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Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! (Read 1890 times)

flyguy Forum Administrator Posts: 1345	Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Jan 12^th, 2012, 8:14pm Lake Isabella is fishing excellent. Nice midge hatch around 3pm till dark..Lake is boiling in coves and campgrounds. Nice fish too!
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xbill_y Diamond Member Posts: 2236 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #1 - Jan 13^th, 2012, 10:17pm Next Friday... who's up for a tube day? I will be up there mid morning.
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jdmanville Gold Member Posts: 315 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #2 - Jan 14^th, 2012, 12:40am Hope it holds. Need a wet line in my life. But wont be able to escape for a a couple more weeks.
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Ants Platinum Member SSFFC Fly Fishing Book Afishianado Posts: 866	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #3 - Jan 14^th, 2012, 1:28am Yup, it was certainly spectacular! This was fish number one. Didn't bother with repeat photos since they looked the same (and fishing was more fun than taking pictures). I an still trying to figure if the fishing or first mobile posting is more exciting. OK - the fish win! Ants
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Blood_Knot Silver Member Worst day fishing is better than best day working! Posts: 116 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #4 - Jan 14^th, 2012, 6:44am Hey folks. Looks like great fun. Got a question. Were you tubing or just wading along the shore?
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Ants Platinum Member SSFFC Fly Fishing Book Afishianado Posts: 866	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #5 - Jan 14^th, 2012, 6:48am I was wading with my calf high farmer boots. That was mostly so I could strip my line over water rather that dirt. Ants
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Blood_Knot Silver Member Worst day fishing is better than best day working! Posts: 116 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #6 - Jan 14^th, 2012, 7:02am Excellent. Thanks for the 411. While I definitely have the fever, I wasn't looking forward to gearing up the entire flotilla system. Just call me "lazy".
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Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows!
Reply #7 - Jan 15^th, 2012, 9:16am

Hey there Ants. Thanks for the pointers. Sadly though, I have to report that I threw woolly buggers and droppers for over four hours in the coves and points and walked away with nothin' but stank, ....and I don't think it was from Big Foot giving me a hug. Tongue

The true upshot of the afternoon was that I got to enjoy God's great outdoors! Beautiful afternoon. Got to break in my new Simms G3 vest and work on my casting. Gotta love it.

Callmechuck

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Lefty Gold Member Posts: 399 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #8 - Jan 16^th, 2012, 12:03am I went by the shop this morning and Sharon, (I hope I got the name right) turned me on to the lake. I only had an hour but managed to get a couple hits and one into the net. The wind had come up but it was great! Must have been the lucky hat I won at the meeting on Saturday night.
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Reply #9 - Jan 16^th, 2012, 8:29am

Thanks for the tip Guy!
Wen to the shop on Sat. Guy told us to hit the lake it should be fun.... So we hit the lower and I got a couple of trout and we went up to the lake , man o' man.... that was the right move. It was ridiculous fishing for us for about 2-3 hours until we had to pack up and drive back down the hill.

Saw guy there on is boat as well I think with Trouthunter from what I remember but could be wrong. It was sure fun! You guys need to get up in there and fish the lake with Guy on his boat. It's stupid fishing! Lot's of fun.

Artin

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flyguy Forum Administrator Posts: 1345	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #10 - Jan 16^th, 2012, 8:33am It looks like you guys were havin a blast. Good to see you Artin.. Peace Guy
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Flyn Ryan Platinum Member Posts: 974 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #11 - Jan 16^th, 2012, 8:42am Gonna try it out this Sat on the tube. So stoked. I've never had a good day on the lake. Maybe it's time. Ryan
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Reply #12 - Jan 18^th, 2012, 8:44am

Quote from Flyn Ryan on Jan 16^th, 2012, 8:42am:

Gonna try it out this Sat on the tube. So stoked. I've never had a good day on the lake. Maybe it's time.

Ryan

I was thinking about doing the same thing if the weather cooperates. Not really trying to be sitting out there in the rain, and hopefully it isn't quite as windy as it was this past Sunday.

Jeremy

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Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows!
Reply #13 - Jan 18^th, 2012, 8:56am

I was thinking about taking my tube up there soon also. Then I saw the lake is supposed to be stocked the week of the 22nd. So I was thinking about Sat. the 28th. But that got me wondering, when was the last time they stocked the Kern? Do they stop during the winter? I know there are fish in there, and I'm not the kinda fisherman that chases the stocking truck around. But I find it curious.
Anyways, I hope to see some of you guys up there!

Tony

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Tennessee Gold Member Posts: 473 Gender:	Re: Lake Isabella fishing excellent for rainbows! Reply #14 - Jan 19^th, 2012, 12:14pm I could be wrong, but I believe the last time they stocked the river was in Novemeber. Jeremy
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