Doug Busey's Weekly Update

Hello fellow anglers, Welcome to Memorial weekend. As many may know, Inyo and Mono County lakes and rivers will not open to fishing until June 1st.  For those that will be getting out, Alpine County is open for fishing throughout the county. The season opened on May 15th and have done some major fish plants in their local rivers, which you can see in the reports below.

Hello fellow anglers. As many of you know, Alpine, Inyo and Mono county trout opener was delayed until June 1st as of right now.. I am keeping in touch with the CDFW, and will let you all know if that changes. Also as a reminder that camping and gathering in large numbers of ten or more is also not allowed. I am right with you

Hello fellow anglers, As per my last report. The California Fish Commission voted to delay the season opener for Inyo Mono and Alpine Counties. That vote was then sent to the CDFW for approval. In which they have approved the delay for these three counties which expires as of right now on May 31st. The release states: As requested by county officials, California Department of

Hello fellow anglers, I had the privilege to sit in on the three and a half hour California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday morning. The topic was the California trout opening season for 2020, which is usually due to open on the last Saturday in April each year. After pro and cons from the public and many  California county officials. They unanimously decided to delay

Hello fellow anglers. I had to stop and realize what time of year it was the other day. I was in Tahoe for business and had brought a heavy jacket as well as a dress jacket for work.  When I got out of my truck about noon, I realized I did not need either of them.  When I returned to my truck I had a

Hello fellow anglers, Not to much fishing going on with out crazy weather patterns.  But I did have a chance to venture down to the California Sport and boat show a couple weeks ago. If you have never been, I highly recommended you set the date for next year. Any thing from boats to hunting/fishing trips, sporting, camping, RV's and of course plenty of fishing

Hello Fellow anglers, and a very merry fishmas to you all. Although we have a lull in the fishing due to mother nature. Some anglers have been getting out to try the waters. As many of us look forward to opening day of Topaz lake on January 1st. I must tell you of a big change this year. The Topaz Lodge will not be holding

Hello fellow anglers. This time of year, I personally wish that it would stay daylight savings time. The morning we had the time change. Tom Blotter and I decided to venture up to Frenchmans Lake for a little fishing activity. We had a long discussion on what would be the right time to meet in the morning to leave. Would it be 3 AM new

Hello fellow anglers.  The season is changing just like the leaves in Alpine County. Renee and I took a drive up to Apple Hill located in Placerville Ca last week. Planning on doing some fishing in  the higher lakes. But as we approached  Caples lake, we were engulfed in a heavy cloud of smoke from the Caples fire. The smoke was so heavy, we could

Hello fellow anglers. Fall is officially upon us and things are changing in our local area. Lakes are opening and lakes are opening for the season. Even if you are not an angler and just enjoy the great outdoors, then September 28th is a day to get out and enjoy Public Lands Day. This day all national and state parks in the United States are

Hello fellow anglers. We have a few things going on in our local area. For anglers that fish Topaz Lake, you have until the end of the month to wet a line. As of October 1st the lake will be closed until January 1, 2020. There is some speculation into next years fishing season. The CDFW has proposed, and is trending forward with opening the

Hello fellow anglers, Just returned from a couple weeks a of fishing from our local area to the Rogue River Valley in Oregon. The day we arrived, they had a wild fire that started at 200 acres and by the next day it was over 10,000. Grants pass was smokey and hard to breath, so Renee, my cousin Steve and I ventured to Brookings OR