Virginia Lakes Resort Fishing Report

Fishing Report

September 22-28 -- Virginia Lakes Resort Fish Report

Weather: - 7am Temp Sunrise/Sunset - Full Moon October 17, Hunters's Moon
(Violet's Birthday)

Sunday	48°	6:44/6:54	Clear and cool, calm.
Monday	49°	6:45/6:45	Clear and very warm.
Tuesday	50°	6:46/6:51	Clear and calm because of the 2nd mega moon and the weather it brought dropping the fish down in the lakes.
Wednesday	49°	6:47/6:49	Windy.
Thursday	46°	6:48/6:48	Clear, calm.
Friday	38°	6:49/6:46	Clear, calm and cooler.
Saturday	49°	649/6:44	Warmer - Fishing is SLOOOOOOOOW, fish are there but not biting, so bring all your "junk".

MONO COUNTY road work for this coming week.
Sonora Junction Shoulders Project – U.S. 395 Fully Reopened through Sonora Junction Shoulders Project What you need to know: U.S. 395 has reopened within the Sonora Junction Shoulders Project after crews installed two under-highway wildlife crossings, providing safe and sustainable passage for mule deer and other area wildlife. MONO COUNTY – U.S. 395 has reopened between Burcham Flat Road but there is one lane open with a 10-15 minute wait.

BAIT: Night crawlers, Mice Tails Pinched crawlers, Garlic Pbait, Corn and salmon peach Pbait and Mice tails Red/brown, Smores, orange/white head and pink/white were the top picks.

LURES: Always try 1/6oz Red/gold Buoyant, small Gold Kastmaster, black/yellow dots Panther Martin, gold Super Duper 502, "O" gold Mepps, silver/blue Kastmaster, and gold Kastmaster. Stay on the small size for most lures. Fish were put down from the cold snap last week, but with the DFW stocking twice put the fish closer to the surface and the bite was on.

FLY AND BUBBLE: Adams parachute, grey hackle Peacock (that's the early October color) it's a good choice, green body mosquito and Griffith's Gnat or any small dark fly. Also try fur body black ants near the bushier areas of any of the lakes, it's warm enough for them after the sun is out for a couple hours. More and more people are switching to this method which is a good idea, less stress on the resource. Consider it. Stop by and learn how. The only drawback is that it works best early and late in the day when the air is cooler and when there is a good breeze with overhead clouds. If you have never fished the lakes here, always start with an Adams parachute.

FLY RODS: Fishing has been S L O W, the fish are there but not biting. Streamers WERE working along with emergers (pheasant tail, prince nymph or a naked olive elk hair caddis). Denny Richards patterns may work, along with any damsel pattern. Hatches were sparse during the temp drop and when the temp hit over 74 degrees it picked up again. Try Olive Matuka red throat and black crystal buggers. Woolly's with a pheasant tail dropper or hare's ear dropper. The 2nd of the (four) mega moons has passed, and the fishing is slow! Get creative and study up on your bugs and their life cycles and see what flies match that particular bug. The assortment is incredible so get busy and do some reading up on the 5 bugs and their stages.

BACKCOUNTRY: Fishing has been good with most people protecting the resource using catch and released on flies and a few lures. Hatches produced some small hoppers and large black ants. Please protect the resource and release what you don't want to eat. Water level in streams are low.

NOTE: If you are yanking the hook out of the fish, DO NOT THROW IT BACK or if the trout bleeds DO NOT throw it back into the lake, it will die. If you care about the resource please be careful when releasing fish back into the water, it hurts the resource and also attracts bears! We have 3 bears which is more than enough for the area.

Carolyn

Trophy Trout for the week (*pix attached)
Little Virginia/LV, Big Virginia/BV, Trumbull/T*

Mike Ayala Santa Barbara 4lb14 DFW Mtail 9-25 BV*
Michael Tucker Lemon Grove 3lb6 Male DFW Mtail LV*
Michael Guerrero Fontana 3lb7PWorm 9-27 BV*
Michael Wheeler Huntington Bch 4lb7 Buoyant 9-27 BV

Jenny Brynd Beaumont 4lb13 worm 10-2 BV

Michael Wheeler Huntington Bch 4lb7 Buoyant 9-27 BV

Mike Ayala Santa Barb 4lb14 DFW Mtail 9-25 BV

Michael Guerro
Michael Guerrero Fontana 3lb7 BV

Michael Tucker Lemon Grove 3lb6 DFW Mtail 9-25

Brian Betts Corona 3lb13 DFW 9-21 Pworm

Brian Betts Corona 4lb11 Pbait 9-22

Beth Sheerman
Beth Sherman Reno 4lb15 Mtail 9-13 BV

Darcy Love Temecula 5lb10 DFW Garlic Pbait,
John Donaghey San Diego 5lb, 3lb DFW Pbait 9-13 Trumbull

