Today, once I got to the check in, I found out that the gentleman in the little hut doesn't take your fee, they have an electronic fee gizmo that you put your money in and it gives you a ticket for your dashboard. Put in more than the $8.00 fee and it gives you gold dollars in change. Cool, I could put in $10.00 and get two gold dollars for the Grandkids. I put in $10.00, got two quarters in change. What's wrong with this picture? Fortunately I could reverse and work it out with the guy in the hut since I was the only one in line. Gave him the two quarters, got the $2 change (bills, no gold dollars for the kids) and I was off.
First I cruised by Angels Point and snapped a picture. Can you see the guy fishing down there? The only guy fishing there? The shadow is me standing on the road.
Angels Point Area |
Close up of the picture above |
Parking for Angels point |
The next stop was Glory Hole point. Nice parking area, room for a gazillion vehicles with boat trailers. Mostly empty today, so I parked right at the end. There was a nice gravel drive to walk down to the lake. About the same distance (Cardio walk) as the walk from the gate at Bear River Reservoir to the dam. Set up two rods, one with Rainbow Power Bait and the other with Florescent Red Power Bait (it's pink).
Then the fog started coming in. Then the wind started to blow. Then it got cold. Then I moved to the right so that I could have the line straight into the wind and not have a HUGE bow in the line. Then I moved to the other side of the pennisula.
Glory Hole area |
More Glory hole area |
A little to the left |
Then the fog rolled in, it got colder, so cold that I walked up to the truck and got my parka and gloves, and then it got down right miserable. Cold, foggy, wet, and windy. I'll only do miserable for so long and then call it a day. This is what it looked like when I left. They joys of winter in the Central Valley in California.
The fog |
Till the next adventure.
Mark
Wait, so you get paid to fish and report about it? How do I sign up for that job?! haha I've heard a lot about new melones. Sounds like a good place though, i mean, if it wasn't for the sinker getting stuck you would have one, right?! I'm interested to know a bit more about Lake Del Valle. I see pictures of folks catching some huge fish out there all the time!
ReplyDeleteHi J. I have a good friend that is supposed to take me to Del Valle, accroding to him, when it gets good. So I suspect it'll be shortly. I'll be doing a report when it happens. Stand by.
Delete"They joys of winter in the Central Valley in California." The second coldest day of my life was on a Christmas Day when a friend and I went from Fresno up to the Delta and fished from the bank in the wind and fog...and got skunked. Something did hit my line and took off down stream at maximum + warp-factor until my line broke. The pint of cheap Scotch we had between us didn't help much either.
ReplyDeleteJust goes to show you should always drink Hennessy.
DeleteWhen one fishes a place like that catching is not necessary.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful place.
Yup, sure looks like a good place for trout to be. Not many anglers might tell the story a little. Mix that with the weather pattern and chalk it up to an off day for the fish. Shoreman was on his game!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful piece of water.
ReplyDeleteMark
ReplyDeleteGood to find another great place to fish----never boring!!!
Not the change the subject, but it looks like that fisherman in the far away shot is getting ready to drop his drawers...
ReplyDeleteHi Mark, here, in Spain we have a problem with the Reservoirs... Raimbow trout are no local fishes... a new law requires sacrificing raimbow trouts, so neither will be able to fish in reservoirs.
ReplyDeleteThis law try to "save" the local animals.. of the "depredators" : pike, black bass, raimbow trout are the "devils" in this film... in opinion of that law... Anglears have other different opinion... Our hobby is in danger...