“Dusty Britches” here along with “Cuss Cussler”, “Silent Sam”, Fog-Horn Leg-Horn, and “Snot Locker”. Jess Ranch delivered 1,200 pounds of fresh rainbow trout on Monday the 13th at about noon. The size of the fish were about 1-1/2 pounds to 3 pounds. Some have been coming out , but the action hasn’t been as active as we would have wanted. Water temperature is hovering around 73 degrees with dissolved oxygen ranging between 6 ppm and 8 ppm. So they are laying low and going slow. We still have a good Florida Strain Large Mouth Bass bite going on, and catfish are being taken daily. Remnants of Hurricane Dolores gave us a little rain, but we still need a lot more. The real refreshing thing about a rain like this is the relief of the high heat and high humidity being washed away and the temperature dropping 10 to 15 degrees immediately after the rain. Young “Roman Pope” stopped in to visit the boathouse with his Jack Russell terrier. I’m not sure who was walking who, but Roman seemed to be in control with his mini “Summer Sam” hat and a commanding tug on the leash, although he’s not much taller than the dog when it stands up on its rear legs . The Merz family just got a little larger with the addition of two new German-Shepherd pups. They gang up on Jake, a smaller Jack Russell terrier, but boy do they tuck tail when the slightly rotund yellow labs come calling. We’ve had good groups of campers lately. No skinny dipping in the lake, no bon-fires , no loud music, no negative language, no confrontations, and they are actually picking up their dog’s poop……a new first for the pond. The young dock hands were eyeing some beautiful young ladies down at the dock and one of the dock hands (“Snot Locker”) mentioned how long and beautiful their legs were, so I couldn’t help myself and said “Yep, they probably go all the way up to her hips !”. The dock hands just looked at me……they never said another word……

In the Eastern Sierra, what do you call a “fishing dock”?.......A surgeon on vacation.
”Tight Lines and Bent Rods”…….”Dusty Britches.