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CONWAY RANCH
FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES
All activities and tours are available from the last Saturday in April to
October 31st
Reservations are required so please
call (760) 709-6446
Catch and Keep Pond –
Now open to all ages!
No limit
No catch & release
Single Hook Lures, Live Bait or Flies
Children 15 and under must be with an adult
Rainbow Trout $ 7.50 per pound
Reservations required
Trophy Float Tube Pond –
Three sessions per day –
8:30 to 11:30, 12:00 to 3:00 and 3:30 to 6:30
Catch and release barbless fly fishing
Adults only (minimum age 15)
Float tubes, waders, boots & fins included
$ 75.00 per person per three hour session
Reservations required
Challenge Pond –
A great place to learn or hone your skills
Catch and release barbless fly fishing
$ 25.00 per person per hour
Reservations required
Glory Pond –
For the experienced fly fisherman only
Catch and release barbless fly fishing
$ 50.00 per person per hour
1000 feet of shore fishing
Reservations required
Interpretive Tours –
Reservations required
Photographs by Steve DeFurio www.defurio.com
PROGRAMS & GOALS
Kids Fishing Program - With the success of the Mammoth Lakes Kids Fishing
Festival, Conway Ranch Foundation desires to accommodate and expand kids fishing
opportunities at the Conway Ranch. Visit our Catch and Keep pond.
Interpretive Visitor Center - Given the interesting history and the operational
complexity of the Conway Ranch, we wish to construct an Interpretive Visitor
Center on the premises. The center will serve an interpretive function as well
as a focal point for organized guided tours and for the public in general.
Education - The Conway Ranch Foundation desires to expand educational
opportunities and will be working with educational institutions, environmental
and life history curriculums. Cooperative internship programs with educational
institutions could be developed to promote interest in the fields of fisheries
biology and aquaculture thus insuring a qualified employment pool for the
future.
Programs designed specifically for the Handicapped are woefully short in the
freshwater fishing industry. The historic ponds located at the Conway Ranch lend
themselves to more adaptive angling opportunities for the physically challenged.
We hope to construct a handicap accessible pond in the future. If you have a
disability we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Conway Ranch
History
In the late19th century, ranchers in
the Mono Basin provided livestock and produce to the booming local mining
industry. The Conway Ranch, located in the northern Mono Basin, was purchased by
the Conway family in 1903. The Conway’s were known as horse and livestock
experts who, in 1907, expanded a freight and stage operation between Lundy and
Bodie. In the late 1970’s, the Conway family sold the property and water rights
to a private investor.
In 1997, the County of Mono and the Bureau of Land Management acquired the ranch
through the Trust for Public Lands. The original Conway Ranch house and
blacksmith shed still remain. In 2006, Mono County partnered with Inland
Aquaculture Group to construct and operate a trophy trout farm to enhance the
local economy. IAG LLC and the Conway Ranch represent the new home of the
legendary Alpers Trout. The operation is managed by Tim Alpers, local marina
operator John Frederickson, and southern California corporate CFO Steve Brown.
In 2009, the Conway Ranch Foundation partnered with IAG to run various
educational, interpretive and recreational activities on Conway Ranch.
For More Things To
Do And Places to See
Visit
www.monocounty.org
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