East Walker River (CA) Fish Report

The fish are in the East Walker they are just in very limited areas

East Walker River (CA) - Bridgeport, CA

by Tom Loe
9-19-2013
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Flows are running at 45-70cfs. Low for this time of year and the weeds have consumed the riffles and channels in many sections. Once again, the fish are here-there are just very limited areas to fish. A comment that has stuck in my mind from a very experienced SDFF member "we could not find a place to fish, all the pools were shallow or had someone on them" Water temps are cooling; however you will not see any miracle spikes in flows this fall.

Pictured Above: A popular riffle in the "miracle mile" slow/shallow water & weeds, weeds, weeds.

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Tom Loe Reports

for Thursday, September 19th, 2013

Eastern Sierra Fishing Report: Fish'N Conditions September 14th 2013
Crowley Lake: Brown Trout & Cutts are biting even better than Rainbows at Lake Crowley
Owens River - Middle: Fishing on the Middle Owens River, that section below the Pleasant Valley dam is more consistent
Owens River - Gorge: Fishing the Owens River Gorge can be very productive here using dry/dropper bead head combos
Owens River - Section 3 - Upper (above Crowley): The fall migration of Browns from Lake Crowley to the Upper Owens should begin soon
Bridgeport Reservoir: Bridgeport Reservoir water level is very low
Hot Creek: Fishing is good on Hot Creek for those areas not filled with weeds

Tom Loe Reports

for Friday, August 9th, 2013

Owens River: Flows on the middle Owens are back up to 300cfs.
Owens River: Nice Rainbows & a few Browns are being caught on the Upper Owens
East Walker River (CA): Sierra Drifters has opted not to guide on the East Walker so as not to harm the fish this year
Hot Creek: Hot Creek is not fishing as well as we usually see on Hot Creek
East Walker River (CA): West Walker fishing is affected by the lower than usual water. Fish the nice runs & deeper pools
Bridgeport Reservoir: How the management at Bridgeport Reservoir is keeping up with the times! LOL
San Joaquin River: If you are a dry fly fisherman you may want to consider fishing the San Joaquin
: Most of the day hike alpine lakes are in fair to good shape