12-26-2007, 05:54 PM
AFdan52,
Chesterfield is about 1/2 hour north of Lava Hot Springs. I take the old highway that follows the Portnuef North of Lava and then take the Kelly-Toponce Road. The last half mile To Chesterfield isn't often plowed. Most days you could probably do it in a car but I wouldn't go there without 4 wheel drive unless I knew exactly what the road conditions were. It is going to be crowded so expect plenty of company. Last winter I counted 75 vehicles in one day at Chesterfield. That is a lot of fishing pressure for the size of reservoir it is. Good luck if you get out there. It should be worth the trip.
JoyRide,
I'm fairly certain it is the "black spot disease" that is spread through snails and fish eating birds. I also saw the blacks spots on fish at Deep Creek and Devil Creek. I've been releasing all of the fish I've caught this winter (with the exception of kokanee [
]) but I doubt it is anything harmful to humans.
flyguy66,
That is a real pig. Hard to tell from the picture but it doesn't look like he has anything wrong with him besides an eating disorder. Too bad more of the fish in Chesterfield don't look like that this winter. If we get good snow pack there this winter and the reservoir fills up there will be many fat fish in Chesterfield this summer.
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Chesterfield is about 1/2 hour north of Lava Hot Springs. I take the old highway that follows the Portnuef North of Lava and then take the Kelly-Toponce Road. The last half mile To Chesterfield isn't often plowed. Most days you could probably do it in a car but I wouldn't go there without 4 wheel drive unless I knew exactly what the road conditions were. It is going to be crowded so expect plenty of company. Last winter I counted 75 vehicles in one day at Chesterfield. That is a lot of fishing pressure for the size of reservoir it is. Good luck if you get out there. It should be worth the trip.
JoyRide,
I'm fairly certain it is the "black spot disease" that is spread through snails and fish eating birds. I also saw the blacks spots on fish at Deep Creek and Devil Creek. I've been releasing all of the fish I've caught this winter (with the exception of kokanee [
]) but I doubt it is anything harmful to humans. flyguy66,
That is a real pig. Hard to tell from the picture but it doesn't look like he has anything wrong with him besides an eating disorder. Too bad more of the fish in Chesterfield don't look like that this winter. If we get good snow pack there this winter and the reservoir fills up there will be many fat fish in Chesterfield this summer.
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