The trout season in the high sierra's ends October 31st so we thought it would be nice to get in one last fishing trip before the season closed. We (my fishing partner Wally and I) headed out late Wednesday afternoon for Mammoth Lakes; Wally owns a condo there and it's been our base of operations for many years. As we arrived at the condo we were greeted by a mother bear and her 2 cubs. They appeared to be standing guard over the trash dumpster which fortunately was locked. The picture above is upper and lower twin lakes at Mammoth Lakes and shows just how beautiful it can it be regardless of weather. Our plan was to fish upper twin lake at Bridgeport Thursday and Gull lake (part of the June lake loop) Friday. We rented a boat at upper twin and headed out for a days fishing. Shortly after leaving the boat dock we encountered conditions that made fishing almost impossible. Winds were 30 MPG generating wave and white caps; it was like victory at sea. Little did we know that a major storm was heading our way which would eliminate most all of our earlier plans. Bottom line... winds continued throughout the day and into Friday evening. Temperatures dropped to 18 degrees and there was 4" to 6" of snow everywhere. We headed home Saturday morning stopping just south of Bishop to fish the Owens river. No fish anywhere to be found. Pictured below: Leaving snow covered Mammoth Lakes and Wally fishing the Owens river.
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We spent 7 days camping at Twin Lakes Bridgeport starting on the 13th of October. This must have been just after you left. We went to see the fall colors. We spent the week in our new camping trailer. The Monday we got there it got down to about 18 degrees. We made a day trip to Mammoth.
Maybe next time we will see you. We make it over to the other side of the Sierra about four or five times a year. We usually go over hwy 4 Ebbetts Pass when it is open. We are suppose to get snow on Monday so the pass will probably be closed until spring.
Henry Ferguson
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