I fished Upper Twin and Robinson Creek May 30- June 3. It was awesome, Power bait and mouse tails were my go to. Had a great time, stayed in Bridgeport at the Redwood Inn Motel. Very rustic, however, great ice machine for your cooler and a freezer to store your fish. I'll be back. Reasonable stay, was up from San Diego.
Right on. Sounds like you had a great time. All you need to say is you stayed in a Motel and I'm jealous after spending last night above Bishop sleeping in the back of my car with my boat and outboard motor!
Great video, I am teaching my grandkids to fish and I had to get those same worms at Walmart glad you think they are good I was doubting they would last without refrigeration. Thanks for the video
That's my favorite place in the world. I've been going up there since I was two. I've caught a ton of fish outta those lakes and Robinson Creek and from my experience, they've all been stockers. They supposedly do stock Alper's trout in those lakes, so there are some monsters, but for the most part, you're gonna get pan fryers. You are correct, though. It is absolutely gorgeous up there and that's the reason I take my wife and kids up.
The fish I was getting under the whitewater coming out of the dam the day before definitely did not come out of a hatchery truck. They had full sets of perfect fins and wild markings. I think they were spawning and that's why they were there in concentration. I wouldn't have even known they were there if I didn't see a few fly through the air as they were trying to leap up above the blasting white water. Those fish will probably disperse soon and once they do they will be hard to catch. Heck, they were really hard to catch on my flyrod where they were! I'll put one on my next highlight clip so everyone who is not subscribed to my Patreon can see what they look like.
@@CaptainCompassion1 Yeah, you have me running down a rabbit hole of WTF right now. So, if Alpers sold their property and Arcularius is closed, it looks like the same guy bought them both. Is he doing anything with those properties, or just saying nobody can fish this pristine part of the Owens River? I have been by the property a few times and there are signs posted all over saying get outta here!. Just curious because my findings are a bit scarce on the subject. Thanks for letting me know.
@@7Wolf2k Alpers had moved his operation from the Owens to below Conway Summit. He got in a dispute with DWP who owned the water rights and had to shut down. The Upper Owens has been private property for many years. Back in the day there was the Owens River Ranch and Articularious (sp) Ranch. Don't know who owns them now.
My wife and myself went to Twin Lakes on the 18th, fished the upper lake and didn't even get a bite. We used power bait and mini night crawlers. Talked to another guy and he said last year he had his limit in no time, but he didn't get any bites too. Was going to try Virgina Lakes, but the road was closed. Went on the June Lake loop and saw that no one had any fish at Grant Lake and the water was still low, next at Silver Lake, they were dumping fish into the lake, one lady said it was slow, but she caught a 4 pounder the day before, we didn't even see Gull Lake, but there was a lot of people coming out of June Lake without fish. Next stop was Convict Lake, there was a truck load of guys that said they caught nothing. Thanks for the tip on the worms.
I was there Mother’s Day weekend and caught plenty of fish, got couple six lb stockers and a two more at upper twin just from the rocks. I was using jigs and mini jigs.
I just got back from Bishop and the road was closed to Sabrina and Southlake. I fished Crowley today and got a real nice Lahontan Cutthroat in full spawning colors. I left after that. I think I'm waiting until late June-early July to head back down there. Too much uncertainty.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 on a side note, two brothers would troll for browns (and catch many big ones) at Twins and would write fishing articles in Los Angeles Times about fishing. About 30 years ago, one day one of the brothers was at sportsman lodge parking lot in Studio City, Los Angeles and was stabbed to death. 40 years ago they had a pond there where kids could catch trout.
was this the upper or lower twin? My uncle, Rich Reinwald caught a state record in there and started the brownbaggers back in the day. They used to catch biggins in there. I'm heading there next week. First time in 6 years since moving to Texas and I'm so stinkn excited :)
This was the lower lake. I read there were big browns and I might have read about that State Record. Hope you can follow in your uncle's footsteps and get a record brown of your own. I don't know how much time you have to spend in the Eastern Sierra but I have a lot of destinations on my channel playlists that aren't too far from there if you want to expand your target zone. Have a great time and get some fish.
Nice. Yeah, I talked to a dude who said he got a couple 3lb+ rainbows. I didn't fish very long. If I was there for longer maybe I could have gotten into something like that.
