CROWLEY IS LOVELY TROUT SEASON OPENS WITH IDEAL DAY AT POPULAR SPOT.Byline: Michael Anastasi Staff Writer MAMMOTH LAKES - Weather is notoriously unpredictable in the Eastern Sierra. Snow, ice and, especially, a wicked wind that swirls off the mountains and routinely hits speeds in excess of 50 mph has left many an angler miserable on the opening of trout season. And so it was in most places during Saturday's opener, except at Crowley Lake Crowley Lake is a reservoir on the upper Owens River in southern Mono County, California in the United States. It was created in 1941 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) as storage for the Los Angeles Aqueduct and for flood control. . The most popular destination for the estimated 100,000 who annually trek from the greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange , Crowley was beautifully calm for the first time in at least a decade. There was no wind, and most anglers shed their jackets by mid-morning. In fact it was uncomfortably hot, with the sunshine reflecting off the water, and nearing 70 degrees by noon. While wind whipped down on anglers at Convict, the Upper and Lower Twin lakes Twin Lakes may refer to: Communities
``Flat glass all day,'' said Jeff Tropp, who operates the lake's marina and tackle shop. ``I saw a lot of good limits, a lot of big fish.'' Indeed, that was the story of the day as much as the weather. Fish were consistently bigger, actually causing some concern among the myriad biologists from the Department of Fish and Game who gathered data. ``The fish are way bigger than what I've seen before,'' DFG DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) DFG Department of Fish and Game DFG District Factor Group DFG Data Flow Graph DFG Difference Frequency Generation DFG Diode Function Generator DFG Dog Faced Gremlin biologist Tom Jenkins For the baseball player, see . Thomas Wayne Jenkins (born December 14, 1947) is an American golfer. Jenkins was born in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Houston, where he was a member of the winning 1970 NCAA Division I golf team. said. ``Usually we're looking at three-quarter to one-pound fish. Today they're averaging well above that. The anglers sure can't complain about hauls like this, but nobody (from DFG) knows what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. .'' Curtis Milliron, the DFG biologist whose job it is to know as the man in charge of the Crowley fishery, was planning to dissect dissect /dis·sect/ (di-sekt´) (di-sekt´) 1. to cut apart, or separate. 2. to expose structures of a cadaver for anatomical study. dis·sect v. trout Saturday evening for study. ``Well, I'm happy for everyone today, but nobody's catching any small fish and that's disconcerting dis·con·cert tr.v. dis·con·cert·ed, dis·con·cert·ing, dis·con·certs 1. To upset the self-possession of; ruffle. See Synonyms at embarrass. 2. . There are about a dozen reasons why (that could happen) and the one that concerns me right now is that something has happened to this year's young fish. They are supposed to become next year's big fish.'' Milliron said it's possible last year's subcatchables simply experienced a phenomenal growth rate. That, of course, mattered little to the dozens of anglers who crowded Crowley's cleaning station A cleaning station is a location where fish, and other marine life, congregate to be cleaned. The cleaning process includes the removal of parasites from the animal's body (both externally and internally), and can be performed by various creatures (including cleaner shrimp , raving about the size of their stringers. ``The fish themselves are so much bigger - this is awesome,'' Don Nulph of Riverside said. ``What a day. Everything you threw in the water seemed to work.'' BIG FISH A sampling of the larger fish caught by area anglers Saturday, in pounds and ounces: Name Hometown Site Weight Bieleselt, Ron Sherman Oaks June 3-8 Earley, Jim Simi Valley Crowley 7-10.5 Foster, Steve Van Nuys L. Twin4-14 Furoey, Don Castaic U. Twin 5-10 Gerahek, Ken Encino June 7-7 Jagoe, Tom Santa Clarita Convict 2-8 Larson, David Newhall Convict 5-4 Moreno, David Santa Paula Convict 8-6 Panossian, Areg Tujunga June 3-1 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Jason Johnson, 13, of Idyllwild fishes from the bank of the Owens River on Saturday morning. (2) Brian Schell of Glendora lands a trout near the marina at Convict Lake on Saturday. John McCoy/Staff Photographer Box: BIG FISH (see text) |
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