Lower Bear

After our Saturday trip to Red and Caples. My son Mark and I decided to try Lower Bear. Another hot day for Sept. standards, but comfortable. Arriving at 2 PM we set up camp and it was instant hookup on the good 'ol rainbow powerbait. Caught some on a gold 1/4 oz. Kastmaster. But bait was far better for action. Even the old power worm and eggs trick worked. Fish ranged from 8-12 inches. Pretty much your basic planters. All bows and the action perrty much stayed consistent with a few dry spells.

Well all of this complaining about the heat. Looks like fall is finally arriving here. Temps are downright cold now, and day temps only in the 70's to 80's. Just love the fall. Great fishing and great weather. Get out there and tear 'em up before the snow comes.

Last Of The Heat In The Sierra's?

Ok, met our good friend Mark up at Red Lake for some brook action. Well, we caught some, but it wasn't the fast pace action I was expecting. The weather was unsually warm for 7800 feet in late Sept. Had me looking for a shady spot to sit. Back to fishing. What worked was an array of lures from Kastmasters in 1/4- 1/8 oz. Colors were silver or gold. Spoons such as Cleos produced and of course the old trusty roostertail. Keeping 4 brookies we headed back up to Caples. Hunkered down in our spot and proceeded to catch lots of bows. Best thing here was rainbow powerbait. Lures did produce, but you had to work hard at it. The bait was getting slammed as fast as you could cast out at times. Catching and releasing about 20 bows, and having to keep 6 bleeders we called it a day. It sure was great fishing and company with Mark.