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WATCH OUT FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS - THEY MAY BE LURKING AROUND THE NEXT CORNER ON THE ROAD!

Lots of color in Bishop Creek Canyon along with photographers - and the weather has been awesome - Ginny and I thought the nip had started on Tuesday - it sure felt like it - but alas, yesterday's temp at 6:00am was 55 degrees - hard to believe it was that warm that early in the am - and the day only got better from there!

Fishing was on the spotty side this week - not sure why - we've got lots of DFG fish in the Lake (and I mean lots) - might be the Lake going down - just not sure. At the Inlet, NightCrawlers or PowerBait was working for some, but not for others. Trolling the shoreline and around the rockpiles. Drifting the channels is working the best (probably cuz the fish are heading for deep water) using NightCrawlers. Shore fishing with NightCrawler or PowerBait.

We've got to our Fall hours this Monday - starting Sept 24th the café will be closed Monday thru Thursday - we'll have soda, coffee, hot cocoa, beer, chips, candy, and homemade pie and ice cream. The café will be opened Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

STARTING September 24, 2012 Café Hours

FALL HOURS

Friday
Breakfast 8:00am to 11:00am
Lunch 11:00am to 4:00pm

Saturday
Breakfast 7:00am to 11:00am
Lunch 11:00am to 4:00pm

Sunday Breakfast 7:00am to 11:00am
Lunch 11:00am to 4:00pm

The Café will be closed Monday thru Thursday starting Monday, September 24, 2012. We'll still have cold drink, hot drinks, candy, chips & homemade pie & ice cream!

Store Hours

FALL HOURS

Sunday 7:00am to 6:00am

Monday - Friday 8:00am to 6:00am

Saturday 7:00am to 7:00am

Rocky of Wilkerson came up to the Lake and celebrated his 92nd birthday with some homemade ice cream - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROCKY!

New "Feed our Fish" Program Puts Lunkers in Lakes!

A few months back, the Bishop Chamber launched the new "Feed our Fish" program and it's going remarkably well! The concept is straightforward - we've asked people who believe that trout fishing is important to contribute funds that we use to purchase and plant Alpers Trout.

"We hope to keep the program going year-round, stocking Bishop Creek Canyon during the summer and Pleasant Valley Reservoir and Lower Owens River in the winter," explains Tawni Thomson. "Of course, we'll need some more help from people that believe in the importance of fishing here in the Eastern Sierra and any contribution would be greatly appreciated." If you would like to become a "Feed our Fish" sponsor - give Tawni a call at (760)873-8405.

Well this is the 12th week of working on the bridge and, boy, are they gettin' it done! Just to recap - the first week - they had roped off the North Lake Hiker parking area at the North Lake road last week - the second week a storage container and forklift were delivered to the roped off area. Now for the 3rd week - we couldn't figure out what was done on the bridge last week. The 4th week progress report - nothing has progressed as far as we can tell. So now for the 5th week - Rick talked with the project manager and apparently they needed a few more permits, but we hear there'll be physical progress this coming week! So the progress for the 6th week is - we now have not one but two stoplights on the Lake Sabrina Road - and we do ask that you obey the lights - or you may be backing up on the narrow road - with the installation of lots of K-rails on the road to protect the bridge crew. They also placed huge concrete blocks down in the creek bed. The 7th week brought more changes in the landscape around the bridge - there's a lot of the dirt & rock to the east of the bridge missing. During the 8th week, they moved masses amounts of earth and rock and I mean masses. They've slowed the water coming out of the Lake as they're working down in the creek bed by the bridge, so the Lake has actually come up a bit - not much, but we'll take anything we can get. The 9th week, lots more dirt and rocks have been moved out of the way - they got lucky and hit a natural fracture in the rocks - that will be the new side of the road. Hopefully, next week we'll have a picture of what the cement work will look like around the bridge. And the 10th week, boy, have they moved tons of rock and dirt or what - they worked from morning to evening this week - and progress was made as you can see in the picture - didn't get a chance to get the picture of what the cement work will look like - but keep the faith - we'll get it for you. And now to the 11th week, still didn't get the picture of the cement mold, but don't lose hope. They've moved tons of more rocks and dirt and have a bit more of the new road showing. So now it's week 12 of the bridge replacement - they poured the abutment on the south side and their getting ready to drill the pilling on the north side. THE CYCLE ON THE RED LIGHT TAKES ABOUT 2 - 3 MINUTES - PLEASE BE PATIENT - DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU HAVING TO BACK UP ON THE ROAD. We are assured the road will remain open during the season, so do not fret, you will be able to get to the Lake.

KEEPING THIS IN - Remember if you do use some sunscreen, skeeter juice, Foo-foo juice or SANITIZER you need to really wash your hands before fishing - then rub some Salmon Egg juice, worm dirt to take that smell off. Remember your polarized dark glasses and sunscreen - we've seen a few anglers that looked a bit like cooked lobster. Also, wear something on your feet that will protect them from hooks, glass, etc - there's a lot of that stuff around!

September is the month of change - Temperatures are expected to be in the mid 70's with lows in the low 40's to high 30's. DON'T FORGET TO PACK A JACKET WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAKE. Please 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.

Haven't heard the Campground schedule yet, but as soon as we do we'll let you know!

And, of course, we'll have HOMEMADE pie and ice cream (until it's gone), sodas, beer, wine, coffee, tea and hot cocoa!

Looking forward to seeing you all in the very near future.

Juanita, Rick, Patti, Bryan, Len, Ginny & Thomas