Great local fishing

My wife Penny and daughter Melissa enjoyed some great fishing at Shaver lake this past weekend.  Shaver Lake is located an hour from Fresno and sits at about 6000 foot elevation.  The lake was emptied over the winter to reface the dam.  Two interesting things occurred as a result.  The first was seeing the original dam that has been underwater for 100 years.  The pictures below show the old gate house is still intact and the dam still held back the water. 

The second great thing was that the town stocked the lake with alot of very nice rainbow trout.  As you can see below, catching 3 to 7 pounders is not a problem.

Next year's crop

Although it is too early to tell, next year's crop is off to a good start.  The bloom was large, as it typically is after a cold winter, but we saw quite a bit of drop and a very manageable set now appears to be our crop.  We have June and some hot weather still to go but it looks like there is a good set with plenty of inside fruit.  Some are saying the late navel varieties are lighter than normal but we will have to give it a month or two before we can really get a better forecast; however for now, all looks good (knock on wood).

Valencia Harvest begins

The 2012 valencia harvest has begun with the first shipments of seedless midknight valencias arriving overseas to rave reviews.  We will begin harvest of our regular valencias this week.  The color and shape are excellent and they look to be a very good eating quality this year.  The recent rains will help size the fruit with the fruit currently peaking on 88' and 113 size.

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