I'm told it's not the WDFW but the Hunting Club that owns the launch and land around Grimes that don't want people in there before June 1.
Or so I've been told. ---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Subject: RE: Strange fishing regulations and how they got that way?[Scanned] Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:10:27 -0700 >The Grimes Lake season is the strangest. I was there in mid june. >Damsel >hatch was incredible. Fishing rocked. But, I could tell that the >water >temperatures were already approaching too high. And, I know that >many folks >fish there all summer, dredging fish up from the depths. > >I love that lake and i would love to fish it in april and may! > >James > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kent Lufkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:05 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Strange fishing regulations and how they got that >way?[Scanned] > > >Paul, > >I AM laughing ;-) Not only is the tar (oops, I meant muck) deep and >sticky, it also stinks to high heaven. Lost one of my best buddies >there a couple years ago . . . <g> > >Kent Lufkin > >>probably because the WDFW would not want to pull flyfishers out of >>the Rocky Ford La Brea tar pits... I bet that mud is deep. >> >>(meant to provoke a laugh) >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kent Lufkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:49 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Strange fishing regulations and how they got that way? >> >> >>I periodically scratch my head over some of the strange fishing >>regulations in this state. I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason >>behind them, but I'll be darned if I can figure them out. Perhaps >you >>can help? >> >>First, ever wonder why you can only fish Rocky Ford from the shore? >>No wading or watercraft of any kind are permitted. Is this the >result >>of some Faustian bureaucratic compromise between various >governmental >>agencies and private parties? Or perhaps a perverse desire to have >>the surrounding reeds and cattails present an additional challenge >to >>executing a clean backcast during gusty winds? I'll bet the truth is >>better than any fiction. But what is it? >> >>Second, as anyone who's ever fished a desert lake before already >>knows, high water temperatures mean low dissolved oxygen content >>which makes for a higher incidence of mortality when playing fish >too >>long. Yet Grimes Lake, one of the state's best Lahontan cutt >>habitats, is only open from June through August, the hottest months >>of the year. Why not a spring or fall season when lower water temps >>would be more conducive to post-release survival? >> >>I'm sure I'll think of some more regulatory anomalies just after I >>hit the 'Send' button, but if anyone can shed any light on these >two, >>I'd certainly appreciate your thoughts. >> >>Kent Lufkin > >
