My 1st Shot at a "Sierra Grand Slam" (Little Lakes Valley, Rock Creek).
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- A Sierra Grand Slam is a Golden, Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout in one day. Today I take my first shot at completing this feat.
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Congrats on the Sierra Grand Slam. My son and I met you on the trail right by Long Lake, just before the rain started. And yes we were soaked by the time we got to the car. I am glad you were able to get that last fish before you left. It was great meeting you. And that are is soo beautiful.
Thanks. I totally remember you. Great meeting you as well. That rain was not going away!
Beautiful job Amani! Stunning country Amani! Dan Brent
Right on. It was a marathon day!
Awesome job Amani!
Right on. I would be lying if I said I didn't think it was going to take that long. When I struggled to get a brookie at Gem Lake, that is when doubt crept in!
Congrats.
A nice hike with a chance at the slam is the 20 lakes basin starting from Saddlebag Lake.
Right on. Yeah, I've only fished that area once but I did get all 4 species over the course of a Monday-Tuesday trip last Fall. I plan to head back there again this Fall. Want to fish a few lakes over that way. Too crowded right now.
Congrats! You earned every bit of it.
Thanks. Getting that last brown turned into a little bit more of a grind than I expected. Once it started to pour rain, I was just happy to close it out!
@@wildernesswithamani1027 Well done!
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So cool!
Thanks Amani!
Right on.
Hell ya, congrats! Way to go my man, that was awsome to go onthat journey with you!
Right on. It turned into a bit of a grind towards the end but it all panned out.
AND ….. Done! Congrats on your GRAND SLAM!!!
Right on. It was battle. More than I expected!
Congrats! You deserved that burger dude! I wish I had your energy!
When it started pouring rain it brought me down a bit but didn't knock me out!
Congrats on you slam!
Right on. I thought I was going to complete it and be out of there before 4pm once I got that rainbow but it didn't go that way! Turn on the grind!
Got a HWY 88 slam a few years ago. Brown and Mackinaw from Caples Lake, Cutthroat at Red Lake and Rainbow and Brook from the West Carson. Good job on the slam.
Right on. It all lined up. I usually get rainbows, browns, and brookies when I go to that area but I had never gone in far enough to run into goldens. Once I got that golden in the net I knew that it was time to finally take a shot.
Great job you did it
I have got all 4 types over my 48 hour trips a few times since I started my channel nearly a few years ago. It always seemed to be too much of a hassle or I was too exhausted to try to get it all in one day. This time, it all lined up. Time to take a swing for the fence!
You slammed it. Nice job bro.
Right on. I would be lying if I said that once I got that Golden, I didn't think the rest would take so long. Good old hubris! The rain, fish falling off the hook, small brookies getting getting finicky on me, it all seemed to have turned against me!
Congrats on the Slam. That was a nice real golden.
That Golden surprised me. It was high quality! I wasn't seeing anything over 4 inches cruising. Getting that one in the net was sweet. I'll get back up there one day and shoot a full clip of that lake. See if I can get into more of those Goldens.
I've grand slammed several times in Yosemite. goldens at Adair lake, rainbows in the red peak fork. brown trout in the Merced river, brook in Washburn lake. another time and way easier of a hike was rainbows and browns at the Lyell creek fork of the tuolome and Evelyn lake trail junction, brookies at Fletcher lake, goldens at Townsley lake. the next day goldens in Townsley, rainbows and brown trout in Fletcher and Lewis creeks, brookies in Bernice lake. I did all of those on a two week loop starting in the valley going over red peak pass to tuolome meadows picking up my resupply that I had mailed ahead and then back to the valley via the Lyell fork vogelsang to Merced lake and out the Merced river to the valley.
Right on. I've caught browns, brookies, goldens, and rainbows multiple times over a couple of days but I never made the charge to do it in a single day. Once I got the Golden up top all I had to do was fish my way through the valley. The creek actually has brooks, browns, and rainbows so you can follow that thing and fish for the rest of the slam. It was there so I took the shot. Don't know if I'll ever push for another one now that I got it but I suspect that if things line up and it's easy I'll go for it.
