I hadn't been to Bridgeport Reservoir for a couple of months and expected to find the marina dry but there is still enough water to launch small boats in the marina and the water overall looks really good for this time of year.  Bigger boats are lauching at the "Bathtub" There are pods of Algea floating throughout the Lake but plenty of clean water.  As they traditionally do this time of year the fish are starting to stack up in the East Walker River channel.  I fished from slightly south of the marina to about half a mile north on the east side directly up from the marina, about 100 yards from shore.  There are a ton of fish still in there with regular stockings taking place by both DFG and the Bridegport Fish Enhancement Program.  There is a nice population of holdover fish in the 1.5-3 lb. (with some much bigger than that) range and the red meat on these fish looks very good.  I caught about ten or eleven and kept five releasing the lip-hooked fish and cutting off a few.  The fish today ranged from 14-20 ".  It was odd that in the morning I caught all my fish on a worm/mallow combo and they wouldn't touch the yellow Powerbait.  Later in the morning it switched and the only thing they would hit was the yellow Powerbait.  This lake has fared much better than all of us old-timers thought it would this year in regard to water level and with all the fish in there next year should be great although there are still two months to fish this year and limits come easy.  The biggest fish I caught was 3.5 lbs. and put up a great fight.   I only counted about ten boats on the lake between 7-12  in the morning so pressure is light on the fishery.  I would rate fishing as excellent, this is a great place to soak some bait and catch some rays right now!
Just some scant remnants of the once proud snowpack that adorned the peaks above Twin Lakes.  It was rather hazy from the smoke all the fires are sending our way.

The lake was glass all morning with the wind never reaching 5mph.  Early Morning shot.

Some fish Porn, these babies will be in the smoker tomorrow.



The pelicans seemed to be having quite a bit of luck fishing also.

TF,
Those are some nice looking fish there. For this time of year the lake doesn't look to bad.
Looks a little on the warm side, but then again what doesn't.

I so need a trip to higher climbs, oh yeah tomorrow. 

CG

cgagex3 wrote on Sep 4^th, 2009 at 6:23pm:

It was very calm today but the temps peaked at about 75F.  So it was actually quite bearable.  Tomorrow is suppose to be breezier and a high of 68F. 
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yeah it's abit of a trick taking pictures of the fish when you're fishing solo.  I don't want to touch the fish and muck up the camera so I shoot when I can.  That sucker was flopping all over and when he stopped for a moment my shoes were in the way so I did my best Charlie Chaplin and clicked the shot!

Oh yeah it should be an epic year next year.  They've got atleast one more Alpers dump and the BEP is planning at least one more big dump.  Now all we need is lots of snow!

steve bowers wrote on Sep 5^th, 2009 at 5:02am:


My workshift starts at 5:00 am and I am up at 3:00 am every morning.  It's my favorite time of day...very peaceful! Sleeping in is for saps!

Those are some decent smokers Eric but with your small craft and fishing ability you should give it a whirl sometime in the Spring or better yet now until closing.  There are some real brutes in there and the browns are coming of age.  October should be a great month for big holdovers on this water.  Whether you're a sophisticated fly guy or a bait dunker there are some nice fish to be had.

Nice fish TF! It should only get better, then close They are true footballs. How big do they get in there?

I agree Sockeye those Sturgies are great eating.  Four out of the five I kept had red meat.  It was just nice to get out on the water and relax with some good fishing.  It's been a long hot summer and as the temps cool the fishing will heat up.  The only fish I like eating as much as Sturgie are the Dodos i'll be catching in the middle of October in Mexico.
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Goldentrout, my biggest out of Bridgeport still-fishing was 7.5 a few years back and this year I got one about five and several around four pounds.  May was a very good month out here.  Mark, if you bring your Yak out here i'm sure you'll get some blood on the deck.  The second half of September and October should be very good fishing. No fish shortage here although i haven't seen or heard about any nice browns.  We both know they're in there and they will probably make a showing as the temps cool.  They stocked several batches of sub-catchable browns in there this year with the latest being last week with 5000 4-6".  I haven't seen a Brownie since opening day.