East Walker River
 
The East is down to about 256 cfs right now and is fishing pretty well for most anglers. With this lower flow it’s easier to get around and easier to get your nymphs and streamers down near the bottom where they need to be. Most anglers are reporting anywhere from 5 to 20 fish per day, most in the 12 to 18 inch range but there has been several reports of fish over 20” and even a couple up to around 28” being caught. The fish are super healthy right now as is the whole system down there. Nymphing has been the best technique though there has been a couple anglers doing well with streamers.

Recommended Flies:
Dead drift crayfish, sculpzilla, double bunny, peanut envy, slump buster, moal leech, zuddler, Hell razor craw, prince, radiation baetis, demon midge, blow torch, darth baetis, pheasant tail, rainbow warrior, rainbow assassin, wd-40, flashback emerger, San Juan worm, squirmy wormy, silver streak, prince nymph, soft hackle, pheasant tail.  

 Sceirine Ranch

We had a couple anglers on the ranch this week and, in their words, it was off the hook! With well over 20 fish per day caught, the fishing has been great down there. Nymphing was the hot ticket and we didn’t get any news about streamers. Squirmy wormie’s, z-wing caddis, crawling caddis, dark lords and caddis emergers  all did very well. Give us a call if you want to book some time down there!

Hunewill Pond

We didn’t have anyone on the pond this week so when the weather clears up a bit the fishing should be excellent out there!! 

Bridgeport Reservoir

Bridgeport has been fishing pretty well this past week, lots of fish still being caught trolling as well as bait fishing. The shore fishing hasn’t been as good as the fishing from boats but there has still been a few fish being caught down near the dam, mostly on bait. The trollers have been using crawlers, needlefish, Thomas Bouyants and Rapalas and the bait anglers have been doing well with inflated crawlers, pinched crawlers, powerbait and mice tails. The Rainbow Point area and Buckeye Bay have been producing with bait and the trolling has been the best towards the South end of the lake. 

Kirman Lake

We didn’t have any news from Kirman this week, if we get any info we’ll pass it along.

Twin Lakes

We’ve had some pretty good reports from the Twins this week, some anglers struggled but we talked to quite a few anglers who did very well.  Anglers fishing bait from the shore had some very good days with limits of fish from 1 to almost 3 pounds being reported, crawlers, mice tails, pinched crawlers and powerboat all produced fish. There were also a few fish caught on Kastmasters and Thomas bouyants reported. The trolling was a little tougher but there were some nice fish caught on Rapalas and Thomas bouyants.

West Walker River

The flows on the West are back up again, it’s running very high and muddy right now. It may be a few weeks before the flows come down up there.

Virginia Lakes

It sounds like there’s some fishable water up on Trumbull Lake and it will likely be totally ice free in a few days. They’ve been getting into some fish with spinners like Panther Martins and Vibrax lures as well as powerbait and mini crawlers. Big and Little Virginia still have quite a bit of ice on them but are showing signs of melting near the inlets and outlets. They could be another week or so before they have enough open water to fish. 

Random Information
 
June 2, 2019 - The front of the gift shop initial shoring was completed last Friday and with another day or two of cleaning we should have the gift shop opened back up very soon! We still have a ways to go before it’s all the way back to normal but we’re closing the gap!
 
May 26, 2019 - The structural engineer has finished up the plans for a temporary fix to the front of the gift shop and as of Friday we have secured the building permit from Mono County. Our contractor is going to start the fix on Tuesday so we hope to have the gift shop portion of Ken’s open for business by next weekend! After this temporary shoring fix gets us up and running we will work on getting the engineering done for the permanent fix which will likely happen this Fall. Hopefully next week we will be able to get rid of those dang orange cones out front!!
 
May 19, 2019 - We had an appointment with a structural engineer on Friday and all seemed to go well, we are hoping she will have an engineering plan in the upcoming week for a temporary shoring of the gift shop. Once we have the plan the contractor will get it done and hopefully we’ll be able to get the gift shop open and get rid of all those cones in the street! After the temporary shoring is done we’ll move towards a permanent fix. It’s great to be moving forward with the plans!
 
May 12, 2019 - After about 3 1/2 days of the tackle shop being closed we were able to get it back open on Wednesday morning! All is good right now and the tackle side of the store is structurally safe. The gift shop portion of the shop is still closed right now, we’re waiting for a structural engineer to come (hopefully early this week) to engineer a plan for a temporary shoring of the front of the building. After this gets done they will move on to engineering a permanent fix. Really not sure how long it will take for the gift shop portion to get re-opened but hopefully not too long. Many thanks again for all your positive thoughts and for keeping us in mind!
 
May 5, 2019 - On a different note, Ken’s has had a bit of a set-back yesterday, there has been an accident and a pick-up truck drove through the front of the gift shop side of the store yesterday afternoon. Thankfully no one was injured, including the driver, however there is extensive damage to the store. Mono County has asked us to remain closed until we can get an engineer here to assess the damage and let us know if the main building as well as the two adjacent buildings are safe to occupy. Our re-opening will depend on what the engineer has to say about the situation. Hopefully we will at least be able to get the sporting goods side open as soon as possible and hopefully the General Store will be able to re-open asap as well. Please know, this was an ACCIDENT, there was no alcohol involved, it was purely an accident. We are thankful the driver was not injured and we hold absolutely no ill will towards him. We will do our best to get everything fixed up and back on track as quickly as possible and hopefully be back in business very soon.