Sweet!.....One of these days I want to see a video of you camping out at one of those lakes and cooking up 3-2 of those butterball brookies for dinner!..LOL
I have a couple of clips on my 'lakes and reservoirs' fishing playlist where I cook fish up after I catch them. One is from loon lake where I forgot all of my seasoning so I throw the fish in quesadillas and the other is when I'm fishing with my cousin at Union Valley Reservoir. I also have fish cooking clips on my variety playlist. Cooking really isn't my thing but I eat fish!
@@wildernesswithamani1027 LOL.....yea I love to eat the first trout of the year out of clean water creeks but soon after that its kind of a pain to cook them up. Those Tahoe rainbows are probably the best...like ocean salmon I would think?
@@mmfruitveg Those Tahoe rainbows are awesome to eat. I typically like to keep fish when there is snow available to keep them really fresh but I'll use my own ice if I have to. Mt rout eating season is usually when it's cold and I'm bait fishing. Those larger holdover reservoir trout when it's cold usually have nice pink meat.
Hey dog...congrats! Way to go
I thought I was going to ease right into the winner's circle on this one until it started raining and that brown started playing hard to get! That's a good area to go for the slam in. Get the golden and the creek hold the other three species. You just have to fish your way out of there!
cheeseburgers and a milkshake on the way home and I am in heaven ...
Milkshake is a bridge too far on breaking my usual diet but I was on that bacon cheeseburger like a starving dog! Washed it down with water! I'm no fun anymore!
Boom! Great work grinding it out. Congrats man, thanks for another great adventure.
Right on. "Grinding it out" is an accurate way to describe it! Especially when it started pouring rain!
Nicelys is a great place!
It has become my go to on the way home. Doesn't take long, not too pricey, decent food, I'm into it!
Congrats! Even mosquitoes don't seem to bother you.😀
Thank. Mosquitos don't bother me because I coat myself in 100% deet! Without it, they are all over me!
Congrats on the slam Amani! 👍They were all very beautiful fish, the colors and markings were amazing! Thank you for sharing! 😊
Glad to share. It was a fun adventure.
Awesome Slam! We're going to treasure lakes as well end of next month. Let me know if you need some mini jigs & lures and I will be more than happy to ship some out to you. Mabuhay!
Thank you for the kind offer. I feature two sets of treasure lakes on my channel playlists. There are these Treasure Lakes and then there are the ones near Bishop Pass. If you are going to bishop pass, I have a few other nearby lakes on my 'backcountry lakes and creeks' fishing playlist as well as the hikes on my hiking and backpacking playlist. If you are going to these treasure lakes in little lakes valley, I have the short cross country hike to treasure lakes from Gem Lakes. Both treasure lakes I have on my channel are a shot at a slam. If you go to the ones off of the Bishop Pass Trailhead there are browns, rainbows, and brookies in the inlet creek to Southlake at the trailhead if you try for a slam and it comes down to it. I have clips for all of it on my fishing and hiking backcountry playlists. Good luck and I hope you have a great time.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 thanks bro! Love the videos on how raw, informational and entertaining it is. Very inspirational. Keep it up!
Hi Amani, we made it (barely 😂). Checkout some of our pics and vids in our Instagram @calibearfishing . Will work on a short vid when our Sierra trip is done. Thank you for all the awesome videos!
That is a slam in my book no matter how big, great job, love your stuff keep it up🎣👊👍
Right on. Like I said, bunt infield single wins games!
Nice catch&release Technique...lol
Right on. more of a struggle than I expected but I guess that's why they call it fishing.
Sierra Grand Slam! When you look at the Box Score the next day, that infield bunt single looks like a smoking line drive! Awesome, Amani!
Scoreboard! Bunts win championships! I will say that I was getting frustrated towards the end when I was struggling to land a brown. I was 5 minutes away from driving back to that spot I shot the rock creek clip the evening before. That was going to be my "Alamo" for a brown if it came down to it.
