08-11-2008, 07:05 AM
Camped for two weeks first at Redfish and then Alturas. Didn't take the boat after reading dismal reports... Redfish was overrun with lake lice and noisy party types. Mt. Heyburn campground had a couple of families with over 25 people each camping in single sites!
I talked two little girls to shore one morning that were caught in the eddy swirl from Fishook Creek. They were in one of those tiny yellow toy rafts with a minnow net for a paddle... Not over 11 years old and no parents around plus NO life preservers! I waded out as far as I could and told them to get on their knees and paddle with their hands. They were finally able to get out of the vortex and make it to the beach. One was panicking; both were about frozen. Had they capsized I have no doubt they would both have drowned and I would have as well had I tried to go after them. What's wrong with parents nowdays?
Saw two or three boats fishing before the power boats seized the lake. Talked to one oldtimer and he caught one bull trout and released it. Said he's been camping at Redfish for 20 years and fishing has bombed for several years now. We saw the big Chinooks and the beautiful Sockeyes at the Sawtooth Hatchery. Quite a run.
Alturas produced a few planters from the shore on Mepps spinners. Worms and powerbait produced both pikeminnows and squawfish. (or some carp-like bottom feeder) Couldn't keep them off the hook.
Massive line of thunderstorms at Alturas last Thursday night. We in our tent trailer... Just held on; quite a ride.
Sandhill cranes are everywhere in all the marshes! Good camping trip but I'll bypass Redfish next year. The microburst that hit Glacier View C.G. and the surrounding area snapped trees off 6 to 15 feet from the ground. Glad we weren't present for that event...
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I talked two little girls to shore one morning that were caught in the eddy swirl from Fishook Creek. They were in one of those tiny yellow toy rafts with a minnow net for a paddle... Not over 11 years old and no parents around plus NO life preservers! I waded out as far as I could and told them to get on their knees and paddle with their hands. They were finally able to get out of the vortex and make it to the beach. One was panicking; both were about frozen. Had they capsized I have no doubt they would both have drowned and I would have as well had I tried to go after them. What's wrong with parents nowdays?
Saw two or three boats fishing before the power boats seized the lake. Talked to one oldtimer and he caught one bull trout and released it. Said he's been camping at Redfish for 20 years and fishing has bombed for several years now. We saw the big Chinooks and the beautiful Sockeyes at the Sawtooth Hatchery. Quite a run.
Alturas produced a few planters from the shore on Mepps spinners. Worms and powerbait produced both pikeminnows and squawfish. (or some carp-like bottom feeder) Couldn't keep them off the hook.
Massive line of thunderstorms at Alturas last Thursday night. We in our tent trailer... Just held on; quite a ride.
Sandhill cranes are everywhere in all the marshes! Good camping trip but I'll bypass Redfish next year. The microburst that hit Glacier View C.G. and the surrounding area snapped trees off 6 to 15 feet from the ground. Glad we weren't present for that event...
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