[Smitty]

Originally Posted by paraadventurer

I hit for 1 day on my way back from RCL a few weeks ago.As you might remember it's a beautiful lake with the boat dock right at the end of the
road/start of lake.There is a tackle shop with a couple of friendly guys
who pointed me in the direction of "the boiler",a short pretty hike at the left
of the docks.The hike continues on to the JMT or what appears to be a
great lake filled,circuitous hike to North Lake;touching Kings Cyn mid thru.
Since I only shore fished,I can't comment on the rental boat condition but
I can say that I didn't see 1 boat on the lake all day(thurs.)while Rock Creek
was PACKED!I caught a few planters on inflated crawlers.The wind blows straight at you from the pass,much like RCL,so I had to use a float to cast
out.They apparently just planted Alpers but they haven't settled down to
bite yet,nor have the brown(still planted occ from my understanding) trout.
As a side note, Bishop canyon is loaded with aspen,meadows and beaver
dams and I suspect it should be quite a show this fall.I hear and saw many
anglers on the creek which also contains some toads.
I look forward to your post/opinions when you get back.I'm fishing Lake
Mary w/trailer this Tues-Fri;might hit South Lake again on the way back-it's
definitely beautiful;maybe more than RCL and Little Lakes Valley Suerte Ken

Thank you for the response paraadventurer...much appreciated!!!!