Owens River Jan 18th &19th - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Iceman · 01-21-2014, 10:12 AM

10 of us went up last weekend. Fishing had been red hot ..........until we showed up and turned off the bite. The weather, scenery and great company more than made up for the lack of fish. 25 degrees at sunrise warmed up to nearly 70 both days with limits of blue skies and sunshine. Some guys caught browns and rainbows. I lost a couple, but never landed one in fishing 16 miles of the river in 2 days. I am sure I will go again next year! Steaks all around at Jacks and back in the morning for breakfast.

addicted2sp33d · 01-21-2014, 10:50 AM

Beautiful Video, and thanks for sharing!

How do you reunite the kayaks with the cars/trucks to get back to civilization?

Do you guys park something downstream before heading upstream? Maybe one unlucky soul paddles against the current to get the car?

Iceman · 01-21-2014, 10:55 AM

Day one we paddled 8.2 miles from Line Street to Warm Springs and day 2 from HWY 6 to Line Street 8.4 miles. We would shuttle cars down, so you can do this with 2 vehicles.

Zfish03 · 01-21-2014, 01:44 PM

Looks awesome! And T-Shirt weather even better. Might try to do that sometime, thanks for the post.

battleborn · 01-21-2014, 04:53 PM

great video. I brought a PA14 to the lower a few years ago. It was difficult to maneuver the big yak. Looks like you guys had much better time floating with smaller boats. We even had a few pontoon boats and it was difficult for them as well with the bends and currents catching the boats and spinning them. Nice area to paddle. Looks like you guys had lots of fun none the less.

steveooo · 01-21-2014, 07:01 PM

Fun trip. Definitely ready to head up there again. Forgot to take a lot of pics, but here are a couple.

roby · 01-21-2014, 07:07 PM

Another great report....

I'm surprised the fishing wasn't wide-open....

janines.fishtales@cox.net · 01-22-2014, 05:55 AM

Wow. Incredible. I would love to do that one day. Soon. No mirage drives in that river I take it?! I have to say though, through this fantastic web site, my passion for kayak fishing is fed sometimes vicariously, but soon a reality. Makobob will introduce me to kayak fishing Baja in March. Siggggghhhh.... one trip at a time!

Nice video!

Janine

bigbarrels · 01-23-2014, 12:11 PM

looks awesome!

01-21-2014, 10:12 AM	#1
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	Owens River Jan 18th &19th 10 of us went up last weekend. Fishing had been red hot ..........until we showed up and turned off the bite. The weather, scenery and great company more than made up for the lack of fish. 25 degrees at sunrise warmed up to nearly 70 both days with limits of blue skies and sunshine. Some guys caught browns and rainbows. I lost a couple, but never landed one in fishing 16 miles of the river in 2 days. I am sure I will go again next year! Steaks all around at Jacks and back in the morning for breakfast. __________________ Last edited by Iceman; 01-21-2014 at 02:35 PM.

01-21-2014, 10:55 AM	#3
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	Day one we paddled 8.2 miles from Line Street to Warm Springs and day 2 from HWY 6 to Line Street 8.4 miles. We would shuttle cars down, so you can do this with 2 vehicles. __________________

01-22-2014, 05:55 AM	#8
janines.fishtales@cox.net Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 555	Spectacular Wow. Incredible. I would love to do that one day. Soon. No mirage drives in that river I take it?! I have to say though, through this fantastic web site, my passion for kayak fishing is fed sometimes vicariously, but soon a reality. Makobob will introduce me to kayak fishing Baja in March. Siggggghhhh.... one trip at a time! Nice video! Janine __________________ Fishtales

01-23-2014, 12:11 PM	#9
bigbarrels Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vista Posts: 1,111	looks awesome! __________________ The shorter you are, the bigger your fish appear

01-21-2014, 10:50 AM	#2
addicted2sp33d Here fishy fishy fishy... Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 774	Beautiful Video, and thanks for sharing! How do you reunite the kayaks with the cars/trucks to get back to civilization? Do you guys park something downstream before heading upstream? Maybe one unlucky soul paddles against the current to get the car?

01-21-2014, 01:44 PM	#4
Zfish03 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Oceanside Posts: 197	Looks awesome! And T-Shirt weather even better. Might try to do that sometime, thanks for the post.

01-21-2014, 04:53 PM	#5
battleborn Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 221	great video. I brought a PA14 to the lower a few years ago. It was difficult to maneuver the big yak. Looks like you guys had much better time floating with smaller boats. We even had a few pontoon boats and it was difficult for them as well with the bends and currents catching the boats and spinning them. Nice area to paddle. Looks like you guys had lots of fun none the less.

01-21-2014, 07:01 PM	#6
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Fun trip. Definitely ready to head up there again. Forgot to take a lot of pics, but here are a couple.

01-21-2014, 07:07 PM	#7
roby CEO of Team Roby Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 905	Another great report.... I'm surprised the fishing wasn't wide-open....