NICE!!! I have a video on my channel of the same thing!! Such a good feeling! You should get the t shirt!!
The experience was good enough. It all lined up for me. I've hit all 4 species over my usual 48 hour trips several times but I was always too tired to hassle with going for the slam in a single day. This time, it all lined up for me.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 right on!!! I think I actually met you up on rock creek the day I got mine! Knocked 3 of them out there and went to go find some Golden’s! Ha
Congratulations on your ‘Sierra Slam’! Your life is now complete . 😉
Have you ever fished at Pyramid Lake? Would be fun to see you hook up on your 5 wght fly rod.
No Pyramid yet. A bit pricy for my limited budget. I would also want to get a slightly bigger rod. I'll get there some day.
You can do Pyramid w/ that gear. Load that Pfluger fly reel w/ 20# braid backing & a stout leader. Fish that floating line w/ a bobber & your jig flies. Hang on! Would make spectacular viewing content, no?
@@andykobayashi3852 Not sure. It's a niche location. I have had a few places I thought would blow up in views because they are unique and it didn't turn out that way. Lake Tahoe is always huge because tons of people search for it. Not so sure about Pyramid and with the high price tag, not so sure it's worth it right now.
If you make the vid, title it ‘I got my Feelings Hurt Fighting a Monster Cutthroat Trout at Pyramid Lk’.
If your vid shows you hooking & battling, w/ your reel screaming & your fly rod bent into the cork, you will get lots of views 🤣.
Dude! Loved the hike videos and the fishing. I’ve done the hike myself, sans fishing, and loved ever minute of the views. Only place I caught goldens was cottonwood lakes. Amazing colors!! Did the hike to Ruby lake-very fishable. Never went to Chickenfoot. I’ll watch through the slam attempt. I never tried. But always appreciate your love of the sierras. I’ve enjoyed them for a very big part of my life. Ever gone for bass at Billy’s pond?
No, but I used to bass fish a lot in the 80's and early 90's. I have a few Cottonwood Lakes clips on my 'backcountry lakes and creeks' playlist if you haven't seen them and are interested. I fished Ruby. I want to try to find a route to Mills lake just beyond in that supposedly has goldens.
Congratulations 🤙 you put in some work for that one, beautiful fish❤️
It turned into a grind but I got it done and was driving home before dark.
Congrats on the SLAM!
Thanks. It was more of a struggle than I expected it to be once I got the golden in the net but hey, things don't always roll out easy!
I was up in that area recently. What fly setup did you use on those lakes up there? I saw pheasant tail, what size? Any setup info. would be greatly appreciated.
I use a range of nymphs and I typically start with a larger one because they are easier to fish fast in the event the fish are aggressive. If they start off shying away from it, I go smaller and smaller until they bite or I get down to the smallest ones I got. I always keep a couple of small nymphs with no bead head in the event the fish are really finicky. I have a clip for basic fly fishing on my trout fishing tips playlist that details the basics of what I do.
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Congratulations on completing your 1st Sierra/Grand slam.
Right on. I've hit all of those species over a 48 hour period a bunch of times but never in the same day. This time, it all lined up so I figured I'd take a shot at it. Mark it down!
I understood it was in one day session as you were talking about it.
Awesome! Congrats on the Sierra Slam!!
Right on. When I caught those three types of trout in the same pool the day before it got me thinking. I had never tried it but it all came together for a chance to give it a go.
Let's gooooo!
Oh yeah!
Great accomplishment bud! You worked for it but sooo satisfying, I’m sure
I was just glad I was able to finish. Once I got the three first ones in the net, that's when getting the brown got unusually complicated for me. The rain didn't help!
Nice!!!
Once I got the golden I figured I'd just fish my way to the finish line! That's a good place to do it. Get the golden and you can get the other 3 in the creeks.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 I'm bringing my fly rod and a spinner real (rooster tails for the lks).
Will be over the moon with less than half your action. Will def try out the streams! Oh, rain is in the forecast...so wish me luck!
