The Edison Lake Brown Trout spawning run is a good example of one of our Wild Trout Camps. Mono Creek is the main tributary entering Edison Lake. During the early part of October the Browns begin to enter Mono Creek and make their way upstream; many of them for their first time. I like to fish large conehead wooleybuggers and conehead marabou muddlers (#4 - 8), by swinging them through the runs and deep pools. In some of the pools the fish will school up after traversing the more difficult waters. This is the time when you can sight fish.

Mono Creek and Cold Creek (the other tributary) both close on October 15th. This is 2 weeks earlier than the general closing of trout season. The reason being, is to protect the larger brown trout which usually enter the stream in the 2nd half of October to early November. However, if we receive an early cold snap in late September or early October, this can move some of the larger fish up into the creeks before the closure on October 15th.

We usually camp on the back side of the lake, where Mono Creek enters. Most years early October offers up warm fall days (55 - 65 degrees), but always be prepared for that early winter snow storm. There is also lodging available at Vermillion Valley Resort, right on Edison lake. The Resort also has a small restaurant and shuttle service back to Mono Creek.

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