Jeff Sweetman San Diego 4lb DFW Pworm 9-15 BV

Richard Riggs Costa Mesa 3lb10 Mtail 9-12 LV

Anthoney Hernandez
Anthony Hernandez San Bernadino 5lb6 Dfw Jig 8-30 LV

Bryan Hively Ramona 5lb Dfw Mtail 8-28 Trumbull

Bryce K
Bryce K Northridge 5lb Marshmallow 8-30 LV

Carl Weliler
Carl Weiler Livermore 4lb6 Dfw Mtail, Dave Bachmeier San Jose 3lb9 Dfw Mtail 8-26 T

Carolyn Wesling (husband) Long Bch 4lb2 Dfw lure 8-31 LV

Damian Castro Chino 3lb3 Lure LV 8-29

David Clements La Mirada 3lb10 Mtail 8-29 LV

Elliott & Hunter Andeerson
Elliott and Hunter Anderson Los Alamitos 3lb2, 1lb9 Dfw Mtail 8-30 LV

Mark Willardson Encino 2lb4 fly 8-20 BV

Andres Jejia
Andres Mejia Anaheim 3lb12 Pbait 8-22 LV

Mike braun Murieta 1lb9 tag 1589 Pbait 8-22 BV

Beau Blane
Beau Blaine age 8 and Wyatt San Juan Cap 2lb Pbait 8-5 LV

Kayden Conelias
Kayden Cornelias Covina 2lb4 Zug bug 8-9 LV

Kristin Muller San Carlos 2lb2 tag 1559 8-5 BV

Moises Reyeers & Ryan Kodema
Moises Reyes & Ryan Kodema San Dimas 2lb14

Vince Lesko Yucca Valley 2lb 2 Crawler 8-7 LV

Bianca Herrera Whittier 3lb4 tag 875 Grn Power eggs 7-28 LV

Brian Imahori torrance 2lb tag 1319 Pbait 7-31 BV

Chris Harding-Cortez age 11 Torrance 2lb tag 1274 Micetail 8-2 BV

Marc Weitzman Hunt Bch 2lb 13 Pbait 7-28 LV

Riaz Mamdai Long Bch 2lb9 Worm 7-28 LV

Laura Vessup
Larina Vessup Rancho Cucamongo 2lb14 tag 846 Pbait LV

Laurie Kaiser Sonora 3lb9 Pbait 7-20 LV

Makayla Ojama Alhambra 3lb3 tag 834 Pbait 7 18 LV

Matt Gruber San Diego CA 2lb tag 1446 Micetail 7 20 BV

Monica Wakefield Monrovia 2lb crawler 7-19

Richard Perez San Diego 4lb2 tag 667 Garlic PB 7-18 BV

Roger Carpenter Carson City NV 2lb3 crawler 7-18 BV

Sean Dougherty La Quinta 2lb8 tag 490 Jig 7-25 BV

David Gates LA 2lb Grn Pbait 7-13 LV

Jessica Haff Simi Valley 2lb worm 7-12 LV

Riley Cotton Nevada City, 2lb11, 2lb1 Micetail 7-11 BV

Alex Martins-boyte San Diego 5lb 589 pbait 6-15 BV

Billy Bryte FLorida 2lb2 crawler 6-9 Trumbull

Billy Bryte Florida 5lb9 tag 577 powerworm 6-13 Trumbull

David Guiterrez
Dennis Early Dayton NV 2lb4 crawler 6-12 Trumbull

Dennis Early Dayton NV 2lb4 crawler 6-12 Trumbull

Dominic & Rudy Vasquez Ontario 4lb tag 0671, 4lb tag 660 Sal Pch Pbait 6-21 LV

Jason Yung Modesto 4lb8 tag 1343, 4lb11 tag 772 Mtail 6-9 LV

John Prada Azusa 3lb tag 158 Jig LV 6-14

John Venner Fullerton 5lb9 tag 541 Hookup 6-15 LV

Johnny Baca Irvine 3lb4 tag 632 powerbait 6-14 LV

Justin Sanchez Reno 3lb2 tag 607, 4lb5 tag 506 Hookup 6-14 LV

Kevin Mclendon Clovis 3lb4 tag 661 silverblue Kastmaster 6-21 LV

Larry Motoyama
Mason Durk Las Vegas 3lb tag 516 6-14 BV

Mason Durk Las Vegas 3lb tag 516 6-14 BV

Nick Worn San Diego 3lb tag 528 Hookup -14 LV

Rusty Debeceni
Rusty Debreceni Norco 3lb3 tag 574, 3lb6 tag 517 pbait 6-14 LV

Stephanie Koves
Stephanie Korves Reno 3lb2 tag 654 Hookup 6-14 LV

Jesus Lazarraga Chino Hills 3lb tag 0537 Jig 6-14 LV

Genesis Salazar, Riverside 3lb6oz Lure 6-7 LV