palie, we thought we'd try Yuba for some reason.

It's practically drained! I don't recall seeing the Painted Rocks area so low.



I like fishing from this rock formation to the far right of the pic:



When we pulled up, we just stared out at the water in disbelief. We watched as several giant carp hurled themselves completely out of the water and realized that we didn't need to fish there.

At that point, the storm clouds had moved in and started dumping rain anyhow. No biggie.

So after all was said and done, the day provided us with plenty of outdoor entertainment and even some fish to chase off the skunk.

It was good to fish yet another lake, previously unbeknownst to me. I'm glad my family was there to enjoy it with me. We all had a great day despite the Palie snub.
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i always enjoy reading your reports!
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Looks like a great time. Not snow peas as they are more vine like than bush. Thought they might be soy-bean but is not. Definately some type of bush bean. Interesting.
Yuba being down that much is a reminder that summer is going to be turning into fall.
Thanks for the post.
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I found out later that the plants were lupines. Further research showed that only a few types of lupines are safe to eat, but most have high alkaloid levels that would be poisonous to humans and most animals.

Nice looking plant though. I guess they're pretty popular in perennial gardens.
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nice report! i have never fished Rex my self but have heard it was a nice quit lake to fish.. your right about going to fishlake tho.. i have a hard time getting anywere near that lake with out going to fish it!! lol

palae's give ya the snub huh? well if ya try it again and ya see the koi's try and catch one(snag it if ya have to) cut it up and use it as bait.. them tiger trout in there have been getting monster sized eating them koi..

ya know 9 mile was right there to? it has some nice rainbow's in it and some times even up to 6 or 7 lbs.. the koi meat works there as well as the hardwhear like your spinners.. and there is red side shiner minnows in there so they work good as well..
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Great report. I grew up not more than 45 minutes from Rex res. and fished it a lot as a kid both in soft and hard water. I caught a few there this last weekend. It is hit hard by the locals. It is just high enough to get cool in the evenings during the summer. Lost Creek Res. is located 8-10 miles SE of Rex's. I have only been there once. I remember being told there were no fish in there and it was very shallow.

I have also seen Yuba that low but also much lower. It has been just a trickle in the middle at times throughout the years. It just happens when you live in a desert state and there is a need for water.

I am glad you had a good time.

cbfish
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