Hope you all had a safe and 'relaxful` 4th of July. There sure were quite a few people up here relaxing, getting out of the scorching heat and just enjoying life. Some got to stay an extra day or so due to the fires in Independence and Big Pine with Hwy 395 closed Friday evening and Saturday evening. We heard reports the fires were due to lightning strikes. We do have a bit of smoke which comes and goes depending on the direction of the wind.

Back to the fishing which was pretty darn awesome this week with lots of limits most coming from the inlets where the angler were using NightCrawlers, PowerBait and Salmon Eggs. Trolling the shoreline with worms of flys like a woolybugger or matuka or trolling deeper with lead core with a red dot frog lure at five colors have snagged quite a few limits. The shore anglers were using PowerBait.

Dennis McCormack traveling from So. Calif. to his new home in Tennessee will have fond memories of his last trip to Lake Sabrina landing a 5-1/4 pound Alper on a gold Rapala. We wish you and your wife well. Becky Urbanski had help from her 4 year old son Patrick bringing in a 2-3/4 pounder on PowerBait.

The Department of Fish and Game stocked the lake Tuesday with pan-size fish and a few fish tipping the scales at 2-pounds. If you happen to catch a fish with a tag in the gill, it`s just to let you know the DFG are stocking with some larger fish.

An extra bit of excitement with a big semi trying to get around the fires, thought Highway 168 went through to Fresno - NOT. With a full parking lot, this trucker was not the greatest map reader, but a great driver and along with a good Samaritan truck driver up here on vacation had the truck out and back down the hill in under an hour - quite a feat for just using the north end of the lot by the restrooms.

We have our fleet of green fishing boats, 2 kayaks for rent along with a canoe and the Party Boat (pontoon boat) which has propane BBQ for those wanting to fry up some burgers or hot dogs out on the lake and keep on fishing.

We had a black lab that got out of the owner`s truck on Thursday, May 17th. It was picked up by a father and son who were in a gray - gold - taupe Chevy Z71 extended cab. Please give us a call if you happened to have picked up the dog. The owner extended his trip, stopped by the lake 3 mornings hoping the people who picked up his dog had come back to see if anyone had lost a dog.

We have gone to our summer hours of 7:00am to 7:00pm. The cafe will be serving Breakfast from 7:00am to 11:00am and Lunch from 11:00am to 4:00pm everyday at least through Labor Day.

Remember your polarizers, sunscreen, bug juice and PONCHO along with a few layers of clothes - just in case.

If you have any questions, send an email to [email protected] or give us a call at 760-873-7425. ??If you are receiving duplicate emails, let me know and I'll remove one or all of them and if you just can't stand receiving the beautiful pictures and fishing news, just let me know and I'll remove yours.

Rick, Patti, Juanita and Jarodd