Saturday the 17th?

[FishSlayer]

Looks like I am either going to hit Laguna or Trabuco creek next Saturday, whos in?

[cashe]

Originally Posted by FishSlayer

Looks like I am either going to hit Laguna or Trabuco creek next Saturday, whos in?

I didn't think there was any water in Trabuco creek.Was you hoping for some rain. I would like to fish it if there is water in it. I know that when the waters flowing, they stock it. Are you planning on fishing it from your tube.

[vagabond]

I live out here in Trabuco Cyn and I don't think the creek is deep enough to fish... Maybe give Oneil Park a call and see what the status is on the creek before you head out there.
If it's fishable and ya want company I might be free to join ya I have never tried the creek out here even after being out here for 18 years. I hear it is a decent hike but not too bad.

[danlabarb_DP]

if i dont go out to the desert i will be at trabuco the 17th

[NulodPBall]

ask Wooleybugger if the water is ok, he's been there recently but hasn't posted

[FishSlayer]

Originally Posted by cashe

I didn't think there was any water in Trabuco creek.Was you hoping for some rain. I would like to fish it if there is water in it. I know that when the waters flowing, they stock it. Are you planning on fishing it from your tube.

Check the trout stock listings, the DFG has it scheduled for next week. But even when its at its fullest you would not be able to float a tube.

[Beresford13861]

what about sunday?? saturday i cant fish, my wifes gone now, but still saturday im bussy

[cashe]

Originally Posted by FishSlayer

Check the trout stock listings, the DFG has it scheduled for next week. But even when its at its fullest you would not be able to float a tube.

I was joking about tubing.

[vagabond]

Well I'll be damned FishSlayer got his rain out here to fill the creek, he is far more powerful than I thought controling the weather and all.

I was looking up directons to the creek and came across this, thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone else heard about it.


11:37 PM 11/23/2005
Stepping up efforts to help endangered steelhead trout make a comeback in Southern California, a state wildlife agency on Thursday agreed to pay for a $1.2-million fish ladder in Orange County that will enable the trout to swim upstream and spawn.

The ladder will help fish migrating from the ocean to swim through a concrete culvert under Interstate 5 on Trabuco Creek in San Juan Capistrano. Currently, fish swimming upstream can go only as far as a large pool at the bottom of the culvert.

The ladder will resemble a wide concrete stairway with eight to 12 steps, each about 1 foot higher than the other. During the rainy season, fish will be able to rest in 3-foot-deep pools between jumps.

State biologists in May 2003 spotted what they believed were southern steelhead trout at the bottom of the culvert, the first sighting there in decades.

The ladder will help provide access to 13 miles of rocky-bottomed streams — potential spawning habitat — that reach into the Santa Ana Mountains.

The project is the culmination of two years' work by Trout Unlimited of California, part of a national conservation group with more than 9,000 members.

The ladder is the group's largest project on the West Coast, where members have been working with state Department of Fish and Game officials to restore and preserve steelhead trout habitat in Orange County.

"This is our billboard project," said George Sutherland, Trout Unlimited's Southern California project coordinator. "I'm proud of it."

[FishSlayer]

Originally Posted by vagabond

Well I'll be damned FishSlayer got his rain out here to fill the creek, he is far more powerful than I thought controling the weather and all.

The Force runs strong in my family...

Originally Posted by vagabond

I was looking up directons to the creek and came across this, thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone else heard about it.


11:37 PM 11/23/2005
Stepping up efforts to help endangered steelhead trout make a comeback in Southern California, a state wildlife agency on Thursday agreed to pay for a $1.2-million fish ladder in Orange County that will enable the trout to swim upstream and spawn.

The ladder will help fish migrating from the ocean to swim through a concrete culvert under Interstate 5 on Trabuco Creek in San Juan Capistrano. Currently, fish swimming upstream can go only as far as a large pool at the bottom of the culvert.

The ladder will resemble a wide concrete stairway with eight to 12 steps, each about 1 foot higher than the other. During the rainy season, fish will be able to rest in 3-foot-deep pools between jumps.

State biologists in May 2003 spotted what they believed were southern steelhead trout at the bottom of the culvert, the first sighting there in decades.

The ladder will help provide access to 13 miles of rocky-bottomed streams — potential spawning habitat — that reach into the Santa Ana Mountains.

The project is the culmination of two years' work by Trout Unlimited of California, part of a national conservation group with more than 9,000 members.

The ladder is the group's largest project on the West Coast, where members have been working with state Department of Fish and Game officials to restore and preserve steelhead trout habitat in Orange County.

"This is our billboard project," said George Sutherland, Trout Unlimited's Southern California project coordinator. "I'm proud of it."

I know where that is!
One of us has actually posted pictures of trout that he caught there...

[cashe]

Originally Posted by FishSlayer

The Force runs strong in my family...




I know where that is!
One of us has actually posted pictures of trout that he caught there...

What a shame that you caught trout as they probably were Steelhead. I've known about it for some years. It's on private property. Sometimes people should respect property rights.what was they thinking to fish a spot like that, did they think it was stocked. I serious doubt it.

[FishSlayer]

Originally Posted by cashe

What a shame that you caught trout as they probably were Steelhead. I've known about it for some years. It's on private property. Sometimes people should respect property rights.what was they thinking to fish a spot like that, did they think it was stocked. I serious doubt it.

The trout that I caught were not on private property and were only around 10 inches in lenth, they looked like stockers to me and at the time I was pretty sure that they had washed down from the upper part of the creek where they stock. The article said that the "steelhead" that were spotted were all between 17 and 30 inches so I am going to stick with my first guess that the trout I caught were stockers.
We also caught bass, Bluegill and Green sunfish at this spot...

[Hate2Fish]

Too far and I'm too old

[cashe]

Originally Posted by FishSlayer

The trout that I caught were not on private property and were only around 10 inches in lenth, they looked like stockers to me and at the time I was pretty sure that they had washed down from the upper part of the creek where they stock. The article said that the "steelhead" that were spotted were all between 17 and 30 inches so I am going to stick with my first guess that the trout I caught were stockers.
We also caught bass, Bluegill and Green sunfish at this spot...

I'm not going to say exactly where the spot is, but Southern Calif. Steelhead Trout, are the only known trout that can survive in the warmer creeks of Southern Calif. the creek is at times blocked so the young can't get to the ocean. I'm not saying the trout you caught were steelhead, but most trout can't live in the warm creeks of Southern Calif. There is one other spot in Southern Calif. that has steelhead trout, and it is north of LA. It has a small run of steelhead.

[DementedFish]

I'm hitting LNL friday with the GF if anyone wants to split a boat rental.