California road trip - updated w/ pics
Our friends from up north booked us some camping spots up at Lake Almanor over the 4th of July - was thinking to leave a few days before and go check out Bodie SP, I know it's kind of last minute to p...
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Once we left Golden pines we headed out
For a quick 25 min drive to the upper Owens river to Browns Campground, Thanks Nayther! - No hook ups no dump station. We were in site 30, nice site with no neighbors to one side. Campsites 8 / 10 / 34 / 48 / 50 & 52 are closest to the river with gate access to the water. Quiet a few RZRs and dirt bikes here, I think this is a perfect CG for it, fishing off Roading is a perfect match.
Once we got settled in - straight to Buisness, I made a bet, first trout wins Jackpot. It was $20 bucks before we started then girls suckered me into raising it $50 so I agreed. Dad gots this, pppppsssshhh. I was using salmon eggs for nothing while my daughter wanted a nite crawler. Dang!!
Winner winner chicken dinner!!!!
2nd fish - we caught 4 fish on nite crawlers, before running out.
My turn finally came!
I continued to fish into the evening off and on using power bait and salmon eggs without a bite.
Next morning I woke at 5:45 am for the early bite - this time I rigged up with Mice tails. This was the go to bait for the rest of the trip. Trout were biting.
Nicole and her pouch couch watching me fish with a corona in Hand!
What to do mid day when the fish bite turns off? Jump on the SUP and cruise the Owens!!
Back at it for a sunset bite
All fish were Catch and release except for one unlucky trout nicole ate.
All my fishing now a days is salt water surf fishing - to catch these trout and to find the technique fishing this kind of water was a great learning experience for all of us and what a perfect way to end our trip / relaxing and fishing. Thanks again Nayther for bringing up this CG, Me and nicole felt this was the best CG and time during our road trip, she enjoyed relaxing most of the time while I fished most of the time and the kids just explored finding lil creatures In the water.
Huge thanks to Hap Hazard to for a lot of the local knowledge places to eat and things to see / do. We will be back in the sierras soon.
For a quick 25 min drive to the upper Owens river to Browns Campground, Thanks Nayther! - No hook ups no dump station. We were in site 30, nice site with no neighbors to one side. Campsites 8 / 10 / 34 / 48 / 50 & 52 are closest to the river with gate access to the water. Quiet a few RZRs and dirt bikes here, I think this is a perfect CG for it, fishing off Roading is a perfect match.
Once we got settled in - straight to Buisness, I made a bet, first trout wins Jackpot. It was $20 bucks before we started then girls suckered me into raising it $50 so I agreed. Dad gots this, pppppsssshhh. I was using salmon eggs for nothing while my daughter wanted a nite crawler. Dang!!
Winner winner chicken dinner!!!!
2nd fish - we caught 4 fish on nite crawlers, before running out.
My turn finally came!
I continued to fish into the evening off and on using power bait and salmon eggs without a bite.
Next morning I woke at 5:45 am for the early bite - this time I rigged up with Mice tails. This was the go to bait for the rest of the trip. Trout were biting.
Nicole and her pouch couch watching me fish with a corona in Hand!
What to do mid day when the fish bite turns off? Jump on the SUP and cruise the Owens!!
Back at it for a sunset bite
All fish were Catch and release except for one unlucky trout nicole ate.
All my fishing now a days is salt water surf fishing - to catch these trout and to find the technique fishing this kind of water was a great learning experience for all of us and what a perfect way to end our trip / relaxing and fishing. Thanks again Nayther for bringing up this CG, Me and nicole felt this was the best CG and time during our road trip, she enjoyed relaxing most of the time while I fished most of the time and the kids just explored finding lil creatures In the water.
Huge thanks to Hap Hazard to for a lot of the local knowledge places to eat and things to see / do. We will be back in the sierras soon.