Fished twin lakes a year ago during a tournament, wasn’t able to enter and register the fish I caught obviously lol but I had 2 5lbers one was tag caught a bunch of small ones as well. No hate to anyone but I’m more of a jigger only or fly don’t hurt the fish like you would with bait especially if you don’t want to keep them.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 I did not get up there at all last year and the previous year I came down with Covid on my first day of a two week camping trip. Spent my whole vacation in quarantine...
@@jamesreck8476 That blows. Sorry to hear it. Hope you make it this year. All of my fishing and hiking playlists have targets to hit up and down the Eastern Sierra so if you go hopefully that information can help you make the most of it. Good luck.
I almost always roll out alone these days. I have a few clips where I fish with my cousin Lance or my old fishing buddy Eric. I have a couple of trips planned with friends this Summer but most of my content I fly solo. Makes filming and planning easier.
The only wild trout in Twin Lakes are brown trout. The nice rainbows are planted by the Desert Springs Hatchery in Summer Lake, Oregon. They are Donaldson rainbow that have a little Cutthroat in them. They are triploids and don't reproduce. Nice day. Love your spot.
It looked like the fish I was getting in the creek below the dam were spawning but I could be wrong. I wouldn't have even known they were there if I didn't see a few leap up out of the whitewater trying to move upstream. There was no upstream though, just the lake spilling over the dam. Once those fish disperse and the heavy pressure starts as summer comes, I don't think many people will get those fish like I was getting. Bright spawning colors, all of there fins, they were awesome. I'll put one on my next highlight clip. I'm sure some trout swim up the inlet stream to spawn. I wanted to go check it out in the upper lake but snow stopped me on the road I was trying to get there on. I'd never been there so I wasn't going to spend too much time driving around to try to find it.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 A little history. A few years ago the CDFW was sued and the courts forced them to stock only non viable trout if they are not the native trout of the water where they were stocked. Twin Lakes are in the Walker River drainage where Lahontan cutthroat trout are the native species. All non LCT trout from Conway Summit north, stocked by California or a private hatchery, must be Triploid. No viable Rainbows have been stocked in this area for over 10 years. Robinson Creek below Lower Twin is heavily fished so I doubt that any natural fish could survive. South of Conway Summit There have never been any native trout so viable trout of all species may be stocked. You have run into these Oregon trout before. A while ago you caught some nice Rainbows on the East Carson. Those were Oregon Fish.
So, trout that are stocked south of Conway can reproduce? I never understood why they stocked trout that couldn’t reproduce, but now I know. Does the CDFW still stock some of the backcountry lakes?
Been wanting to go there forever. Still havent been there. I heard a good spot to fish is the area between the upper and lower, maybe where it comes out . Safe trails
I wanted to find that area. I saw it on a map. I had never been there either so I was driving blind and ran into snow on one side of the lake and then that Mono Village was on the other side. Wasn't sure if I could drive through so I turned around. I had my boat but I was rowing so I wasn't looking to go that far from where the launch site was at. The wind got bad that day too so I was off the lake in only a few hours.
Hello Amani, first thing I want to say that is a beautiful place to fish. Non-Stop action is awesome, too bad you could not hook into one of those fat browns, so what is up with those non refrigerated worms, need to check those out. I know why you do not use a strike indicator like a bobber on your line, that method almost ensures a swallow, glad you are old school and just use feel to hook those trout. OK I am on an Amani Marathon - LOL
Right on. I didn't get anything on those red worms in Tahoe but they worked here and I got some nice fish at Almanor. These ones had been sitting in a cabinet for 3 weeks or so and they are doing great.
I have a clip on my fishing tips playlist where I detail my choice of powerbait and hook combo in addition to a couple of clips that go into detail as to how I rig up.
I have a Nevada resident license and a California non-resident license. The California non-resident license is a bit pricy but if you use it it's a great investment.
Hate to burst your bubble bud. Thems are also hatchery trout from a hatchery in Oregon. They sometimes plant smaller fish with the trophy plants. I believe they are a Kamloop hybrid though.
Those spawning fish I was getting in the creek under the white water of the dam outflow sure seemed like they were spawned in that creek and they where trying to jump up the white water to get to the next part of the river which was actually the lake. I could be wrong but they sure looked like wild trout I catch in other rivers and creeks.
