mamoth pools 6/19 thru 6/22

did a 4 day yak camping/fishing trip to mammoth pools last week with neighbor Dave and his dad Doyal .i caught 5 trout and neighbor Dave caught 20 or more. we paddled about 4to5 miles back to china bar campground and set up camp
at a boat in camp.had a great time fishing everyday.lake was at 99% and still snow at the high elevations.caught mostly rainbows with a couple german browns.

Thanks for the report! Looks like you guys had a great time.

man o man you guys did it right. that looks like my kind of vacation. thanks for the report.

Awesome spot!  Thanks so much for sharing your trip, and great first report, kooner2k.  That kind of spot is a wild one - hope it stays that way.   

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT    Great pics and report  Gotta love having a water front camp site

SWEET!....that's the only way to Yak-Camp! 4-5mi. is a haul if you got alot...but looks like it would be WELL WORTH the EFFORT!!
We may have to a secret Hook-up there it looks so nice!
Thanks for sharing your camp with us! 
iTHINKiCANsmellTHEcampFIREfromHERE! 

This looks too awesome!  I have dreamed of doing a trip like this!  Man... I gotta get out camping...

Awesome Campsite  I'm ready for another paddle in trip.

Awesome place.
Great report.
Beautiful pictures.
What else could a guy ask for?

Thank you!

Great Pics and report.

Welcome to the board! 

Looks like a great place to camp/fish. Great report.

  Al, I hear ya!  Man those pictures are killing me!  I first got to see them thismorning while at my new office, with all the damn smoke in the air, I can't see my Santa Cruz Mtns! or the Calavares range for that matter!  Then I see these darn shots of pristine pines, clear (Probably freezing cold) water, damn fish, fire (Tim Allen grunt here)and a campsite.  Could you be any more cruel? 
  BTW, how did you get to the lake?   Did you have any nighttime critter visits?

Thanks for the therapy!




 

thanks for all the replys.this lake is north of fresno up hiway 41.it sits at about 3300' elev.one of the pics here is the san joaquin river feeding into the lake. you can walk up this river and probly do some great fishing.there is also some great creeks to fish.i also put another shot of the kayaks loaded at the start of the trip,each boat has 100 plus pounds of camping essentials aboard.one of the best things about this trip is the beer was ice cold till the very end.