Eagle Lake rainbows ravenously feeding in Davis Lake may be akin to a scene from Aliens – and may warrant the same solution, a nuke from orbit.
…it’s the only way to be sure.
Today, Lake Davis will be the recipient of 11 tons of Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout – most will be addled by the long drive and fishing is likely to be brisk and fruitful. 3000 of the fish will be trophy sized, up to 13 lbs, and will be released simultaneously with the normal stock.
For those of you outside California, Lake Davis has been “nuked” twice to kill the Northern Pike – now that the poison has cleared the watershed, the Department of Fish and Game will begin restocking it as a trout fishery.
The trophy fish will be released in Honker Cove, which may have to be renamed to Rorke’s Drift – as the battle will be one sided until they’re escorted out of range.
Planting will continue through Saturday, with the inaugural opening scheduled for 10:30AM, Saturday morning. There’ll be a number of fishing seminars and events scheduled in coordination with the re-christening of the fishery.
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I am not entirely familiar with the immigration regulations when it comes to fish.
What do you call a Lassen County resident “Eagle Lake Trout” once it takes “root” in a lake in a different county?
Also, not so quick with suggesting “re-christenings” until you check their little manhoods for circumcision.
Or they may be of that middle-eastern religion of the almost-presumptive Democratic presidential candidate (at least according to some of the voters in the recent primary election).
It’s an Eagle Lake expatriate? Perhaps a dispossessed Eagle Lake refugee?
Me, I just call it a big fuggin trout.
This fish is same found in chunky amber in Turkey. THE SaMe – Insh’Allah. Audhu billahi min ash shaytan ar rajim.