08-05-2017, 02:10 AM
Some friends (3) and I decided to give Mammoth a go in our kick boats since I hadn't been in almost a month.
We all fished from kick boats using flies on fast sinking lines (#6 - #8) and the usual variety of crystal buggers, woolly buggers, and leeches in sizes 6 & 8. A couple of the guys got there at 7:30 and fished until noon and two of us didn't get there until 9:30 and fished until 2:30.
Most of the fish were hooked in deep water (20' - 35') and near the bottom. Some we caught while just trolling (paddling) and pumping the rod, and some were caught after getting the fly to the bottom and then stripping it in. The cast, sink, & strip method seemed to work better latter in the day. As is usually the case with tigers, we lost many more fish than we got in the net. All of the fish were in the 13" to 16" range with a few escapees that were larger, at least they always seem bigger when you lose them.[
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The water temperature was 63-65 degrees and the visibity in the water of about 7'. The reservoir level is 92% full (down about 3 1/2').
There were four boats on the water and everyone in them were catching fish. We did not see a fish caught from shore and there were several bank tanglers.
The day started out calm and cool and stayed that way until about 1:30 and then it got breezy and by the time we left the sparks were starting to fly.
It was great to get out of the heat in the valley and catch a few fish besides. It's always good when you get to share the water with some friends and everyone catches some fish.[
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We all fished from kick boats using flies on fast sinking lines (#6 - #8) and the usual variety of crystal buggers, woolly buggers, and leeches in sizes 6 & 8. A couple of the guys got there at 7:30 and fished until noon and two of us didn't get there until 9:30 and fished until 2:30.
Most of the fish were hooked in deep water (20' - 35') and near the bottom. Some we caught while just trolling (paddling) and pumping the rod, and some were caught after getting the fly to the bottom and then stripping it in. The cast, sink, & strip method seemed to work better latter in the day. As is usually the case with tigers, we lost many more fish than we got in the net. All of the fish were in the 13" to 16" range with a few escapees that were larger, at least they always seem bigger when you lose them.[
] The water temperature was 63-65 degrees and the visibity in the water of about 7'. The reservoir level is 92% full (down about 3 1/2').
There were four boats on the water and everyone in them were catching fish. We did not see a fish caught from shore and there were several bank tanglers.
The day started out calm and cool and stayed that way until about 1:30 and then it got breezy and by the time we left the sparks were starting to fly.
It was great to get out of the heat in the valley and catch a few fish besides. It's always good when you get to share the water with some friends and everyone catches some fish.[
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