Huntington Lake report 7/10/21

Went down to Fresno to spend a few days with my sibs. My brother suggested that I bring down my kayak so we could hit a lake on Saturday. We decided to head up to Huntington. Pulled into the ramp parking lot about 6:00. After a long drive like that and several cups of coffee, it was time to hit the head before getting on the water. The Pitter was occupied. After a few minutes, this old dude, at least 90, with no teeth comes out and says "You boys gunna do thome fithin'?" We replied, yes, we'd be dropping in the Kayaks in a few minutes. He says "Gunna be a gud day fo Fithin." I asked him how he knew. He replied " Cus thers migets in da cwapa, Iths always gud fithin wen ders migets in da cwapa."  Trying to keep a straight face I thanked him for the tip and he walked off. I stepped into the pit pot and sure enough, there were maggots in the Crapper. I started laughing so hard I couldn't hold my aim and proceeded to hose down the entire space. My brother wasnt to happy with me when he went in afterwards. Anyway, it turns out that the old fart was right!  We put in and paddled maybe 200 yards and my FF lit up. Kokenee stacked everywhere! We both limited with  11-14" fish in less than an hour. I'm checking the Cwapa from now on!

Fish are at 30' in 50 feet of water. Pink micro Hoochies with salt/sugar cured corn, behind 4" pink/gold dodgers.

Kevin

Ha! Thats awesome

Great report. Thank you.

This report stinks, but it's a good kind of stink 

Oh man, we need more reports like this. Thanks for the report and the laugh.

Thanks for the report. A lot less crowd than Shaver

Thanks for the report. A lot less crowd than Shaver

Yeah, Shaver was a mad house when we drove by at 5:30am and an absolute shit show when we drove out at 6pm. Huntington had a sailing ragatta that started at 10. Glad we were off the water before then. Still, it was pretty cool watching 100+ boats cruze around in sequence.

Kevin

You will remember the old timer forever. Nice post.