If you like quality over quantity then Silver Lake is the place to be this past week. We saw five fish over six pounds this week and another ten plus fish weighing in over four pounds brought into the scales at the Silver Lake Resort scales. We even started to see a few stringers full, still few and far in between but we are seeing some nice catches. The weather has turned nice and warm this past week and it is starting to feel like summer. With this the water temperatures have slowly started to rise as the top of the water is sitting at about 49 to 51 degrees and below the surface is sitting at about 52 to 53 degrees so look for that temperature line to flip over in the next week or two and everything to be working near the surface as we continue to warm up. Unfortunately we did not see the DFW stock truck this week but we are on the schedule to receive a load of DFW fish this coming week. Even with the less amount of stocking by DFW the fishing has been pretty good. Again, just remember that you do have to put some effort into the fishing to catch them. The days of tossing your line in the water and getting results is long gone. The quality is there but the quantity is down. I think I have said this a few times before. Anglers saw the best results using good old fashioned worms as well as any type of Power Bait with a Garlic scent in it has been successful. It seems that the far end of the lake where Rush Creek dumps into Silver Lake has been the hot spot as those big lunkers are hanging out at that inlet grabbing whatever flows down the creek to gobble up. We are just now seeing our first good hatch of bugs as the weather has warmed so if you are a Fly fisherman try using a caddis or a small gnat for some great results. June is upon us and with the end of school in site we are starting to prepare for some of our annual events. We, along with the Southern California Chapter of The Federation of Fly Fishers will be holding our annual Rush Creek Clean Up Saturday June 20th. Come on out and lend a hand keeping our beautiful Region and Rush Creek clean for all to enjoy. The clean up will start at 8 am followed by a free BBQ for all who help in the clean up, so come on up and enjoy the beauty of the Eastern Sierra and the June Lake Loop.

Happy Fishing and We Will See You at The Lake!!

Fish of the Week:

Young Elijah Pritchard age 12 of Norco, California drug in this monster Rainbow weighing in at 6 pounds 3 ounces caught on Rush Creek using a Night Crawler. Not only is this a great fish for anyone, it is even better for a young angler and even better yet that it was caught in Rush Creek. Well done Elijah!!!