Family Camping- Hat Creek Area

It’s been a few weeks since the boys fished. Lots of honey dos and commitments since the Montana trip but this week we were able to go camping with Mom (Melanie) and Emma included.

What a treat it was to have them along. The trailer was like a little doll house for Emma and she did not want to leave it!

The boys fished a few areas with limited success. They really wanted to catch brook trout and the reports have been heavy plants in Upper Hat Creek. We tried for one morning with no brookies. Small rainbows were caught but that was it.

That evening we fished the local pond at the RV Park and it was a bust there too. We did not see many fish in there and the ones we did see were small. The next morning we fished Hat 2 Powerhouse. Great fun for small fish on dries. Noontime took us to Burney Falls. Melanie and Emma took the 1.3 mile hike down to the falls and back around and the boys fished Burney Creek. I told them that they were not going to get anything because it was midday and it was hot and many people fished it earlier. That was not enough to deter them. After about an hour fishing the creek they came up the path with a nice rainbow! Wow, I was shocked. Leave it to them to get one out of a heavily fished area midday. That evening Matthew and I fished Bidwell Ponds. We arrived after 8pm and it was already getting a little dark. The fish were rising very steadily near the inlet. I tied on a #20 BWO and hooked a fish on the second cast. I gave Matthew the rod and he stuck  5 out of 6 fish before dark! That was a great evening. The next morning Michael joined us back at Bidwell but the fish were not feeding as well. Michael did manage to get a big fish on a #20 micro mayfly but after a long fish on 6X the fish shot through the tunnel and broke him off. Michael was not very happy. On the way out we fished Pond 4 for warm water fish with bait and they got their fill of bluegills and small bass.

It was a short camping trip but it was lots of fun. Can’t wait to go again!

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