I was there the end of April. The lake is completely open no ice. But the fishing was slow. Went up there and took the boat but the campgrounds are closed and boat ramp makes no sense
I can't do it. I won't! There were people fishing when I drove by but I didn't even take my rod out of the car. Looking down from the bridge you could see fish lined up in a huge school I'm guessing right where they dumped them in. If you were a kid it would have been fun but that doesn't even slightly interest me. Up stream where the dam was dumping out there were a bunch of colorful wild rainbows congregated under the high flow white water. I got 4 or 5 of them on my flyrod fishing for my Patreon the day before but it was real tough because the fish were only under that white water so getting your nymph to get under there and stay long enough for them to see it was tough duty. I figured it out by going with a short leader and a larger nymph. I wouldn't have even known they were there if I didn't see a few leap through the air as they tried to get above the white water.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 You hit the nail on the head brother , I won't, I can't don't, it was really fun as a kid or maybe, taking a first timer with a flyrod , that stocker action is a good situation. I remember as a young kid back in the seventies and my dad would follow the stocking truck 😆 🤣 😂 at various norcal rivers when we were camping ...brother, he had no shame lol ....but it was all about the meat 🍖 for him.
Amani fishing in front of a Bob Ross painting right there!
Right! I think there was a happy little tree he would have painted living right across from me!
I fished Upper Twin and Robinson Creek May 30- June 3. It was awesome, Power bait and mouse tails were my go to. Had a great time, stayed in Bridgeport at the Redwood Inn Motel. Very rustic, however, great ice machine for your cooler and a freezer to store your fish. I'll be back. Reasonable stay, was up from San Diego.
Right on. Sounds like you had a great time. All you need to say is you stayed in a Motel and I'm jealous after spending last night above Bishop sleeping in the back of my car with my boat and outboard motor!
love that place the creek nice as well
Yeah, it's beautiful up there. I want to see what's up in the backcountry but that's going to be a while.
Great video, I am teaching my grandkids to fish and I had to get those same worms at Walmart glad you think they are good I was doubting they would last without refrigeration. Thanks for the video
They totally last! I've had some in my cabinet for 3 weeks and they are fine!
That's my favorite place in the world. I've been going up there since I was two. I've caught a ton of fish outta those lakes and Robinson Creek and from my experience, they've all been stockers. They supposedly do stock Alper's trout in those lakes, so there are some monsters, but for the most part, you're gonna get pan fryers. You are correct, though. It is absolutely gorgeous up there and that's the reason I take my wife and kids up.
The fish I was getting under the whitewater coming out of the dam the day before definitely did not come out of a hatchery truck. They had full sets of perfect fins and wild markings. I think they were spawning and that's why they were there in concentration. I wouldn't have even known they were there if I didn't see a few fly through the air as they were trying to leap up above the blasting white water. Those fish will probably disperse soon and once they do they will be hard to catch. Heck, they were really hard to catch on my flyrod where they were! I'll put one on my next highlight clip so everyone who is not subscribed to my Patreon can see what they look like.
Alpers no longer stocks fish. The private trout come from the Desert Springs Hatchery in Summer Lake, Oregon.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 Thanks, Amani! I can't wait to see them.
@@CaptainCompassion1 Yeah, you have me running down a rabbit hole of WTF right now. So, if Alpers sold their property and Arcularius is closed, it looks like the same guy bought them both. Is he doing anything with those properties, or just saying nobody can fish this pristine part of the Owens River? I have been by the property a few times and there are signs posted all over saying get outta here!. Just curious because my findings are a bit scarce on the subject. Thanks for letting me know.
@@7Wolf2k Alpers had moved his operation from the Owens to below Conway Summit. He got in a dispute with DWP who owned the water rights and had to shut down. The Upper Owens has been private property for many years. Back in the day there was the Owens River Ranch and Articularious (sp) Ranch. Don't know who owns them now.
My wife and myself went to Twin Lakes on the 18th, fished the upper lake and didn't even get a bite. We used power bait and mini night crawlers. Talked to another guy and he said last year he had his limit in no time, but he didn't get any bites too. Was going to try Virgina Lakes, but the road was closed. Went on the June Lake loop and saw that no one had any fish at Grant Lake and the water was still low, next at Silver Lake, they were dumping fish into the lake, one lady said it was slow, but she caught a 4 pounder the day before, we didn't even see Gull Lake, but there was a lot of people coming out of June Lake without fish. Next stop was Convict Lake, there was a truck load of guys that said they caught nothing. Thanks for the tip on the worms.
