This is one of our favourite fishing trips. We usually camp here for a few nights, but we're not able to this year. The trees are a bit stunted here, and there are lots of marshy edges to the lakes. This is also moose country. It was a great day with fresh fish for breakfast the next day, and some being smoked today. The trout are firm and quite red from eating fresh water shrimp. The elevation is 4795 ft. We've camped at the end of August before and woken up to a dusting of snow. My prize ( other than the fish ) was an antler that a bull moose had shed. It's sunbleached and gnawed on, so it's been there a while. Still cool.
Oo, nice catch, Mel. How do you plan to save those besides smoking? Great location and elevation. It was nice to see those pics. It is so nice there.
Thank you Sjoerd and KK. I look forward to going there every year, and always hate to leave. @Sjoerd - we ate three fresh ( Hubby's specialty - pan fried with a squeeze of lemon, and a side of fried garden potatoes for him.) We smoked five - of which we ate one and vaccuum packed four for our middle daughter ( her fave), and the rest we wrapped carefully and froze to enjoy over the winter.
I can see why you hate to leave such a wonderful place. Any ideas about what to do with the moose antler?
Thank you Eileen. And funny you should ask about the Antler....I've been pondering that myself. It will either find a place in the my Dad's memory garden ( I grew up hunting with him although I don't hunt now) or it will move up to my art room. It has a nice large flate spot on the antler conducive to painting.
@Pacnorwest @Sjoerd This little lake likes an Apex Trout Killer ( no bait) , and sometimes a red wedding ring and a worm. The three largest ones I caught at about 15 feet with a double WR and worm. The rest were at about 8 feet with the Apex. It's not a deep lake so no trolling gear ( Willow Leaf or Ford Fender is the standard up here for the deeper lakes). I also fly fished with a Chironomid at the border of the lily pads with some success.
