09-19-2018, 02:14 AM
I fished Mammoth this morning from 7:30 until 12:00 in my tube. I launched near the middle of the reservoir and fished mostly in water 10' - 15' deep. By the way, 15' was the deepest water I fished over but I didn't go down next to the dam, it could be a little deeper down there.
I used a medium sinking line with a size 6 bead head black/orange/pearl crystal bugger and a size 8 bead head tan tinsel soft hackle fly. I picked up a few tigers, all between 14" - 18" long.
The water level is at the conservation pool, about 17% full. The good news is the water has been shutoff for the year. The water temperature was 57-58 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 4'-5'.
It is a long walk down to the water to launch and then you have negotiate the weeds and the black slimy mud. I'm sure folks could get some good videos of a launch gone bad in that stuff.[
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There were two guys with pontoons that braved the goo without any problems.
The wind came up so I got out and headed over to Cleveland since it is a little more protected from the wind.
I launched at Cleveland on the north side about 12:30 and fished until 3:00. It wasn't near as bad to launch here. I used the same medium sinking line with a size 8 bead head black/orange woolly bugger. I picked up all rainbows between 13" - 18" long.
The water temperature was 58 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 5'. The reservoir level is at 20% full and the outlet has also been shut off here.
There were a couple of beavers that just hung out near the inlet stream for more than an hour, cool.
It was a fun day even with the wind.[:/]
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I used a medium sinking line with a size 6 bead head black/orange/pearl crystal bugger and a size 8 bead head tan tinsel soft hackle fly. I picked up a few tigers, all between 14" - 18" long.
The water level is at the conservation pool, about 17% full. The good news is the water has been shutoff for the year. The water temperature was 57-58 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 4'-5'.
It is a long walk down to the water to launch and then you have negotiate the weeds and the black slimy mud. I'm sure folks could get some good videos of a launch gone bad in that stuff.[
] There were two guys with pontoons that braved the goo without any problems.
The wind came up so I got out and headed over to Cleveland since it is a little more protected from the wind.
I launched at Cleveland on the north side about 12:30 and fished until 3:00. It wasn't near as bad to launch here. I used the same medium sinking line with a size 8 bead head black/orange woolly bugger. I picked up all rainbows between 13" - 18" long.
The water temperature was 58 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 5'. The reservoir level is at 20% full and the outlet has also been shut off here.
There were a couple of beavers that just hung out near the inlet stream for more than an hour, cool.
It was a fun day even with the wind.[:/]
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