Best backcountry trout lakes?

[packmule]

Great pic and thanks for your efforts Sooperfly!

[rbi999]

Thanks Sooperfly! I hadn't been into that lake for about 25 years! I was a nice surprise.

[MLHSN]

Kind of looks like Four Point lake too. Which is on the other side of the peak. This is one I caught in a lake in the Sawtooth wilderness this summer. Hard to tell without reference, but about 18 inch. One of many that day! Also a pic of the lake.

Were you on a raft in the bottom picture?  I was there in Sept of 2013.  Hiked in during a rainstorm wondering what I was thinking.  But by nighttime the skies were completely clear and I watched a meteor shower.  We hiked up an old trail to a pass above the lake and watched the sunset looking down on the basin over.  Didn't see much but a giant hawk floating on the thermals directly above us.

[SemperFidelis97]

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[REHJWA]

Very true Sky! Last report on this lake was that there were no fish. And I have hiked back into lakes that were great several years before. Only to be skunked after 3+ miles of bushwacking! The features at this lake I believe hold a re-producing population. Good bedding areas and water flow. Plus fish ran is size from 6 to 18.

Not sure who you had the report from but the fishing there has been pretty good the last few years.  That lake does not hold a reproducing population.  The reason it has two size classes of fish are because I planted it in 2008 and then again a few years later.   Here's a picture of your 18" - er in 2008 just before it went in the lake!         ( I think I've posted this pic before )

Sooperfly,
How do you go about helping plant the lakes?

[sooperfly]

I was approached by a bio to help out.   Most of the folks that volunteer are a member of the hi-Lakers or trailblazers.   Here's their website.   www.watrailblazers.org

[sagewalker]

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[Wea300mag]

Quartz Lake in the Pasayten, it's a bit of a trek though.