2014 Labor Day June Lake Fishing and Rock Finds (Update)
Sept 23, 2014 18:49:16 GMT -5
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Post by paulshiroma on Sept 23, 2014 18:49:16 GMT -5
Hi Folks ...
Sort of a part two, here. Over Labor Day Weekend, I decided to take the boys on an "End of Summer" / "Guys Weekend" bash. We started on Saturday at the Ocean View Mine and then left Sunday following church for Bishop, CA where we overnighted and then met my nephew Luke on Monday morning at 6:00 AM for a day of fishing at June Lake and then Convict Lake. My nephew is a serious fisherman, having worked for Tenkara Fly Fishing company and doing a lot of product design work as well. He's one of those guys who will leave at midnight to be at a favorite location at 5:00 AM and fish all day. He's really good.
First stop was June Lake. Andrew landed the largest fish of the trip - 2.6 lbs.
Next stop was Convict Lake. Nathaniel actually caught the first fish at both lakes.
My nephew:
We left around 4:00 PM. My nephew went to one more location on the way back. Traffic was bad. What is normally a five hour drive was almost eight. I stopped in Lancaster with my boys for dinner at 10:00 PM at the local Marie Calendars and then we got home about midnight.
Man, did we have a blast. The boys have been talking about going back and doing some rockhounding along the way next time.
UPDATED 09/27/2014
This area provides some interesting rockhounding opportunities, mostly obsidian. However, while we were up at Convict Lake, Little Virginia Lake and Parker Lake on one of the trips (forgot which one), I did some scrambling around and hauled some items out. The Little Virigina one was a bit of a challenge as we were up at 10,000 ft and climbing higher through the scree to look for rocks wasn't the smartest thing to do. Anyway, I finally got around to taking a few photos.
Small Quartz seam / Micromount - Little Virgina Lakes
If you look behind my family, you'll see the area where I was climbing and about where I found this little seam.
Parker Lake (Might have been Convict Lake, not sure). Haven't a clue what this one is but it's pretty:
Exterior:
Interior after slabbing:
Parker Lake:
I swear I did not color this one! I slabbed it was really surprised by the color:
Thanks for checking out the photos.
Paul
Sort of a part two, here. Over Labor Day Weekend, I decided to take the boys on an "End of Summer" / "Guys Weekend" bash. We started on Saturday at the Ocean View Mine and then left Sunday following church for Bishop, CA where we overnighted and then met my nephew Luke on Monday morning at 6:00 AM for a day of fishing at June Lake and then Convict Lake. My nephew is a serious fisherman, having worked for Tenkara Fly Fishing company and doing a lot of product design work as well. He's one of those guys who will leave at midnight to be at a favorite location at 5:00 AM and fish all day. He's really good.
First stop was June Lake. Andrew landed the largest fish of the trip - 2.6 lbs.
Next stop was Convict Lake. Nathaniel actually caught the first fish at both lakes.
My nephew:
We left around 4:00 PM. My nephew went to one more location on the way back. Traffic was bad. What is normally a five hour drive was almost eight. I stopped in Lancaster with my boys for dinner at 10:00 PM at the local Marie Calendars and then we got home about midnight.
Man, did we have a blast. The boys have been talking about going back and doing some rockhounding along the way next time.
UPDATED 09/27/2014
This area provides some interesting rockhounding opportunities, mostly obsidian. However, while we were up at Convict Lake, Little Virginia Lake and Parker Lake on one of the trips (forgot which one), I did some scrambling around and hauled some items out. The Little Virigina one was a bit of a challenge as we were up at 10,000 ft and climbing higher through the scree to look for rocks wasn't the smartest thing to do. Anyway, I finally got around to taking a few photos.
Small Quartz seam / Micromount - Little Virgina Lakes
If you look behind my family, you'll see the area where I was climbing and about where I found this little seam.
Parker Lake (Might have been Convict Lake, not sure). Haven't a clue what this one is but it's pretty:
Exterior:
Interior after slabbing:
Parker Lake:
I swear I did not color this one! I slabbed it was really surprised by the color:
Thanks for checking out the photos.
Paul