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lnb wrote:
Pauk,
Know anything about Donner Hat Creek Ranch? Thinking of it as I understand there is alot of fishing pressure on Hat.
Larry
I know a little about Hereford Hat Creek Ranch Campgroud (off Hwy 89) and have stayed there many times, usually to fish Manzanita Lake in Lassen Park...the little I know about Donner Hat Creek Ranch (on the same road as Hereford) is that it's $100+ a day to fish their (stocked) ponds and 1/2 mile of Hat Creek that flows through their property.
The fishing pressure on the wild trout section of Hat Creek (lower) tends to be consentrated in the area below the Hat #2 Powerhouse. Get there early, stakeout your spot in the bucket at the "famous" Powerhouse Riffle, nymph with a bobber and you can catch and release more fish than anyone else...of course if you're not fishing in the bucket (even 10 feet away or on the "wrong" side of the flow) the "pressure of the crowds" will undoubtedly create a negative experience.
Go to the rest of the wild trout section of Hat...walk the whole thing, find and spend some time at the the memorials to Joe Paul and Roderick Haig-Brown that are on the bank...challange yourself, fish the freestone water above the fish barrier, fish the pocket water near the foundation remains of an old building, sit & wait for the evening rise at the old Carbon Bridge site and fish it FROM THE BANK, or stalk fish in the flatwater above the 299 bridge with tiny dry/nymph combinations...or, hang out at the Powerhouse riffle...just don't ignore the area above the bucket (or the other side of the island) at the Powerhouse riffle.
Paul
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