I was there Mother’s Day weekend and caught plenty of fish, got couple six lb stockers and a two more at upper twin just from the rocks. I was using jigs and mini jigs.
I just got back from Bishop and the road was closed to Sabrina and Southlake. I fished Crowley today and got a real nice Lahontan Cutthroat in full spawning colors. I left after that. I think I'm waiting until late June-early July to head back down there. Too much uncertainty.
heading there in a couple hours!
Nice! Hope you got some good action.
The lake use to produce State record wild browns. Topaz Lake use to produce many Nevada state records.
I think two of the last Record Browns came out of there but I could be wrong. I read about the place right before I went.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 on a side note, two brothers would troll for browns (and catch many big ones) at Twins and would write fishing articles in Los Angeles Times about fishing. About 30 years ago, one day one of the brothers was at sportsman lodge parking lot in Studio City, Los Angeles and was stabbed to death. 40 years ago they had a pond there where kids could catch trout.
@@freetrailer4poor That's a creepy story. Hope no one ever tries any of that crap with me. I'm always ready.
was this the upper or lower twin? My uncle, Rich Reinwald caught a state record in there and started the brownbaggers back in the day. They used to catch biggins in there. I'm heading there next week. First time in 6 years since moving to Texas and I'm so stinkn excited :)
nevermind... you said lower lol
This was the lower lake. I read there were big browns and I might have read about that State Record. Hope you can follow in your uncle's footsteps and get a record brown of your own. I don't know how much time you have to spend in the Eastern Sierra but I have a lot of destinations on my channel playlists that aren't too far from there if you want to expand your target zone. Have a great time and get some fish.
My buddy's have been fishing twin for a couple weeks now. Pulling in some hogs.
Nice. Yeah, I talked to a dude who said he got a couple 3lb+ rainbows. I didn't fish very long. If I was there for longer maybe I could have gotten into something like that.
Fished twin lakes a year ago during a tournament, wasn’t able to enter and register the fish I caught obviously lol but I had 2 5lbers one was tag caught a bunch of small ones as well. No hate to anyone but I’m more of a jigger only or fly don’t hurt the fish like you would with bait especially if you don’t want to keep them.
Right on.
Very jealous, sure hope I am able to get up there this season...
I hope you can too. It's been a long Winter and we all need to get out and get some high altitude action going.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 I did not get up there at all last year and the previous year I came down with Covid on my first day of a two week camping trip.
Spent my whole vacation in quarantine...
@@jamesreck8476 That blows. Sorry to hear it. Hope you make it this year. All of my fishing and hiking playlists have targets to hit up and down the Eastern Sierra so if you go hopefully that information can help you make the most of it. Good luck.
Do you always fish alone my son lives in Reno can’t wait for this summer
Any relation to Ron Or Brian.😎
I almost always roll out alone these days. I have a few clips where I fish with my cousin Lance or my old fishing buddy Eric. I have a couple of trips planned with friends this Summer but most of my content I fly solo. Makes filming and planning easier.
Heading to twin lakes today lol
Hope you got into some good action.
The only wild trout in Twin Lakes are brown trout. The nice rainbows are planted by the Desert Springs Hatchery in Summer Lake, Oregon. They are Donaldson rainbow that have a little Cutthroat in them. They are triploids and don't reproduce. Nice day. Love your spot.
It looked like the fish I was getting in the creek below the dam were spawning but I could be wrong. I wouldn't have even known they were there if I didn't see a few leap up out of the whitewater trying to move upstream. There was no upstream though, just the lake spilling over the dam. Once those fish disperse and the heavy pressure starts as summer comes, I don't think many people will get those fish like I was getting. Bright spawning colors, all of there fins, they were awesome. I'll put one on my next highlight clip. I'm sure some trout swim up the inlet stream to spawn. I wanted to go check it out in the upper lake but snow stopped me on the road I was trying to get there on. I'd never been there so I wasn't going to spend too much time driving around to try to find it.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 A little history. A few years ago the CDFW was sued and the courts forced them to stock only non viable trout if they are not the native trout of the water where they were stocked. Twin Lakes are in the Walker River drainage where Lahontan cutthroat trout are the native species. All non LCT trout from Conway Summit north, stocked by California or a private hatchery, must be Triploid. No viable Rainbows have been stocked in this area for over 10 years. Robinson Creek below Lower Twin is heavily fished so I doubt that any natural fish could survive. South of Conway Summit There have never been any native trout so viable trout of all species may be stocked. You have run into these Oregon trout before. A while ago you caught some nice Rainbows on the East Carson. Those were Oregon Fish.