@@johnhelmuth9718 Get something good.
Awesome.. congrats and it was fun to watch!
Thanks. It was fun doing it but I'd be lying if I said I didn't get frustrated at times during the quest. It all panned out.
How long is the hike to these treasure lakes?
It is roughly 5 miles. A little less probably. I have the Hike to Gem Lakes and then the short cross country hike from Gem to Treasure lakes on my Hiking playlist.
Amani, great hike, stunning valley scenery and congrats on your Sierra Grand Slam. Going down to SMMC for a shoulder tune up.
Right on. Once I actually found Treasure Lakes I knew this was the day I'd finally take my shot.
Blam Slam Lol! Fairwinds!
It all panned out! Good times!
Nice and congrats 🎉
Thanks. Caught all of those species over a couple of days several times but never all in a single day. Always seemed like too much of a hassle but on this day, it all lined up!
Congrats Amani, thanks for taking us on another adventure…. Enjoy your bacon cheeseburger 🍔
Thanks. Oh, I enjoyed that burger. I maintain a fairly strict diet calorie wise at home but when I get something like a bacon cheeseburger in front of me it's full attack!
Single day slam saga was assume …… once you where on the slam you never said there he goes when you released them. You where on a mission, great job Amani!!
I didn't even bother to turn the camera on for hooking that last fish because I had already had a few browns shake off the hook prior to that while I was fumbling around and it was getting late. I did not want to come up short! I ignored the camera until it was done! Mark it down!
Looks like a few of the right people could restart civilization out there post apocalypse 😂
The older I get, the more curious I become about trying to survive such an event.
Sweeeeeeeeeetttttttt
It all just kind of lined up. I had hit rainbows, browns, and brookies in the same day a few times in that area but I never went far in enough for goldens. Once I got one in the net, it was time to strike!
Armani you cut out the three kids you ran into at the marsh on box i was one of them
Right on. I actually wasn't filming at that point. Good you guys were getting into some fish. That rain wasn't ideal but it was what it was. Glad you tuned in. I have a lot of Eastern Sierra action across my channel playlists if you are interested in checking some of it out. Good luck out there. Keep fishing.
Great job! You don’t get it for free👍
Once I got half way there I wasn't stopping. Rain or no rain!
Haha bunt single in the 9th
Scoreboard! It's all that matters when the game ends!
congrats on the GRAND slam, the SIERRA slam would be all 5 including the cutthroat. Congrats but you need to work on your releases. Why go through all the effort of teaching and promoting proper handling skills, ie wetting hands and net, keeping the fish in the water, etc only to throw them back in that fashion. It's like you stop caring once you've caught the fish. Seriously hard to watch boy
Fish swam away perfectly fine. They stock fish in alpine lakes by dropping them from airplanes. I don't think I'm hurting them at all. One after another, they swim off fine.
What happens when fish jump clear out of the water when feeding? I don't think they are hurting themselves.
@@wildernesswithamani1027 They may swim off fine but that doesn't mean they weren't harmed in the process. You can hold trout with a dry towel and it will swim off fine, doesn't mean it will survive though. Research the two-week experiment. I'm well aware that they stock fish via airplanes. Its commonly known those doesn't all survive
@@wildernesswithamani1027 Of course not, I never said that. A fish comfortable enough to breach the surface to feed is not the same as you throwing them back like that. A fish that has been caught, will be stressed out and will have more lactic acid, thus having less oxygen in the blood, and in turn have a harder time regaining its breath making them more vunerable at that moment. I expect these types of release practices at my local socal parks where everyone thinks they're a "prostaff member" catching stocked trout, but not on a YT channel that frequently visits fragile fisheries like this and is such a good ambassador and stweard for the sport. Im not here to argue Amani, just saying as a fellow backcountry fly angler, it's hard to watch.
Not arguing, just saying I've never seen a problem with the fish I release. I let them rest up in the net and get them back in. Hope you can find a channel more in line with your personal standards. @@chowboy44