We had a 3 night camping permit. 20# packs and the late start made for a long hike up. It hit 94 degrees which didn’t help. Leaving early would have made things a lot easier. Once up and camp was set I started for the lake shore. I climbed down a Erick embankment. The drop was steep from shore. First cast was a 19” laker. Second was the same. 3rd fish was 22” inch cutthroat. The fishing was spectacular. It’s been years since I’ve found such a clean lake with beautiful cutthroat and lake trout together. The fish were extremely fat so the must have a very healthy food source that high up. Not real common. I was using blue fox spinners. All colors. Orange, chartreuse, yellow, pink, and black with metal flake. I would use one lure until the stopped biting. Then switch to another and they would bite again. Way too many fish to count. I repeated it every day. The fishing was top notch. I’ve heard others carry rafts up there and don’t do so well. I fished all the steep drop offs I came across from the bank. It all payed off. I’ve never given a lake a 5 star before. If I could give a 10 I would!

flyfisherguy

8/31/2019 6:52:08 PM

Thanks for the report, I want to go check that place out some time it looks like a beautiful lake. So can it be hiked in and out of in a day or is the trek too long?

cutbow73

8/31/2019 10:50:10 PM

It absolutely can. With a small day pack and pole it can be hiked very quickly. We were carrying heavy packs. I think mine was close to 25#. Many people do day hikes up there with no permit. It is well worth the hike. I killed it with the spinners. One thing I did do was add weight. Tied on a swivel and ran a 2.5 leader to my spinner. It allowed me to cast a heck of a lot farther out and drop fairly deep. If you walk the right side of the lake you will see the fallen boulders . You can’t miss them. They are huge. It’s the whole way down to the shore. That whole area is a huge drop off. The fish were stacked out there

cutbow73

8/31/2019 10:50:44 PM

When I say I killed it I mean it. The fishing was crazy good

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