The Lake was stocked Friday as were the shelves in the Café and store, the only thing we ran short of was parking spaces - what an Opening! Boats on the Lake on the Opener - what a sight! And then there were the fish seen leaving the Lake - nothing huge, but most were respectable limits -weighing in over 7 pounds - I see Fish Frys in lots of peoples' futures.

Brian Hohenstein - Bishop, Steve Keef - Bishop & Kevin Keef - Reno - were ready with for the Family Fish Fry - all came in with nice looking limits. Don, John & Nick spent their 39th Opener at Lake Sabrina - 3 generations of fishing - 106 fish caught and released between them.

You might ask - well, what was working - the better question might be what wasn't working! That answer would be nothing wasn't working! Everything was working from anywhere on the Lake. With the pre-Opener DFG stocking and the hungry fish left from last year - it was a given - FISH ON
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You all know the normal Lake Sabrina baits - NightCrawlers, PowerBait, & Salmon Eggs or lures - Red & Gold Thomas Buoyants, Super Dupers or KastMasters.

Can't even say the beautiful weather contributed to the great turnout, 'cuz last year with the Lake ice-over, it was a great turn-out, the only thing we can think of is 'cuz it's an awesome place to be! Thanks to all of you that made this the best Opening Lake Sabrina Boat Landing has ever seen!

Just heard the Bald Eagle is back - it was spotted chasing two seagulls off the Lake Sunday afternoon.

Forest Service and the campground hosts worked hard to get the campgrounds available for Opening Weekend - BitterBrush, Bishop Park, Intake II, Four Jeffery and the Forks are all open.

Guess it's that time of year to remind you of a few things - when using BUG JUICE (the skeeter are out and they are BIG) or SANITIZER you need to really wash your hands before fishing - then rub some Salmon Egg juice, worm dirt or Anglers Bros Trout attractant to take that smell off. Remember your polarized dark glasses and sunscreen - we saw a few anglers that looked a bit like cooked lobster last year. As there still is snow around, the rays from the snow are deadly!

You can check www.weather.gov and enter ASPENDELL, CA on the site and it will give you a fairly good hint at the weather or check in with Howard atwww.MammothWeather.com.

Lake Sabrina Boat Landing will serve Breakfast from 7:00am to 11:00am and Lunch until 4:00pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for now. The store hours are as follows:

Sunday 7:00 to 6:00pm
Monday 8:00 to 6:00pm
Tuesday 8:00 to 6:00pm
Wednesday 8:00 to 6:00pm
Thursday 8:00 to 6:00pm
Friday 8:00 to 6:00pm
Saturday 7:00 to 7:00pm

And, of course, we'll have HOMEMADE pie, sodas, beer, wine, coffee, tea and hot cocoa!

Bryan, Len & Ginny are here. Looking for a part-time server at the Lake this year - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - Give us a call at 760-873-7425, if you're interested - need to be available until mid' October.

Juanita, Rick, Patti, Bryan, Len & Ginny