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Old 02-03-2013, 12:40 PM   #1
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Owen's River Ground Hogs Day

9 of us met at the HWY 6 bridge at 8:30 am to float and fish our way down to Line St. That is 3 miles as the crow flies, but nearly 8 squiggly miles of river. We had it all too ourselves unless you count the cows. Steveo pulled in a fish from the bank while the rest of us were still getting ready.



This was my first trip to the Owens and I had a blast. More than one person made sacrifices to this river, the faster water into curves with lots of growth meant, no rods sticking up and paddle hard to maintain control! I was expecting it to be a little more of a "lazy" flow and opted to bring the SUP. There is no way that was going to work with the fin on, so fin-less I went which made it wander just a bit, but I stayed dry. Every body caught fish and Eagle Eye John took the jack pot with a beauty. There were some good ones lost too. We timed our landing just around sunset and headed into Bishop for steak dinners all around. Great trip, great guys to fish with and a helluva an adventure.











Thanks to Steve, Steve O, Ron, Grego, Naoki, Yoshi, John and Paul for joining me on this adventure. Steve and I bombed it! We left Seal Beach at 3 am, got to Bishop around 8am, hit the return road home after dinner at 7:30 and got home right around midnight. Everyone else stayed over for the spa treatment.

















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Old 02-03-2013, 12:49 PM   #2
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Looks like good times
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Old 02-03-2013, 12:58 PM   #3
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Thanks for report. Me and a buddy thought bout doing this early summer, but didn't know where to start/end and how would work out.
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Old 02-03-2013, 01:24 PM   #4
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It doesn't get much better than this, thanks for everything !

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Old 02-03-2013, 03:24 PM   #5
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Old 02-03-2013, 03:55 PM   #6
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You guys are TOUGH! Had to be cold! Also, 395 can be dangerous with tired, hung-over skiiers heading home late at night...
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Old 02-03-2013, 04:07 PM   #7
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Thanks again for hauling the yaks Andy! That Moken was pretty impressive...that seat was rock'n. Enjoyed seeing some long time friends.....been too many years since we've fished together.

Trademark Iceman with the stogie



Steveooo giving his Fonz impression



Ron and a rainbow....finally@!



Me showing off a brownie

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Old 02-03-2013, 04:59 PM   #8
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Quality right there.
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Old 02-03-2013, 06:54 PM   #9
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Looked like that was a fun trip. That's what I wanna do for sure one day is a float trip. Very nice scenery too.
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Old 02-03-2013, 07:03 PM   #10
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Very cool...

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Old 02-04-2013, 08:37 AM   #11
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What a cool trip that was. I’m looking forward to doing this again soon. Next time I’ll try to take more pics, but it was so nice and we were busy fishing, that I forgot to take many pics. Here are a few that I did take

Iceman’s Kayak Delivery Service



Paul & Grego at our Hwy 6 launch spot



John is one fishy dude



Ron in his sit inside



I could do this all day



Andy getting ready for a section of rapids



Sup Andy



Steve in the Moken



The man that took our Jackpot money…



The yaks were a pretty cool way to explore the river.



Paul



Lots of cows sharing the river with us



Rainbow



The Sierras



Grego hooked up



My best hookup of the day



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Old 02-04-2013, 09:28 AM   #12
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Old 02-04-2013, 10:17 AM   #13
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Looks like a great trip.......first SUP down the Owens river?
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Old 02-04-2013, 12:16 PM   #14
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A few years back stinky matt and i made a few 24 hour trips ...so much fun but you do need atleast two people to carpool with...looks like you all had fun even if the fish is only 1 lb.
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Old 02-04-2013, 01:29 PM   #15
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nice!

Hah! I have been planning to do this for several months now.... just didn't think to post here to set up a group to do it. Several guides market this trip, but they say 12-16" fish...... looks a bit smaller.

Looks like you need at least two vehicles.

Congrats on a fun trip. I'll do this soon..... anyone wanting to set one up, pm me. But I am sleeping over night on both ends in Bishop...... a nice comfy bed, nice breakfast, dinner, etc....!
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Old 02-04-2013, 02:56 PM   #16
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^There were larger fish. Eagle Eye's jackpot was a 20-inch rainbow, most likely an Alpers. He had a second that size. Someone else did too. My brown was right at a foot.

Epic trip, next time I'm doing the whole thing from the upper Owens all the way to Big Pine, at least 100 miles (yeah right). Some day.
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Looks like a blast. Paul when you want to do a long trip let me know, I am all in. Think the Commander would be good for that trip probably.
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Looks like a blast. Paul when you want to do a long trip let me know, I am all in. Think the Commander would be good for that trip probably.
I'll hold you to it. I'm more serious than not. I'd like to do it all in one go, but figure it may take several sessions, at least 2-3. The Commander would be fine so long as it's the shorty.
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Old 02-05-2013, 07:25 AM   #19
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Ive got a Commander 12 Plus its so nice to stand on or sit a little higher.

I am all in, just have to plan it around the other trips this year and such. Would be a great trip. Maybe we could convince some of the other old school guys to come like LouDog and Pierpont or even CaboJohn (although that tends to make a fun trip into a rowdy fun trip haha)
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Absolutely beautiful. Love the video Andy and great song choice!
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