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On Saturday, Big Virginia saw some die hard ice fishermen very early
with the worst possible conditions you could imagine. Wind with
blowing snow and a 4" fall after about 3 hours of it. Loads of fish
were caught, nothing large as the lake was frozen when DFG planted
the brood stock last November 16th. This year, hopefully, it will be
open and we'll give 'em a call to get some of those rod-bending
mobytrout into the lake. There were 37 anglers at 9am on Big
Virginia and none on Little Virginia although there were 2 holes on
the far side of the lake. I walked all over and talked to everyone
and a combination of yellow power bait, worms, jigs and a homemade
concontion of "goldfish" munchies dabbed with a bit of power bait
were pulling up the hungry rainbows and brookies. Didn't see any
browns so guess it's not their choice of menu. Buffet will start in
about 2 plus weeks, as the ice is only 36" thick on Big and about 24
to 28" thick on Little Virginia. LA County Lawyer Steve Olivas and
family were on Little during the ice/snow storm from 5am until around
8am and caught a lot of fish but said the conditions were terrible
and they froze their "everythings" off.
Sunday was a much better day for fishing and Big Virginia saw about
23 anglers pulling in limits on same bait as Saturday, and about 18
anglers on Little Virginia with plenty of kids and dogs playing and
catching fish, that is kids playing with dogs and anglers catching
fish. Ice will not be long lived on Little Virginia, so be sure to
check with someone prior to going out on the lakes especially if the
warmer temperatures return.
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Weatherwise the week was great for fishing until Friday, when the first dusting of snow hit the Sierra Crest with about 6 inches, and another 9 is expected tonight. It's snowing right now and the sun is shining so it is not sticking to the ground. Trout love this kind of weather, and they don't mind the wind. It's breezy but not enough to stop the watercraft or shore anglers. Big Fish: John McIntosh of Gardnerville caught a nice 5lb and a 3lb Alpers on......
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Another great week of fishing at Virginia Lakes, you can count the cars in the parking lot on a daily basis and know that the fishing is good. Especially those that get here before 7am. We had another great week of warm fishing weather, which probably contributes to the numbers of anglers on and around the water. Night Crawlers are still holding at number one with pink power worms, then salmon eggs coming around the stretch. Some......