So, trout that are stocked south of Conway can reproduce? I never understood why they stocked trout that couldn’t reproduce, but now I know. Does the CDFW still stock some of the backcountry lakes?
Been wanting to go there forever. Still havent been there. I heard a good spot to fish is the area between the upper and lower, maybe where it comes out . Safe trails
I wanted to find that area. I saw it on a map. I had never been there either so I was driving blind and ran into snow on one side of the lake and then that Mono Village was on the other side. Wasn't sure if I could drive through so I turned around. I had my boat but I was rowing so I wasn't looking to go that far from where the launch site was at. The wind got bad that day too so I was off the lake in only a few hours.
i am actually currently in bridgeport fishing in the twins
Hello Amani, first thing I want to say that is a beautiful place to fish. Non-Stop action is awesome, too bad you could not hook into one of those fat browns, so what is up with those non refrigerated worms, need to check those out. I know why you do not use a strike indicator like a bobber on your line, that method almost ensures a swallow, glad you are old school and just use feel to hook those trout. OK I am on an Amani Marathon - LOL
Right on. I didn't get anything on those red worms in Tahoe but they worked here and I got some nice fish at Almanor. These ones had been sitting in a cabinet for 3 weeks or so and they are doing great.
“I’m sure this is a better fish… I think.” 😂
I thought it was!
What color power bait did you use Amani ?
I have a clip on my fishing tips playlist where I detail my choice of powerbait and hook combo in addition to a couple of clips that go into detail as to how I rig up.
hey bro you have to go to Rye Patch lake there are very good size fish... using shrimp bait
Sounds interesting for sure.
Do you have both a CA/NV fishing license?
he has stated yes in the past.
are you DFG ? of course he does this guy goes by the book.
@@scottp7587 relax, I was just wondering 😂
Badges we don’t need any stinking badges. 😉
I have a Nevada resident license and a California non-resident license. The California non-resident license is a bit pricy but if you use it it's a great investment.
Hate to burst your bubble bud. Thems are also hatchery trout from a hatchery in Oregon. They sometimes plant smaller fish with the trophy plants. I believe they are a Kamloop hybrid though.
Those spawning fish I was getting in the creek under the white water of the dam outflow sure seemed like they were spawned in that creek and they where trying to jump up the white water to get to the next part of the river which was actually the lake. I could be wrong but they sure looked like wild trout I catch in other rivers and creeks.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 The Bridgeport Fish Enhancement Foundation has been dumping Oregon fish in Robinson Creek below Lower Twin sense mid April.
Looks cold what are the temps. We’re supposed to camp there in early June and I’m nervous it will be cold.
I think you are OK. It was around 65 during the afternoon. It's still pretty cold early but things are warming up quick. Go get some!
nice
Fun time just chilling there and soaking in the surrounding environment.
#65👍🏻🎣👀
This trip did not go as planned and was all over the place!
Any luck at Frenchman’s
I haven't been there since I was ice fishing. I want to give it a shot. The water should be cold for a while.
I was there the end of April. The lake is completely open no ice. But the fishing was slow. Went up there and took the boat but the campgrounds are closed and boat ramp makes no sense
Stocker fraud😅😅😅😅😅😅
I can't do it. I won't! There were people fishing when I drove by but I didn't even take my rod out of the car. Looking down from the bridge you could see fish lined up in a huge school I'm guessing right where they dumped them in. If you were a kid it would have been fun but that doesn't even slightly interest me. Up stream where the dam was dumping out there were a bunch of colorful wild rainbows congregated under the high flow white water. I got 4 or 5 of them on my flyrod fishing for my Patreon the day before but it was real tough because the fish were only under that white water so getting your nymph to get under there and stay long enough for them to see it was tough duty. I figured it out by going with a short leader and a larger nymph. I wouldn't have even known they were there if I didn't see a few leap through the air as they tried to get above the white water.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 You hit the nail on the head brother , I won't, I can't don't, it was really fun as a kid or maybe, taking a first timer with a flyrod , that stocker action is a good situation. I remember as a young kid back in the seventies and my dad would follow the stocking truck 😆 🤣 😂 at various norcal rivers when we were camping ...brother, he had no shame lol ....but it was all about the meat 🍖 for him.