Fishing on the Highway 4 corridor has been excellent with all of the recent trout plants. Trout plants for this week are White Pines Lake, Angels Creek, Beaver Creek, The North Fork of the Stanislaus, and Lake Alpine.  

White Pines Lake: White Pines Lake located near Arnold has been excellent and is due to be planted this upcoming week. Bait casters should try using Berkley Gulp Eggs, Garlic Power Eggs, Garlic Power Bait, Power Bait, Salmon Peach Power Bait, Grape Nymph Power Bait, Berkley Mice Tails, Berkley Gulp Worms, salmon eggs, and Nightcrawlers with a sliding sinker rig or with a cast-a-bubble rig with 30"-36" leader. Lure casters should try Kastmasters, Panther Martin spinners, Rooster Tails, Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, Berkley Splinter Spoons, and Thomas Bouyants. Fly fishermen should try woolly buggers, sparrow nymphs, adams, female adams, humpy's, blue wing olive, pale morning dun, caddis flies, ants, and bead head nymphs. 

North Fork of the Stanislaus will be planted this week:  You can check the flows for The North Fork of the Stanislaus by going to dreamflows.com.  Lure fishermen should try Rapala's, Panther Martin spinners, Rooster Tails, Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, Daiwa Lures, Kastmasters, Berkley Splinter Spoons, and Thomas Bouyants. Bait casters should try using salmon eggs, Berkley Gulp Eggs, Garlic Power Eggs, Berkley Mice Tails, Berkley Gulp Woms,  Nightcrawlers, and crickets with a split shot rig. Fly fishermen should try wooly buggers, caddis flies, adams, ants, para light cahill, royal wulff, and bead head nymphs. Camping at the Sourgrass area is open to first come, first serve. Please obtain a campfire permit before camping. 

Big Trees State Park is open for camping. You need to make a reservation top insure a camping site.  You can contact Big Trees State Park at 209 795--3840 for more information regarding the Park.

Beaver Creek: . Beaver Creek will be planted this past week. Lure fishermen should try Panther Martin spinners, Rooster Tails, Mepps, and Blue Fox spinners. Bait fishermen should try nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, crickets, Berkley Gulp Eggs, Garlic Power Eggs, and Berkley Gulp Worms. Fly fishermen should try adams, pale morning dun, female para adams, blue wing olive, humpy's, ants, and bead head nymphs.

Spicer Res.: Fly fishermen should try ants, woolly buggers, sparrow nymphs, stone flies, caddis, bead head nymphs, mayflies, adams, female adams, blue wing olive, gnats, and PMD. Lure fishermen should try Panther Martin's, Rooster Tails, Vibrax Bullet's, Mepps, and Kastmasters. Bait casters should try Berkley Salmon Peach, Garlic Power Bait, Garlic Power Bait, Gulp Eggs, New Gulp Hollow Worms, Berkley Mice Tails, Gulp Garlic Power Bait, salmon eggs, crickets, and nightcrawlers on a sliding sinker rig or with a cast-a-buble rig. Trollers should try using Apex, Wedding Rings, Glitter Bugs, Needlefish, Cripplure, Humdinger, Berkley Atomic Teazer behind your favorite flasher or dodger tipped with either a nightcrawler or berkley maggots. Try using scent on your bait to leave a scent trail. It does work. Top lining seemed to work the best as the fish are still toward the top.  HOBART CREEK IS NOT OPEN TO FISHING AS IS THE LAKE LEVEL FLOW UNTIL JULY 1ST. 2013. Avoid a ticket and stay away from Hobart Creek and the flow into the lake. 

Lake Alpine: The NEW dock is at Lake Alpine.Lake Alpine is due to be planted this week. Trollers should try Glitter Bugs, Wedding Rings, Apex, Needlefish, Berkley Atomic Teazers behind your favorite flasher or dodger tipped with either a nightcrawler, Berkley Nightcrawler, or Berkley Maggots. Bait fishermen should try using Berkley Garlic Power Eggs, Berkley Gulp Eggs, Berkley Garlic Gulp, Gulp Garlic Eggs, and  Salmon Peach, Grape Nymph Power Bait, Mice Tails, salmon eggs and  nightcrawlers, using a sliding sinker rig with a 30" leader. Fly fishermen should try sparrow nymphs, woolly buggers, stone flies, royal wulff, adams, mosquitos and bead head nymphs. Fish slow with a intermediate sinking line for the best results with your wet flies. Lure fishermen should try using Panther Martin spinners, Rooster Tails, Kastmasters, Vibrax Bulletts, Thomas Bouyants, and Mepps.   Mosquito Lakes: Mosquito Lakes has been excellent fishing. Bait casters should try Berkley Garlic Power Bait, Gulp Garlic Power Bait, Gulp Eggs, Garlic Power Eggs, Power Bait, Salmon Peach, Grape Nymph, Mice Tails, nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, and crickets using a sliding sinker rig with a 30" leader. Lure fishermen should try Panther Martin's, Rooster Tails, Mepps, And the new Vibrax Bullet Fly. Fly fishermen should try ants, woolly buggers, sparrow nymphs, adams, caddis, zug bug, bead head nymphs, and stimulators.

For RV and camping you can also try Golden Pines RV Resort on Highway 4. You can contact KC at 209-795-2820 for reservations.    

We are looking forward to a great season and appreciate your patronage. We will see you soon.  

Sincerely,
Bill Reynolds
Ebbetts Pass Sporting Goods
209.795.1686

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