Rock Hopping is always fun, them Opel Eye can get pretty Feisty sometimes. 

That's a drive for you, glad to see you made it up there !

Well, I finally got The Cyclops wet again. Decided to head south for a change into new territory after a brief stop at The Whistler Buoy. Nothing but Dolphins there so we headed South to The I B Pipe, scratched a few there and that was it.



Ray got a short Halibut


The wind picked up and so we headed back to The Bay, not at 30MPH like the trip down, had to take it slower cause it got a bit bumpy and the wind was causing some spray on the windshield, oh well, Cyclops handled it just fine Got back to The Bay and used Spot Lock on a few areas and Richard (Ray's Twin Brother) got a Sand Bass



Made it back to The Launch Ramp, time to head home



Hit some Traffic  cause of this


A quick Fry for Dinner tonight


Hope to get back out soon !

I see lots of activity on this site coming soon

Hope you find something soon but a little "Down Time" might be therapeutic 

Good luck out there !

That's a cool Raffle Prize, Congrats !

There is always time to cook a 300Lb. Pig

70 miles

Bummer on the loss to a Seal

I wish we could get some consistent conditions, these narrow windows are getting old

Hell's Kitchen !!! Looks amazing   

Cool adventure down South, bummer you had The Crud !

Driving thru Desert is quite boring

You bled red on Foreign soil, Rebel all the way !!!

Speaking of Koga, he has Lock Jaw lately

I was going to say them Gulls did the mess

Fun Father's Day, even when they are small they are fun !

My garden is a dead weed patch from last year still  

Quote from: Latimeria on June 17, 2025, 09:30:17 AMI have to get my butt up there.  I think I might be able to talk the family into a weekend trip as I think they would love the scenery.

Well done once again Tim.  The warden checking out your barbs was funny.  So, if you crimped them down, would that have been an issue, or do you have to file them down?

Most people crimp the barb down but it still has a catch point, I used a Dremel Tool and I keep a file in my Tackle Box. Some Wardens are not as forgiving and the Fines are upwards of $500  

 I usually go to Bishop in June for my Birthday but my 40 Year Class Reunion falls on that weekend so I decided to go the week before. Janie hung back this time to get some things taken care of After packing up Bad Pig, I hit the road at 6:30am on Wednesday morning


A few miles shy of Bishop there are some side roads with some canals that come off of The Owens River, I stopped to have a look. Water was stained a bit but worth a look cause the fish are in there too



I tried to fish Pleasant Valley Reservoir but.....  



I goofed around then headed up to about 8000 feet and started looking for fish, eventually I found a few




Haven't fished The Upper Owens for a while so why not give it a go, another scenic area Got checked by Fish and Game for License and also this area is Barbless and Artificial only. Luckily I had filed off the barbs on my hook, Mr. Warden looked very closely too   He was cool and gave me a few spots to try out 




Got to the house and settled in, Tim wasn't going to be there till Thursday night so I had the place to myself 


Did some scouting around and fished a bunch of creeks but the water was pretty rough in some spots due to all the snow melt. Worked my way over to Convict Lake, such a beautiful place !



Friday we all took a drive up above Mammoth to the June Lake Loop, we fished Rush Creek but the damn Mosquitoes were terrible !!! Not much fishing going on   We did find a few pools and scratched a few here and there





Lots of Hiking in between fishing and letting Tim's dog play in the water




Saturday was Lake Crowley Day, June is hit and miss on the lake cause of the Algae Bloom and it's still early in the season, didn't matter cause we were on the water and having a great time ! I had made some Breakfast Burritos beforehand 








Time to BBQ and chill by the stream in the front yard !




Up and on the road Sunday morning, back to reality




Got out cheap, had Lunch and bought a Yeti Cool Cup



Will be back in August or September, in the meantime the salt is calling

I still use Imgur

That looks like it will hurt for a few days

Friday I had to remove a Treble Hook from my Buddy's leg up in Mammoth.......The 13th is real !

Nice Haul on Macks !!!