Lake Almanor--My First Browns Ever

Thanks Randall, I thought it looked like a coho.  I'm so not clued in to the whole inland lake salmon plantings.  There was a lot of that in Washington.  Sweet pics of all those browns!!!

Fished Almanor from the yak last summer, rocky point / dam area, no trout love just a carp
Nice fish, report , photos

Doug -

Geez, mutant brown trout, WTG buddy!!! Aren't you supposed to be on the ocean this month?

Scott

What a great looking trip. Those browns are awesome... looks like you ate well. Nice job Doug.

Freddie

Nice footballs and report.

Used to catch Browns from Almanor that had pink/orange flesh and were delicious.

The smallies were not biting yet?

Thanks for your comments.  I really enjoyed the venue and the fishing, while a bit sparse (given the time spent paddling) was ample to keep us in fresh fish for dinners.  I kept thinking that Scott would have been a lot more successful with his great experience and skill trolling for trout. 

It would have been a lot nicer if the weather had cooperated, the near constant wind and chop detracted from the experience.  It was a new experience for me to fish where the wind was so unpredictable.  It could come up suddenly and change direction 180 degrees at any time.  I realized if you paddled upwind, you couldn't count on having the wind at your back on the return. There was really only about about a two hour period just at sundown on the last day fishing that I got to paddling in calm, smooth water and that was a real joy.

You didn't fish at Bucks ?

No, that was a day for doing something with my wife.  She didn't fish except the day on Bryan's boat; it was cold and wet much of the time pinning her in the pop-top trailer.  And almost none of the seasonal RV residents were up yet, so she was deprived of socializing.  I knew if I wanted to return to Almanor, I'd better spend some time doing something other than fishing.  She enjoys touring the area, visiting the towns/shops and really wants to stay at Eagle Lake soon.

Geez, mutant brown trout, WTG buddy!!! Aren't you supposed to be on the ocean this month?

I'm deprived of the Shelter Cove trip because I had locked in coverage for another doctor during that time.  So I rearranged my schedule to try Almanor because a number of my patients have raved about the browns there every time I see them and I wanted to get up there before all the water skiers arrive in late May.  I just canceled my two, week-long reservations at Fish Camp (Anchor Bay) so that I can reserve some additional time at Almanor later in the year.

The smallies were not biting yet?

I didn't hook any, but I was really targetting browns and probably trolling farther off shore than where most bass were nesting.  There was a bass tourney going on during my last fishing day and there were about 45 people entered.  So that day I saw a lot of bass boats buzz in and out, plugging the shoreline.

I realized if you paddled upwind, you couldn't count on having the wind at your back on the return.

ain't that the truth